EXECUTION COPY
RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION,
Depositor,
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION,
Master Servicer,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 1, 2006
Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2006-KS4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS..................................................................6
Section 1.01. Definitions.......................................................6
Section 1.02. Determination of LIBOR...........................................55
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.............56
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.....................................56
Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee............................................59
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer and the
Depositor........................................................60
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of Sellers........................62
Section 2.05. Execution and Authentication of Certificates; Conveyance of Uncertificated
REMIC Regular Interests..........................................64
Section 2.06. Purposes and Powers of the Trust.................................64
Section 2.07. Agreement Regarding Ability to Disclose..........................65
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS..............................65
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Servicer...............................65
Section 3.02. Subservicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Subservicers; Enforcement
of Subservicers' Obligations.....................................67
Section 3.03. Successor Subservicers...........................................68
Section 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.................................69
Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and Trustee or
Certificateholders...............................................69
Section 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by Trustee..69
Section 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to Custodial Account69
Section 3.08. Subservicing Accounts; Servicing Accounts........................72
Section 3.09. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans
73
Section 3.10. Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.................73
Section 3.11. Maintenance of Primary Insurance Coverage........................75
Section 3.12. Maintenance of Fire Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage75
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Modification Agreements;
Certain Assignments..............................................76
Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans........................78
Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files..................80
Section 3.16. Servicing and Other Compensation; Compensating Interest..........81
Section 3.17. Reports to the Trustee and the Depositor.........................82
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance and Servicing Assessment.......82
Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report..........83
Section 3.20. Right of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer.........83
Section 3.21. [Reserved].......................................................84
Section 3.22. Advance Facility.................................................84
Section 3.23. Special Servicing................................................87
Section 3.24. Credit Risk Manager..............................................88
Section 3.25. Limitation Upon Liability of the Credit Risk Manager.............88
Section 3.26. Removal of the Credit Risk Manager...............................88
ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS..............................................89
Section 4.01. Certificate Account..............................................89
Section 4.02. Distributions....................................................89
Section 4.03. Statements to Certificateholders; Statements to Rating Agencies; Exchange Act
Reporting........................................................93
Section 4.04. Distribution of Reports to the Trustee and the Depositor; Advances by the
Master Servicer..................................................97
Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses....................................98
Section 4.06. Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged Property...100
Section 4.07. Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans...................100
Section 4.08. [Reserved]......................................................100
Section 4.09. [Reserved]......................................................100
Section 4.10. Swap Agreement..................................................100
ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES...........................................................102
Section 5.01. The Certificates................................................102
Section 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates...........105
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...............112
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners...........................................113
Section 5.05. Appointment of Paying Agent.....................................113
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER......................................113
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master Servicer.113
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer; Assignment
of Rights and Delegation of Duties by Master Servicer...........113
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Others
114
Section 6.04. Depositor and Master Servicer Not to Resign.....................115
ARTICLE VII DEFAULT....................................................................115
Section 7.01. Events of Default...............................................115
Section 7.02. Trustee or Depositor to Act; Appointment of Successor...........117
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders..............................118
Section 7.04. Waiver of Events of Default.....................................118
ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE.....................................................118
Section 8.01. Duties of Trustee...............................................118
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee...........................120
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans...........121
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates....................................121
Section 8.05. Master Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses; Indemnification121
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee............................122
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee..........................122
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee...............................................123
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee..............................124
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...................124
Section 8.11. Appointment of Custodians.......................................125
Section 8.12. Appointment of Office or Agency.................................125
Section 8.13. DTC Letter of Representations...................................125
Section 8.14. Swap Agreement..................................................125
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION................................................................125
Section 9.01. Termination Upon Purchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans..125
Section 9.02. Additional Termination Requirements.............................129
ARTICLE X REMIC PROVISIONS...........................................................130
Section 10.01. REMIC Administration............................................130
Section 10.02. Master Servicer, REMIC Administrator and Trustee Indemnification133
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS...................................................134
Section 11.01. Amendment.......................................................134
Section 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts..........................136
Section 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders......................136
Section 11.04. Governing Law...................................................137
Section 11.05. Notices.........................................................137
Section 11.06. Notices to Rating Agencies......................................138
Section 11.07. Severability of Provisions......................................138
Section 11.08. Supplemental Provisions for Resecuritization....................139
Section 11.09. Third-Party Beneficiary.........................................139
Section 11.10. Tax Treatment...................................................139
ARTICLE XII COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB..............................................139
Section 12.01. Intent of Parties; Reasonableness...............................139
Section 12.02. Additional Representations and Warranties of the Trustee........140
Section 12.03. Information to be Provided by the Trustee.......................140
Section 12.04. Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation..............141
Section 12.05. Indemnification; Remedies.......................................141
Exhibit A Form of Class A Certificate.................................................A-1
Exhibit B-1 Form of Class M Certificate...............................................B-1-1
Exhibit B-2 Form of Class B Certificate...............................................B-2-1
Exhibit C Form of Class SB Certificate................................................C-1
Exhibit D Form of Class R Certificate.................................................D-1
Exhibit E Form of Custodial Agreement.................................................E-1
Exhibit F Mortgage Loan Schedule......................................................F-1
Exhibit G Form of Request for Release.................................................G-1
Exhibit H-1 Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement..................................H-1-1
Exhibit H-2 Form of Transferor Certificate............................................H-2-1
Exhibit I Form of Investor Representation Letter......................................I-1
Exhibit J Form of Transferor Representation Letter....................................J-1
Exhibit K Text of Amendment to Pooling and Servicing Agreement Pursuant to Section 11.01(e) for
a Limited Guaranty..........................................................K-1
Exhibit L Form of Limited Guaranty....................................................L-1
Exhibit M Form of Lender Certification for Assignment of Mortgage Loan................M-1
Exhibit N-1 Form of Rule 144A Investment Representation Letter........................N-1-1
Exhibit N-2 Form of Transferor Certificate (144A Transferor to 144A Transferee).......N-2-1
Exhibit N-3 Form of Transferor Certificate (144A Transferor to Regulation S Transferee)N-3-1
Exhibit N-4 Form of Regulation S Transferee Certificate...............................N-4-1
Exhibit N-5 Form of Accredited InvestorTransferee Certificate.........................N-4-1
Exhibit N-6 Form of Transferor Certificate (Regulation S Transferor)..................N-4-1
Exhibit O Swap Agreement..............................................................O-1
Exhibit P Form of ERISA Letter........................................................P-1
Exhibit Q SB-AM Swap Agreement........................................................Q-1
Exhibit R Assignment Agreement........................................................R-1
Exhibit S Servicing Criteria..........................................................S-1
Exhibit T-1 Form of 10-K Certification................................................T-1-1
Exhibit T-2 Form of Back-Up Certification.............................................T-2-1
Exhibit U Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer to the Rating Agencies Relating to
Reportable Modified Mortgage Loans..........................................U-1
Exhibit V Form of Certificate to be Given by Certificate Owner........................V-1
Exhibit W Form of Certificate to be Given by Euroclear or Cedel.......................W-1
This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, effective as of May 1, 2006, among RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES
CORPORATION, as the depositor (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the "Depositor"),
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, as master servicer (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the
"Master Servicer"), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a banking association organized under the laws of the
United States, as trustee (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the "Trustee").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell mortgage asset-backed pass-through certificates (collectively, the
"Certificates"), to be issued hereunder in sixteen Classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans (as defined herein) and certain other related assets.
REMIC I
As provided herein, the REMIC Administrator will make an election to treat the segregated pool of
assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other related assets (exclusive of the Swap Account and
the Swap Agreement) subject to this Agreement as a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a "REMIC") for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC I." The Class
R-I Certificates will represent the sole Class of "residual interests" in REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions (as defined herein) under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, remittance rate (the "Uncertificated REMIC I Pass Through Rate") and initial Uncertificated
Principal Balance for each of the "regular interests" in REMIC I (the "REMIC I Regular Interests"). The
"latest possible maturity date" (determined solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section
1.860G 1(a)(4)(iii)) for each REMIC I Regular Interest shall be the Maturity Date. None of the REMIC I
Regular Interests will be certificated.
UNCERTIFICATED
REMIC I INITIAL UNCERTIFICATED REMIC I LATEST POSSIBLE
DESIGNATION PASS-THROUGH RATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE MATURITY DATE
I-1-A Variable(1) $ 3,660,687.29 June 2036
I-2-A Variable(1) $ 4,838,520.61 June 2036
I-3-A Variable(1) $ 6,014,218.03 June 2036
I-4-A Variable(1) $ 7,172,352.50 June 2036
I-5-A Variable(1) $ 8,295,571.99 June 2036
I-6-A Variable(1) $ 9,350,594.62 June 2036
I-7-A Variable(1) $ 10,274,291.92 June 2036
I-8-A Variable(1) $ 11,077,346.28 June 2036
I-9-A Variable(1) $ 11,734,292.56 June 2036
I-10-A Variable(1) $ 12,254,557.26 June 2036
I-11-A Variable(1) $ 12,413,172.57 June 2036
I-12-A Variable(1) $ 12,019,711.28 June 2036
I-13-A Variable(1) $ 11,432,766.96 June 2036
I-14-A Variable(1) $ 10,938,297.61 June 2036
I-15-A Variable(1) $ 10,466,038.82 June 2036
I-16-A Variable(1) $ 10,005,154.74 June 2036
I-17-A Variable(1) $ 9,756,489.65 June 2036
I-18-A Variable(1) $ 9,536,840.85 June 2036
I-19-A Variable(1) $ 9,344,627.36 June 2036
I-20-A Variable(1) $ 9,366,486.85 June 2036
I-21-A Variable(1) $ 10,792,282.86 June 2036
I-22-A Variable(1) $ 13,209,629.79 June 2036
I-23-A Variable(1) $ 12,897,287.91 June 2036
I-24-A Variable(1) $ 11,394,285.98 June 2036
I-25-A Variable(1) $ 9,961,709.71 June 2036
I-26-A Variable(1) $ 8,041,637.41 June 2036
I-27-A Variable(1) $ 5,768,221.47 June 2036
I-28-A Variable(1) $ 4,858,175.61 June 2036
I-29-A Variable(1) $ 4,581,373.70 June 2036
I-30-A Variable(1) $ 4,320,681.18 June 2036
I-31-A Variable(1) $ 303,845.67 June 2036
I-32-A Variable(1) $ 3,705,645.17 June 2036
I-33-A Variable(1) $ 3,495,739.42 June 2036
I-34-A Variable(1) $ 3,297,962.13 June 2036
I-35-A Variable(1) $ 3,111,418.53 June 2036
I-36-A Variable(1) $ 2,935,453.94 June 2036
I-37-A Variable(1) $ 2,769,963.46 June 2036
I-38-A Variable(1) $ 2,652,268.59 June 2036
I-39-A Variable(1) $ 2,559,850.17 June 2036
I-40-A Variable(1) $ 2,416,490.54 June 2036
I-41-A Variable(1) $ 2,281,362.37 June 2036
I-42-A Variable(1) $ 2,153,988.93 June 2036
I-43-A Variable(1) $ 2,033,976.56 June 2036
I-44-A Variable(1) $ 34,386,729.22 June 2036
I-1-B Variable(1) $ 3,660,687.29 June 2036
I-2-B Variable(1) $ 4,838,520.61 June 2036
I-3-B Variable(1) $ 6,014,218.03 June 2036
I-4-B Variable(1) $ 7,172,352.50 June 2036
I-5-B Variable(1) $ 8,295,571.99 June 2036
I-6-B Variable(1) $ 9,350,594.62 June 2036
I-7-B Variable(1) $ 10,274,291.92 June 2036
I-8-B Variable(1) $ 11,077,346.28 June 2036
I-9-B Variable(1) $ 11,734,292.56 June 2036
I-10-B Variable(1) $ 12,254,557.26 June 2036
I-11-B Variable(1) $ 12,413,172.57 June 2036
I-12-B Variable(1) $ 12,019,711.28 June 2036
I-13-B Variable(1) $ 11,432,766.96 June 2036
I-14-B Variable(1) $ 10,938,297.61 June 2036
I-15-B Variable(1) $ 10,466,038.82 June 2036
I-16-B Variable(1) $ 10,005,154.74 June 2036
I-17-B Variable(1) $ 9,756,489.65 June 2036
I-18-B Variable(1) $ 9,536,840.85 June 2036
I-19-B Variable(1) $ 9,344,627.36 June 2036
I-20-B Variable(1) $ 9,366,486.85 June 2036
I-21-B Variable(1) $ 10,792,282.86 June 2036
I-22-B Variable(1) $ 13,209,629.79 June 2036
I-23-B Variable(1) $ 12,897,287.91 June 2036
I-24-B Variable(1) $ 11,394,285.98 June 2036
I-25-B Variable(1) $ 9,961,709.71 June 2036
I-26-B Variable(1) $ 8,041,637.41 June 2036
I-27-B Variable(1) $ 5,768,221.47 June 2036
I-28-B Variable(1) $ 4,858,175.61 June 2036
I-29-B Variable(1) $ 4,581,373.70 June 2036
I-30-B Variable(1) $ 4,320,681.18 June 2036
I-31-B Variable(1) $ 303,845.67 June 2036
I-32-B Variable(1) $ 3,705,645.17 June 2036
I-33-B Variable(1) $ 3,495,739.42 June 2036
I-34-B Variable(1) $ 3,297,962.13 June 2036
I-35-B Variable(1) $ 3,111,418.53 June 2036
I-36-B Variable(1) $ 2,935,453.94 June 2036
I-37-B Variable(1) $ 2,769,963.46 June 2036
I-38-B Variable(1) $ 2,652,268.59 June 2036
I-39-B Variable(1) $ 2,559,850.17 June 2036
I-40-B Variable(1) $ 2,416,490.54 June 2036
I-41-B Variable(1) $ 2,281,362.37 June 2036
I-42-B Variable(1) $ 2,153,988.93 June 2036
I-43-B Variable(1) $ 2,033,976.56 June 2036
I-44-B Variable(1) $ 34,386,729.22 June 2036
A-I Variable(1) $ 12,606,079.00 June 2036
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(1) Calculated as provided in the definition of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate.
REMIC II
As provided herein, the REMIC Administrator will make an election to treat the segregated pool of
assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and such
segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC II." The Class R-II Certificates will represent the
sole Class of "residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein) under
federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the designation, remittance rate (the
"Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate") and initial Uncertificated Principal Balance for each of the
"regular interests" in REMIC II (the "REMIC II Regular Interests"). The "latest possible maturity date"
(determined solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section 1.860G 1(a)(4)(iii)) for each REMIC
II Regular Interest shall be the Maturity Date. None of the REMIC II Regular Interests will be certificated.
UNCERTIFICATED INITIAL UNCERTIFICATED
REMIC II REMIC II LATEST POSSIBLE
DESIGNATION PASS-THROUGH RATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE MATURITY DATE
LT1 Variable(1) $700,250,721.22 June 2036
LT2 Variable(1) $ 20,716.24 June 2036
LT3 Variable(1) $ 49,320.77 June 2036
LT4 Variable(1) $ 49,320.77 June 2036
LT-IO Variable(1) (2) June 2036
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(1) Calculated as provided in the definition of Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate.
(2) REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IO will not have an Uncertificated Principal Balance but will accrue
interest on its uncertificated notional amount calculated in accordance with the definition of
"Uncertificated Notional Amount" herein.
REMIC III
As provided herein, the REMIC Administrator will elect to treat the segregated pool of assets
consisting of the REMIC II Regular Interests as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated
pool of assets will be designated as REMIC III. The Class R-III Certificates will represent the sole Class
of "residual interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions under federal income tax law. The
following table irrevocably sets forth the designation, Pass Through Rate, aggregate Initial Certificate
Principal Balance, certain features, month of Final Scheduled Distribution Date and initial ratings for each
Class of Certificates comprising the interests representing "regular interests" in REMIC III. The "latest
possible maturity date" (determined solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G
1(a)(4)(iii)) for each of REMIC III Regular Interest shall be the Maturity Date.
Month of
Final
Aggregate Initial Scheduled
Pass-Through Certificate Distribution
Designation Type Rate Principal Balance Features Date
S&P Xxxxx'x
Class A-1 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $282,245,000.00 Senior/Adjustable March 2028 AAA Aaa
Rate
Class A-2 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $100,123,000.00 Senior/Adjustable July 2031 AAA Aaa
Rate
Class A-3 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $104,883,000.00 Senior/Adjustable January 2035 AAA Aaa
Rate
Class A-4 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $59,038,000.00 Senior/Adjustable June 2036 AAA Aaa
Rate
Class M-1 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $26,614,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 AA+ Aa1
Rate
Class M-2 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $24,863,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 AA Aa2
Rate
Class M-3 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $14,358,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 AA- Aa3
Rate
Class M-4 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $12,957,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 A+ A1
Rate
Class M-5 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $11,906,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 A A2
Rate
Class M-6 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $11,556,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 A- A3
Rate
Class M-7 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $10,506,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 BBB+ Baa1
Rate
Class M-8 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $ 9,805,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 BBB Baa2
Rate
Class M-9 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $ 7,004,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 BBB- Baa3
Rate
Class M-10 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $ 4,903,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 BBB- Ba1
Rate
Class B Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3) $ 7,003,000.00 Mezzanine/Adjustable June 2036 BB+ Ba2
Rate
Class SB Regular (4) $12,606,078.78 Subordinate N/R N/R
(4)
IO Regular (6) (7) Interest Only N/R N/R
(5)
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(1) This Class of Certificates represents ownership of a REMIC III Regular Interest together with (i) certain
rights to payments to be made from amounts received under the Swap Agreement which will be deemed made
for federal income tax purposes outside of REMIC III by the holder of the Class SB Certificates as the
owner of the Swap Agreement and (ii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount. Any amount
distributed on this Class of Certificates on any Distribution Date in excess of the amount distributable
on the related REMIC III Regular Interest on such Distribution Date shall be treated for federal income
tax purposes as having been paid from the Swap Account and any amount distributable on such REMIC III
Regular Interest on such Distribution Date in excess of the amount distributable on such Class of
Certificates on such Distribution Date shall be treated as having been paid to the Swap Account, all
pursuant to and as further provided in Section 4.10 hereof.
(2) The REMIC III Regular Interests ownership of which is represented by the Class A Certificates and the
Class M Certificates, will accrue interest at a per annum rate equal to LIBOR plus the applicable Margin,
each subject to a payment cap as described in the definition of "Pass-Through Rate" and the provisions
for the payment of Basis Risk Shortfalls herein, which payments will not be part of the entitlement of
the REMIC III Regular Interests related to such Certificates.
(3) The Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates will also entitle their holders to certain payments
from the Holder of the Class SB Certificates from amounts to which the related REMIC III Regular Interest
is entitled and from amounts received under the Swap Agreement, which will not be a part of their
ownership of the REMIC III Regular Interests.
(4) The Class SB Certificates will accrue interest as described in the definition of Accrued Certificate
Interest. The Class SB Certificates will not accrue interest on their Certificate Principal Balance.
The Class SB Certificates will be comprised of two REMIC III regular interests, a principal only regular
interest designated SB-PO and an interest only regular interest designated SB-IO, which will be entitled
to distributions as set forth herein. The rights of the Holder of the Class SB Certificates to payments
from the Swap Agreement shall be outside and apart from its rights under the REMIC III Regular Interests
SB-IO and SB-PO.
(5) REMIC III Regular Interest IO will be held as an asset of the Swap Account established by the Trustee and
will be treated for federal income tax purposes as owned by the holder of the Class SB Certificate.
(6) For federal income tax purposes, REMIC III Regular Interest IO will not have a Pass-Through Rate, but
will be entitled to 100% of the amounts distributed on REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IO.
(7) For federal income tax purposes, REMIC III Regular Interest IO will not have an Uncertificated Principal
Balance, but will have a notional amount equal to the Uncertificated Notional Amount of REMIC II Regular
Interest LT-IO.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article.
Accredited Investor: The meaning specified in Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act.
Accrued Certificate Interest: With respect to each Distribution Date and each Class of Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates, an amount equal to the interest accrued during
the related Interest Accrual Period on the Certificate Principal Balance thereof immediately prior to such
Distribution Date at the related Pass-Through Rate for that Distribution Date.
The amount of Accrued Certificate Interest on each Class of Certificates shall be reduced by the
amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the related Mortgage Loans during the prior calendar month to the
extent not covered by Compensating Interest pursuant to Section 3.16, and Relief Act Shortfalls on the
related Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period. All such reductions with respect to the Mortgage Loans
will be allocated among the Certificates in proportion to the amount of Accrued Certificate Interest payable
on such Certificates on such Distribution Date absent such reductions.
Accrued Certificate Interest for any Distribution Date shall further be reduced by the interest
portion of Realized Losses allocated to any Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05.
Accrued Certificate Interest shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
in the related Interest Accrual Period.
With respect to each Distribution Date and the Class SB Certificates, interest accrued during the
preceding Interest Accrual Period at the Pass-Through Rate on the Uncertificated Notional Amount as specified
in the definition of Pass-Through Rate, immediately prior to such Distribution Date, reduced by any interest
shortfalls with respect to the Mortgage Loans, including Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to the extent not
covered by Compensating Interest pursuant to Section 3.16 or by Excess Cash Flow pursuant to
Section 4.02(c)(v) and (vi). Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class SB Certificates shall accrue on the
basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period.
Adjusted Available Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Available
Distribution Amount increased by the excess, if any, of the Net Swap Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty
over the amount distributable on such Distribution Date in respect of the REMIC III Regular Interest IO.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any date of determination, the
Mortgage Rate borne by the related Mortgage Note, less the rate at which the related Subservicing Fee accrues.
Adjustment Date: With respect to each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, each date set forth in the
related Mortgage Note on which an adjustment to the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan becomes effective.
Advance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the Master Servicer, pursuant to
Section 4.04.
Affected Party: As defined in the Swap Agreement.
Affiliate: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such first Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative
to the foregoing.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: With respect to any Distribution Date, the total of the amounts
held in the Custodial Account at the close of business on the preceding Determination Date on account of
(i) Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries, Insurance Proceeds, REO Proceeds, Principal Prepayments,
Mortgage Loan purchases made pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07 and Mortgage Loan substitutions
made pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04 received or made in the month of such Distribution Date (other than
such Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries, Insurance Proceeds, REO Proceeds and purchases of Mortgage
Loans that the Master Servicer has deemed to have been received in the preceding month in accordance with
Section 3.07(b)) and (ii) payments which represent early receipt of scheduled payments of principal and
interest due on a date or dates subsequent to the Due Date in the related Due Period.
Applicable Procedures: The applicable rules, regulations and procedures utilized or imposed by any
Clearance System or the Depository.
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the lesser of (i) the appraised value of
such Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage
Loan, and (ii) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at such time of origination, except in the case of a
Mortgaged Property securing a refinanced or modified Mortgage Loan as to which it is either the appraised
value based upon the appraisal made at the time of origination of the loan which was refinanced or modified
or the appraised value determined in an appraisal at the time of refinancing or modification, as the case may
be.
Assignment: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable
form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to
reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders, which
assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments
covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county, if permitted by law and
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to that effect.
Assignment Agreement: The Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated the Closing Date, between
Residential Funding and the Depositor relating to the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans, attached
hereto as Exhibit R.
Available Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the sum
of (i) the amount relating to the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Custodial Account as of the close of
business on the immediately preceding Determination Date, including any Subsequent Recoveries, and amounts
deposited in the Custodial Account in connection with the substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans, (ii) the amount of any Advance made on the immediately preceding Certificate Account Deposit Date with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, (iii) any amount deposited in the Certificate Account on the related
Certificate Account Deposit Date pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.12(a) in respect of the
Mortgage Loans, (iv) any amount that the Master Servicer is not permitted to withdraw from the Custodial
Account pursuant to Section 3.16(e) in respect of the Mortgage Loans, and (v) any amount deposited in the
Certificate Account pursuant to Section 4.07 or 9.01 in respect of the Mortgage Loans, reduced by (b) the sum
as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Determination Date of (x) the Amount Held for Future
Distribution with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (y) amounts permitted to be withdrawn by the Master Servicer
from the Custodial Account in respect of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to clauses (ii)-(x), inclusive, of
Section 3.10(a) and (z) any Net Swap Payments required to be made to the Swap Counterparty and Swap
Termination Payments not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event for such Distribution Date.
Balloon Loan: Each of the Mortgage Loans having an original term to maturity that is shorter than the
related amortization term.
Balloon Payment: With respect to any Balloon Loan, the related Monthly Payment payable on the stated
maturity date of such Balloon Loan.
Bankruptcy Code: The Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
Basis Risk Shortfalls: With respect to each Class of the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates
and Class B Certificates, and any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) with respect to any Distribution Date on
which the Net WAC Cap Rate is used to determine the Pass-Through Rate of such Class, an amount equal to the
excess of (x) Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class calculated at a per annum rate equal to LIBOR plus
the related Margin for such Distribution Date (which shall not exceed 14.000% per annum), over (y) Accrued
Certificate Interest for such Class calculated using the Net WAC Cap Rate, (b) any shortfalls for such
Class calculated pursuant to clause (a) above remaining unpaid from prior Distribution Dates, and (c) one
month's interest on the amount in clause (b) (based on the number of days in the preceding Interest Accrual
Period) at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate for such period.
Book-Entry Certificate: Any Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in the State of California, the State of Minnesota, the State of Texas, the State of New York or
the State of Illinois (and such other state or states in which the Custodial Account or the Certificate
Account are at the time located) are required or authorized by law or executive order to be closed.
Calendar Quarter: A Calendar Quarter shall consist of one of the following time periods in any given
year: January 1 through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30, and October 1
through December 31.
Capitalization Reimbursement Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount of Advances or
Servicing Advances that were added to the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans during the prior
calendar month and reimbursed to the Master Servicer or Subservicer on or prior to such Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(vii).
Cash Liquidation: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other than a Mortgage Loan as to which
an REO Acquisition occurred, a determination by the Master Servicer that it has received all Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer reasonably and
in good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to such Mortgage Loan.
Certificate: Any Class A Certificate, Class M Certificate, Class B Certificate, Class SB Certificate
or Class R Certificate.
Certificate Account: The account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 4.01, which
shall be entitled "U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, in trust for the registered holders of
Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2006-KS4" and which account shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and which must be an
Eligible Account.
Certificate Account Deposit Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Business Day prior
thereto.
Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate
Register, except that neither a Disqualified Organization nor a Non-United States Person shall be a holder of
a Class R Certificate for any purpose hereof. Solely for the purpose of giving any consent or direction
pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate, other than a Class R Certificate, registered in the name of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer or any Subservicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be
outstanding and the Percentage Interest or Voting Rights evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in
determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests or Voting Rights necessary to effect any
such consent or direction has been obtained. All references herein to "Holders" or "Certificateholders"
shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such rights through the
Depository and participating members thereof, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that
the Trustee shall be required to recognize as a "Holder" or "Certificateholder" only the Person in whose name
a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, the
Custodial Agreement or the Assignment Agreement, whenever reference is made to the actions taken by the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner
of such Certificate, as reflected on the books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a
Depository Participant acts as agent, if any, and otherwise on the books of a Depository Participant, if any,
and otherwise on the books of the Depository.
Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any Class A Certificate, Class M Certificate or Class
B Certificate, on any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the Initial Certificate Principal Balance
of such Certificate as specified on the face thereof, minus (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate of all amounts
previously distributed with respect to such Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) and applied to
reduce the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.02(c) and (y) the aggregate of all
reductions in Certificate Principal Balance deemed to have occurred in connection with Realized Losses which
were previously allocated to such Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) pursuant to Section 4.05;
provided, that with respect to any Distribution Date, the Certificate Principal Balance of any outstanding
Class of Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates or Class B Certificates (with respect to the Class A
Certificates, on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Realized Loss previously allocated thereto and
remaining unreimbursed) to which a Realized Loss was previously allocated and remains unreimbursed will be
increased, to the extent of Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and remaining unreimbursed, but only
to the extent of Subsequent Recoveries received during the preceding calendar month. With respect to any
Class SB Certificate, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the Percentage Interest evidenced by
such Certificate, multiplied by an amount equal to (i) the excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (B) the then aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates then outstanding, which represents the sum
of (i) the Initial Principal Balance of the REMIC II Regular Interest SB-PO, as reduced by Realized Losses
allocated thereto and payments deemed made thereon, and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on the REMIC II
Regular Interest SB-IO, as reduced by Realized Losses allocated thereto. The Class R Certificates will not
have a Certificate Principal Balance.
Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar: The register maintained and the registrar appointed
pursuant to Section 5.02.
Class: Collectively, all of the Certificates or uncertificated interests bearing the same designation.
Class A Certificates: Collectively, the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-3
Certificates and Class A-4 Certificates.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is not in effect for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the
applicable Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
after giving effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on
that Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class A-1 Certificate: Any one of the Class A-1 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to
the Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect
to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right
to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class A-1 Margin: Initially, 0.40% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.80% per annum.
Class A-2 Certificate: Any one of the Class A-2 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to
the Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect
to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right
to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class A-2 Margin: Initially, 0.100% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.200% per annum.
Class A-3 Certificate: Any one of the Class A-3 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to
the Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect
to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right
to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class A-3 Margin: Initially, 0.150% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.300% per annum.
Class A-4 Certificate: Any one of the Class A-4 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to
the Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect
to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right
to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class A-4 Margin: Initially, 0.240% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.480% per annum.
Class B Certificate: Any one of the Class B Certificates executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-2, senior to the Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as
set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions and (ii) the right to receive payments under the Swap Agreement.
Class B Margin: Initially, 2.500% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 3.750% per annum.
Class B Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over
(B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution
Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving
effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M Certificates: Collectively, the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3
Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates,
Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates.
Class M-1 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6
Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-10
Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to
distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right
to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-1 Margin: Initially, 0.280% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.420% per annum.
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for
that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving
effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that
Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-2 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-2 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7
Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-10 Certificates, Class B Certificates,
Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized
Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest" in
REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right to receive payments under the Swap Agreement
and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-2 Margin: Initially, 0.290% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.435% per annum.
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates and Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and
(2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution
Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (2) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on
that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-3 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-3 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8
Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-10 Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates
and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to
pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-3 Margin: Initially, 0.300% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.450% per annum.
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount and
the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates and Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the
product of (1) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the excess,
if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions
to be made on that Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-4 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-4 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9
Certificates, Class M-10 Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates
with respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and
evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions, (ii) the right to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the
Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-4 Margin: Initially, 0.350% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.525% per annum.
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is not in effect for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates and Class M-3 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving
effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that
Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-5 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-5 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates,
Class M-10 Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to
distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right
to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-5 Margin: Initially, 0.390% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.585% per annum.
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for that Distribution Date,
the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates and
Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount,
the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and
(2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution
Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (2) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on
that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-6 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-6 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-10 Certificates, Class B
Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the allocation
of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular
interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right to receive payments under the
Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-6 Margin: Initially, 0.460% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 0.690% per annum.
Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount
and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is
not in effect for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates,
Class M-4 Certificates and Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount
and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x)
the product of (1) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to be made on that Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-7 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-7 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-10 Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as
set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the
obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-7 Margin: Initially, 0.900% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 1.350% per annum.
Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on
or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution
Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates,
Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates and Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving
effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that
Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-8 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-8 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-10 Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R
Certificates with respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to
pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-8 Margin: Initially, 1.100% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 1.650% per annum.
Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount and the
Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in
effect for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount and
the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates,
Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates and Class M-7 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and
(2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution
Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (2) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on
that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-9 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-9 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class M-10 Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with
respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing
(i) an interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii)
the right to receive payments under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO
Distribution Amount.
Class M-9 Margin: Initially, 2.000% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 3.000% per annum.
Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-7
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount,
Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates,
Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates and Class M-8
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-8
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-9 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of
(1) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any,
of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be
made on that Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-10 Certificate: Any one of the Class M-9 Certificates executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, senior to
the Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and
the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as
a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) the right to receive payments
under the Swap Agreement and (iii) the obligation to pay the Class IO Distribution Amount.
Class M-10 Margin: Initially, 2.500% per annum, and on any Distribution Date on or after the second
Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination Date, 3.750% per annum.
Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date,
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-7
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-9 Principal
Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date after
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount,
Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-9
Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates,
Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8
Certificates and Class M-9 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, Class M-7 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-9 Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving
effect to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on that
Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class R Certificate: Any one of the Class R Certificates executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D and evidencing an interest
designated as a "residual interest" in the REMICs for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class R-I
Certificates is designated as the sole class of "residual interest" in REMIC I, the Class R-II Certificates
is designated as the sole class of "residual interest" in REMIC II and the Class R-III Certificates is
designated as the sole class of "residual interest" in REMIC III .
Class SB Certificate: Any one of the Class SB Certificates executed by the Trustee and authenticated
by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, subordinate to the
Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates and the Class B Certificates with respect to distributions and
the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.05, and evidencing an interest comprised of
"regular interests" in REMIC III together with certain rights to payments under the Swap Agreements for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Clearance System: The Euroclear, Clearstream or both, as applicable.
Clearstream: Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme.
Closing Date: May 30, 2006.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating Interest: With respect to any Distribution Date, any amount paid by the Master Servicer
in accordance with Section 3.16(f).
Corporate Trust Office: The principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of
the execution of this instrument is located at U.S. Bank National Association, EP-MN-WS3D, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Structured Finance/RASC 2006-KS4.
Credit Repository: Equifax, Transunion and Experian, or their successors in interest.
Credit Risk Management Agreement: The Credit Risk Management Agreement, dated May 30, 2006, between
the Master Servicer and the Credit Risk Manager.
Credit Risk Manager: Xxxxxxx Fixed Income Services Inc., formerly known as The Murrayhill Company, a
Colorado corporation, its successors and assigns.
Credit Risk Manager Fee: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date, the premium payable
to the Credit Risk Manager at the Credit Risk Manager Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Due Period, divided by 12. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan, the Credit Risk Manager Fee will be paid monthly from the related Mortgage Rate in accordance
with this Agreement.
Credit Risk Manager Fee Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date, a rate equal to 0.014% per annum.
Curtailment: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor which is not a Principal Prepayment in Full.
Custodial Account: The custodial account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.07
in the name of a depository institution, as custodian for the holders of the Certificates, for the holders of
certain other interests in mortgage loans serviced or sold by the Master Servicer and for the Master
Servicer, into which the amounts set forth in Section 3.07 shall be deposited directly. Any such account or
accounts shall be an Eligible Account.
Custodial Agreement: An agreement that may be entered into among the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Custodian in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto.
Custodian: Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor custodian appointed pursuant to a Custodial
Agreement.
Cut-off Date: May 1, 2006.
Cut-off Date Balance: $700,370,078.88
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance
thereof at the Cut-off Date after giving effect to all installments of principal due on or prior thereto (or
due in the month of the Cut-off Date), whether or not received.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction in the scheduled Monthly
Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code, except such a reduction constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent
forgiveness of principal.
Defaulting Party: As defined in the Swap Agreement.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a court of competent
jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the then outstanding indebtedness under the
Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any scheduled
Monthly Payment that constitutes a permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction results
from a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificate: Any definitive, fully registered Certificate.
Definitive Class B Certificate: Any Definitive Regulation S Class B Certificate or Definitive U.S.
Class B Certificate.
Definitive Regulation S Class B Certificate: As defined in Section 5.01(b). A form of Definitive
Regulation S Class B Certificate will be issued substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B-2 hereto.
Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate: As defined in Section 5.01(b). A form of Definitive U.S. Class
B Certificate will be issued substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B-2 hereto.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan.
Delinquent: As used herein, a Mortgage Loan is considered to be: "30 to 59 days" or "30 or more days"
delinquent when a payment due on any scheduled due date remains unpaid as of the close of business on the
next following monthly scheduled due date; "60 to 89 days" or "60 or more days" delinquent when a payment due
on any scheduled due date remains unpaid as of the close of business on the second following monthly
scheduled due date; and so on. The determination as to whether a Mortgage Loan falls into these categories
is made as of the close of business on the last business day of each month. For example, a Mortgage Loan
with a payment due on July 1 that remained unpaid as of the close of business on August 31 would then be
considered to be 30 to 59 days delinquent. Delinquency information as of the Cut-off Date is determined and
prepared as of the close of business on the last business day immediately prior to the Cut-off Date.
Depositor: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Depository: The Depository Trust Company, or any successor Depository hereafter named. The nominee
of the initial Depository for purposes of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry
Certificates is Cede & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and a "clearing agency"
registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for
whom from time to time a Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
Destroyed Mortgage Note: A Mortgage Note the original of which was permanently lost or destroyed and
has not been replaced.
Determination Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 20th day (or if such 20th day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 20th day) of the month of the related Distribution
Date.
Disqualified Organization: Any organization defined as a "disqualified organization" under
Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code, including, if not otherwise included, any of the following: (i) the United
States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its
activities are subject to tax and, except for Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not
selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization, or any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers' cooperatives
described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code
(including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) and (iv) rural
electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. A Disqualified
Organization also includes any "electing large partnership," as defined in Section 775(a) of the Code and any
other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause any REMIC or any Person having an Ownership
Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax
imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms "United States," "State" and "international organization"
shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.
Distribution Compliance Period. The period ending on the 40th day after the later of the conclusion
of the offering of the Class B Certificates and the Closing Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of any month beginning in June 2006 or, if such 25th day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day.
DTC Letter: The Letter of Representations, dated May 26, 2006, between the Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust Fund, and the Depository.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, the day during the related Due
Period on which the Monthly Payment is due.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month of such Distribution Date.
Early Termination Date: Shall have the meaning set forth in the Swap Agreement.
Eligible Account: An account that is any of the following: (i) maintained with a depository
institution the debt obligations of which have been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest rating
available, or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository institution in which such accounts are fully
insured to the limits established by the FDIC, provided that any deposits not so insured shall, to the extent
acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing, be maintained such that (as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and each Rating Agency) the registered Holders of Certificates
have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first security interest against any
collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims
of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which such account is maintained, or
(iii) in the case of the Custodial Account, a trust account or accounts maintained in the corporate trust
department of U.S. Bank National Association, or (iv) in the case of the Certificate Account, a trust account
or accounts maintained in the corporate trust division of U.S. Bank National Association, or (v) an account
or accounts of a depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency (as evidenced in writing by each
Rating Agency that use of any such account as the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account will not
reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the then-current rating
assigned to such Certificates by such Rating Agency).
Eligible Master Servicing Compensation: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of
(a) one-twelfth of 0.125% of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans immediately preceding
such Distribution Date and (b) the sum of the Servicing Fee and all income and gain on amounts held in the
Custodial Account and the Certificate Account and payable to the Certificateholders with respect to such
Distribution Date; provided that for purposes of this definition the amount of the Servicing Fee will not be
reduced pursuant to Section 7.02(a) except as may be required pursuant to the last sentence of such Section.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Euroclear: Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Cash Flow: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the excess
of (i) the Available Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date over (ii) the sum of (a) the Interest
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date and (b) the lesser of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and (2) the Principal Remittance Amount for that Distribution Date to the extent not
applied to pay interest on the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates on such
Distribution Date, (B) the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount, if any, for that Distribution Date and
(C) any Net Swap Payments received by the Trustee under the Swap Agreement for that Distribution Date and
deposited in the Swap Account pursuant to Section 4.10(c).
Excess Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of
(a) the Overcollateralization Amount on such Distribution Date over (b) the Required Overcollateralization
Amount for such Distribution Date.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Date: The date on which all Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificates have been
exchanged for Permanent Regulation S Class B Certificates.
Expense Fee Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date of determination, the sum of the
(i) applicable Servicing Fee Rate, (ii) the per annum rate at which the applicable Subservicing Fee accrues
and (iii) and the related Credit Risk Manager Fee Rate.
Xxxxxx Mae: Xxxxxx Xxx, a federally chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing
under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
Final Distribution Date: The Distribution Date on which the final distribution in respect of the
Certificates will be made pursuant to Section 9.01, which Final Distribution Date shall in no event be later
than the end of the 90-day liquidation period described in Section 9.02.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: Solely for purposes of the face of the Certificates, as follows:
with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates, the Distribution Date occurring in March 2028; with respect to
the Class A-2 Certificates the Distribution Date occurring in July 2031; with respect to the Class A-3
Certificates the Distribution Date occurring in January 2035; and with respect to the Class A-4 Certificates,
Class M Certificates and the Class B Certificates, the Distribution Date occurring in June 2036. No event of
default under this Agreement will arise or become applicable solely by reason of the failure to retire the
entire Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates or Class B
Certificates on or before its Final Scheduled Distribution Date.
Fixed Swap Payment: With respect to any Distribution Date on or prior to the distribution date in
January 2010, an amount equal to the product of (x) a fixed rate equal to 5.45% per annum, (y) the Swap
Agreement Notional Balance for that Distribution Date and (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and
the denominator of which is 360.
Floating Swap Payment: With respect to any Distribution Date on or prior to the Distribution Date in
January 2010, an amount equal to the product of (x) Swap LIBOR, (y) the Swap Agreement Notional Balance for
that Distribution Date and (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of days in the
related calculation period as provided in the Swap Agreement and the denominator of which is 360.
Foreclosure Profits: With respect to any Distribution Date or related Determination Date and any
Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and REO Proceeds (net of all
amounts reimbursable therefrom pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(ii)) in respect of each Mortgage Loan or REO
Property for which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred in the related Prepayment Period over the
sum of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property (determined, in the case of an REO
Disposition, in accordance with Section 3.14) plus accrued and unpaid interest at the Mortgage Rate on such
unpaid principal balance from the Due Date to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the first day
of the month following the month in which such Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred.
Form 10-K Certification: As defined in Section 4.03(e).
Xxxxxxx Mac: Xxxxxxx Mac, a corporate instrumentality of the United States created and existing under
Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Global Class B Certificate: A Regulation S Global Class B Certificate or a Rule 144A Global Class B
Certificate, as applicable.
Gross Margin: With respect to each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in
the related Mortgage Note and indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the "NOTE MARGIN," which percentage
is added to the related Index on each Adjustment Date to determine (subject to rounding in accordance with
the related Mortgage Note, the Periodic Cap, the Maximum Mortgage Rate and the Minimum Mortgage Rate) the
interest rate to be borne by such Mortgage Loan until the next Adjustment Date.
HUD: The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Independent: When used with respect to any specified Person, means such a Person who (i) is in fact
independent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) does not
have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Depositor, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee or in an Affiliate thereof, and (iii) is not connected with the Depositor, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person
performing similar functions.
Index: With respect to any adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan and as to any Adjustment Date therefor, the
related index as stated in the related Mortgage Note.
Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to each Class of Certificates (other than the
Class R Certificates), the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates as of the Closing Date
as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to any Primary Insurance
Policy or any other related insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are
payable to the mortgagee under the Mortgage, any Subservicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee and are not
applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to the Distribution Date in June 2006, the period commencing
the Closing Date and ending on the day preceding the Distribution Date in June 2006, and with respect to any
Distribution Date after the Distribution Date in June 2006, the period commencing on the Distribution Date in
the month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the day
preceding such Distribution Date.
Interest Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the amounts payable pursuant to
Section 4.02(c)(i) and (ii).
Interim Certification: As defined in Section 2.02.
Late Collections: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all amounts received during any Due Period,
whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise,
which represent late payments or collections of Monthly Payments due but delinquent for a previous Due Period
and not previously recovered.
LIBOR: With respect to any Distribution Date, the arithmetic mean of the London interbank offered
rate quotations for one-month U.S. Dollar deposits, expressed on a per annum basis, determined in accordance
with Section 1.02.
LIBOR Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in London, England are required or authorized by law to be closed.
LIBOR Certificates: Collectively, the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B
Certificates.
LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date: With respect to each Distribution Date, the second LIBOR Business Day
immediately preceding the commencement of the related Interest Accrual Period.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds) received by the Master Servicer in
connection with the taking of an entire Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or
condemnation or in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan through trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than REO Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: As of any date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the current principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the date of determination and the
denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
Margin: The Class A-1 Margin, Class A-2 Margin, Class A-3 Margin, Class A-4 Margin, Class M-1 Margin,
Class M-2 Margin, Class M-3 Margin, Class M-4 Margin, Class M-5 Margin, Class M-6 Margin, Class M-7 Margin,
Class M-8 Margin, Class M-9 Margin, Class M-10 Margin or Class B Margin, as applicable.
Marker Rate: With respect to the Class SB Certificates or REMIC III Regular Interest SB-IO and any
Distribution Date, in relation to the REMIC II Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3, and LT4, a per annum rate
equal to two (2) times the weighted average of the Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rates for REMIC II
Regular Interest LT2 and REMIC II Regular Interest LT3.
Master Servicer: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Maturity Date: With respect to each Class of Certificates representing ownership of regular interests
or Uncertificated Regular Interest issued by each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III the latest possible
maturity date, solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations, by which the
Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class of Certificates representing a regular interest in the Trust
Fund would be reduced to zero, which is, for each such regular interest, June 25, 2036, which is the
Distribution Date occurring in the month following the last scheduled monthly payment of the Mortgage Loans.
Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to any adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the per annum rate
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the "NOTE CEILING," which rate is the maximum interest rate that
may be applicable to such Mortgage Loan at any time during the life of such Mortgage Loan.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
MERS(R)System: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS(R)System.
Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to any adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal to
the greater of (i) the Note Margin and (ii) the rate indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the "NOTE
FLOOR," which rate may be applicable to such Mortgage Loan at any time during the life of such Mortgage Loan.
Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that has been the subject of a Servicing Modification.
Modified Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is the subject of a Servicing
Modification, the Net Mortgage Rate minus the rate per annum by which the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan
was reduced.
MOM Loan: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan,
solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination
thereof.
Monthly Payment: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) and the Due Date in
any Due Period, the payment of principal and interest due thereon in accordance with the amortization
schedule at the time applicable thereto (after adjustment, if any, for Curtailments and for Deficient
Valuations occurring prior to such Due Date but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason
of any bankruptcy, other than a Deficient Valuation, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar
waiver or grace period and before any Servicing Modification that constitutes a reduction of the interest
rate on such Mortgage Loan).
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or its successors in interest.
Mortgage: With respect to each Mortgage Note, the mortgage, deed of trust or other comparable
instrument creating a first or junior lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real property
securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.01 as from time to time are held or deemed to be held as a part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage
Loans originally so held being identified in the initial Mortgage Loan Schedule, and Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans held or deemed held as part of the Trust Fund including, without limitation, each related
Mortgage Note, Mortgage and Mortgage File and all rights appertaining thereto.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The lists of the Mortgage Loans attached hereto as Exhibit F (as amended from
time to time to reflect the addition of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans), which lists shall set forth at
a minimum the following information as to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number ("RFC LOAN #");
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) the maturity of the Mortgage Note ("MATURITY DATE," or "MATURITY DT");
(iv) for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Rate as of origination ("ORIG
RATE");
(v) the Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date ("CURR RATE");
(vi) the Net Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date ("CURR NET");
(vii) the scheduled monthly payment of principal, if any, and interest as of the Cut-off Date
("ORIGINAL P & I" or "CURRENT P & I");
(viii) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance ("PRINCIPAL BAL");
(ix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination ("LTV");
(x) a code "T," "BT" or "CT" under the column "LN FEATURE," indicating that the Mortgage
Loan is secured by a second or vacation residence (the absence of any such code means the Mortgage Loan is
secured by a primary residence);
(xi) a code "N" under the column "OCCP CODE," indicating that the Mortgage Loan is secured
by a non-owner occupied residence (the absence of any such code means the Mortgage Loan is secured by an
owner occupied residence);
(xii) for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the Maximum Mortgage Rate ("NOTE CEILING");
(xiii) for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the maximum Net Mortgage Rate ("NET CEILING");
(xiv) for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the Note Margin ("NOTE MARGIN");
(xv) for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the first Adjustment Date after the Cut-off
Date ("NXT INT CHG DT");
(xvi) for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Cap ("PERIODIC DECR" or "PERIODIC
INCR");
(xvii) [reserved]; and
(xviii)for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the rounding of the semi-annual or annual
adjustment to the Mortgage Rate ("NOTE METHOD").
Such schedules may consist of multiple reports that collectively set forth all of the information
required.
Mortgage Note: The originally executed note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, together with any modification thereto.
Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the interest rate borne by the related Mortgage
Note, or any modification thereto other than a Servicing Modification. The Mortgage Rate on the
adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans will adjust on each Adjustment Date to equal the sum (rounded to the nearest
multiple of one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) or up to the nearest one-eighth of one percent, which are
indicated by a "U" on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except in the case of the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans
indicated by an "X" on the Mortgage Loan Schedule under the heading "NOTE METHOD"), of the related Index plus
the Note Margin, in each case subject to the applicable Periodic Cap, Maximum Mortgage Rate and Minimum
Mortgage Rate.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying real property securing a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date of determination, a per annum
rate equal to the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan as of such date minus the related Expense Fee Rate.
Net Swap Payment: With respect to each Distribution Date, the net payment required to be made
pursuant to the terms of the Swap Agreement by either the Swap Counterparty or the Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust, which net payment shall not take into account any Swap Termination Payment.
Net WAC Cap Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate (which will not be less
than zero) equal to (i) the product of (a) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates (or, if applicable,
the Modified Net Mortgage Rates) on the Mortgage Loans using the Net Mortgage Rates in effect for the Monthly
Payments due on such Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period, weighted on the basis of the respective
Stated Principal Balances thereof for such Distribution Date, and (b) a fraction expressed as percentage, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Interest
Accrual Period minus (ii) the product of (a) a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the amount of any Net Swap Payments or Swap Termination Payment not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event
owed to the Swap Counterparty as of such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (b) a fraction expressed as
percentage, the numerator of which is 360 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period.
Non-Permitted Holder: A Holder or Beneficial Owner of an interest in a Global Class B Certificate or
a Definitive Class B Certificate that is a United States Person and (i) with respect to a Global Class B
Certificate, is not a Qualified Institutional Buyer and that becomes the Beneficial Owner of an interest in a
Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate, (ii) with respect to a Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate, is not (x)
a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (y) an Accredited Investor and that becomes the Beneficial Owner of an
interest in a Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate or (iii) does not have an exemption available under the
Securities Act.
Non-United States Person: Any Person other than a United States Person.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any Advance previously made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer or
Subservicer in respect of a Mortgage Loan (other than a Deleted Mortgage Loan) which, in the good faith
judgment of the Master Servicer, will not, or, in the case of a proposed Advance, would not, be ultimately
recoverable by the Master Servicer from related Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or
REO Proceeds. To the extent that any Mortgagor is not obligated under the related Mortgage documents to pay
or reimburse any portion of any Servicing Advances that are outstanding with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan as a result of a modification of such Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer, which forgives amounts which
the Master Servicer or Subservicer had previously advanced, and the Master Servicer determines that no other
source of payment or reimbursement for such advances is available to it, such Servicing Advances shall be
deemed to be Nonrecoverable Advances. The determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Advance shall be evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer, Responsible Officer or
Vice President or its equivalent or senior officer of the Master Servicer, delivered to the Depositor, the
Trustee, and the Master Servicer setting forth such determination, which shall include any other information
or reports obtained by the Master Servicer such as property operating statements, rent rolls, property
inspection reports and engineering reports, which may support such determinations. Notwithstanding the
above, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any determination by the Master Servicer that any Advance
previously made is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made, would constitute a
Nonrecoverable Advance.
Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that, at the time of reference thereto, is not
subject to a Subservicing Agreement.
Non-United States Person: A Person who is not a United States Person.
Note Margin: With respect to each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in
the related Mortgage Note and indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the "NOTE MARGIN," which percentage
is added to the Index on each Adjustment Date to determine (subject to rounding in accordance with the
related Mortgage Note, the Periodic Cap, the Maximum Mortgage Rate and the Minimum Mortgage Rate) the
interest rate to be borne by such adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan until the next Adjustment Date.
Officers' Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice
President, Assistant Vice President, Director, Managing Director, the Treasurer, the Secretary, an Assistant
Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, and
delivered to the Trustee, as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel acceptable to the Trustee and the Master Servicer,
who may be counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer, provided that any opinion of counsel (i)
referred to in the definition of "Disqualified Organization" or (ii) relating to the qualification of any
REMIC hereunder as a REMIC or compliance with the REMIC Provisions must, unless otherwise specified, be an
opinion of Independent counsel.
Optional Termination Date: Any Distribution Date on or after which the Stated Principal Balance
(after giving effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date) of the Mortgage Loans is less
than 10.00% of the Cut-off Date Balance.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: With respect to the Due Date in any Due Period, a Mortgage Loan (including
an REO Property) that was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full, Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition and that was not purchased, deleted or substituted for prior to such Due Date pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07.
Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans before giving effect to distributions of principal
to be made on such Distribution Date over (b) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates immediately prior to such date.
Overcollateralization Floor: An amount equal to the product of 0.50% and the Cut-off Date Balance.
Overcollateralization Increase Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of
(a) Excess Cash Flow for that Distribution Date (to the extent not used to cover the amounts described in
clauses (iv) and (v) of the definition of Principal Distribution Amount as of such Distribution Date), and
(b) the excess of (1) the Required Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date over (2) the
Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date on which the Excess
Overcollateralization Amount is, after taking into account all other distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date, greater than zero, the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall be equal to the lesser
of (i) the Excess Overcollateralization Amount for that Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal Remittance
Amount on such Distribution Date.
Ownership Interest: With respect to any Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such
Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein,
whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
Pass-Through Rate: With respect to each Class of Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and
Class B Certificates and any Distribution Date, the least of (i) a per annum rate equal to LIBOR plus the
related Margin for such Distribution Date, (ii) 14.000% per annum and (iii) the Net WAC Cap Rate for such
Distribution Date.
With respect to the Class SB Certificates or the REMIC III Regular Interest SB-IO and any Distribution
Date, a per annum rate equal to the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of
the amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) below, and the denominator of which is the
aggregate principal balance of the REMIC II Regular Interests. For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through
Rate for the Class SB Certificates or the REMIC III Regular Interest SB-IO, the numerator is equal to the sum
of the following components:
(i) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest LT1 minus the
related Marker Rate, applied to a notional amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II
Regular Interest LT1;
(ii) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest LT2 minus the
related Marker Rate, applied to a notional amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II
Regular Interest LT2; and
(iii) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest LT4 minus twice the
related Marker Rate, applied to a notional amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II
Regular Interest LT4.
Paying Agent: U.S. Bank National Association or any successor Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee.
Percentage Interest: With respect to any Class A Certificate, Class M Certificate or Class B
Certificate, the undivided percentage ownership interest in the related Class evidenced by such Certificate,
which percentage ownership interest shall be equal to the Initial Certificate Principal Balance thereof
divided by the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of all of the Certificates of the same Class.
The Percentage Interest with respect to a Class SB Certificate or Class R Certificate shall be stated on the
face thereof.
Periodic Cap: With respect to each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the periodic rate cap that limits
the increase or the decrease of the related Mortgage Rate on any Adjustment Date pursuant to the terms of the
related Mortgage Note.
Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificate: As defined in Section 5.01(b). A form of Permanent
Regulation S Global Class B Certificate will be issued substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B-2
hereto.
Permitted Investments: One or more of the following:
(i) obligations of or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (i) maturing not more than one
month from the date of acquisition thereof, provided that the unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to
repurchase such obligations are at the time rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating
available;
(iii) federal funds, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits and bankers'
acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the case of bankers'
acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of
more than 30 days) denominated in United States dollars of any U.S. depository institution or trust company
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or of any domestic branch of a foreign
depository institution or trust company; provided that the debt obligations of such depository institution or
trust company at the date of acquisition thereof have been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
short-term rating available; and, provided further that, if the original maturity of such short-term
obligations of a domestic branch of a foreign depository institution or trust company shall exceed 30 days,
the short-term rating of such institution shall be A-1+ in the case of Standard & Poor's if Standard & Poor's
is a Rating Agency;
(iv) commercial paper and demand notes (having original maturities of not more than
365 days) of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which on
the date of acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short term rating available;
provided that such commercial paper and demand notes shall have a remaining maturity of not more than 30 days;
(v) a money market fund or a qualified investment fund rated by each Rating Agency in its
highest long-term rating available (which may be managed by the Trustee or one of its Affiliates); and
(vi) other obligations or securities that are acceptable to each Rating Agency as a
Permitted Investment hereunder and will not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such
Rating Agency below the then-current rating assigned to such Certificates by such Rating Agency, as evidenced
in writing;
provided, however, that no instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if it represents, either (1) the right
to receive only interest payments with respect to the underlying debt instrument or (2) the right to receive
both principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the principal
and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity greater than 120% of the
yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations. References herein to the highest rating available on
unsecured long-term debt shall mean AAA in the case of Standard & Poor's and Aaa in the case of Moody's, and
for purposes of this Agreement, any references herein to the highest rating available on unsecured commercial
paper and short-term debt obligations shall mean the following: A-1 in the case of Standard & Poor's and P-1
in the case of Moody's; provided, however, that any Permitted Investment that is a short-term debt obligation
rated A-1 by Standard & Poor's must satisfy the following additional conditions: (i) the total amount of debt
from A-1 issuers must be limited to the investment of monthly principal and interest payments (assuming fully
amortizing collateral); (ii) the total amount of A-1 investments must not represent more than 20% of the
aggregate outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates and each investment must not mature
beyond 30 days; (iii) the terms of the debt must have a predetermined fixed dollar amount of principal due at
maturity that cannot vary; and (iv) if the investments may be liquidated prior to their maturity or are being
relied on to meet a certain yield, interest must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a single fixed
spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index. Any Permitted Investment may be purchased by
or through the Trustee or its Affiliates.
Permitted Transferee: Any Transferee of a Class R Certificate, other than a Disqualified Organization
or Non-United States Person.
Person: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Prepayment Assumption: With respect to the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B
Certificates, the prepayment assumption to be used for determining the accrual of original issue discount and
premium and market discount on such Certificates for federal income tax purposes, which (a) with respect to
the fixed-rate Mortgage Loans, assumes a constant prepayment rate of one-tenth of 23% per annum of the then
outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the fixed-rate Mortgage Loans in the first month of the life of such
Mortgage Loans and an additional one-tenth of 23% per annum in each month thereafter until the tenth month,
and beginning in the tenth month and in each month thereafter during the life of the fixed-rate Mortgage
Loans, a constant prepayment rate of 23% per annum each month ("23% HEP") and (b) with respect to the
adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans assumes a prepayment assumption of 2% of the constant prepayment rate in month
one, increasing by approximately 2.545% from month 2 until month 12, a constant prepayment rate of 30% from
month 12 to month 22, a constant prepayment rate of 50% from month 23 to month 27, and a constant prepayment
rate of 35% thereafter, used for determining the accrual of original issue discount and premium and market
discount on the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates for federal income tax
purposes. The constant prepayment rate assumes that the stated percentage of the outstanding Stated
Principal Balance of the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans is prepaid over the course of a year.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (other
than a Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property) that was the subject of (a) a Principal Prepayment in Full
during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the excess of one month's interest at the related
Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan over the amount of interest (adjusted to the related Net Mortgage
Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan)) paid by the Mortgagor for such
Prepayment Period to the date of such Principal Prepayment in Full or (b) a Curtailment during the prior
calendar month, an amount equal to one month's interest at the related Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net
Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) on the amount of such Curtailment.
Prepayment Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month of
distribution.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each primary policy of mortgage guaranty insurance as indicated by a
numeric code on the Mortgage Loan Schedule with the exception of code "A23," "A34" or "A96" under the column
"MI CO CODE."
Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the excess of
(x) the Available Distribution Amount over (y) the Interest Distribution Amount, and (b) the sum of:
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment received or Advanced with respect to the
related Due Period on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan;
(ii) the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan repurchased during the related
Prepayment Period (or deemed to have been so repurchased in accordance with Section 3.07(b)) pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07 and the amount of any shortfall deposited in the Custodial Account in
connection with the substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04 during the
related Prepayment Period;
(iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled collections, other than Subsequent
Recoveries, on the Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, Principal Prepayments in Full,
Curtailments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) received during the related
Prepayment Period (or deemed to have been so received) to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as
recoveries of principal of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.14;
(iv) the lesser of (1) Subsequent Recoveries for such Distribution Date and (2) the
principal portion of any Realized Losses allocated to any Class of Certificates on a prior Distribution Date
and remaining unpaid;
(v) the lesser of (1) the Excess Cash Flow for such Distribution Date (to the extent not
used pursuant to clause (iv) of this definition on such Distribution Date) and (2) the principal portion of
any Realized Losses incurred (or deemed to have been incurred) on any Mortgage Loans in the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date; and
(vi) the lesser of (1) the Excess Cash Flow for that Distribution Date (to the extent not
used pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) of this definition on such Distribution Date) and (2) the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such Distribution Date;
minus
(vii) (A) the amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date
and (B) the amount of any Capitalization Reimbursement Amount for such Distribution Date.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal or other recovery on a Mortgage Loan, including a
recovery that takes the form of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, which is received in advance of
its scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled interest on
such payment due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor of the entire principal
balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Principal Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, all amounts described in clauses
(b)(i) through (iii) of the definition of Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date.
Program Guide: The AlterNet Seller Guide as incorporated into the Residential Funding Seller Guide
for mortgage collateral sellers that participate in Residential Funding's AlterNet Mortgage Program, and
Residential Funding's Servicing Guide and any other subservicing arrangements which Residential Funding has
arranged to accommodate the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and in each case all supplements and amendments
thereto published by Residential Funding.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) required to be or otherwise
purchased on any date pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of
the Stated Principal Balance thereof plus the principal portion of any related unreimbursed Advances and (ii)
unpaid accrued interest at either (a) the Adjusted Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case
of a Modified Mortgage Loan) plus the rate per annum at which the Servicing Fee is calculated, or (b) in the
case of a purchase made by the Master Servicer, at the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in
the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) plus the Credit Risk Manager Fee Rate, in each case on the Stated
Principal Balance thereof to the first day of the month following the month of purchase from the Due Date to
which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor. With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) required
to be or otherwise purchased on any date pursuant to Section 4.08, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the
sum of (a) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof plus the principal portion of any related
unreimbursed Advances of such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) and (b) unpaid accrued interest at either (1)
the Adjusted Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) plus the
rate per annum at which the Servicing Fee is calculated, or (2) in the case of a purchase made by the Master
Servicer, at the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan),
in each case on the Stated Principal Balance thereof to the first day of the month following the month of
purchase from the Due Date to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor, and (ii) the fair market value
of such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property).
Qualified Institutional Buyer: The meaning specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by Residential Funding or the
Depositor for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, as confirmed in an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of
the principal portion of the monthly payment due in the month of substitution (or in the case of a
substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate outstanding principal
balance, after such deduction), not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan
(the amount of any shortfall to be deposited by Residential Funding, in the Custodial Account in the month of
substitution); (ii) have a Mortgage Rate and a Net Mortgage Rate no lower than and not more than 1% per annum
higher than the Mortgage Rate and Net Mortgage Rate, respectively, of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the
date of substitution; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio at the time of substitution no higher than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan at the time of substitution; (iv) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater
than (and not more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) comply with each
representation and warranty set forth in Sections 2.03 and 2.04 hereof and Section 4 of the Assignment
Agreement (other than the representations and warranties set forth therein with respect to the number of
loans (including the related percentage) in excess of zero which meet or do not meet a specified criteria);
(vi) not be 30 days or more Delinquent; (vii) not be subject to the requirements of HOEPA (as defined in the
Assignment Agreement); (viii) have a policy of title insurance, in the form and amount that is in material
compliance with the Program Guide, that was effective as of the closing of such Mortgage Loan, is valid and
binding, and remains in full force and effect, unless the Mortgage Property is located in the State of Iowa
where an attorney's certificate has been provided as described in the Program Guide; (ix) if the Deleted Loan
is not a Balloon Loan, not be a Balloon Loan; (x) with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, have a
Mortgage Rate that adjusts with the same frequency and based upon the same Index as that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (xi) with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, have a Note Margin not less than that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (xii) with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, have a Periodic Rate Cap
that is equal to that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (xiii) with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage
Loans, have a next Adjustment Date no later than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan.
