EX-4.3 5 exh4-3bxp2021_601ltsa.htm BXP 2021-601L TSA

Exhibit 4.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

WELLS FARGO COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.,

 

as Depositor,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Servicer,

 

SITUS HOLDINGS, LLC,

 

as Special Servicer,

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Certificate Administrator and Trustee

 

 

 

TRUST AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 29, 2021

 

 

 

BXP Trust 2021-601L,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

      Page
       
1. DEFINITIONS  
     
  1.1. Definitions 4
  1.2. Interpretation 55
  1.3. Certain Calculations in Respect of the Mortgage Loan, Companion Loans 55
       
2. DECLARATION OF TRUST; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES AND RR INTEREST  
     
  2.1. Creation and Declaration of Trust; Conveyance of the Mortgage Loan 58
  2.2. Acceptance by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 61
  2.3. Representations and Warranties of the Trustee 64
  2.4. Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator 65
  2.5. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer 66
  2.6. Representations and Warranties of the Special Servicer 67
  2.7. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor 68
  2.8. Representations and Warranties Contained in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement 70
  2.9. Execution and Delivery of Certificates; Issuance of Uncertificated Lower Tier Interests 71
  2.10. Miscellaneous REMIC Provisions 71
       
3. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN  
     
  3.1. Servicer to Act as the Servicer; Special Servicer to Act as the Special Servicer 72
  3.2. Sub-Servicing Agreements 75
  3.3. Cash Management Account 76
  3.4. Collection Account, Companion Loan Distribution Account and Interest Reserve Account 77
  3.5. Distribution Account 83
  3.6. Foreclosed Property Account 84
  3.7. Appraisal Reductions 85
  3.8. Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and The Foreclosed Property Account 88
  3.9. Payment of Taxes, Assessments, etc. 90
  3.10. Appointment of Special Servicer 90
  3.11. Maintenance of Insurance and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage 96
  3.12. Procedures with Respect to Defaulted Whole Loan; Realization upon the Mortgaged Property 98
  3.13. Custodian and Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Items in Mortgage File 101
  3.14. Title and Management of Foreclosed Property 102

 

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  3.15. Sale of the Foreclosed Property 104
  3.16. Sale of the Whole Loan 106
  3.17. Servicing Compensation 109
  3.18. Reports to the Certificate Administrator; Account Statements 113
  3.19. [Reserved] 114
  3.20. [Reserved] 114
  3.21. Access to Certain Documentation Regarding the Whole Loan and Other Information 114
  3.22. Inspections 115
  3.23. Advances 116
  3.24. Modifications of Loan Documents 120
  3.25. Conflicts of Interests; Mandatory Resignation of Servicer or Special Servicer 123
  3.26. Rating Agency Confirmation 123
  3.27. Miscellaneous Provisions 124
  3.28. Companion Loan Intercreditor Matters 125
  3.29. Additional Matters with Respect to the Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan and the Whole Loan 126
       
4. DISTRIBUTIONS AND STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS  
     
  4.1. Distributions 130
  4.2. Withholding Tax 135
  4.3. Allocation and Distribution of Yield Maintenance Premiums 135
  4.4. Statements to Certificateholders 136
  4.5. Investor Q&A Forum; Investor Registry and Rating Agency Q&A Forum 139
       
5. THE CERTIFICATES AND RR INTEREST  
     
  5.1. The Certificates 143
  5.2. Form and Registration 145
  5.3. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates 147
  5.4. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates 154
  5.5. Persons Deemed Owners 154
  5.6. Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices 155
  5.7. Maintenance of Office or Agency 155
       
6. THE DEPOSITOR, THE SERVICER AND THE SPECIAL SERVICER  
     
  6.1. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Special Servicer 156
  6.2. Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor 156
  6.3. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Special Servicer and Others 156

 

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  6.4. Servicer and Special Servicer Not to Resign; Replacement of Servicer or Special Servicer 158
  6.5. Ethical Wall 159
  6.6. Indemnification by the Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor 160
       
7. SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS; TERMINATION OF SPECIAL SERVICER WITHOUT CAUSE  
     
  7.1. Servicer Termination Events; Special Servicer Termination Events 161
  7.2. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor 167
  7.3. [Reserved] 169
  7.4. Other Remedies of Trustee 170
  7.5. Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events and Special Servicer Termination Events 170
  7.6. Trustee as Maker of Advances 170
       
8. THE TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR  
     
  8.1. Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 171
  8.2. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 173
  8.3. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator is Liable for Certificates, the Mortgage Loan or the Whole Loan 176
  8.4. Trustee and Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates 178
  8.5. Trustee’s and Certificate Administrator’s Fees and Expenses 178
  8.6. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator; Errors and Omissions Insurance 180
  8.7. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator 181
  8.8. Successor Trustee or Successor Certificate Administrator 184
  8.9. Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator 184
  8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee 184
  8.11. Appointment of Authenticating Agent 186
  8.12. Appointment of a Custodian 187
  8.13. Indemnification by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 187
  8.14. Certificate Administrator and Servicer Not Responsible for Inconsistent Payment Information 187
  8.15. Access to Certain Information 188
       
9. CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO THE DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER
   
  9.1. Selection and Removal of the Directing Certificateholder 197
  9.2. Limitation on Liability of Directing Certificateholder; Acknowledgements of the Certificateholders 199
  9.3. Rights and Powers of the Directing Certificateholder 199
  9.4. Directing Certificateholder Contact with Servicer and Special Servicer 201
  9.5. The Risk Retention Consultation Party 202

 

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10. TERMINATION  
     
  10.1. Termination 203
  10.2. Additional Termination Requirements 204
  10.3. Trusts Irrevocable 205
       
11. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS  
     
  11.1. Amendment 205
  11.2. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts 209
  11.3. Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury; Submission to Jurisdiction 209
  11.4. Notices 210
  11.5. Notices to the Rating Agencies 217
  11.6. Severability of Provisions 217
  11.7. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders 217
  11.8. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid 218
  11.9. Reproduction of Documents 218
  11.10. No Partnership 218
  11.11. Actions of Certificateholders 218
  11.12. Successors and Assigns 219
  11.13. Acceptance by Authenticating Agent, Certificate Registrar 219
  11.14. Streit Act 220
  11.15. Assumption by Trust of Duties and Obligations of the Mortgage Loan Sellers Under the Loan Documents 220
  11.16. Grant of a Security Interest 220
  11.17. Cooperation with the Mortgage Loan Sellers with Respect to Rights Under the Loan Agreement 221
       
12. REMIC ADMINISTRATION  
     
  12.1. REMIC Administration 221
  12.2. Foreclosed Property 224
  12.3. Prohibited Transactions and Activities 226
  12.4. Indemnification with Respect to Certain Taxes and Loss of REMIC Status 227
       
13. EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE  
     
  13.1. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness 227
  13.2. Succession; Sub-Servicers; Subcontractors 228
  13.3. Other Securitization Trust’s Filing Obligations 230
  13.4. Form 10-D Disclosure 230
  13.5. Form 10-K Disclosure 231
  13.6. Form 8-K Disclosure 231
  13.7. Annual Compliance Statements 232
  13.8. Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria 233
  13.9. Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report 234
  13.10. Significant Obligor 235
  13.11. Sarbanes-Oxley Backup Certification 237

 

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  13.12. Indemnification 237
  13.13. Amendments 238
  13.14. Termination of the Certificate Administrator 238
  13.15. Notification Requirements and Deliveries in Connection with Securitization of a Companion Loan 238

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A Certificates
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class X Certificates
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class B Certificates
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class C Certificates
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class D Certificates
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class E Certificates
Exhibit A-7 Form of RR Interest
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class R Certificates
Exhibit B Form of Request for Release
Exhibit C Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Global Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Transfer Certificate for Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate during Restricted Period
Exhibit F Form of Certification to be given by Beneficial Owner of Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit G Form of Transfer Certificate of Non-Book Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit H Form of Transfer Certificate of Non-Book Entry Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit I Form of Transfer Certificate of Non-Book Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate
Exhibit J-1 Form of Affidavit Pursuant to Section 860D(a)(6)(A) and 860E(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as Amended
Exhibit J-2 Form of Transferor Letter
Exhibit J-3 Form of ERISA Representation Letter
Exhibit J-4 Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfers of RR Interest
Exhibit J-5 Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of RR Interest
Exhibit J-6 Form of Request of Retaining Sponsor Consent for Release of RR Interest
Exhibit K-1 Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Affiliates
Exhibit K-2 Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Affiliates
Exhibit L Applicable Servicing Criteria
Exhibit M Form of NRSRO Certification
Exhibit N Form of Certificate Administrator Receipt of RR Interest
Exhibit O Form of Online Market Data Provider Certificate
Exhibit P Form of Investment Representation Letter
Exhibit Q CREFC® Payment Information
Exhibit R-1 Additional Form 10-D Disclosure

 

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Exhibit R-2 Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
Exhibit S Form of Certification of the Risk Retention Consultation Parties
Exhibit T Form 8-K Disclosure Information
Exhibit U Additional Disclosure Notification
Exhibit V Initial Sub-Servicers
Exhibit W Form of Annual Compliance Statement
Exhibit X Form of Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria
Exhibit Y-1 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Servicer
Exhibit Y-2 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Special Servicer
Exhibit Y-3 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Certificate Administrator
Exhibit Y-4 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Trustee

 

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THIS TRUST AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is dated as of December 29, 2021, among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. (together with its successors-in-interest, the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Servicer, Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

 

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

 

Terms not defined in this Introductory Statement shall have the meanings specified in Article 1 hereof.

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (together with its successors-in-interest, “WFB”), Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. (together with its successors-in-interest, “MSBNA”), Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. (together with its successors-in-interest, “CREFI”) and DBR Investments Co. Limited (“DBRI”), originated a ten-year, fixed-rate, interest-only mortgage loan (the “Whole Loan”) pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), by WFB, MSBNA, CREFI and DBRI as lenders, and BP/CGCenter I LLC and BP/CGCenter II LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (individually or collectively, as the context may require, and together with their respective successors-in-interest and permitted assigns, the “Borrower”).

 

The Whole Loan consists of (a) a portion that has an unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $426,700,000 (the “Mortgage Loan”), and is evidenced by the promissory notes designated as Note A-1-S1, Note A-2-S1, Note A-3-S1, Note A-4-S1, Note B-1, Note B-2, Note B-3 and Note B-4 (as the same may hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, extended, renewed, supplemented, consolidated, severed, split or otherwise modified, the “Trust Notes”), and (b) portions that have an aggregate unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $573,300,000 (“Companion Loan”), and are evidenced by the promissory notes designated as Note A-1-C1, Note A-1-C2, Note A-1-C3, Note A-1-C4, Note A-2-C1, Note A-2-C2, Note A-2-C3, Note A-2-C4, Note A-3-C1, Note A-3-C2, Note A-3-C3, Note A-3-C4, Note A-4-C1, Note A-4-C2, Note A-4-C3 and Note A-4-C4 (as the same may hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, extended, renewed, supplemented, consolidated, severed, split or otherwise modified, the “Companion Notes”). The Trust Notes and the Companion Notes are collectively referred to herein as the “Notes” and, each, as a “Note”.

 

The Mortgage Loan was sold and assigned by WFB, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC (“MSMCH”), CREFI and German American Capital Corporation (“GACC”) (collectively, in such capacity, the “Mortgage Loan Sellers”) to the Depositor pursuant to a mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), among the Mortgage Loan Sellers and the Depositor. The Companion Loans are not part of the Trust Fund. The relative rights of the respective lenders in respect of the Mortgage Loan are set forth in a co-lender agreement dated as of December 10, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Co-Lender Agreement”), among the holders of the Trust Notes and the holders of the Companion Loan Notes. From and after the Closing Date, the entire Mortgage Loan is to be serviced and administered in accordance with this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

As provided for herein, the Certificate Administrator shall elect or shall cause elections to be made to treat designated portions of the Trust Fund for federal income tax purposes as two separate real estate mortgage investment conduits (the “Upper-Tier REMIC” and the “Lower-Tier REMIC” and, each, a “Trust REMIC”). Each Class of Regular Certificates will represent a single Class of “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC, as further described herein. Each Class of Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests will represent a single class of “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier-REMIC as further described herein. The Class R Certificates will evidence the sole Class of “residual interests” in each of the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions under federal income tax law.

 

In exchange for the Mortgage Loan and the Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests, the Trust will issue to the Depositor the Class A, Class X, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates (collectively, the “Non-Retained Certificates”) and the RR Interest, the Class R Certificates (together with the Non-Retained Certificates and the RR Interest, the “Certificates”), which Certificates in the aggregate will evidence the entire ownership interest in the Trust. The Trust Fund consists principally of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage, the Loan Documents and the Co-Lender Agreement (exclusive of the rights of the Companion Loan Holders thereunder) and all payments under, and proceeds of, the Mortgage Loan from and after the Cut-off Date.

 

The Depositor intends to sell the Certificates (other than the RR Interest) to the Initial Purchasers, and the Depositor intends to sell the RR Interest to Wells Fargo, MSBNA, DBRI and CREFI, in an offering exempt from the registration requirements of the federal securities laws.

 

UPPER-TIER REMIC

 

As further described in Section 2.10, the Class A, Class X, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates and the RR Interest will evidence “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC created hereunder. The Class UT-R Interest will constitute the sole Class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC created hereunder, and will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates. The following table sets forth the class designation, the Pass-Through Rate and the aggregate principal balance of each Class of Principal Balance Certificates (each, the “Original Certificate Balance”) or the initial notional balance of the Class X Certificates (the “Original Notional Amount”), as applicable, for each Class of Certificates and the Class UT-R Interest comprising the interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC created hereunder:

 

Class
Designation

 

Pass-Through Rate

(per annum)

 

Original Certificate
Balance or Notional
Amount

Class A   2.61800%   $124,545,000
Class X   (1)   $168,530,000(1)
Class B    (2)   $43,985,000
Class C    (2)   $97,850,000
Class D    (2)   $109,250,000
Class E    (2)   $29,735,000
RR Interest   (3)   $21,335,000
Class R   None(4)   None(4)

 

 

 

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(1)The Class X Certificates will not have a Certificate Balance and will not be entitled to receive distributions of principal. Interest will accrue on such Class at the Class X Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount thereof. The Notional Amount of the Class X Certificates will be equal to the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class A and Class B Certificates. The Class X Pass-Through Rate for any Certificate Interest Accrual Period is the weighted average of the Class X Strip Rates for the Class A and Class B Certificates.

 

(2)The Pass-Through Rate applicable to each of the Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Trust Note Rates. During the initial Certificate Interest Accrual Period, it is expected that the Pass-Through Rate for the Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates will each equal approximately 2.77546%.

 

(3)Although it does not have a specified Pass-Through Rate, the effective interest rate of the RR Interest (the “RR Interest Rate”) for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Trust Note Rates.

 

(4)The Class UT-R Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) will not have a Certificate Balance, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Yield Maintenance Premiums. Any Aggregate Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, after all required distributions under this Agreement have been made to each other Class of Certificates and the Class LT-R Interest, will be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UT-R Interest.

 

LOWER-TIER REMIC

 

The Class LA, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE and Class LRRI Uncertificated Interests will evidence “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC created hereunder. The Class LT-R Interest will constitute the sole Class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC created hereunder and will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates. The following table sets forth the initial Lower-Tier Principal Amounts and Pass-Through Rates for the Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests and the Class LT-R Interest comprising the interests in the Lower-Tier REMIC created hereunder:

 

Class
Designation

 

Pass-Through
Rate/RR Interest
Rate

 

Original Lower-Tier
Principal Amount

Class LA    (1)   $124,545,000
Class LB    (1)   $168,530,000
Class LC    (1)   $43,985,000
Class LD    (1)   $97,850,000
Class LE    (1)   $109,250,000
Class LRRI    (1)   $29,735,000
Class LT-R    None   None(2)

 

 

 

(1)For any Distribution Date, the Pass-Through Rate for each of these Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests (other than the Class LRRI Uncertificated Interest) shall be the weighted average of the Net Trust Note Rates of the Trust Notes for such Distribution Date, or in the case of the Class LRRI Uncertificated Interest, the RR Interest Rate as described below.

 

(2)The Class LT-R Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) will not have a Certificate Balance, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Yield Maintenance Default Premiums. Any Aggregate Available Funds constituting assets remaining in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account after distributing the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LT-R Interest (but only to the extent of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date, if any, remaining in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account).

 

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The foregoing REMIC structure is intended to cause all of the cash from the Mortgage Loan to flow through to the Upper-Tier REMIC as cash flow on a REMIC regular interest, without creating any shortfall, actual or potential (other than for credit losses), to any REMIC regular interest. To the extent that the structure is believed to diverge from such intention, the parties identifying such ambiguity shall notify the other parties hereto and the parties involved will resolve such ambiguities to accomplish the intended result and will to the extent necessary rectify any drafting errors or seek clarification to the structure without Certificateholder approval (but with guidance of counsel) to accomplish such intention, including, to the extent necessary, making any amendments in accordance with Section 11.1 of this Agreement.

 

All covenants and agreements made by the Depositor herein are for the benefit and security of the Certificateholders and the Trustee as Holder of the Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests. The Depositor, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are entering into this Agreement, and the Trustee is accepting the trusts created hereby, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.

 

W I T N E S S E T H  T H A T:

 

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

 

1.                  DEFINITIONS

 

1.1.            Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings and such meanings shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such terms, as the context may require.

 

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

 

17g-5 Information Provider’s Website”: The internet website of the 17g-5 Information Provider that will initially be located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (www.ctslink.com), under the ‘NRSRO’ tab on the page relating to this transaction, access to which is limited to the Depositor and NRSROs who have provided an NRSRO Certification to the 17g-5 Information Provider. Such website shall provide means of navigation for the Depositor and each NRSRO (including the Rating Agencies) to the portion of the Certificate Administrator’s Website available to Privileged Persons.

 

A Notes”: Note A-1-S1, Note A-1-C1, Note A-1-C2, Note A-1-C3, Note A-1-C4, Note A-2-S1, Note A-2-C1, Note A-2-C2, Note A-2-C3, Note A-2-C4, Note A-3-S1, Note A-3-C1, Note A-3-C2, Note A-3-C3, Note A-3-C4, Note A-4-S1, Note A-4-C1, Note A-4-C2, Note A-4-C3 and Note A-4-C4.

 

Acceptable Insurance Default”: Any default arising when the Loan Documents require that the Borrower must maintain all risk casualty insurance or other insurance that covers damages or losses arising from acts of terrorism and the Special Servicer has determined, in its reasonable judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that (i) such insurance is

 

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not available at commercially reasonable rates and the subject hazards are not commonly insured against by prudent owners of similar real properties located in or near the geographic region in which the Mortgaged Property is located (but only by reference to such insurance that has been obtained by such owners at current market rates), or (ii) such insurance is not available at any rate. Each of the Servicer (at its own expense) and the Special Servicer (as a Trust Fund Expense) shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants in making the determinations described in this definition.

 

Accepted Servicing Practices”: As defined in Section 3.1.

 

Acquisition Date”: The date upon which, under the Code (and in particular the REMIC Provisions and Section 856(e) of the Code), the Trust Fund is deemed to have acquired the Mortgaged Property.

 

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

 

Additional Compensation”: Default Interest and late payment fees (after all payments pursuant to Section 3.4(c)(iv) and 3.4(c)(v)), Assumption Fees, Assumption Application Fees, defeasance fees, substitution fees, release fees, Modification Fees, consent fees, amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds, charges for beneficiary statements or demands, loan processing fees, review fees and similar fees and expenses to which the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, are entitled (to the extent permitted by (or not otherwise prohibited by) and specifically allocated to such amounts in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or pursuant to this Agreement) and any income earned (net of losses (subject to Section 3.8(b)) on the investment of funds deposited in the Collection Account, the Foreclosed Property Account and any Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.8 of this Agreement.

 

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

 

Additional Form  10-D Disclosure”: The information described in the Form 10-D items set forth under the “Item on Form  10-D” column on Exhibit R-1 hereto.

 

Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”: The information described in the Form 10-K items set forth under the “Item on Form 10-K” column on Exhibit R-2 hereto.

 

Additional Servicer”: Each Affiliate of the Servicer or the Special Servicer that Services the Whole Loan and each Person who is not an Affiliate of the Servicer, other than the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, who Services the Whole Loan as of any date of determination.

 

Administrative Advances”: As defined in Section 3.23(b).

 

Advance”: Any Administrative Advance, Monthly Payment Advance or Property Protection Advance.

 

Advance Rate”: As defined in Section 3.23(d).

 

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Adverse REMIC Event”: As defined in Section 12.1(j).

 

Affiliate”: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, relation to individuals or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. The Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator may obtain and rely upon an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee (in the case of the Certificate Administrator), the Certificate Administrator (in the case of the Trustee), a Loan Party or the Depositor, as applicable, to determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, a Loan Party or the Depositor.

 

Agent”: As defined in the Cash Management Agreement.

 

Aggregate Available Funds”: On each Distribution Date, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to (i) all amounts (other than Yield Maintenance Premiums) received in respect of the Mortgage Loan during the related Collection Period or advanced in respect of interest with respect to such Distribution Date (including, without limitation, any Repurchase Price for the Mortgage Loan or purchase price of the Mortgage Loan received by the Trust, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and/or Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust), and with respect to the first Distribution Date only, the Closing Date Deposit Amount, plus (ii) if such Distribution Date is the Distribution Date occurring in March of each year (or February, if such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), Withheld Amounts to be withdrawn from the Interest Reserve Account for such Distribution Date, minus (iii) an amount equal to the applicable Withheld Amount in the case of the February Distribution Date and any January Distribution Date occurring in a year that is not a leap year (unless, in either case, such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), minus (iv) other Trust Fund Expenses and certain other amounts and any portion of such amounts received in respect of the Mortgage Loan that are required to be distributed to the Companion Loan Holders pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement and any other Aggregate Available Funds Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date.

 

Aggregate Available Funds Reduction Amount”: As of each Distribution Date, all amounts withdrawn on the related Remittance Date or during the related Collection Period from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.4(c).

 

Agreement”: This Trust and Servicing Agreement (including all exhibits hereto) and all amendments and supplements hereto.

 

Applicable Banking Law”: As defined in Section 8.2(d).

 

Applicable Servicing Criteria”: With respect to the Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant, the Servicing Criteria applicable to it, as set forth on Exhibit L attached hereto. For clarification purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Applicable Servicing Criteria and with respect to a Servicing Function Participant

 

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engaged by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, the term “Applicable Servicing Criteria” may refer to a portion of the Applicable Servicing Criteria applicable to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be.

 

Appraisal”: With respect to the Mortgaged Property or Foreclosed Property, an appraisal of the Mortgaged Property or Foreclosed Property, conducted by an Independent Appraiser in accordance with the standards of the Appraisal Institute and certified by such Independent Appraiser as having been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Standards of Professional Practice of the Appraisal Institute with an “MAI” designation and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation, as well as the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended; provided, that after an initial “Appraisal” has been obtained pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, an update of such initial Appraisal shall be considered an “Appraisal” hereunder for all purposes. All Appraisals (and updates thereof) obtained pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall include a valuation using the “income capitalization – discounted cash flow approach” and set forth the discount rate and terminal capitalization rate utilized by the Independent Appraiser. All calculations under this Agreement requiring that a “value” or “appraised value” be used with respect to the Mortgaged Property or Foreclosed Property (as applicable) shall use the most recently determined appraised value set forth in an Appraisal (or update thereof) unless a different valuation is specifically required (such as the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property as of the Origination Date). With respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for purposes of determining an Appraisal Reduction Event, the appraised value (as determined by an updated Appraisal) of the Mortgaged Property will be determined on an “as-is” basis, based upon the current physical condition, use and zoning of the Mortgaged Property as of the date of the Appraisal.

 

Appraisal Reduction Amount”: As of any date of determination, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan on such date plus the sum of (A) all accrued and unpaid interest on each Note at the Note Rate, (B) all unreimbursed Administrative Advances, Property Protection Advances and interest on all Advances at the Advance Rate in respect of the Whole Loan or Mortgaged Property and interest on all Companion Loan Advances under any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (C) the amount of any Advances and interest on the Advances previously reimbursed from principal collections on the Whole Loan that have not otherwise been recovered from the Borrower, (D) all currently due and unpaid real estate taxes and assessments and insurance premiums and all other amounts, including, if applicable, ground rent, due and unpaid in respect of the Mortgaged Property (which taxes, premiums and other amounts have not been the subject of an Advance) and (E) to the extent not duplicative of the amounts in clauses (B), (C) or (D), all unpaid Trust Fund Expenses then due under this Agreement over (ii) the sum of (A) 90% of the appraised value (as determined by an Appraisal) of the Mortgaged Property less the amount of any liens (exclusive of Permitted Encumbrances) on the Mortgaged Property senior to the lien of the Loan Documents plus (B) any escrows with respect to the Whole Loan, including for taxes, insurance premiums and ground rent, if any. If (i) an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, (ii) either (A) no Appraisals or updates of any Appraisals have been obtained or conducted or (B) the Special Servicer has knowledge of any adverse material change in the market or condition or value of the Mortgaged Property since the date of such Appraisal that would materially and adversely affect the value of the Mortgaged Property, and (iii) no new Appraisal has been obtained or conducted on the Mortgaged Property

 

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within 60 days after the Appraisal Reduction Event, then until each new Appraisal is conducted, the Appraisal Reduction Amount for the Mortgaged Property will be deemed to be equal to 25% of the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan; provided that such deemed Appraisal Reduction Amounts shall not be allocated to any Class of Certificates for purposes of (x) determining whether a Control Event or Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or (y) allocating Voting Rights. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of the Whole Loan shall be allocated first to the Trust B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis, up to their respective outstanding principal balances, and then to the A Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis, up to their respective outstanding principal balances. Upon receipt or performance of the new Appraisal by the Special Servicer, the Appraisal Reduction Amount for the Mortgaged Property or Foreclosed Property, as the case may be, will be recalculated as described above.

 

Appraisal Reduction Event”: The earliest of (i) 60 days after an uncured payment delinquency (other than a delinquency in respect of the Balloon Payment) occurs in respect of the Mortgage Loan or the Whole Loan, (ii) 90 days after an uncured delinquency occurs in respect of the Balloon Payment for the Mortgage Loan or the Whole Loan unless a refinancing or sale is anticipated within 120 days after the Maturity Date of the Mortgage Loan or the Whole Loan (as evidenced by a written refinancing commitment from an acceptable lender or sale agreement that is in either case reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Servicer which provides that such refinancing or sale will occur within 120 days after the Maturity Date), in which case 120 days after such uncured delinquency, (iii) 60 days after a reduction in Monthly Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Whole Loan or a material adverse economic change with respect to the terms of the Mortgage Loan or the Whole Loan has become effective, (iv) 60 days after an extension of the Maturity Date of the Mortgage Loan or the Whole Loan (except for an extension within the time periods described in clause (ii) above), (v) immediately after a receiver has been appointed in respect of the Mortgaged Property on behalf of the Trust or any other creditor, (vi) immediately after the Borrower declares, or becomes the subject of, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings, admits in writing the inability to pay its debts as they come due or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) immediately after the Mortgaged Property becomes a Foreclosed Property.

 

Asset Status Report”: As defined in Section 3.10(i).

 

Assignment of Management Agreement”: With respect to the Mortgaged Property, as defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Assignment of Mortgage”: An assignment of the applicable Mortgage without recourse, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the assignment of the Mortgage to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund; provided, however, that the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be responsible for determining whether any such assignment is legally sufficient or in recordable form.

 

Assumed Monthly Payment”: For any Distribution Date (including any Distribution Date following a delinquency in the payment of the Balloon Payment or foreclosure upon the Mortgaged Property or acceptance by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and the

 

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Companion Loan Holders of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or comparable conversion of the Whole Loan), shall be equal to the scheduled monthly payment of interest that would have been due in respect of the Mortgage Loan on its Maturity Date (excluding the principal portion of the Balloon Payment and Default Interest) and each subsequent Payment Date (or Assumed Payment Date) if the Mortgage Loan had been required to continue to accrue interest in accordance with its terms (other than Default Interest), in effect immediately prior to, and without regard to the occurrence of the Maturity Date or the occurrence of a foreclosure upon the Mortgaged Property or acceptance by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and the Companion Loan Holders of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or comparable conversion of the Whole Loan, in respect of the Mortgage Loan on the last Payment Date (or Assumed Payment Date) prior to its foreclosure or acceptance of a deed-in-lieu, in each case as such terms may have been modified, and such Maturity Date may have been extended, in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving the Borrower or otherwise or a modification, waiver or amendment granted or agreed to by the Servicer or the Special Servicer.

 

Assumed Payment Date”: With respect to the Mortgage Loan for any calendar month following a delinquency in the payment of the Balloon Payment or the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property or acceptance by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or comparable conversion of the Mortgaged Property, the date that would have been the Payment Date in such calendar month if the delinquency in the payment of the Balloon Payment or the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property or acceptance by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or comparable conversion of the Mortgaged Property had not occurred.

 

Assumption Application Fees”: With respect to the Whole Loan, any and all assumption application fees actually paid by or on behalf of the Borrower in accordance with the Loan Documents, with respect to any application submitted to the Servicer or the Special Servicer for a proposed assumption or substitution transaction or proposed transfer of an interest in the Borrower.

 

Assumption Fees”: Any and all assumption fees actually paid by or on behalf of the Borrower in accordance with the Loan Documents, with respect to any assumption or substitution agreement entered into by the Servicer or the Special Servicer or paid by or on behalf of the Borrower with respect to any transfer of an interest in the Borrower.

 

Authenticating Agent”: As defined in Section 8.11(a).

 

Balloon Payment”: The payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan, Mortgage Loan or a Companion Loan, as applicable, together with all unpaid interest, due and payable on the Maturity Date or such other date on which the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan or a Companion Loan becomes due and payable, whether by declaration of acceleration, or otherwise.

 

Beneficial Owner”: With respect to a Global Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depository (directly as a Depository Participant or indirectly through a Depository Participant, in accordance with the rules of such Depository). Each

 

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of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Servicer, as applicable, shall have the right to require, as a condition to acknowledging the status of any Person as a Beneficial Owner under this Agreement, that such Person provide an Investor Certification.

 

Borrower”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Borrower Affiliate”: Any of the Borrower, the Borrower Sponsor, the Guarantor, the Property Manager, the general partner or managing member of any of the foregoing or any of their respective Control Affiliates.

 

Business Day”: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which national banks in New York, New York, Concord, California, San Francisco, California, Charlotte, North Carolina, Bethesda, Maryland, Houston, Texas, or the place of business of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the financial institution that maintains the Collection Account, the Foreclosed Property Account or any Reserve Accounts for the Mortgage Loan, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business.

 

Cash Management Account”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Cash Management Agreement”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

CERCLA”: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S. C. §§ 9601 et seq., as amended.

 

Certificate”: Any Class A, Class X, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E or Class R Certificate or RR Interest.

 

Certificate Administrator”: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, or if any successor certificate administrator is appointed as herein provided, such certificate administrator. Computershare Trust Company, National Association will perform its obligations through its Corporate Trust Services division.

 

Certificate Administrator Fee”: With respect to the Mortgage Loan and for any Distribution Date, an amount accrued during the related Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period at the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate on the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the Mortgage Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods. A portion of the Certificate Administrator Fee, namely the Trustee Fee, shall be payable to the Trustee. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator Fee shall be deemed to be payable from the Lower-Tier. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to be payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

Certificate Administrator Fee Rate”: With respect to the Mortgage Loan, a rate equal to 0.006% per annum, calculated on the same interest accrual basis as the Mortgage Loan.

 

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A portion of the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate shall constitute the Trustee Fee Rate and shall be payable to the Trustee.

 

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

 

Certificate Balance”: With respect to any outstanding Class of Sequential Pay Certificates or the RR Interest at any date, an amount equal to the Original Certificate Balance of such Class as set forth in the Introductory Statement less the sum of (a) all amounts distributed to Certificateholders of such Class on all previous Distribution Dates and treated under this Agreement as allocable to principal and (b) the aggregate amount of Non-RR Interest Realized Losses and RR Interest Realized Losses, as applicable, allocated to such Class of Certificates or the RR Interest, as applicable, if any, pursuant to Section 4.1(h). With respect to any individual Certificate in any such Class, the product of (x) the Percentage Interest represented by such Certificate multiplied by (y) the Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

Certificate Interest Accrual Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to each Class of Offered Certificates (as well as for the RR Interest), the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

 

Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar”: The register maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.3(a).

