ENDORSEMENT
Attached to Policy No. ___________
Issued by
STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY
Paragraph 1 of the Conditions and Stipulations of the policy is hereby amended by deleting therefrom subparagraph (a) and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
(a) "insured": the insured named in Schedule A, together with each owner or legal holder of any of the bonds secured by the insured mortgage. The term "insured" also includes
(i) each successor of the named insured, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to in the insured mortgage, provided the successor is the parent or wholly-owned subsidiary of the named insured, and their corporate successors by operation of law and not by purchase, subject to any rights or defenses the Company may have against any predecessor insureds;
(ii) each successor in ownership of any of the bonds secured by the insured mortgage (reserving, however, all rights and defenses as to any such successor that the Company would have had against any predecessor insured, unless the successor acquired the bond or bonds as a purchaser for value without knowledge of the asserted defect, lien, encumbrance, adverse claim or other matter insured against by this policy as affecting title to the estate or interest referred to in Schedule A in the land);
(iii) any governmental agency or governmental instrumentality which is an insurer or guarantor under an insurance contract or guarantee insuring or guaranteeing the indebtedness evidenced by said bonds, or any part thereof, whether named as an insured herein or not;
(iv) the parties designated in paragraph 2(a) of these Conditions and Stipulations.
Paragraph 1 of the Conditions and Stipulations of this policy is further hereby amended by adding subparagraph (j) thereto to read as follows:
(j) "bond" or "bonds": the evidences of indebtedness, whether one or more, secured by said mortgage.
Paragraph 6 of the Conditions and Stipulations of said policy is hereby amended by deleting the printed text thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
6. Options to Pay or Otherwise Settle Claims:
Termination of Liability.
In case of a claim under this policy, the Company shall have the following additional options:
(a) To Pay or Tender Payment of the Amount of Insurance or to Purchase the Bonds.
(i) to pay or tender payment of the Amount of Insurance under this policy together with any costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the insured claimant, which were authorized by the Company, up to the time of payment or tender of payment and which the Company is obligated to pay; or
(ii) to purchase the bond or bonds secured by the insured mortgage for the amount owing thereon together with any costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the insured claimant, which were authorized by the Company, up to the time of purchase and which the Company is obligated to pay.
If the Company offers to purchase said bond or bonds as herein provided, such insured shall transfer, assign and deliver said bond or bonds and the insured mortgage, together with any collateral security, to the Company upon payment therefor.
Upon the exercise by the Company of either of the options provided for in paragraphs a(i) or (ii), all liability and obligations to the insured under this policy, other than to make the payment required in those paragraphs, shall terminate, including any liability or obligation to defend, prosecute or continue any litigation, and the policy shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation.
(b) To Pay or Otherwise Settle With Parties Other than the Insured or With the Insured Claimant.
(i) to pay or otherwise settle with other parties for or in the name of an insured claimant any claim insured against under this policy, together with any costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the insured claimant which were authorized by the Company up to the time of payment and which the Company is obligated to pay; or
(ii) to pay or otherwise settle with the insured claimant the loss or damage provided for under this policy, together with any costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the insured claimant which were authorized by the Company up to the time of payment and which the Company is obligated to pay.
Upon the exercise by the Company of either of the options provided for in paragraphs b(i) or (ii), the Company's obligations to the insured under this policy for the claimed loss or damage, other than the payments required to be made, shall terminate, including any liability or obligation to defend, prosecute or continue any litigation.
Any loss under this policy shall be payable to the insured as their respective interests may appear. If payment is made to any owner or legal holder of any of said bonds, such payment shall be made ratably with other bondholders. Payment by the Company to any owner or legal holder of any of said bonds shall reduce pro tanto the liability of the Company under this policy to such owner or legal holder.
STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY
By:
Dated:
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