Rating Agency: Each of Standard & Poor's and Moody's. If any agency or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such statistical credit rating agency, or other comparable Person,
designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Master
Servicer.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as to which a Cash Liquidation or
REO Disposition has occurred, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, plus (ii) interest
(and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last
paid or advanced to Certificateholders up to the last day of the month in which the Cash Liquidation (or REO
Disposition) occurred on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) outstanding
during each Due Period that such interest was not paid or advanced, minus (iii) the proceeds, if any,
received during the month in which such Cash Liquidation (or REO Disposition) occurred, to the extent applied
as recoveries of interest at the Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Mortgage Loan, net of the portion
thereof reimbursable to the Master Servicer or any Subservicer with respect to related Advances, Servicing
Advances or other expenses as to which the Master Servicer or Subservicer is entitled to reimbursement
thereunder but which have not been previously reimbursed. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which is the
subject of a Servicing Modification, (a) (1) the amount by which the interest portion of a Monthly Payment or
the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan was reduced or (2) the sum of any other amounts owing under the
Mortgage Loan that were forgiven and that constitute Servicing Advances that are reimbursable to the Master
Servicer or a Subservicer, and (b) any such amount with respect to a Monthly Payment that was or would have
been due in the month immediately following the month in which a Principal Prepayment or the Purchase Price
of such Mortgage Loan is received or is deemed to have been received. With respect to each Mortgage Loan
which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
object of a Debt Service Reduction, the amount of such Debt Service Reduction. Notwithstanding the above,
neither a Deficient Valuation nor a Debt Service Reduction shall be deemed a Realized Loss hereunder so long
as the Master Servicer has notified the Trustee in writing that the Master Servicer is diligently pursuing
any remedies that may exist in connection with the representations and warranties made regarding the related
Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in default with regard to payments due
thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of principal and interest under the related Mortgage Loan and any
premiums on any applicable primary hazard insurance policy and any related escrow payments in respect of such
Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current basis by the Master Servicer or a Subservicer, in either case
without giving effect to any Debt Service Reduction.
Realized Losses allocated to the Class SB Certificates shall be allocated first to the REMIC III
Regular Interest SB-IO in reduction of the accrued but unpaid interest thereon until such accrued and unpaid
interest shall have been reduced to zero and then to the REMIC III Regular Interest SB-PO in reduction of the
Principal Balance thereof.
To the extent the Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries with respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the amount of the Realized Loss with respect to that Mortgage Loan will be reduced to the extent such
recoveries are applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates on any
Distribution Date.
Record Date: With respect to each Distribution Date and the LIBOR Certificates, the Business Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date. With respect to each Distribution Date and the Certificates
(other than the LIBOR Certificates), the close of business on the last Business Day of the month next
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs, except in the case of the first Record
Date which shall be the Closing Date.
Reference Bank Rate: As defined in Section 1.02.
Regular Interest: Any one of the regular interests in the REMICs.
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
ss.ss.229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and
interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities,
Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Class B Certificate: A Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificate or a
Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate, as applicable.
Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended.
Relief Act Shortfalls: Interest shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans resulting from the Relief Act or
similar legislation or regulations.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
As used herein, the term "REMIC" shall mean REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III.
REMIC Administrator: Residential Funding Corporation. If Residential Funding Corporation is found by
a court of competent jurisdiction to no longer be able to fulfill its obligations as REMIC Administrator
under this Agreement the Master Servicer or Trustee acting as successor Master Servicer shall appoint a
successor REMIC Administrator, subject to assumption of the REMIC Administrator obligations under this
Agreement.
REMIC Interest Amount: For any Distribution Date and each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class reduced by the portion thereof attributable to
the excess, if any, of the related Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date over the related REMIC II Net
WAC Rate for such Distribution Date.
REMIC I: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto (exclusive of the Swap Account and the Swap
Agreement), constituting a portion of the primary trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, with
respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be made, consisting of:
(i) the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Files;
(ii) all payments on and collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off
Date (other than Monthly Payments due in the month of the Cut-off Date) as shall be on deposit in the
Custodial Account or in the Certificate Account and identified as belonging to the Trust Fund;
(iii) property which secured a Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired for the benefit of
the Certificateholders by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure;
(iv) the hazard insurance policies and Primary Insurance Policies pertaining to the Mortgage
Loans, if any; and
(v) all proceeds of clauses (i) through (iv) above.
REMIC I Available Distribution Amount: The Available Distribution Amount increased by the amount of
any Net Swap Payment described in clause (b)(z) thereof.
REMIC I Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the REMIC I Available Distribution Amount
shall be distributed to REMIC II in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-I Certificates
in the following amounts and priority:
(a) to REMIC I Regular Interest A-I and REMIC I Regular Interest I-1-A through I-44-B, pro
rata, in an amount equal to (A) Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such REMIC I Regular Interests for such
Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts payable in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous
Distribution Dates; and
(b) to the extent of amounts remaining after the distributions made pursuant to clause (a)
above, payments of principal shall be allocated as follows: first, to REMIC I Regular Interests I-1-A through
I-44-B starting with the lowest numerical denomination until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero, provided that, for REMIC I Regular Interests with the same
numerical denomination, such payments of principal shall be allocated pro rata between such REMIC I Regular
Interests and second, to the extent of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount to REMIC I Regular Interest
A-I until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero.
REMIC I Interests: The REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R I Certificates.
REMIC I Realized Losses: All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated first, on each
Distribution Date, to REMIC I Regular Interest A-I until such REMIC I Regular Interest has been reduced to
zero. Second, Realized Losses shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest I-1-A through REMIC I Regular
Interest I-42-B, starting with the lowest numerical denomination until such REMIC I Regular Interest has been
reduced to zero, provided that, for REMIC I Regular Interests with the same numerical denomination, such
Realized Losses shall be allocated pro rata between such REMIC I Regular Interests.
REMIC I Regular Interest. Any of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in
REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest
shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time,
and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an
aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto. The designations for the respective REMIC I Regular Interests are set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
REMIC I Regular Interest A-I: A regular interest in REMIC I that is held as an asset of REMIC II,
that has an initial principal balance equal to the related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms as are
described herein.
REMIC II: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto, constituting a portion of the primary trust
created hereby and to be administered hereunder, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be
made, consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests.
REMIC II Available Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the amount distributed from
REMIC I to REMIC II on such Distribution Date in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests.
REMIC II Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the REMIC II Available Distribution Amount
shall be distributed to REMIC III in respect of the REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R-II
Certificates in the following amounts and priority:
(a) to REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IO, in an amount equal to (i) Uncertificated Accrued
Interest for such REMIC II Regular Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (ii) any amounts in respect
thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates;
(b) to the extent of amounts remaining after the distributions made pursuant to clause (a)
above, to REMIC II Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3 and LT4, pro rata, in an amount equal to (i) their
Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (ii) any amounts in respect thereof
remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates; and
(c) to the extent of amounts remaining after the distributions made pursuant to clauses (a)
and (b) above:
(i) to REMIC I Regular Interests LT2, LT3 and LT4, their respective
Principal Distribution Amounts;
(ii) to REMIC I Regular Interest LT1 any remainder until the
Uncertificated Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
(iii) any remainder to REMIC II Regular Interests LT2, LT3 and LT4, pro
rata according to their respective Uncertificated Principal Balances as reduced by the
distributions deemed made pursuant to (i) above, until their respective Uncertificated
Principal Balances are reduced to zero; and
(d) to the extent of amounts remaining after the distributions made pursuant to clauses (a)
through (c) above:
(i) first, to each of the REMIC II Regular Interests, pro rata
according to the amount of unreimbursed Realized Losses allocable to principal
previously allocated to each such REMIC II Regular Interest, the aggregate amount of
any distributions to the Certificates as reimbursement of such Realized Losses on such
Distribution Date pursuant to clause (ix) in Section 4.02(c); provided, however, that
any amounts distributed pursuant to this paragraph (d)(i) of this definition of
"REMIC II Distribution Amount" shall not cause a reduction in the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of any of the REMIC II Regular Interests; and
(ii) second, to the Class R-III Certificates, any remaining amount.
REMIC II Net WAC Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted
average of (x) with respect to REMIC I Regular Interests ending with the designation "B," the weighted
average of the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rates for such REMIC I Regular Interests, weighted on the
basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interests for each such Distribution
Date, (y) with respect to REMIC I Regular Interest A-I, the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for such
REMIC I Regular Interest, and (z) with respect to REMIC I Regular Interests ending with the designation "A,"
for each Distribution Date listed below, the weighted average of the rates listed below for each such REMIC I
Regular Interest listed below, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each such
REMIC I Regular Interest for each such Distribution Date:
DISTRIBUTION
DATE REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST RATE
1 I-1-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
2 I-2-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
3 I-3-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A and I-2-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
4 I-4-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-3-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
5 I-5-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-4-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
6 I-6-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-5-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
7 I-7-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-6-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
8 I-8-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-7-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
9 I-9-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-8-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
10 I-10-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-9-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
11 I-11-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-10-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
12 I-12-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-11-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
13 I-13-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-12-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
14 I-14-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-13-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
15 I-15-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-14-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
16 I-16-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-15-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
17 I-17-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-16-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
18 I-18-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-17-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
19 I-19-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-18-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
20 I-20-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-19-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
21 I-21-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-20-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
22 I-22-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-21-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
23 I-23-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-22-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
24 I-24-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-23-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
25 I-25-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-24-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
26 I-26-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-25-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
27 I-27-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-26-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
28 I-28-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-27-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
29 I-29-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-28-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
30 I-30-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-29-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
31 I-31-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-30-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
32 I-32-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-31-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
33 I-33-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-32-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
34 I-34-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-33-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
35 I-35-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-34-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
36 I-36-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-35-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
37 I-37-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-36-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
38 I-38-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-37-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
39 I-39-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-38-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
40 I-40-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-39-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
41 I-41-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-40-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
42 I-42-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-41-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
43 I-43-A through I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-42-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
44 I-44-A 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR, subject to a maximum
rate of Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
I-1-A through I-43-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
Thereafter I-1-A through I-44-A Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate
REMIC II Principal Reduction Amounts: For any Distribution Date, the amounts by which the principal
balances of the REMIC II Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3 and LT4, respectively will be reduced on such
Distribution Date by the allocation of Realized Losses and the distribution of principal, determined as
follows:
For purposes of the succeeding formulas the following symbols shall have the meanings set forth below:
Y1 = the principal balance of the REMIC II Regular Interest LT1 after distributions on the prior
Distribution Date.
Y2 = the principal balance of the REMIC II Regular Interest LT2 after distributions on the prior
Distribution Date.
Y3 = the principal balance of the REMIC II Regular Interest LT3 after distributions on the prior
Distribution Date.
Y4 = the principal balance of the REMIC II Regular Interest LT4 after distributions on the prior
Distribution Date (note: Y3 = Y4).
(DELTA)Y1 = the REMIC II Regular Interest LT1 Principal Reduction Amount.
(DELTA)Y2 = the REMIC II Regular Interest LT2 Principal Reduction Amount.
(DELTA)Y3 = the REMIC II Regular Interest LT3 Principal Reduction Amount.
(DELTA)Y4 = the REMIC II Regular Interest LT4 Principal Reduction Amount.
P0 = the aggregate principal balance of REMIC II Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3 and LT4 after
distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses on the prior Distribution Date.
P1 = the aggregate principal balance of the REMIC II Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3 and LT4 after
distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses to be made on such Distribution Date.
(DELTA)P = P0 - P1 = the aggregate of the REMIC II Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3 and LT4
Principal Reduction Amounts.
= the aggregate of the principal portions of Realized Losses to be allocated to, and the
principal distributions to be made on, the Certificates on such Distribution Date (including
distributions of accrued and unpaid interest on the Class SB Certificates for prior
Distribution Dates).
R0 = the REMIC II Net WAC Rate (stated as a monthly rate) after giving effect to amounts distributed
and Realized Losses allocated on the prior Distribution Date.
R1 = the REMIC II Net WAC Rate (stated as a monthly rate) after giving effect to amounts to be
distributed and Realized Losses to be allocated on such Distribution Date.
(alpha) = (Y2 + Y3)/P0. The initial value of (alpha) on the Closing Date for use on the first
Distribution Date shall be 0.0001.
(gamma)0 = the lesser of (A) the sum for all Classes of Certificates other than the Class SB
Certificates and Class IO Certificates of the product for each Class of (i) the monthly
interest rate (as limited by the REMIC II Net WAC Rate, if applicable) for such
Class applicable for distributions to be made on such Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance for such Class after distributions and the allocation of Realized
Losses on the prior Distribution Date and (B) R0*P0.
(gamma)1 = the lesser of (A) the sum for all Classes of Certificates other than the Class SB
Certificates and Class IO Certificates of the product for each Class of (i) the monthly
interest rate (as limited by the REMIC II Net WAC Rate, if applicable) for such
Class applicable for distributions to be made on the next succeeding Distribution Date and (ii)
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance for such Class after distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses to be made on such Distribution Date and (B) R1*P1.
Then, based on the foregoing definitions:
(DELTA)Y1 = (DELTA)P - (DELTA)Y2 - Y3 - Y4;
(DELTA)Y2 = (a/2){(a0R1 - a1R0)/R0R1};
(DELTA)Y3 = (a(DELTA)P - (DELTA)Y2; and
(DELTA)Y4 = (DELTA)Y3.
if both (DELTA)Y2 and (DELTA)Y3, as so determined, are non-negative
numbers. Otherwise:
(1) If (DELTA)Y2, as so determined, is negative, then
(DELTA)Y2 = 0
(DELTA)Y3 = a{a1R0P0 - a0R1P1}/{a1R0};
(DELTA)Y4 = (DELTA)Y3; and
(DELTA)Y1 = (DELTA)P - (DELTA)Y2 - (DELTA)Y3 - (DELTA)Y4.
(2) If (DELTA)Y3, as so determined, is negative, then
(DELTA)Y3 = 0;
(DELTA)Y2 = a{a1R0P0 - a0R1P1}/{2R1R0P1 - a1R0};
(DELTA)Y4 = (DELTA)Y3; and
(DELTA)Y1 = (DELTA)P - (DELTA)Y2 - (DELTA)Y3 - (DELTA)Y4.
REMIC II Realized Losses: Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to the REMIC II
Regular Interests as follows. The interest portion of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans, if any, shall
be allocated among REMIC II Regular Interests LT1, LT2 and LT4, pro rata according to the amount of interest
accrued but unpaid thereon, in reduction thereof. Any interest portion of such Realized Losses in excess of
the amount allocated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be treated as a principal portion of Realized
Losses not attributable to any specific Mortgage Loan and allocated pursuant to the succeeding sentences. The
principal portion of Realized Losses with respect to Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to the REMIC II
Regular Interests as follows: first, to REMIC II Regular Interests LT2, LT3 and LT4, pro-rata according to
their respective REMIC II Principal Reduction Amounts to the extent thereof in reduction of the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC II Regular Interests and, second, the remainder, if any, of
such principal portion of such Realized Losses shall be allocated to REMIC II Regular Interest LT1 in
reduction of the Uncertificated Principal Balance thereof.
REMIC II Regular Interests: REMIC II Regular Interest LT1, REMIC II Regular Interest LT2, REMIC II
Regular Interest LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest LT4 and REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IO.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT1: A regular interest in REMIC II that is held as an asset of REMIC III,
that has an initial principal balance equal to the related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms as are
described herein.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT1 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of the REMIC II Regular Interest LT1 Principal Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the
Realized Losses allocated to the REMIC II Regular Interest LT1 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT2: A regular interest in REMIC II that is held as an asset of REMIC III,
that has an initial principal balance equal to the related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms as are
described herein.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT2 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of the REMIC II Regular Interest LT2 Principal Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the
Realized Losses allocated to the REMIC II Regular Interest LT2 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT3: A regular interest in REMIC II that is held as an asset of REMIC III,
that has an initial principal balance equal to the related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms as are
described herein.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT3 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of the REMIC II Regular Interest LT3 Principal Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the
Realized Losses allocated to the REMIC II Regular Interest LT3 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT4: A regular interest in REMIC II that is held as an asset of REMIC III,
that has an initial principal balance equal to the related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms as are
described herein.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT4 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of the REMIC II Regular Interest LT4 Principal Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the
Realized Losses allocated to the REMIC II Regular Interest LT4 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IO: A regular interest in REMIC II that is held as an asset of REMIC III,
that has no initial principal balance, that bears interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC II
Pass-Through Rate on its Uncertificated Notional Amount, and that has such other terms as are described herein.
REMIC III: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto, constituting a portion of the primary trust
created hereby and to be administered hereunder, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be
made, consisting of the REMIC II Regular Interests.
REMIC III Available Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the amount distributed from
REMIC II to REMIC III on such Distribution Date in respect of the REMIC II Regular Interests.
REMIC III Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the REMIC III Available Distribution Amount
shall be deemed distributed to Class A, Class M and Class SB Certificates in respect of the portion of such
Certificates representing ownership of REMIC III Regular Interests and the Class R- III Certificates in the
following amounts and priority:
(i) to the Class SB Certificateholders in respect of the REMIC III Regular Interest IO, the amount
distributable with respect to such REMIC III Regular Interest as described in the Preliminary Statement,
being paid from and in reduction of the REMIC III Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;
(ii) to the Class A Certificateholders, the Accrued Certificate Interest payable on the Class A
Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date, plus any related amounts accrued pursuant to this clause
(i) but remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date, being paid from and in reduction of the REMIC III
Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;
(iii) to the Class M Certificateholders, from the amount, if any, of the Available Distribution
Amount remaining after the foregoing distributions, Accrued Certificate Interest payable on the Class M
Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date, plus any related amounts accrued pursuant to this clause
(ii) but remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date, sequentially, to the Class M-1
Certificateholders, Class M-2 Certificateholders, Class M-3 Certificateholders, Class M-4 Certificateholders,
Class M-5 Certificateholders, Class M-6 Certificateholders, Class M-7 Certificateholders, Class M-8
Certificateholders, Class M-9 Certificateholders and Class M-10 Certificateholders, in that order, being paid
from and in reduction of the REMIC III Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;
(iv) to the Class B Certificateholders, the Accrued Certificate Interest payable on the Class B
Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date, plus any related amounts accrued pursuant to this clause
(i) but remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date, being paid from and in reduction of the REMIC III
Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;
(v) the Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed as follows, to be applied to reduce the
principal balance of the REMIC III Regular Interest related to the applicable Certificates in each case to
the extent of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount:
(A) first, the Class A Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed sequentially to
the Class A-1 Certificateholders, Class A-2 Certificateholders, Class A-3 Certificateholders and
Class A-4 Certificateholders, in that order, in each case until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof
is reduced to zero;
(B) second, to the Class M-1 Certificateholders, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(C) third, to the Class M-2 Certificateholders, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(D) fourth, to the Class M-3 Certificateholders, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(E) fifth, to the Class M-4 Certificateholders, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(F) sixth, to the Class M-5 Certificateholders, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(G) seventh, to the Class M-6 Certificateholders, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(H) eighth, to the Class M-7 Certificateholders, the Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(I) ninth, to the Class M-8 Certificateholders, the Class M-8 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(J) tenth, to the Class M-9 Certificateholders, the Class M-9 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
and
(K) eleventh, to the Class M-10 Certificateholders, the Class M-10 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
and
(L) twelfth, to the Class B Certificateholders, the Class B Principal Distribution Amount,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B Certificates has been reduced to zero; and
(vi) to the Class A Certificateholders, Class M Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders,
the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto for such Distribution Date, on a pro rata
basis based on Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto to the extent not offset by Eligible Master
Servicing Compensation on such Distribution Date;
(vii) to the Class A Certificateholders, Class M Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders,
the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously allocated thereto remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution Dates together with interest thereon at the related Pass Through Rate, on a pro rata basis based
on unpaid Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously allocated thereto;
(viii) to the Class SB Certificates, (A) from the amount, if any, of the REMIC III Available
Distribution Amount remaining after the foregoing distributions, the sum of (I) Accrued Certificate Interest
thereon, (II) the amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date and (III)
for any Distribution Date after the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates,
Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Overcollateralization Amount and
(B) from prepayment charges on deposit in the Certificate Account, any prepayment charges received on the
Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period; and
(ix) to the Holders of the Class R-III Certificates, the balance, if any, of the REMIC III
Available Distribution Amount.
REMIC III Regular Interest SB-PO: A separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in
REMIC III issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC III. REMIC III Regular Interest
SB-PO shall have no entitlement to interest, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in aggregate amount equal to the initial Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class SB Certificates as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
REMIC III Regular Interest SB-IO: A separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in
REMIC III issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC III. REMIC III Regular Interest
SB-IO shall have no entitlement to principal, and shall be entitled to distributions of interest subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in aggregate amount equal to the interest distributable with respect to the
Class SB Certificates pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.
REMIC III Regular Interest IO: A separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in
REMIC III issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC III. REMIC III Regular Interest IO
shall have no entitlement to principal, and shall be entitled to distributions of interest subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in aggregate amount equal to the interest distributable with respect to REMIC II
Regular Interest LT-IO.
REMIC III Regular Interests: REMIC III Regular Interests SB-IO, SB-PO and IO, together with the
Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates exclusive of their respective rights to
receive the payment of Basis Risk Shortfalls and other amounts pursuant to the SB-AM Swap Agreement.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage
investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and
related provisions, and temporary and final regulations (or, to the extent not inconsistent with such
temporary or final regulations, proposed regulations) and published rulings, notices and announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
REO Acquisition: The acquisition by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders of any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.14.
REO Disposition: With respect to any REO Property, a determination by the Master Servicer that it has
received substantially all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and other payments and
recoveries (including proceeds of a final sale) which the Master Servicer expects to be finally recoverable
from the sale or other disposition of the REO Property.
REO Imputed Interest: With respect to any REO Property, for any period, an amount equivalent to
interest (at a rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate that would have been applicable to the related Mortgage
Loan had it been outstanding) on the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of
acquisition thereof for such period.
REO Proceeds: Proceeds, net of expenses, received in respect of any REO Property (including, without
limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related Mortgaged Property) which proceeds are required to be
deposited into the Custodial Account only upon the related REO Disposition.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund for
the benefit of the Certificateholders through foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Reportable Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that (a) has been subject to an interest rate
reduction, (b) has been subject to a term extension or (c) has had amounts owing on such Mortgage Loan
capitalized by adding such amount to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however,
that a Mortgage Loan modified in accordance with (a) above for a temporary period shall not be a Reportable
Modified Mortgage Loan if such Mortgage Loan has not been delinquent in payments of principal and interest
for six months since the date of such modification if that interest rate reduction is not made permanent
thereafter.
Repurchase Event: As defined in the Assignment Agreement.
Request for Release: A request for release, the form of which is attached as Exhibit G hereto, or an
electronic request in a form acceptable to the Custodian.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance policy which is required
to be maintained from time to time under this Agreement, the Program Guide or the related Subservicing
Agreement in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
Required Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date, an amount equal to 1.80% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the Cut-off Date, (b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect, the greater of
(i) an amount equal to 3.60% of the aggregate outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after
giving effect to distributions made on that Distribution Date and (ii) the Overcollateralization Floor and
(c) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect, an amount equal to the Required
Overcollateralization Amount from the immediately preceding Distribution Date. The Required
Overcollateralization Amount may be reduced so long as written confirmation is obtained from each Rating
Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the ratings assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating
Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the
Closing Date by such Rating Agency.
Residential Funding: Residential Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as
seller of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor and any successor thereto.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Corporate Trust
Department of the Trustee, including any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice
President, any Assistant Secretary, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, or any other officer of the
Trustee, in each case with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
RFC Exemption: As defined in Section 5.02(e)(ii).
Rule 144A: Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate: As defined in Section 5.01(b). A form of Rule 144A Global
Class B Certificate will be issued substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B-2 hereto.
SB-AM Swap Agreement: The swap between the Class SB Certificateholder and the Class A and Class M
Certificateholders evidenced by the confirmation attached hereto as Exhibit Q and incorporated herein by
reference.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securitization Transaction: Any transaction involving a sale or other transfer of mortgage loans
directly or indirectly to an issuing in connection with an issuance of publicly offered or privately placed,
rated or unrated mortgage-backed securities.
Seller: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Person, including any Subservicer, that executed a
Seller's Agreement applicable to such Mortgage Loan.
Seller's Agreement: An agreement for the origination and sale of Mortgage Loans generally in the form
of the seller contract referred to or contained in the Program Guide, or in such other form as has been
approved by the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Senior Enhancement Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage,
the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M
Certificates and Class B Certificates and (ii) the Overcollateralization Amount, in each case prior to the
distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made
on that Distribution Date.
Servicing Accounts: The account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.08.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket" costs and expenses
incurred in connection with a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer or a
Subservicer in the performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i)
the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property or, with respect to a cooperative loan,
the related cooperative apartment, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures,
including any expenses incurred in relation to any such proceedings that result from the Mortgage Loan being
registered on the MERS(R)System, (iii) the management and liquidation of any REO Property, (iv) any mitigation
procedures implemented in accordance with Section 3.07, and (v) compliance with the obligations under
Sections 3.01, 3.08, 3.11, 3.12(a) and 3.14, including, if the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master
Servicer provides services such as appraisals and brokerage services that are customarily provided by Persons
other than servicers of mortgage loans, reasonable compensation for such services.
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may
be amended from time to time.
Servicing Fee: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date, the fee payable monthly to
the Master Servicer in respect of master servicing compensation that accrues at an annual rate equal to the
Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the related Due
Date in the related Due Period, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.16(e).
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the per annum rate designated on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as the "MSTR SERV FEE," as may be adjusted with respect to successor Master Servicers as
provided in Section 7.02, which rate shall never be greater than the Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Modification: Any reduction of the interest rate on or the outstanding principal balance of
a Mortgage Loan, any extension of the final maturity date of a Mortgage Loan, and any increase to the Stated
Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan by adding to the Stated Principal Balance unpaid principal and interest
and other amounts owing under the Mortgage Loan, in each case pursuant to a modification of a Mortgage Loan
that is in default, or for which, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, default is reasonably foreseeable
in accordance with Section 3.07(a).
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the
administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of
servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date, as such list may from
time to time be amended.
Sixty-Plus Delinquency Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the
arithmetic average, for each of the three Distribution Dates ending with such Distribution Date, of the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans that are 60 or more days delinquent in payment of principal and interest for that Distribution Date,
including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO, over (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans immediately preceding that Distribution Date.
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
or its successors in interest.
Startup Date: The day designated as such pursuant to Article X hereof.
Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as of any date
of determination, (i) the sum of (a) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan and (b) any
amount by which the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan has been increased pursuant to a Servicing
Modification, minus (ii) the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due with respect to
such Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due Period ending with the Due Period relating to the most
recent Distribution Date which were received or with respect to which an Advance was made, (b) all Principal
Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and REO Proceeds, to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal in
accordance with Section 3.14 with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, in each case which were
distributed pursuant to Section 4.02 on any previous Distribution Date, and (c) any Realized Loss incurred
with respect to such Mortgage Loan allocated to Certificateholders with respect thereto for any previous
Distribution Date.
Stepdown Date: That Distribution Date which is the earlier to occur of (a) the Distribution Date
immediately succeeding the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates has been reduced to zero and (b) the later to occur of (i) the Distribution Date in
June 2009 and (ii) the first Distribution Date on which the Senior Enhancement Percentage is equal to or
greater than 44.00%.
Subordination: The provisions described in Section 4.05 relating to the allocation of Realized Losses.
Subordination Percentage: With respect to the Class A Certificates, any Class of Class M Certificates
and the Class B Certificates, the respective percentage set forth below.
SUBORDINATION
CLASS PERCENTAGE
A 56.00%
M-1 63.60%
M-2 70.70%
M-3 74.80%
M-4 78.50%
M-5 81.90%
M-6 85.20%
M-7 88.20%
M-8 91.00%
M-9 93.00%
M-10 94.40%
B 96.40%
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Subsequent Recoveries: As of any Distribution Date, amounts received by the Master Servicer (net of
any related expenses permitted to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.10) or surplus amounts held by the
Master Servicer to cover estimated expenses (including, but not limited to, recoveries in respect of the
representations and warranties made by the related Seller pursuant to the applicable Seller's Agreement and
assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04) specifically related to a Mortgage Loan that was the
subject of a Cash Liquidation or an REO Disposition prior to the related Prepayment Period and that resulted
in a Realized Loss.
Subserviced Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that, at the time of reference thereto, is subject to a
Subservicing Agreement.
Subservicer: Any Person with whom the Master Servicer has entered into a Subservicing Agreement and
who generally satisfied the requirements set forth in the Program Guide in respect of the qualification of a
Subservicer as of the date of its approval as a Subservicer by the Master Servicer.
Subservicer Advance: Any delinquent installment of principal and interest on a Mortgage Loan which is
advanced by the related Subservicer (net of its Subservicing Fee) pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement.
Subservicing Account: An account established by a Subservicer in accordance with Section 3.08.
Subservicing Agreement: The written contract between the Master Servicer and any Subservicer relating
to servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02, generally in the form
of the servicer contract referred to or contained in the Program Guide or in such other form as has been
approved by the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Subservicing Fee: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the fee payable monthly to the related
Subservicer (or, in the case of a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, to the Master Servicer) in respect of
subservicing and other compensation that accrues with respect to each Distribution Date at an annual rate
designated as "SUBSERV FEE" on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Swap Account: The separate trust account created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.10(a).
Swap Agreement: The interest rate swap agreement between the Swap Counterparty and the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, which agreement provides for Net Swap Payments and Swap Termination Payments to be paid,
as provided therein, together with any schedules, confirmations or other agreements relating thereto,
attached hereto as Exhibit O.
Swap Agreement Notional Balance: As to the Swap Agreement and each Floating Rate Payer Payment Date
and Fixed Rate Payer Payment Date (each as defined in the Swap Agreement) the amount set forth on Schedule I
to the Swap Agreement for such Floating Rate Payer Payment Date.
Swap Counterparty: The swap counterparty under the Swap Agreement either (a) entitled to receive
payments from the Trustee from amounts payable by the Trust Fund under this Agreement or (b) required to make
payments to the Trustee for payment to the Trust Fund, in either case pursuant to the terms of the Swap
Agreement, and any successor in interest or assign. Initially, the Swap Counterparty shall be Bear Xxxxxxx
Financial Products Inc.
Swap Counterparty Trigger Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, (i) an Event of Default under
the Swap Agreement with respect to which the Swap Counterparty is a Defaulting Party, (ii) a Termination
Event under the Swap Agreement with respect to which the Swap Counterparty is the sole Affected Party, or
(iii) an additional termination event under the Swap Agreement with respect to which the Swap Counterparty is
the sole Affected Party.
Swap LIBOR: LIBOR as determined pursuant to the Swap Agreement.
Swap Termination Payment: Upon the occurrence of an Early Termination Date, the payment to be made by
the Trustee on behalf of the Trust to the Swap Counterparty from payments from the Trust Fund, or by the Swap
Counterparty to the Trustee for payment to the Trust Fund, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Swap
Agreement.
Tax Returns: The federal income tax return on Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate
Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual
Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed on
behalf of any REMIC hereunder due to its classification as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, together with
any and all other information, reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the
Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority
under any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax laws.