 

Certificateholder” or “Holder”: With respect to any Certificate (including the RR Interest), the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register maintained pursuant to this Agreement (including, solely for the purposes of providing, distributing or otherwise making available any reports, statements or other information pursuant to this Agreement, Beneficial Owners of Certificates to the extent the Person providing, distributing or making available such information has received an Investor Certification that such Person is a Beneficial Owner), except that for the purpose of giving any consent or taking any action (including, without limitation, selecting or appointing a Directing Certificateholder) pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate (including the RR Interest) beneficially owned by the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Borrower Affiliate, the Property Manager or any of their sub-servicers or respective Affiliates or agents shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled and the Certificate Balance of such Certificate shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights and/or of the Certificate Balance of the Certificates or any Class of Certificates necessary to effect any such consent or take any such action has been obtained; provided that the foregoing limitation will not be construed so as to limit or prevent a Controlling Class Certificateholder or the Directing Certificateholder, solely based on it being an Affiliate of the Special Servicer, from exercising any appointment, consent or consultation rights it may have under this Agreement solely in its capacity as Controlling Class Certificateholder or Directing Certificateholder (unless, for the avoidance of doubt, the Controlling Class Certificateholder or Directing Certificateholder is the Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Borrower Affiliate, any party restricted from disclosing applicable privileged information (a “Restricted Party”), the Property Manager or any of the sub-servicers or respective Affiliates or agents of the foregoing). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of obtaining the consent of

 

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Certificateholders to an amendment of this Agreement, any Certificate (including the RR Interest) beneficially owned by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer, the Special Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be outstanding; provided that such amendment does not relate to the termination of, increase in compensation of or material reduction in obligations of, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer, Special Servicer or any of their Affiliates (other than solely in its capacity as a Certificateholder) in any material respect, in which case such Certificate shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

 

Certificateholder Quorum”: In connection with any solicitation of votes in connection with the replacement of the Special Servicer as described in Section 7.1(e), the Holders of the Sequential Pay Certificates or the RR Interest evidencing at least 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Realized Losses and the application of any Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the Certificates pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) of all Sequential Pay Certificates and the RR Interest.

 

Class”: With respect to the Certificates, all of the Certificates bearing the same alphabetical and numerical class designation, and each Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest.

 

Class A Certificate”: A Certificate executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto and designated as a Class A Certificate.

 

Class A Pass-Through Rate”: As set forth in the Upper-Tier REMIC section of the Introductory Statement of this Agreement.

 

Class B Certificate”: A Certificate executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-3 hereto and designated as a Class B Certificate.

 

Class B Pass-Through Rate”: As set forth in the Upper-Tier REMIC section of the Introductory Statement of this Agreement.

 

Class C Certificate”: A Certificate executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-4 hereto and designated as a Class C Certificate.

 

Class C Pass-Through Rate”: As set forth in the Upper-Tier REMIC section of the Introductory Statement of this Agreement.

 

Class D Certificate”: A Certificate executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-5 hereto and designated as a Class D Certificate.

 

Class D Pass-Through Rate”: As set forth in the Upper-Tier REMIC section of the Introductory Statement of this Agreement.

 

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Class E Certificate”: A Certificate executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-6 hereto and designated as a Class E Certificate.

 

Class E Pass-Through Rate”: As set forth in the Upper-Tier REMIC section of the Introductory Statement of this Agreement.

 

Class LA Uncertificated Interest”: A regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and has the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Introductory Statement.

 

Class LB Uncertificated Interest”: A regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and has the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Introductory Statement.

 

Class LC Uncertificated Interest”: A regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and has the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Introductory Statement.

 

Class LD Uncertificated Interest”: A regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and has the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Introductory Statement.

 

Class LE Uncertificated Interest”: A regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and has the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Introductory Statement.

 

Class LT-R Interest”: The residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC. The Class LT-R Interest will be represented by the Class R Certificates.

 

Class LRRI Uncertificated Interest”: A regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and has the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Introductory Statement.

 

Class R Certificate”: A Certificate executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-8 hereto and designated as a Class R Certificate. The Class R Certificates have neither a Certificate Balance nor a Pass-Through Rate. The Class R Certificates will evidence the Class LT-R and Class UT-R Interests.

 

Class UT-R Interest”: The residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC. The Class UT-R Interest will be represented by the Class R Certificates.

 

Class X Certificate”: A Certificate executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto and designated as a Class X Certificate.

 

Class X Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for Class X Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the weighted average of the Class X Strip Rates for the Class A

 

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and Class B Certificates. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class X Strip Rate”: As to the Class A and Class B Certificates for any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average of the Net Trust Note Rates for such Distribution Date over (b) the Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date.

 

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

 

Clearstream”: As defined in Section 5.2(a).

 

Closing Date”: December 29, 2021.

 

Closing Date Deposit Amount”: An amount equal to $1,025,866.92, which is equal to thirty-one (31) days’ gross interest on the Mortgage Loan, which the Loan Sellers (on behalf of the Depositor) shall transfer to the Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account on the Closing Date.

 

CMBS”: Commercial mortgage-backed securities.

 

Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be further amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form and any proposed regulations thereunder, to the extent that, by reason of their proposed effective date, such proposed regulations would apply to the Trust Fund.

 

Co-Lender Agreement”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Collateral”: Collectively, (i) the Mortgage, which creates a first priority lien on the Borrower’s fee and leasehold interest comprising the Mortgaged Property (including, among other things, the Borrower’s interests in improvements, easements, fixtures, personal property, leases, rents, insurance proceeds, security deposits, condemnation awards, Reserve Accounts, escrow accounts, the Cash Management Account and the Lockbox Account, in each case, with respect to the Mortgaged Property) and (ii) the other Loan Documents, which include (a) a first priority assignment of (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) the Borrower’s interests in the leases and rents from the Mortgaged Property, (b) an assignment of the Borrower’s rights under the Management Agreement together with subordination and attornment by the Property Manager under the Management Agreement; and (c) certain other assets of the Borrower.

 

Collection Account”: As defined in Section 3.4(a).

 

Collection Period”: (i) With respect to the first Distribution Date following the Closing Date, the period commencing on and including the Closing Date and ending on and including the Determination Date relating to such Distribution Date, and (ii) with respect to any other Distribution Date, the period commencing on and including the day immediately following

 

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the Determination Date relating to the preceding Distribution Date and ending on and including the Determination Date relating to such Distribution Date.

 

Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Companion Loan”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Companion Loan Advance”: With respect to a Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, any advance of delinquent scheduled payments with respect to such Companion Loan made by the master servicer or trustee with respect to such Other Securitization Trust.

 

Companion Loan Distribution Account”: As defined in Section 3.4(a).

 

Companion Loan Holder”: The holder of a Companion Loan.

 

Companion Loan Rating Agency”: With respect to a Companion Loan, any rating agency that was engaged by a participant in the securitization of such Companion Loan or such portion to assign a rating to the related Companion Loan Securities.

 

Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter involving the servicing and administration of a Companion Loan as to which any Companion Loan Securities exist, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then current rating assigned to any class of such Companion Loan Securities (if then rated by such Companion Loan Rating Agency); provided that upon receipt of a written waiver or other acknowledgment from a Companion Loan Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation is sought (such written notice, a “Companion Loan Rating Agency Declination”), or as otherwise provided in Section 3.28(b) of this Agreement, the requirement for the Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation from the applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency with respect to such matter shall not apply. With respect to any matter affecting any Companion Loan, so long as such Companion Loan (or any portion thereof) is included in an Other Securitization Trust, any Rating Agency Confirmation will also refer to confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic format) by each applicable rating agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then current rating assigned to any class of securities backed by such Companion Loan or any portion thereof (if then rated by such rating agency); provided that a written waiver (which may be in electronic format) or other acknowledgment from such rating agency indicating its decision not to review or to decline to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought will be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from the rating agency with respect to such matter.

 

Companion Loan Securities”: Any commercial mortgage-backed securities that evidence an interest in or are secured by the assets of an Other Securitization Trust, which assets include a Companion Loan (or a portion thereof).

 

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Companion Notes”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Condemnation Proceeds”: The portion of the Net Proceeds relating to a Condemnation (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

 

Confidential Information”: With respect to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, all material non-public information obtained in the course of and as a result of such Person’s performance of its duties as Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to the Whole Loan, the Loan Parties and the Mortgaged Property, unless such information (i) was already in the possession of such Person prior to being disclosed to such Person, (ii) is or becomes available to such Person from a source other than its activities as Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, (iii) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Servicer Servicing Personnel or Special Servicer Servicing Personnel or (iv) is required to be disclosed by a court or administrative order or lawful discovery demand, provided such Person shall use reasonable efforts to obtain confidential treatment thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to comply with their respective obligations hereunder to make information available to the extent that such information was received by it in its capacity as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable.

 

Consultation Termination Event”: The date on which the Class E Certificates no longer have a then-outstanding Certificate Balance at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class, without regard to the application of any Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

 

Control Affiliate”: As to any particular Person, any Person, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with, such Person in question. As used solely in this definition of “Control Affiliate”, “Control” means (a) the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of 25% or more of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity, or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlled by,” “Controlling” and “under common Control with” have the respective correlative meanings to such terms. The Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator may obtain and rely upon a certification of the Borrower to determine whether any Person is a Control Affiliate.

 

Control Event”: With respect to any date of determination, if the Certificate Balance of the Class E Certificates on such date (taking into account the application of any Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class) is less than 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

Controlling Class”: The Class E Certificates. No other Class of Certificates will be eligible to act as a Controlling Class or appoint a Directing Certificateholder. If a Consultation Termination Event has occurred, there shall be no Controlling Class and no Directing Certificateholder.

 

Controlling Class Certificateholder”: Each Holder (or Beneficial Owner, if applicable) of a Certificate of the Controlling Class as determined by the Certificate Registrar,

 

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from time to time, upon request by any party hereto. The Trustee, the Servicer or the Special Servicer may from time to time request (the cost of which being an expense of the Trust) that the Certificate Administrator provide a list of the Holders (or Beneficial Owners, if applicable) of the Controlling Class and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide such list without charge to such Trustee, Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. The Trustee, the Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on any such list so provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining the Directing Certificateholder, exercising any rights of the Controlling Class or the Directing Certificateholder or receiving Asset Status Reports or any other information under this Agreement other than Distribution Date Statements, any holder of any interest in a Controlling Class Certificate who is a Borrower Affiliate, the Property Manager or an agent or Affiliate of the foregoing, or is a Restricted Party, will not be deemed to be a Holder of the related Controlling Class and will not be entitled to exercise such rights or receive such information, and any Directing Certificateholder previously appointed or selected by such holder will thereafter not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Directing Certificateholder. If, as a result of the preceding sentence, no Holder of Controlling Class Certificates would be eligible to exercise such rights, there will be no Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class.

 

Controlling Persons”: As defined in Section 6.3(a).

 

Corporate Trust Office”: The principal corporate trust office of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located (i) with respect to the Certificate Administrator for Certificate transfers and surrenders, at 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, Attention: CTS: Certificate Transfer Services (CMBS) BXP 2021-601L; and (iii) with respect to the Trustee and Certificate Administrator for all other purposes, at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS), BXP 2021-601L, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, qualified and appointed pursuant to Section 8.8.

 

Credit Risk Retention Rules”: The joint final rule that was promulgated to implement the credit risk retention requirements of Section 15G of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. § 78o-11), as added by Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act (which such joint final rule has been codified, inter alia, at 12 C.F.R. § 43), as such rule may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Commission and the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the adopting release (79 Fed. Reg. 77601 et seq.) or by the staff of any such agency, or as may be provided by any such agency or its staff from time to time, in each case, as effective, from time to time, as of the applicable compliance date specified therein. Any reference to a Section of the Credit Risk Retention Rules shall mean the subsection of the Credit Risk Retention Rules identified with the same corresponding number as the referenced “Section”. For example, “Section 7 of the Credit Risk Retention Rules” means 12 C.F.R. § 43.7.

 

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

 

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exist whose principal membership consists of servicers, trustees, issuers, placement agents and underwriters generally involved in the commercial mortgage loan securitization industry, which is the principal such association or organization in the commercial mortgage loan securitization industry and one of whose principal purposes is the establishment of industry standards for reporting transaction-specific information relating to commercial mortgage pass-through certificates and commercial mortgage-backed bonds and the commercial mortgage loans and foreclosed properties underlying or backing them to investors holding or owning such certificates or bonds, and any successor to such other association or organization. If an organization or association described in one of the preceding sentences of this definition does not exist, “CREFC®” shall be deemed to refer to such other association or organization as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, and the Trustee.

 

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

 

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

 

CREFC® Bond Level File”: The monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Bond Level File” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator.

 

CREFC® Collateral Summary File”: The report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Collateral Summary File” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator.

 

CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Comparative Financial Status Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

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CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Delinquent Loan Status Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

CREFC® Financial File”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Financial File” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer.

 

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

 

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

 

CREFC® Historical Loan Modification Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Historical Loan Modification Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee”: A fee, payable on a monthly basis, computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis at which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the Mortgage Loan is computed at the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate (prorated for partial periods).

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate”: With respect to the Mortgage Loan, a rate of 0.0005% per annum.

 

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

 

CREFC® Investor Reporting Package”:  The collection of reports specified by the CREFC® from time to time as the “CREFC® Investor Reporting Package.”

 

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

 

CREFC® Loan Level Reserve-LOC Report”: The monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Loan Level Reserve LOC Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer.

 

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

 

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

 

CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File”: The monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Loan Periodic Update File” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator.

 

CREFC® Loan Setup File”: The report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Loan Setup File” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator.

 

CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “NOI Adjustment Worksheet” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is acceptable to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and in any event, shall present the computations made in accordance with the methodology described in such form to

 

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“normalize” the full year and year-to-date net operating income and debt service coverage numbers used in the other reports required by this Agreement.

 

CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report”: A report prepared with respect to the Mortgaged Property substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Operating Statement Analysis Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website or in such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer.

 

CREFC® Property File”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Property File” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

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

 

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

 

CREFC® REO Status Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “REO Status Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or in such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

CREFC® Reports”: Collectively refers to the following reports as may be amended, updated or supplemented from time to time as part of the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package, and any additional reports that become part of the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package from time to time (if agreed to by the parties hereto):

 

(i)         the following seven electronic files: (i) CREFC® Bond Level File, (ii) CREFC® Collateral Summary File, (iii) CREFC® Property File, (iv) CREFC®

 

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Loan Periodic Update File, (v) CREFC® Loan Setup File, (vi) CREFC® Financial File, and (vii) CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File; and

 

(ii)        the following twenty-one supplemental reports and templates: (i) CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report, (ii) CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (iii) CREFC® Historical Loan Modification Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (iv) CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report, (v) CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet, (vi) CREFC® REO Status Report, (vii) CREFC® Servicer Watch List, (viii) CREFC® Loan Level Reserve – LOC Report, (ix) CREFC® Advance Recovery Report, (x) CREFC® Total Loan Report, (xi) CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Template, (xii) CREFC® Servicer Realized Loss Template, (xiii) CREFC® Reconciliation of Funds Template, (xiv) CREFC® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template, (xv) CREFC® Historical Liquidation Loss Template, (xvi) CREFC® Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template, (xvii) CREFC® Servicer Remittance to Certificate Administrator Template, (xviii) CREFC® Significant Insurance Event Template, (xix) CREFC® Loan Liquidation Report, (xx) CREFC® REO Liquidation Report and (xxi) CREFC® Loan Modification Report.

 

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

 

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

 

CREFC® Servicer Watch List”: For any Determination Date, a report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Servicer Watch List” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or in such other final form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be promulgated as recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and, insofar as it requires the presentation of information in addition to that called for by the form of the “Servicer Watch List” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer.

 

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

 

CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File”: The monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Special Servicer Loan File” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally and is reasonably acceptable to the Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

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

 

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

 

CREFI”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Current Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date for (x) any Certificate other than the RR Interest and the Class R Certificates, interest accrued during the related applicable Certificate Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Certificate Interest Accrual Period on the outstanding Certificate Balance of such Certificate as of the prior Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions of principal and allocations of Non-RR Interest Realized Losses on such prior Distribution Date), and (y) any Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest, interest accruing during the applicable Certificate Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Certificate Interest Accrual Period on the then-outstanding Lower-Tier Principal Amount of such Certificate as of the prior Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions of principal and allocations of Non-RR Interest Realized Losses on such prior Distribution Date) or, solely in connection with the initial Distribution Date, as of the Closing Date.

 

Custodian”: The Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as the Custodian, performing its role through the document custody division of the Certificate Administrator.

 

Cut-off Date”: December 10, 2021.

 

DBNY”: Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, and its successors in interest.

 

DBRI”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Default Interest”: With respect to any Payment Date and any Note, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Mortgage Loan Event of Default, interest accrued on such Note at the excess of the Default Rate over the Note Rate during the related Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period on the outstanding principal balance of such Note and, to the extent permitted by law, all accrued and unpaid interest in respect of such Note and any other amounts due in respect of the Loan Documents, calculated from the date such payment was due without regard to any grace or cure periods.

 

Default Rate”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Defect”: As defined in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

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Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable”: With respect to the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Sub-Servicer set forth on Exhibit V), any item (x) regarding such party, (y) prepared by such party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information and (z) delivered by or on behalf of such party pursuant to the delivery requirements under Article 13 of this Agreement that does not conform to the applicable reporting requirements under the Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Definitive Certificate”: Any Certificate in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons.

 

Delivery Date”: As defined in Section 2.1(b).

 

Depositor”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

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

 

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

 

Determination Date”: The 11th day of the calendar month in which a Distribution Date occurs, or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, commencing in January 2022.

 

Directing Certificateholder”: As of the Closing Date, the Majority Controlling Class Certificateholders have not appointed an initial Directing Certificateholder. Thereafter, the Directing Certificateholder shall be the Controlling Class Certificateholder (or its representative or designee) as identified to the Certificate Administrator selected by the Majority Controlling Class Certificateholders, as determined by the Certificate Registrar from time to time. No Borrower Affiliate may be appointed as or act as the Directing Certificateholder.

 

Directly Operate”: With respect to the Foreclosed Property, the furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, that are not customarily provided to tenants in connection with the rental of space “for occupancy only” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.512(b)-1(c)(5), the management or operation of the Foreclosed Property, the holding of the Foreclosed Property primarily for sale to customers, the use of the Foreclosed Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust Fund or the performance of any construction work on the Foreclosed Property (other than the completion of a building or improvement, where more than 10% of the construction of such building or improvement was completed before default became imminent), other than through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that a Foreclosed Property shall not be considered to be Directly Operated solely because the Trustee (or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance or makes decisions as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such Foreclosed Property or takes other actions consistent with Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5)(ii).

 

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Disclosable Special Servicer Fees”: With respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Companion Loans or any Foreclosed Property, any compensation and other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates that is paid by any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Loan Party, the Property Manager, any indemnitor or any Borrower Affiliate in respect of the Mortgage Loan, the Companion Loans or any of their Affiliates and any purchaser of the Mortgage Loan, the Companion Loans or Foreclosed Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of the Whole Loan, the management or disposition of the Foreclosed Property, and the performance by the Special Servicer or any such Affiliate of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than (1) any Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees and (2) any compensation to which the Special Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 3.17 of this Agreement; provided, that any compensation and other remuneration that the Servicer or Certificate Administrator is permitted to receive or retain pursuant to this Agreement in connection with its duties in such capacity will not be Disclosable Special Servicer Fees.

 

Disclosure Parties”: As defined in Section 8.15(c).

 

Disqualified Non-U.S. Person”: With respect to a Class R Certificate, any Non-U.S. Person or agent thereof other than (i) a Non-U.S. Person that holds such Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and has furnished the transferor and the Certificate Administrator with an effective IRS Form W-8ECI or other prescribed form or (ii) a Non-U.S. Person that has delivered to both the transferor and the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel of a nationally recognized tax counsel to the effect that the transfer of such Class R Certificate to it is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of such Class R Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes under Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-3.

 

Disqualified Organization”: Either (a) the United States, a State, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality that is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for the FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by any such governmental unit), (b) a foreign government, International Organization or agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (c) an organization that is exempt from tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Code Section 511 on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1)) of the Code with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code), (d) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2) of the Code or (e) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that any transfer of a Class R Certificate to such Person may cause either the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Lower-Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding. The terms “United States,” “State” and “International Organization” have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

 

Distribution Account”: The account established and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.5(a).

 

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Distribution Date”: The fourth Business Day following the Determination Date in each calendar month, commencing in January 2022. The first Distribution Date will be January 18, 2022.

 

Distribution Date Statement”: As defined in Section 4.4(a).

 

Due Diligence Service Provider”: As defined in Section 8.15(b).

 

Eligible Account”: A separate and identifiable account from all other funds held by the holding institution that is either (a) an account or accounts maintained with a federal or state-chartered depository institution or trust company that complies with the definition of Eligible Institution, (b) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity that has a Moody’s rating of (and whose long term unsecured debt obligations are rated) at least “A2” and which, in the case of a state chartered depository institution or trust company, is subject to regulations substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. §9.10(b), having in either case a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, as applicable, or (c) such other account or accounts not listed in clauses (a) or (b) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from the Rating Agency. An Eligible Account will not be required to be evidenced by a certificate of deposit, passbook or other instrument.

 

Eligible Institution”: a depository institution or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (i) the short term unsecured debt obligations or commercial paper of which are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s (or, in the case of accounts in which funds are held for more than 30 days, the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s) or (ii) with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from the Rating Agency in respect of the ratings of such depository institution or trust company.

 

ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

ERISA Plan”: As defined in Section 5.3(m).

 

Euroclear”: As defined in Section 5.2(a).

 

Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

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

 

Foreclosed Companion Loan”: Each Companion Loan while the Mortgaged Property is a Foreclosed Property.

 

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benefit of the Trust and Companion Loan Holders through foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise.

 

Foreclosed Property Account”: The account or accounts established and maintained by the Special Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.6 and 3.14.

 

Foreclosure Proceeds”: Proceeds, net of any related expenses of the Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and/or the Trustee, received in respect of any Foreclosed Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from the operation or rental of such Foreclosed Property) prior to the final liquidation of the Foreclosed Property.

 

Form 8-K Disclosure” The information described in the Form 8-K items set forth under the “Item on Form 8-K” column on Exhibit T hereto.

 

Form ABS Due Diligence-15E”: The form certification of a Due Diligence Service Provider prescribed by Section 15E(s)(4)(B) of the Exchange Act and Rule 17g-10 thereunder.

 

GACC”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Global Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.2(b).

 

Guarantor”: The “BPLP Guarantor” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Independent”: When used with respect to any specified Person, such a Person who (i) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Depositor, any Borrower Affiliate, any Companion Loan Holder, the Trustee, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer or the Special Servicer or in any of their respective Affiliates and (ii) is not connected with the Depositor, any Borrower Affiliate, any Companion Loan Holder, the Trustee, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer or the Special Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.

 

Independent Appraiser”: An Independent professional real estate appraiser who (i) is a member in good standing of the Appraisal Institute, (ii) if the state in which the Mortgaged Property or Foreclosed Property is located certifies or licenses appraisers, is certified or licensed in such state, and (iii) has a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the appraisal of comparable properties in the geographic area in which the Mortgaged Property is located.

 

Independent Contractor”: Either (i) any Person (other than the Special Servicer or Servicer) that would be an “independent contractor” with respect to the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if such Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if the Trust REMIC were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership test set forth in that Section of the Code shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates or 35% or more of the aggregate value of all Classes of Certificates or such other interest in the Certificates as is set forth in an Opinion of Counsel, which shall, at no expense to

 

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the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Servicer or the Trust Fund, be delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer or the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee); provided that neither the Lower-Tier REMIC nor the Upper-Tier REMIC receives or derives any income from such Person and the relationship between such Person and such Trust REMIC does not receive or derive any income from such Person and the relationship between such Person and the Trust REMIC is at arm’s length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii) any other Person (including the Special Servicer or the Servicer) if the Trustee and, the Certificate Administrator (or the Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) has received an Opinion of Counsel which shall, at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Servicer (unless the Special Servicer or the Servicer is providing the Opinion of Counsel with respect to itself) or the Trust Fund, be to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of the Foreclosed Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause the Foreclosed Property to cease to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code), or cause any income realized in respect of the Foreclosed Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real Property.

 

Initial Delivery Date”: As defined in Section 3.10(i).

 

Initial Purchasers”: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and their respective successors-in-interest.

 

Inquiries”: As defined in Section 4.5(a)(i).

 

Institutional Accredited Investors”: Institutions that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Act or any entity all of the equity owners of which are such institutions.

 

Insurance Proceeds”: (a) The portion of Net Proceeds paid as a result of a Casualty (as defined in the Loan Agreement) other than amounts to be applied to the restoration, preservation or repair of the Mortgaged Property or to be released to the Loan Parties each in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, or if not required to be so applied or so released under the terms of the Loan Agreement, other than amounts applied to the restoration, preservation or repair of the Mortgaged Property in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, (b) amounts paid by any insurer pursuant to any insurance policy required to be maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11, to the extent related to this Agreement only or (c) any other amounts paid by an insurer pursuant to any insurance policy required to be maintained by the Loan Parties, to the extent allocable to the Whole Loan under the Loan Documents.

 

Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date for any Class of Non-Retained Certificates or Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest, the sum of the Current Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and such Class of Certificates or Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfalls in respect of prior Distribution Dates for such Class of Certificates or Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest.

 

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Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date for any Class of Certificates (other than the RR Interest and the Class R Certificates) or Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest (other than the Class LRRI Uncertificated Interest), the amount by which the Current Interest Distribution Amount for such Class of Certificates or Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest and such Distribution Date exceeds the portion of such amount actually paid in respect of such Class of Certificates or Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest on such Distribution Date.

 

Interested Person”: As defined in Section 3.16(a)(ii).

 

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

 

Investment Account”: As defined in Section 3.8(a).

 

Investment Decisions”: Investment, trading, lending or other financial decisions, strategies or recommendations with respect to Investments, whether on behalf of the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate thereof, as applicable, or any Person on whose behalf the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof or the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof has discretion in connection with Investments.

 

Investment Representation Letter”: A letter substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit P.

 

Investor Certification”: A certificate representing that such Person executing the certificate is a Certificateholder, a Beneficial Owner of a Certificate, the Directing Certificateholder, a Risk Retention Consultation Party, a Companion Loan Holder, a prospective purchaser of a Certificate, any Mortgage Loan Seller if it has repurchased a portion of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and that either (a) such Person is a Risk Retention Consultation Party or is not a Borrower Affiliate, the Property Manager, or an agent or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, in which case such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Privileged Persons hereunder, or (b) such Person is a Borrower Affiliate or the Property Manager, or an agent or Affiliate of the foregoing, in which case such Person shall be permitted to receive access to the Distribution Date Statements prepared by the Certificate Administrator. The Investor Certification shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit K-1 or Exhibit K-2 hereto, as applicable, or may be in the form of an electronic certification contained on the Certificate Administrator’s Website containing the same information as Exhibit K-1 or Exhibit K-2, as applicable. Investor Certifications may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website. The Certificate Administrator and the Trustee may conclusively rely on the Investor Certifications and may require that Investor Certifications be resubmitted from time to time in accordance with its policies and procedures.

 

Investor Q&A Forum”: As defined in Section 4.5(a).

 

Investor Registry”: As defined in Section 4.5(b).

 

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IRS”: The Internal Revenue Service.

 

Leases”: With respect to the Mortgaged Property, a “Lease” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Lender”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Liquidated Property”: The Mortgaged Property, if it has been liquidated and the Special Servicer has determined that all amounts which it expects to recover from or on account of the Mortgaged Property have been recovered.

 

Liquidation Expenses”: Reasonable and customary expenses (other than expenses covered by any insurance policy) incurred by the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in connection with the liquidation of the Whole Loan or the Mortgaged Property (including for the avoidance of doubt, reasonable and customary expenses incurred by the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in connection with the sale of the Whole Loan), such expenses including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, appraisal fees, brokerage fees and commissions, conveyance taxes and trustee and co-trustee fees, if any. Liquidation Expenses shall not include any previously incurred expenses which have been previously reimbursed to the party incurring the same or which were netted against income from the Foreclosed Property and were considered in the calculation of the amount of Foreclosure Proceeds pursuant to the definition thereof.

 

Liquidation Fee”: A fee payable to the Special Servicer with respect to the Liquidated Property or the liquidation of the Mortgage Loan or the Companion Loans, whether through judicial foreclosure, sale or otherwise, or in connection with the sale, discounted payoff or other liquidation of the Specially Serviced Whole Loan or the Mortgaged Property, as to which the Special Servicer receives any Liquidation Proceeds (including by way of discounted payoff), equal to the product of the Liquidation Fee Rate and the Net Liquidation Proceeds related to such Liquidated Property, the Specially Serviced Whole Loan or the Whole Loan; provided that any such Liquidation Fee shall be reduced by any Net Modification Fees paid by the Borrower with respect to the Specially Serviced Whole Loan or the Mortgaged Property that were received and retained by the Special Servicer within 18 months prior to such liquidation, but only to the extent those Net Modification Fees have not previously been deducted from a Work-out Fee or Liquidation Fee; and provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to receive a Liquidation Fee in connection with (i) a repurchase of the Mortgage Loan by the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or a Companion Loan under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (so long as such repurchase occurs within the ninety (90) day time period required by the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or such time period required by the mortgage loan purchase agreement relating to any such Other Securitization Trust for the Mortgage Loan Sellers to cure or repurchase the Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, such Companion Loan (including any applicable extended cure periods), or (ii) a sale of the Whole Loan to an Interested Person by the Special Servicer in accordance with Section 3.16.

 

Liquidation Fee Rate”: A rate equal to 0.25%.

 

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Liquidation Proceeds”: Amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) received by the Special Servicer and/or the Certificate Administrator in connection with the liquidation of the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan or the Mortgaged Property, whether through judicial foreclosure, sale or otherwise, or in connection with the sale, discounted payoff or other liquidation of the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan (other than amounts required to be paid to the Loan Parties pursuant to law or the terms of the Loan Agreement) including the proceeds of any full, partial or discounted payoff of the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan (exclusive of any portion of such payoff or proceeds that represents Default Interest).

 

Loan Documents”: All documents executed or delivered by the Loan Parties (or their Affiliates) evidencing or securing the Whole Loan and any amendment thereof or thereafter or subsequently added to the Mortgage File, including without limitation the Loan Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Loan Documents shall not include the Securitization Indemnification Agreement, and the rights of the Mortgage Loan Sellers and other parties to the Securitization Indemnification Agreement thereunder will not be part of the Trust Fund.

 

Loan Party”: The Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower.

 

Loan Percentage Interest”: 35.% with respect to WFB. 22.0% with respect to GACC. 22.0% with respect to MSMCH. 21.0% with respect to CREFI.

 

Loan Purchase Price”: An amount (without duplication) generally equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the Whole Loan, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on each Note at the Note Rate through and including the last day of the related Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period in which the repurchase is to occur, (iii) unreimbursed Property Protection Advances, Administrative Advances and Companion Loan Advances and fees and amounts owed to the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, together with interest on Advances and Companion Loan Advances, (iv) an amount equal to all interest on outstanding Monthly Payment Advances and (v) any unpaid Trust Fund Expenses and any amounts owed to the parties to this Agreement or any other amounts owed to parties under any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the related Companion Loan.

 

Lockbox Account”: The “Deposit Account” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Lockbox Agreements”: The “DACA” as defined in the Cash Management Agreement.

 

Lower-Tier Distribution Account”: A subaccount of the Distribution Account, which shall be an asset of the Trust Fund and the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

Lower-Tier Distribution Amount”: As defined in Section 4.1(b).

 

Lower-Tier Principal Amount”: With respect to any Class of Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests, (i) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount of such Class as specified in the Introductory Statement to this Agreement, and (ii) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date an amount equal to the Certificate Balance of the Class of Related Certificates on the preceding Distribution

 

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Date (after giving effect to distribution of principal and allocation of Realized Losses pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.3).

 

Lower-Tier REMIC”: One of two separate REMICs comprising the Trust Fund, the assets of which consist of all of the assets of the Trust Fund other than the assets of the Upper-Tier REMIC.

 

Major Decision”: Any of the following:

 

(i)           any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which may include acquisitions of a Foreclosed Property) of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property if a Mortgage Loan Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(ii)          any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term of the Whole Loan (other than late fees and Default Interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of the Whole Loan or any extension of the maturity date of the Whole Loan, other than a forbearance with respect to an anticipated refinancing or sale of the Mortgaged Property after the Maturity Date so long as such extension does not extend beyond 120 days;

 

(iii)         any sale of the defaulted Whole Loan or Foreclosed Property for less than the applicable Loan Purchase Price;

 

(iv)         any determination to bring the Mortgaged Property or any Foreclosed Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address hazardous material located at a Foreclosed Property;

 

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

 

(vi)         any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Whole Loan or any consent to such waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the Borrower or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than if required pursuant to the specific terms of the Whole Loan and for which there is no material lender discretion;

 

(vii)        any property management company changes (with respect to the Whole Loan for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the Loan Documents);

 

(viii)       releases of any escrow accounts, reserve accounts or letters of credit held as performance escrows or reserves other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the Whole Loan and for which there is no material lender discretion;

 

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(ix)         any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing the Borrower from liability under the Whole Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of the Whole Loan and for which there is no material lender discretion; or

 

(x)          any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default.

 

Majority Controlling Class Certificateholders”: With respect to the Controlling Class, the Holder(s) of Certificates representing more than fifty percent (50%) of such Controlling Class, by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar.

 

Management Agreement”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Material Breach”: As defined in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

Material Document Defect”: As defined in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

Maturity Date”: The Payment Date in January 2032.

