GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AR8 TERMS AGREEMENT
GREENPOINT
MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AR8
Dated: December
27, 2006
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To:
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Structured
Asset Securities Corporation, as Depositor under the Trust Agreement
dated
as of December 1, 2006 (the “Trust Agreement”).
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Re:
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Underwriting
Agreement Standard Terms dated as of December 21, 2005 (the “Standard
Terms,” and together with this Terms Agreement, the
“Agreement”).
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Series
Designation:
Series
2006-AR8.
Terms
of the Series 2006-AR8 Certificates:
GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2006-AR8, Class 1-A1A, Class 1-A1B, Class 1-A2A, Class 1-A3A, Class 1-A3B,
Class
2-A, Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6, Class M7,
Class
M8, Class M9, Class X, Class P, Class C and Class R Certificates (the
“Certificates”) will evidence, in the aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership
interest in a trust fund (the “Trust Fund”). Each class of Class 1-A1A, Class
1-A1B, Class 1-A3B and Class 2-A Certificates will also represent an interest
in
one or more cap agreements. The assets of the Trust Fund on the Closing Date
(as
defined below) will consist primarily of two pools of conventional, first lien,
adjustable rate, fully amortizing, negative amortization residential mortgage
loans having a total Scheduled Principal Balance (as defined in the Trust
Agreement) as of the Cut-off Date of $728,570,578.80 (the “Mortgage Loans”).
Only the Class 1-A1A, Class 1-A1B, Class 1-A2A, Class 1-A3A, Class 1-A3B, Class
2-A, Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6, Class M7,
Class
M8 and Class M9 Certificates (the “Offered Certificates”) are being sold
pursuant to the terms hereof.
Registration
Statement:
File
Number 333-133985.
Certificate
Ratings:
It is a
condition of Closing that at the Closing Date the Class 1-A1A, Class 1-A1B,
Class 1-A2A, Class 1-A3A, Class 1-A3B and Class 2-A Certificates be rated “AAA”
by Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
(“S&P”), and “Aaa” by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s” and
together with S&P, the “Rating Agencies”); the Class M1 Certificates be
rated “AA+” by S&P and “Aaa” by Moody’s; the Class M2 Certificates be rated
“AA” by S&P and “Aa1” by Moody’s; the Class M3 Certificates be rated “Aa1”
by Moody’s; the Class M4 Certificates be rated “Aa2” by Moody’s; the Class M5
Certificates be rated “A1” by Moody’s; the Class M6 Certificates be rated “A2”
by Moody’s; the Class M7 Certificates be rated “A3” by Moody’s; the Class M8
Certificates be rated “Baa1” by Moody’s; and the Class M9 Certificates be rated
“Baa2” by Moody’s.
Terms
of Sale of Offered Certificates:
The
Depositor agrees to sell to Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., (the “Underwriter”) and the
Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Depositor, the Offered Certificates
in
the principal amounts and prices set forth on Schedule 1 annexed hereto. The
purchase price for each class of the Offered Certificates shall be the
applicable Purchase Price Percentage set forth in Schedule 1 plus accrued
interest at the initial interest rate per annum from and including the Cut-off
Date up to, but not including, the Closing Date.
The
Underwriter will offer the Offered Certificates to the public from time to
time
in negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices to be determined
at
the time of sale.
The
Underwriter will sell the Offered Certificates to investors in offerings
occurring within Member States of the European Economic Area in minimum initial
total investment amounts of $100,000.
Cut-off
Date:
December 1, 2006.
Closing
Date:
10:00
A.M., New York time, on or about December 29, 2006. On the Closing Date, the
Depositor will deliver the Offered Certificates to the Underwriter against
payment therefor.
Counsel:
Dechert
LLP will act as counsel for the Underwriter.
Closing
Notice Address:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Standard Terms, the Closing
shall take place at the offices of the counsel for the Underwriter, Dechert
LLP,
00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
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If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please
sign
and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with
all
counterparts will become a binding agreement between the Depositor and the
Underwriter in accordance with its terms.
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XXXXXX
BROTHERS INC.
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By: ___________________________
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxx
Title: Vice
President
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Accepted:
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STRUCTURED
ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
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By: _____________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
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Schedule
1
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Class
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Initial
Certificate
Principal
Amount(1)
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Certificate
Interest Rate
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Purchase
Price Percentage
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Approximate
Amount Purchased by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
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1-A1A
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$198,585,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$198,585,000
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1-A1B
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$22,065,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$22,065,000
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1-A2A
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$100,000,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$100,000,000
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1-A3A
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$180,000,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$180,000,000
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1-A3B
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$43,220,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$43,220,000
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2-A
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$100,185,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$100,185,000
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M1
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$25,500,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$25,500,000
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M2
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$15,300,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$15,300,000
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M3
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$12,385,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$12,385,000
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M4
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$8,014,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$8,014,000
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M5
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$8,014,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$8,014,000
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M6
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$2,914,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$2,914,000
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M7
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$2,550,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$2,550,000
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M8
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$2,550,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$2,550,000
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M9
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$3,642,000
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Variable(2)
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100%
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$3,642,000
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__________
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These
balances are approximate, as described in the prospectus
supplement.
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| (2) |
These
certificates will accrue interest based on adjustable interest rates,
as
described in the prospectus
supplement.
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