Telerate Screen Page 3750: As defined in Section 1.02.
Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate: As defined in Section 5.01(b). A form of
Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate will be issued substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit B-2 hereto.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation or other form of assignment of
any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement: As defined in Section 5.02(f).
Transferee: Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
Transferor: Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
Transferring Servicer: As defined in Section 3.23(c).
Trigger Event: A Trigger Event is in effect with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the
Stepdown Date if either (a) the Sixty-Plus Delinquency Percentage, as determined on that Distribution Date,
equals or exceeds 36.36% of the Senior Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date or (b) on or after
the Distribution Date in June 2008, the aggregate amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as a
percentage of the Cut-off Date Balance exceeds the applicable amount set forth below:
June 2008 to May 2009: 1.40% with respect to June 2008, plus an additional 1/12th of
1.70% for each month thereafter.
June 2009 to May 2010: 3.10% with respect to June 2009, plus an additional 1/12th of
1.75% for each month thereafter.
June 2010 to May 2011: 4.85% with respect to June 2010, plus an additional 1/12th of
1.40% for each month thereafter.
June 2011 to May 2012: 6.25% with respect to June 2011, plus an additional 1/12th of
0.75% for each month thereafter.
June 2012 and thereafter: 7.00%.
Trustee: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Trust Fund: Collectively, (i) the assets of each REMIC hereunder, (ii) the Swap Account and (iii) the
rights of the Trustee under the Swap Agreement.
Uncertificated Accrued Interest: With respect to any Uncertificated Regular Interest for any
Distribution Date, one month's interest at the related Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date, accrued on the Uncertificated Principal Balance or Uncertificated Notional Amount, as applicable,
immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Uncertificated Accrued Interest for the Uncertificated Regular
Interests shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. For purposes of
calculating the amount of Uncertificated Accrued Interest for the REMIC I Regular Interests for any
Distribution Date, any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
Compensating Interest) shall be allocated among REMIC I Regular Interests, pro rata, based on, and to the
extent of, Uncertificated Accrued Interest, as calculated without application of this sentence. For purposes
of calculating the amount of Uncertificated Accrued Interest for the REMIC II Regular Interests for any
Distribution Date, any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
Compensating Interest) shall be allocated among the REMIC II Regular Interests, pro rata, based on, and to
the extent of, Uncertificated Accrued Interest, as calculated without application of this sentence.
Uncertificated Interest on REMIC III Regular Interest SB-PO shall be zero. Uncertificated Accrued Interest
on the REMIC III Regular Interest SB-IO for each Distribution Date shall equal Accrued Certificate Interest
for the Class SB Certificates.
Uncertificated Notional Amount: With respect to the Class SB Certificates or the REMIC III Regular
Interest SB-IO, immediately prior to any Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal
Balances of the REMIC II Regular Interests.
With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IO and each Distribution Date listed below, the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interests ending with the designation "A" listed
below:
DISTRIBUTION
DATE REMIC I REGULAR INTERESTS
1 I-1-A through X-00-X
0 X-0-X xxxxxxx X-00-X
0 X-0-X through X-00-X
0 X-0-X xxxxxxx X-00-X
0 X-0-X through X-00-X
0 X-0-X xxxxxxx X-00-X
0 X-0-X through X-00-X
0 X-0-X xxxxxxx X-00-X
0 X-0-X through I-44-A
10 I-10-A through I-44-A
11 I-11-A through I-44-A
12 I-12-A through I-44-A
13 I-13-A through I-44-A
14 I-14-A through I-44-A
15 I-15-A through I-44-A
16 I-16-A through I-44-A
17 I-17-A through I-44-A
18 I-18-A through I-44-A
19 I-19-A through I-44-A
20 I-20-A through I-44-A
21 I-21-A through I-44-A
22 I-22-A through I-44-A
23 I-23-A through I-44-A
24 I-24-A through I-44-A
25 I-25-A through I-44-A
26 I-26-A through I-44-A
27 I-27-A through I-44-A
28 I-28-A through I-44-A
29 I-29-A through I-44-A
30 I-30-A through I-44-A
31 I-31-A through I-44-A
32 I-32-A through I-44-A
33 I-33-A through I-44-A
34 I-34-A through I-44-A
35 I-35-A through I-44-A
36 I-36-A through I-44-A
37 I-37-A through I-44-A
38 I-38-A through I-44-A
39 I-39-A through I-44-A
40 I-40-A through I-44-A
41 I-41-A through I-44-A
42 I-42-A through I-44-A
43 I-43-A through I-44-A
44 I-44-A
thereafter $0.00
With respect to REMIC III Regular Interest IO, immediately prior to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the Uncertificated Notional Amount of REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IO.
Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate: The Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate or the Uncertificated
REMIC II Pass-Through Rate, as applicable.
Uncertificated Principal Balance: The principal amount of any Uncertificated Regular Interest
outstanding as of any date of determination. The Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC Regular
Interest shall never be less than zero. With respect to REMIC III Regular Interest SB-PO the initial amount
set forth with respect thereto in the Preliminary Statement as reduced by distributions deemed made in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 4.02 and Realized Losses allocated thereto pursuant to Section 4.05.
Uncertificated Regular Interests: The REMIC I Regular Interests and the REMIC II Regular Interests.
Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate With respect to each REMIC I Regular Interest ending with the
designation "A," a per annum rate equal to the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans
multiplied by two (2), subject to a maximum rate of 10.900%. With respect to each REMIC I Regular Interest
ending with the designation "B," the greater of (x) a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (i) 2
multiplied by the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) 10.900% and (y)
0.00000%. With respect to REMIC I Regular Interest A-I, the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Loans.
Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date and (i) REMIC II
Regular Interests LT1 and LT2, the REMIC II Net WAC Rate, (ii) REMIC II Regular Interest LT3, zero (0.00%),
(iii) REMIC II Regular Interest LT4, twice the REMIC II Net WAC Rate, and (iv) REMIC II Regular Interest
LT-IO, the excess of (i) the weighted average of the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rates for REMIC I
Regular Interests ending with the designation "A," over (ii) 2 multiplied by Swap LIBOR.
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers: The Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers, as published by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America and effective with respect to
fiscal periods ending on or after December 15, 1995.
Uninsured Cause: Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage such that the complete
restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies.
United States Person: Either (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
partnership or other entity (treated as a corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax
purposes) created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof, or the
District of Columbia (except in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in Treasury regulations)
provided that, for purposes solely of the restrictions on the transfer of Class R Certificates, no
partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be
treated as a United States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such partnership either directly
or through any entity that is not a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes are required by
the applicable operative agreement to be United States Persons, or an estate that is described in
Section 7701(a)(30)(D) of the Code, or a trust that is described in Section 7701(a)(30)(E) of the Code, or
(ii) as defined in Regulation S, as the context may require.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any
Certificate. 98.00% of all of the Voting Rights shall be allocated among Holders of the Class A Certificates,
Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates, in proportion to the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances of their respective Certificates; 1.00% of all of the Voting Rights shall be allocated to the
Holders of the Class SB Certificates; and 0.33%, 0.33% and 0.34% of all of the Voting Rights shall be
allocated to the Holders of the Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III Certificates, respectively; in each
case to be allocated among the Certificates of such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests.
Section 1.02. Determination of LIBOR.
LIBOR applicable to the calculation of the Pass-Through Rate on the LIBOR Certificates for any
Interest Accrual Period will be determined as of each LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date. On each LIBOR Rate
Adjustment Date, or if such LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date is not a Business Day, then on the next succeeding
Business Day, LIBOR shall be established by the Trustee and, as to any Interest Accrual Period, will equal
the rate for one month United States dollar deposits that appears on the Telerate Screen Page 3750 as of
11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date. "Telerate Screen Page 3750" means the display
designated as page 3750 on the Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace page 3750 on that
service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks). If such rate does not
appear on such page (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or if such service is no
longer offered, LIBOR shall be so established by use of such other service for displaying LIBOR or comparable
rates as may be selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Master Servicer), the rate will be the
Reference Bank Rate. The "Reference Bank Rate" will be determined on the basis of the rates at which
deposits in U.S. Dollars are offered by the reference banks (which shall be any three major banks that are
engaged in transactions in the London interbank market, selected by the Trustee after consultation with the
Master Servicer) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date to prime banks in the
London interbank market for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the LIBOR Certificates then outstanding. The Trustee shall request the principal London
office of each of the reference banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations
are provided, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations rounded up to the next multiple of
1/16%. If on such date fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate will be the arithmetic
mean of the rates quoted by one or more major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee after
consultation with the Master Servicer, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date for loans in U.S.
Dollars to leading European banks for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the LIBOR Certificates then outstanding. If no such quotations can be
obtained, the rate will be LIBOR for the prior Distribution Date; provided however, if, under the priorities
described above, LIBOR for a Distribution Date would be based on LIBOR for the previous Distribution Date for
the third consecutive Distribution Date, the Trustee, after consultation with the Master Servicer, shall
select an alternative comparable index (over which the Trustee has no control), used for determining
one-month Eurodollar lending rates that is calculated and published (or otherwise made available) by an
independent party. The establishment of LIBOR by the Trustee on any LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date and the
Trustee's subsequent calculation of the Pass-Through Rates applicable to the LIBOR Certificates for the
relevant Interest Accrual Period, in the absence of manifest error, will be final and binding. Promptly
following each LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date the Trustee shall supply the Master Servicer with the results of
its determination of LIBOR on such date. Furthermore, the Trustee shall supply to any Certificateholder so
requesting by calling 1-800-934-6802, the Pass-Through Rate on the LIBOR Certificates for the current and the
immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby assign to the Trustee
in respect of the Trust Fund without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to
(i) the Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans due on
or after the Cut-off Date (other than Monthly Payments due in the month of the Cut-off Date); and (ii) all
proceeds of the foregoing.
(b) In connection with such assignment, and contemporaneously with the delivery of this Agreement, except
as set forth in Section 2.01(c) below and subject to Section 2.01(d) below, the Depositor does hereby deliver
to, and deposit with, the Trustee, or to and with one or more Custodians, as the duly appointed agent or
agents of the Trustee for such purpose, the following documents or instruments (or copies thereof as
permitted by this Section) with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to the order of the Trustee and showing an
unbroken chain of endorsements from the originator thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee,
or with respect to any Destroyed Mortgage Note, an original lost note affidavit from the related
Seller or Residential Funding stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost, misplaced or
destroyed, together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) The original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and language indicating
that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, with evidence of recording
indicated thereon or, if the original Mortgage has not yet been returned from the public recording
office, a copy of the original Mortgage with evidence of recording indicated thereon;
(iii) Unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS(R)System, the assignment (which may be included in
one or more blanket assignments if permitted by applicable law) of the Mortgage to the Trustee with
evidence of recording indicated thereon or a copy of such assignment with evidence of recording
indicated thereon;
(iv) The original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage showing an unbroken chain of title
from the originator to the Person assigning it to the Trustee (or to MERS, if the Mortgage Loan is
registered on the MERS(R)System and noting the presence of a MIN) with evidence of recordation noted
thereon or attached thereto, or a copy of such assignment or assignments of the Mortgage with evidence
of recording indicated thereon; and
(v) The original of each modification, assumption agreement or preferred loan agreement, if any, relating
to such Mortgage Loan, or a copy of each modification, assumption agreement or preferred loan
agreement.
The Depositor may, in lieu of delivering the original of the documents set forth in
Section 2.01(b)(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) (or copies thereof as permitted by Section 2.01(b)) to the Trustee or
the Custodian or Custodians, deliver such documents to the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall
hold such documents in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders until such
time as is set forth in the next sentence. Within thirty Business Days following the earlier of (i) the
receipt of the original of all of the documents or instruments set forth in Section 2.01(b)(ii), (iii), (iv)
and (v) (or copies thereof as permitted by such Section) for any Mortgage Loan and (ii) a written request by
the Trustee to deliver those documents with respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans then being held by
the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall deliver a complete set of such documents to the Trustee or the
Custodian or Custodians that are the duly appointed agent or agents of the Trustee.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.01(b), in the event that in connection with any Mortgage
Loan, if the Depositor cannot deliver the original of the Mortgage, any assignment, modification, assumption
agreement or preferred loan agreement (or copy thereof as permitted by Section 2.01(b)) with evidence of
recording thereon concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement because of (i) a delay
caused by the public recording office where such Mortgage, assignment, modification, assumption agreement or
preferred loan agreement as the case may be, has been delivered for recordation, or (ii) a delay in the
receipt of certain information necessary to prepare the related assignments, the Depositor shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the respective Custodian a copy of such Mortgage, assignment,
modification, assumption agreement or preferred loan agreement.
The Depositor shall promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate public office for real property
records the Assignment referred to in clause (iii) of Section 2.01(b), except (a) in states where, in an
Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Master Servicer, such recording is not required to protect the Trustee's
interests in the Mortgage Loan or (b) if MERS is identified on the Mortgage or on a properly recorded
assignment of the Mortgage, as applicable, as the mortgagee of record solely as nominee for Residential
Funding and its successors and assigns. If any Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded to the Depositor
because of any defect therein, the Depositor shall prepare a substitute Assignment or cure such defect, as
the case may be, and cause such Assignment to be recorded in accordance with this paragraph. The Depositor
shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the respective Custodian such Mortgage or
Assignment, as applicable (or copy thereof as permitted by Section 2.01(b)), with evidence of recording
indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from the public recording office or from the related Subservicer or
Seller.
If the Depositor delivers to the Trustee or Custodian any Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage in
blank, the Depositor shall, or shall cause the Custodian to, complete the endorsement of the Mortgage Note
and the Assignment of Mortgage in the name of the Trustee in conjunction with the Interim Certification
issued by the Custodian, as contemplated by Section 2.02.
Any of the items set forth in Sections 2.01(b)(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) and that may be delivered as a
copy rather than the original may be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian.
In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS(R)System, the Depositor
further agrees that it will cause, at the Depositor's own expense, within 30 Business Days after the Closing
Date, the MERS(R)System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the Depositor to the
Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders by including (or
deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such
computer files (a) the code in the field which identifies the specific Trustee and (b) the code in the field
"Pool Field" which identifies the series of the Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Master Servicer to, and the Master
Servicer agrees that it will not, alter the codes referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage
Loan during the term of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
(d) It is intended that the conveyances by the Depositor to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans as provided
for in this Section 2.01 and the Uncertificated Regular Interests be construed as a sale by the Depositor to
the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and the Uncertificated Regular Interests for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. Further, it is not intended that any such conveyance be deemed to be a pledge of the
Mortgage Loans and the Uncertificated Regular Interests by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or
other obligation of the Depositor. Nonetheless, (a) this Agreement is intended to be and hereby is a
security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the
Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction; (b) the conveyances provided for in this
Section 2.01 shall be deemed to be (1) a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest in all
of the Depositor's right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, in and to (A) the Mortgage Loans, including the related Mortgage Note, the Mortgage,
any insurance policies and all other documents in the related Mortgage File, (B) all amounts payable pursuant
to the Mortgage Loans or the Swap Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, (C) any Uncertificated
Regular Interests and any and all general intangibles, payment intangibles, accounts, chattel paper,
instruments, documents, money, deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, goods, letters of credit, advices
of credit and investment property and other property of whatever kind or description now existing or
hereafter acquired consisting of, arising from or relating to any of the foregoing, and (D) all proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other
property, including without limitation all amounts from time to time held or invested in the Certificate
Account or the Custodial Account, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other property and
(2) an assignment by the Depositor to the Trustee of any security interest in any and all of Residential
Funding's right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in and to the property described in the foregoing clauses (1)(A), (B), (C) and (D)
granted by Residential Funding to the Depositor pursuant to the Assignment Agreement; (c) the possession by
the Trustee, the Custodian or any other agent of the Trustee of Mortgage Notes or such other items of
property as constitute instruments, money, payment intangibles, negotiable documents, goods, deposit
accounts, letters of credit, advices of credit, investment property, certificated securities or chattel paper
shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured party," or possession by a purchaser or a person designated
by such secured party, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the Minnesota Uniform
Commercial Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction as in effect (including,
without limitation, Sections 8-106, 9-313 and 9-106 thereof); and (d) notifications to persons holding such
property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed
notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or
agents of, or persons holding for, (as applicable) the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such security
interest under applicable law.
The Depositor and, at the Depositor's direction, Residential Funding and the Trustee shall, to the
extent consistent with this Agreement, take such reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if
this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans and the Uncertificated Regular
Interests and the other property described above, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected
security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term
of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Depositor shall prepare and deliver
to the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to any filing date and, the Trustee shall forward for filing, or
shall cause to be forwarded for filing, at the expense of the Depositor, all filings necessary to maintain
the effectiveness of any original filings necessary under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any
jurisdiction to perfect the Trustee's security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans and the
Uncertificated Regular Interests, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate of the Depositor, including
without limitation (x) continuation statements, and (y) such other statements as may be occasioned by (1) any
change of name of Residential Funding, the Depositor or the Trustee (such preparation and filing shall be at
the expense of the Trustee, if occasioned by a change in the Trustee's name), (2) any change of location of
the place of business or the chief executive office of Residential Funding or the Depositor, (3) any transfer
of any interest of Residential Funding or the Depositor in any Mortgage Loan or (4) any transfer of any
interest of Residential Funding or the Depositor in any Uncertificated Regular Interests.
Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans subject to a Custodial Agreement,
and based solely upon a receipt or certification executed by the Custodian, receipt by the respective
Custodian as the duly appointed agent of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in Section 2.01(b)(i)
above (except that for purposes of such acknowledgement only, a Mortgage Note may be endorsed in blank and an
Assignment of Mortgage may be in blank) and declares that it, or a Custodian as its agent, holds and will
hold such documents and the other documents constituting a part of the Mortgage Files delivered to it, or a
Custodian as its agent, in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The
Trustee or Custodian (such Custodian being so obligated under a Custodial Agreement) agrees, for the benefit
of Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01(b) within
90 days after the Closing Date to ascertain that all required documents (specifically as set forth in
Section 2.01(b)), have been executed and received, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, as supplemented, that have been conveyed to it, and to deliver to
the Trustee a certificate (the "Interim Certification") to the effect that all documents required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(b) above have been executed and received and that such documents relate to
the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on Schedule A
attached to such Interim Certification. Upon delivery of the Mortgage Files by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, the Trustee shall acknowledge receipt (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans subject to a Custodial
Agreement, and based solely upon a receipt or certification executed by the Custodian, receipt by the
respective Custodian as the duly appointed agent of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in
Section 2.01(b) above.
If the Custodian, as the Trustee's agent, finds any document or documents constituting a part of a
Mortgage File to be missing or defective, upon receipt of notification from the Custodian as specified in the
succeeding sentence, the Trustee shall promptly so notify or cause the Custodian to notify the Master
Servicer and the Depositor. Pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian will notify
the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee of any such omission or defect found by it in respect of
any Mortgage File held by it in respect of the items received by it pursuant to the Custodial Agreement. If
such omission or defect materially and adversely affects the interests in the related Mortgage Loan of the
Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the related Subservicer or Seller of such
omission or defect and request that such Subservicer or Seller correct or cure such omission or defect within
60 days from the date the Master Servicer was notified of such omission or defect and, if such Subservicer or
Seller does not correct or cure such omission or defect within such period, that such Subservicer or Seller
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at its Purchase Price, in either case within 90 days from the
date the Master Servicer was notified of such omission or defect; provided that if the omission or defect
would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, any such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date such breach was discovered. The
Purchase Price for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited or caused to be deposited by the Master Servicer
in the Custodial Account maintained by it pursuant to Section 3.07 and, upon receipt by the Trustee of
written notification of such deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee or any Custodian, as the case
may be, shall release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and
deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Master Servicer, in each case without
recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Subservicer or Seller or its designee, as the case may be, any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall not be part of the Trust
Fund. In furtherance of the foregoing and Section 2.04, if the Subservicer or Seller or Residential Funding
that repurchases the Mortgage Loan is not a member of MERS and the Mortgage is registered on the MERS(R)
System, the Master Servicer, at its own expense and without any right of reimbursement, shall cause MERS to
execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to
such Subservicer or Seller or Residential Funding and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from
registration on the MERS(R)System in accordance with MERS' rules and regulations. It is understood and agreed
that the obligation of the Subservicer or Seller, to so cure or purchase any Mortgage Loan as to which a
material and adverse defect in or omission of a constituent document exists shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting such defect or omission available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders.
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders that:
(i) The Master Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws governing its creation and existence and is or will be in compliance with the laws of each state
in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of
each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(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 violate the Master Servicer's Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws or constitute a material default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a material default) under, or result in the material breach of, any material
contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Master Servicer is a party or which may be
applicable to the Master Servicer or any of its assets;
(iii) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee and the Depositor,
constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in
accordance with the terms hereof subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to general
principles of equity, 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,
regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default might have
consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or
operations of the Master Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that would materially
adversely affect its performance hereunder;
(v) 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;
(vi) The Master Servicer shall comply in all material respects in the performance of this Agreement with
all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Required Insurance Policy;
(vii) No information, certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered to the
Depositor, any Affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee by the Master Servicer will, to the knowledge
of the Master Servicer, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material fact
necessary to make the information, certificate, statement or report not misleading;
(viii) The Master Servicer has examined each existing, and will examine each new, Subservicing Agreement and
is or will be familiar with the terms thereof. The terms of each existing Subservicing Agreement and
each designated Subservicer are acceptable to the Master Servicer and any new Subservicing Agreements
will comply with the provisions of Section 3.02;
(ix) The Master Servicer is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material respects
with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are
registered with MERS; and
(x) The Servicing Guide of the Master Servicer requires that the Subservicer for each Mortgage Loan
accurately and fully reports its borrower credit files to each of the Credit Repositories in a timely
manner.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(a) shall
survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee or any Custodian. Upon discovery by either
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Custodian of a breach of any representation or
warranty set forth in this Section 2.03(a) which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice
to the other parties (any Custodian being so obligated under a Custodial Agreement). Within 90 days of its
discovery or its receipt of notice of such breach, the Master Servicer shall either (i) cure such breach in
all material respects or (ii) to the extent that such breach is with respect to a Mortgage Loan or a related
document, purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price and in the manner set forth
in Section 2.02; provided that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a "qualified
mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days
from the date such breach was discovered. The obligation of the Master Servicer to cure such breach or to so
purchase such Mortgage Loan shall constitute the sole remedy in respect of a breach of a representation and
warranty set forth in this Section 2.03(a) available to the Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of
the Certificateholders.
(b) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders
that as of the Closing Date (or, if otherwise specified below, as of the date so specified): (i) immediately
prior to the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, the Depositor had good title to, and was the
sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest (other
than rights to servicing and related compensation) and such conveyance validly transfers ownership of the
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest; and (ii)
each Mortgage Loan constitutes a "qualified mortgage" under Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860G-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9), without reliance on the provisions of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(a)(3) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) or any other
provision that would allow a Mortgage Loan to be treated as a "qualified mortgage" notwithstanding its
failure to meet the requirements of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860G-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9).
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(b)
shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee or any Custodian.
Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Custodian of a breach
of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(b) which materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall
give prompt written notice to the other parties (any Custodian being so obligated under a Custodial
Agreement); provided, however, that in the event of a breach of the representation and warranty set forth in
Section 2.03(b)(ii), the party discovering such breach shall give such notice within five days of discovery.
Within 90 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, the Depositor shall either (i) cure such
breach in all material respects or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price
and in the manner set forth in Section 2.02; provided that the Depositor shall have the option to substitute
a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for such Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within two
years following the Closing Date; provided that if the omission or defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to be
other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure, substitution
or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date such breach was discovered. Any such substitution
shall be effected by the Depositor under the same terms and conditions as provided in Section 2.04 for
substitutions by Residential Funding. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Depositor to
cure such breach or to so purchase or substitute for any Mortgage Loan as to which such a breach has occurred
and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Certificateholders
or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor shall not
be required to cure breaches or purchase or substitute for Mortgage Loans as provided in this Section 2.03(b)
if the substance of the breach of a representation set forth above also constitutes fraud in the origination
of the Mortgage Loan.
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of Sellers.
The Depositor, as assignee of Residential Funding under the Assignment Agreement, hereby assigns to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders all of its right, title and interest in respect of the
Assignment Agreement and each Seller's Agreement applicable to a Mortgage Loan as and to the extent set forth
in the Assignment Agreement. Insofar as the Assignment Agreement or such Seller's Agreement relates to the
representations and warranties made by Residential Funding or the related Seller in respect of such Mortgage
Loan and any remedies provided thereunder for any breach of such representations and warranties, such right,
title and interest may be enforced by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders. Upon the discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Custodian
of a breach of any of the representations and warranties made in a Seller's Agreement or the Assignment
Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan or of any Repurchase Event which materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties (any Custodian being so obligated under a Custodial Agreement).
The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the related Seller and Residential Funding of such breach or
Repurchase Event and request that such Seller or Residential Funding either (i) cure such breach or
Repurchase Event in all material respects within 90 days from the date the Master Servicer was notified of
such breach or Repurchase Event or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price
and in the manner set forth in Section 2.02.
Upon the discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Custodian of a breach of
any of such representations and warranties set forth in the Assignment Agreement in respect of any Mortgage
Loan which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties (any Custodian being
so obligated under a Custodial Agreement) at the same time as notice is given pursuant to the preceding
paragraph of any corresponding breach of representation or warranty made in Seller's Agreement. The Master
Servicer shall promptly notify Residential Funding of such breach of a representation or warranty set forth
in the Assignment Agreement and request that Residential Funding either (i) cure such breach in all material
respects within 90 days from the date the Master Servicer was notified of such breach or (ii) purchase such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund within 90 days of the date of such written notice of such breach at the
Purchase Price and in the manner set forth in Section 2.02, but only if the Mortgage Loan has not been
purchased by the Seller due to a breach of representation and warranty of the related Seller's Agreement as
set forth in the preceding paragraph; provided that Residential Funding shall have the option to substitute a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for such Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within two
years following the Closing Date; provided that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than
a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure or substitution must occur
within 90 days from the date the breach was discovered. If the breach of representation and warranty that
gave rise to the obligation to repurchase or substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 4 of the
Assignment Agreement was the representation and warranty set forth in clause (xlvii) of Section 4 thereof,
then the Master Servicer shall request that Residential Funding pay to the Trust Fund, concurrently with and
in addition to the remedies provided in the preceding sentence, an amount equal to any liability, penalty or
expense that was actually incurred and paid out of or on behalf of the Trust Fund, and that directly resulted
from such breach, or if incurred and paid by the Trust Fund thereafter, concurrently with such payment. In
the event that Residential Funding elects to substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 2.04, Residential Funding shall deliver to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the
original Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, an Assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form, and such other
documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as required by
Section 2.01. No substitution will be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such
month. Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution
shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Master Servicer and remitted by the Master
Servicer to Residential Funding on the next succeeding Distribution Date. For the month of substitution,
distributions to the Certificateholders will include the Monthly Payment due on a Deleted Mortgage Loan for
such month and thereafter Residential Funding shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of
such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer shall amend or cause to be amended the Mortgage Loan
Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and
the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the
amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement and the related Subservicing Agreement in all
respects, the related Seller shall be deemed to have made the representations and warranties with respect to
the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan made in the related Seller Agreements as of the date of substitution,
Residential Funding shall be deemed to have made the representations and warranties with respect to the
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than those of a statistical nature) contained in the Assignment
Agreement as of the date of substitution, and the covenants, representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 2.04, and in Section 2.03(b) hereof.
In connection with the substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more
Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate
principal balance of all such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans (in each case after application of
the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due in the month of substitution that are to be distributed to
the Certificateholders in the month of substitution). Residential Funding shall deposit or cause the related
Seller to deposit the amount of such shortfall into the Custodial Account on the day of substitution, without
any reimbursement therefor. Residential Funding shall give notice in writing to the Trustee of such event,
which notice shall be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate as to the calculation of such shortfall and
(subject to Section 10.01(f)) by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such substitution will not cause
(a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on
"prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after the startup date"
under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code or (b) any portion of any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as
a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller or Residential Funding, as the case may
be, to cure such breach or purchase (and in the case of Residential Funding to substitute for) such Mortgage
Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing and to make any additional payments required
under the Assignment Agreement in connection with a breach of the representation and warranty in clause
(xlvii) of Section 4 thereof shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. If the Master Servicer is Residential
Funding, then the Trustee shall also have the right to give the notification and require the purchase or
substitution provided for in the second preceding paragraph in the event of such a breach of a representation
or warranty made by Residential Funding in the Assignment Agreement. In connection with the purchase of or
substitution for any such Mortgage Loan by Residential Funding, the Trustee shall assign to Residential
Funding all of the right, title and interest in respect of the Seller's Agreement and the Assignment
Agreement applicable to such Mortgage Loan.
Section 2.05. Execution and Authentication of Certificates; Conveyance of Uncertificated REMIC Regular
Interests.
(a) The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and the delivery of the Mortgage
Files to it, or any Custodian on its behalf, subject to any exceptions noted, together with the assignment to
it of all other assets included in the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. Concurrently
with such delivery and in exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor
executed by an officer of the Depositor, has executed and caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon
the order of the Depositor the Certificates in authorized denominations which evidence ownership of the
entire Trust Fund.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set
over and otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the REMIC I Regular Interests and the REMIC II Regular Interests for the benefit of the
Holders of each Class of Certificates (other than the Class R-I and Class R-II Certificates). The Trustee
acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests and REMIC II Regular Interests, and declares that it
holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Holders of each Class of
Certificates (other than the Class R-I and Class R-II Certificates). The interests evidenced by the Class
R-III Certificates, together with the REMIC III Regular Interests, constitute the entire beneficial ownership
interest in REMIC III.
Section 2.06. Purposes and Powers of the Trust.
The purpose of the trust, as created hereunder, is to engage in the following activities:
(a) to sell the Certificates to the Depositor in exchange for the Mortgage Loans;
(b) to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(c) to engage in those activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing
or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(d) subject to compliance with this Agreement, to engage in such other activities as may be required in
connection with conservation of the Trust Fund and the making of distributions to the Certificateholders.
The trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 11.01, the trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or
other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement while any Certificate is outstanding, and
this Section 2.06 may not be amended, without the consent of the Certificateholders evidencing a majority of
the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates.
Section 2.07. Agreement Regarding Ability to Disclose.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee hereby agree that, notwithstanding any other
express or implied agreement to the contrary, any and all Persons, and any of their respective employees,
representatives, and other agents may disclose, immediately upon commencement of discussions, to any and all
Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all
materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to any of them relating to
such tax treatment and tax structure. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms "tax," "tax treatment," "tax
structure," and "tax benefit" are defined under Treasury Regulationss.1.6011-4(c).
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Servicer.
(a) The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, following such procedures as it would employ in its good
faith business judgment and which are normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities, and
shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do
any and all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and
administration. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in
the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer or the
Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of consent to assumption or modification in
connection with a proposed conveyance, or of assignment of any Mortgage and Mortgage Note in connection with
the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan and all other comparable instruments, or with respect to the modification
or re-recording of a Mortgage for the purpose of correcting the Mortgage, the subordination of the lien of
the Mortgage in favor of a public utility company or government agency or unit with powers of eminent domain,
the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the commencement, prosecution or completion of judicial or
non-judicial foreclosure, the conveyance of a Mortgaged Property to the related insurer, the acquisition of
any property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the management, marketing and
conveyance of any property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer further is authorized and
empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name
of the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or the Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it is
appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R)System, or cause the removal from
the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R)System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee
and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable
instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as
nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions
described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.16(c),
with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to
continue operations in connection with the MERS(R)System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan
from registration on the MERS(R)System and to arrange for the assignment of the related Mortgages to the
Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the Master Servicer as set forth in
Section 3.10(a)(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 3.07(a), the Master Servicer shall not
permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would both constitute a sale or exchange of
such Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Section 1001 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final
regulations promulgated thereunder (other than in connection with a proposed conveyance or assumption of such
Mortgage Loan that is treated as a Principal Prepayment in Full pursuant to Section 3.13(d) hereof) and cause
any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code. The Trustee shall furnish the
Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master
Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken
by the Master Servicer or any Subservicer pursuant to such powers of attorney or other documents. In
servicing and administering any Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall, to the extent not
inconsistent with this Agreement, comply with the Program Guide as if it were the originator of such Mortgage
Loan and had retained the servicing rights and obligations in respect thereof.
