Electronic Data Interchange System Agreement

• Issuer: Ginnie Mae
• Section: Ginnie Mae

GINNIE MAE 5500.3, REV. 1

Date: 12/01/2023

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Appendix III-13

APPENDIX III-13

OMB APPROVAL NO. 2503-0033 (EXP. 04/30/2026)

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE SYSTEM AGREEMENT

Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 minutes, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching

existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information contained herein.

This agency may not collect this information, and you are not required to complete this form, unless it displays a valid, current OMB control

number. This information is required by Section 306(g) of the National Housing Act and /or the Ginnie Mae’s Handbook, 5500.3, Rev. 1. The

information collected in this agreement is required to facilitate the use of electronic data exchanges in lieu of paper forms. The information

collected will not be disclosed outside the Department without prior consent, except as required by law.

This Electronic Data Interchange System Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and between

the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), a corporation within the United States

Department of Housing and Urban Development, with an office at 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20410 and (the “Issuer”), a corporation

or organization with offices at .

RECITALS

Ginnie Mae and the Issuer desire to facilitate the electronic exchange of information by

electronically transmitting and receiving data in agreed formats in substitution for conventional paper-based

documents. As used in this Agreement, electronic data interchange (“EDI”) includes Ginnie Mae’s

electronic pooling applications in the Ginnie Mae Enterprise Portal (GMEP) to pool mortgages as security

for Ginnie Mae guaranteed Mortgage-Backed Securities (“MBS”) and investor reporting. Such EDI

transmissions shall be accomplished by electronically transmitting and receiving data in agreed formats via

the telecommunications options and methods specified by the Ginnie Mae MBS Guide.

The use of EDI is mutually beneficial to Ginnie Mae and the Issuer, and both parties intend for all

such transactions that comply with applicable requirements to be legally binding, valid and enforceable.

This Agreement prescribes the general procedures and policies to be followed when using EDI to transmit

and receive information in lieu of using paper documents normally associated with or required to create

Ginnie Mae MBS, for investor reporting, or for other purposes or transactions.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, intending to be legally bound agree as follows:

Section 1. Prerequisites

1.1 Documents: Standards. Ginnie Mae or its designated agent and the Issuer or its agent, so long as such

agent is approved by Ginnie Mae, may electronically transmit to or receive from each other various

documents and acknowledgements (“Documents”). Transmissions of data or documents that comply with

the requirements of the Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide (“Ginnie Mae MBS Guide”) and

the applicable Ginnie Mae Guaranty Agreement shall have the same force and effect as paper-based

documents executed by the parties. If any EDI transmission of data or Documents does not comply with

the requirements of the Ginnie Mae MBS Guide, Ginnie Mae’s guaranty and obligations under the Guaranty

Agreement shall not take effect. All Documents shall be transmitted in accordance with the standards set

forth in the Ginnie Mae MBS Guide.