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• Ratifications Representations and Warranties (a) The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set forth in the Credit Agreement and, except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect. Borrower and the Banks agree that the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, shall continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms. (b) To induce the Banks to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower ratifies and confirms each representation and warranty set forth in the Credit Agreement as if such representations and warranties were made on the even date herewith, and further represents and warrants (i) that there has occurred since the date of the last financial statements delivered to the Banks no event or circumstance that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that no Event of Default exists on the date hereof, and (iii) that the Borrower is fully authorized to enter into this Amendment. THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CREDIT AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR A CREDIT FACILITY THAT IS COMPLETELY DISCRETIONARY ON THE PART OF THE BANKS AND THAT THE BANKS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DUTY OR OBLIGATION TO ADVANCE ANY REVOLVING LOAN OR TO ISSUE ANY LETTER OF CREDIT. THE BORROWER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO THE BANKS THAT THE BORROWER IS AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CONDUCTING BUSINESS UTILIZING AN UNCOMMITTED FACILITY.

• Representations and Warranties of Manager Manager hereby represents and warrants as follows:

• Representations and Warranties of the Manager The Manager represents and warrants to each Underwriter as follows: (a) The Manager is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement to either of them) and is duly registered and qualified to conduct business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure so to register or to qualify would not have a material, adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net assets or results of operations of the Manager. (b) The Manager is duly registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations or the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations from acting under the Management Agreement for the Fund as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). (c) The Manager has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Management Agreement, the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Manager of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Management Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Manager and this Agreement and the Management Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the Manager and constitute the valid and legally binding agreements of the Manager, enforceable against the Manager in accordance with their terms, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Manager's obligations hereunder and thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles. (d) The Manager has the financial resources available to it necessary for the performance of its services and obligations as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and under this Agreement and the Management Agreement. (e) The description of the Manager and its business, and the statements attributable to the Manager, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) complied and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. (f) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Manager, threatened against the Manager or to which any of its properties is subject, that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to either of them) but are not described as required or that reasonably should be expected to result in any material, adverse change in the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net assets or results of operations of the Manager or that reasonably should be expected to have a material, adverse effect on the ability of the Manager to fulfill its obligations hereunder or under the Management Agreement. (g) Since the date as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement to either of them), except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material, adverse change in the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net assets or results of operations or business prospects of the Manager, whether or not arising from the ordinary course of business and (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Manager which are material to the Manager other than those in the ordinary course of its business as described in the Prospectus. (h) The Manager has such licenses, permits and authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities ("permits") as are necessary to own its property and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus; the Manager has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with respect to such permits and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other material impairment of the rights of the Manager under any such permit. (i) This Agreement and the Management Agreement comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations, the Advisers Act and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations. (j) Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Management Agreement by the Manager, nor the consummation by the Manager of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (A) requires any consent, approval, authorization or other order of or registration or filing with the Commission, the NASD, any state securities commission, any national securities exchange, any arbitrator, any court or any other governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory or administrative agency or any official (except compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions which have been or will be effected in accordance with this Agreement and except for compliance with the filing requirements of the NASD Division of Corporate Finance) or conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of or a default under, the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Manager or (B) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of or a default under, any material agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the Manager is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or materially violates or will materially violate any material statute, law, regulation or filing or judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the Manager or any of its properties or will result in the creation or imposition of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Manager pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Manager is subject. (k) Except as stated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus (and in any amendment or supplement thereto), the Manager has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which should reasonably be expected to cause or result in or which will constitute, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Shares in violation of federal securities laws and the Manager is not aware of any such action taken or to be taken by any affiliates of the Manager. (l) In the event that the Fund or the Manager makes available any promotional materials intended for use only by qualified broker-dealers and registered representatives thereof by means of an Internet web site or similar electronic means, the Manager will install and maintain pre-qualification and password-protection or similar procedures which are reasonably designed to effectively prohibit access to such promotional materials by persons other than qualified broker-dealers and registered representatives thereof.

• Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer (a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date that: (i) it is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America as a national banking association, and as Master Servicer has full power and authority to transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under the terms of this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of which have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Master Servicer; (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not (A) violate the Master Servicer’s charter or bylaws, (B) violate any law or regulation or any administrative decree or order to which it is subject or (C) 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 Master Servicer is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets are subject, which violation, default or breach would materially and adversely affect the Master Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) this Agreement constitutes, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other respective parties hereto, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general, and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (iv) the Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency to the extent that any such default would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder; (v) the Master Servicer is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter provision, bylaw or any other corporate restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, law or regulation that may materially and adversely affect its ability as Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or that requires the consent of any third person to the execution of this Agreement or the performance by the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement; (vi) no litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or performing its obligations under this Agreement; (vii) the Master Servicer, or an affiliate thereof the primary business of which is the servicing of conventional residential mortgage loans, is a Xxxxxx Mae- or FHLMC-approved seller/servicer; (viii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of or compliance by the Master Servicer with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations and orders (if any) as have been obtained; and (ix) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Master Servicer. (b) It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee and hold them harmless against any loss, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a material breach of the Master Servicer’s representations and warranties contained in Section 9.03(a). It is understood and agreed that the enforcement of the obligation of the Master Servicer set forth in this Section to indemnify the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee as provided in this Section constitutes the sole remedy (other than as set forth in Section 6.14) of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties. Such indemnification shall survive any termination of the Master Servicer as Master Servicer hereunder, and any termination of this Agreement. Any cause of action against the Master Servicer relating to or arising out of the breach of any representations and warranties made in this Section shall accrue upon discovery of such breach by either the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee or notice thereof by any one of such parties to the other parties.

• Performance of Obligations; Representations and Warranties The Company shall have performed in all material respects each of its agreements contained in this Agreement required to be performed on or prior to the Effective Time, each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct on and as of the Effective Time as if made on and as of such date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date which shall be true and correct as of such certain date) and each of the representations and warranties that is not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Time as if made on and as of such date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such certain date), in each case except as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, and Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer to such effect.

• Representations and Warranties of the Owner Trustee The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, that: (a) It is a national banking association duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the United States. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. (b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf. (c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will (i) contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, (ii) constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws, (iii) constitute any default under any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on the Owner Trust Estate resulting from actions by or claims against the Owner Trustee which are unrelated to this Agreement or the other Basic Documents. (d) It has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement; and the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by it has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. (e) This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

• Covenants, Representations, and Warranties of Servicer By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Servicer makes the following representations, warranties and covenants on which the Trust Collateral Agent relies in accepting the Receivables and on which the Trustee relies in authenticating the Notes. (a) The Servicer covenants as follows:

• Representations and Warranties of Servicer The Servicer makes the following representations and warranties on which the Trust shall be deemed to have relied in accepting the Trust Property. The representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall survive the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Trust Property to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement and the pledge of the Trust Property to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

• Additional Representations and Warranties of the Servicer Except as disclosed in writing to the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee prior to the Closing Date: (i) the Servicer is not aware and has not received notice that any default, early amortization or other performance triggering event has occurred as to any other securitization due to any act or failure to act of the Servicer; (ii) the Servicer has not been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to application of a servicing performance test or trigger; (iii) no material noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the Servicer as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the Servicer; (iv) no material changes to the Servicer’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement for mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans have occurred during the three-year period immediately preceding the Closing Date; (v) there are no aspects of the Servicer’s financial condition that could have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations under this Agreement and (vi) there are no affiliations, relationships or transactions relating to the Servicer or any Subservicer with any party listed on Exhibit I hereto.

• Representations and Warranties of the Special Servicer (a) The Special Servicer, in such capacity, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the other parties hereto and for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Serviced Non-Trust Mortgage Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that: (i) The Special Servicer is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida, and the Special Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement. (ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, will not: (A) violate the Special Servicer's organizational documents; or (B) 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 agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer, would reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Special Servicer. (iii) The Special Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all 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 each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Special Servicer, enforceable against the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. (v) The Special Servicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Special Servicer's good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Special Servicer. (vi) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Special Servicer's knowledge, threatened, against the Special Servicer, the outcome of which, in the Special Servicer's good faith and reasonable judgment, could reasonably be expected to prohibit the Special Servicer from entering into this Agreement or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement. (vii) Any consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Special Servicer of or compliance by the Special Servicer with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been obtained and is effective except where the lack of consent, approval, authorization or order would not have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Special Servicer under this Agreement. (viii) The Special Servicer possesses all insurance required pursuant to Section 3.07(c) of this Agreement. (b) The representations and warranties of the Special Servicer set forth in Section 3.24(a) shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall inure to the benefit of the Persons for whose benefit they were made for so long as the Trust Fund remains in existence. Upon discovery by any party hereto of any breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties hereto. (c) Any successor Special Servicer shall be deemed to have made, as of the date of its succession, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.24(a), subject to such appropriate modifications to the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.24(a)(i) to accurately reflect such successor's jurisdiction of organization and whether it is a corporation, partnership, bank, association or other type of organization.