 

Modification Fees”: With respect to the Whole Loan, any and all fees with respect to a modification, extension, waiver or amendment that modifies, extends, amends or waives any term of the Loan Documents (as evidenced by a signed writing) agreed to by the Servicer or the Special Servicer (other than all Assumption Fees, Assumption Application Fees, defeasance fees, consent fees, Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees or Work-out Fees). With respect to each of the Servicer and the Special Servicer, in no event shall either Person be permitted to collect and retain as compensation Modification Fees collected and earned by such Person from the Borrower (taken in the aggregate with any other Modification Fees collected and earned by such Person from the Borrower) in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000 (i.e., shall be subject to an aggregate cap of $2,500,000).

 

Monthly Payment”: With respect to the Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan or the Whole Loan, as applicable, and any Distribution Date, the scheduled payment of interest on the Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan or the Whole Loan, respectively, and, without duplication, the Balloon Payment with respect to the Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan or the Whole Loan, respectively, that is due and payable on the preceding Payment Date.

 

Monthly Payment Advance”: Any advance made with respect to the Mortgage Loan by the Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23(a) or, if not made by the Servicer, made by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.6, as applicable. Each reference to the reimbursement or payment of a Monthly Payment Advance shall be deemed to include, whether or not specifically referred to, payment or reimbursement of interest thereon at the Advance Rate through the date preceding the date of payment or reimbursement.

 

Moody’s”: Moody’s Investor Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

 

Mortgage”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

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Mortgage File”: As defined in Section 2.1(b) and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Introductory Statement to this Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Event of Default”: An “Event of Default” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Mortgage Loan Sellers and the Depositor.

 

Mortgage Loan Sellers”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Mortgaged Property”: The “Property” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

MSBNA”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

MSMCH”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Net Foreclosure Proceeds”: The Foreclosure Proceeds with respect to any Foreclosed Property net of any insurance premiums, taxes, assessments, ground rents and other costs permitted to be paid therefrom pursuant to Section 3.14.

 

Net Liquidation Proceeds”: The excess of Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to the Mortgaged Property or the Whole Loan, as the case may be, over the amount of Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect thereto.

 

Net Modification Fees”: With respect to the Whole Loan, the sum of (A) the remainder, if any, of (i) any and all Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan, minus (ii) all unpaid or unreimbursed additional expenses (including, without limitation, reimbursement of Advances and Companion Loan Advances and interest on such Advances and Companion Loan Advances at the Advance Rate to the extent not otherwise paid or reimbursed by the Borrower but excluding Special Servicing Fees, Work-out Fees and Liquidation Fees) either outstanding or previously incurred on behalf of the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan and reimbursed from such Modification Fees and (B) expenses previously paid or reimbursed from Modification Fees as described in the preceding clause (A), which expenses have been subsequently recovered from the Borrower or otherwise.

 

Net Proceeds”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Net Trust Note Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Trust Note, the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Trust Note on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months in the Certificate Interest Accrual Period preceding such Distribution Date in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest (net of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate (including the portion that is the Trustee Fee) and exclusive of Default Interest) that actually accrues on such Trust Note during the related Whole

 

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Loan Interest Accrual Period; provided that any modification of the Mortgage Loan that changes any Note Rate shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating the Pass Through Rates for the Certificates; provided, further, however, that (i) the Net Trust Note Rate for the Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period for the Payment Dates in (a) January and February in each year that is not a leap year or (b) in February only in each year that is a leap year (in the case of either (a) or (b), unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), shall be the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Trust Note on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest (net of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate (including the portion that is the Trustee Fee) and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and exclusive of any rate at which Default Interest accrues on such Trust Note) actually accrued on such Trust Note during the related Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period, minus the applicable Withheld Amount and (ii) the Net Trust Note Rate for the Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period for the Payment Date in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), shall be the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Trust Note on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest (net of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate (including the portion that is the Trustee Fee) and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and exclusive of Default Interest) actually accrued on such Trust Note during the related Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period, plus the applicable Withheld Amounts.

 

New Lease”: Any lease with respect to the Foreclosed Property entered into at the direction of the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust, including any lease renewed, modified or extended on behalf of the Trust, if the Trust has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.

 

Non-Book Entry Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.2(c).

 

Nondisqualification Opinion”: An Opinion of Counsel, prepared at the Trust Fund’s expense and payable from the Collection Account, to the effect that a contemplated action will not cause (i) either the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates or RR Interest are outstanding or (ii) a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contributions” tax to be imposed on either the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC at any time that any Certificates or RR Interest are outstanding.

 

Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any portion of an Advance previously made and not previously reimbursed, or proposed to be made, including interest thereon, which the Servicer or the Trustee has determined, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices (in the case of the Servicer) or good faith and reasonable business judgment (in the case of the Trustee), would not be ultimately recoverable from subsequent payments or collections (including Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds) in respect of the Whole Loan or the Mortgaged Property (in the case of Property Protection Advances) or the Mortgage Loan (in the case of Monthly Payment Advances or Administrative Advances) pursuant to Section 3.4(c). The Trustee may rely conclusively upon a determination of non-recoverability made by the Servicer. The Servicer or the Special Servicer may consider (among other things) the items listed in Section 3.23(i) when making a determination regarding a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

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Non-Retained Certificates”: As defined in the Introductory Statement to this Agreement.

 

Non-Risk Retained Percentage”: An amount expressed as a percentage equal to 100% less the Required Risk Retained Percentage. For the avoidance of doubt, at all times, the sum of the Required Risk Retained Percentage and the Non-Risk Retained Percentage shall equal 100%.

 

Non-RR Interest Available Funds”: On each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Non-Risk Retained Percentage of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date.

 

Non-RR Interest Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Sequential Pay Certificates after giving effect to distributions made on such Distribution Date exceeds (ii) the product of (a) the Non-Risk Retained Percentage and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan after giving effect to (x) any payments of principal received with respect to the Payment Date occurring immediately prior to such Distribution Date and allocated to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement and (y) the aggregate reductions of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan that have been permanently made as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding, modification or otherwise.

 

Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”: As defined in Section 5.3(f).

 

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

 

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Note”: Shall mean each promissory note with the designation and original principal amount set forth below, each dated as of December 10, 2021, made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note Holder set forth in the chart below, as such may be amended, modified or supplemented.

 

Note

Initial Note Holder

Original Principal Balance

Note A-1-S1 Wells Fargo $52,500,000
Note A-1-C1 Wells Fargo $17,500,000
Note A-1-C2 Wells Fargo $67,543,860
Note A-1-C3 Wells Fargo $67,543,860
Note A-1-C4 Wells Fargo $48,067,280
Note A-2-S1 DBRI $33,000,000
Note A-2-C1 DBRI $11,000,000
Note A-2-C2 DBRI $56,279,070
Note A-2-C3 DBRI $56,279,070
Note A-2-C4 DBRI $2,567,860
Note A-3-S1 MSBNA $33,000,000
Note A-3-C1 MSBNA $11,000,000
Note A-3-C2 MSBNA $42,456,140
Note A-3-C3 MSBNA $42,456,140
Note A-3-C4 MSBNA $30,213,720
Note A-4-S1 CREFI $31,500,000
Note A-4-C1 CREFI $10,500,000
Note A-4-C2 CREFI $53,720,930
Note A-4-C3 CREFI $53,720,930
Note A-4-C4 CREFI $2,451,140
Note B-1 Wells Fargo  $96,845,000
Note B-2 DBRI  $60,874,000
Note B-3 MSBNA  $60,874,000
Note B-4 CREFI  $58,107,000

 

Note Rate”: With respect to each Note, the per annum rate at which interest accrues on such Note as set forth in the Loan Agreement without giving effect to the Default Rate.

 

Notes”: As defined in the Introductory Statement to this Agreement.

 

Notional Amount”: In the case of the notional amount of Class X Certificates, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class A and Class B Certificates.

 

NRSRO”: Any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, including the Rating Agencies.

 

NRSRO Certification”: A certification (a) substantially in the form of Exhibit M executed by an NRSRO (including any Rating Agency) or (b) provided electronically and executed by such NRSRO by means of a “click-through” confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, in either case in favor of the 17g-5 Information Provider that states that (a) such NRSRO is a Rating Agency, or (b) that such NRSRO has provided the Depositor with the appropriate

 

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certifications under paragraph (e) of Rule 17g-5, such NRSRO has access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website and any confidentiality provisions relating to information on the Depositor’s 17g-5 website apply equally to information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

 

Offered Certificates”: The Certificates other than the RR Interest.

 

Offering Circular”: The Offering Circular, dated December 17, 2021, for the Certificates (other than the RR Interest).

 

Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President (however denominated), the Treasurer, the Secretary, one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries, any Servicing Officer, Responsible Officer or other officer of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers or any other entity referred to herein, as the case may be, customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and (ii) with respect to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, a Responsible Officer.

 

Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be counsel for the Depositor, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

 

Original Certificate Balance”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount”: With respect to any Class of Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests, the initial Lower-Tier Principal Amount thereof as of the Closing Date, in each case as specified in the Introductory Statement to this Agreement.

 

Original Notional Amount”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Origination Date”: December 10, 2021.

 

Other Depositor”: With respect to any Other Securitization Trust, the related “depositor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(e) of Regulation AB).

 

Other Exchange Act Reporting Party”: With respect to any Other Securitization Trust that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer, special servicer, operating advisor or depositor under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is responsible for the preparation and/or filing of Form 8-K, Form 10-D and Form 10-K with respect to such Other Securitization Trust, as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement; and, with respect to any Other Securitization Trust that is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and for the purposes of Sections 13.7, 13.8, 13.9 and 13.15 only, the trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer, special servicer, operating advisor or depositor under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is responsible for the preparation and/or dissemination of periodic distribution date statements or similar reports, as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement.

 

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Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: The applicable pooling and servicing agreement or other applicable comparable agreement governing the creation of any Other Securitization Trust and the issuance of Companion Loan Securities (or any portion thereof or interest therein).

 

Other Securitization Trust”: Any “issuing entity” (within the meaning of Item 1101(f) of Regulation AB) that holds a Companion Loan or Foreclosed Companion Loan (or any portion thereof or interest therein), as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement.

 

Pass-Through Rate”: For the following Classes of Certificates, the related Pass-Through Rate set forth below, and for each Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interest (other than the Class LRRI Uncertificated Interest), the weighted average of the Net Trust Note Rate of the Trust Notes at which, in each case, interest accrues on the Certificate Balance or Lower-Tier Principal Amount, as applicable, of such Class as set forth in the Introductory Statement to this Agreement.

 

Class of Certificates

Pass-Through Rate

Class A Certificates Class A Pass-Through Rate
Class X Certificates Class X Pass-Through Rate
Class B Certificates Class B Pass-Through Rate
Class C Certificates Class C Pass-Through Rate
Class D Certificates Class D Pass-Through Rate
Class E Certificates Class E Pass-Through Rate

 

With respect to the RR Interest and the Class LRRI Uncertificated Interest and any Distribution Date, the effective per annum rate at which interest accrues on the RR Interest during any Certificate Interest Accrual Period, which, in each case, will be the weighted average of the Net Trust Note Rates of all of the Trust Notes of the Mortgage Loan.

 

Payment Date”: The 9th day of each calendar month (with a 2 Business Day grace period once during any 12 month period during the term of the Whole Loan, excluding the payment due date on the Maturity Date) or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

Percentage Interest”: (i) With respect to any Certificate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the RR Interest, but other than the Class R Certificates), the initial Certificate Balance of such Certificate divided by the initial Certificate Balance of all of the Certificates of its Class; (ii) as to any portion of the RR Interest, the initial balance of such RR Interest divided by the initial Certificate Balance for the entire RR Interest and (iii) with respect to the Class R Certificates, the percentage specified on the Certificate held by the Holder of such Certificate.

 

Permitted Encumbrances”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Permitted Investments”: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities (including obligations or securities of the Certificate Administrator, or managed by the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate of the Certificate Administrator, if otherwise qualifying

 

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hereunder), regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, or any of their respective Affiliates and having the required ratings, if any, provided for in this definition and which shall not be subject to liquidation prior to maturity:

 

(i)          direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America that mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition; provided that any obligation of, or guarantee by, any instrumentality of the United States of America shall be a Permitted Investment only if such investment would not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned by the Rating Agency to any Certificate as evidenced in writing, other than (a) unsecured senior debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury (direct or fully funded obligations), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development public housing agency bonds, Federal Housing Administration debentures, Government National Mortgage Association guaranteed mortgage-backed securities or participation certificates, RefCorp debt obligations and SBA-guaranteed participation certificates and guaranteed pool certificates and (b) Farm Credit System consolidated systemwide bonds and notes, Federal Home Loan Banks' consolidated debt obligations, Freddie Mac debt obligations, and Fannie Mae debt obligations;

 

(ii)         federal funds, unsecured certificates of deposit, time deposits, banker's acceptances, and repurchase agreements having maturities of not more than 365 days of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, the debt obligations of which are rated (a) in one of the following Moody’s rating categories: a long-term rating of “A2” or a short-term rating of “P-1”, or (b) if not rated by the Rating Agency, otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agency and in any such case as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates;

 

(iii)        deposits that are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (“FDIC”);

 

(iv)        commercial paper rated (a) in one of the following Moody’s rating categories: a long-term rating of “A2” or a short-term rating of “P-1”, or (b) if not so rated by the Rating Agency, otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agency, and in any such case as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates;

 

(v)         any money market fund that (a) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (i) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000, and (c) is rated “AAA-mf” by Moody’s category;

 

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(vi)        the Wells Fargo Money Market Funds, so long as it is rated “AAA-mf” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by the Rating Agency, as otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agency as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation);

 

(vii)       any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i)-(vi) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from the Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment; and

 

(viii)      such other investments as to which the Rating Agency shall have delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation;

 

provided, however, that with respect to any Permitted Investment for which a rating by the Rating Agencies is required as set forth above, such rating must be an unqualified rating (i.e., one with no qualifying suffix), with the exception of ratings with regulatory indicators, such as the (sf) subscript, and unsolicited ratings; provided, further, however, that each Permitted Investment qualifies as a “cash flow investment” pursuant to Section 860G(a)(6) of the Code, and that (a) it shall have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change and (b) any such investment that provides for a variable rate of interest must have an interest rate that is tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread, if any, and move proportionately with such index; and provided, further, however, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (a) if such instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at the time of acquisition of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations, (b) if such instrument may be redeemed at a price below the purchase price or (c) if such investment is purchased at a premium over par; and provided, further, however, that no amount beneficially owned by the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Lower-Tier REMIC (even if not yet deposited in the Trust) may be invested in investments (other than money market funds) treated as equity interests for federal income tax purposes, unless the Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel, at its own expense, to the effect that such investment will not adversely affect the status of the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Lower-Tier REMIC as a REMIC. Permitted Investments may not be interest-only securities. All investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holder thereof on or prior to the earlier of (x) three months from the date of their purchase and (y) the Business Day preceding the day before the date such amounts are required to be applied hereunder.

 

Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees”: Any commercially reasonable treasury management fees, banking fees, insurance commissions or fees, property condition report fees and appraisal fees received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates in connection with any services performed by such party with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Companion Loans or the Foreclosed Property in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Permitted Transferee”: Any Person or agent of such Person other than (a) a Disqualified Organization, (b) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar who is

 

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unable to provide an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of such Person or the Person requesting the transfer) to the effect that the transfer of an ownership interest in any Class R Certificate to such Person would not cause the Lower-Tier REMIC or Upper-Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding, (c) a Disqualified Non-U.S. Person, (d) any partnership if any of its interests are (or under the partnership agreement are permitted to be) owned, directly or indirectly (other than through a U.S. corporation), by a Disqualified Non-U.S. Person or (e) a U.S. Person with respect to whom income from the Class R Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the transferee or any other U.S. Person or (f) a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of or using the assets of a Plan to acquire any Class R Certificate.

 

Person”: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated association, any federal, state, county or municipal government or any bureau, department or agency thereof and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.

 

Plan”: As defined in Section 5.3(m).

 

Prime Rate”: The “prime rate” published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal; if The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish the “prime rate”, then the Servicer shall select an equivalent publication that publishes such “prime rate”, and if such “prime rate” is no longer generally published or is limited, regulated or administered by a governmental or quasi-governmental body, then the Servicer shall reasonably select a comparable interest rate index.

 

Principal Distribution Amount”: For each Distribution Date and the Certificates in the aggregate (other than the Class X Certificates, the RR Interest and the Class R Certificates), the sum of (i) the Non-Risk Retained Percentage of the Regular Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate unpaid Principal Shortfalls in respect of prior Distribution Dates.

 

Principal Shortfall”: For each Distribution Date, the amount by which the Non-Risk Retained Percentage of the Regular Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date exceeds the amount actually distributed in respect of principal to the Sequential Pay Certificates on such Distribution Date.

 

Privileged Information”: Any (i) correspondence between the Directing Certificateholder or any Risk Retention Consultation Party, on the one hand, and the Trustee, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, on the other hand, related to the Specially Serviced Whole Loan or the exercise of the Directing Certificateholder’s consent or consultation rights or the consultation rights of any Risk Retention Consultation Party under this Agreement, (ii) strategically sensitive information that the Special Servicer has reasonably determined could compromise the Trust’s position in any ongoing or future negotiations with the Borrower or other interested party or (iii) information subject to attorney-client privilege.

 

Privileged Person”: The Depositor and its designees, the Initial Purchasers, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, any Companion Loan Holder, the Mortgage Loan Sellers or Directing

 

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Certificateholder that delivers an Investor Certification, any other Person who provides the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification and any NRSRO that delivers an NRSRO Certification to the Certificate Administrator, which Investor Certification and NRSRO Certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website. For purposes of obtaining access to information in the possession of the Certificate Administrator and/or receiving any information or report from the Certificate Administrator’s Website (including accessing the Investor Q&A Forum), other than Distribution Date Statements only, each Borrower Affiliate, the Property Manager, and any of their respective agents or Affiliates (in each case, as evidenced by an Investor Certification in the form of Exhibit K-2 hereto) shall be deemed to not be a “Privileged Person”. The foregoing provisions shall not limit the Servicer’s rights to post information to its website in accordance with Section 8.15(c) hereof.

 

Property Manager”: The “Manager” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Property Protection Advances”: As defined in Section 3.23(b).

 

QIB”: A “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A.

 

RAC Decision” means any of the actions set forth in clauses (v), (vi), (vii) or (ix) of the definition of Major Decision.

 

Rated Final Distribution Date”: The Distribution Date in January 2044.

 

Rating Agency”: Moody’s.

 

Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic format) by the Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event specified in this Agreement or the Loan Documents will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any Class of Certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency) immediately prior to the occurrence of the action, failure to act or other event with respect to which Rating Agency Confirmation is sought which Rating Agency Confirmation may be obtained or deemed to be satisfied as set forth in Section 3.26 hereof; provided, that a written waiver (which may be in electronic format) or other acknowledgment from any Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or to decline to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agency with respect to such matter, as set forth in Section 3.26. With respect to any matter affecting any Companion Loan, so long as such Companion Loan (or any portion thereof) is included in an Other Securitization Trust, any Rating Agency Confirmation shall also refer to the Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation from each related Companion Loan Rating Agency to the extent provided in Section 3.27. At any time during which no Certificates are rated by the Rating Agency, no Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required from that Rating Agency.

 

Rating Agency Inquiry”: As defined in Section 4.5(d).

 

Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool”: As defined in Section 4.5(d).

 

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Realized Loss”: Any Non-RR Interest Realized Loss or RR Interest Realized Loss, as applicable.

 

Record Date”: With respect to each Distribution Date, for the Certificates, the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

 

Regular Certificates”: The Class A, Class X, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates and the RR Interest.

 

Regular Principal Distribution Amount”: For each Distribution Date and the Certificates in the aggregate (other than the Class X Certificates, the RR Interest and the Class R Certificates), the sum of (a) all amounts collected or advanced in respect of principal with respect to the Mortgage Loan during the related Collection Period and (b) the principal portion of the Repurchase Price or any purchase price, all amounts received in respect of principal from Net Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds or otherwise received in respect of principal allocated to the Mortgage Loan.

 

Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time. Each of the parties hereto acknowledge that the Regulation AB provisions herein shall be construed as if the Certificates were publicly registered and reporting were required at all times.

 

Regulation S”: Regulation S under the Act.

 

Regulation S Global Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.2(a).

 

Related Certificates”, “Related Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests”: For the following Classes of Certificates, Classes of Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests and Classes of Certificates, as applicable, set forth below:

 

Related Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests

Related Certificates

Class LA Uncertificated Interest Class A
Class LB Uncertificated Interest Class B
Class LC Uncertificated Interest Class C
Class LD Uncertificated Interest Class D
Class LE Uncertificated Interest Class E
Class LRRI Uncertificated Interest RR Interest

 

Relevant Distribution Date” means with respect to any “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) with respect to an Other Securitization Trust holding a Companion Loan, the “Distribution Date” (or analogous concept) under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code.

 

REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the Code relating to “real estate mortgage investment conduits,” including Sections 860A through 860G of the Code and any related regulations or announcements promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

Remittance Date”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.

 

Rents from Real Property”: With respect to the Foreclosed Property, gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code.

 

REO Management Fee”: As to the Mortgaged Property when it is a Foreclosed Property, a fee payable out of the Foreclosed Property Account to the Successor Property Manager for managing the Mortgaged Property while it is owned by the Trust Fund, which shall be reasonable and customary in the market in which the Mortgaged Property is located.

 

Reporting Servicer”: The Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or a Servicing Function Participant engaged by any such party, as the case may be.

 

Repurchase Communication”: For purposes of Section 2.2(d) only, any communication, whether oral or written, which need not be in any specific form.

 

Repurchase Mortgage File”: With respect to any repurchase of the Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.8, the Mortgage File.

 

Repurchase Price”: An amount with (a) respect to the Mortgage Loan (without duplication) generally equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on each Trust Note at the Note Rate (exclusive of the Default Rate) to and including the last day of the related Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period in which the repurchase is to occur on the portion(s) of the amount in clause (i) being reduced from the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan), (iii) unreimbursed Property Protection Advances and Administrative Advances together with interest on such Advances allocable to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement, (iv) an amount equal to all interest on outstanding Monthly Payment Advances, (v) any unpaid Trust Fund Expenses allocable to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement and (vi) any other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee arising out of the sale of the Whole Loan or enforcement of the repurchase obligation, as applicable and (b) with respect to any repurchase by a single Mortgage Loan Seller of such Mortgage Loan Seller’s individual Note, with respect to each such Note, an amount (without duplication) generally equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Note, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Note at the related Note Rate (exclusive of the Default Rate) to and including the last day of the Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period in which the repurchase is to occur, (iii) unreimbursed Property Protection Advances and Administrative Advances (in each case, allocable to such Note) together with interest on such Advances, (iv) an amount equal to all interest on outstanding Monthly Payment Advances (allocable to such Note), (v) any unpaid Trust

 

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Fund Expenses (allocable to such Note), and (vi) any other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase obligation (allocable to such Note). No Liquidation Fee shall be payable by a Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with a repurchase of the Mortgage Loan (or an allocable portion of the Mortgage Loan) due to a Material Breach or a Material Document Defect pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (so long as such repurchase occurs within the ninety (90) day time period required by the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement for a Mortgage Loan Seller to cure or repurchase its interest in the Mortgage Loan (plus any applicable extended cure periods)).

 

Repurchase Request”: With respect to the Mortgage Loan, any request or demand whether oral or written that the Mortgage Loan be repurchased or replaced, whether arising from a Material Breach or Material Document Defect or other breach of a representation or warranty.

 

Repurchase Request Recipient”: As defined in Section 2.2(d).

 

Repurchase Request Withdrawal”: As defined in Section 2.2(d).

 

Repurchased Note”: As defined in Section 3.29.

 

Repurchased Seller”: As defined in Section 3.29.

 

Requesting Holders”: As defined in Section 3.7(e).

 

Requesting Party”: As defined in Section 3.26.

 

Required Advance Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the amount of the Monthly Payment Advance (taking into account any Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount as of such Distribution Date) that would be required to be made on the related Remittance Date by the Servicer had the Borrower not made any portion of the Monthly Payment (or an Assumed Monthly Payment) for the related Payment Date (or an assumed Payment Date) less (b) the aggregate compensation payable on such Remittance Date to the Certificate Administrator in respect of the Certificate Administrator Fee (including the portion that is the Trustee Fee) and to CREFC® in respect of the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee.

 

Required Risk Retained Percentage”: 5.0%.

 

Reserve Account”: Any “Reserve Fund” (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

 

Residual Ownership Interest”: Any record or beneficial interest in the Class R Certificates.

 

Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to (i) the Trustee, any officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Services group, with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular

 

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matter, any other officer to whom a particular matter is referred by the Certificate Administrator because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and in the case of any certification or other document required to be signed by a Responsible Officer, an authorized signatory whose name and specimen signature appears on a list furnished to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, as such list may from time to time be amended.

 

Restricted Party”: As defined in the definition of “Certificateholder”.

 

Restricted Period”: As defined in Section 5.2(a).

 

Retaining Sponsor”: WFB.

 

Risk Retained Allocation Percentage”: An amount expressed as a percentage equal to the Required Risk Retained Percentage divided by the Non-Risk Retained Percentage.

 

Risk Retention Consultation Party”: The parties selected by the holders of the RR Interest. The initial Risk Retention Consultation Parties are Wells Fargo, MSMCH, CREFI and DBNY.

 

Risk Retention Period”: The period from the Closing Date until the date on which the Credit Risk Retention Rules have been officially repealed or abolished in their entirety or officially determined by the relevant regulatory agencies to be no longer applicable to the transaction or the RR Interest.

 

RR Interest”: A Certificate executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-7 hereto and designated as an “RR Interest”.

 

RR Interest Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Required Risk Retained Percentage of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date.

 

RR Interest Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the RR Interest, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Risk Retained Allocation Percentage and (ii) the aggregate amount of interest distributed to the Holders of the Non-Retained Certificates pursuant to clauses first, fourth, seventh, tenth and thirteenth of Section 4.1(a) on such Distribution Date.

 

RR Interest Owner”: A Person who owns any portion of the RR Interest, as identified to the Certificate Administrator in writing. WFB is the RR Interest Owner of $7,467,250 of the RR Interest, DBNY is the RR Interest Owner of $4,693,700 of the RR Interest, MSBNA is the RR Interest Owner of $4,693,700 of the RR Interest and CREFI is the RR Interest Owner $4,480,350 of the RR Interest as of the Closing Date.

 

RR Interest Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the RR Interest, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Risk Retained Allocation Percentage and (ii) the aggregate amount of principal distributed to the Holders of the Non-

 

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Retained Certificates pursuant to clauses second, fifth, eighth, eleventh and fourteenth of Section 4.1(a) on such Distribution Date.

 

RR Interest Rate”: For the RR Interest, an effective rate of interest equal to the weighted average of the Net Trust Note Rate.

 

RR Interest Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the Certificate Balance of the RR Interest after giving effect to distributions made on such Distribution Date exceeds (ii) the product of (a) the Required Risk Retained Percentage and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan after giving effect to (x) any payments of principal received with respect to the Payment Date occurring immediately prior to such Distribution Date and allocated to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement, and (y) the aggregate reductions of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan that have been permanently made as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding, modification or otherwise.

 

RR Interest Safekeeping Account”: As defined in Section 5.1(d).

 

Rule 15Ga-1”: Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act.

 

Rule 15Ga-1 Notice”: As defined in Section 2.2(d).

 

Rule 17g-5”: Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act.

 

Rule 144A”: As defined in Section 5.2(b).

 

Rule 144A Global Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.2(b).

 

Rule 144A Information”: As defined in Section 3.21(c).

 

Rule 144A Information Recipients”: As defined in Section 3.21(c).

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act”: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff).

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”: With respect to an Other Securitization Trust, the certification required to be filed together with such Other Securitization Trust’s Exchange Act report on Form 10-K pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14 of the Exchange Act.

 

Securitization Indemnification Agreement”: The indemnification agreement, dated as of December 29, 2021, among the Depositor, the Initial Purchasers, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, DBRI, MSBNA and the Borrower.

 

Sequential Pay Certificates”: The Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates.

 

Servicer”: Wells Fargo, or if any successor Servicer is appointed as herein provided, such successor servicer.

 

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Servicer Customary Expense”: As defined in Section 3.17.

 

Servicer Investment Personnel”: As defined in Section 6.5(a).

 

Servicer Servicing Personnel”: As defined in Section 6.5(a).

 

Servicer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 7.1(a).

 

Service(s)” or “Servicing”: In accordance with Regulation AB, the act of servicing and administering the Whole Loan or any other assets of the Trust by an entity (other than the Certificate Administrator or Trustee) that meets the definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101 of Regulation AB and is subject to the disclosure requirements set forth in Item 1108 of Regulation AB. For clarification purposes, any uncapitalized occurrence of this term shall have the meaning commonly understood by participants in the commercial mortgage-backed securities industry.

 

Servicing Criteria”: The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB as such may be amended from time to time and which as of the Closing Date are listed on Exhibit L hereto.

 

Servicing Fee”: With respect to the Mortgage Loan, each Companion Loan and any Foreclosed Property, a fee payable monthly to the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17, that will accrue at the Servicing Fee Rate, computed on the basis of the same principal amount, on the same interest accrual basis, and for the same Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period respecting which any related interest payment on the Mortgage Loan or such Companion Loan, as the case may be, is (or would have been) computed. For the avoidance of doubt, the Servicing Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be deemed payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to (i) the Mortgage Loan (including any Foreclosed Property in respect thereof), 0.010% per annum and (ii) each Companion Loan (including any Foreclosed Property in respect thereof), 0.005% per annum.

 

Servicing Function Participant”: Any Additional Servicer, Sub-Servicer, Subcontractor or any other Person, other than the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer and the Special Servicer, that is performing activities that address the Applicable Servicing Criteria as of any date of determination.

 

Servicing Officer”: Any officer of the Servicer or the Special Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Whole Loan whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator on the Closing Date by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, as such list may from time to time be amended.

 

Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year), the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Relevant Distribution Date occurring on or immediately following the date on which financial statements for such calendar quarter are required to be delivered to the related lender under the Loan Documents. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that that in the

 

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event the Mortgaged Property securing a Companion Loan is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) with respect to an Other Securitization Trust that includes such Companion Loan, the date on which quarterly financial statements are required to be delivered to the related lender under the Loan Documents is, with respect to net operating income information, thirty (30) days following the end of each fiscal quarter, subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement.

 

Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar year, the date that is the 90th day after the end of such calendar year.

 

Similar Law”: As defined in Section 5.3(m).

 

Special Notice”: As defined in Section 5.6.

 

Special Servicer”: Situs Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or if any successor special servicer is appointed as herein provided, such successor special servicer.

 

Special Servicer Customary Expenses”: As defined in Section 3.17.

 

Special Servicer Investment Personnel”: As defined in Section 6.5(b).

 

Special Servicer Servicing Personnel”: As defined in Section 6.5(b).

 

Special Servicer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 7.1(a).

 

Special Servicing Fee”: If a Special Servicing Loan Event occurs, a fee payable monthly to the Special Servicer equal to an amount computed on the basis of the same principal amount and for the same period respecting which any related interest payment on the Whole Loan is computed, at a rate of 0.15% per annum until the Special Servicing Loan Event with respect to the Specially Serviced Whole Loan no longer exists. Such fee shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other fee or other sum payable to the Special Servicer under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicing Fee shall be deemed payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

Special Servicing Loan Event”: With respect to the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan, (i) the Borrower has not made two consecutive Monthly Payments (other than a Balloon Payment) (and has not cured at least one such delinquency by the next Payment Date under the Loan Documents) in respect of the Whole Loan; (ii) the Servicer, and/or the Trustee have made two consecutive Monthly Payment Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any master servicer and/or trustee under any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement has made two consecutive Companion Loan Advances with respect to such Companion Loan (in each case, regardless of whether such Monthly Payment Advances or Companion Loan Advances, as applicable, have been reimbursed); (iii) the Borrower fails to make the entire Balloon Payment when due, and the Borrower has not delivered to the Servicer, on or before the due date of such Balloon Payment, documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Servicer that provides that a refinancing of the Whole Loan, Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan or sale of the Mortgaged Property will occur within 120 days after the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due (provided that a Special Servicing Loan Event will occur if either

 

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(x) such refinancing or sale does not occur before the expiration of the time period for refinancing or sale specified in such documentation or (y) the Servicer is required to make a Monthly Payment Advance at any time prior to such refinancing or sale); (iv) the Servicer and/or Special Servicer has received notice that the Borrower has become the subject as debtor of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding, admitted in writing the inability to pay its debts as they come due or made an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (v) the Servicer and/or Special Servicer has received notice of a foreclosure or threatened foreclosure of any lien on the Mortgaged Property; (vi) the Borrower has expressed in writing to the Servicer or the Special Servicer an inability to pay the amounts owed under the Mortgage Loan or the Companion Loans in a timely manner, (vii) in the judgment of the Servicer (consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices), a default in the payment of principal or interest under the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan is reasonably foreseeable and is not likely to be cured by the Borrower within 60 days; or (viii) a default under the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan of which the Servicer has notice (other than a failure by the Borrower to pay principal or interest) and that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or any Companion Loan Holder has occurred and remains unremedied for the applicable grace period specified in the Loan Documents (or, if no grace period is specified, 60 days); provided, that a Special Servicing Loan Event shall cease (a) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, when the Borrower has brought the Whole Loan current (including pursuant to the workout of the Whole Loan) and, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, thereafter made three consecutive full and timely Monthly Payments on the Whole Loan, and in the case of any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) pursuant to the workout of the Whole Loan or (b) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) above, when such circumstances cease to exist in the judgment of the Servicer and/or Special Servicer, as applicable (consistent with the Accepted Servicing Practices); provided, in any case, that at that time no other circumstance exists (as described above) that would constitute a Special Servicing Loan Event.