If the Mortgage relating to a Mortgage Loan did not have a lien senior to the Mortgage Loan on the
related Mortgaged Property as of the Cut-off Date, then the Master Servicer, in such capacity, may not
consent to the placing of a lien senior to that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property. If the
Mortgage relating to a Mortgage Loan had a lien senior to the Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property
as of the Cut-off Date, then the Master Servicer, in such capacity, may consent to the refinancing of the
prior senior lien, provided that the following requirements are met:
(i) (A) the Mortgagor's debt-to-income ratio resulting from such refinancing is less than the
original debt-to-income ratio as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided, however, that in
no instance shall the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio ("Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio") of such
Mortgage Loan be higher than that permitted by the Program Guide; or
(B) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is no higher
than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing; provided, however, if such refinanced
mortgage loan is a "rate and term" mortgage loan (meaning, the Mortgagor does not receive any cash from the
refinancing), the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio may increase to the extent of either (x) the reasonable
closing costs of such refinancing or (y) any decrease in the value of the related Mortgaged Property, if the
Mortgagor is in good standing as defined by the Program Guide;
(ii) the interest rate, or, in the case of an adjustable rate existing senior lien, the maximum interest
rate, for the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest
rate or the maximum interest rate, as the case may be, on the loan evidencing the existing senior lien
immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; provided, however (A) if the loan evidencing the
existing senior lien prior to the date of refinancing has an adjustable rate and the loan evidencing
the refinanced senior lien has a fixed rate, then the current interest rate on the loan evidencing the
refinanced senior lien may be up to 2.0% higher than the then-current loan rate of the loan evidencing
the existing senior lien and (B) if the loan evidencing the existing senior lien prior to the date of
refinancing has a fixed rate and the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien has an adjustable
rate, then the maximum interest rate on the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien shall be less
than or equal to (x) the interest rate on the loan evidencing the existing senior lien prior to the
date of refinancing plus (y) 2.0%; and
(iii) the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is not subject to negative amortization.
(b) The Master Servicer shall, to the extent consistent with the servicing standards set forth herein,
take whatever actions as may be necessary to file a claim under or enforce or allow the Trustee to file a
claim under or enforce any title insurance policy with respect to any Mortgage Loan including, without
limitation, joining in or causing any Seller or Subservicer (or any other party in possession of any title
insurance policy) to join in any claims process, negotiations, actions or proceedings necessary to make a
claim under or enforce any title insurance policy. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan
or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any
modification, waiver, or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or
reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder) (other than in connection with a proposed conveyance or assumption of
such Mortgage Loan that is treated as a Principal Prepayment in Full pursuant to Section 3.13(d) hereof) and
(ii) cause any REMIC formed hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any
tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions.
(c) In connection with servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer and any
Affiliate of the Master Servicer (i) may perform services such as appraisals and brokerage services that are
customarily provided by Persons other than servicers of mortgage loans, and shall be entitled to reasonable
compensation therefor in accordance with Section 3.10 and (ii) may, at its own discretion and on behalf of
the Trustee, obtain credit information in the form of a "credit score" from a Credit Repository.
(d) All costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes
and assessments on the properties subject to the Mortgage Loans shall not, for the purpose of calculating
monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage
Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit, and such costs shall be recoverable to
the extent permitted by Section 3.10(a)(ii).
(e) The Master Servicer may enter into one or more agreements in connection with the offering of
pass-through certificates evidencing interests in one or more of the Certificates providing for the payment by
the Master Servicer of amounts received by the Master Servicer as servicing compensation hereunder and
required to cover certain Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans, which payment obligation will
thereafter be an obligation of the Master Servicer hereunder.
(f) The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer) to the Depositor
under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a
joint venturer, partner or agent.
(g) The Master Servicer shall comply with the terms of Section 9 of the Assignment Agreement.
Section 3.02. Subservicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Subservicers; Enforcement of Subservicers'
Obligations.
(a) The Master Servicer may continue in effect Subservicing Agreements entered into by Residential Funding
and Subservicers prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and may enter into new Subservicing
Agreements with Subservicers, for the servicing and administration of all or some of the Mortgage Loans.
Each Subservicer shall be either (i) an institution the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC or (ii)
another entity that engages in the business of originating or servicing mortgage loans, and in either case
shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it
is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to
perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement, and in either case shall be a Xxxxxxx
Mac, Xxxxxx Xxx or HUD approved mortgage servicer. Each Subservicer of a Mortgage Loan shall be entitled to
receive and retain, as provided in the related Subservicing Agreement and in Section 3.07, the related
Subservicing Fee from payments of interest received on such Mortgage Loan after payment of all amounts
required to be remitted to the Master Servicer in respect of such Mortgage Loan. For any Mortgage Loan that
is a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive and retain an amount
equal to the Subservicing Fee from payments of interest. Unless the context otherwise requires, references
in this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans
include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of the Master Servicer. Each Subservicing
Agreement will be upon such terms and conditions as are generally required by, permitted by or consistent
with the Program Guide and are not inconsistent with this Agreement and as the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer have agreed. With the approval of the Master Servicer, a Subservicer may delegate its servicing
obligations to third-party servicers, but such Subservicer will remain obligated under the related
Subservicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and a Subservicer may enter into amendments thereto or a
different form of Subservicing Agreement, and the form referred to or included in the Program Guide is merely
provided for information and shall not be deemed to limit in any respect the discretion of the Master
Servicer to modify or enter into different Subservicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such
amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of either this
Agreement or the Program Guide in a manner which would materially and adversely affect the interests of the
Certificateholders. The Program Guide and any other Subservicing Agreement entered into between the Master
Servicer and any Subservicer shall require the Subservicer to accurately and fully report its borrower credit
files to each of the Credit Repositories in a timely manner.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and
the Certificateholders, shall use its best reasonable efforts to enforce the obligations of each Subservicer
under the related Subservicing Agreement and of each Seller under the related Seller's Agreement, to the
extent that the non-performance of any such obligation would have a material and adverse effect on a Mortgage
Loan, including, without limitation, the obligation to purchase a Mortgage Loan on account of defective
documentation, as described in Section 2.02, or on account of a breach of a representation or warranty, as
described in Section 2.04. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims,
termination of Subservicing Agreements or Seller's Agreements, as appropriate, and the pursuit of other
appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Master
Servicer would employ in its good faith business judgment and which are normal and usual in its general
mortgage servicing activities. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own
expense, and shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such enforcement to
the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or
(ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys fees against the party against whom such
enforcement is directed. For purposes of clarification only, the parties agree that the foregoing is not
intended to, and does not, limit the ability of the Master Servicer to be reimbursed for expenses that are
incurred in connection with the enforcement of a Seller's obligations and are reimbursable pursuant to
Section 3.10(a)(vii).
Section 3.03. Successor Subservicers.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement that may exist in
accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and without any limitation by virtue
of this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event of termination of any Subservicing Agreement by the
Master Servicer or the Subservicer, the Master Servicer shall either act as servicer of the related Mortgage
Loan or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor Subservicer which will be bound by the terms of
the related Subservicing Agreement. If the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of Residential Funding acts as
servicer, it will not assume liability for the representations and warranties of the Subservicer which it
replaces. If the Master Servicer enters into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor Subservicer, the
Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to have the successor Subservicer assume liability for the
representations and warranties made by the terminated Subservicer in respect of the related Mortgage Loans
and, in the event of any such assumption by the successor Subservicer, the Master Servicer may, in the
exercise of its business judgment, release the terminated Subservicer from liability for such representations
and warranties.
Section 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer or a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through
a Subservicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Trustee, and
Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.01 without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing
Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer or the Depositor and to the
same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a
Subservicer or Seller for indemnification of the Master Servicer and nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and Trustee or Certificateholders.
Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any other transactions or services relating to
the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed
to be between the Subservicer and the Master Servicer alone, and the Trustee and Certificateholders shall not
be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect
to the Subservicer in its capacity as such except as set forth in Section 3.06. The foregoing provision
shall not in any way limit a Subservicer's obligation to cure an omission or defect or to repurchase a
Mortgage Loan as referred to in Section 2.02 hereof.
Section 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by Trustee.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the master servicer (including by
reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee, as successor Master Servicer, its designee or its successor
shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each Subservicing
Agreement that may have been entered into. The Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the
Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced
the Master Servicer as a party to the Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing
Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party except that the Master Servicer shall not thereby be
relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreement.
(b) The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the expense of the Master Servicer,
deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the
Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use
its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of each Subservicing Agreement to the assuming
party.
Section 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to Custodial Account.
(a) The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms
and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this
Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related Primary Insurance Policy, follow such collection
procedures as it would employ in its good faith business judgment and which are normal and usual in its
general mortgage servicing activities. Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its
discretion (subject to the terms and conditions of the Assignment Agreement) (i) waive any late payment
charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and
(ii) extend the Due Date for payments due on a Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Program Guide, provided,
however, that the Master Servicer shall first determine that any such waiver or extension will not impair the
coverage of any related Primary Insurance Policy or materially adversely affect the lien of the related
Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, the Master Servicer or any Subservicer
shall not enforce any prepayment charge to the extent that such enforcement would violate any applicable
law. In the event of any such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make timely advances on the related
Mortgage Loan during the scheduled period in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan
without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements unless otherwise agreed to by the Holders of the
Classes of Certificates affected thereby; provided, however, that no such extension shall be made if any
advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer
may also waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict
compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Master Servicer's
determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the
interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent
such action), provided, however, that the Master Servicer may not modify materially or permit any Subservicer
to modify any Mortgage Loan, including without limitation any modification that would change the Mortgage
Rate, forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the
related Mortgage Loan or except in connection with prepayments to the extent that such reamortization is not
inconsistent with the terms of the Mortgage Loan), capitalize any amounts owing on the Mortgage Loan by
adding such amount to the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, or extend the final maturity
date of such Mortgage Loan, unless such Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the Master
Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable. No such modification shall reduce the Mortgage Rate on a
Mortgage Loan below the greater of (A) one-half of the Mortgage Rate as in effect on the Cut-off Date and
(B) one-half of the Mortgage Rate as in effect on the date of such modification, but not less than the sum of
the Servicing Fee Rate and the per annum rate at which the Subservicing Fee accrues. The final maturity date
for any Mortgage Loan shall not be extended beyond the Maturity Date. Also, the aggregate principal balance
of all Reportable Modified Mortgage Loans subject to Servicing Modifications (measured at the time of the
Servicing Modification and after giving effect to any Servicing Modification) can be no more than five
percent of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, provided, that such
limit may be increased from time to time if each Rating Agency provides written confirmation that an increase
in excess of that limit will not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating
Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the
Closing Date by such Rating Agency. In addition, any amounts owing on a Mortgage Loan added to the
outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan must be fully amortized over the term of such Mortgage
Loan, and such amounts may be added to the outstanding principal balance of a Mortgage Loan only once during
the life of such Mortgage Loan. Also, the addition of such amounts described in the preceding sentence shall
be implemented in accordance with the Program Guide and may be implemented only by Subservicers that have
been approved by the Master Servicer for such purposes. In connection with any Curtailment of a Mortgage
Loan, the Master Servicer, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the Mortgage Note and local law
and practice, may permit the Mortgage Loan to be re-amortized such that the Monthly Payment is recalculated
as an amount that will fully amortize the remaining principal balance thereof by the original maturity date
based on the original Mortgage Rate; provided, that such reamortization shall not be permitted if it would
constitute a reissuance of the Mortgage Loan for federal income tax purposes.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Custodial Account in which the Master Servicer
shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily basis, except as otherwise specifically provided herein,
the following payments and collections remitted by Subservicers or received by it in respect of the Mortgage
Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of Monthly Payments due before or in the month of
the Cut-off Date):
(i) All payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments made by Mortgagors on the
Mortgage Loans and the principal component of any Subservicer Advance or of any REO Proceeds received
in connection with an REO Property for which an REO Disposition has occurred;
(ii) All payments on account of interest at the Adjusted Mortgage Rate on the Mortgage Loans, including the
interest component of any Subservicer Advance or of any REO Proceeds received in connection with an
REO Property for which an REO Disposition has occurred;
(iii) Insurance Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and Liquidation Proceeds (net of any related expenses of the
Subservicer);
(iv) All proceeds of any Mortgage Loans purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07 (including
amounts received from Residential Funding pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 4 of the
Assignment Agreement in respect of any liability, penalty or expense that resulted from a breach of
the representation and warranty set forth in clause (xlvii) of Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement)
and all amounts required to be deposited in connection with the substitution of a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04; and
(v) Any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.07(c) and any payments or collections
received in the nature of prepayment charges.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Custodial Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and
agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments on the Mortgage Loans which are not
part of the Trust Fund (consisting of Monthly Payments due before or in the month of the Cut-off Date) and
payments or collections consisting of late payment charges or assumption fees may but need not be deposited
by the Master Servicer in the Custodial Account. In the event any amount not required to be deposited in the
Custodial Account is so deposited, the Master Servicer may at any time withdraw such amount from the
Custodial Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Custodial Account may contain
funds that belong to one or more trust funds created for mortgage pass-through certificates of other series
and may contain other funds respecting payments on mortgage loans belonging to the Master Servicer or
serviced or master serviced by it on behalf of others. Notwithstanding such commingling of funds, the Master
Servicer shall keep records that accurately reflect the funds on deposit in the Custodial Account that have
been identified by it as being attributable to the Mortgage Loans. With respect to Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and the proceeds of the purchase of any Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 and 4.07 received in any calendar month, the Master Servicer may
elect to treat such amounts as included in the Available Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date in the
month of receipt, but is not obligated to do so. If the Master Servicer so elects, such amounts will be
deemed to have been received (and any related Realized Loss shall be deemed to have occurred) on the last day
of the month prior to the receipt thereof.
(c) The Master Servicer shall use its best efforts to cause the institution maintaining the Custodial
Account to invest the funds in the Custodial Account attributable to the Mortgage Loans in Permitted
Investments which shall mature not later than the Certificate Account Deposit Date next following the date of
such investment (with the exception of the Amount Held for Future Distribution) and which shall not be sold
or disposed of prior to their maturities. All income and gain realized from any such investment shall be for
the benefit of the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation and shall be subject to its
withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments
attributable to the investment of amounts in respect of the Mortgage Loans shall be deposited in the
Custodial Account by the Master Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized.
(d) The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee and the Depositor of any change in the location
of the Custodial Account and the location of the Certificate Account prior to the use thereof.
Section 3.08. Subservicing Accounts; Servicing Accounts.
(a) In those cases where a Subservicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement,
the Master Servicer shall cause the Subservicer, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to establish and
maintain one or more Subservicing Accounts which shall be an Eligible Account or, if such account is not an
Eligible Account, shall generally satisfy the requirements of the Program Guide and be otherwise acceptable
to the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency. The Subservicer will be required thereby to deposit into the
Subservicing Account on a daily basis all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the Subservicer, less its
Subservicing Fees and unreimbursed advances and expenses, to the extent permitted by the Subservicing
Agreement. If the Subservicing Account is not an Eligible Account, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to
have received such monies upon receipt thereof by the Subservicer. The Subservicer shall not be required to
deposit in the Subservicing Account payments or collections in the nature of late charges or assumption fees,
or payments or collections received in the nature of prepayment charges to the extent that the Subservicer is
entitled to retain such amounts pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement. On or before the date specified in
the Program Guide, but in no event later than the Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Subservicer, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit in the
Custodial Account all funds held in the Subservicing Account with respect to each Mortgage Loan serviced by
such Subservicer that are required to be remitted to the Master Servicer. The Subservicer will also be
required, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to advance on such scheduled date of remittance amounts
equal to any scheduled monthly installments of principal and interest less its Subservicing Fees on any
Mortgage Loans for which payment was not received by the Subservicer. This obligation to advance with
respect to each Mortgage Loan will continue up to and including the first of the month following the date on
which the related Mortgaged Property is sold at a foreclosure sale or is acquired by the Trust Fund by deed
in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise. All such advances received by the Master Servicer shall be deposited
promptly by it in the Custodial Account.
(b) The Subservicer may also be required, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to remit to the Master
Servicer for deposit in the Custodial Account interest at the Adjusted Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net
Mortgage Rate plus the rate per annum at which the Servicing Fee accrues in the case of a Modified Mortgage
Loan) on any Curtailment received by such Subservicer in respect of a Mortgage Loan from the related
Mortgagor during any month that is to be applied by the Subservicer to reduce the unpaid principal balance of
the related Mortgage Loan as of the first day of such month, from the date of application of such Curtailment
to the first day of the following month. Any amounts paid by a Subservicer pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation and shall be
subject to its withdrawal or order from time to time pursuant to Sections 3.10(a)(iv) and (v).
(c) In addition to the Custodial Account and the Certificate Account, the Master Servicer shall for any
Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, and shall cause the Subservicers for Subserviced Mortgage Loans to, establish
and maintain one or more Servicing Accounts and deposit and retain therein all collections from the
Mortgagors (or advances from Subservicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums,
Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if applicable, or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors.
Each Servicing Account shall satisfy the requirements for a Subservicing Account and, to the extent permitted
by the Program Guide or as is otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer, may also function as a
Subservicing Account. Withdrawals of amounts related to the Mortgage Loans from the Servicing Accounts may
be made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance
Policy premiums, if applicable, or comparable items, to reimburse the Master Servicer or Subservicer out of
related collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections 3.11 (with respect to the Primary Insurance
Policy) and 3.12(a) (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be
determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account
or to clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 9.01 or in accordance with the Program Guide. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer
shall, and the Subservicers will, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreements, be required to pay to the
Mortgagors interest on funds in this account to the extent required by law.
(d) The Master Servicer shall advance the payments referred to in the preceding subsection that are not
timely paid by the Mortgagors or advanced by the Subservicers on the date when the tax, premium or other cost
for which such payment is intended is due, but the Master Servicer shall be required so to advance only to
the extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will be recoverable by the
Master Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Section 3.09. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
In the event that compliance with this Section 3.09 shall make any Class of Certificates legal for
investment by federally insured savings and loan associations, the Master Servicer shall provide, or cause
the Subservicers to provide, to the Trustee, the Office of Thrift Supervision or the FDIC and the supervisory
agents and examiners thereof access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision, such access being afforded without charge but only upon
reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master Servicer. The
Master Servicer shall permit such representatives to photocopy any such documentation and shall provide
equipment for that purpose at a charge reasonably approximating the cost of such photocopying to the Master
Servicer.
Section 3.10. Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may, from time to time as provided herein, make withdrawals from the Custodial
Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.07 that are attributable to the Mortgage Loans
for the following purposes:
(i) to make deposits into the Certificate Account in the amounts and in the manner provided for in
Section 4.01;
(ii) to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for previously unreimbursed Advances, Servicing
Advances or other expenses made pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.07(a), 3.08, 3.11, 3.12(a), 3.14 and 4.04
or otherwise reimbursable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such withdrawal right being limited
to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loans (including, for this purpose, REO Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and proceeds from the purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07) which represent (A) Late Collections of Monthly Payments for which
any such advance was made in the case of Subservicer Advances or Advances pursuant to Section 4.04 and
(B) recoveries of amounts in respect of which such advances were made in the case of Servicing
Advances;
(iii) to pay to itself or the related Subservicer (if not previously retained by such Subservicer) out of
each payment received by the Master Servicer on account of interest on a Mortgage Loan as contemplated
by Sections 3.14 and 3.16, an amount equal to that remaining portion of any such payment as to
interest (but not in excess of the Servicing Fee and the Subservicing Fee, if not previously retained)
which, when deducted, will result in the remaining amount of such interest being interest at a rate
per annum equal to the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified
Mortgage Loan) on the amount specified in the amortization schedule of the related Mortgage Loan as
the principal balance thereof at the beginning of the period respecting which such interest was paid
after giving effect to any previous Curtailments;
(iv) to pay to itself as additional servicing compensation any interest or investment income earned on
funds and other property deposited in or credited to the Custodial Account that it is entitled to
withdraw pursuant to Section 3.07(c);
(v) to pay to itself as additional servicing compensation any Foreclosure Profits, and any amounts
remitted by Subservicers as interest in respect of Curtailments pursuant to Section 3.08(b);
(vi) to pay to itself, a Subservicer, a Seller, Residential Funding, the Depositor or any other appropriate
Person, as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof
that has been purchased or otherwise transferred pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 4.07 or 9.01,
all amounts received thereon and not required to be distributed to Certificateholders as of the date
on which the related Stated Principal Balance or Purchase Price is determined;
(vii) to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for any Nonrecoverable Advance or Advances in the
manner and to the extent provided in subsection (c) below, and any Advance or Servicing Advance made
in connection with a modified Mortgage Loan that is in default or, in the judgment of the Master
Servicer, default is reasonably foreseeable pursuant to Section 3.07(a), to the extent the amount of
the Advance or Servicing Advance was added to the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan in a
prior calendar month;
(viii) to reimburse itself or the Depositor for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it or the Depositor
pursuant to Section 3.01(a), 3.11, 3.13, 3.14(c), 6.03, 10.01 or otherwise, or in connection with
enforcing any repurchase, substitution or indemnification obligation of any Seller (other than the
Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor) pursuant to the related Seller's Agreement;
(ix) to reimburse itself for amounts expended by it (a) pursuant to Section 3.14 in good faith in
connection with the restoration of property damaged by an Uninsured Cause, and (b) in connection with
the liquidation of a Mortgage Loan or disposition of an REO Property to the extent not otherwise
reimbursed pursuant to clause (ii) or (viii) above;
(x) to pay the Credit Risk Manager the Credit Risk Manager Fee; and
(xi) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Custodial Account that was not required to be deposited
therein pursuant to Section 3.07, including any payoff fees or penalties or any other additional
amounts payable to the Master Servicer or Subservicer pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note.
(b) Since, in connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii), (v) and (vi), the Master
Servicer's entitlement thereto is limited to collections or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan,
the Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis,
for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the Custodial Account pursuant to such clauses.
(c) The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for any advance
made in respect of a Mortgage Loan that the Master Servicer determines to be a Nonrecoverable Advance by
withdrawal from the Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein attributable to the Mortgage Loans on any
Certificate Account Deposit Date succeeding the date of such determination. Such right of reimbursement in
respect of a Nonrecoverable Advance relating to an Advance made pursuant to Section 4.04 on any such
Certificate Account Deposit Date shall be limited to an amount not exceeding the portion of such advance
previously paid to Certificateholders (and not theretofore reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the related
Subservicer).
Section 3.11. Maintenance of Primary Insurance Coverage.
(a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Subservicer to take, any action which would result
in noncoverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the
Master Servicer or Subservicer, would have been covered thereunder. To the extent coverage is available, the
Master Servicer shall keep or cause to be kept in full force and effect each such Primary Insurance Policy
until the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property is reduced to 80% or
less of the Appraised Value at origination in the case of such a Mortgage Loan having a Loan-to-Value Ratio
at origination in excess of 80%, provided that such Primary Insurance Policy was in place as of the Cut-off
Date and the Master Servicer had knowledge of such Primary Insurance Policy. The Master Servicer shall not
cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy applicable to a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, or
consent to any Subservicer canceling or refusing to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy applicable to a
Mortgage Loan subserviced by it, that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates
and is required to be kept in force hereunder unless the replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such
canceled or non-renewed policy is maintained with an insurer whose claims-paying ability is acceptable to
each Rating Agency for mortgage pass-through certificates having a rating equal to or better than the lower
of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to the Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating
Agency.
(b) In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer agrees to present or to cause the related Subservicer to present, on behalf of the Master Servicer,
the Subservicer, if any, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary
Insurance Policies, in a timely manner in accordance with such policies, and, in this regard, to take or
cause to be taken such reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance
Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any Insurance Proceeds collected by
or remitted to the Master Servicer under any Primary Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Custodial
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10.
Section 3.12. Maintenance of Fire Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire insurance with extended
coverage in an amount which is equal to the lesser of the principal balance owing on such Mortgage Loan
(together with the principal balance of any mortgage loan secured by a lien that is senior to the Mortgage
Loan) or 100% of the insurable value of the improvements; provided, however, that such coverage may not be
less than the minimum amount required to fully compensate for any loss or damage on a replacement cost
BASIS. To the extent it may do so without breaching the related Subservicing Agreement, the Master Servicer
shall replace any Subservicer that does not cause such insurance, to the extent it is available, to be
maintained. The Master Servicer shall also cause to be maintained on property acquired upon foreclosure, or
deed in lieu of foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan, fire insurance with extended coverage in an amount which
is at least equal to the amount necessary to avoid the application of any co-insurance clause contained in
the related hazard insurance policy. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer
under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related
Mortgaged Property or property thus acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to
the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit.
Such costs shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of related late payments by the Mortgagor or out
of Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.10. It is understood and
agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on
property acquired in respect of a Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations
as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. Whenever the improvements
securing a Mortgage Loan are located at the time of origination of such Mortgage Loan in a federally
designated special flood hazard area, the Master Servicer shall cause flood insurance (to the extent
available) to be maintained in respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) the amount required to compensate for any loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property on a
replacement cost basis and (ii) the maximum amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged
Property under the national flood insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property
is located is participating in such program).
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket fire insurance policy with
extended coverage insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be
deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.12(a), it being
understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer
shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy
complying with the first sentence of this Section 3.12(a) and there shall have been a loss which would have
been covered by such policy, deposit in the Certificate Account the amount not otherwise payable under the
blanket policy because of such deductible clause. Any such deposit by the Master Servicer shall be made on
the Certificate Account Deposit Date next preceding the Distribution Date which occurs in the month following
the month in which payments under any such policy would have been deposited in the Custodial Account. In
connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer
agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket
policy.
(b) The Master 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
covering the Master Servicer's officers and employees and other persons acting on behalf of the Master
Servicer in connection with its activities under this Agreement. The amount of coverage shall be at least
equal to the coverage that would be required by Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, whichever is greater, with respect
to the Master Servicer if the Master Servicer were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans for Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. In the event that any such bond or policy ceases to be in effect, the Master Servicer
shall obtain a comparable replacement bond or policy from an issuer or insurer, as the case may be, meeting
the requirements, if any, of the Program Guide and acceptable to the Depositor. Coverage of the Master
Servicer under a policy or bond obtained by an Affiliate of the Master Servicer and providing the coverage
required by this Section 3.12(b) shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.12(b).
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments.
(a) When any Mortgaged Property is conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer or Subservicer, to the
extent it has knowledge of such conveyance, shall enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage
Note or Mortgage, to the extent permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the
extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance
Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under
this Section 3.13(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Master Servicer is restricted by law
from preventing; and (ii) if the Master Servicer determines that it is reasonably likely that any Mortgagor
will bring, or if any Mortgagor does bring, legal action to declare invalid or otherwise avoid enforcement of
a due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, the Master Servicer shall not be required to
enforce the due-on-sale clause or to contest such action.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause to the extent set forth in
Section 3.13(a), in any case in which a Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and
such Person is to enter into an assumption or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage which requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is
required releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer is authorized,
subject to the requirements of the sentence next following, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee,
the assumption agreement with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such
modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable
or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any
applicable laws regarding assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person; provided,
however, none of such terms and requirements shall both constitute a "significant modification" effecting an
exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder) and cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under
the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the Startup Date
under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer shall execute and deliver such documents only if it
reasonably determines that (i) its execution and delivery thereof will not conflict with or violate any terms
of this Agreement or cause the unpaid balance and interest on the Mortgage Loan to be uncollectible in whole
or in part, (ii) any required consents of insurers under any Required Insurance Policies have been obtained
and (iii) subsequent to the closing of the transaction involving the assumption or transfer (A) the Mortgage
Loan will continue to be secured by a first mortgage lien (or, with respect to any junior lien, a junior lien
of the same priority in relation to any senior lien on such Mortgage Loan) pursuant to the terms of the
Mortgage, (B) such transaction will not adversely affect the coverage under any Required Insurance Policies,
(C) the Mortgage Loan will fully amortize over the remaining term thereof, (D) no material term of the
Mortgage Loan (including the interest rate on the Mortgage Loan) will be altered nor will the term of the
Mortgage Loan be changed and (E) if the seller/transferor of the Mortgaged Property is to be released from
liability on the Mortgage Loan, the buyer/transferee of the Mortgaged Property would be qualified to assume
the Mortgage Loan based on generally comparable credit quality and such release will not (based on the Master
Servicer's or Subservicer's good faith determination) adversely affect the collectability of the Mortgage
Loan. Upon receipt of appropriate instructions from the Master Servicer in accordance with the foregoing,
the Trustee shall execute any necessary instruments for such assumption or substitution of liability as
directed by the Master Servicer. Upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by such documents, the
Master Servicer shall cause the originals or true and correct copies of the assumption agreement, the release
(if any), or the modification or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage to be delivered to the Trustee
or the Custodian and deposited with the Mortgage File for such Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the
Master Servicer or such related Subservicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of liability
agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer or such Subservicer as additional servicing compensation.
(c) The Master Servicer or the related Subservicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to approve a
request from a Mortgagor for a partial release of the related Mortgaged Property, the granting of an easement
thereon in favor of another Person, any alteration or demolition of the related Mortgaged Property or other
similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgment in the same manner as it
would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that the security for, and the timely and full
collectability of, such Mortgage Loan would not be adversely affected thereby and that any REMIC created
hereunder would not fail to continue to qualify as a REMIC under the Code as a result thereof and (subject to
Section 10.01(f)) that no tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the Startup Date would be
imposed on any REMIC created hereunder as a result thereof. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer or the
related Subservicer for processing such a request will be retained by the Master Servicer or such Subservicer
as additional servicing compensation.
(d) Subject to any other applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Trustee and Master
Servicer shall be entitled to approve an assignment in lieu of satisfaction with respect to any Mortgage
Loan, provided the obligee with respect to such Mortgage Loan following such proposed assignment provides the
Trustee and Master Servicer with a "Lender Certification for Assignment of Mortgage Loan" in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit M, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and Master Servicer,
providing the following: (i) that the Mortgage Loan is secured by Mortgaged Property located in a
jurisdiction in which an assignment in lieu of satisfaction is required to preserve lien priority, minimize
or avoid mortgage recording taxes or otherwise comply with, or facilitate a refinancing under, the laws of
such jurisdiction; (ii) that the substance of the assignment is, and is intended to be, a refinancing of such
Mortgage Loan and that the form of the transaction is solely to comply with, or facilitate the transaction
under, such local laws; (iii) that the Mortgage Loan following the proposed assignment will have a rate of
interest more than the greater of (A) 3% and (B) 5% of the annual yield of the unmodified Mortgage Loan,
below or above the rate of interest on such Mortgage Loan prior to such proposed assignment; and (iv) that
such assignment is at the request of the borrower under the related Mortgage Loan. Upon approval of an
assignment in lieu of satisfaction with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall receive cash
in an amount equal to the unpaid principal balance of and accrued interest on such Mortgage Loan, and the
Master Servicer shall treat such amount as a Principal Prepayment in Full with respect to such Mortgage Loan
for all purposes hereof.
Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include an REO
Acquisition) the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in
default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments
pursuant to Section 3.07. Alternatively, the Master Servicer may take other actions in respect of a
defaulted Mortgage Loan, which may include (i) accepting a short sale (a payoff of the Mortgage Loan for an
amount less than the total amount contractually owed in order to facilitate a sale of the Mortgaged Property
by the Mortgagor) or permitting a short refinancing (a payoff of the Mortgage Loan for an amount less than
the total amount contractually owed in order to facilitate refinancing transactions by the Mortgagor not
involving a sale of the Mortgaged Property), (ii) arranging for a repayment plan or (iii) agreeing to a
modification in accordance with Section 3.07. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion or
action, the Master Servicer shall, consistent with Section 3.11, follow such practices and procedures as it
shall deem necessary or advisable, as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities
and as shall be required or permitted by the Program Guide; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be
liable in any respect hereunder if the Master Servicer is acting in connection with any such foreclosure or
other conversion or action in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The Master
Servicer, however, shall not be required to expend its own funds or incur other reimbursable charges in
connection with any foreclosure, or attempted foreclosure which is not completed, or towards the correction
of any default on a related senior mortgage loan, or towards the restoration of any property unless it shall
determine (i) that such restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the
Mortgage Loan to Holders of Certificates of one or more Classes after reimbursement to itself for such
expenses or charges and (ii) that such expenses and charges will be recoverable to it through Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, or REO Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of
withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.10, whether or not such expenses and charges are
actually recoverable from related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or REO Proceeds). In the event of
such a determination by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.14(a), the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement of its funds so expended pursuant to Section 3.10. In addition, the Master
Servicer may pursue any remedies that may be available in connection with a breach of a representation and
warranty with respect to any such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Sections 2.03 and 2.04. However, the
Master Servicer is not required to continue to pursue both foreclosure (or similar remedies) with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and remedies in connection with a breach of a representation and warranty if the Master
Servicer determines in its reasonable discretion that one such remedy is more likely to result in a greater
recovery as to the Mortgage Loan. Upon the occurrence of a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, following
the deposit in the Custodial Account of all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments and
recoveries referred to in the definition of "Cash Liquidation" or "REO Disposition," as applicable, upon
receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee or
any Custodian, as the case may be, shall release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File and the
Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Master Servicer,
in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Master Servicer or its designee, as the
case may be, the related Mortgage Loan, and thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall not be part of the Trust
FUND. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, in the Master Servicer's sole
discretion with respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property as to either of the following
provisions, (i) a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition may be deemed to have occurred if substantially all
amounts expected by the Master Servicer to be received in connection with the related defaulted Mortgage Loan
or REO Property have been received, and (ii) for purposes of determining the amount of any Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Proceeds or other unscheduled collections or the amount of any Realized
Loss, the Master Servicer may take into account minimal amounts of additional receipts expected to be
received or any estimated additional liquidation expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the
related defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property.
(b) In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired by the Trust Fund as an REO Property by
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee
or to its nominee on behalf of Certificateholders. Notwithstanding any such acquisition of title and
cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan, such REO Property shall (except as otherwise expressly provided
herein) be considered to be an Outstanding Mortgage Loan held in the Trust Fund until such time as the REO
Property shall be sold. Consistent with the foregoing for purposes of all calculations hereunder so long as
such REO Property shall be considered to be an Outstanding Mortgage Loan it shall be assumed that,
notwithstanding that the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note shall have been discharged, such
Mortgage Note and the related amortization schedule in effect at the time of any such acquisition of title
(after giving effect to any previous Curtailments and before any adjustment thereto by reason of any
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period) remain in effect.
(c) In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any REO Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection
with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund shall
dispose of such REO Property as soon as practicable, giving due consideration to the interests of the
Certificateholders, but in all cases, within three full years after the taxable year of its acquisition by
the Trust Fund for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (or such shorter period as may be necessary
under applicable state (including any state in which such property is located) law to maintain the status of
each REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC under applicable state law and avoid taxes resulting from such
property failing to be foreclosure property under applicable state law) or, at the expense of the Trust Fund,
request, more than 60 days before the day on which such grace period would otherwise expire, an extension of
such grace period unless the Master Servicer (subject to Section 10.01(f)) obtains for the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Master Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Trust
Fund of such REO Property subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify
as a REMIC (for federal (or any applicable State or local) income tax purposes) at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such REO Property (subject to
any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
from the Custodial Account for any costs incurred in obtaining such Opinion of Counsel, as provided in
Section 3.10. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no REO Property acquired by the Trust
Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used by or on behalf of the Trust
Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject any REMIC created
hereunder to the imposition of any federal income taxes on the income earned from such REO Property,
including any taxes imposed by reason of Section 860G(c) of the Code, unless the Master Servicer has agreed
to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
(d) The proceeds of any Cash Liquidation, REO Disposition or purchase or repurchase of any Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as well as any recovery (other than Subsequent Recoveries) resulting
from a collection of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or REO Proceeds, will be applied in the
following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer or the related Subservicer in
accordance with Section 3.10(a)(ii); second, to the Certificateholders to the extent of accrued and unpaid
interest on the Mortgage Loan, and any related REO Imputed Interest, at the Net Mortgage Rate (or the
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan), to the Due Date in the related Due
Period prior to the Distribution Date on which such amounts are to be distributed; third, to the
Certificateholders as a recovery of principal on the Mortgage Loan (or REO Property); fourth, to all
Servicing Fees and Subservicing Fees payable therefrom (and the Master Servicer and the Subservicer shall
have no claims for any deficiencies with respect to such fees which result from the foregoing allocation);
and fifth, to Foreclosure Profits.
(e) In the event of a default on a Mortgage Loan one or more of whose obligors is not a United States
Person, in connection with any foreclosure or acquisition of a deed in lieu of foreclosure (together,
"foreclosure") in respect of such Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cause compliance with the
provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor thereto) necessary to assure that
no withholding tax obligation arises with respect to the proceeds of such foreclosure except to the extent,
if any, that proceeds of such foreclosure are required to be remitted to the obligors on such Mortgage Loan.
Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
(a) Upon becoming aware of the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or upon the receipt by the Master
Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the
Master Servicer shall immediately notify the Trustee (if it holds the related Mortgage File) or the Custodian
by a certification of a Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that
all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in
the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.07 have been or will be so deposited), substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit G, or, in the case of a Custodian, an electronic request in a form acceptable to
the Custodian, requesting delivery to it of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Trustee shall promptly release, or cause the Custodian to release, the related Mortgage File to
the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer is authorized to execute and deliver to the Mortgagor the request
for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing
the lien of the Mortgage, together with the Mortgage Note with, as appropriate, written evidence of
cancellation thereon and to cause the removal from the registration on the MERS(R)System of such Mortgage and
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of partial or full release, including any applicable UCC
termination statements. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of
reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account.
(b) From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian, with a copy to the Trustee, a certificate of a Servicing Officer
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit G hereto, or, in the case of a Custodian, an electronic request
in a form acceptable to the Custodian, requesting that possession of all, or any document constituting part
of, the Mortgage File be released to the Master Servicer and certifying as to the reason for such release and
that such release will not invalidate any insurance coverage provided in respect of the Mortgage Loan under
any Required Insurance Policy. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Trustee shall deliver, or cause the
Custodian to deliver, the Mortgage File or any document therein to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer
shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein so released to be returned to the Trustee, or the
Custodian as agent for the Trustee when the need therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless (i)
the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been
deposited in the Custodial Account or (ii) the Mortgage File or such document has been delivered directly or
through a Subservicer to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law, for
purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged
Property either judicially or non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered directly or through a
Subservicer to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the
Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such
delivery. In the event of the liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall deliver the Request for
Release with respect thereto to the Master Servicer upon the Trustee's receipt of notification from the
Master Servicer of the deposit of the related Liquidation Proceeds in the Custodial Account.
(c) The Trustee or the Master Servicer on the Trustee's behalf shall execute and deliver to the Master
Servicer, if necessary, any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other documents necessary to the
foreclosure or trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain
judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to
enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law
or in equity. Together with such documents or pleadings (if signed by the Trustee), the Master Servicer
shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting that such pleadings or documents
be executed by the Trustee and certifying as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required and that
the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee shall not invalidate any insurance coverage under any
Required Insurance Policy or invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the
termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee's sale.
Section 3.16. Servicing and Other Compensation; Compensating Interest.
(a) The Master Servicer, as compensation for its activities hereunder, shall be entitled to receive on
each Distribution Date the amounts provided for by clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of Section 3.10(a),
subject to clause (e) below. The amount of servicing compensation provided for in such clauses shall be
accounted for on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis. In the event that Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and REO Proceeds (net of amounts reimbursable therefrom pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(ii)) in respect
of a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition exceed the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan plus
unpaid interest accrued thereon (including REO Imputed Interest) at a per annum rate equal to the related Net
Mortgage Rate (or the Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan), the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to retain therefrom and to pay to itself and/or the related Subservicer, any
Foreclosure Profits and any Servicing Fee or Subservicing Fee considered to be accrued but unpaid.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, late payment charges, investment
income on amounts in the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account or otherwise shall be retained by the
Master Servicer or the Subservicer to the extent provided herein, subject to clause (e) below. Prepayment
charges shall be deposited into the Certificate Account and shall be paid on each Distribution Date to the
holders of the Class SB Certificates.
(c) The Master Servicer shall be required to pay, or cause to be paid, all expenses incurred by it in
connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of premiums for the Primary Insurance
Policies, if any, to the extent such premiums are not required to be paid by the related Mortgagors, and the
fees and expenses of the Trustee and any Custodian) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor
except as specifically provided in Sections 3.10 and 3.14.
(d) The Master Servicer's right to receive servicing compensation may not be transferred in whole or in
part except in connection with the transfer of all of its responsibilities and obligations of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the amount of servicing compensation that the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to receive for its activities hereunder for the period ending on each Distribution
Date shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of Compensating Interest (if any) for such
Distribution Date used to cover Prepayment Interest Shortfalls as provided in Section 3.16(f) below. Such
reduction shall be applied during such period as follows: first, to any Servicing Fee or Subservicing Fee to
which the Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(iii); and second, to any income or gain
realized from any investment of funds held in the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account to which the
Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to Sections 3.07(c) or 4.01(c), respectively. In making such reduction,
the Master Servicer shall not withdraw from the Custodial Account any such amount representing all or a
portion of the Servicing Fee to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(iii) and shall not withdraw
from the Custodial Account or Certificate Account any such amount to which it is entitled pursuant to
Section 3.07(c) or 4.01(c).
(f) With respect to any Distribution Date, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans will be
covered first, by the Master Servicer, but only to the extent such Prepayment Interest Shortfalls do not
exceed Eligible Master Servicing Compensation.
Section 3.17. Reports to the Trustee and the Depositor.
Not later than fifteen days after it receives a written request from the Trustee or the Depositor, the
Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee and the Depositor a statement, certified by a Servicing Officer,
setting forth the status of the Custodial Account as of the close of business on such Distribution Date as it
relates to the Mortgage Loans and showing, for the period covered by such statement, the aggregate of
deposits in or withdrawals from the Custodial Account in respect of the Mortgage Loans for each category of
deposit specified in Section 3.07 and each category of withdrawal specified in Section 3.10.
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance and Servicing Assessment.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee on or before the earlier of
(a) March 31 of each year or (b) with respect to any calendar year during which the Depositor's annual report
on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission, the date on which the annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, (i) a servicing assessment as described in
Section 4.03(f)(ii) and (ii) a servicer compliance statement, signed by an authorized officer of the Master
Servicer, as described in Items 1122(a), 1122(b) and 1123 of Regulation AB, to the effect that:
(A) A review of the Master Servicer's activities during the reporting period and of its performance under
this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision.
(B) To the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all
of its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout the reporting
period or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect,
specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
The Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from all other parties
participating in the servicing function any additional certifications required under Item 1123 of
Regulation AB to the extent required to be included in a Report on Form 10-K; provided, however, that a
failure to obtain such certifications shall not be a breach of the Master Servicer's duties hereunder if any
such party fails to deliver such a certification.
Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.
On or before the earlier of (a) March 31 of each year or (b) with respect to any calendar year during
which the Depositor's annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission, the date on which the annual report is required to be filed
in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Master Servicer at
its expense shall cause a firm of independent public accountants, which shall be members of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, to furnish to the Depositor and the Trustee the attestation
required under Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB. In rendering such statement, such firm may rely, as to matters
relating to the direct servicing of mortgage loans by Subservicers, upon comparable statements for
examinations conducted by independent public accountants substantially in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (rendered within one year of such
statement) with respect to such Subservicers.
Section 3.20. Right of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the Trustee, upon reasonable notice, during normal
business hours access to all records maintained by the Master Servicer in respect of its rights and
obligations hereunder and access to officers of the Master Servicer responsible for such obligations. Upon
request, the Master Servicer shall furnish the Depositor with its most recent financial statements and such
other information as the Master Servicer possesses regarding its business, affairs, property and condition,
financial or otherwise. The Master Servicer shall also cooperate with all reasonable requests for
information including, but not limited to, notices, tapes and copies of files, regarding itself, the Mortgage
Loans or the Certificates from any Person or Persons identified by the Depositor or Residential Funding. The
Depositor may enforce the obligation of the Master Servicer hereunder and may, but it is not obligated to,
perform or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer hereunder or exercise
the rights of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any
of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. Neither the
Depositor nor the Trustee shall have the responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the
Master Servicer and they are not obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement or otherwise.
Section 3.21. [Reserved].
Section 3.22. Advance Facility.
(a) The Master Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into a financing or other facility (any such
arrangement, an "Advance Facility") under which (1) the Master Servicer sells, assigns or pledges to another
Person (an "Advancing Person") the Master Servicer's rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any
Advances or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an Advancing Person agrees to fund some or all Advances and/or
Servicing Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before the Master
Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance Facility under
which an Advancing Person agrees to fund Advances and/or Servicing Advances on the Master Servicer's behalf,
the Master Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make Advances and Servicing
Advances pursuant to and as required by this Agreement. If the Master Servicer enters into an Advance
Facility, and for so long as an Advancing Person remains entitled to receive reimbursement for any Advances
including Nonrecoverable Advances ("Advance Reimbursement Amounts") and/or Servicing Advances including
Nonrecoverable Advances ("Servicing Advance Reimbursement Amounts" and together with Advance Reimbursement
Amounts, "Reimbursement Amounts") (in each case to the extent such type of Reimbursement Amount is included
in the Advance Facility), as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, then the Master Servicer shall identify
such Reimbursement Amounts consistent with the reimbursement rights set forth in Section 3.10(a)(ii) and
(vii) and remit such Reimbursement Amounts in accordance with this Section 3.22 or otherwise in accordance
with the documentation establishing the Advance Facility to such Advancing Person or to a trustee, agent or
custodian (an "Advance Facility Trustee") designated by such Advancing Person in an Advance Facility Notice
described below in Section 3.22(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if so required pursuant to the terms of
the Advance Facility, the Master Servicer may direct, and if so directed in writing, the Trustee is hereby
authorized to and shall pay to the Advance Facility Trustee the Reimbursement Amounts identified pursuant to
the preceding sentence. An Advancing Person whose obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of
Advances and/or Servicing Advances shall not be required to meet the qualifications of a Master Servicer or a
Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.02(a) or 6.02(c) hereof and shall not be deemed to be a Subservicer under
this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall Advance Reimbursement
Amounts or Servicing Advance Reimbursement Amounts be included in the Available Distribution Amount or
distributed to Certificateholders.
(b) If the Master Servicer enters into an Advance Facility and makes the election set forth in
Section 3.22(a), the Master Servicer and the related Advancing Person shall deliver to the Trustee a written
notice and payment instruction (an "Advance Facility Notice"), providing the Trustee with written payment
instructions as to where to remit Advance Reimbursement Amounts and/or Servicing Advance Reimbursement
Amounts (each to the extent such type of Reimbursement Amount is included within the Advance Facility) on
subsequent Distribution Dates. The payment instruction shall require the applicable Reimbursement Amounts to
be distributed to the Advancing Person or to an Advance Facility Trustee designated in the Advance Facility
Notice. An Advance Facility Notice may only be terminated by the joint written direction of the Master
Servicer and the related Advancing Person (and any related Advance Facility Trustee).
(c) Reimbursement Amounts shall consist solely of amounts in respect of Advances and/or Servicing Advances
made with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which the Master Servicer would be permitted to reimburse itself
in accordance with Section 3.10(a)(ii) and (vii) hereof, assuming the Master Servicer or the Advancing Person
had made the related Advance(s) and/or Servicing Advance(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with
respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances as set forth in Section 3.10(c) of this Agreement, no
Person shall be entitled to reimbursement from funds held in the Certificate Account for future distribution
to Certificateholders pursuant to this Agreement. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall have any duty
or liability with respect to the calculation of any Reimbursement Amount, nor shall the Depositor or the
Trustee have any responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility and the
Depositor shall not have any responsibility to track, monitor or verify the payment of Reimbursement Amounts
to the related Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee. The Master Servicer shall maintain and provide
to any successor master servicer a detailed accounting on a loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced by,
sold, pledged or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advancing Person. The successor master servicer shall be
entitled to rely on any such information provided by the Master Servicer, and the successor master servicer
shall not be liable for any errors in such information.
(d) Upon the direction of and at the expense of the Master Servicer, the Trustee agrees to execute such
acknowledgments, certificates, and other documents reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee provided by the
Master Servicer and reasonable satisfactory to the Trustee recognizing the interests of any Advancing Person
or Advance Facility Trustee in such Reimbursement Amounts as the Master Servicer may cause to be made subject
to Advance Facilities pursuant to this Section 3.22, and such other documents in connection with such Advance
Facility as may be reasonably requested from time to time by any Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee
and reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
(e) Reimbursement Amounts collected with respect to each Mortgage Loan shall be allocated to outstanding
unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances (as the case may be) made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a
"first-in, first out" ("FIFO") basis, subject to the qualifications set forth below:
(i) Any successor Master Servicer to Residential Funding (a "Successor Master Servicer") and the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility Trustee shall be required to apply all amounts available in accordance with
this Section 3.22(e) to the reimbursement of Advances and Servicing Advances in the manner provided
for herein; provided, however, that after the succession of a Successor Master Servicer, (A) to the
extent that any Advances or Servicing Advances with respect to any particular Mortgage Loan are
reimbursed from payments or recoveries, if any, from the related Mortgagor, and Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, if any, with respect to that Mortgage Loan, reimbursement shall be made, first,
to the Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee in respect of Advances and/or Servicing Advances
related to that Mortgage Loan to the extent of the interest of the Advancing Person or Advance
Facility Trustee in such Advances and/or Servicing Advances, second to the Master Servicer in respect
of Advances and/or Servicing Advances related to that Mortgage Loan in excess of those in which the
Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee Person has an interest, and third, to the Successor
Master Servicer in respect of any other Advances and/or Servicing Advances related to that Mortgage
Loan, from such sources as and when collected, and (B) reimbursements of Advances and Servicing
Advances that are Nonrecoverable Advances shall be made pro rata to the Advancing Person or Advance
Facility Trustee, on the one hand, and any such Successor Master Servicer, on the other hand, on the
basis of the respective aggregate outstanding unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances that are
Nonrecoverable Advances owed to the Advancing Person, Advance Facility Trustee or Master Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement, on the one hand, and any such Successor Master Servicer, on the other
hand, and without regard to the date on which any such Advances or Servicing Advances shall have been
made. In the event that, as a result of the FIFO allocation made pursuant to this Section 3.22(e),
some or all of a Reimbursement Amount paid to the Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee relates
to Advances or Servicing Advances that were made by a Person other than Residential Funding or the
Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee, then the Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee
shall be required to remit any portion of such Reimbursement Amount to the Person entitled to such
portion of such Reimbursement Amount. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Residential
Funding shall remain entitled to be reimbursed by the Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee for
all Advances and Servicing Advances funded by Residential Funding to the extent the related
Reimbursement Amount(s) have not been assigned or pledged to an Advancing Person or Advance Facility
Trustee. The documentation establishing any Advance Facility shall require Residential Funding to
provide to the related Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee loan by loan information with
respect to each Reimbursement Amount distributed to such Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee
on each date of remittance thereof to such Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee, to enable the
Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee to make the FIFO allocation of each Reimbursement Amount
with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
(ii) By way of illustration, and not by way of limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Master
Servicer resigns or is terminated at a time when the Master Servicer is a party to an Advance
Facility, and is replaced by a Successor Master Servicer, and the Successor Master Servicer directly
funds Advances or Servicing Advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and does not assign or pledge the
related Reimbursement Amounts to the related Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee, then all
payments and recoveries received from the related Mortgagor or received in the form of Liquidation
Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan (including Insurance Proceeds collected in connection with
a liquidation of such Mortgage Loan) will be allocated first to the Advancing Person or Advance
Facility Trustee until the related Reimbursement Amounts attributable to such Mortgage Loan that are
owed to the Master Servicer and the Advancing Person, which were made prior to any Advances or
Servicing Advances made by the Successor Master Servicer, have been reimbursed in full, at which point
the Successor Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain all related Reimbursement Amounts
subsequently collected with respect to that Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.10 of this Agreement.
To the extent that the Advances or Servicing Advances are Nonrecoverable Advances to be reimbursed on
an aggregate basis pursuant to Section 3.10 of this Agreement, the reimbursement paid in this manner
will be made pro rata to the Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee, on the one hand, and the
Successor Master Servicer, on the other hand, as described in clause (i)(B) above.
(f) The Master Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed for all Advances and Servicing Advances
funded by the Master Servicer to the extent the related rights to be reimbursed therefor have not been sold,
assigned or pledged to an Advancing Person.
(g) Any amendment to this Section 3.22 or to any other provision of this Agreement that may be necessary
or appropriate to effect the terms of an Advance Facility as described generally in this Section 3.22,
including amendments to add provisions relating to a successor master servicer, may be entered into by the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer without the consent of any Certificateholder, with written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that the amendment will not result in the reduction of the ratings on
any class of the Certificates below the lesser of the then current or original ratings on such Certificates
and delivery of an Opinion of Counsel as required under Section 11.01(c), notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in Section 11.01 of or elsewhere in this Agreement.
(h) Any rights of set-off that the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, any Successor Master Servicer
or any other Person might otherwise have against the Master Servicer under this Agreement shall not attach to
any rights to be reimbursed for Advances or Servicing Advances that have been sold, transferred, pledged,
conveyed or assigned to any Advancing Person.
(i) At any time when an Advancing Person shall have ceased funding Advances and/or Servicing Advances (as
the case may be) and the Advancing Person or related Advance Facility Trustee shall have received
Reimbursement Amounts sufficient in the aggregate to reimburse all Advances and/or Servicing Advances (as the
case may be) the right to reimbursement for which were assigned to the Advancing Person, then upon the
delivery of a written notice signed by the Advancing Person and the Master Servicer or its successor or
assign) to the Trustee terminating the Advance Facility Notice (the "Notice of Facility Termination"), the
Master Servicer or its Successor Master Servicer shall again be entitled to withdraw and retain the related
Reimbursement Amounts from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.10.
(j) After delivery of any Advance Facility Notice, and until any such Advance Facility Notice has been
terminated by a Notice of Facility Termination, this Section 3.22 may not be amended or otherwise modified
without the prior written consent of the related Advancing Person.
Section 3.23. Special Servicing.
(a) Subject to the conditions described in Section 3.23(b) below, the Holder of the Class SB Certificates
may (but is not obligated to) appoint a special servicer (each, a "Special Servicer") to service any Mortgage
Loan which is delinquent in payment by 120 days or more as of the related Special Servicing Transfer Date;
provided, however, that the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans transferred to a Special
Servicer pursuant to this Section shall not equal or exceed 10% of the Cut-off Date Balance. The Holder of
the Class SB Certificates shall give the Trustee and the Master Servicer not less than 40 days prior written
notice of the date on which it anticipates the transfer of servicing with respect to any Mortgage Loan to a
Special Servicer to occur (the "Special Servicing Transfer Date"), specifying (i) the Mortgage Loan(s) that
it intends to transfer and (ii) the related Special Servicer.
(b) Any Special Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.23(a) above shall (i) be rated in one of the two
highest rating categories as a special servicer by at least two of Standard & Poor's, Xxxxx'x and Xxxxx
Ratings, (ii) satisfy and be subject to all requirements and obligations of a Subservicer under this
Agreement, including but not limited to, servicing in accordance with the Program Guide and this Agreement,
(iii) be approved by the Master Servicer (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), (iv) be capable
of full compliance with Regulation AB and (v) sign an acknowledgement agreeing to be bound by this
Agreement. In addition, no Special Servicer may modify a Mortgage Loan without the prior written consent of
the Master Servicer and such modification shall be in compliance with Section 3.07(a) hereof.
(c) In connection with the transfer of the servicing of any Mortgage Loan to a Special Servicer, the
Master Servicer or Subservicer of such Mortgage Loan (the "Transferring Servicer") shall, at such Special
Servicer's expense, deliver to such Special Servicer all documents and records relating to such Mortgage Loan
and an accounting of amounts collected or held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly
and efficient transfer of the servicing of such Mortgage Loan to such Special Servicer. Such Special
Servicer shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Transferring Servicer hereunder
arising from and after the Special Servicing Transfer Date, including the right to receive the related
Subservicing Fee from payments of interest received on such Mortgage Loan (and shall have no rights or
entitlement to compensation greater than that of the Transferring Servicer with respect to such Mortgage
Loan) and the Transferring Servicer shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder with respect to
such Mortgage Loan (except that the Master Servicer shall remain obligated to master service such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to this Agreement). In connection with the transfer of the servicing of any Mortgage Loan to a
Special Servicer, the Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect that such Mortgage
Loans are subserviced by such Special Servicer.
(d) On any Special Servicing Transfer Date, the related Special Servicer shall reimburse the Transferring
Servicer for all unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, as applicable, relating to the
Mortgage Loans for which the servicing is being transferred. The related Special Servicer shall be entitled
to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.10 or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement for all such Advances,
Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, as applicable, paid to the Transferring Servicer pursuant to this
Section 3.23. In addition, in the event that the Transferring Servicer is a Subservicer, the Holder of the
Class SB Certificates or the related Special Servicer shall pay any termination fees due to such Transferring
Servicer pursuant to the applicable Subservicing Agreement.
(e) Each Special Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold the Master Servicer and the Transferring Servicer
harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, expenses, costs or liabilities (including attorneys
fees and court costs) incurred by the Master Servicer or Transferring Servicer, as applicable, as a result of
or in connection with the failure by such Special Servicer to perform the obligations or responsibilities
imposed upon or undertaken by such Special Servicer under this Agreement from and after the related Special
Servicing Transfer Date. The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold each Special Servicer harmless
from and against any and all losses, claims, expenses, costs or liabilities (including attorneys fees and
court costs) incurred by such Special Servicer as a result of or in connection with the failure by the Master
Servicer to perform the obligations or responsibilities imposed upon or undertaken by the Master Servicer
under this Agreement.
Section 3.24. Credit Risk Manager.
For and on behalf of the Trust, the Credit Risk Manager will monitor the performance of the Master
Servicer, and make recommendations to the Master Servicer regarding certain Delinquent and defaulted Mortgage
Loans and will report on the performance of such Mortgage Loans, pursuant to the Credit Risk Management
Agreement. Such reports and recommendations will be based upon information provided to the Credit Risk
Manager pursuant to the Credit Risk Management Agreement, and the Credit Risk Manager shall look solely to
the Master Servicer for all information and data (including loss and delinquency information and data)
relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
Section 3.25. Limitation Upon Liability of the Credit Risk Manager.
Neither the Credit Risk Manager, nor any of its directors, officers, employees, or agents shall be
under any liability to the Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer and/or the Depositor for any
action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action made in good faith pursuant to this Agreement,
in reliance upon information provided by the Master Servicer under the Credit Risk Management Agreement, or
for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Credit Risk Manager or
any such person against liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful malfeasance or bad
faith in its performance of its duties. The Credit Risk Manager and any director, officer, employee, or agent
of the Credit Risk Manager may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed
and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder, and may rely in good faith upon the
accuracy of information furnished by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Credit Risk Management Agreement in
the performance of its duties thereunder and hereunder.
Section 3.26. Removal of the Credit Risk Manager.
The Credit Risk Manager may be removed as Credit Risk Manager by Certificateholders holding not less
than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights in the Trust Fund, in the exercise of its or their sole discretion. The
Certificateholders shall provide written notice of the Credit Risk Manager's removal to the Trustee. Upon
receipt of such notice, the Trustee shall provide written notice to the Credit Risk Manager and the Master
Servicer of its removal, which shall be effective upon receipt of such notice by the Credit Risk Manager and
the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of the Credit Risk Manager pursuant to
this Section shall not become effective until the appointment of a successor Credit Risk Manager.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01. Certificate Account.
(a) The Master Servicer acting as agent of the Trustee shall establish and maintain a Certificate Account
in which the Master Servicer shall cause to be deposited on behalf of the Trustee on or before 2:00 P.M. New
York time on each Certificate Account Deposit Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds an amount
equal to the sum of (i) any Advance for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date, (ii) any amount
required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.12(a), (iii) any amount required to
be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.16(e) or Section 4.07, (iv) any amount required
to be paid pursuant to Section 9.01, and (v) other amounts constituting the Available Distribution Amount for
the immediately succeeding Distribution Date.
(b) On or prior to the Business Day immediately following each Determination Date, the Master Servicer
shall determine any amounts owed by the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement and inform the Trustee in
writing of the amount so calculated. On or prior to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall
withdraw from the Custodial Account an amount equal to the Credit Risk Manager Fee for such Distribution Date
and shall pay such amount to the Credit Risk Manager.
(c) The Trustee shall, upon written request from the Master Servicer, invest or cause the institution
maintaining the Certificate Account to invest the funds in the Certificate Account in Permitted Investments
designated in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which shall mature not later
than the Business Day next preceding the Distribution Date next following the date of such investment (except
that (i) if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains such account or fund
for which such institution serves as custodian, then such Permitted Investment may mature on such
Distribution Date and (ii) any other investment may mature on such Distribution Date if the Trustee shall
advance funds on such Distribution Date to the Certificate Account in the amount payable on such investment
on such Distribution Date, pending receipt thereof to the extent necessary to make distributions on the
Certificates) and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to maturity. All income and gain realized from any
such investment shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal or
order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments shall be
deposited in the Certificate Account by the Master Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized.
Section 4.02. Distributions.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee (or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Trustee) shall allocate
and distribute the Available Distribution Amount, if any, for such date to the interests issued in respect of
REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III as specified in this Section.
(b) (1) On each Distribution Date, the REMIC I Distribution Amount shall be distributed by REMIC I to
REMIC II on account of the REMIC I Regular Interests in the amounts and with the priorities set forth in the
definition thereof.
(2) On each Distribution Date, the REMIC II Distribution Amount shall be distributed by
REMIC II to REMIC III on account of the REMIC II Regular Interests in the amounts and with the priorities
set forth in the definition thereof.
(3) On each Distribution Date, the REMIC III Distribution Amount shall be deemed to have
been distributed by REMIC III to the Certificateholders on account of the REMIC III Regular Interests
represented thereby in the amounts and with the priorities set forth in the definition thereof.
(4) On each Distribution Date, the amount, if any, deemed received by the Class SB
Certificate in respect of the REMIC III Regular Interest IO and under the SB-AB Swap Agreement shall be
deemed to have been paid on behalf of the Class SB Certificate by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.10 in
respect of the Net Swap Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty. On each Distribution Date, the amount, if
any, received by the Trustee from the Swap Counterparty in respect of the Swap Agreement shall be deemed
to have been received by the Trustee on behalf of the Class SB Certificate. On each Distribution Date,
amounts paid to the Class A and Class M Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(vii) in respect of Basis
Risk Shortfall shall be deemed to have been paid by the Class SB Certificateholder pursuant to the SB-AM
Swap Agreement.