 

Specially Serviced Whole Loan”: The Whole Loan during the occurrence of a Special Servicing Loan Event.

 

Startup Day”: As defined in Section 12.1(c).

 

Subcontractor”: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities industry) of the Whole Loan but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to the Whole Loan under the direction or authority of the Servicer (or a Sub-Servicer of the Servicer), the Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer (or a Sub-Servicer of an Additional Servicer).

 

Subsequent Asset Status Report”: As defined in Section 3.10(i).

 

Sub-Servicer”: Any Person that (i) Services the Whole Loan on behalf of the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer and (ii) is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Sub-Servicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the servicing functions required to be performed by the Servicer, Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, under this Agreement, with respect to the Whole Loan, that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

 

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Successful Bidder”: As defined in Section 7.2(b).

 

Successor Property Manager”: Any Independent Contractor as selected or retained by the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, to serve as manager of the Foreclosed Property, which designation, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agency, will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the ratings assigned to the Certificates or any Companion Loan Securities by the Rating Agency.

 

Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.2(a).

 

Terminated Party”: As defined in Section 7.1(g).

 

Terminating Party”: As defined in Section 7.1(g).

 

Transferee Affidavit”: As defined in Section 5.3(n)(ii).

 

Transferor Letter”: As defined in Section 5.3(n)(ii).

 

Trust”: The trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder. The Trust shall be named “BXP Trust 2021-601L”.

 

Trust A Notes”: Note A-1-S1, Note A-2-S1, Note A-3-S1 and Note A-4-S1.

 

Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount”: Any portion of the Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to the Trust Notes.

 

Trust B Notes”: Note B-1, Note B-2, Note B-3 and Note B-4.

 

Trust Fund”: The corpus of the Trust created by this Agreement, consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loan, including the Trust Notes together with the Mortgage File (exclusive of the original Companion Notes) relating thereto (other than the rights of the Lender under the Securitization Cooperation Provisions, which rights shall be retained by the Mortgage Loan Sellers and shall not be assigned to the Trustee under this Agreement); (ii) all scheduled and unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Trust Notes; (iii) the Foreclosed Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (iv) all revenues received in respect of the Foreclosed Property; (v) the Servicer’s, Special Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgaged Property required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for the Trust Notes; (vii) all funds deposited in the Collection Account (other than the Distribution Account, including reinvestment income thereon (except as otherwise provided herein)); (viii) any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Property; (ix) the rights and remedies of the Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (x) the security interest in the Reserve Accounts granted pursuant to Section 2.1; and (xi) all other assets included or to be included in the Lower-Tier REMIC for the benefit of the Upper-Tier REMIC; (xii) the Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests; (xiii) the Closing Date Deposit Amount; and (xiv) the proceeds of any of the foregoing.

 

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Trust Fund Expenses”: Any unanticipated and certain other default related expenses incurred by the Trust (including, without limitation, all interest on Advances and any other unanticipated expenses of the Trust reimbursable or payable by the Borrower under the Loan Agreement (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower or deemed a Nonrecoverable Advance)) and all other amounts (such as indemnification payments, Special Servicing Fees, Work-out Fees and Liquidation Fees), in each case permitted to be retained, reimbursed or withdrawn and remitted by the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator (on behalf of itself or the Trustee), as applicable, from the Collection Account or the Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement. Expenses incurred as a result of the exercise by the Servicer or Special Servicer of any right granted under the Loan Documents to obtain terrorism insurance in the event that the Borrower (i) is not required to purchase such terrorism insurance or (ii) is only required to purchase terrorism insurance up to a cap will be a Trust Fund Expense.

 

Trust Notes”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

Trust REMIC”: The Upper-Tier REMIC or the Lower-Tier REMIC, individually or collectively, as the context may require.

 

Trustee”: Computershare, in its capacity as trustee, or if any successor trustee is appointed as herein provided, such successor trustee. Computershare shall perform the Trustee role through its Corporate Trust Services division (including, as applicable, any agents or affiliates utilized thereby).

 

Trustee Fee”: The portion of the Certificate Administrator Fee payable monthly by the Certificate Administrator to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.5 which will accrue at the Trustee Fee Rate.

 

Trustee Fee Rate”: $250 per month, as further described in the definition of “Certificate Administrator Fee Rate”.

 

Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests”: Any of the Class LA, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE, and Class LRRI Uncertificated Interests.

 

Uninsured Cause”: With respect to the Whole Loan, any cause of damage to the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage such that the complete restoration of the Mortgaged Property is not fully reimbursable (but without regard to any applicable deductible provisions) by any insurance policy required to be maintained with respect thereto pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents or this Agreement.

 

Unscheduled Payments”: With respect to any Distribution Date, all payments and collections received with respect to the Whole Loan or upon foreclosure or liquidation of the Mortgaged Property (net of related foreclosure expenses and Liquidation Expenses) during the related Collection Period including, but not limited to, prepayments due to acceleration of the Whole Loan, Net Liquidation Proceeds, Net Proceeds, Net Foreclosure Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, voluntary prepayments and other payments and collections on the Whole Loan not scheduled to be received, other than Monthly Payments or the Balloon Payment.

 

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Upper-Tier Distribution Account”: A subaccount of the Distribution Account, which shall be an asset of the Trust Fund and the Upper-Tier REMIC.

 

Upper-Tier REMIC”: One of the two separate REMICs comprising the Trust Fund, the assets of which consist of the Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account.

 

U.S. Person”: A Person that is (i) a citizen or resident alien of the United States; (ii) a corporation, partnership (except as provided in applicable Treasury regulations) or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes; (iii) an estate that is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of the source of its income; (iv) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as a U.S. Person); or (v) any other Person that is disregarded as separate from its ownership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and whose owner is described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.

 

U.S. Securities Person”: A “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S.

 

Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate or Class of Certificates. At any time that any Certificates are outstanding, the Voting Rights shall be allocated among the respective Classes of Certificates of Certificateholders as follows: (i) (x) except as described in clause (y) of this clause (i), 4.0% in the aggregate to the Class X Certificates (for so long as the Notional Amount of such Class has not been reduced to zero) and (y) 0% to the Class X Certificates in the case of votes pertaining to terminating and replacing the Special Servicer, as described in Section 7.1 and (ii) in the case of any other Class of Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates but including the RR Interest), a percentage equal to the product of (x) the percentage of Voting Rights remaining after allocations in clause (i) above, and (y) a percentage equal to the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class (and in connection with certain votes described in Section 7.1, taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for the Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Sequential Pay Certificates and the RR Interest), in each case, determined as of the prior Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate of the Certificate Balances (and in connection with certain votes described in Section 7.1, taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance, for the Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Sequential Pay Certificates and the RR Interest) of all Classes of Certificates (other than the Class X and Class R Certificates), in each case determined as of the prior Distribution Date. The Class R Certificates shall not be entitled to any Voting Rights.

 

Wells Fargo”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, and its successors-in-interest.

 

WFB”: As defined in the Introductory Statement.

 

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Whole Loan”: As defined in the Introductory Statement to this Agreement.

 

Whole Loan Default”: A “Default” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period”: For the first Payment Date, the period commencing on December 29, 2021 and ending on (and including) January 10, 2022, and for each Payment Date thereafter, the period commencing on the 11th calendar day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs, and ending on (and including) the 10th calendar day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs.

 

Work-out Fee”: A fee payable to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17 equal to 0.25% of each payment of principal and interest (other than Default Interest) made on the Whole Loan following the execution of a written agreement with the applicable Loan Parties negotiated by the Special Servicer, if a Special Servicing Loan Event is terminated following resolution of such Special Servicing Loan Event by such agreement (for so long as another Special Servicing Loan Event does not occur); provided that any such Work-out Fee shall be reduced by any Net Modification Fees paid by the Borrower with respect to the Whole Loan that were received and retained by the Special Servicer within 18 months prior to such workout, but only to the extent those Net Modification Fees have not previously been deducted from a Work-out Fee or Liquidation Fee (each amount of the Work-out Fee will be reduced to an amount (but not to an amount less than zero) until the aggregate amount of such reductions equals such Net Modification Fees).

 

Yield Maintenance Premium”: As defined in the Loan Agreement.

 

1.2.       Interpretation. (a)  Whenever this Agreement refers to a Distribution Date and a “related” Collection Period, Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period, Certificate Interest Accrual Period or Payment Date, such reference shall be to the Collection Period, Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period, Certificate Interest Accrual Period or Payment Date, as applicable, occurring immediately preceding or most recently ended prior to, as applicable, such Distribution Date.

 

(b)        Whenever this Agreement refers to a Distribution Date and an “applicable” Pass-Through Rate, such reference shall be to the Pass-Through Rate for the applicable Class for the related Certificate Interest Accrual Period.

 

(c)        The words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(d)        Calculations of interest on the Regular Certificates shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

1.3.       Certain Calculations in Respect of the Mortgage Loan, Companion Loans. (a)  All amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of the Whole Loan in the form of payments from or on behalf of the Borrower, including Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds (other than amounts related to clause (b) of the definition thereof necessary to be applied to the restoration, preservation or repair of the Mortgaged Property or to

 

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be released to the Borrower in accordance with the Loan Documents) shall be applied to amounts due and owing under the Loan Documents and the Co-Lender Agreement (including for principal and accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the express provisions of the Loan Documents and the Co-Lender Agreement; provided, however, in the absence of such express provisions or if and to the extent that such terms authorize the Lender to use its discretion and in any event for purposes of calculating distributions hereunder after a Mortgage Loan Event of Default, all such amounts collected in respect of the Whole Loan (exclusive of any amounts payable to Companion Loan Holders pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement) shall be deemed to be applied by the Servicer in the following order of priority: first, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances plus interest accrued thereon at the Advance Rate and, if applicable, unreimbursed Liquidation Expenses and unpaid Trust Fund Expenses allocated to the Mortgage Loan; second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances plus interest accrued thereon at the Advance Rate to the extent previously reimbursed from principal collections with respect to the Mortgage Loan; third, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on each Trust Note that has not been the subject of a Monthly Payment Advance, to the extent of the excess of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on such outstanding Trust Note at the Net Trust Note Rate (without giving effect to any increase in the Net Trust Note Rate required under the Loan Agreement as a result of a Mortgage Loan Event of Default) through and including the end of the Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period in which such collections were received by or on behalf of the Trust, over (ii) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of the interest portion of the related Monthly Payment Advances for the Mortgage Loan that have occurred under Section 3.23(a) in connection with Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been applied as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause fifth below on earlier dates) (such accrued and unpaid interest to be applied sequentially to accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust A Notes and Trust B Notes, in that order); fourth, as a recovery of principal due and payable on each Trust Note, including by reason of acceleration of the Whole Loan following a Mortgage Loan Event of Default (or, if the Whole Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance), first to the Trust A Notes and second to the Trust B Notes, in each case until their respective principal balances have been reduced to zero; fifth, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on each Trust Note to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of the interest portion of the related Monthly Payment Advances for the Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 3.23(a) in connection with Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been applied as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause fifth on earlier dates) (such accrued and unpaid interest to be applied sequentially to accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust A Notes and Trust B Notes, in that order); sixth, as a recovery of amounts to be currently applied to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items; seventh, as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow; eighth, as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Premiums on the Mortgage Loan; ninth, as a recovery of any Assumption Fees, defeasance fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under the Mortgage Loan; tenth, as a recovery of any Default Interest or late charges then due and owing under the Mortgage Loan; and eleventh, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under the Mortgage Loan, provided that, to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions of the Code, payments or proceeds received with respect to the release of any portion of the Mortgaged Property (including following a condemnation) from the lien of the Mortgage and Loan Documents must be allocated to reduce

 

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the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the manner permitted by the REMIC Provisions if, immediately following such release, the loan-to value ratio of the Mortgage Loan (or the Whole Loan) exceeds 125% (based solely on real property and excluding any personal property and going concern value).

 

(b)           Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of the Foreclosed Property (exclusive of amounts to be applied to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such Foreclosed Property, and exclusive of amounts payable to the Companion Loan Holders pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement) shall be deemed to be applied in the following order of priority: first, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances plus interest accrued thereon at the Advance Rate and, if applicable, unreimbursed Liquidation Expenses and unpaid Trust Fund Expenses allocated to the Mortgage Loan; second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances plus interest accrued thereon at the Advance Rate to the extent previously reimbursed from principal collections with respect to the Mortgage Loan; third, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust Notes that has not been the subject of a Monthly Payment Advance to the extent of the excess of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on the each outstanding Trust Note at the Net Trust Note Rate (without giving effect to any increase in the Net Trust Note Rate required under the Loan Agreement as a result of a Mortgage Loan Event of Default) through and including the end of the Whole Loan Interest Accrual Period in which such collections were received by or on behalf of the Trust, over (ii) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of the interest portion of the related Monthly Payment Advances for the Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 3.23(a) in connection with Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been applied as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause fifth in Section 1.3(a) or clause fifth below on earlier dates), (such accrued and unpaid interest to be applied sequentially to accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust A Notes and Trust B Notes, in that order); fourth, as a recovery of principal due and payable on each Trust Note, including by reason of acceleration of the Whole Loan following a Mortgage Loan Event of Default (or, if the Whole Loan has been liquidated, on a pro rata and pari passu basis to each such Trust Note, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance), first, to the Trust A Notes and second to the Trust B Notes, in each case until their respective principal balances are reduced to zero; fifth, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on each Trust Note to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of the interest portion of the related Monthly Payment Advances for the Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 3.23(a) in connection with Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not theretofore been applied as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause fifth or clause fifth in Section 1.3(a) on earlier dates) (such accrued and unpaid interest to be applied sequentially to accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust A Notes and Trust B Notes, in that order) on a pro rata and pari passu basis; sixth, as a recovery of Yield Maintenance Premiums on the Mortgage Loan; seventh, as a recovery of any Default Interest then deemed to be due and owing under the Mortgage Loan; and eighth, as a recovery of any other amounts deemed to be due and owing in respect of the Mortgage Loan.

 

(c)            [Reserved.]

 

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Mortgaged Property or Foreclosed Property (including for purposes of the definition of “Accepted Servicing Practices”) shall be made using a discount rate appropriate for the type of cash flows being discounted; namely (i) for principal and interest payments on the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan, or sale of the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan or such Companion Loan if it is in default, by the Special Servicer the higher of (1) the rate determined by the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, that approximates the market rate that would be obtainable by the Loan Parties on similar debt of the Loan Parties as of such date of determination, (2) the weighted average of the Note Rates on the Mortgage Loan, the Whole Loan or the Companion Loans, as the case may be, based on its outstanding principal balance and (3) and the yield on 10 year U.S. treasuries as of such date of determination and (ii) for all other cash flows, including property cash flow, the “discount rate” set forth in the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal).

 

2.           DECLARATION OF TRUST; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES AND RR INTEREST

 

2.1.            Creation and Declaration of Trust; Conveyance of the Mortgage Loan. (a)  The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, delivers, sets over, and otherwise conveys or causes to be conveyed in trust to the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders without recourse (except to the extent otherwise provided herein and in the Loan Documents), the Depositor’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter arising, wherever located, in and to all of the items referred to in the definition of “Trust Fund”, including without limitation (i) all rights and remedies of the Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (ii) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Reserve Accounts, (iii) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Closing Date Deposit Amount, (iv) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (v) all other assets included or to be included in the Lower-Tier REMIC for the benefit of the Upper-Tier REMIC. Such transfer and assignment includes all payments of interest on the Mortgage Loan due and payable after the Cut-off Date and all principal payments received after the Cut-off Date.

 

Such sale, transfer and assignment include any related escrow accounts and any security interest under the Mortgage Loan (whether in real or personal property and whether tangible or intangible) and all related rights to payments made or required to be made to the Depositor by the Loan Parties or any other party under the Loan Documents relating to the Mortgage Loan. Such sale, transfer and assignment further include all Loan Documents relating to the Mortgage Loan (other than the Securitization Cooperation Provisions). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the rights of the Lender under Article 9 of the Loan Agreement shall be retained by the Mortgage Loan Sellers and shall not be part of the Trust Fund.

 

(b)            In connection with such sale, transfer and assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver to, and deposit with the Custodian (i) the original Trust Notes (or if any Trust Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit with a customary indemnity provision, together with a copy of such Trust Note), endorsed without recourse to the order of the Trustee in the following form: “Pay to the order of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of Holders of BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L and the Companion Loan Holders without recourse or warranty except as set

 

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forth in the Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2021, among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Servicer, Sits Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and Trustee”, which Trust Notes and all endorsements thereon shall show a complete chain of endorsement from the original payee(s) to the Trustee and (ii) on or before the date occurring 5 days after the Closing Date (the “Delivery Date”), the following documents or instruments with respect to the Whole Loan (collectively with the original Trust Notes required under clause (i) above, the “Mortgage File”), in each case executed by the parties thereto:

 

(A)             the original Loan Agreement, including all amendments thereto as well as the original of each letter of credit, if any, constituting additional collateral for the Whole Loan, which letter of credit shall either (i) name as beneficiary “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L, and on behalf of the Companion Loan Holders” or (ii) be accompanied by all documentation necessary in order to transfer all rights of the named beneficiary in such letter of credit to the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee and to receive, after presentment by the Servicer (in accordance with Section 3.1) to the bank issuing such letter of credit, a reissued letter of credit in the name of the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee;

 

(B)              an original recorded counterpart of the Mortgage or certified copies of the recorded Mortgage;

 

(C)              the original Assignment of Mortgage, in favor of the Trustee, and in a form that is complete and suitable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located to “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of Holders of BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L, and on behalf of the Companion Loan Holders, as their interests may appear” without recourse;

 

(D)             an original of the Assignment of Management Agreement;

 

(E)              an original of the Cash Management Agreement;

 

(F)               an original of the Environmental Indemnity;

 

(G)             an original of the Guaranty;

 

(H)             the Lockbox Agreements;

 

(I)               where applicable, a copy of each UCC-1 financing statement (and an original thereof shall have been sent for filing), together with a UCC-3 financing statement, in a form that is complete and suitable for filing, disclosing the assignment from the secured party named in such UCC-1 financing statement to

 

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the Trustee of the security interest in the personal property and other UCC collateral constituting security for repayment of the Whole Loan;

 

(J)              the lender’s title insurance policies (which may be in the form of an electronically issued policy) obtained in connection with the origination of the Whole Loan (or marked, signed commitments to insure or pro forma title insurance policies), together with any endorsements thereto;

 

(K)             any other material written agreements related to the Whole Loan or any other documents delivered by the Lender or the Loan Parties in connection with the closing of the Whole Loan or with respect to the Whole Loan or any amendment thereof and any legal opinions delivered in connection with the origination of the Whole Loan;

 

(L)              all other instruments, if any, constituting additional security for the repayment of the Whole Loan; and

 

(M)            any and all amendments, modifications and supplements to, and waivers related to, any of the foregoing.

 

The Depositor shall provide the Servicer promptly following the Closing Date, at its own expense, with copies of all such documents in its possession constituting part of the Mortgage File.

 

In addition, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Servicer for its review, all required insurance policies or certificates issued by the insurers showing such insurance to be in effect on the Closing Date, together with proof of payment of premiums relating thereto (which may consist of such policies or certificates).

 

Each Assignment of Mortgage and UCC-3 financing statements to be filed in the appropriate filing offices or record depositories shall be filed or recorded, as applicable, by a designee of the Depositor, with instructions to return all such recorded documents, or other evidences of filing issued by the applicable governmental offices, to the Custodian, with a copy to the Servicer. In the event that any such document is determined to be defective or not to be in compliance with the requirements of the applicable filing office or recording depository, or if any such document is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Depositor shall promptly prepare a substitute document, and shall cause each such document to be duly submitted for filing or recording, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.1(b), in those instances where the public recording office retains the original Mortgage or Assignment of Mortgage, if applicable, after any has been recorded, the obligations of the Depositor hereunder and the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Sellers under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery to the Custodian of a copy of such Mortgage, or Assignment of Mortgage, if applicable, certified by the public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the recorded original thereof.

 

The ownership of the Trust Notes, all other contents of the Mortgage File and the other assets in the Trust Fund shall be vested in the Trust or the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and (other than the Trust Notes) the Companion Loan Holders. The Depositor,

 

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the Servicer and the Special Servicer agree to take no action inconsistent with the Trustee’s ownership of the Mortgage Loan and to promptly indicate to all inquiring parties that the Mortgage Loan has been sold and to claim no ownership interest in the Mortgage Loan. All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loan that are not delivered to the Custodian are and shall be held by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders. In the event that any such original document is required pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.1(b) to be a part of a Mortgage File, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Custodian.

 

2.2.            Acceptance by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. (a) By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it by the Depositor of the Trust Fund in good faith without notice of adverse claims and the Custodian declares that it holds and will hold or will cause to be held such documents as are delivered to it constituting the Mortgage File (to the extent the documents constituting the Mortgage File are actually delivered to it) in trust, upon the conditions herein set forth, for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders.

 

(b)               The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator shall constitute certification by the Certificate Administrator of its acceptance of its appointment hereunder as Custodian and, in such capacity, that (i) the original Trust Notes specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” and all allonges thereto, if any, have been received by the Custodian; and (ii) such original Trust Notes have been reviewed by the Custodian and (A) appear regular on their face (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute irregularities if initialed by the Borrower), (B) appear to have been executed and (C) purport to relate to the Mortgage Loan. The Custodian agrees to review or cause to be reviewed the Mortgage File within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, and to deliver to the Depositor, the Companion Loan Holders, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder (but only prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event), the Servicer and the Special Servicer a report certifying, subject to any exceptions found by it in such review, that (A) all documents referred to in Section 2.1(b) have been received, and (B) all documents have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn, mutilated or otherwise defaced, and appear on their faces to relate to the Whole Loan. The Custodian shall have no responsibility for reviewing the Mortgage File except as expressly set forth in this Section 2.2(b). The Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review, or examine any such documents, instruments or certificates to independently determine that they are valid, genuine, enforceable, legally sufficient, duly authorized, or appropriate for the represented purpose, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable form (except to determine if the endorsement conforms to the requirements of Section 2.1(b)), whether any document has been recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, to independently determine that any document has actually been filed or recorded in the appropriate office, that any document is other than what it purports to be on its face, or whether the title insurance policies relate to the Mortgaged Property.

 

If the Depositor cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (ii)(B), (C) and (I) of Section 2.1(b) with evidence of filing or recording thereon (if intended to be recorded or filed), solely because of a delay caused by the public filing or recording office where such document or instrument has been delivered for

 

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filing or recordation, the delivery requirements of Section 2.1 shall be deemed to have been satisfied on a provisional basis as of the Delivery Date as to such non-delivered document or instrument, and such non-delivered document or instrument shall be deemed to have been included in the Mortgage File, if a duplicate original or a photocopy of such non-delivered document or instrument (certified by the applicable public filing or recording office, the applicable title insurance company or the Mortgage Loan Sellers to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for filing or recording) is delivered to the Custodian on or before the Delivery Date, and either the original of such non-delivered document or instrument, or a photocopy thereof (certified by the appropriate county recorder’s office, in the case of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (ii)(B), (C) and (I) of Section 2.1(b) to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording), with evidence of filing or recording thereon, is delivered to the Custodian within 180 days of the Closing Date (or within such longer period, not to exceed 18 months, after the Closing Date as the Custodian shall consent to so long as the Depositor provides a certification in writing to the Custodian no less often than every 90 days that it is attempting in good faith to obtain from the appropriate public filing office or county recorder’s office such original or photocopy).

 

(c)            Upon the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodian shall deliver a final exception report as to any remaining documents that are not in the Mortgage File, whereupon, within 90 days, the Depositor shall either: (i) cause such document deficiency to be cured; or (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Mortgage Loan Sellers to repurchase the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement if such exception is a Material Document Defect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defect (except for a Defect with respect to the documents described in clause (i) of Section 2.1(b) and the documents described in clauses (ii)(B) and (C) of Section 2.1(b)) or a Defect that relates to the Mortgage Loan being other than a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3)) shall be considered to be a Material Document Defect unless the document with respect to which a Defect exists is required in connection with (A) an imminent enforcement of the Lender’s rights or remedies under the Mortgage Loan; (B) defending any claim asserted by the Borrower or third party with respect to the Mortgage Loan; (C) establishing the validity or priority of any lien on any collateral securing the Mortgage Loan; or (D) any immediate significant servicing obligations, including without limitation, making a claim under a title policy. The Trustee’s sole remedy against any Mortgage Loan Sellers in connection with a Material Document Defect is to enforce the repurchase claim in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

(d)            If the Servicer or the Special Servicer (i) receives a Repurchase Request (the receiving Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, the “Repurchase Request Recipient” with respect to such Repurchase Request); or (ii) receives any withdrawal of a Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request (a “Repurchase Request Withdrawal”) or such a Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal is forwarded to the Servicer or Special Servicer by another party hereto, then the Repurchase Request Recipient shall deliver notice of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal (each, a “Rule 15Ga-1 Notice”) to the Depositor, the Companion Loan Holders and the Mortgage Loan Sellers, in each case within ten (10) Business Days from such party’s receipt thereof. Each Rule 15Ga-1 Notice may be delivered by electronic means.

 

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Each Rule 15Ga-1 Notice shall include (i) the date the Repurchase Communication of the Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal is received, as applicable, and (ii) in the case of a Repurchase Request, (A) the identity of the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) if known, the basis for the Repurchase Request (as asserted in the Repurchase Request) and (C) a statement from the Repurchase Request Recipient as to whether it currently plans to pursue such Repurchase Request.

 

A Repurchase Request Recipient shall not be required to provide any information in a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrines. The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement will provide that (i) any Rule 15Ga-1 Notice provided pursuant to this Section 2.2(d) is so provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Sellers and Depositor or their respective Affiliates to comply with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act and any other requirement of law or regulation and (ii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided pursuant to this Section 2.2(d) by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including with respect to any Repurchase Request that is the subject of a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice.

 

In the event that the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator receives a Repurchase Communication of a Repurchase Request or a Repurchase Request Withdrawal, then such party shall promptly forward such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal to the Servicer (or to the Special Servicer, if a Special Servicing Loan Event has occurred and is continuing), and include the following statement in the related correspondence: “This is a “Repurchase Request Withdrawal” under Section 2.2 of this Agreement relating to the BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L requiring action by you as the recipient of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal thereunder.” Upon receipt of such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, such party shall be deemed to be the Repurchase Request Recipient of such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal, and such party shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.2(d) with respect to such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal.

 

If the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator receives notice or has knowledge of a withdrawal of a Repurchase Request Withdrawal of which notice has been previously received or given, and such notice was not received from or copied to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, then such party shall promptly give notice of such Repurchase Request Withdrawal to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

In the event that the Mortgage Loan is repurchased or replaced pursuant to Section 2.9, the Servicer or Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of such repurchase or replacement.

 

2.3.            Representations and Warranties of the Trustee. (a)  Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the

 

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Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders to the other parties hereto that as of the Closing Date:

 

(i)           the Trustee is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing, and is in good standing under the laws of the United States; the Trustee possesses and shall continue to possess all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits, franchise and approvals to conduct its business and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)          the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not violate the Trustee’s articles of association or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Trustee is a party or which may be applicable to the Trustee or any of its assets, which default or breach of such material contract or other instrument would have a material adverse effect on the Trustee’s performance of its obligations hereunder;

 

(iii)        except to the extent that the laws of any jurisdiction in which a part of the Trust Fund may be located require that a co-trustee or separate trustee be appointed to act with respect to the Mortgaged Property as contemplated by Section 8.10, the Trustee has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)        this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(v)          the Trustee, to its actual knowledge, is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court or any order, law or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency of or in the United States of America having jurisdiction, which violation would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Trustee or its properties or might have consequences that would materially affect the performance of its duties hereunder or thereunder;

 

(vi)         no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration of filing with, or notice to any court, governmental or regulatory agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee of this Agreement or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Closing Date;

 

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(vii)        no litigation is pending or, to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, threatened against the Trustee which would prohibit its entering into or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

(viii)       the Trustee is covered by errors and omissions insurance coverage which is in full force and effect and/or otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 8.6(c).

 

(b)            The respective representations and warranties of the Trustee set forth in this Section 2.3 shall survive until the termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the other parties hereto and the Certificateholders.

 

2.4.           Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator. (a) The Certificate Administrator hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders to the other parties hereto that as of the Closing Date:

 

(i)            the Certificate Administrator is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing, and is in good standing under the laws of the United States; the Certificate Administrator possesses and shall continue to possess all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits, franchise and approvals to conduct its business and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)           the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not violate the Certificate Administrator’s articles of association or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Certificate Administrator is a party or which may be applicable to the Certificate Administrator or any of its assets;

 

(iii)         the Certificate Administrator has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, which default or breach of such material contract or other instrument would have a material adverse effect on the Certificate Administrator’s performance of its obligations hereunder;

 

(iv)         this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Certificate Administrator, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(v)          the Certificate Administrator, to its actual knowledge, is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a

 

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violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court or any order, law or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency of or in the United States of America having jurisdiction, which violation would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Certificate Administrator or its properties or might have consequences that would materially affect the performance of its duties hereunder or thereunder;

 

(vi)         no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration of filing with, or notice to any court, governmental or regulatory agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Certificate Administrator of this Agreement or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Closing Date;

 

(vii)       the Certificate Administrator is covered by errors and omissions insurance coverage which is in full force and effect and/or otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 8.6(c); and

 

(viii)      no litigation is pending or, to the best of the Certificate Administrator’s knowledge, threatened against the Certificate Administrator which would prohibit its entering into or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)           The respective representations and warranties of the Certificate Administrator set forth in this Section 2.4 shall survive until the termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the other parties hereto.

 

2.5.          Representations and Warranties of the Servicer. (a)  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Servicer, hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto and for the benefit of the Certificateholders that as of the Closing Date:

 

(i)           it is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the United States; it is, and throughout the term of this Agreement shall remain, duly authorized and qualified to transact business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located to the extent required by applicable law and necessary to ensure the enforceability of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof; it possesses and shall continue to possess all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits, franchise, and approvals to conduct its business and to execute, deliver, and comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)          the execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance of and compliance with the terms hereof in the manner contemplated by this Agreement will not violate its articles of association or by-laws, or any other material instrument governing its operations, or any laws, regulations, orders or decrees of any governmental authority applicable to it and will not constitute a default (or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under any material contract, agreement, or other instrument to which it is a party or which may be applicable to any of its assets, which violation or default would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect

 

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its ability to perform its obligations hereunder, or materially impair the ability of the Trust Fund to realize on the Collateral;

 

(iii)       this Agreement constitutes its valid, legal, and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy and receivership laws and other similar laws of general application affecting rights of creditors and subject to the application of the rules of equity, including those respecting the availability of specific performance;

 

(iv)       it has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it;

 

(v)        all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it have been obtained or made;

 

(vi)       there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against it, the outcome of which, in its reasonable judgment, could reasonably be expected to prohibit it from entering into this Agreement or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

(vii)      it has errors and omissions insurance and fidelity bond coverage which is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case, complies with the requirements of Section 3.11 hereof.

 

(b)          The representations and warranties of the Servicer set forth in this Section 2.5 shall survive until termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the Certificateholders.

 

2.6.         Representations and Warranties of the Special Servicer. (a)  Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer, hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto and for the benefit of the Certificateholders that as of the Closing Date:

 

(i)          it is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; it is, and throughout the term of this Agreement shall remain, duly authorized and qualified to transact business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located to the extent required by applicable law and necessary to ensure the enforceability of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof; it possesses and shall continue to possess all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits, franchise, and approvals to conduct its business and to execute, deliver, and comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)         the execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance of and compliance with the terms hereof in the manner contemplated by this Agreement will not violate its certificate of organization and limited liability company operating agreement, or any other material instrument governing its operations, or any laws, regulations, orders or decrees of any governmental authority applicable to it and will not constitute a default (or

 

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any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under any material contract, agreement, or other instrument to which it is a party or which may be applicable to any of its assets, which violation or default would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its financial condition or operations or its properties taken as a whole or its ability to perform its obligations hereunder, or materially impair the ability of the Trust Fund to realize on the Collateral;

 

(iii)        this Agreement constitutes its valid, legal, and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy and receivership laws and other similar laws of general application affecting rights of creditors and subject to the application of the rules of equity, including those respecting the availability of specific performance;

 

(iv)        it has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it;

 

(v)         all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it have been obtained or made;

 

(vi)        there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against it, the outcome of which, in its reasonable judgment, could reasonably be expected to prohibit it from entering into this Agreement or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

(vii)       it has errors and omissions insurance and fidelity bond coverage which is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case, complies with the requirements of Section 3.11 hereof.

 

(b)           The representations and warranties of the Special Servicer set forth in this Section 2.6 shall survive until termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the Certificateholders.

 

2.7.          Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. (a)  The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto and for the benefit of the Certificateholders that as of the Closing Date:

 

(i)           the Depositor is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, with full power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to create the trust pursuant hereto;

 

(ii)          the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Depositor have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Depositor; neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor the compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under (A) any of the

 

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provisions of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Depositor, (B) the organizational documents of the Depositor, or (C) the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound or any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it;

 

(iii)         the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;

 

(iv)         this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(v)          there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Depositor, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Depositor will be determined adversely to the Depositor and will, if determined adversely to the Depositor, materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(vi)         the Depositor is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations hereunder;

 

(vii)        other than the actions taken pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has taken no action to impair or encumber the title to the Mortgage Loan or to subject it to any offsets, defenses or counterclaims during the Depositor’s ownership thereof;

 

(viii)       the Depositor is accounting for the transfer of the Mortgage Loan as a sale under generally accepted accounting principles and for federal income tax purposes;

 

(ix)          the Depositor is not, and, after giving effect to the transfers contemplated under this Agreement, will not be, insolvent; and

 

(x)           the Depositor has not transferred the Mortgage Loan with an intent to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors.

 

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(b)            The representations and warranties of the Depositor set forth in this Section 2.7 shall survive until termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

(c)            Neither the Depositor nor any of its Affiliates shall insure or guarantee distributions on the Certificates. Subject to Section 2.8(a) and (b), none of the Certificateholders, the Trustee, or the Certificate Administrator on their behalf shall have any rights or remedies against the Depositor for any losses or other claims in connection with the Certificates or the Mortgage Loan.

 

2.8.           Representations and Warranties Contained in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. (a)  Upon discovery by the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee of (i) a Material Breach of any representation and warranty set forth in Exhibit A to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, which representation and warranty was made by the Mortgage Loan Sellers in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and has been assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, or (ii) a Material Document Defect, such Person shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties hereto and the Companion Loan Holders, and upon receipt or delivery, as applicable, of such notice the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Mortgage Loan Sellers, to the extent obligated to do so under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to cure such default or defect or repurchase its respective Loan Percentage Interests in the Mortgage Loan (or a portion of the Mortgage Loan in connection with a Material Breach or a Material Document Defect) under the terms of and within the time period specified by the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, it being understood and agreed that none of such Persons has an obligation to conduct any investigation with respect to such matters; provided, that within ninety (90) days of (1) the receipt by the Mortgage Loan Sellers of notice of such Material Document Defect or Material Breach, as the case may be, or (2) the discovery of such Defect or breach by any party hereto, in the case of a Defect or breach that would cause the Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), will be a Material Breach or Material Document Defect, respectively, and with respect to any such Material Breach or Material Document Defect, the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall either (x) repurchase the Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price, (y) promptly cure such Material Document Defect or Material Breach, as the case may be, in all material respects (provided, that in the case of this clause (y), any such cure that is of a monetary nature shall be made by the Loan Sellers on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective Loan Percentage Interests and any Loan Seller that pays more than such pro rata share will be entitled to contribution from the other Loan Sellers) or (z) if such Material Document Defect or Material Breach is not related to the Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), indemnify the Trust in respect of its respective Loan Percentage Interest in the Mortgage Loan for the losses directly related to such Material Document Defect or Material Breach, subject to receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agency with respect to such action; provided, that in the event that such Material Document Defect or Material Breach does not cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified mortgage” as described in Code Section 860G(a)(3) and is capable of being cured but not within such 90-day period if the Mortgage Loan Sellers has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Document Defect or Material Breach, the Mortgage Loan Sellers will have an additional 90 days to complete such cure; provided, further, that with respect to such additional 90-day period, the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall have delivered an officer’s certificate to the

 

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Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Servicer setting forth the reason why such Material Document Defect or Material Breach is not capable of being cured within the initial 90-day period and what actions the Mortgage Loan Sellers is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the Mortgage Loan Sellers anticipates that such Material Document Defect or Material Breach will be cured within the additional 90-day period. For the avoidance of doubt, no Liquidation Fee will be payable by the Mortgage Loan Sellers in connection with a repurchase of their respective Loan Percentage Interest in the Mortgage Loan due to a Material Breach or a Material Document Defect if made in accordance with and within the 90 day period set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (including any applicable extended period).

 

(b)           Upon receipt by the Servicer from the Mortgage Loan Sellers of Repurchase Price for the Mortgage Loan (or any portion thereof), the Servicer shall deposit such amount in the Collection Account, and the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to (1) the receipt by the Servicer of the Repurchase Price (or a portion thereof) and the deposit of the Repurchase Price (or a portion thereof) into the Collection Account pursuant to this Section 2.8(b) and (2) if applicable, compliance with the conditions set forth in clause (c) below, (i) release or cause to be released to the designees of the Mortgage Loan Sellers the Repurchase Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, representation or warranty (except that the Mortgage Loan is owned by the Trust and is being sold free and clear of liens and encumbrances), as shall be prepared by such designee to vest in such designee the Mortgage Loan (or any portion thereof) released pursuant hereto and the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Repurchase Mortgage File and (ii) release or cause to be released to the Mortgage Loan Sellers any escrow payments and reserve funds held by the Trustee, or on the Trustee’s behalf, in respect of the Mortgage Loan.

 

(c)            In the event that the Mortgage Loan or a portion thereof is repurchased pursuant to this Section 2.8, the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Depositor of such repurchase.

 

2.9.           Execution and Delivery of Certificates; Issuance of Uncertificated Lower Tier Interests. The Trustee acknowledges the assignment in trust by the Depositor to the Trustee of the Trust Notes and other assets comprising the Trust Fund. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and in exchange therefor, (i) the Certificate Administrator acknowledges the issuance of (x) the Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests to the Depositor and (y) the Class LT-R Interest, in exchange for the Mortgage Loan, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, (ii) immediately thereafter, the Certificate Administrator acknowledges (x) the assignment by the Depositor to the Trustee of the Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests, and in exchange therefor that it (y) has executed and has authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Regular Certificates and has issued the Class UT-R Interest, and (z) has executed and has authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R Certificates, representing the Class LT-R and Class UT-R Interests and (iii) the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees, of the Regular Certificates in authorized denominations and the Class UT-R Interest evidencing the entire beneficial ownership of the Upper-Tier REMIC.

 

2.10.        Miscellaneous REMIC Provisions. (a) The Class A, Class X, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates and the RR Interest are hereby designated as the “regular

 

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interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code and the Class UT-R Interest, represented by the Class R Certificates, is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code. The Class LA, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE, and Class LRRI Uncertificated Interests are hereby designated as the “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code, and the Class LT-R Interest, represented by the Class R Certificates, is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.

 

3.        ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE Loan

 

3.1.     Servicer to Act as the Servicer; Special Servicer to Act as the Special Servicer. Subject to Section 2.8(c), the Servicer and the Special Servicer, each as an independent contractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loan (and the Companion Loans) and administer Foreclosed Property solely on behalf of the Trust in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, all the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Companion Loan Holders constituted one lender (taking into account the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes) (as determined by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable judgment), in accordance with applicable law (including the REMIC Provisions), the terms of this Agreement, the Co-Lender Agreement and the Loan Documents and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, the following standards: (i) the higher of (a) the same manner in which and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, services and administers similar loans and administers foreclosed properties for other third-party portfolios, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders in servicing their own loans and administering their own foreclosed properties, or (b) the same manner in which and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, uses for loans that it owns or for foreclosed properties it owns and administers; (ii) with a view to the timely collection of (a) all scheduled payments of principal and interest under the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans or, if the Mortgage Loan or any Companion Loan comes into and continues in default and if no satisfactory arrangements can be made for the collection of the delinquent payments, the maximization of the recovery on the Whole Loan to the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Companion Loan Holders constituted one lender (taking into account the interests of each of the holders of the Notes and the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes) on a net present value basis and (b) any Trust Fund Expenses that are reimbursable or payable by the Borrower under the Loan Documents and (iii) without regard to any conflict of interest arising from:

 

(A)             any relationship that the Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof may have with any Borrower Affiliate, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, any Companion Loan Holders, the RR Interest Owners the Depositor or any of their respective Affiliates;

 

(B)              the ownership of any Certificate or any Companion Loan or any interest in any Companion Loan by the Servicer or the Special Servicer or by any Affiliate thereof (including any Companion Loan Securities);

 

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(C)              in the case of the Servicer, its obligation to make Advances;

 

(D)             the right of the Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof to receive reimbursement of costs, compensation or other fees (other than Advances), or the sufficiency of any compensation payable to it under this Agreement or with respect to any particular transaction; or

 

(E)              the ownership, servicing or management for others of any other loans or properties by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or any of their affiliates.

 

Subject to the above-described servicing standards (hereinafter referred to as “Accepted Servicing Practices”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the Loan Documents, the Servicer and the Special Servicer each shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through (in the case of the Servicer) one or more sub-servicers as provided in Section 3.2, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. The Servicer and the Special Servicer shall service and administer the Whole Loan in accordance with applicable state and federal law. At the written request of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, accompanied by the form of power of attorney or other documents being requested, the Trustee shall furnish to the Servicer or the Special Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable such Servicer or the Special Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee shall not be held responsible (and shall be indemnified by the Servicer or the Special Servicer) for any negligence or misuse by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in its uses of any such powers of attorney or other document. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not without the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s prior written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s name without indicating the representative capacity of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, and which actually does cause, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to be registered to do business in any state.

 

The liability of each of the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, for actions and omissions in its capacity as Servicer and the Special Servicer, respectively, hereunder is limited as provided herein (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 6.3). Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee by the Servicer or the Special Servicer of the collectibility of the Mortgage Loan or the Companion Loans. In connection with any ground lease, the Servicer shall promptly, and in any event within 60 days following the later of receipt of the applicable ground lease and the Closing Date, notify the related ground lessor of the transfer of the Mortgage Loan to the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement and inform such ground lessor that any notices of default under such ground lease should thereafter be forwarded to the Servicer.

 

Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Wells Fargo, acting in any particular capacity hereunder will not be deemed to be imputed with knowledge of (a) Wells Fargo, acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) Wells Fargo, acting in any other capacity hereunder, except, in the case of either clause (a) or

 

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(b), where some or all of the obligations performed in such capacities are performed by one or more employees within the same group or division of Wells Fargo, or where the groups or divisions responsible for performing the obligations in such capacities have one or more of the same Responsible Officers; provided, however, the knowledge of employees performing special servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing master servicing functions, and the knowledge of employees performing master servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing special servicing functions.

 

With respect to letters of credit, if any, delivered in accordance with clause (A)(i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, (a) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or the Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit, and (b) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, the Servicer shall present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers in accordance with such subclause of the definition of “Mortgage File” to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L and the Companion Loan Holders”. The Servicer shall otherwise use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loan Sellers shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

 

If a letter of credit is required to be drawn upon earlier than the date that the letter of credit has been revised as contemplated in the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the Servicer or Special Servicer in connection with making a draw under such letter of credit. If the Borrower fails to pay any costs and expenses relating to any assignment of a letter of credit after the Servicer has exercised efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to collect such costs and expenses from the Borrower, then the Servicer shall give the Mortgage Loan Sellers notice of such failure and the amount of costs and expenses, and the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall pay such costs and expenses as and to the extent required under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Neither the Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have any liability for the failure of the Mortgage Loan Sellers to perform its obligations under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

The Servicer acknowledges that any letter of credit held by it shall be held in its capacity as agent of the Trust, and if the Servicer sells its rights to service the Whole Loan, the Servicer shall assign the applicable letter of credit to the Trust or (with respect to any Specially Serviced Whole Loan) at the direction of the Special Servicer to such party as the Special Servicer may instruct, in each case at the expense of the Servicer. The Servicer hereby indemnifies the Trust for any actual loss caused by the ineffectiveness of such assignment.

 

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3.2.           Sub-Servicing Agreements. (a)  The Special Servicer shall not engage any Sub-Servicer or enter into any sub-servicing agreement. The Servicer, at its own expense without a right of reimbursement under this Agreement or otherwise, may enter into sub-servicing agreements with sub-servicers for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans, provided that (i) any such sub-servicing agreement shall be upon such terms and conditions as are not inconsistent with this Agreement and as the Servicer and the sub-servicer have agreed, and (ii) no sub-servicer retained by the Servicer shall grant any modification, waiver, or amendment to the Loan Documents without the approval of the Servicer. References in this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken, and limitations on actions permitted to be taken, by the Servicer in servicing the Whole Loan include actions taken or to be taken by a sub-servicer on behalf of the Servicer. Each sub-servicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business and licensed in the applicable state(s), if, and to the extent, required by applicable law to enable the sub-servicer to perform its obligations under the applicable sub-servicing agreement, and (ii) qualified to perform its obligations under the applicable sub-servicing agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received any amount when the sub-servicer receives such amount, irrespective of whether such amount is remitted to the Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account, any Cash Management Account, any Reserve Account, any Lockbox Account or the Distribution Account, and actions taken by the sub-servicer shall be deemed to be actions of the Servicer. The Servicer shall notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Loan Parties and the Depositor in writing promptly upon the appointment of any sub-servicer and promptly furnish the Trustee, upon its request, with a copy of the sub-servicing agreement. No sub-servicer shall be permitted to enter into any sub-servicing agreement with other sub-servicers without the prior written consent of the Servicer.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding any sub-servicing agreement, the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1 without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such sub-servicing agreement, or by virtue of indemnification from a sub-servicer, and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Whole Loan.

 

(c)            Any sub-servicing agreement entered into by the Servicer shall provide that it may be assumed or terminated by (i) the Trustee if the Trustee has assumed the duties of the Servicer or if the Servicer is otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) a successor Servicer if such successor Servicer has assumed the duties of the Servicer, without cost or obligation to the Trustee, the successor Servicer, the Trust or the Trust Fund.

 

(d)            Any sub-servicing agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Whole Loan involving a sub-servicer, shall be deemed to be between the Servicer and such sub-servicer alone, and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Trust, and the Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the sub-servicer, and no provision herein shall be construed so as to require the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer or the Depositor to indemnify any such sub-servicer. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer and the Special Servicer are permitted, at their own expense, or to the extent that a particular expense is provided herein to be an Advance or a Trust Fund Expense, at the expense of the Trust, to utilize other agents or attorneys typically used by

 

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servicers of mortgage loans underlying commercial mortgage-backed securities in performing each of their obligations under this Agreement.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding anything herein, each of the initial Servicer and the initial Special Servicer may delegate certain of its duties and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate of the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. Such delegation shall not be considered a sub-servicing agreement hereunder, and the requirements and obligations set forth herein applicable to sub-servicing agreements, sub-servicers or Servicing Function Participants shall not be applicable to such arrangement. Notwithstanding any such delegation, the Servicer and the Special Servicer shall remain obligated and liable for the performance of their respective obligations and duties under this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if each alone were servicing and administering the Whole Loan as required hereby.

 

(f)             The parties hereto acknowledge that the Whole Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the Co-Lender Agreement and recognize the respective rights and obligations of the Trust, as holder of the Mortgage Loan, and of the Companion Loan Holders as holders of the Companion Loans under the Co-Lender Agreement, including: (i) with respect to the allocation of collections on or in respect of the Whole Loan, and the making of remittances, to the Trust, as holder of the Mortgage Loan, and to the Companion Loan Holders as holders of the Companion Loans; (ii) with respect to the allocation of expenses and losses relating to the Whole Loan to the Trust, as holder of the Mortgage Loan, and to the Companion Loan Holders as holders of the Companion Loans and (iii) to the extent provided for under the Co-Lender Agreement, the consultation rights of the Companion Loan Holders. With respect to the Whole Loan, the Servicer (if the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan) or the Special Servicer (if the Whole Loan has become a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or the Mortgaged Property has been converted to a Foreclosed Property and the Special Servicer has been provided a copy of the register) shall prepare and provide to each Companion Loan Holder all notices, reports, statements and communications to be delivered by the holder of the Mortgage Loan under the Co-Lender Agreement, and shall perform all duties and obligations to be performed by a servicer and perform all servicing related duties and obligations to be performed by the holder of the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Co-Lender Agreement, the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement shall control with respect to the Whole Loan.

 

(g)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at no time shall the Servicer or the Trustee be required to make any advance of delinquent scheduled monthly payments of principal or interest with respect to any Companion Loan or any Administrative Advance with respect to any Companion Loan.

 

(h)           To the extent required under the Loan Documents or the Co-Lender Agreement, the Servicer shall, on behalf of the Lender, maintain a Notes register for the Whole Loan and at the request of the Special Servicer, provide a copy of the register.

 

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Management Accounts under the Loan Agreement, the Cash Management Agreement in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and the other terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

3.4.          Collection Account, Companion Loan Distribution Account and Interest Reserve Account. (a)  The Servicer shall establish and maintain (i) in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L, Collection Account” one or more deposit accounts on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and (ii) in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Companion Loan Holders with respect to BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L, Companion Loan Distribution Account” one deposit account for the benefit of the Companion Loan Holders (the “Companion Loan Distribution Account”), which may be a subaccount of the Collection Account, and funds in such account shall be remitted to the Companion Loan Holders (collectively, the “Collection Account”). The Collection Account must be an Eligible Account maintained with an Eligible Institution. The Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified and available funds the following amounts representing payments and collections received or made during each Collection Period on or with respect to the Whole Loan (and not otherwise required to be deposited in the Reserve Accounts):

 

(i)           all payments on account of principal on the Whole Loan;

 

(ii)          all payments on account of interest on the Whole Loan, including Default Interest and Prepayment Fees;

 

(iii)         any amount representing reimbursements by the Loan Parties of Advances, interest thereon, and any other expenses of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as required by the Loan Documents or hereunder;

 

(iv)         any other amounts payable for the benefit of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Certificateholders under the Whole Loan;

 

(v)          any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.8(b) in connection with net losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the Collection Account;

 

(vi)         all Net Foreclosure Proceeds received from the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.14, all Net Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds; and

 

(vii)        any other amounts required by the provisions of this Agreement to be deposited into the Collection Account by the Servicer, including, without limitation, any (1) proceeds of any repurchase of the Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.8(b) hereof and

 

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the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (2) proceeds of the sale of the Whole Loan by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16 hereof or (3) amounts payable under the Loan Documents by any Person to the extent not specifically excluded.

 

The foregoing requirements for deposits in the Collection Account by the Servicer shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments (if any) in the nature of Additional Compensation (other than Default Interest and late payment charges) to which the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable are entitled pursuant to Section 3.17 and any reimbursement made by the Loan Parties of expenses of the Servicer or the Special Servicer need not be deposited in the Collection Account by the Servicer or Special Servicer and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled to retain any such fees and expense reimbursements received with respect to the Whole Loan.

 

(b)            Funds in the Collection Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.8. The Servicer shall on the Closing Date give written notice to the Certificate Administrator (with a copy to the Loan Parties) of the location and account number of the Collection Account and shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (with a copy to the Loan Parties) prior to any subsequent change thereof.

 

(c)           On or prior to each Remittance Date (or following the securitization of any Companion Loan, in the case of clause (xii) below, the earlier of (1) the Remittance Date or (2) the Business Day immediately succeeding the “determination date” set forth in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided that such “determination date” shall not be earlier than the Determination Date), prior to the remittance of funds to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.5(a), the Servicer shall make withdrawals from the Collection Account (which withdrawals shall be the only permitted withdrawals from the Collection Account by the Servicer) as described below (the order set forth below constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals):

 

(i)           to withdraw funds deposited therein in error;

 

(ii)          to reimburse the Trustee (and the trustee with respect to each Other Securitization Trust) and the Servicer (and the master servicer with respect to each Other Securitization Trust), in that order, for any Nonrecoverable Advances made by each and not previously reimbursed pursuant to clause (v)(A) below, together with unpaid interest thereon at the Advance Rate in the following order of priority: (A) first, to reimburse Nonrecoverable Advances that are Property Protection Advances or Administrative Advances relating to the Whole Loan and the Mortgaged Property and interest thereon; (B) second, to reimburse Nonrecoverable Advances that are Monthly Payment Advances or Companion Loan Advances on the A Notes and interest thereon, on a pro rata and pari passu basis, then to reimburse Nonrecoverable Advances that are Monthly Payment Advances on the Trust B Notes and interest thereon, on a pro rata and pari passu basis; and (C) third, to reimburse the master servicer and Trustee with respect to each Other Securitization Trust for payments made in excess of its pro rata share of Nonrecoverable Advances previously paid from general collections on the related Other Securitization Trust;

 

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(iii)         concurrently, to pay the Servicing Fee to the Servicer, and to pay the Certificate Administrator Fee (including the portion that is the Trustee Fee) to the Certificate Administrator, as applicable;

 

(iv)         to pay (a) to the Servicer, as additional compensation, any income earned (net of losses (subject to Section 3.8(b)) on the investment of funds deposited in the Collection Account; and (b) the Special Servicing Fee, if any, the Work-out Fee, if any, and the Liquidation Fee, if any, to the Special Servicer; provided that such fees may be paid out of other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account to the extent Default Interest and late payment charges are not sufficient to pay such fees (with respect to clauses (a) and (b), in that order);

 

(v)          to reimburse the Trustee and the Servicer, in that order, for (A) Advances made by each and not previously reimbursed from late payments received during the applicable period on the Whole Loan, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and other collections on the Whole Loan; provided that any Advance which has been determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance shall be reimbursed pursuant to clause (ii) above and (B) unpaid interest on such Advances at the Advance Rate; provided, however, that, with respect to Advances that are not deemed to be Nonrecoverable Advances, prior to (x) final liquidation of the Mortgaged Property or (y) the final payment and release of the Mortgage, interest on such Advances shall only be paid out of Default Interest or late payment charges collected in the related Collection Period and after (A) final liquidation of the Mortgaged Property or (B) the final payment and release of the Mortgage, interest on such Advances may be paid out of other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account to the extent Default Interest and late payment charges are not sufficient to pay for such interest on Advances;

 

(vi)         to reimburse the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer and the Special Servicer, in that order, for expenses incurred by them in connection with the liquidation of the Whole Loan or the Mortgaged Property, and not otherwise covered and paid by an insurance policy or deducted from the proceeds of liquidation or not previously reimbursed pursuant to clauses (ii) or (v) above;

 

(vii)        to pay to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as additional compensation, to the extent actually received from the Borrower (and permitted by (or not otherwise prohibited by) and allocated as such pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents or this Agreement) and deposited into the Collection Account by the Servicer, any payments in the nature of any late payment fees and Default Interest (to the extent remaining after payment or reimbursement of any Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees or Work-out Fees pursuant to clause (iv) above and reimbursement of Advances and interest on Advances pursuant to clause (v) above), release fees, defeasance fees, Assumption Fees, Assumption Application Fees, substitution fees, Net Modification Fees, consent fees, amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds, charges for beneficiary statements or demands, loan processing fees, loan service transaction fees and similar fees and expenses; provided that such amounts received during each Collection Period shall not be required to be deposited into the Collection Account and shall be deemed to have been deposited in the Collection Account and withdrawn pursuant to this

 

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clause (vii) solely for the purpose of determining the Aggregate Available Funds Reduction Amount in connection with the calculation of the Non-RR Interest Available Funds and RR Interest Available Funds for the related Distribution Date;

 

(viii)       to pay or reimburse the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer and the Special Servicer in that order, for any indemnities, expenses and other amounts then due and payable or reimbursable to each pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and not previously paid or reimbursed pursuant to the preceding clauses;

 

(ix)          to the extent not previously paid or advanced, to remit to the Certificate Administrator, to pay (or set aside for eventual payment) any and all taxes imposed on the Trust or the Trust Fund by federal or state governmental authorities, including, without limitation, amounts paid pursuant to Section 12.1(k); provided, that, if such taxes are the result of the Depositor’s, Servicer’s, Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s or Trustee’s, as applicable, negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, such amounts may not be withdrawn from the Collection Account, but shall be paid by such party that was negligent, acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct pursuant to Sections 6.6 and 8.13, as applicable;

 

(x)           to pay CREFC® the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee (according to the payment instructions set forth on Exhibit Q hereto or such other payment instructions as CREFC® may provide from time to time in writing at least two Business Days prior to the Remittance Date);

 

(xi)           to make any other required payments due under the Co-Lender Agreement to the Companion Loan Holders; and

 

(xii)          to remit to the Companion Loan Holders all remaining amounts on deposit in the Collection Account payable to the Companion Loan Holders pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement with respect to the Companion Loans, exclusive of any outstanding amounts reimbursable to the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust and allocable to the Companion Loans in accordance with the Co-Lender Agreement.

 

While the Companion Loans will be serviced, together with the Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Co-Lender Agreement, the master servicer or trustee with respect to each related Other Securitization Trust may make advances of delinquent scheduled payments with respect to the related Companion Loan or securitized portion thereof (each such advance, a “Companion Loan Advance”), and none of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Special Servicer will have any obligation to make a Companion Loan Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Monthly Payment Advance, Property Protection Advance, Administrative Advance or Companion Loan Advance, such advances shall be reimbursed from collections on the Whole Loan prior to any distributions to the Note Holders. Amounts allocable to the Companion Loans under the Co-Lender Agreement shall not otherwise be available to the Trust for purposes of making distributions on the Certificates or for payment of other amounts relating only to the Trust.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Remittance Date, in no event shall the Servicer be permitted to make a withdrawal pursuant to clauses 3.4(c)(iii), (iv)(b), (v), (vi), (viii) or (x) above if, as a result of such withdrawal, the amount on deposit in the Collection Account after giving effect to such withdrawal would be less than the Required Advance Amount; provided that the Servicer shall be permitted to make withdrawals in the order of priority specified above up to the amount on deposit in the Collection Account that would result in funds equaling or exceeding the Required Advance Amount remaining in the Collection Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such withdrawal limitations shall not apply (and accrued amounts previously eligible for withdrawal pursuant to clauses 3.4(c)(iii), (iv)(b), (v), (vi), (viii) or (x) but which remain unpaid due to the operation of this paragraph may then be withdrawn and paid) upon (1) the final liquidation of the Whole Loan or the Mortgaged Property, (2) the final payment of the Whole Loan and release of the Mortgage or (3) the determination that any Advance, together with any currently unreimbursed Advances in the aggregate such that it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided, further, that the Servicer shall be permitted to make withdrawals in the order of priority specified above up to the amount on deposit in the Collection Amount that would result in funds equaling or exceeding the Required Advance Amount remaining in the Collection Account.

 

The Servicer shall pay to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee and advance or pay to the Special Servicer, if applicable, from the Collection Account, as provided above, amounts permitted to be paid to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee therefrom, promptly upon receipt of certificates of a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or an officer of the Special Servicer describing the item and amount to which the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as the case may be, are entitled unless such payment to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, is clearly required pursuant to this Agreement, in which case a written certificate shall not be required. The Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate, shall have no duty to recalculate the amounts stated therein and shall have no liability if the amount paid in reliance thereon is an amount to which the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is not entitled.

 

Upon the determination that a previously made Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, to the extent that the reimbursement thereof would exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections on the Whole Loan (or, in the case of a Monthly Payment Advance, the Mortgage Loan) deposited in the Collection Account and available for distribution on the next Distribution Date, the Servicer or the Trustee, each at its own option and in its sole discretion, as applicable, instead of obtaining reimbursement for the remaining amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to this Section 3.4(c) immediately, may elect to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement for such portion of the Nonrecoverable Advance during the Collection Period ending on the then-current Determination Date for successive one-month periods for a total period not to exceed 12 months. If the Servicer or the Trustee makes such an election at its sole option and in its sole discretion to defer reimbursement with respect to all or a portion of a Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon), then such Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon) or portion thereof shall continue to be fully reimbursable in the subsequent Collection Period (subject, again, to the same sole discretion to elect to defer; it is acknowledged that, in such a subsequent period, such Nonrecoverable Advance shall again be payable first from principal collections as described above prior to payment from other

 

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collections). In connection with a potential election by the Servicer or the Trustee to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof during the one-month Collection Period ending on the related Determination Date for any Distribution Date, the Servicer or the Trustee shall further be authorized (in its sole discretion) to wait for principal collections on the Whole Loan (or, in the case of a Monthly Payment Advance, the Mortgage Loan) to be received before making its determination of whether to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance (or portion thereof) until the end of such Collection Period; provided, however, that if, at any time Servicer or the Trustee elects, in its sole discretion, not to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement or otherwise determines that the reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance during a one month collection period will exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections deposited in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date, then the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall use its reasonable efforts to give notice of its election to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 8.15(b) of this Agreement), at least 15 days prior to any reimbursement to it of Nonrecoverable Advances from amounts in the Collection Account allocable to interest on the Whole Loan unless extraordinary circumstances make such notice impractical, and thereafter shall deliver such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 8.15(b) of this Agreement) as soon as reasonably practical thereafter. Neither the Servicer nor the Trustee shall have any liability for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any notice provided to the Rating Agency contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to give such notice shall in no way affect the Servicer’s or the Trustee’s election as to whether to refrain from obtaining reimbursement pursuant to this Section 3.4(c).

 

(d)            The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to limit any liability that may otherwise be imposed on such Person for any failure by such Person to comply with the conditions to making such an election under this section or to comply with the terms of this section and the other provisions of this Agreement that apply once such an election, if any, has been made, provided, however, that the fact that a decision to recover such Nonrecoverable Advances over time, or not to do so, benefits some Classes of Certificateholders to the detriment of other Classes shall not, with respect to the Servicer, constitute a violation of Accepted Servicing Practices, and/or with respect to the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), constitute a violation of any fiduciary duty to Certificateholders or any contractual obligation hereunder. If the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines, in its sole discretion, that it should recover the Nonrecoverable Advances without deferral, then the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances with interest thereon at the Advance Rate from all amounts in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date (deemed first from principal and then interest and other amounts). Any such election by any such party to refrain from reimbursing itself or obtaining reimbursement for any Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof with respect to any one or more collection periods shall not limit the accrual of interest at the Advance Rate on such Nonrecoverable Advance for the period prior to the actual reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance. The Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, agreement to defer reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advances as set forth above is an accommodation to the Certificateholders and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, or a right of the Certificateholders. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create in the Certificateholders a right to prior payment of distributions over the Servicer’s or the

 

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Trustee’s, as applicable, right to reimbursement for Advances (deferred or otherwise) and accrued interest thereon. In all events, the decision to defer reimbursement or to seek immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances shall be deemed to be in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and none of the Servicer, the Trustee or the other parties to this Agreement shall have any liability to one another or to any of the Certificateholders or any Companion Loan Holder for any such election that such party makes as contemplated by this section or for any losses, damages or other adverse economic or other effects that may arise from such an election.

 

(e)            The Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and, to the extent sufficient funds are on deposit therein, pay the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC® in accordance with Section 3.4(c)(x) on a monthly basis, solely from funds on deposit in the Collection Account.

 

(f)            The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain a reserve account (which may be a subaccount of the Distribution Account) (the “Interest Reserve Account”) for the benefit of the Trustee and for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Interest Reserve Account must be an Eligible Account maintained with an Eligible Institution. Funds on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account shall be uninvested. On each Distribution Date occurring in any February and on any Distribution Date occurring in any January which occurs in a year that is not a leap year (unless, in either case, such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Certificate Administrator shall deposit into the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to one day’s net interest collected on the principal balance of each Trust Note as of the Payment Date occurring in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs at the Note Rate (net of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate (including the portion that is the Trustee Fee Rate) and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and exclusive of Default Interest allocable to the Mortgage Loan payable therefrom) to the extent a full Monthly Payment or Monthly Payment Advance is made in respect thereof (all amounts so deposited in any consecutive January and February, “Withheld Amounts”). On each Remittance Date occurring in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the Withheld Amounts from the preceding January and February, if any, and transfer such amounts into the Distribution Account.

 

3.5.            Distribution Account. (a)  The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain in the name of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association”, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association”, as the Trustee for the benefit of the Trustee and for the benefit of the Certificateholders a deposit account (the “Distribution Account”), which shall be deemed to include the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, which shall be subaccounts of the Distribution Account for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, as holder of the Uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests. The Distribution Account must be an Eligible Account maintained with an Eligible Institution. On each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Distribution Account all Aggregate Available Funds remaining on deposit therein, after giving effect to the withdrawals made pursuant to Section 3.4(c). The Certificate Administrator shall credit the funds remitted by the Servicer from the Collection Account to the Distribution Account. Amounts held in the Distribution Account shall be uninvested.