(c) On each Distribution Date (x) the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee or (y) the Paying Agent
appointed by the Trustee, shall distribute to each Certificateholder of record on the next preceding Record
Date (other than as provided in Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution) either in immediately
available funds (by wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder has so notified the Master Servicer
or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, or, if such Certificateholder has not so notified the Master
Servicer or the Paying Agent by the Record Date, by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the address of
such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register such Certificateholder's share (which share with respect to
each Class of Certificates, shall be based on the aggregate of the Percentage Interests represented by
Certificates of the applicable Class held by such Holder of the following amounts), in the following order of
priority, in each case to the extent of the Available Distribution Amount on deposit in the Certificate
Account and the Swap Account pursuant to Section 4.10(c) (or, with respect to clause (xi)(B) below, to the
extent of prepayment charges on deposit in the Certificate Account):
(i) to the Class A Certificateholders, the Accrued Certificate Interest payable on the Class A
Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date, plus any related amounts accrued pursuant to this
clause (i) but remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date, being paid from and in reduction of
the Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;
(ii) to the Class M Certificateholders and the Class B Certificateholders, from the amount, if any, of the
Available Distribution Amount remaining after the foregoing distributions, Accrued Certificate
Interest payable on the Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates with respect to such
Distribution Date, plus any related amounts accrued pursuant to this clause (ii) but remaining unpaid
from any prior Distribution Date, sequentially, to the Class M-1 Certificateholders, Class M-2
Certificateholders, Class M-3 Certificateholders, Class M-4 Certificateholders, Class M-5
Certificateholders, Class M-6 Certificateholders, Class M-7 Certificateholders, Class M-8
Certificateholders, Class M-9 Certificateholders, Class M-10 Certificateholders and Class B
Certificateholders, in that order, being paid from and in reduction of the Available Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date;
(iii) [reserved];
(iv) the Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed as follows, to be applied to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of the applicable Certificates in each case to the extent of the
remaining Principal Distribution Amount:
(A) first, the Class A Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed sequentially to the Class A-1
Certificateholders, Class A-2 Certificateholders, Class A-3 Certificateholders and Class A-4
Certificateholders, in that order, in each case until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof
is reduced to zero;
(B) second, to the Class M-1 Certificateholders, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(C) third, to the Class M-2 Certificateholders, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(D) fourth, to the Class M-3 Certificateholders, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(E) fifth, to the Class M-4 Certificateholders, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(F) sixth, to the Class M-5 Certificateholders, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(G) seventh, to the Class M-6 Certificateholders, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(H) eighth, to the Class M-7 Certificateholders, the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(I) ninth, to the Class M-8 Certificateholders, the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(J) tenth, to the Class M-9 Certificateholders, the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and
(K) eleventh, to the Class M-10 Certificateholders, the Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount, until
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and
(L) twelfth, to the Class B Certificateholders, the Class B Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class A Certificateholders, Class M Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders, the
amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto for such Distribution Date, on a pro
rata basis based on Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto to the extent not offset by
Eligible Master Servicing Compensation on such Distribution Date;
(vi) to the Class A Certificateholders, Class M Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders, the
amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously allocated thereto remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution Dates together with interest thereon at the related Pass-Through Rate, on a pro rata
basis based on unpaid Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously allocated thereto;
(vii) to the Class A Certificateholders, the amount of any unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls allocated thereto,
on a pro rata basis based on the amount of unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls allocated thereto, and then
sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7,
Class M-8 Class M-9, Class M-10 and Class B Certificateholders, in that order, the amount of any
unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls allocated thereto;
(viii) to the Class A Certificateholders, Class M Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders, Relief
Act Shortfalls allocated thereto for such Distribution Date, on a pro rata basis based on Relief Act
Shortfalls allocated thereto for such Distribution Date,
(ix) first, to the Class A Certificateholders, the principal portion of any Realized Losses previously
allocated to those Certificates and remaining unreimbursed, on a pro rata basis based on their
respective principal portion of any Realized Losses previously allocated to those Certificates and
remaining unreimbursed, and then, sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4,
Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class M-10 and Class B Certificateholders, in
that order, the principal portion of any Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class and
remaining unreimbursed;
(x) to the Swap Account for payment to the Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payments due to a Swap
Counterparty Trigger Event;
(xi) to the Class SB Certificates, (A) from the amount, if any, of the Excess Cash Flow remaining after the
foregoing distributions, the sum of (I) Accrued Certificate Interest thereon, (II) the amount of any
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date and (III) for any Distribution Date
after the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates
and Class B Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Overcollateralization Amount, (B) from
prepayment charges on deposit in the Certificate Account, any prepayment charges received on the
Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period and (C) from the Swap Payments, if any, the amount
of such Swap Payments remaining after the foregoing distributions; and
(xii) to the Holders of the Class R-III Certificates, the balance, if any, of the Excess Cash Flow.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (c), upon the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of a
Class of Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates or Class B Certificates to zero, such Class of
Certificates will not be entitled to further distributions pursuant to Section 4.02.
(e) Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder
thereof, and the Depository shall be responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the
accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository
Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it
represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating
firm") for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the
Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Depositor or the
Master Servicer shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or
applicable law.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, if the Master Servicer anticipates that a final
distribution with respect to any Class of Certificates will be made on a future Distribution Date, the Master
Servicer shall, no later than 40 days prior to such final distribution, notify the Trustee and the Trustee
shall, not earlier than the 15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the month of
such final distribution, distribute, or cause to be distributed, to each Holder of such Class of Certificates
a notice to the effect that: (i) the Trustee anticipates that the final distribution with respect to such
Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date but only upon presentation and surrender of such
Certificates at the office of the Trustee or as otherwise specified therein, and (ii) no interest shall
accrue on such Certificates from and after the end of the prior calendar month. In the event that
Certificateholders required to surrender their Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01(c) do not surrender
their Certificates for final cancellation, the Trustee shall cause funds distributable with respect to such
Certificates to be withdrawn from the Certificate Account and credited to a separate escrow account for the
benefit of such Certificateholders as provided in Section 9.01(d).
Section 4.03. Statements to Certificateholders; Statements to Rating Agencies; Exchange Act Reporting.
(a) Concurrently with each distribution charged to the Certificate Account and with respect to each
Distribution Date the Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee and the Credit Risk Manager and the
Trustee shall forward by mail or otherwise make available electronically on its website (which may be
obtained by any Certificateholder by telephoning the Trustee at (000) 000-0000) to each Holder and the
Depositor a statement setting forth the following information as to each Class of Certificates, in each case
to the extent applicable:
(i) the applicable Record Date, Determination Date and Distribution Date, and the date on which the
applicable Interest Accrual Period commenced;
(ii) the aggregate amount of payments received with respect to the Mortgage Loans, including prepayment
amounts;
(iii) the Servicing Fee and Subservicing Fee payable to the Master Servicer and the Subservicer;
(iv) the amount of any other fees or expenses paid, and the identity of the party receiving such fees or
expenses;
(v) (A) the amount of such distribution to the Certificateholders of such Class applied to
reduce the Certificate Principal Balance thereof, and (B) the aggregate amount included therein
representing Principal Prepayments;
(vi) the amount of such distribution to Holders of such Class of Certificates allocable to interest
(including amounts payable as a portion of the Excess Cash Flow);
(vii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of Certificates is less than the full amount that
would be distributable to such Holders if there were sufficient funds available therefor, the amount
of the shortfall;
(viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of the Certificates, before and after giving effect to
the amounts distributed on such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction thereof due to
Realized Losses other than pursuant to an actual distribution of principal;
(ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates as of the Closing Date;
(x) the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class M Certificates as of the Closing Date;
(xi) the number and Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to the distribution
of principal on such Distribution Date and the number of Mortgage Loans at the beginning and end of
the related Due Period;
(xii) on the basis of the most recent reports furnished to it by Subservicers, (A) the number and Stated
Principal Balances of Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent (1) 30-59 days, (2) 60-89 days and (3) 90 or
more days and the number and Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans that are in foreclosure, (B)
the number and Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate that are Reportable
Modified Mortgage Loans that are in foreclosure and are REO Property, indicating in each case
capitalized Mortgage Loans, other Servicing Modifications and totals, and (C) for all Reportable
Modified Mortgage Loans, the number and Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in the
aggregate that have been liquidated, the subject of pay-offs and that have been repurchased by the
Master Servicer or Seller;
(xiii) the amount, terms and general purpose of any Advance by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.04
and the amount of all Advances that have been reimbursed during the related Due Period;
(xiv) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to the terms of the Mortgage Loans during the Due
Period or that have cumulatively become material over time;
(xv) any material breaches of Mortgage Loan representations or warranties or covenants in the Agreement;
(xvi) the number, aggregate principal balance and Stated Principal Balance of any REO Properties with
respect to the Mortgage Loans;
(xvii) the aggregate Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid, if any, for each Class of Certificates,
after giving effect to the distribution made on such Distribution Date;
(xviii) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date
and the aggregate amount of Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans incurred since the
Cut-off Date;
(xix) the Pass-Through Rate on each Class of Certificates and the Net WAC Cap Rate;
(xx) the Basis Risk Shortfalls and Prepayment Interest Shortfalls;
(xxi) the Overcollateralization Amount and the Required Overcollateralization Amount following such
Distribution Date;
(xxii) the number and Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans repurchased under Section 4.07;
(xxiii) the aggregate amount of any recoveries with respect to the Mortgage Loans on previously foreclosed
loans from Residential Funding;
(xxiv) the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to the
amounts distributed on such Distribution Date;
(xxv) the weighted average Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to the amounts
distributed on such Distribution Date;
(xxvi) the amount of any Net Swap Payment payable to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, any Net Swap Payment
payable to the Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payment payable to the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust and any Swap Termination Payment payable to the Swap Counterparty; and
(xxvii) the occurrence of the Stepdown Date.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, the amounts shall be
expressed as a dollar amount per Certificate with a $1,000 denomination. In addition to the statement
provided to the Trustee as set forth in this Section 4.03(a), the Master Servicer shall provide to any
manager of a trust fund consisting of some or all of the Certificates, upon reasonable request, such
additional information as is reasonably obtainable by the Master Servicer at no additional expense to the
Master Servicer. Also, at the request of a Rating Agency, the Master Servicer shall provide the information
relating to the Reportable Modified Mortgage Loans substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit U to
such Rating Agency within a reasonable period of time; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not
be required to provide such information more than four times in a calendar year to any Rating Agency.
(b) Within a reasonable period of time after it receives a written request from a Holder of a Certificate,
other than a Class R Certificate, the Master Servicer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and shall
forward, or cause to be forwarded, to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was the Holder of
a Certificate, other than a Class R Certificate, a statement containing the information set forth in clauses
(iv) and (v) of subsection (a) above aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during
which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have
been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Master
Servicer pursuant to any requirements of the Code.
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the it receives a written request from any Holder of a
Class R Certificate, the Master Servicer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and shall forward, or cause
to be forwarded, to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was the Holder of a Class R
Certificate, a statement containing the applicable distribution information provided pursuant to this
Section 4.03 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was the
Holder of a Class R Certificate. Such obligation of the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been
satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Master Servicer
pursuant to any requirements of the Code.
(d) Upon the written request of any Certificateholder, the Master Servicer, as soon as reasonably
practicable, shall provide the requesting Certificateholder with such information as is necessary and
appropriate, in the Master Servicer's sole discretion, for purposes of satisfying applicable reporting
requirements under Rule 144A.
(e) The Master Servicer shall, on behalf of the Depositor and in respect of the Trust Fund, sign and cause
to be filed with the Commission any periodic reports required to be filed under the provisions of the
Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, including without limitation,
reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-D and Form 8-K. In connection with the preparation and filing of such periodic
reports, the Trustee shall timely provide to the Master Servicer (I) a list of Certificateholders as shown on
the Certificate Register as of the end of each calendar year, (II) copies of all pleadings, other legal
process and any other documents relating to any claims, charges or complaints involving the Trustee, as
trustee hereunder, or the Trust Fund that are received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, (III) notice
of all matters that, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, have been submitted to
a vote of the Certificateholders, other than those matters that have been submitted to a vote of the
Certificateholders at the request of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, and (IV) notice of any failure of
the Trustee to make any distribution to the Certificateholders as required pursuant to this Agreement.
Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall have any liability with respect to the Master Servicer's
failure to properly prepare or file such periodic reports resulting from or relating to the Master Servicer's
inability or failure to obtain any information not resulting from the Master Servicer's own negligence or
willful misconduct.
(f) Any Form 10-K filed with the Commission in connection with this Section 4.03 shall include, with
respect to the Certificates relating to such 10-K:
(i) A certification, signed by the senior officer in charge of the servicing functions of the Master
Servicer, in the form attached as Exhibit T-1 hereto or such other form as may be required or
permitted by the Commission (the "Form 10-K Certification"), in compliance with Rules 13a-14 and
15d-14 under the Exchange Act and any additional directives of the Commission.
(ii) A report regarding its assessment of compliance during the preceding calendar year with all applicable
servicing criteria set forth in relevant Commission regulations with respect to mortgage-backed
securities transactions taken as a whole involving the Master Servicer that are backed by the same
types of assets as those backing the certificates, as well as similar reports on assessment of
compliance received from other parties participating in the servicing function as required by relevant
Commission regulations, as described in Item 1122(a) of Regulation AB. The Master Servicer shall
obtain from all other parties participating in the servicing function any required assessments.
(iii) With respect to each assessment report described immediately above, a report by a registered public
accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by the asserting party, as set
forth in relevant Commission regulations, as described in Regulation 1122(b) of Regulation AB and
Section 3.19.
(iv) The servicer compliance certificate required to be delivered pursuant Section 3.18.
(g) In connection with the Form 10-K Certification, the Trustee shall provide the Master Servicer with a
back-up certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit T-2.
(h) This Section 4.03 may be amended in accordance with this Agreement without the consent of the
Certificateholders.
(i) The Trustee shall make available on the Trustee's internet website each of the reports filed with the
Commission by or on behalf of the Depositor under the Exchange Act, upon delivery of such report to the
Trustee.
Section 4.04. Distribution of Reports to the Trustee and the Depositor; Advances by the Master Servicer.
(a) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day next succeeding each Determination Date, the Master
Servicer shall furnish a written statement (which may be in a mutually agreeable electronic format) to the
Trustee, any Paying Agent and the Depositor (the information in such statement to be made available to
Certificateholders by the Master Servicer on request) (provided that the Master Servicer shall use its best
efforts to deliver such written statement not later than 12:00 p.m. New York time on the second Business Day
prior to the Distribution Date) setting forth (i) the Available Distribution Amount, (ii) the amounts
required to be withdrawn from the Custodial Account and deposited into the Certificate Account on the
immediately succeeding Certificate Account Deposit Date pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 4.01(a), (iii)
the amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Basis Risk Shortfalls and (iv) the Swap Payments, if any,
for such Distribution Date. The determination by the Master Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence
of obvious error, be presumptively deemed to be correct for all purposes hereunder and the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon the same without any independent check or verification.
(b) On or before 2:00 P.M. New York time on each Certificate Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer
shall either (i) remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Certificate Account from its own funds, or funds
received therefor from the Subservicers, an amount equal to the Advances to be made by the Master Servicer in
respect of the related Distribution Date, which shall be in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (A) the
aggregate amount of Monthly Payments other than Balloon Payments (with each interest portion thereof adjusted
to a per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate), less the amount of any related Servicing Modifications,
Debt Service Reductions or Relief Act Shortfalls, on the Outstanding Mortgage Loans as of the related Due
Date in the related Due Period, which Monthly Payments were due during the related Due Period and not
received as of the close of business as of the related Determination Date; provided that no Advance shall be
made if it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance and (B) with respect to each Balloon Loan delinquent in respect
of its Balloon Payment as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, an amount equal to the
assumed Monthly Payment (with each interest portion thereof adjusted to a per annum rate equal to the Net
Mortgage Rate) that would have been due on the related Due Date based on the original amortization schedule
for such Balloon Loan until such Balloon Loan is finally liquidated, over any payments of interest or
principal (with each interest portion thereof adjusted to a per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate)
received from the related Mortgagor as of the close of business on the related Determination Date and
allocable to the Due Date during the related Due Period for each month until such Balloon Loan is finally
liquidated, (ii) withdraw from amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account and remit to the Trustee for
deposit in the Certificate Account all or a portion of the Amount Held for Future Distribution in discharge
of any such Advance, or (iii) make advances in the form of any combination of clauses (i) and (ii)
aggregating the amount of such Advance. Any portion of the Amount Held for Future Distribution so used shall
be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Certificate Account on or before 11:00 A.M. New York
time on any future Certificate Account Deposit Date to the extent that funds attributable to the Mortgage
Loans that are available in the Custodial Account for deposit in the Certificate Account on such Certificate
Account Deposit Date shall be less than payments to Certificateholders required to be made on the following
Distribution Date. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to use any Advance made by a Subservicer as
described in Section 3.07(b) that has been deposited in the Custodial Account on or before such Distribution
Date as part of the Advance made by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.04. The determination by
the Master Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made, would
constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to
the Depositor and the Trustee. In the event that the Master Servicer determines as of the Business Day
preceding any Certificate Account Deposit Date that it will be unable to deposit in the Certificate Account
an amount equal to the Advance required to be made for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date, it shall
give notice to the Trustee of its inability to advance (such notice may be given by telecopy), not later than
3:00 P.M., New York time, on such Business Day, specifying the portion of such amount that it will be unable
to deposit. Not later than 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the Certificate Account Deposit Date the Trustee
shall, unless by 12:00 Noon, New York time, on such day the Trustee shall have been notified in writing (by
telecopy) that the Master Servicer shall have directly or indirectly deposited in the Certificate Account
such portion of the amount of the Advance as to which the Master Servicer shall have given notice pursuant to
the preceding sentence, pursuant to Section 7.01, (a) terminate all of the rights and obligations of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.01 and (b) assume the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder, including the obligation to deposit in the Certificate Account
an amount equal to the Advance for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date. The Trustee shall deposit
all funds it receives pursuant to this Section 4.04(b) into the Certificate Account.
Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) Prior to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall determine the total amount of Realized
Losses, if any, that resulted from any Cash Liquidation, Servicing Modifications, Debt Service Reduction,
Deficient Valuation or REO Disposition that occurred during the related Prepayment Period or, in the case of
a Servicing Modification that constitutes a reduction of the interest rate on a Mortgage Loan, the amount of
the reduction in the interest portion of the Monthly Payment due in the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs. The amount of each Realized Loss shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.
(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated as follows:
(i) first, to Excess Cash Flow in the amounts and priority as provided in Section 4.02;
(ii) second, in reduction of the Overcollateralization Amount, until such amount has been reduced to zero;
(iii) third, to the Class B Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(iv) fourth, to the Class M-10 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(v) fifth, to the Class M-9 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(vi) sixth, to the Class M-8 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(vii) seventh, to the Class M-7 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(viii) eighth, to the Class M-6 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(ix) ninth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(x) tenth, to the Class M-4 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(xi) eleventh, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(xii) twelfth, to the Class M-2 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(xiii) thirteenth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof
has been reduced to zero; and
(xiv) thirteenth, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Certificates on a pro rata basis,
based on their then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances prior to giving effect
to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date, until the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
(c) An allocation of a Realized Loss on a "pro rata basis" among two or more specified Classes of
Certificates means an allocation on a pro rata basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each such
Class of Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances prior to giving
effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date in the case of the principal portion of a
Realized Loss or based on the Accrued Certificate Interest thereon payable on such Distribution Date in the
case of an interest portion of a Realized Loss. Any allocation of the principal portion of Realized Losses
(other than Debt Service Reductions) to the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates or Class B
Certificates shall be made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so allocated,
which allocation shall be deemed to have occurred on such Distribution Date; provided, that no such reduction
shall reduce the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates below the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans. Allocations of the interest portions of Realized Losses (other than
any interest rate reduction resulting from a Servicing Modification) shall be made by operation of the
definition of "Accrued Certificate Interest" for each Class for such Distribution Date. Allocations of the
interest portion of a Realized Loss resulting from an interest rate reduction in connection with a Servicing
Modification shall be made by operation of the priority of payment provisions of Section 4.02(c).
Allocations of the principal portion of Debt Service Reductions shall be made by operation of the priority of
payment provisions of Section 4.02(c). All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class of
Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such Class in proportion to the Percentage
Interests evidenced thereby.
(d) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on each Distribution Date to the REMIC I
Regular Interests and the REMIC II Regular Interests as provided in the definition of REMIC I Realized Losses
and REMIC II Realized Losses, respectively.
(e) Realized Losses allocated to the Excess Cash Flow or the Overcollateralization Amount pursuant to
paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section, the definition of Accrued Certificate Interest and the operation
of Section 4.02(c) shall be deemed allocated to the Class SB Certificates. Realized Losses allocated to the
Class SB Certificates shall, to the extent such Realized Losses represent Realized Losses on an interest
portion, be allocated to the REMIC III Regular Interest SB-IO. Realized Losses allocated to the Excess Cash
Flow pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section shall be deemed to reduce Accrued Certificate Interest on the
REMIC III Regular Interest SB-IO. Realized Losses allocated to the Overcollateralization Amount pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section shall be deemed first to reduce the principal balance of the REMIC III Regular
Interest SB-PO until such principal balance shall have been reduced to zero and thereafter to reduce accrued
and unpaid interest on the REMIC III Regular Interest SB-IO.
Section 4.06. Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged Property.
The Master Servicer or the Subservicers shall file information returns with respect to the receipt of
mortgage interest received in a trade or business, the reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any
Mortgaged Property and the informational returns relating to cancellation of indebtedness income with respect
to any Mortgaged Property required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code, respectively, and deliver
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate on or before March 31 of each year, beginning with the first March 31
that occurs at least six months after the Cut-off Date, stating that such reports have been filed. Such
reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by such Sections
6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.
Section 4.07. Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) With respect to any Mortgage Loan which is delinquent in payment by 90 days or more, (i) the Holder of
the Class SB Certificate may, at its option, upon twenty days prior written notice to the Master Servicer,
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee at the Purchase Price therefore, except that in no event shall
the Holder of the Class SB Certificate purchase such Mortgage Loan where the aggregate value of all such
Mortgage Loans purchased by the Holder of the Class SB Certificate would be greater than three percent (3%)
of the Certificate Principal Balance of any Certificate and (ii) if the Holder of the Class SB Certificate
fails to provide notice pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Master Servicer may, at its
option, purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee at the Purchase Price therefor; provided, that with
respect to the Master Servicer such Mortgage Loan that becomes 90 days or more delinquent during any given
Calendar Quarter shall only be eligible for purchase pursuant to this Section during the period beginning on
the first Business Day of the following Calendar Quarter, and ending at the close of business on the
second-to-last Business Day of such following Calendar Quarter; and provided, further, that such Mortgage
Loan is 90 days or more delinquent at the time of repurchase. Such option if not exercised shall not
thereafter be reinstated as to any Mortgage Loan, unless the delinquency is cured and the Mortgage Loan
thereafter again becomes delinquent in payment by 90 days or more in a subsequent Calendar Quarter.
(b) If at any time the Master Servicer makes a payment to the Certificate Account covering the amount of
the Purchase Price for such a Mortgage Loan as provided in clause (a) above, and the Master Servicer provides
to the Trustee a certification signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the amount of such payment has been
deposited in the Certificate Account, then the Trustee shall execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan at
the request of the Master Servicer without recourse to the Master Servicer which shall succeed to all the
Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents relative
thereto. Such assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security. The Master Servicer will
thereupon own such Mortgage, and all such security and documents, free of any further obligation to the
Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect thereto.
Section 4.08. [Reserved].
Section 4.09. [Reserved].
Section 4.10. Swap Agreement.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall (i) establish and maintain in its name, in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, the Swap Account and (ii) for the benefit of the Certificateholders, cause
the Trust to enter into the Swap Agreement.
(b) The Trustee shall deposit in the Swap Account all payments that are payable to the Trust Fund under
the Swap Agreement. Net Swap Payments and Swap Termination Payments (other than Swap Termination Payments
resulting from a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event) payable by the Trust Fund to the Swap Counterparty pursuant
to the Swap Agreement shall be excluded from the Available Distribution Amount and payable to the Swap
Counterparty prior to any distributions to the Certificateholders. On each Distribution Date, such amounts
will be remitted by the Trustee to the Swap Account for payment to the Swap Counterparty, first to make any
Net Swap Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the Swap Agreement for such Distribution Date, and
second to make any Swap Termination Payment (not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event) owed to the Swap
Counterparty pursuant to the Swap Agreement for such Distribution Date. For federal income tax purposes,
such amounts paid to the Swap Account on each Distribution Date shall first be deemed paid to the Swap
Account in respect of REMIC III Regular Interest IO to the extent of the amount distributable on such
REMIC III Regular Interest IO on such Distribution Date, and any remaining amount shall be deemed paid to the
Swap Account in respect of the SB-AM Swap Agreement. Any Swap Termination Payment triggered by a Swap
Counterparty Trigger Event owed to the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the Swap Agreement will be subordinated
to distributions to the Holders of the Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates and shall be paid as set
forth under Section 4.02.
(c) Net Swap Payments payable by the Swap Counterparty to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund pursuant
to the Swap Agreement shall be deposited by the Trustee into the Swap Account and shall be applied in
accordance with Section 4.02.
(d) Subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.02 hereof, the Trustee agrees to comply with the terms of the Swap
Agreement and to enforce the terms and provisions thereof against the Swap Counterparty at the written
direction of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights, or if the Trustee
does not receive such direction from such Certificateholders, then at the written direction of Residential
Funding.
(e) The Swap Account shall be an Eligible Account. Amounts held in the Swap Account from time to time
shall continue to constitute assets of the Trust Fund, but not of the REMICs, until released from the Swap
Account pursuant to this Section 4.10. The Swap Account constitutes an "outside reserve fund" within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(h) and is not an asset of the REMICs. The Class SB
Certificateholders shall be the owners of the Swap Account. The Trustee shall keep records that accurately
reflect the funds on deposit in the Swap Account. The Trustee shall, at the written direction of the Master
Servicer, invest amounts on deposit in the Swap Account in Permitted Investments. In the absence of written
direction to the Trustee from the Master Servicer, all funds in the Swap Account shall remain uninvested.
(f) The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall treat the holders of each Class of Certificates (other than
the Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates) as having entered into a notional principal contract (the
"SB-AM Swap Agreement") with the holders of the Class SB Certificates. Pursuant to each such notional
principal contract, all holders of Certificates (other than the Class SB Certificates and Class R
Certificates) shall be treated as having agreed to pay, on each Distribution Date, to the holder of the
Class SB Certificates an aggregate amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount payable on such
Distribution Date on the REMIC III Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Certificates over (ii) the
amount payable on such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date (such excess, a "Class IO Distribution
Amount"). In addition, pursuant to such notional principal contract, the holder of the Class SB Certificates
shall be treated as having agreed to pay the related Basis Risk Shortfalls to the holders of the Certificates
(other than the Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates) in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. Any payments to the Certificates from amounts deemed received in respect of this notional
principal contract shall not be payments with respect to a "regular interest" in a REMIC within the meaning
of Code Section 860G(a)(1). However, any payment from the Certificates (other than the Class SB Certificates
and Class R Certificates) of a Class IO Distribution Amount shall be treated for tax purposes as having been
received by the holders of such Certificates in respect of the REMIC III Regular Interest corresponding to
such Class of Certificates and as having been paid by such holders to the Swap Account pursuant to the
notional principal contract. Thus, each Certificate (other than the Class R Certificates) shall be treated
as representing not only ownership of regular interests in REMIC III, but also ownership of an interest in,
and obligations with respect to, a notional principal contract.
(g) Upon the occurrence of an Early Termination Date, the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts to appoint
a successor swap counterparty. To the extent that the Trustee receives a Swap Termination Payment from the
Swap Counterparty, the Trustee shall apply such Swap Termination Payment to appoint a successor swap
counterparty. In the event that the trust receives a Swap Termination Payment from the Swap Counterparty and
a replacement swap agreement or similar agreement cannot be obtained within 30 days after receipt by the
Trustee of such Swap Termination Payment, then the Trustee shall deposit such Swap Termination Payment into a
separate, non interest bearing account and will, on each subsequent Distribution Date, withdraw from the
amount then remaining on deposit in such reserve account an amount equal to the Net Swap Payment, if any,
that would have been paid to the Trust by the original Swap Counterparty calculated in accordance with the
terms of the original Swap Agreement, and deposit such amount into the Swap Account for distribution on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(c). To the extent that the Trust is required to pay a Swap
Termination Payment to the Swap Counterparty, any upfront payment received from the counterparty to a
replacement swap agreement will be used to pay such Swap Termination Payment prior to using any portion of
the Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates.
(a) The Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class SB Certificates and
Class R Certificates shall be substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibits A, X-0, X-0, C and D,
respectively, and shall, on original issue, be executed and delivered by the Trustee to the Certificate
Registrar for authentication and delivery to or upon the order of the Depositor upon receipt by the Trustee
or one or more Custodians of the documents specified in Section 2.01. Each class of Class A Certificates and
Class M Certificates shall be issuable in minimum dollar denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of
$1 in excess thereof. The Class B Certificates shall be issuable in minimum dollar denominations of $250,000
and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Class SB Certificates shall be issuable in registered,
certificated form in minimum percentage interests of 5.00% and integral multiples of 0.01% in excess
THEREOF. Each Class of Class R Certificates shall be issued in registered, certificated form in minimum
percentage interests of 20.00% and integral multiples of 0.01% in excess thereof; provided, however, that one
Class R Certificate of each Class will be issuable to the REMIC Administrator as "tax matters person"
pursuant to Section 10.01(c) in a minimum denomination representing a Percentage Interest of not less than
0.01%. The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of an authorized
officer of the Trustee. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at
any time the proper officers of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificate or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Certificate Registrar by manual
signature, and such certificate upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence,
that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated
the date of their authentication.
(b) (i) The Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates shall initially be
issued as one or more Certificates registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and, except as
provided below, registration of such Certificates, may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another
Depository that agrees to hold such Certificates for the respective Certificate Owners with Ownership
Interests therein. The Certificate Owners shall hold their respective Ownership Interests in and to each
Class A Certificate, Class M Certificate and, to the extent applicable, Class B Certificate through the
book-entry facilities of the Depository and, except as provided below, shall not be entitled to Definitive
Certificates in respect of such Ownership Interests. All transfers by Certificate Owners of their respective
Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures
established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each
Depository Participant shall transfer the Ownership Interests only in the Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the
Depository's normal procedures. The Class B Certificates sold to Non-United States Persons in off-shore
transactions in reliance on Regulation S (i) during the Distribution Compliance Period, shall be represented
by a global certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons (the "Temporary
Regulation S Class B Certificates"), (ii) after the Distribution Compliance Period, shall be represented by a
global certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons (the "Permanent Regulation S
Class B Certificates") or (iii) at any time, shall be represented by a certificated security in definitive,
fully registered form (the "Regulation S Definitive Class B Certificate"). The Regulation S Global Class B
Certificate shall be deposited on behalf of the subscribers for the Class B Certificates represented thereby
with the Trustee as custodian for, and registered in the name of a nominee of, the Depository for the
respective accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global
Class B Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee or the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter provided. The Class B
Certificates initially sold to United States Persons that are Accredited Investors shall each be issued
initially in definitive form (a "Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate"). The Class B Certificates initially
sold to United States Persons that are Qualified Institutional Buyers shall be shall be represented by a
global security in definitive, fully registered form (the "Rule 144A Class B Certificate"), which shall be
deposited on behalf of the subscribers for the Class B Certificates represented thereby with the Trustee as
custodian for, and registered in the name of a nominee of, the Depository or in the form of a Definitive
U.S Class B Certificate. The aggregate principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificates may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee or the Depository or
its nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter provided.