 

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The Certificate Administrator shall make withdrawals from the Distribution Account to withdraw any amounts deposited in error, to withdraw amounts due to it under Section 3.4(c), to the extent such amounts were not withdrawn and paid to it by the Servicer under Section 3.4(c), and then to make distributions to the Holders of the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.1.

 

(b)            The Certificate Administrator shall make or be deemed to have made withdrawals from the Lower-Tier Distribution Account in the following order of priority and only for the following purposes:

 

(i)             to make deposits of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and Section 4.3(c) into the Upper-Tier Distribution Account and to make distributions to the Holder of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LT-R Interest) pursuant to Section 4.1(b);

 

(ii)            to withdraw amounts deposited in error and pay such amounts to the Persons entitled thereto and to withdraw amounts due to it and the Trustee under Section 3.4(c), to the extent such amounts were not withdrawn and paid to it by the Servicer under Section 3.4(c);

 

(iii)           to clear and terminate the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 10.1. The Certificate Administrator shall make withdrawals from the Upper-Tier Distribution Account;

 

(iv)           to withdraw amounts deposited in error and to withdraw amounts due to it and the Trustee under Section 3.4(c), to the extent such amounts were not withdrawn and paid to it by the Servicer under Section 3.4(c);

 

(v)            to make distributions to Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class UT-R Interest) on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.1 or Section 10.2 as applicable; and

 

(vi)           to clear and terminate the Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1.

 

3.6.            Foreclosed Property Account. The Special Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more deposit accounts (the “Foreclosed Property Account”) in the name of either (a) “Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L, and the Companion Loan Holders, Foreclosed Property Account” related to the Foreclosed Property, if any, held in the name of the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and the Companion Loan Holders) or (b) in the name of the limited liability company wholly owned by the Trust and which is managed by the Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders (and the Companion Loan Holders), formed to hold title to the Foreclosed Property pursuant to Section 3.14. Each Foreclosed Property Account must be an Eligible Account maintained with an Eligible Institution. The Special Servicer shall deposit into the Foreclosed Property Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt all properly identified funds collected

 

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and received in connection with the operation or ownership of such Foreclosed Property during each Collection Period. On or before the last day of each Collection Period, the Special Servicer shall withdraw the funds in the Foreclosed Property Account, net of certain expenses and/or reserves (the amount of such expenses and/or reserves as determined in the Special Servicer’s reasonable discretion), and deposit them into the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.4(a). The Special Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing of the location and account number of the Foreclosed Property Account and shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing prior to any subsequent change thereof.

 

3.7.            Appraisal Reductions. (a)  Within 60 days after the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event, the Special Servicer shall (i) notify the Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Companion Loan Holders and, so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred, the Directing Certificateholder, of such occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event, (ii) order (which order shall be placed within 30 days of the occurrence of the Appraisal Reduction Event) and use reasonable efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to obtain an Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property (provided that the Special Servicer will not be required to obtain an Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property with respect to which there exists an Appraisal which was performed less than nine (9) months prior to the Appraisal Reduction Event and the Special Servicer does not have knowledge of any adverse material change in the market or condition or value of the Mortgaged Property since the date of such Appraisal, in which case such Appraisal with respect to the Mortgaged Property shall be used by the Special Servicer), (iii) determine whether there exists any Appraisal Reduction Amount on the basis of such Appraisal, and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Special Servicer from the Servicer and in the possession of the Servicer necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount, and (iv) allocate the Appraisal Reduction Amount among the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans as described below and give reasonably prompt notice of such Appraisal Reduction Amount, the Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount and the portions of the Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to the Companion Loans to the Companion Loan Holder (or, in the case of a Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, the master servicer, special servicer and trustee with respect to such Other Securitization Trust), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator (to the extent not already reported to such parties on the CREFC® Reports provided by the Servicer and the Certificate Administrator’s website).

 

The cost of obtaining such Appraisal shall be paid by the Servicer as a Property Protection Advance or an Administrative Advance unless it would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance and in such case, subject to the allocation provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, as a Trust Fund Expense. Updates of such Appraisal shall be obtained by the Special Servicer, and paid for by the Servicer as a Property Protection Advance or an Administrative Advance (or, subject to the allocation provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, paid for by the Trust if the Servicer determines that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance) every nine (9) months for so long as an Appraisal Reduction Event exists, and the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall be adjusted accordingly. If required in accordance with any such adjustment, each Class of Certificates that has been notionally reduced for purposes of determining Voting Rights as a result of the application of the Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount shall have its related Certificate Balance notionally restored by the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to the extent required by such adjustment of the Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount, and there shall be a redetermination of whether a Control Event has occurred.

 

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Any such Appraisal obtained under this Section 3.7 shall be delivered by the Special Servicer to the Trustee, the Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Companion Loan Holders and, so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred, the Directing Certificateholder, in electronic format, and the Certificate Administrator shall make such Appraisal available to Privileged Persons pursuant to Section 8.15(b). The Servicer shall provide (via electronic delivery) the Special Servicer with information in its possession that is reasonably requested by the Special Servicer and necessary to calculate or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount pursuant to the definition thereof, using reasonable efforts to deliver such information within four (4) Business Days of the Special Servicer’s written request (which request shall be made promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days, after the Special Servicer’s receipt of the applicable Appraisal or preparation of the applicable internal valuation) provided, however, that the Special Servicer’s failure to timely make such a request shall not relieve the Servicer of its obligation to provide such information to the Special Servicer in the manner and timing set forth in this sentence. Accordingly, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to calculate, recalculate, determine or redetermine any Appraisal Reduction Amounts until such time as it receives from the Servicer the information in the Servicer’s possession reasonably requested by the Special Servicer and necessary to make such calculation, recalculation, determination or redetermination. The Servicer shall not calculate Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

 

(b)            While any Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount (or deemed Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount pursuant to Section 3.7(e)) exists with respect to the Mortgage Loan, (i) the amount of any Monthly Payment Advances shall be reduced as provided in Section 3.23(a) and (ii) the existence thereof (other than any deemed Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.7(e)) will be taken into account for purposes of determining the Voting Rights of certain Classes of Certificates as provided in Section 3.7(c) and (iii) except with respect to any deemed Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount pursuant to Section 3.7(e), there shall be a determination of whether a Control Event has occurred.

 

(c)           Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts shall be allocated between the RR Interest and the Non-Retained Certificates, on the other, based on the Required Risk Retained Percentage and the Non-Risk Retained Percentage, respectively. The Required Risk Retained Percentage of the Appraisal Reduction Amount for any Distribution Date shall be applied to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the RR Interest until reduced to zero. The Certificate Balance of each of the Sequential Pay Certificates and the RR Interest shall be notionally reduced solely for purposes of determining (x) the Voting Rights of the related Classes to the extent set forth in this Agreement and (y) whether a Control Event has occurred on any Distribution Date to the extent of any Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to such Class on such Distribution Date. The Non-Risk Retained Percentage of Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts for any Distribution Date shall be applied to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the Sequential Pay Certificates in the following order of priority: first, to the Class E Certificates; second, to the Class D Certificates, third, to the Class C and fourth, to the Class B Certificates (provided in each case that no Certificate Balance in respect of any such Class may be notionally reduced below zero). Trust Appraisal Reduction Amounts shall not be applied to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Class A Certificates.

 

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(d)           In the event that a portion of one or more Monthly Payment Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan is reduced as a result of an Appraisal Reduction Event, the amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to interest on the Mortgage Loan shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of such reductions and the portion of such Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to principal of the Mortgage Loan shall be increased by such amount, and if the amounts of the Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to principal of the Mortgage Loan have been applied to pay the principal of the Mortgage Loan, in full, any remaining Net Liquidation Proceeds shall then be applied to pay any remaining accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan, in accordance with Section 1.3.

 

(e)            With respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for purposes of determining an Appraisal Reduction Event, the appraised value (as determined by an updated Appraisal) of the Mortgaged Property securing the Whole Loan will be determined on an “as-is” basis, based upon the current physical condition, use and zoning of the Mortgaged Property as of the date of the Appraisal.

 

If the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class Certificate (taking into account the application of any Non-Risk Retained Appraisal Reduction Amounts (other than any deemed Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount pursuant to Section 3.7(e)) to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class) has been reduced to less than 25% of its Initial Certificate Balance, such Class will be referred to as the “Appraised-Out Class”. The Holders of the majority (by Certificate Balance) of the Appraised-Out Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order a second Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property (such Holders, the “Requesting Holders”). The Special Servicer shall use efforts in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices to ensure that such Appraisal is delivered within 60 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request and shall ensure that such Appraisal is prepared by an Independent Appraiser).

 

In addition, if subsequent to the Controlling Class Certificate becoming an Appraised-Out Class there is a material change with respect to the Mortgaged Property related to the Appraisal Reduction Amounts that caused such Class to become an Appraised-Out Class, the Requesting Holders shall have the right to request, in writing, that the Special Servicer obtain an additional Appraisal, which request shall set forth the Requesting Holder’s belief of what constitutes a material change to the Mortgaged Property (including any related documentation). The costs of obtaining such additional Appraisal shall be paid by the Requesting Holders. Subject to the Special Servicer’s confirmation, determined in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that there has been a change with respect to the Mortgaged Property and such change was material, the Special Servicer shall order another Appraisal from an Independent Appraiser, the identity of which shall be determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices (provided that such Independent Appraiser may not be the same Independent Appraiser that provided the Appraisal in respect of which the Requesting Holders are requesting the Special Servicer to obtain an additional Appraisal). Appraisals that are permitted to be requested by any Appraised-Out Class shall be in addition to any Appraisals that the Special Servicer may otherwise be required to obtain in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices upon the occurrence of such material change or that the Special Servicer is otherwise required or permitted to order under this Agreement without regard to any Appraisal requests made by any Requesting Holder.

 

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Upon receipt of any additional Appraisal pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs, the Special Servicer shall recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount and the Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount based upon such additional Appraisal. If required by any such recalculation, the Appraised-Out Class shall be reinstated as the Controlling Class and the Appraised-Out Class shall have its Certificate Balance notionally restored to the extent required by such recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount and the Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount.

 

Any Appraised-Out Class for which the Requesting Holders are challenging the Special Servicer’s Appraisal Reduction Amounts determination may not exercise any rights of the related Controlling Class until such time, if any, as such Class is reinstated as the Controlling Class.

 

3.8.            Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and The Foreclosed Property Account. (a)  The Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and the Reserve Accounts, and the Special Servicer, with respect to the Foreclosed Property Accounts, may direct any depository institution maintaining the Collection Account, any Foreclosed Property Account and any Reserve Account (to the extent interest is not payable to the Loan Parties), respectively (each, for purposes of this Section 3.8, an “Investment Account”), to invest the funds in such Investment Account in one or more Permitted Investments that bear interest or are sold at a discount, and that mature, unless payable on demand, no later than the Business Day preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such Investment Account pursuant to this Agreement. Any direction by the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to invest funds on deposit in an Investment Account shall be in writing and shall certify that the requested investment is a Permitted Investment which matures at or prior to the time required hereby or is payable on demand. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) or in the name of a nominee of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have sole control (except with respect to investment direction, which shall be in the control of the Servicer (or the Special Servicer, with respect to the Foreclosed Property Accounts) as an independent contractor to the Trust Fund) over each such investment and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its agent (which shall initially be the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable), together with any document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer title to such investment to the Trustee or its nominee. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the investment directions of the Servicer or Special Servicer or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall:

 

(i)           consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

 

(ii)          demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the related Investment Account.

 

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(b)            All net income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Collection Account and the Reserve Accounts (to the extent not payable to the Loan Parties) shall be for the benefit of the Servicer in accordance with the terms and priorities of this Agreement. All net income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Foreclosed Property Account shall be for the benefit of the Special Servicer. Any net losses on funds in the Collection Account, the Reserve Accounts (except, in the case of any such loss with respect to a Reserve Account, to the extent any such losses are incurred on amounts invested for the benefit of the Borrower under the terms of the Loan Documents) or the Foreclosed Property Account shall be reimbursed by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, from its own funds promptly, but in any event on or prior to the Remittance Date following the realization of such loss. Notwithstanding the above, neither the Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to deposit any loss on an investment of funds in an Investment Account if such loss (i) was incurred solely as a result of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that holds such Investment Account, so long as such depository institution or trust company satisfied the qualifications set forth in the definition of “Eligible Institution” included in Section 1.1 at the time such investment was made, (ii) such loss was incurred within thirty (30) days of the date of such bankruptcy or insolvency, (iii) such loss is not the result of fraud, negligence or the willful misconduct of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable and (iv) such institution was not an Affiliate of the Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable.

 

(c)            Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, the Servicer shall take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings. In the event the Servicer takes any such action, the Trust Fund shall pay or reimburse the Servicer, pursuant to Section 3.4(c), for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Servicer in connection therewith.

 

(d)           For the avoidance of doubt, the Collection Account, the Foreclosed Property Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such accounts) will be owned by the Lower-Tier REMIC, and the Upper-Tier Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such account) will be owned by the Upper-Tier REMIC, each for federal income tax purposes.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee (in its capacity as the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be) shall cover any losses from the bankruptcy or insolvency of a depository institution holding an account described in this Section 3.8, if immediately prior to such bankruptcy or insolvency such institution was an Eligible Institution and such institution was not an Affiliate of the Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable; provided however, that the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, shall move such account to an Eligible Institution within 30 days of such bankruptcy or insolvency.

 

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3.9.            Payment of Taxes, Assessments, etc. The Servicer (other than with respect to the Foreclosed Property) and the Special Servicer (with respect to the Foreclosed Property) shall maintain, accurate records with respect to the Mortgaged Property (or the Foreclosed Property, as the case may be) reflecting the status of taxes, assessments, charges and other similar items that are or may become a lien on the Mortgaged Property (or the Foreclosed Property, as the case may be) and the status of insurance premiums payable in respect of insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof. The Servicer shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums). The Servicer shall pay real estate taxes, insurance premiums and other similar items from funds in the applicable Reserve Account in accordance with the Loan Agreement at such time as may be required by the Loan Documents. If the Loan Parties do not make the necessary payments and/or a Mortgage Loan Event of Default has occurred and amounts in the applicable Reserve Account are insufficient to make such payments, the Servicer shall make a Property Protection Advance, subject to the determination of non-recoverability provided in Section 3.23, from its own funds for amounts payable with respect to all such items related to the Mortgaged Property when and as the same shall become due and payable. The Servicer shall ensure that the amount of funds in the applicable Reserve Account is increased when and if applicable taxes, assessments, charges and other similar items, ground rents or insurance premiums are increased, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement.

 

3.10.        Appointment of Special Servicer. (a) Situs Holdings, LLC is hereby appointed as the initial Special Servicer to service the Whole Loan while a Special Servicing Loan Event has occurred and is continuing and perform the other obligations of the Special Servicer hereunder (including approving certain actions prior to a Special Servicing Loan Event as provided specifically herein).

 

(b)            If there is a Special Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Special Servicer, such Special Servicer may be removed and replaced pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 7.2. The Trustee shall, promptly after receiving notice of any such Special Servicer Termination Event notify the Servicer, the Companion Loan Holders, the Certificate Administrator (which shall post such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 8.15(b)) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 8.15(b)). The appointment of any such successor special servicer shall not relieve the Servicer or the Trustee of their respective obligations to make Advances as set forth herein; provided, however, the initial Special Servicer specified above shall not be liable for any actions or any inaction of such successor special servicer. No termination fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer. No termination of the Special Servicer and appointment of a successor special servicer shall be effective until the successor special servicer has assumed all of its responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder in writing, and a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such appointment has been delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and their respective counterparts with respect to each Other Securitization Trust. Any successor special servicer shall be deemed to make the representations and warranties provided for in Section 2.5 mutatis mutandis as of the date of its succession. The terminated Special Servicer shall retain all rights accruing to it under this Agreement, including the right to receive fees accrued prior to its termination and other amounts payable to it (including indemnification payments).

 

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(c)            Upon determining that a Special Servicing Loan Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Whole Loan, the Servicer shall promptly give notice thereof to each other party hereto and the Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to provide the Special Servicer with all information, documents (but excluding the original documents constituting the Mortgage File) and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to the Whole Loan and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to assume its duties hereunder with respect thereto. The Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of the date that a Special Servicing Loan Event has occurred. The Servicer in any event shall continue to act as Servicer and administrator of the Whole Loan until the Special Servicer has commenced the servicing of the Whole Loan, which shall occur upon the receipt by the Special Servicer of the information, documents and records referred to in the preceding sentence. The Special Servicer shall instruct the Loan Parties to continue to remit all payments in respect of the Whole Loan to the Servicer. The Servicer shall forward any notices it would otherwise send to the Loan Parties under the Whole Loan to the Special Servicer who shall send such notice to the Loan Parties while a Special Servicing Loan Event has occurred and is continuing.

 

(d)            Upon determining that a Special Servicing Loan Event is no longer continuing with respect to the Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall promptly give notice thereof to the Companion Loan Holders and each other party hereto, and upon giving such notice such Special Servicing Loan Event shall cease, the Special Servicer’s obligation to service the Whole Loan shall terminate and the obligations of the Servicer to service and administer the Whole Loan shall resume and the Special Servicer shall return all of the information and materials furnished to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10(c) to the Servicer.

 

(e)            In making a Major Decision or in servicing the Whole Loan during the continuance of a Special Servicing Loan Event, the Special Servicer shall provide to the Custodian originals of documents entered into in connection therewith that are required to be included within the definition of “Mortgage File” for inclusion in the Mortgage File (to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Special Servicer) and copies of any additional related Whole Loan information, including correspondence with the Loan Parties, and the Special Servicer shall promptly provide copies of all of the foregoing to the Servicer as well as copies of any analysis or internal review prepared by or for the benefit of the Special Servicer; provided that, such materials shall not include any Privileged Information.

 

(f)             During any period in which a Special Servicing Loan Event is continuing, (i) not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York Time) on each Determination Date, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Servicer, to the extent not included in the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File, a written statement describing the amount of all payments on account of interest received on the Whole Loan, the amount of all payments on account of principal received on the Whole Loan, the amount of Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds received, the amount of any Foreclosure Proceeds received with respect to the Mortgaged Property, and the amount of net income or net loss, as determined from management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any rental income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property with respect to, any Foreclosed Property, in each case in accordance with Section 12.2 and (ii) the Special Servicer shall promptly provide

 

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such additional information relating to the Whole Loan as the Servicer or Certificate Administrator reasonably requests to enable it to perform its duties under this Agreement.

 

(g)            [Reserved.]

 

(h)            Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding subsection (c), the Servicer shall maintain ongoing payment records with respect to the Whole Loan and shall provide the Special Servicer with any information reasonably required by the Special Servicer to perform its duties under this Agreement.

 

(i)             Not later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of a Special Servicing Loan Event (the “Initial Delivery Date”), the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format (i) a report (an “Asset Status Report”) for the Specially Serviced Whole Loan and the Mortgaged Property and (ii) one or more additional Asset Status Reports with respect to such Specially Serviced Whole Loan subsequent to the issuance of a final Asset Status Report to the extent that during the course of the resolution of the Mortgage Loan and Companion Loans material changes in the circumstances and/or strategy reflected in the initial final Asset Status Report (or subsequent final Asset Status Reports) are necessary to reflect the then current circumstances and recommendation as to how the Specially Serviced Whole Loan might be returned to performing status or otherwise liquidated in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices (each such report a “Subsequent Asset Status Report”). The Special Servicer shall deliver each final Asset Status Report in electronic form to: (i) the Servicer, each Risk Retention Consultation Party, (ii) the Directing Certificateholder (but only so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred), (iii) the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with Section 8.15(b) (who shall promptly post it to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 8.15(b) and (iv) the Companion Loan Holders). Such Asset Status Report shall set forth the following information (other than Privileged Information) to the extent reasonably determinable:

 

(i)            summary of the status of the Whole Loan and any negotiations with the Loan Parties;

 

(ii)           a discussion of the legal and environmental considerations reasonably known at such time to the Special Servicer, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, that are applicable to the exercise of remedies as aforesaid and to the enforcement of any related guaranties or other collateral for the Whole Loan and whether outside legal counsel has been retained;

 

(iii)         the most current rent roll and income or operating statement available for the Mortgaged Property;

 

(iv)         the Special Servicer’s recommendations on how the Whole Loan might be returned to performing status and returned to the Servicer for regular servicing or otherwise realized upon;

 

(v)          the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property together with the appraisal or the assumptions used in the calculation thereof;

 

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(vi)            the status of any foreclosure actions or other proceedings undertaken with respect thereto, any proposed workouts with respect thereto and the status of any negotiations with respect to such workouts, and an assessment of the likelihood of additional Whole Loan Events of Default;

 

(vii)           [Reserved];

 

(viii)          a description of any proposed actions;

 

(ix)             the alternative courses of action considered by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed actions;

 

(x)             the decision that the Special Servicer intends or proposes to make, including a narrative analysis setting forth the Special Servicer’s rationale for its proposed decision, including its rejection of the alternatives; and an analysis of whether or not taking such action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a net present value basis than not taking such action, setting forth (x) the basis on which the Special Servicer made such determination and (y) the net present value calculation (including the applicable discount rate used) and all related assumptions;

 

(xi)            a summary of the status of any action that was described in the most recent prior Asset Status Report and subsequently effected by the Special Servicer, excluding any Privileged Information; and

 

(xii)           such other information as the Special Servicer deems relevant in light of the proposed action and Accepted Servicing Practices.

 

(j)               The Special Servicer shall (x) deliver to the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 8.15(b)) the final Asset Status Report, (y) deliver to the Certificate Administrator a proposed notice to the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders that will include a summary of the final Asset Status Report in an electronic format, which format is reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator (which will be a brief summary of the current status of the Mortgaged Property and current strategy with respect to the resolution and workout of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans), and the Certificate Administrator shall post such summary (but not the final Asset Status Report itself) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 8.15(b) and (z) implement the final Asset Status Report in the form delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider. Subject to the consent and consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder described in this Section 3.10(j), the Special Servicer shall not be required to deliver a summary of any interim or draft Asset Status Report. The Special Servicer may, from time to time, modify any Asset Status Report it has previously delivered. Upon such modification, the Special Servicer shall prepare an updated summary and deliver the updated summary to the Certificate Administrator and deliver the modified Asset Status Report to the 17g-5 Information Provider. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such modified Asset Status Report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 8.15(b), the Certificate Administrator shall post such summary on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the Special Servicer shall

 

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implement such modified Asset Status Report after consulting with the Companion Loan Holders on a strictly non-binding basis.

 

(k)            Subject to the last paragraph of Section 9.3(a), prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Event, if within ten (10) Business Days of receiving an Asset Status Report, the Directing Certificateholder does not disapprove such Asset Status Report in writing, the Special Servicer shall implement the recommended action as outlined in such Asset Status Report. In addition, so long as no Control Event has occurred or is continuing, if the Directing Certificateholder disapproves such Asset Status Report within ten (10) Business Days of receipt and the Special Servicer has not made the determination described below, the Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report and deliver a new Asset Status Report as soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such disapproval, to the Directing Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Companion Loan Holders and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such revised Asset Status Report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 8.15(b)). Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Event, the Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report as described above in this Section 3.10(k) until the Directing Certificateholder shall fail to disapprove such revised Asset Status Report in writing within ten (10) Business Days of receiving such revised Asset Status Report, until the Directing Certificateholder’s approval is no longer required or until the Special Servicer makes the determination described below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer (A) may, following the occurrence of an extraordinary event with respect to any Mortgaged Property or the Whole Loan or, if a failure to take any such action at such time would be inconsistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, take any action set forth in such Asset Status Report before the expiration of a ten (10) Business Day period and (B) shall implement the action recommended in the Asset Status Report, in each case if it makes a determination in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices that such affirmative disapproval is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders as a collective whole; provided that, if the Directing Certificateholder does not approve or is not deemed to have approved an Asset Status Report within ninety (90) days from the first submission of an Asset Status Report, then the Special Servicer will follow Directing Certificateholder’s direction, if such direction is consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices; provided, however, that if the Directing Certificateholder’s direction would cause the Special Servicer to violate Accepted Servicing Practices, the Special Servicer may take the action recommended in its most recently submitted Asset Status Report; provided, further, that such Asset Status Report is not intended to replace or satisfy any other specific consent or approval right which the Directing Certificateholder may have pursuant to Section 9.3.

 

(l)             The Special Servicer shall deliver to the Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Event but so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post the same to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) a copy of each final Asset Status Report, in each case with reasonable promptness following the adoption thereof. The Special Servicer shall provide a summary of such report to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall post such summary to its Internet website. During the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder (other than in its capacity as a Certificateholder) shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report or otherwise consult with the Special Servicer with respect to any matter set forth therein. After the occurrence and

 

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during the continuance of a Control Event but so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder shall be entitled to consult with the Special Servicer (on a non-binding basis) and propose alternative courses of action and provide other feedback in respect of any Asset Status Report. Following the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall have no right to consult with the Special Servicer with respect to the Asset Status Reports. The Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Reports as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the Directing Certificateholder but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Directing Certificateholder during the continuance of a Control Event.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary: (i) the Servicer or Special Servicer shall have no right or obligation to consult with or to seek and/or obtain consent, approval or direction from any Directing Certificateholder prior to or after acting or making any determination (and provisions of this Agreement requiring such consultation, consent or approval shall be of no effect) during the period following any resignation or removal of a Directing Certificateholder and before a replacement is selected and/or identified; and (ii) no advice, direction or objection from or by the Directing Certificateholder, as contemplated by Section 9.3, or pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement, as contemplated by this Agreement or the Co-Lender Agreement, may (and the Servicer and the Special Servicer may ignore and act without regard to any such advice, direction or objection that the Servicer or the Special Servicer has determined, in its reasonable, good faith judgment, would): (A) require or cause such Servicer or Special Servicer to violate applicable law, the terms of the Loan Documents, the Co-Lender Agreement, this Agreement, including the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, (B) result in an Adverse REMIC Event, (C) expose the Trust, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates, members, managers, officers, directors, employees or agents, to any claim, suit or liability or (D) materially expand the scope of the Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s responsibilities under this Agreement. Further, in connection with the any Risk Retention Consultation Party’s right to consult with respect to a Major Decision, if the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, determines that immediate action is necessary to protect the Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders from potential harm if such action is not taken, or if a failure to take any such action at such time would be inconsistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may take actions with respect to the Mortgaged Property before the expiration of the applicable period for such Risk Retention Consultation Party to respond as described Section 9.3(a), if the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, reasonably determines in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices that failure to take such actions before the expiration of such period would materially adversely affect the interest of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders, and the Servicer or Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact such party.

 

The Servicer and the Special Servicer shall comply with applicable law, the Accepted Servicing Practices, this Agreement, the Co-Lender Agreement and the Loan Documents.

 

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(m)           During the continuance of a Special Servicing Loan Event, the Special Servicer shall have the authority to meet with the Loan Parties and, subject to the rights of the Directing Certificateholder (so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) and take any actions consistent with Section 3.24, Accepted Servicing Practices and the most recent final Asset Status Report.

 

(n)            Upon request of any Certificateholder (or any Beneficial Owner, if applicable), which shall have provided the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification in the form of Exhibit K-1, the Certificate Administrator shall mail, without charge, to the address specified in such request a copy of the most current Asset Status Report that it has received from the Special Servicer.

 

(o)            In addition, during the continuance of a Special Servicing Loan Event, not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on each Determination Date the Special Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Servicer the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File with respect to the Whole Loan.

 

(p)           The Special Servicer shall be required to deliver to the Servicer such reports and other information in its possession as the Servicer needs in its reasonable discretion to perform its obligations under this Agreement. In no event, however, shall the Special Servicer be required to deliver a summary of any interim or draft Asset Status Report.

 

3.11.        Maintenance of Insurance and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage. (a)  The Servicer, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices and the Loan Documents, shall use efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to cause to be maintained by the Borrower (or if the Borrower fails to maintain such insurance in accordance with the Loan Documents, the Servicer shall cause to be maintained to the extent such insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates, and to the extent the Trustee, as mortgagee, has an insurable interest) insurance with respect to the Mortgaged Property of the types and in the amounts required to be maintained by the Borrower under the Mortgaged Loan Documents and to monitor the Borrower’s compliance with such insurance requirements. The cost of any such insurance maintained by the Servicer shall be advanced by the Servicer, as a Property Protection Advance unless it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, in which case the Servicer will be required to make such payment from the Collection Account, which payment will be a Trust Fund Expense (except to the extent such expense is reimbursed with funds otherwise paid from amounts allocable to the Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement). If such amounts are reimbursed from amounts allocable to the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer (with respect to the Whole Loan when it is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan) or Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or Foreclosed Property) will be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account allocable to the Mortgage Loan, if any, to (i) promptly notify the Companion Loan Holders and (ii) use efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to exercise on behalf of the Trust the rights of the Trust under the Co-Lender Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion (based on the principal balances of the Notes) of such amount allocable to the Companion Loans from the Companion Loan Holders. Neither the Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to maintain, and shall not cause the Borrower to be in default with respect to the failure of the Borrower to obtain, all-risk casualty insurance which does not contain any carve-out for terrorist or similar acts, if and only if the

 

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Special Servicer has (and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Event, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder) determined, on an annual basis, that such failure is an Acceptable Insurance Default. Neither the Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to obtain terrorism insurance pursuant to this Agreement to the extent the Borrower would not be obligated to maintain terrorism insurance under the Loan Documents as in effect on the date thereof.

 

(b)           The Special Servicer, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices and the Loan Documents, shall cause to be maintained such insurance (including environmental insurance) with respect to the Foreclosed Property as the Borrower is required to maintain with respect to the Mortgaged Property referred to in subsection (a) of this Section 3.11 or, at the Special Servicer’s election, coverage satisfying insurance requirements consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices. The cost of any such insurance with respect to the Foreclosed Property shall be payable out of amounts on deposit in the Foreclosed Property Account or shall be advanced by the Servicer as a Property Protection Advance unless such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. If such amounts are reimbursed from amounts allocable to the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer (with respect to the Whole Loan when it is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan) or Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or Foreclosed Property) will be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account allocable to the Mortgage Loan, if any, to (i) promptly notify the Companion Loan Holders and (ii) use efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to exercise on behalf of the Trust the rights of the Trust under the Co-Lender Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion (based on the principal balances of the Notes) of such amount allocable to the Companion Loans from the Companion Loan Holders. Any such insurance (other than terrorism insurance, which shall be maintained to the extent required under subsection (a)) that is required to be maintained with respect to the Foreclosed Property shall only be so required to the extent such insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates and the Trust has an insurable interest in the Foreclosed Property. If the Special Servicer requests the Servicer to make a Property Protection Advance in respect of the premiums due in respect of such insurance, the Servicer shall, as soon as practicable after receipt of such request, make such Property Protection Advance unless such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, and if the Servicer does not make such Advance, the Trustee (within 5 Business Days of its receipt of notice of the Servicer’s failure to make such Advance) shall make an Advance of the premiums to maintain such insurance; provided that, in each such case, such obligations shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement concerning Nonrecoverable Advances, the Trustee as mortgagee having an insurable interest and the availability of such insurance at commercially reasonable rates.

 

(c)           The Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may satisfy its obligations to cause insurance policies to be maintained by maintaining a master force placed or blanket insurance policy insuring against losses on the Mortgaged Property or the Foreclosed Property, as the case may be for which coverage is otherwise required to be maintained as set forth in the preceding subsections of this Section 3.11. The incremental cost of such insurance allocable to the Mortgaged Property or Foreclosed Property, if not borne by the applicable Loan Parties, shall be paid by the Servicer as a Property Protection Advance unless it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. If such master force placed or blanket insurance policy contains a deductible clause, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be obligated to deposit in the Collection Account out of its own funds all sums that would have been deposited therein but for such clause

 

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to the extent any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the Mortgage Loan, or in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation that is consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices.

 

(d)           Each of the Servicer and the Special Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense, and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement, a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy with an insurance company with a claims-paying ability rating at least equal to one of the following: (a) “A-” by S&P, (b) “A-” by Fitch Ratings, Inc., (c) “A3” by Moody’s, (d) “A(low)” by DBRS, Inc. or (e) “A-:VIII” by A.M. Best Company (or such other rating as to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained) covering the Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, officers and employees in connection with its activities under this Agreement. Each such insurance policy shall protect the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, against losses resulting directly from forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions of such covered persons. Coverage of the Servicer or the Special Servicer under a policy or bond obtained by an Affiliate thereof and providing the coverage required by this Section 3.11(d) shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.11(d). The amount of coverage shall at least be equal to the coverage that is required by the applicable governmental authorities having regulatory power over the Servicer and Special Servicer. The amount of coverage shall be in such form and amount as are consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices. In the event that any such bond or policy ceases to be in effect, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall obtain a comparable replacement bond or policy. Each shall use reasonable effort to cause each and every sub-servicer, if any, to maintain a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy meeting the requirements as described above. In lieu of the foregoing, but subject to this Section 3.11, the Servicer and the Special Servicer may self-insure with respect to such risks so long as the long term debt obligations or deposits of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (or its immediate or remote parent) are rated at least “A3” by Moody’s (or such other rating as to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained).

 

(e)            No provision of this Section 3.11 requiring such fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance shall diminish or relieve the Servicer or the Special Servicer from its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The Trustee shall be entitled to request, upon receipt of a written request from any Certificateholder, and the Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, a certificate of insurance from the surety and insurer certifying that such insurance is in full force and effect. The Trustee will make any such certificate of insurance available to the requesting Certificateholder on a confidential basis.

 

3.12.       Procedures with Respect to Defaulted Whole Loan; Realization upon the Mortgaged Property. (a)  Following, and during the continuance of, a Special Servicing Loan Event, the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (with notification to and consent of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Event and upon consultation with the Directing Certificateholder after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Event but so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred), for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders, subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, and the Co-Lender Agreement, shall promptly pursue the remedies set forth therein or such resolution as is otherwise available to the Special Servicer, in each case, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, including foreclosure or otherwise realization on the

 

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Mortgaged Property and the other collateral for the Whole Loan. In connection with any foreclosure, enforcement of the applicable Loan Documents or other realization on the Collateral, the Special Servicer shall direct the Servicer to, and the Servicer shall, pay the costs and expenses in any such proceedings as a Property Protection Advance unless the Servicer determines, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, in which case, if the Special Servicer determines (with the Servicer permitted to conclusively rely upon any such determination) that such payment would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders constituted a single lender), the Special Servicer will be required to direct the Servicer to make such payment from the Collection Account, which payment will be a Trust Fund Expense (except to the extent such expenses are reimbursed with funds otherwise paid from amounts allocable to the Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement).

 

(b)           Any proposed acceleration of the Whole Loan and/or foreclosure on the Mortgaged Property shall be taken unless the Special Servicer waives such Mortgage Loan Event of Default (or modifies or amends the Whole Loan to cure the Mortgage Loan Event of Default), which the Special Servicer may do if such modification, waiver or amendment is consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices and does not cause either the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or subject the Trust REMIC to any tax (other than a tax on “net income from foreclosure property” under Code Section 860G(c)).

 

(c)            In connection with such foreclosure as described in Section 3.12(a) or other realization on the Mortgaged Property, the Special Servicer shall follow Accepted Servicing Practices; provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to direct the Servicer, and neither the Special Servicer nor the Servicer shall be required, to expend its own funds to restore the Mortgaged Property damaged by an Uninsured Cause unless the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, permitted the related insurance policy to lapse in violation of its respective obligations hereunder. If the Servicer does expend its own funds to restore the Mortgaged Property damaged by an Uninsured Cause (which insurance policy did not lapse in violation of the Servicer’s obligations), such expense shall be a Property Protection Advance. In connection with any foreclosure, enforcement of the Loan Documents or other realization on the Collateral, the Special Servicer shall direct the Servicer to, and the Servicer shall, pay the costs and expenses in any such proceedings as a Property Protection Advance unless the Servicer determines, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

(d)           In connection with any foreclosure or other acquisition, the Special Servicer shall request the Servicer to pay, and the Servicer shall pay, the out of pocket costs and expenses in any such proceedings as a Property Protection Advance unless the Servicer determines, in its sole discretion exercised in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of Advances (with interest at the Advance Rate) made pursuant to the preceding sentence in accordance with Section 3.23. While negotiating a workout with the Borrower, the Special Servicer shall pursue any appropriate remedies to but not including actual foreclosure until such negotiations, in the judgment of the Special Servicer and in accordance with Accepted Servicing

 

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Practices, are not reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a net present value basis than foreclosure.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer may not foreclose on the Mortgaged Property on behalf of the Trust and the Companion Loan Holders and thereby cause the Trust to be the beneficial owner of the Mortgaged Property, or take any other action with respect to the Mortgaged Property that would cause the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders, to be considered to hold title to, to be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or “operator” of the Mortgaged Property within the meaning of CERCLA or any comparable law, subject to the rights of the Risk Retention Consultation Parties to consult in respect of such action, as applicable, unless the Special Servicer has previously determined, based on a report prepared as a Trust Fund Expense by an independent Person who regularly conducts site assessments for purchasers of comparable properties (a copy of such report to be provided to the Certificate Administrator, the Companion Loan Holders and the Trustee by the Special Servicer), that (i) the Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or that taking the remedial actions necessary to comply with such laws is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a net present value basis than not taking such actions and (ii) there are no circumstances known to the Special Servicer relating to the use of hazardous substances or petroleum-based materials which require investigation or remediation, or that if such circumstances exist taking such remedial actions is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a net present value basis than not taking such actions. The Special Servicer shall deliver a copy of any such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider in electronic format and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall make such report available to the Rating Agency and NRSROs pursuant to Section 8.15(b).

 

If the Special Servicer has so determined based on satisfaction of the criteria in this Section 3.12(e) that it would be in the best economic interest (as determined in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices) of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders as a collective whole (taking into account the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes) to institute a foreclosure or take any other actions described in the immediately preceding paragraph, subject to the rights of (i) the Risk Retention Consultation Parties to consult, and (ii) the Directing Certificateholder to consent to and/or consult in respect of such action, as applicable, pursuant to the terms hereof, the Special Servicer shall take such proposed action. The Special Servicer shall not foreclose upon or otherwise cause the Trust to acquire ownership of any Collateral other than the Mortgaged Property unless it receives an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Servicer as a Property Protection Advance unless the Servicer determines that such Property Protection Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance or if determined a Nonrecoverable Advance, a Trust Fund Expense) to the effect that such acquisition will not cause the imposition of a tax on the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Lower-Tier REMIC (other than a tax on “net income from foreclosure property” under Code Section 860G(c)) under the REMIC Provisions or cause the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Lower-Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding.

 

The Special Servicer shall direct the Servicer to, and the Servicer shall, advance the cost of any such compliance, containment, clean up or remediation as a Property Protection Advance unless the Servicer determines that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

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(f)            The environmental site assessments contemplated by Section 3.12(e) shall be prepared by any Independent Person who regularly conducts environmental site assessments for purchasers of comparable properties, as determined by the Servicer in a manner consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices. The cost of each such environmental site assessment shall qualify as a Property Protection Advance and shall be advanced by the Servicer unless the Servicer determines that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

(g)           Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall not acquire and hold for the benefit of the Trust Fund any personal property (including any non-real property Collateral) pursuant to this Section 3.12 unless:

 

(i)           such personal property is incidental to real property (within the meaning of Section 856(e)(1) of the Code) so acquired by the Special Servicer; or

 

(ii)          the Special Servicer shall have obtained an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Servicer as a Property Protection Advance unless the Servicer determines that such Property Protection Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance) to the effect that the holding of such personal property by the Trust Fund will not cause the imposition of a tax on the Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause the Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding (and such Opinion of Counsel may be premised on the designation hereby of any such personal property as being deemed part of an “outside reserve fund” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h)) with the owner of such personal property for federal income tax purposes to be designated at such time)).

 

(h)           Notwithstanding any acquisition of title to the Mortgaged Property following a Mortgage Loan Event of Default under the Whole Loan and cancellation of the Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan and each Companion Loan shall be deemed to remain outstanding and, in the case of the Mortgage Loan, held in the Trust, and in the case of the Companion Loans, held by the Companion Loan Holders, for purposes of the application of collections and shall be reduced only by collections net of expenses. For purposes of all calculations hereunder, so long as the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans shall be deemed to remain outstanding in accordance with the preceding sentence, (i) it shall be assumed that the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans immediately after any discharge is equal to the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans immediately prior to such discharge and (ii) Foreclosure Proceeds shall be applied as provided in Section 1.3(b) and the Co-Lender Agreement.

 

3.13.        Custodian and Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Items in Mortgage File. From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing of the Whole Loan or foreclosure of or realization on the Mortgaged Property, the Custodian shall, upon request of the Servicer or the Special Servicer and delivery to the Custodian of a request for release in the form of Exhibit B hereto, release or cause to be released any items from the Mortgage File to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, within the lesser of (i) seven (7) calendar days and (ii) five (5) Business Days of its receipt of the related request for release and the Trustee shall execute such documents furnished to it as shall be necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings. Such request for release shall obligate the Servicer or the Special Servicer to (and the Servicer or Special

 

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Servicer, as applicable, shall) return such items to the Custodian when the need therefor by the Servicer or the Special Servicer no longer exists.

 

3.14.        Title and Management of Foreclosed Property. (a) In the event that title to the Mortgaged Property is acquired for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, the deed, certificate of sale or other comparable document shall be taken in the name of the Trustee, as trustee for the Certificateholders, or its nominee (which shall not include the Special Servicer), on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders or as otherwise contemplated pursuant to Section 8.10. Title may be taken in the name of a limited liability company wholly owned by the Trust and which is managed by the Special Servicer (the costs of which shall be advanced by the Servicer, provided that such Advance would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance). Promptly after such acquisition of title, the Special Servicer shall consult with counsel to determine when an Acquisition Date shall be deemed to occur under the REMIC Provisions with respect to the Mortgaged Property, the expense of such consultation being treated as a reimbursable expense of the Special Servicer related to the foreclosure. The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders, shall dispose of the Foreclosed Property held by the Trust Fund as expeditiously as appropriate in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, but in any event within the time period, and subject to the conditions, set forth in Sections 3.15 and 12.2. Subject to Sections 12.2 and 3.14(d), the Special Servicer shall hire on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders a Successor Property Manager to manage, conserve, protect and operate the Foreclosed Property for the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale. In connection with such management and subject to Section 3.4(c)(vi), the Successor Property Manager shall be entitled to the REO Management Fee solely from the Foreclosed Property Account or the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.4(c)(vi)).

 

(b)           The Special Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received in connection with the operation of the Foreclosed Property separate and apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain with respect to the Foreclosed Property the Foreclosed Property Account on behalf of the Trust pursuant to Section 3.5(b).

 

(c)            The Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, subject to Accepted Servicing Practices and the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to do any and all things in connection with the Foreclosed Property for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders as a collective whole (taking into account the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes) on such terms as are appropriate and necessary for the efficient liquidation of the Foreclosed Property, so long as the Special Servicer deems such actions to be consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices.

 

The Special Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily basis in the Foreclosed Property Account all revenues received with respect to the Foreclosed Property, and the Special Servicer shall cause to be withdrawn therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of the Foreclosed Property and for other expenses related to the preservation and protection of the Foreclosed Property, including, but not limited to:

 

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(i)           all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of the Foreclosed Property;

 

(ii)          all taxes, assessments, charges or other similar items in respect of the Foreclosed Property that could result or have resulted in the imposition of a lien thereon; and

 

(iii)         all costs and expenses necessary to preserve the Foreclosed Property, including the payment of ground rent, if any.

 

To the extent that amounts on deposit in the Foreclosed Property Account are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above (and all similar amounts or expenses), the Special Servicer shall direct the Servicer to, and the Servicer shall, make a Property Protection Advance unless the Servicer determines, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

(d)           The Special Servicer, in the name of the Trust Fund, shall (subject to Section 3.14(a)) contract with any Successor Property Manager for the operation and management of the Foreclosed Property; provided that no such contract shall impose individual liability on the Trustee or the Trust; provided, further, that:

 

(i)           the terms and conditions of any such contract shall not be inconsistent herewith;

 

(ii)          any such contract shall require, or shall be administered to require, that the Successor Property Manager (A) request that the Special Servicer pay from the Foreclosed Property Account all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and management of the Foreclosed Property, and (B) remit all related revenues (net of such costs and expenses) to the Special Servicer, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Business Day immediately following receipt, for deposit into the Foreclosed Property Account;

 

(iii)         none of the provisions of this Section 3.14 relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any such Successor Property Manager shall be deemed to relieve the Special Servicer of any of its ordinary and regularly recurring duties and obligations to the Trust Fund on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders with respect to the operation and management of the Foreclosed Property; and

 

(iv)         the Successor Property Manager shall be permitted to perform construction (including renovations) on the Foreclosed Property only if the construction was more than 10% complete at the time default on the Whole Loan became imminent.

 

The Special Servicer shall be entitled, and to the extent required by the REMIC Provisions, shall be required, to enter into an agreement with any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Special Servicer by such Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. All REO Management Fees shall be Trust Fund Expenses payable from the Foreclosed Property Account or subject to reimbursement pursuant to

 

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Section 3.4(c)(vi). The Special Servicer agrees to monitor the performance of the Successor Property Manager and to enforce the obligations of the Successor Property Manager on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders. Expenses incurred by the Special Servicer in connection herewith shall qualify as Property Protection Advances.

 

(e)            On or before the last day of each Collection Period, the Special Servicer shall withdraw from the Foreclosed Property Account and remit to the Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account the proceeds and collections received or collected since the preceding Remittance Date through the Business Day prior to the Remittance Date on or with respect to the Foreclosed Property (including any funds no longer needed in any reserves established as provided below), net of expenses paid therefrom and amounts reasonably expected to be needed to fund any reserves deemed necessary for the operation, preservation and protection of the Foreclosed Property in the event that the Foreclosed Property is a real property, including without limitation, the creation of reasonable reserves for working capital, repairs, replacements and necessary capital improvements and other related expenses.

 

3.15.        Sale of the Foreclosed Property. (a) In the event that title to the Mortgaged Property is acquired for the benefit of the Certificateholders in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, the deed, certificate of sale or other comparable document shall be taken in the name of the Trustee, as trustee for the Holders of the BXP Trust 2021-601L, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-601L, or their nominee (which shall not include the Special Servicer), on behalf of the Trust Fund or as otherwise contemplated pursuant to Section 8.10. The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders, shall sell the Foreclosed Property as expeditiously as appropriate in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and the REMIC Provisions, but in no event later than the time period set forth in Section 12.2 in a manner provided under this Section 3.15.

 

(b)           If the Special Servicer or an Affiliate acquires the Foreclosed Property in the name of and on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders, the Special Servicer shall be empowered, subject to the Code and to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to do any and all things in connection with the management and operation of the Foreclosed Property in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, all on such terms and for such period as the Special Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders as a collective whole, as if they constituted a single lender (taking into account the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes) and consistent with the REMIC Provisions.

 

(c)            Subject to the consent and consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder and the consultation rights of the Companion Loan Holders, the Special Servicer shall accept the highest cash offer for Foreclosed Property received from any Person. However, in no event may such offer be less than an amount at least equal to the sum of (i) the portion of the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan with respect to such Foreclosed Property, (ii) unreimbursed Property Protection Advances and Administrative Advances and Companion Loan Advances and all accrued and unpaid interest on Advances, (iii) fees and amounts owed to the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with respect to such Foreclosed Property, and (iv) all unpaid interest, if any, accrued with respect to the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan with respect to such Foreclosed Property through

 

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the date of sale and all reasonably estimated liquidation expenses. In the absence of any such offer, the Special Servicer shall accept the highest cash offer that it determines is a fair price based on Appraisals obtained within the last 9 months. If the highest offeror is an Interested Person or any Certificateholder, then the Trustee shall determine the fairness of the highest offer based upon such Appraisal or, if no Appraisal has been obtained within the last nine (9) months, based on an Appraisal obtained at the expense of the Trust (except to the extent such expenses are reimbursed with funds otherwise paid from amounts allocable to the Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement); provided that if the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may designate an Independent Appraiser expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuation of or investment in comparable properties, which such expert shall be selected with reasonable care by the Trustee for the sole purpose of determining whether any such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Foreclosed Property; provided, further, that if the Trustee so designates any such third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination and the reasonable costs of all Appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by the Trustee in making such determination shall be reimbursable to it first, by the Servicer as an Advance, subject to the Servicer’s determination that such amounts are not Nonrecoverable Advances, and then as a Trust Fund Expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the consent and/or consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to accept the a higher cash offer if the Special Servicer determines, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders (as a collective whole as if they constituted a single lender (taking into account the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes)), and the Special Servicer may accept a lower cash offer (from any Person other than itself or an Affiliate) if it determines, in accordance with the Accepted Servicing Practices, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders (as a collective whole as if they constituted a single lender. For avoidance of doubt, the Directing Certificateholder may submit bids on the Foreclosed Property in the same manner and at the same time and place as any other bidder. Neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase the Foreclosed Property.

 

(d)           Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.14 and 12.2, the Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Companion Loan Holders in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of the Foreclosed Property, including the collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. Any sale of the Foreclosed Property shall be without recourse to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust or the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders (except that any contract of sale and assignment and conveyance documents may contain customary warranties, so long as the only recourse for breach thereof is to the Trust) and if consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Special Servicer shall have any liability to any Certificateholder with respect to the purchase price thereof accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

 

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(e)             The proceeds of any sale effected pursuant to this Section 3.15, after deduction of the expenses incurred in connection therewith, shall be deposited in the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.4(a).

 

(f)            Within 30 days of the sale of the Foreclosed Property, if not previously included in a CREFC® Report provided by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall provide to the Servicer, the Trustee, the Companion Loan Holders and the Certificate Administrator a statement of accounting for the Foreclosed Property, including, without limitation, (i) the date the Foreclosed Property was acquired in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, (ii) the date of disposition of the Foreclosed Property, (iii) the gross sale price and related selling and other expenses, (iv) accrued interest with respect to the outstanding balance of the Whole Loan immediately prior to the acquisition of the Foreclosed Property, calculated from the date of acquisition to the disposition date, and (v) such other information as the Trustee, the Companion Loan Holders or Certificate Administrator may reasonably request.

 

(g)           If the Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or the Mortgaged Property becomes Foreclosed Property, the Servicer shall prepare and file on a timely basis the reports of foreclosures and abandonments of the Mortgaged Property required by Section 6050J of the Code and the reports of discharges of indebtedness income in respect of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans required by Section 6050P of the Code.

 

(h)           The Special Servicer shall be required to deliver to the Servicer such reports and other information as the Servicer needs in its reasonable discretion to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

3.16.        Sale of the Whole Loan.

 

(a)           (i) Within sixty (60) days after the occurrence of a Special Servicing Loan Event and notice of the occurrence is received by the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall order (but shall not be required to have received) an Appraisal. The Servicer shall promptly notify in writing the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Companion Loan Holders and the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) of the occurrence of such Special Servicing Loan Event. Upon delivery by the Servicer of the notice described in the preceding sentence, and subject to the rights of the Directing Certificateholder, the Special Servicer may offer to sell to any Person the Whole Loan or may offer to purchase the Whole Loan, if and when the Special Servicer determines, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, that no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments thereon and such a sale would be in the best economic interests of the Trust and the Companion Loan Holders as a collective whole as if they constituted a single lender (taking into account the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes) on a net present value basis. The Special Servicer shall provide the Trustee, the Companion Loan Holders, the Certificate Administrator, the Risk Retention Consultation Parties and the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell the Whole Loan, in which case the Special Servicer is required to accept the highest offer received from any Person (other than any Interested Person) for the Whole Loan so long as such offer is at least equal to the Loan Purchase Price. At the Special Servicer’s option, if it has received no offer at least equal to the Loan

 

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Purchase Price therefor, an Interested Person (other than the Manager or Borrower Affiliate) may purchase the Whole Loan at the Loan Purchase Price. Any Companion Loan is to be sold together with the Mortgage Loan, subject to this Section 3.16 and any additional requirements set forth in the Co-Lender Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5 of the Co-Lender Agreement).

 

(ii)          In the absence of any offer and purchase at least equal to the Loan Purchase Price, the Special Servicer shall accept the highest offer received from any Person that is determined by the Special Servicer to be a fair price for the Whole Loan. In determining whether any offer from a person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any defaulted Whole Loan, the Special Servicer is required to take into account (in addition to the results of any appraisal, updated appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior nine months), among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. However, if the highest offeror is a Person who is the Depositor, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder (or any of its Affiliates), the Property Manager, any Borrower Affiliate, an Other Depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer (or any independent contractor engaged by such special servicer) or the trustee for an Other Securitization Trust, a Companion Loan Holder or any known Affiliate of any of them (any such Person, an “Interested Person”), then the Trustee (based upon, among other things, the Appraisals ordered pursuant to the preceding paragraph (the cost of which shall be paid by the Servicer as a Property Protection Advance unless it would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance) and copied or otherwise delivered to the Trustee and any other information reasonably requested by the Trustee) shall determine if the highest offer is a fair price; provided that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (A) it is the highest offer received and (B) if such offer is less than the applicable Loan Purchase Price, at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. Any such determination shall be binding upon all parties. All reasonable costs and fees of the Trustee and any third party hired by the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement in making such determination shall be reimbursable to it first, by the Servicer as an Advance, or if the Servicer determines that such amounts are Nonrecoverable Advances, then as a Trust Fund Expense (except to the extent such expense is reimbursed with funds otherwise paid from amounts allocable to the Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement). The Directing Certificateholder may submit bids on the defaulted Mortgage Loan in the same manner and at the same time and place as any other bidder. If the Trustee designates any such third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. Neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase the Whole Loan.

 

(iii)         Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if an Interested Person offers to purchase the Whole Loan and the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the Interested Person or as a Trust Fund Expense (except to the extent such expense is reimbursed with funds otherwise paid from amounts allocable to the Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement), as set forth below) designate an Independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuation

 

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of or investment in loans similar to the Whole Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee for the sole purpose of determining whether any such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Whole Loan. If the Trustee designates any such third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the reasonable costs of all Appraisals, property condition assessments and broker opinions of value incurred by the Trustee or any such third party pursuant to this paragraph shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable by, the Interested Person, and if such fees or costs are not reimbursed by such Interested Person, such expense shall be reimbursable to it first, by the Servicer as an Advance, subject to the Servicer’s determination that such amounts are not Nonrecoverable Advances, and then, if not paid by the Servicer as an Advance, paid as a Trust Fund Expense (except to the extent such expense is reimbursed with funds otherwise paid from amounts allocable to the Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement); provided that the Trustee shall not engage a third party expert whose fees exceed a commercially reasonable amount as determined by the Trustee. If such amounts are reimbursed from amounts allocable to the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer (with respect to the Whole Loan when it is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan) or Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or Foreclosed Property) will be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account allocable to the Mortgage Loan, if any, to (i) promptly notify the Companion Loan Holders and (ii) use efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to exercise on behalf of the Trust the rights of the Trust under the Co-Lender Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion (based on the principal balances of the Notes) of such amount allocable to the Companion Loans from the Companion Loan Holders.

 

(iv)        The Special Servicer shall not be obligated to accept a higher offer if the Special Servicer determines, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that the rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders (as a collective whole as if they constituted a single lender, taking into account the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes). In addition, the Special Servicer may accept a lower offer if it determines, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, that the acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders as collective whole as if they constituted a single lender (taking into account the subordination of the Trust B Notes to the A Notes) on a net present value basis (for example if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable in other respects), provided that the offeror is not the Special Servicer or a Person that is an Affiliate of the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to sell the Whole Loan prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date.

 

(v)         Unless and until the Whole Loan is sold pursuant to this Section 3.16(a), the Special Servicer shall pursue such other resolution strategies with respect to the Whole Loan, including, without limitation, workout and foreclosure, as the Special Servicer may deem appropriate, consistent with the Asset Status Report, Accepted Servicing Practices and the REMIC Provisions.

 

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(b)           Any sale of the Whole Loan by the Special Servicer shall be subject to the consultation rights of the Risk Retention Consultation Parties as described in Section 9.3 herein and the rights of the Companion Loan Holders.

 

(c)            The right of the Special Servicer to purchase or sell the Whole Loan after the occurrence of a Special Servicing Loan Event shall terminate, and shall not be exercisable as set forth in clause (a) above (or if exercised but the purchase of the Whole Loan has not yet occurred, the Special Servicer’s right shall terminate and such exercise shall be of no further force or effect) if the Whole Loan is no longer delinquent as a result of any of the following: (i) the Special Servicing Loan Event has ceased pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) the Whole Loan has become subject to a fully executed agreement reflecting the terms of the workout arrangement or (iii) the Whole Loan has otherwise been resolved (including by a full or discounted pay-off).

 

(d)           Any sale of the Whole Loan shall be for cash only, and shall be in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Special Servicer shall not sell the Whole Loan pursuant to Section 3.16(a) without the written consent of the Companion Loan Holders (provided that such consent is not required from a Companion Loan Holder if such Companion Loan Holder is the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the Companion Loan Holders: (a) at least 15 Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Whole Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Whole Loan, and any documents in the Mortgage File reasonably requested by such Companion Loan Holder that are material to the price of the Whole Loan; and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that such Companion Loan Holder may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence. The Companion Loan Holders shall be permitted to make offers to purchase, and either such party is permitted to be the purchaser at any sale of, the Whole Loan.

 

3.17.        Servicing Compensation.  The Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Companion Loans and any Foreclosed Property payable monthly from the Collection Account from payments of interest on the Mortgage Loan or the Companion Loans or otherwise in accordance with and subject to Section 3.4(c)(iii); provided that if such collections on the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans are not sufficient to pay all accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees on the Whole Loan upon the final liquidation of the Whole Loan, any accrued but unpaid Servicing Fees will be payable out of other amounts on deposit with respect to the Whole Loan in accordance with Section 3.4(c)(vi). The Servicer shall be entitled to retain as compensation any late payment charges and certain other customary charges and fees to the extent described below, as well as reimbursement for all other costs or expenses incurred by it in performing its duties hereunder other than: (i) fees of any sub-servicer and the expenses of any sub-servicer that would not be reimbursable to Servicer if such expenses were

 

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incurred by the Servicer; (ii) the cost of any fidelity bond or errors and omissions policy required by Section 3.11(d); (iii) overhead expenses of the Servicer including but not limited to those which may properly be allocable under the Servicer’s accounting system or otherwise to the Servicer’s activities under this Agreement or the income derived by it hereunder including the costs to the Servicer associated with employees of the Servicer performing services in connection with the obligations of the Servicer hereunder; and (iv) costs and expenses arising from the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer (the “Servicer Customary Expenses”).

 

In addition, the Servicer shall be entitled to the following items as additional servicing compensation, to the extent that such items are actually collected on the Whole Loan: (i) (x) so long as the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 50% of the Modification Fees actually collected during the related Collection Period and paid in connection with a consent, approval or other action that the Servicer is not permitted to take or grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and (y) so long as the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of the Modification Fees actually collected during the related Collection Period and paid in connection with a consent, approval or other action that the Servicer is permitted to take or grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement; (ii) so long as the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of Assumption Fees collected during the related Collection Period in connection with a consent, approval or other action that the Servicer is permitted to take or grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and 50% of Assumption Fees collected during the related Collection Period in connection with a consent, approval or other action that the Servicer is not permitted to take or grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement; (iii) so long as the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of Assumption Application Fees collected during the related Collection Period; (iv) so long as the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of consent fees in connection with a consent that involves no modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the Whole Loan and is paid in connection with a consent the Servicer is permitted to grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and 50% of consent fees in connection with a consent that involves no modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the Whole Loan and is paid in connection with a consent that the Servicer is not permitted to grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement; (v) any and all amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds; (vi) all or a portion of charges for beneficiary statements or demands actually paid by the Borrower; (vii) if the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of other loan processing fees actually paid by the Borrower; (viii) interest or other income earned on deposits in the Collection Account or other accounts maintained by the Servicer (but only to the extent of the net investment earnings, if any, with respect to any such account for each Collection Period and, further, in the case of a servicing account or Reserve Account, only to the extent such interest or other income is not required to be paid to the Borrower under applicable law or under the Loan Documents); (ix) 100% of late payment charges and net Default Interest that accrued when the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan to the extent not applied to pay other amounts in accordance with Section 3.4(c) and (x) 100% of defeasance fees.

 

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If a Special Servicing Loan Event occurs and is continuing with respect to the Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive a Special Servicing Fee with respect to the Whole Loan for so long as such Special Servicing Loan Event continues as well as reimbursement for all other costs or expenses incurred by it in performing its duties hereunder other than: (i) the cost of any fidelity bond or errors and omissions policy required by Section 3.11(d); (ii) overhead expenses of the Special Servicer including but not limited to those which may properly be allocable under the Special Servicer’s accounting system or otherwise to the Special Servicer’s activities under this Agreement or the income derived by it hereunder including the costs to the Special Servicer associated with employees of the Special Servicer performing services in connection with the obligations of the Special Servicer hereunder; and (iii) costs and expenses arising from the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Special Servicer (the “Special Servicer Customary Expenses”). If a Special Servicing Loan Event is terminated following resolution of such Special Servicing Loan Event by a written agreement with the Loan Parties negotiated by the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Work-out Fee on all payments of principal and interest made on the Whole Loan following such written agreement for so long as another Special Servicing Loan Event does not occur with respect to the Whole Loan. If the Special Servicer is terminated (other than for cause) or resigns after such written agreement is entered into and before or after the Special Servicing Loan Event is terminated, it shall retain the right to receive any and all Work-out Fees on all payments of principal and interest made on the Whole Loan following such written agreement (negotiated by such Special Servicer prior to its termination or resignation) for so long as another Special Servicing Loan Event does not occur and the successor special servicer shall have no rights with respect to such Work-out Fee. In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive a Liquidation Fee with respect to Liquidated Property or any full, partial or discounted payoff of the Mortgage Loan or the Companion Loans or the liquidation of the Mortgage Loan or the Companion Loans as to which the Special Servicer receives Liquidation Proceeds, except that no Liquidation Fee shall be payable in connection with any repurchase of the Mortgage Loan (or any allocable portion thereof) by the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or a Companion Loan under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (so long as such repurchase occurs within the 90 day time period required by the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement for the Mortgage Loan Sellers to cure or repurchase the Mortgage Loan or a portion of the Mortgage Loan or such time period required by the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement relating to any Other Securitization Trust (plus any applicable extension period)), or in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loan by the Special Servicer to the Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16 hereof. The Liquidation Fee shall be payable from, and shall be calculated using the related Net Liquidation Proceeds. Each of the foregoing fees shall be payable from funds on deposit in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.4(a). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to the Whole Loan and any amount collected in a Collection Period, the Special Servicer shall only be entitled to receive a Work-out Fee or a Liquidation Fee, but not both.

 

The Special Servicer shall also be entitled to the following items as additional special servicing compensation, to the extent that such items are actually collected on the Whole Loan: (i) if the Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or with respect to a Foreclosed Property, 100% of Modification Fees actually collected during the related Collection Period; (ii) if the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 50% of Modification Fees collected during the related Collection Period in connection with a consent, approval or other action that the

 

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Servicer is not permitted to take or grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement; (iii) if the Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of Assumption Fees collected during the related Collection Period and if the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 50% of Assumption Fees collected during the related Collection Period in connection with a consent, approval or other action that the Servicer is not permitted to take or grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement; (iv) if the Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of Assumption Application Fees collected during the related Collection Period; (v) if the Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of consent fees in connection with a consent that involves no modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the Whole Loan and if the Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 50% of consent fees in connection with a consent that involves no modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the Whole Loan and is paid in connection with a consent that the Servicer is not permitted to grant in the absence of the consent or approval (or deemed consent or approval) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement; (vi) if the Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, all or a portion of charges for beneficiary statements or demands and other loan processing fees actually paid by the Borrower; (vii) if the Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, 100% of other loan processing fees actually paid by the Borrower; (viii) interest or other income earned on deposits in the Foreclosed Property Account (but only to the extent of the net investment earnings, if any, for each Collection Period); and (ix) 100% of late payment charges and Default Interest (to the extent not applied to pay other amounts pursuant to Section 3.4(c)) that accrue when the Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, neither the Servicer nor the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for an expense incurred under this Agreement or in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder unless (i) the amount of such payment to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is reimbursed to the Trust Fund by the Loan Parties (to the extent the Loan Parties are required to do so under the Loan Agreement); (ii) failure of the Loan Parties to reimburse for such payment constitutes a Mortgage Loan Event of Default; (iii) such expense would qualify as an “unanticipated expense incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii) or is otherwise an unanticipated expense (it being understood that the Servicer Customary Expenses and the Special Servicer Customary Expenses are not unanticipated); or (iv) such reimbursement is expressly provided for herein or such expense is expressly described herein as a Trust Fund Expense.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Servicer’s right to receive all or any portion of the servicing compensation (or the Special Servicer’s right to receive all or any portion of the Special Servicing Fee) or the Servicer’s right to other servicing compensation provided for herein shall be made, and any such attempted transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition shall be void, unless such transfer is made to a successor Servicer or successor special servicer, as applicable, in connection with the assumption by such successor of the duties hereunder pursuant to Section 7.2.

 

As compensation for its activities hereunder, on each Distribution Date the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to the Certificate Administrator Fee (including that portion which is payable to the Trustee as the Trustee Fee). Except as otherwise provided herein,

 

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the Certificate Administrator’s fee includes all routine expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Authenticating Agent. Each of the Trustee’s and Certificate Administrator’s rights to the Certificate Administrator Fee (including that portion of the Certificate Administrator Fee that represents the Trustee Fee, which is payable to the Trustee) may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.

 

The Special Servicer and its Affiliates shall be prohibited from receiving or retaining any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees and any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates shall be remitted to the Servicer to be deposited by the Servicer into the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of the receipt of such Disclosable Special Servicer Fees by the Special Servicer or its Affiliates. On any Distribution Date immediately following such receipt, the Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Servicer on the Determination Date related to such Distribution Date, and the Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator, without charge, one (1) Business Day prior to the Distribution Date an electronic report which may include HTML, word or excel compatible format, clean and searchable PDF format or such other format as mutually agreeable between the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer and the Special Servicer that discloses and contains an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date.

 

3.18.        Reports to the Certificate Administrator; Account Statements

 

(a)            The Servicer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to the Certificate Administrator, in an electronic format reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, not later than (i) 2:00 p.m. (New York time) two (2) Business Days prior to each Distribution Date, the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File and, to the extent received by the Servicer for such Distribution Date, the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Template, (ii) 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Remittance Date immediately preceding each Distribution Date, the remaining CREFC® Reports (except the CREFC® Bond Level Files, the CREFC® Collateral Summary File, the CREFC® Special Servicer File, the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and the CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet). The Servicer shall make the CREFC® Reports (except the CREFC® Bond Level File, the CREFC® Collateral Summary File, the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File, the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and the CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet) available (i) prior to the securitization of a Companion Loan, to the related Companion Loan Holders on each Distribution Date; and (ii) following securitization of a Companion Loan, to the master servicer of the related Other Securitization Trust no later than two (2) Business Days after the Determination Date. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare the CREFC® Bond Level File.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer (or the Special Servicer, with respect to the Specially Serviced Whole Loan or Foreclosed Property) shall prepare the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and the CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet on a quarterly and annual basis (commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2022 and year ending December 31, 2022), within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of the financial statements, operating statements, rent rolls, or other information required to prepare (or, if previously prepared, update) the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and

 

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the CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet; provided, however, that any analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter of each year shall not be required to the extent provided in the then-current applicable CREFC® guidelines.

 

Additionally, the Servicer shall deliver the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet on a monthly basis to the Certificate Administrator; provided, however, the Servicer shall have no obligation to update such reports except as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraphs, and no analysis or update shall be required to the extent such analysis or update is not required to be provided under the then-current applicable CREFC® guidelines.

 

(b)            The Servicer shall furnish to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format the CREFC® Reports produced by it pursuant to this Agreement not later than the time period specified in Section 3.18(a), and thereafter, upon the request of any Rating Agency, to the 17g-5 Information Provider, who shall make such reports available to the Rating Agency on its website.

 

(c)           The Servicer shall produce the reports described in this Section 3.18 solely from information provided to the Servicer by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Agreement (without modification, interpretation or analysis) or by the Special Servicer, the Loan Seller or Depositor pursuant to this Agreement. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be responsible for the completeness or accuracy of such information (except that the Servicer shall use efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to correct patent errors). The Special Servicer will be required pursuant to Section 3.18(a) of this Agreement to deliver to the Servicer the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File and any applicable CREFC® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC® REO Liquidation Reports and the most recently prepared or updated CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet with respect to the Whole Loan if it is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan and any Foreclosed Property commencing in January 2022, and within thirty (30) days after its receipt of any operating statement and related rent rolls for the Mortgaged Property or Foreclosed Property.

 

3.19.        [Reserved].

 

3.20.        [Reserved].

 

3.21.        Access to Certain Documentation Regarding the Whole Loan and Other Information.

 

(a)            Upon reasonable prior written request, the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian, as applicable, shall provide reasonable access during its normal business hours at its Corporate Trust Office to certain reports and to information and documentation in its possession or in its control regarding the Whole Loan to any Privileged Person (other than a Borrower Affiliate, the Manager, or their respective agents or Affiliates); provided, however, that to the extent such reports, information and documentation is provided to the Rating Agency, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall first post such information to the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

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Such information shall include, but shall not be limited to, the CREFC® Reports provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Servicer.

 

(b)           Upon request of the Depositor or the Rating Agency, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any additional information requested by the Depositor or the Rating Agency to the extent such information is delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider electronically in accordance with Section 8.15(b). In no event shall the 17g-5 Information Provider disclose on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website which Rating Agency requested such additional information. In addition, upon delivery by the Depositor to the 17g-5 Information Provider (in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider) of information designated by the Depositor as having been previously made available to NRSROs by the Depositor prior to the Closing Date, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 8.15(b).

 

(c)           Upon the request of a Certificateholder or any Beneficial Owner or a prospective purchaser of a Certificate that is a QIB and is designated as a prospective purchaser by a Certificateholder or Beneficial Owner and, in any case, has delivered an Investor Certification in the form of Exhibit K-1 hereto to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (collectively, the “Rule 144A Information Recipients”), the Certificate Administrator shall make available to the Rule 144A Information Recipients such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act (“Rule 144A Information”), to the extent such Rule 144A Information has been received by the Certificate Administrator. If the Certificate Administrator receives a request for Rule 144A Information in connection with the resale of any Certificate by a Certificateholder or Beneficial Owner, and such Rule 144A Information has not previously been provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator shall, within three (3) Business Days of receipt of such request, notify the Depositor of such request and identify the Rule 144A Information requested. The Depositor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the requested Rule 144A Information to the Certificate Administrator, to the extent the requested Rule 144A Information is in the Depositor’s possession. The Certificate Administrator shall, within three (3) Business Days of receipt of any additional Rule 144A Information from the Depositor (i) convey such additional requested Rule 144A Information to the requesting Rule 144A Information Recipient and (ii) post such additional requested Rule 144A Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

3.22.        Inspections. The Servicer shall inspect or cause to be inspected the Mortgaged Property not less frequently than once each year commencing in 2022, so long as a Special Servicing Loan Event is not then continuing; provided that the Servicer shall not be required to inspect the Mortgaged Property if the Special Servicer has inspected the Mortgaged Property in the past 12 months. The Special Servicer shall inspect or cause to be inspected the Mortgaged Property, as applicable, and as soon as practicable following the occurrence of a Special Servicing Loan Event and annually for so long as a Special Servicing Loan Event is continuing. The Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall further inspect, or cause to be inspected, the Mortgaged Property whenever it receives information that the Mortgaged Property has been materially damaged, left vacant, or abandoned, or if waste is being committed thereto. All such inspections shall be performed in such manner as shall be consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices. The cost of the annual inspections referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph shall

 

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be an expense of the Servicer; the cost of all additional inspections referred to in this paragraph shall be a Trust Fund Expense (except to the extent such expense is required to be borne by the Companion Loan Holders pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement) and if paid by the Servicer shall constitute a Property Protection Advance. If such amounts are reimbursed from amounts allocable to the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer (with respect to the Whole Loan when it is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan) or Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or Foreclosed Property) will be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account allocable to the Mortgage Loan, if any, to (i) promptly notify the Companion Loan Holders and (ii) use efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to exercise on behalf of the Trust the rights of the Trust under the Co-Lender Agreement to obtain reimbursement from the Companion Loan Holders for a pro rata portion (based on the outstanding principal balance of the Notes) of such amount allocable to the Companion Loans. The Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall prepare a written report of inspection and deliver it to the Certificate Administrator and the Companion Loan Holders in electronic format. The Certificate Administrator shall post such report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 8.15(b).

 

3.23.        Advances. (a)  In the event that all or a portion of any Monthly Payment (other than the Balloon Payment and Default Interest) or an Assumed Monthly Payment, as applicable representing interest on the Mortgage Loan has not been received by the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Remittance Date, the Servicer, subject to its determination that such amounts are not Nonrecoverable Advances, shall make an advance on such Remittance Date to the Distribution Account, in an amount equal to such Monthly Payment (or portion thereof) (or in the amount of the Assumed Monthly Payment, or portion thereof, as applicable) with respect to the Mortgage Loan that has not been received by the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to such Remittance Date (net of the Servicing Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loan, which shall not be paid to the Servicer until funds in the Collection Account are available for payment of such fee); provided that neither the Servicer nor any other party shall be entitled to interest accrued on the amount of any Monthly Payment Advance with respect to the Mortgage Loan if the delinquent amount of the Monthly Payment (or, if applicable, the Assumed Monthly Payment) in respect of such Mortgage Loan is received by the Servicer by 2:00 p.m., New York time, on such Remittance Date. The portion of any Monthly Payment Advance equal to the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee for the Mortgage Loan and such Distribution Date will not be remitted to the Certificate Administrator but will be remitted to CREFC® by the Servicer. The Servicer shall also advance in respect of each Payment Date following (x) a delinquency in the payment of the Balloon Payment of the Mortgage Loan or foreclosure (or acceptance of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or comparable conversion) of the Whole Loan or (y) not later than the related Remittance Date, to the Distribution Account, the amount of any Assumed Monthly Payment deemed due with respect to the Mortgage Loan on such Payment Date (net of the Servicing Fees). For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the amount of interest and/or principal on the Mortgage Loan is reduced as a result of any modification to the Mortgage Loan, any Monthly Payment Advance made with respect to such modified Mortgage Loan shall be in such amounts as may be required as a result of such reduction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and subject to the determination of nonrecoverability provided in this Section 3.23, in the event that the Mortgaged Property becomes Foreclosed Property, the Servicer shall continue to make advances as required pursuant to this Section 3.23(a) with respect to each Payment Date following such event in an amount equal to the Monthly Payment or

 

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Assumed Monthly Payment, as applicable, due or deemed due with respect to the Mortgage Loan on such Payment Date, as if the Mortgaged Property had not become a Foreclosed Property and the Mortgage Loan continued to be outstanding. If and to the extent such information is not already included in the Distribution Date Statement for the month in which such Monthly Payment Advance is made, the Servicer shall notify the master servicer and trustee with respect to each Other Securitization Trust of the amount of any Monthly Payment Advance made pursuant to this Section 3.23(a) within two Business Days of making such Advance. The Servicer shall maintain a record of each Monthly Payment Advance it has made pursuant to this Section 3.23(a) on the Mortgage Loan and shall notify the Certificate Administrator thereof in the appropriate CREFC® Reports in order to permit allocation thereof pursuant to Sections 3.4 and 3.5. In the event that the Servicer does not remit any amounts required to be remitted to the Certificate Administrator on each Remittance Date (including any amounts required to be remitted pursuant to Section 3.5 and any required Monthly Payment Advance) to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account on the Remittance Date, the Servicer shall pay to the Certificate Administrator interest on such amounts at the federal funds rate for the period from and including the Remittance Date to but excluding the Distribution Date or, if earlier, the actual remittance date. Neither the Servicer nor the Trustee will be required to make a Companion Loan Advance or any administrative advance in respect of any Companion Loan. Neither the Servicer nor the Trustee will be entitled to interest on any Monthly Payment Advance on the Mortgage Loan until the related Loan Payment Date has passed. The Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, will each be entitled to reimbursement for a Monthly Payment Advance and any Administrative Advance from any collections on the Whole Loan prior to any distributions to the Certificateholders.

 

At any time that a Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount exists with respect to the Whole Loan, the amount that would otherwise be required to be advanced by the Servicer in respect of delinquent payments of interest on the Mortgage Loan shall be reduced by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then-outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan minus the Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount allocable to the Mortgage Loan (including any deemed Trust Appraisal Reduction Amount) and the denominator of which is the then-outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer shall make Monthly Payment Advances on the basis of the original terms of the Mortgage Loan, including if the Mortgage Loan is subject to a forbearance agreement or other temporary deferral or payment accommodation, unless (a) the terms of the Mortgage Loan have been permanently modified to reduce or forgive a monetary obligation or (b) such advance has been determined to be non-recoverable.

 

(b)           Subject to Section 3.23(e), the Servicer shall advance, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Companion Loan Holders, to the extent it determines such amount is recoverable, all customary and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in the performance of its respective servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses incurred in connection with (i) the preservation, restoration, operation and protection of the Mortgaged Property that, in the Servicer’s sole discretion, exercised in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, are necessary to prevent an immediate or material loss to the Trust’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, (ii) the payment of (A) real estate taxes, assessments, ground rents and governmental charges that may be levied or assessed against any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates or the Mortgaged Property or

 

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revenues therefrom or that become liens on the Mortgaged Property, (B) insurance premiums and (C) the out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) to the extent not paid by the applicable Loan Parties that are incurred in connection with a sale of the Whole Loan, the negotiation of a workout of the Whole Loan, an assumption of the Whole Loan or a release of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage, (iii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures and including, but not limited to, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and costs for third party experts, including Independent Appraisers, environmental and engineering consultants, and (iv) the management, operation and liquidation of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired by the Trust (collectively, “Property Protection Advances”). In addition, subject to Section 3.23(e), the Servicer shall advance amounts eligible for withdrawal from the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (iii) (other than Servicing Fees), (iv)(b), (v) (to the extent reimbursements of such amounts are owed to the Trustee only), (vi), (viii) and (x) of Section 3.4(c) (collectively, “Administrative Advances”) on or prior to the related Distribution Date to the extent (A) such amounts are not paid from the Collection Account pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.4(c) and (B) it determines that such amounts are payable or reimbursable by the Borrower and would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance. During the continuation of a Special Servicing Loan Event, the Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee not less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Property Protection Advance with respect to the Whole Loan or any Foreclosed Property; provided, however, that only three (3) Business Days’ written notice shall be required in respect of Property Protection Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis (which may include, without limitation, Property Protection Advances required to make tax or insurance payments). In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer with such information in its possession as the Servicer may reasonably request to enable the Servicer to determine whether a requested Property Protection Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Subject to Section 6.3, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Special Servicer requests that the Servicer make an Advance, the Servicer may conclusively rely on such request as evidence that such advance is not a Nonrecoverable Advance; providedhowever, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request more frequently than once per calendar month with respect to Advances other than emergency Advances (although such request may relate to more than one Advance). The Special Servicer shall not be obligated to make any Advance.

 

(c)           To the extent the Servicer fails to make an Advance that it is required to make under this Agreement, the Trustee shall be required to make such Advance pursuant to Section 7.6. It is understood that the obligation of the Servicer and the Trustee (pursuant to Section 7.6) to make such Advances is mandatory, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, and shall continue to apply with respect to the Mortgage Loan after any modification or amendment of the Whole Loan pursuant to Section 3.24 hereof, beyond the Maturity Date of the Whole Loan if a payment default shall have occurred on such date and through any court appointed stay period or similar payment delay resulting from any insolvency of any Loan Party or related bankruptcy, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, subject to the requirement of recoverability, until the earliest of (i) the payment in full of the Whole Loan, (ii) the date on which the entirety of the Mortgaged Property becomes liquidated or (iii) the date on which the Whole Loan is sold.

 

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(d)           Interest on each Advance made by the Servicer or the Trustee shall accrue for each day that such Advance is outstanding at a rate of interest equal to the Prime Rate (the “Advance Rate”) for each such day (or the most recent day on which the Prime Rate was reported, if not reported on such day) on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed in a month. Interest on the Advances shall compound annually. If the context requires, each reference to the reimbursement or payment of an Advance also includes, whether or not specifically referred to, payment or reimbursement of interest thereon at the Advance Rate through but excluding the date of payment or reimbursement.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be obligated to make an Advance only to the extent that the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has determined that such Advance, together with interest thereon at the Advance Rate, would not constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance if made. The Trustee and the Servicer, in that order, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any such Advances relating to the Mortgage Loan or the Whole Loan, as applicable, from the Collection Account and shall obtain such reimbursement in accordance with Section 3.4(c). If the context requires, each reference to the reimbursement or payment of an Advance shall be deemed to include, whether or not specifically referred to, payment or reimbursement of interest thereon at the Advance Rate through but excluding the date of payment or reimbursement.

 

(f)            The determination by the Servicer or the Trustee that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate to the Companion Loan Holders, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee (if such determination is made by the Servicer), the Servicer and the Special Servicer, that sets forth the determination of nonrecoverability and the considerations forming the basis of such determination with supporting documents attached. Such Officer’s Certificate shall be made available to any Privileged Person by the Certificate Administrator posting such Officer’s Certificate to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 8.15(b). The costs of any appraisals, engineering reports, environmental reports or surveys and other information requested by the Servicer or the Trustee establishing an Advance as a Nonrecoverable Advance shall be treated as Trust Fund Expenses (except to the extent such expenses are reimbursed with funds otherwise paid from amounts allocable to the Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement), payable from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.4(c), and shall constitute a Property Protection Advance if paid by the Servicer or the Trustee from its funds. If such amounts are reimbursed from amounts allocable to the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer (with respect to the Whole Loan when it is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan) or Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or Foreclosed Property) shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account allocable to the Mortgage Loan, if any, to (i) promptly notify the Companion Loan Holders and (ii) use efforts consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices to exercise on behalf of the Trust the rights of the Trust under the Co-Lender Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion (based on the principal balances of the Notes) of such amount allocable to the Companion Loans from the Companion Loan Holders (including, if such amounts cannot be recovered from the Whole Loan, from general collections of the related Other Securitization Trust, if applicable). Subject to Section 6.3, the Servicer’s reasonable determination of nonrecoverability in accordance with the above provisions shall be conclusive and binding on the Trustee and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively

 

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thereupon. The Trustee, in determining whether or not a proposed Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall make such determination in its commercially reasonable judgment, solely in its capacity as Trustee.

 

(g)           The Servicer and the Trustee are not obligated to advance or pay (i) delinquent scheduled payments with respect to any Companion Loans, (ii) any Balloon Payment with respect to the Mortgage Loan (but are obligated to advance the related Assumed Monthly Payment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), (iii) any Default Interest, late payment charges or Prepayment Fees, (iv) amounts required to cure any damages resulting from Uninsured Causes (except as required pursuant to Section 3.12(c)), any failure of the Mortgaged Property to comply with any applicable law, including any environmental law, or (except in connection with the foreclosure or other acquisition of the Mortgaged Property in accordance with Section 3.12 upon the occurrence of a Mortgage Loan Event of Default) to investigate, test, monitor, contain, clean up, or remedy an environmental condition present at the Mortgaged Property, (v) any losses arising with respect to defects in the title to the Mortgaged Property, (vi) any costs of capital improvements to the Mortgaged Property other than those necessary to prevent an immediate or material loss to the Trust’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, or (vii) any monthly payment advances or administrative advances with respect to the Companion Loans.

 

(h)           With respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will be permitted to make its own determination that it has made a Monthly Payment Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Monthly Payment Advance, if made would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance thereto independently of any determination made by any servicer of any Companion Loan. If the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, receives written notice from any such servicer, that it has determined, with respect to any Companion Loan, that any proposed advance of principal and/or interest would be, or any outstanding advance of principal and/or interest is, a nonrecoverable advance, such determination will not be binding on the Certificateholders, the Servicer or the Trustee.

 

(i)             The Servicer or the Trustee may consider (among other things) the following when making a non-recoverability determination: (a) the existence of any outstanding Nonrecoverable Advance (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon) with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Whole Loan or any Foreclosed Property the reimbursement of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Servicer or the Trustee, (b) the obligations of the Borrower under the terms of the Whole Loan as it may have been modified, (c) the Mortgaged Property in its “as-is” or then-current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices in the case of the Servicer and the Special Servicer or in its commercially reasonable judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse changes with respect to the Mortgaged Property, (d) future expenses and (e) the timing of recoveries.

 

3.24.        Modifications of Loan Documents. (a)  (i) The Servicer (if no Special Servicing Loan Event has occurred and is continuing)(subject to the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer in the case of a Major Decision) or the Special Servicer (if a Special Servicing Loan Event occurs and is continuing) may, subject to (x) the Special Servicer obtaining the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (subject to limitations on such consent pursuant to Section 9.3(a) herein) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Event, and (y) the consultation and

 

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review rights of the Directing Certificateholder (subject to limitations on such rights pursuant to Section 9.3(a) herein) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Event but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, modify, waive or amend any term of the Whole Loan if such modification, waiver or amendment (a) is consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices and (b) does not either (i) cause the Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or (ii) subject the Trust REMIC to any tax under the REMIC Provisions (and the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may obtain and be entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel in connection with such determination). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event may the Servicer or the Special Servicer permit an extension of the Maturity Date beyond the date that is the earlier of (a) seven (7) years prior to the latest Rated Final Distribution Date and (b) 20 years or, to the extent consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices giving due consideration to the remaining term of the ground lease, 10 years, prior to the end of the current term of the ground lease, plus any options to extend the ground lease exercisable unilaterally by the Borrower. In connection with (i) the release of the Mortgaged Property or portion thereof from the lien of the related Mortgage or (ii) the taking of the Mortgaged Property or portion thereof by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, if the Loan Documents require the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to calculate the loan-to-value ratio of the remaining portion of the Mortgaged Property, for purposes of REMIC qualification of the Mortgage Loan, then, unless then permitted by the REMIC Provisions, such calculation shall exclude the value of personal property and going concern value, if any. The Servicer shall provide to the Special Servicer notice of all Borrower requests related to any Whole Loan modification or assumption and, so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Special Servicer shall forward such notice to the Directing Certificateholder.

 

(c)            All modifications, waivers or amendments of the Whole Loan shall be in writing and shall be effected in a manner consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement. The Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicer (if the notice is given by the Special Servicer), the Special Servicer (if notice is given by the Servicer) the Companion Loan Holders and the Depositor and, so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred, the Directing Certificateholder, in writing, of any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of the Whole Loan and the date thereof, and shall deliver to the Custodian (with a copy to the Trustee, the Servicer (if notice is given by the Special Servicer) and the Companion Loan Holders) an original recorded (if applicable) counterpart of the agreement relating to such modification, waiver or amendment within ten (10) Business Days following the execution and recordation (if applicable) thereof. In the event the Servicer or Special Servicer, or a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Whole Loan, modifies the interest rate applicable to the Whole Loan, the aggregate adverse economic effect of the modification (if any) required to be borne by the holders of the Trust Notes pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement shall be applied to the Non-Retained Certificates, in reverse order of seniority. If all or any portion of the Whole Loan is modified, the Note Rates shall not change for purposes of determining the Net Trust Note Rates and distributions on the Certificates.

 

(d)           Any modification, extension, waiver or amendment of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan and the Companion Loans will be required to be structured to be consistent with the allocation and payment priorities in the Loan Documents and the Co-Lender Agreement, such that neither the Trust as holder of the Mortgage Loan nor a Companion Loan Holder gains a

 

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priority over the other such holder that is not reflected in the related Loan Documents and the Co-Lender Agreement.

 

(e)            Any modification, waiver or amendment with respect to the Companion Loans may be subject to the consultation of the Companion Loan Holders and the Special Servicer as described pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement and this Agreement.

 

(f)            Subject to Section 3.26, any modification of the Loan Documents that requires a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any modification that would eliminate, modify or alter the requirement of obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation in the Loan Documents, shall not be made without the Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, first receipt of such Rating Agency Confirmation. Such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be obtained at the Loan Parties’ expense in accordance with the Loan Agreement or, if not so provided in the Loan Agreement or if the Loan Parties do not pay, as a Trust Fund Expense.

 

(g)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer and (if a Special Servicing Loan Event is continuing) the Special Servicer may, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices (without any Rating Agency Confirmation or consent of the Directing Certificateholder), grant the Borrower’s request for consent to subject the Mortgaged Property to an easement, right-of-way or similar agreement for utilities, access, parking, public improvements or another similar purpose and may consent to subordination of the Whole Loan to such easement, right-of-way or similar agreement and may not condition the granting of any of the above on receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation if such condition would not be consistent with or permitted by the Loan Documents.

 

(h)            Subject to Section 3.26 of this Agreement, prior to implementing any of the actions under the definition of RAC Decision, the Servicer or Special Servicer shall obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agency.

 

(i)             The Servicer, rather than the Special Servicer, shall be responsible for processing any defeasance of the Whole Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not permit the substitution of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of the Loan Agreement unless such defeasance complies with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) and the Servicer has received (i) replacement collateral consisting of government securities within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), which satisfies the requirements of the Loan Documents, in an amount sufficient to make all scheduled payments required under the terms of the Whole Loan when due, (ii) a certificate of an Independent certified public accountant to the effect that such substituted property will provide cash flows sufficient to meet all payments of interest and principal (including payments at maturity) on the Whole Loan in compliance with the requirements of the terms of the Loan Documents, (iii) one or more Opinions of Counsel (at the expense of the related Borrower) to the effect that the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, will have a first priority perfected security interest in such substituted property; provided, however, that, to the extent consistent with the Loan Documents, the Borrower shall pay the cost of any such opinion as a condition to granting such defeasance, (iv) to the extent consistent with the Loan Documents, the related Borrower shall establish a single purpose entity to act as a successor mortgagor, if so required by the Rating Agency, (v) to the extent permissible under the Loan Documents, the Servicer shall use its

 

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reasonable efforts to require the related Borrower to pay all costs of such defeasance, including but not limited to the cost of maintaining any successor mortgagor, and (vi) to the extent permissible under the Loan Documents, the Servicer shall obtain, at the expense of the Borrower, Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agency. If the Servicer receives notice of a request for defeasance with respect to the Whole Loan, the Servicer shall provide upon receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to the Mortgage Loan Sellers or its respective assignee and (ii) until such time as a Mortgage Loan Seller provides written notice to the contrary, notice of a defeasance of the Whole Loan shall be delivered to such Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the notice provisions of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

(j)             The Servicer shall deposit all payments received by it from defeasance collateral substituted for the Mortgaged Property into the Collection Account and treat any such payments as payments made on the Whole Loan in advance of its Payment Date, and not as a prepayment of the Whole Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the Collection Account for a period in excess of 365 days (or 366 days in the case of a leap year).

 

(k)            Subject to the terms of this Section 3.24, each of the Servicer and Special Servicer, respectively, shall be permitted in its sole discretion to waive all or any portion of Default Interest to the extent consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices. Failure to waive any Default Interest by the Servicer or Special Servicer shall not in any way be deemed a violation of Accepted Servicing Practices.

 

3.25.         Conflicts of Interests; Mandatory Resignation of Servicer or Special Servicer. (a)  The Servicer, the Special Servicer and any agent thereof in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Servicer or the Special Servicer or such agent except as otherwise provided herein subject to the restrictions on voting set forth in the definition of Certificateholder.

 

(b)            None of the Servicer, the Special Servicer nor any of its Affiliates shall resign from its obligations and duties as Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement, except as provided in Section 6.4. In the event that the Special Servicer becomes a Borrower Affiliate, the Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator of such affiliation. Upon receipt of such notice, the Trustee shall promptly send a request to the Special Servicer requesting that the Special Servicer resign as Special Servicer and promptly appoint a replacement special servicer in accordance with Section 6.4. In the event that no replacement Special Servicer is appointed within thirty (30) days for any reason after receipt by the Trustee of a notice of such affiliation, the Trustee may petition the court for appointment of a successor special servicer at the expense of resigning Special Servicer.

 

3.26.         Rating Agency Confirmation. Notwithstanding the terms of the Loan Documents or other provisions of this Agreement, if any action under the Loan Documents or this Agreement requires a Rating Agency Confirmation or a written confirmation from the Rating Agency that a particular action will not cause a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current ratings of the Certificates as a condition precedent to such action, if the party (the “Requesting Party”) seeking to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation or written confirmation has made a request to the Rating Agency for such Rating Agency Confirmation or written

 

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confirmation and, within ten (10) Business Days of such request being sent to the Rating Agency, the Rating Agency has not replied to such request or has responded in a manner that indicates that the Rating Agency is either declining to review such request or waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation or written confirmation, then such Requesting Party shall be required to (i) confirm (through direct communication and not by posting any confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) that the Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Confirmation or written confirmation request, and, if it has, promptly request such Rating Agency Confirmation or written confirmation again, and (ii) if there is no response to either such Rating Agency Confirmation or written confirmation request within five (5) Business Days of such second request, then (x) with respect to any condition in any Loan Document requiring such Rating Agency Confirmation or such written confirmation or any other matter under this Agreement relating to the servicing of the Whole Loan (other than as set forth in clause (y) below), such condition shall be deemed to be satisfied (provided that granting such request is in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices), and (y) with respect to a replacement of the Servicer or Special Servicer, such condition shall be deemed to be satisfied if (A) the applicable replacement Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, was appointed to act as, and currently serves as, the master servicer or special servicer on a transaction level basis, as applicable, on the closing date of a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction with respect to which Moody’s rated one or more classes of certificates and one or more of such classes of certificates are still outstanding and rated by Moody’s and (B) Moody’s has not cited servicing concerns with respect to the applicable replacement as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

 

Any Rating Agency Confirmation requests made by the Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be made in writing (and email shall be sufficient as a writing), which writing shall contain a cover page indicating the nature of the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and shall contain all back-up material the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, reasonably deems necessary for any Rating Agency to process such request. Such written Rating Agency Confirmation request shall be provided in electronic format to the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such request on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 8.15(b).

 

Promptly following the Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s determination to take any action discussed in this Section 3.26 following any requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation being considered satisfied, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide written notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider of the action taken for the particular item at such time, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 8.15(b).

 

3.27.        Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Notwithstanding the terms of the Loan Documents, the other provisions of this Agreement or the Co-Lender Agreement, with respect to any Companion Loan as to which there exists Companion Loan Securities, if any action relating to the servicing and administration of the

 

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Whole Loan or any Foreclosed Property, any amendment to this Agreement or replacement of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee (a “Relevant Action”) requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action pursuant to this Agreement, then, except as set forth below in this paragraph, such action shall also require delivery of a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation to the master servicer, the special servicer or the certificate administrator to any Other Securitization Trust as a condition precedent to such action from each Companion Loan Rating Agency. Each Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation shall be sought by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, depending on whichever such party is seeking the corresponding Rating Agency Confirmation(s) in connection with a Relevant Action. The requirement to obtain a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any Companion Loan Securities will be permitted to be waived by the Servicer and the Special Servicer on, and will be deemed not to apply on, the same terms and conditions applicable to obtaining Rating Agency Confirmations, as set forth in this Agreement; provided, that the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, depending on which is seeking the subject Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, shall forward to one or more of its counterparts (i.e., the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable), the 17g-5 Information Provider’s counterpart, or such other party or parties (as are agreed to by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the applicable parties for the related Other Securitization Trust), at the expense of the Other Securitization Trust to the extent not borne by the Borrower, and in such format as the sender and recipient may reasonably agree, (i) the request for such Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation all materials forwarded to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement in connection with seeking the Rating Agency Confirmation(s) for the applicable Relevant Action at approximately the same time that such materials are forwarded to the 17g-5 Information Provider, and (ii) any other materials that the applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency may reasonably request in connection with such Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation promptly following such request.

 

3.28.        Companion Loan Intercreditor Matters.

 

(a)            If, pursuant to Section 2.8, or Section 3.16, the Mortgage Loan is, in its entirety, purchased or repurchased from the Trust Fund, the subsequent holder thereof shall be bound by the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement and shall assume the rights and obligations of the holder of the Trust Notes under the Co-Lender Agreement. All portions of the Mortgage File and (to the extent provided under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) other documents pertaining to the Whole Loan shall be endorsed or assigned to the extent necessary or appropriate to the purchaser of the Mortgage Loan in its capacity as the holder of the Trust Notes (as a result of such purchase, repurchase or substitution) and (except for the original Companion Notes) on behalf of the holders of the Companion Notes. Thereafter, such Mortgage File shall be held by the holder of the Trust Notes or a custodian appointed thereby for the benefit thereof, on behalf of itself and the Companion Loan Holders as their interests appear under the Co-Lender Agreement. If the related servicing file is not already in the possession of such party, it shall be delivered to the master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, under any separate servicing agreement for the Whole Loan.

 

(b)           With respect to any Companion Loan that becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Servicer, the Special Servicer,

 

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the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the asset representations reviewer or any other party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with such asset review by providing the asset representations reviewer or such other requesting party with any documents reasonably requested by the asset representations reviewer or such other requesting party (at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Sellers or requesting party), but only to the extent (i) the requesting party or asset representations reviewer has not been able to obtain such documents from the Mortgage Loan Sellers or a party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) such documents are in the possession of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian shall (i) have further obligations for such asset review or be bound by it or (ii) be obligated to provide such documents if providing such documents would, in its reasonable determination, be a violation of this Agreement or the Co-Lender Agreement.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, but only to the extent required under the Co-Lender Agreement, the Servicer with respect to the Whole Loan when it is not a Specially Serviced Whole Loan or Special Servicer with respect to the Whole Loan when it is a Specially Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, shall consult with the Companion Loan Holders with respect to any matters with respect to the servicing of the Companion Loans to the extent required under the Co-Lender Agreement. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver reports and notices to each Companion Loan Holder to the extent required under the Co-Lender Agreement.

 

(d)           At any time after a Companion Loan has become part of an Other Securitization Trust and provided that the applicable parties hereto have received written notice (which may be by email) thereof including contact information for the master servicer and special servicer with respect to such Other Securitization Trust, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Companion Loan Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Co-Lender Agreement shall be delivered to the master servicer and special servicer with respect to such Other Securitization Trust (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to such master servicer and special servicer, the party hereto that is obligated under this Agreement or the Co-Lender Agreement to deliver such notices, reports, information or other deliverables shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Co-Lender Agreement.

 

3.29.        Additional Matters with Respect to the Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan and the Whole Loan.