(ii) The Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor may for all purposes (including the making of
payments due on the respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates) deal with the Depository as the authorized
representative of the Certificate Owners with respect to the respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates
for purposes of exercising the rights of Certificateholders hereunder. The rights of Certificate Owners with
respect to the respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Certificate Owners and the Depository Participants and brokerage firms representing
such Certificate Owners. Multiple requests and directions from, and votes of, the Depository as Holder of
any Class of Book-Entry Certificates with respect to any particular matter shall not be deemed inconsistent
if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners. The Trustee may establish a reasonable record
date in connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by Certificateholders and shall give notice
to the Depository of such record date.
(iii) If with respect to any Book-Entry Certificate (i)(A) the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that
the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository with
respect to such Book-Entry Certificate and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, or
(ii) (A) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system for such Book-Entry Certificate through the Depository and (B) upon receipt of notice from
the Depository of the Depositor's election to terminate the book-entry system for such Book-Entry
Certificate, the Depository Participants holding beneficial interests in such Book-Entry Certificates agree
to initiate such termination, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry Certificate,
through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive
Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the Book-Entry
Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration
of transfer, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates.
(iv) In addition, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Certificate Owner materially
adversely affected thereby may at its option request a Definitive Certificate evidencing such Certificate
Owner's Percentage Interest in the related Class of Certificates. In order to make such request, such
Certificate Owner shall, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, provide the Depository or the
related Depository Participant with directions for the Certificate Registrar to exchange or cause the
exchange of the Certificate Owner's interest in such Class of Certificates for an equivalent Percentage
Interest in fully registered definitive form. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar of instructions from
the Depository directing the Certificate Registrar to effect such exchange (such instructions to contain
information regarding the Class of Certificates and the Certificate Principal Balance being exchanged, the
Depository Participant account to be debited with the decrease, the registered holder of and delivery
instructions for the Definitive Certificate, and any other information reasonably required by the Certificate
Registrar), (i) the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce the related Depository
Participant's account by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Definitive Certificate, (ii) the
Trustee shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in accordance with the
registration and delivery instructions provided by the Depository, a Definitive Certificate evidencing such
Certificate Owner's Percentage Interest in such Class of Certificates and (iii) the Trustee shall execute and
the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate a new Book-Entry Certificate reflecting the reduction in the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates by the amount of the Definitive
Certificates.
(v) Class B Certificates initially sold to Non-United States Persons in "offshore transactions" (within
the meaning of Regulation S) will be represented by Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificates. The
Trustee shall hold such Certificates on behalf of the subscribers for such Certificates for the Depository,
registered in the name of a nominee of the Depository for the accounts of each of the Clearance Systems, for
credit by the Clearance Systems to the respective accounts designated by the subscribers of such Certificates
(or to such other accounts as they may direct) at each of the Clearance Systems. The Temporary Regulation S
Global Class B Certificates shall be exchanged for interests in the Permanent Regulation S Global Class B
Certificates as set forth below.
Upon the termination of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Trustee shall cause each
Temporary Regulation S Class B Certificate to be exchanged, in whole or in part from time to time, for a
Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificate in an equal aggregate principal amount; provided that (i)
the Trustee receives a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit W attached hereto, and
signed by the respective Clearance System as to the portions of each Temporary Regulation S Global Class B
Certificate held for the respective accounts of such Clearance System, that it has received from each
beneficial owner of the portion of each Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate then to be
exchanged, written certification substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit V attached hereto, with
such changes therein as shall be approved by the Issuer and (ii) the Trustee and any Paying Agent do not have
a United States address as the address for payment to any beneficial owner of the Permanent Regulation S
Global Class B Certificate issuable upon such exchange. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of
redemption in whole or acceleration of all or any part of the Class B Certificates prior to the termination
of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificates will not be
issuable in respect of the Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificates or portion thereof, and payment
thereon will be made as provided in the Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificates.
(vi) None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be liable for any actions taken by the
Depository or its nominee, including, without limitation, any delay in delivery of any instructions required
under this Section 5.01 and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall
recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
(c) Each of the Certificates is intended to be a "security" governed by Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York and any other applicable jurisdiction, to the extent
that any of such laws may be applicable.
Section 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices or agencies to be appointed by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.12 a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of
transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee is initially appointed Certificate
Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein
provided. The Certificate Registrar, or the Trustee, shall provide the Master Servicer with a certified list
of Certificateholders as of each Record Date prior to the related Determination Date.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12 and, in the case of any Class SB Certificate or Class R
Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee shall execute and the
Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
(c) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of
authorized denominations of a like Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for
exchange the Trustee shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver the
Certificates of such Class which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every
Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
(d) (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Class B Certificate, Class SB Certificate
or Class R Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in
accordance with said Act and laws.
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.02(d), in the event that a transfer of a Definitive
Class B Certificate, Class SB Certificate or Class R Certificate is to be made, (i) unless the Depositor
directs the Trustee otherwise, the Trustee shall require a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to
an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being
made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the
Trust Fund, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, and (ii) the Trustee shall require the transferee to
execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, and the Trustee shall require
the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto, each
acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor and the Trustee certifying to the
Depositor and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Trust Fund, the Depositor or the Master Servicer. In lieu of the requirements
set forth in the preceding sentence, Class SB Certificates or Class R Certificates may be made in accordance
with this Section 5.02(d) if the prospective transferee of such a Certificate provides the Trustee and the
Master Servicer with an investment letter substantially in the form of Exhibit N-1 attached hereto, which
investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor, or the Master Servicer, and which
investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (i) is a Qualified Institutional Buyer,
acting for its own account or the accounts of other Qualified Institutional Buyer, and (ii) is aware that the
proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act
provided by Rule 144A.
(iii) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Class B Certificate shall be made unless such
transfer is made in accordance with the following provisions:
(A) Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate to Permanent Regulation S
Global Class B Certificate. If the owner of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Class B
Certificate deposited with the Depository or the Holder of a Definitive Class B Certificate after the
Distribution Compliance Period wishes at any time to exchange its interest in the Rule 144A Global Class B
Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate for an interest in the corresponding Permanent Regulation S
Global Class B Certificate, or to transfer its interest in the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate or
Definitive Class B Certificate to a person who wishes to take delivery of it in the form of an interest in
the corresponding Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificate, such owner or Holder may exchange or
transfer the interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the corresponding Permanent Regulation S
Global Class B Certificate (subject, in the case of the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate, to Applicable
Procedures) if such owner or Holder after the exchange or proposed transferee after the transfer is not a
United States Person. In the case of the transfer of (x) a Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate, the Trustee
shall instruct the Depository to reduce the principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate and
to increase the principal amount of the Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificate by the aggregate
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate to be exchanged (but
such exchange shall not be for less than the minimum denomination applicable to such Class B Certificates)
and to credit to the securities account of the person specified in the instructions a beneficial interest in
the corresponding Regulation S Global Class B Certificate equal to the reduction in the principal amount of
the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate and (y) a Definitive Class B Certificate, the Trustee will exchange
such Definitive Class B Certificate (and note such cancellation or reduction in the Certificate Register) for
the remaining untransferred principal amount of or cancel, as applicable, such Definitive Class B
Certificate, and the Trustee shall instruct the Depository to (1) increase the principal amount of the
Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificate by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Class B
Certificate to be exchanged, and (2) credit to the securities account of the person specified in the
instructions a beneficial interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Class B Certificate equal to the
reduction or cancellation in the principal amount of the Definitive Class B Certificate, in each case upon
receipt by the Trustee of a (i) a written order in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing
information regarding the Euroclear or Clearstream account to be credited with the increase in the Permanent
Regulation S Global Class B Certificate and the name of such account, (ii) a certificate in the form of
Exhibit N-3 given by the transferor, and (iii) a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-4 given by the proposed
transferee.
(B) Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate to Temporary Regulation S
Global Class B Certificate. If the owner of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate
deposited with the Depository or a Holder of a Definitive Class B Certificate during the Distribution
Compliance Period wishes at any time to exchange its interest in the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate or
Definitive Class B Certificate during the Distribution Compliance Period for an interest in the corresponding
Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate, or to transfer its interest in the Rule 144A Global Class
B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate to a person who wishes to take delivery of it in the form of
an interest in the corresponding Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate, the owner or Holder may
exchange or transfer the interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the corresponding Regulation S
Global Class B Certificate (subject, in the case of the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate, to Applicable
Procedures if the owner or Holder after the exchange or the proposed transferee after the transfer is not a
United States Person. In the case of the transfer of (x) a Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate, the Trustee
shall instruct the Depository to reduce the principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate and
to increase the principal amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate by the aggregate
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate to be exchanged (but
such exchange shall not be for less than the minimum denomination applicable to such Class B Certificates)
and to credit to the securities account of the person specified in the instructions a beneficial interest in
the corresponding Regulation S Global Class B Certificate equal to the reduction in the principal amount of
the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate and (y) a Definitive Class B Certificate, the Trustee will exchange
such Definitive Class B Certificate (and note such cancellation or reduction in the Certificate Register) for
the remaining untransferred principal amount of or cancel, as applicable, such Definitive Class B
Certificate, and the Trustee shall instruct the Depository to increase the principal amount of the Temporary
Regulation S Global Class B Certificate by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Class B
Certificate to be exchanged, and to credit to the securities account of the person specified in the
instructions a beneficial interest in the corresponding Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate
equal to the reduction or cancellation in the principal amount of the Definitive Class B Certificate, in each
case upon receipt by the Trustee of a (i) a written order in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Euroclear or Clearstream account to be credited with the increase in the
Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate and the name of such account, (ii) a certificate in the
form of N-3 given by the transferor, and (iii) a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-4 given by the proposed
transferee. Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 5.02(d)(iii)(B), prior to the end of the
Distribution Compliance Period, a Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate may
only be exchanged or transferred for an equivalent beneficial interest in the corresponding Temporary
Regulation S Class B Global Certificate.
(C) Regulation S Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate to Rule 144A Global Class B
Certificate. If the owner of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Class B Certificate or the
Holder of a Definitive Class B Certificate wishes at any time to exchange its interest in the Regulation S
Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate for an interest in the corresponding Rule 144A
Global Class B Certificate or to transfer its interest in the Regulation S Global Class B Certificate or
Definitive Class B Certificate to a person who wishes to take delivery of it in the form of an interest in
the corresponding Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate, the owner or Holder may exchange or transfer, or
cause the exchange or transfer of, the interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the corresponding
Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate (subject, in the case of a Regulation S Global Class B Certificate, to
Applicable Procedures) if the owner or Holder after the exchange or the proposed transferee after the
transfer is a Qualified Institutional Buyer. In the case of a transfer of (x) a Regulation S Global Class B
Certificate, the Trustee shall instruct Euroclear, Clearstream, or the Depository, as the case may be, to
reduce the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Class B Certificate and increase the principal amount
of the Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Class B Certificate to be exchanged (but such exchange shall not be for less than the
minimum denomination applicable to such Class B Certificates) and to credit to the securities account of the
person specified in the instructions a beneficial interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Class B
Certificate equal to the reduction in the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Class B Certificate and
(y) a Definitive Class B Certificate, the Trustee will exchange such Definitive Class B Certificate for the
remaining untransferred principal amount of or cancel, as applicable, such Definitive Class B Certificate and
the Trustee shall instruct the Depository to increase the principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Class B
Certificate by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Class B Certificate to be exchanged, and to
credit to the securities account of the person specified in the instructions a beneficial interest in the
corresponding Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate equal to the reduction or cancellation in the principal
amount of the Definitive Class B Certificate, in each case upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar of (i)
a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-6 given by the transferor if the transferor is not a United States
Person and (ii) a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-1 given by the proposed transferee.
(D) Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate to Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate.
If the owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Class B Certificate deposited with the Depository,
Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, or the Holder of a Definitive Class B Certificate wishes at any time
to exchange its interest in the Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate for an interest
in the corresponding Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate or to transfer its interest in the corresponding
Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate, the Certificate Owner may exchange or transfer, or cause the exchange or
transfer of, the interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in a corresponding Definitive U.S. Class B
Certificate (subject, in the case of a Global Class B Certificates, to the Applicable Procedures) if the
Certificate Owner after the exchange or the proposed transferee after the transfer is a Qualified
Institutional Buyer or an Accredited Investor. In the case of a transfer of (x) a Global Class B
Certificate, the Trustee shall instruct Euroclear, Clearstream, or the Depository, as the case may be, to
reduce the principal amount of the Global Class B Certificate and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to the proposed transferee the Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate specified in the transferor's instructions
in an aggregate principal amount equal to such reduction in the principal amount of the Global Class B
Certificate and note the issuance, principal amount and registered holder of such Definitive U.S. Class B
Certificate in the Certificate Register and (y) a Definitive Class B Certificate, the Trustee will exchange
such Definitive Class B Certificate for the remaining untransferred principal amount of or cancel, as
applicable, such Definitive Class B Certificate presented for transfer or exchange (and note such
cancellation or reduction in the Certificate Register) and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
proposed transferee the Definitive U.S. Class B Certificate specified in the transferor's instructions in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the portion of the principal amount of the physical Certificate presented
for transfer or exchange (and note the issuance, principal amount and registered holder of such Definitive
U.S. Class B Certificate in the Certificate Register), and, in the case of a transfer in part, authenticate
and deliver to the transferor a Definitive Class B Certificate for any remaining portion of the principal
amount of the Definitive Class B Certificate presented for transfer of exchange, in each case upon receipt by
the Certificate Registrar of, (i) (A) a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-2 given by the transferor if the
transferor is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, or (B) a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-6 given by the
transferor if the transferor is a Non-United States Person, and (ii) (A) a certificate in the form of Exhibit
N-1 given by the proposed transferee if the proposed transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (B) a
certificate in the form of Exhibit N-5 given by the proposed transferee if the proposed transferee is an
Accredited Investor.
(E) Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate to Regulation S Definitive Class B
Certificate. If the owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Class B Certificate deposited with the
Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, or the Holder of a Definitive Class B Certificate wishes
at any time to exchange its interest in the Global Class B Certificate or Definitive Class B Certificate for
an interest in the corresponding Regulation S Definitive Class B Certificate or to transfer its interest in
the corresponding Regulation S Definitive Class B Certificate, the Certificate Owner may exchange or
transfer, or cause the exchange or transfer of, the interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in a
corresponding Regulation S Definitive Class B Certificate (subject, in the case of a Global Class B
Certificates, to the rules and procedures of Euroclear, Clearstream, or the Depository, as the case may be)
if the Certificate Owner after the exchange or the proposed transferee after the transfer is not a United
States Person. In the case of a transfer of (x) a Global Class B Certificate, the Trustee shall instruct
Euroclear, Clearstream, or the Depository, as the case may be, to reduce the principal amount of the Global
Class B Certificate and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee the Regulation S
Definitive Class B Certificate specified in the transferor's instructions in an aggregate principal amount
equal to such reduction in the principal amount of the Global Class B Certificate and note the issuance,
principal amount and registered holder of such Regulation S Definitive Class B Certificate in the Certificate
Register and (y) a Definitive Class B Certificate, the Trustee will exchange such Definitive Class B
Certificate for the remaining untransferred principal amount of or cancel, as applicable, such Definitive
Class B Certificate presented for transfer or exchange (and note such cancellation or reduction in the
Certificate Register) and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee the Regulation S
Definitive Class B Certificate specified in the transferor's instructions in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the portion of the principal amount of the physical Certificate presented for transfer or exchange
(and note the issuance, principal amount and registered holder of such Regulation S Definitive Class B
Certificate in the Certificate Register), and, in the case of a transfer in part, authenticate and deliver to
the transferor a Definitive Class B Certificate for any remaining portion of the principal amount of the
Definitive Class B Certificate presented for transfer of exchange, in each case upon receipt by the Trustee
of (i) (A) a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-2 given by the transferor if the transferor is a Qualified
Institutional Buyer, or (B) a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-6 given by the transferor if the
transferor is a Non-United States Person, and (ii) a certificate in the form of Exhibit N-4 given by the
proposed transferee.
(F) Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate to Permanent Regulation S Global Class B
Certificate. On or after the Distribution Compliance Period, a Temporary Regulation S Global Class B
certificates may be exchanged for a corresponding Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificate. Any
such Permanent Regulation S Global Class B Certificate shall be so issued and delivered in exchange for a
Temporary Regulation S Global Class B Certificate if there shall have been presented to the Trustee (i) a
certification in the form of Exhibit N-6 given by the transferor, and (ii) a certification in the form of
Exhibit N-4 given by the proposed transferee.
(iv) If any transfer of a Class B Certificate held by a transferor and to be held by a transferee in book
entry form is to be made without registration under the Securities Act, the transferor shall be deemed to
have made each of the applicable certifications in the representation letters or certificates required
pursuant to Section 5.02(d)(iii) as of the transfer date and the transferee shall be deemed to have made each
of the applicable certifications in the representation letters or certificates required pursuant to Section
5.02(d)(iii) as of the transfer date, in each case as if such Class B Certificate were in physical form.
(v) The Holder of a Class B Certificate, Class SB Certificate or Class R Certificate desiring to effect
any transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the
transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal
and state laws and this Agreement.
(e) In the case of any Certificate presented for registration in the name of any Person, either (A) the
Trustee shall require an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate
is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction
under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments), and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer to any obligation or
liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those
undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor
or the Master Servicer, or (B) the prospective transferee shall be required to provide the Trustee, the
Depositor and the Master Servicer with a certification to the effect set forth in Exhibit P (with respect to
a Class A Certificate, Class M Certificate, Class B or Class SB Certificate, provided, however that such
certification shall be deemed to have been given by any Class A Certificate, Class M or Class B
Certificateholder who acquires a Book-Entry Certificate) or in paragraph fifteen of Exhibit H-1 (with respect
to a Class R Certificate), which the Trustee may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation, or such
other certifications as the Trustee may deem desirable or necessary in order to establish that such
transferee or the Person in whose name such registration is requested is not an employee benefit plan or
other plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, or any Person (including an insurance company investing its general accounts, an investment manager, a
named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such
acquisition (each of the foregoing, a "Plan Investor").
Any purported Certificate Owner whose acquisition or holding of any Certificate (or interest therein)
was effected in violation of the restrictions in this Section 5.02(e) shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, any underwriter and the Trust Fund from and
against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by such parties as a result of such
acquisition or holding.
(f) (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be
deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its designee under clause (iii)(A)
below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale
under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary
in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending
change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any
Class R Certificate until its receipt of,
(I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit H-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it
is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed
Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as
it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted
Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 5.02(f) and agrees to be bound by them,
and
(II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-2, from the
Holder wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master
Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to
impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a
proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this
Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its
Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Trustee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Trustee written
notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations
Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it
is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest
holder."
(ii) The Trustee shall register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Holder requesting such transfer in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit H-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required
by the Trustee as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to
Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations (as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the
Code) are prohibited.
(A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R
Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law,
to all rights and obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of
such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then
the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and
obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R
Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be
restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the
date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability
to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this
Section 5.02(f) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any
other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Class R Certificate in
violation of the restrictions in this Section 5.02(f) and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of
the rights of the Holder of such Class R Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A) above shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, then the Master Servicer shall have the right, without notice to the holder or any
prior holder of such Class R Certificate, to sell such Class R Certificate to a purchaser selected by the
Master Servicer on such terms as the Master Servicer may choose. Such purported Transferee shall promptly
endorse and deliver each Class R Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the Master Servicer.
Such purchaser may be the Master Servicer itself or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer. The proceeds of
such sale, net of the commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Master Servicer or its
Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Master Servicer to such purported
Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole
discretion of the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall not be liable to any Person having an
Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion.
(iii) The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, shall make available, upon written request from the
Trustee, all information necessary to compute any tax imposed
(A) as a result of the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate
to any Person who is a Disqualified Organization, including the information regarding "excess inclusions" of
such Class R Certificates required to be provided to the Internal Revenue Service and certain Persons as
described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and 1.860E-2(a)(5), and
(B) as a result of any regulated investment company, real estate investment
trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust, estate or organization described in Section 1381 of the Code
that holds an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate having as among its record holders at any time any
Person who is a Disqualified Organization. Reasonable compensation for providing such information may be
required by the Master Servicer from such Person.
(iv) The provisions of this Section 5.02(f) set forth prior to this clause (iv) may be modified, added to
or eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered to the Trustee the following:
(A) written notification from each Rating Agency to the effect that the
modification, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade
its then-current ratings, if any, of the Class A Certificates or Class M Certificates below the lower of the
then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency;
and
(B) a certificate of the Master Servicer stating that the Master Servicer has
received an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, to the effect that
such modification, addition to or absence of such provisions will not cause any REMIC created hereunder to
cease to qualify as a REMIC and will not cause (x) any REMIC created hereunder to be subject to an
entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any Class R Certificate to a Person that is a Disqualified
Organization or (y) a Certificateholder or another Person to be subject to a REMIC-related tax caused by the
Transfer of a Class R Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee.
(g) No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but the
Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
(h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be destroyed by the Certificate Registrar.
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Trustee shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in
lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor, Class and
Percentage Interest but bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. Upon the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section, the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees
and expenses of the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust
Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the
owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.02 and for all
other purposes whatsoever, except as and to the extent provided in the definition of "Certificateholder," and
neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any agent of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall be affected by notice to the
contrary except as provided in Section 5.02(f).
Section 5.05. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Trustee may appoint a Paying Agent for the purpose of making distributions to Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.02. In the event of any such appointment, on or prior to each Distribution Date the
Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to make the payments to Certificateholders in the amounts and in the manner provided for in
Section 4.02, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of Certificateholders. The Trustee shall cause
each Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustee that such Paying Agent will hold all sums held by it for the payment to Certificateholders
in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Certificateholders. Any sums so held by such Paying Agent shall be held only in Eligible Accounts to the
extent such sums are not distributed to the Certificateholders on the date of receipt by such Paying Agent.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent
of the obligations specifically and respectively imposed upon and undertaken by the Depositor and the Master
Servicer herein. By way of illustration and not limitation, the Depositor is not liable for the servicing
and administration of the Mortgage Loans, nor is it obligated by Section 7.01 or Section 10.01 to assume any
obligations of the Master Servicer or to appoint a designee to assume such obligations, nor is it liable for
any other obligation hereunder that it may, but is not obligated to, assume unless it elects to assume such
obligation in accordance herewith.
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer; Assignment of Rights and
Delegation of Duties by Master Servicer.
(a) The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation, and will each obtain and
preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the
Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
(b) Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be
a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to the Master Servicer
shall be qualified to service mortgage loans on behalf of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac; and provided further
that each Rating Agency's ratings, if any, of any Class of Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and
Class B Certificates in effect immediately prior to such merger or consolidation will not be qualified,
reduced or withdrawn as a result thereof (as evidenced by a letter to such effect from each Rating Agency).
(c) Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 6.02 and Section 6.04 to the contrary, the Master
Servicer may assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations under this Agreement; provided that
the Person accepting such assignment or delegation shall be a Person which is qualified to service mortgage
loans on behalf of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor, is
willing to service the Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to the Depositor and the Trustee an
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Trustee, which contains an
assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition
to be performed or observed by the Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided further that each Rating
Agency's rating of the Classes of Certificates that have been rated in effect immediately prior to such
assignment and delegation will not be qualified, reduced or withdrawn as a result of such assignment and
delegation (as evidenced by a letter to such effect from each Rating Agency). In the case of any such
assignment and delegation, the Master Servicer shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement,
except that the Master Servicer shall remain liable for all liabilities and obligations incurred by it as
Master Servicer hereunder prior to the satisfaction of the conditions to such assignment and delegation set
forth in the next preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a pledge or assignment
by the Master Servicer solely of its rights to purchase all assets of the Trust Fund under Section 9.01(a)
(or, if so specified in Section 9.01(a), its rights to purchase the Mortgage Loans and property acquired
related to such Mortgage Loans or its rights to purchase the Certificates related thereto), the provisos of
the first sentence of this paragraph will not apply.
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of
the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders
for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor,
the Master Servicer or any such Person against any breach of warranties, representations or covenants made
herein or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor
or the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and
submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified by the
Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal
action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense related to
any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be
otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the Master Servicer shall
be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal or administrative action, proceeding,
hearing or examination that is not incidental to its respective duties under this Agreement and which in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Depositor or the Master
Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action, proceeding, hearing or examination that it may deem
necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the
interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action,
proceeding, hearing or examination and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
therefor out of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Custodial Account as provided by
Section 3.10 and, on the Distribution Date(s) following such reimbursement, the aggregate of such expenses
and costs shall be allocated in reduction of the Accrued Certificate Interest on each Class entitled thereto
in the same manner as if such expenses and costs constituted a Prepayment Interest Shortfall.
Section 6.04. Depositor and Master Servicer Not to Resign.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, neither the Depositor nor the Master Servicer shall resign
from its respective obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon determination that its duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the resignation
of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the
resigning party) to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such resignation by the Master Servicer shall
become effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's
responsibilities and obligations in accordance with Section 7.02.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative
or governmental body):
(i) the Master Servicer shall fail to distribute or cause to be distributed to Holders of Certificates of
any Class any distribution required to be made under the terms of the Certificates of such Class and
this Agreement and, in either case, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 days
after the date upon which written notice of such failure, requiring such failure to be remedied, shall
have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor or to the Master Servicer, the
Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing Percentage Interests
aggregating not less than 25%; or
(ii) the Master Servicer shall fail to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the
covenants or agreements on the part of the Master Servicer contained in the Certificates of any
Class or in this Agreement and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days (except
that such number of days shall be 15 in the case of a failure to pay the premium for any Required
Insurance Policy) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the
Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing,
as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25%; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in
an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law
or appointing a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of
its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings of, or
relating to, the Master Servicer or of, or relating to, all or substantially all of the property of
the Master Servicer; or
(v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due, file a petition to take advantage of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(vi) the Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04(b) that it is unable to deposit
in the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i)-(v) of this Section shall occur, then, and in each and
every such case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, either the Depositor or the
Trustee shall at the direction of Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights by
notice in writing to the Master Servicer (and to the Depositor if given by the Trustee or to the Trustee if
given by the Depositor), terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a
Certificateholder hereunder; provided, however, that a successor to the Master Servicer is appointed pursuant
to Section 7.02 and such successor Master Servicer shall have accepted the duties of Master Servicer
effective upon the resignation of the Master Servicer. If an Event of Default described in clause (vi)
hereof shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice to the Master Servicer and the Depositor, immediately
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the
Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder as provided
in Section 4.04(b). On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and
power of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a
Holder thereof) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall subject to Section 7.02 pass to and be vested in
the Trustee or the Trustee's designee appointed pursuant to Section 7.02; and, without limitation, the
Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other
acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
OTHERWISE. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee (or its designee) as successor Master
Servicer in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder,
including, without limitation, the transfer to the Trustee or its designee for administration by it of all
cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account or
thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans. No such termination shall release the Master
Servicer for any liability that it would otherwise have hereunder for any act or omission prior to the
effective time of such termination. Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of Residential Funding
in its capacity as Master Servicer hereunder, Residential Funding shall be entitled to receive, out of any
late collection of a Monthly Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was due prior to the notice terminating
Residential Funding's rights and obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and received after such notice,
that portion to which Residential Funding would have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.10(a)(ii), (vi) and
(vii) as well as its Servicing Fee in respect thereof, and any other amounts payable to Residential Funding
hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the termination of its activities hereunder. Upon the
termination of Residential Funding as Master Servicer hereunder the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee,
as successor Master Servicer, a copy of the Program Guide.
Section 7.02. Trustee or Depositor to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.01 or
resigns in accordance with Section 6.04, the Trustee or, upon notice to the Depositor and with the
Depositor's consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) a designee (which meets the standards set forth
below) of the Trustee, shall be the successor in all respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity as
servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to
all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer (except for
the responsibilities, duties and liabilities contained in Sections 2.02 and 2.03(a), excluding the duty to
notify related Subservicers as set forth in such Sections, and its obligations to deposit amounts in respect
of losses incurred prior to such notice or termination on the investment of funds in the Custodial Account or
the Certificate Account pursuant to Sections 3.07(c) and 4.01(c) by the terms and provisions hereof);
provided, however, that any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the preceding Master
Servicer's failure to provide information required by Section 4.04 shall not be considered a default by the
Trustee hereunder as successor Master Servicer. As compensation therefor, the Trustee as successor Master
Servicer shall be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans which the Master Servicer would have
been entitled to charge to the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account if the Master Servicer had
continued to act hereunder and, in addition, shall be entitled to the income from any Permitted Investments
made with amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans held in the Custodial Account or the Certificate
Account. If the Trustee has become the successor to the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 6.04 or
Section 7.01, then notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall,
if it is unable to so act, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established
housing and home finance institution, which is also a Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac-approved mortgage servicing
institution, having a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 as the successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master
Servicer hereunder. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee shall
become successor to the Master Servicer and shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In
connection with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation
of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however,
that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the initial Master Servicer hereunder. The
Depositor, the Trustee, the Custodian and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Any successor Master Servicer appointed
pursuant to this Section 7.02 shall not receive a Servicing Fee with respect any Mortgage Loan not directly
serviced by the Master Servicer on which the Subservicing Fee (i) accrues at a rate of less than 0.50% per
annum and (ii) has to be increased to a rate of 0.50% per annum in order to hire a Subservicer. The Master
Servicer shall pay the reasonable expenses of the Trustee in connection with any servicing transfer hereunder.
(b) In connection with the termination or resignation of the Master Servicer hereunder, either (i) the
successor Master Servicer, including the Trustee if the Trustee is acting as successor Master Servicer, shall
represent and warrant that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply in all material
respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that
are registered with MERS, in which case the predecessor Master Servicer shall cooperate with the successor
Master Servicer in causing MERS to revise its records to reflect the transfer of servicing to the successor
Master Servicer as necessary under MERS' rules and regulations, or (ii) the predecessor Master Servicer shall
cooperate with the successor Master Servicer in causing MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of Mortgage
in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Trustee and to execute and deliver such other
notices, documents and other instruments as may be necessary or desirable to effect a transfer of such
Mortgage Loan or servicing of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R)System to the successor Master Servicer. The
predecessor Master Servicer shall file or cause to be filed any such assignment in the appropriate recording
office. The predecessor Master Servicer shall bear any and all fees of MERS, costs of preparing any
assignments of Mortgage, and fees and costs of filing any assignments of Mortgage that may be required under
this subsection (b). The successor Master Servicer shall cause such assignment to be delivered to the
Trustee or the Custodian promptly upon receipt of the original with evidence of recording thereon or a copy
certified by the public recording office in which such assignment was recorded.
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any such termination or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give
prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders of Certificates and the Credit Risk Manager notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to
the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.04 hereof.
Section 7.04. Waiver of Events of Default.
The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights of Certificates affected by a default or
Event of Default hereunder may waive any default or Event of Default; provided, however, that (a) a default
or Event of Default under clause (i) of Section 7.01 may be waived only by all of the Holders of Certificates
affected by such default or Event of Default and (b) no waiver pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall affect the
Holders of Certificates in the manner set forth in Section 11.01(b)(i), (ii) or (iii). Upon any such waiver
of a default or Event of Default by the Holders representing the requisite percentage of Voting Rights of
Certificates affected by such default or Event of Default, such default or Event of Default shall cease to
exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. No such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the
extent expressly so waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of
Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived),
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent investor would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such investor's own affairs.
(b) The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents,
orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant
to any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the requirements
of this Agreement. The Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders of any such documents which do not
materially conform to the requirements of this Agreement in the event that the Trustee, after so requesting,
does not receive satisfactorily corrected documents. The Trustee shall forward or cause to be forwarded in a
timely fashion the notices, reports and statements required to be forwarded by the Trustee pursuant to
Sections 4.03, 7.03, and 10.01. The Trustee shall furnish in a timely fashion to the Master Servicer such
information as the Master Servicer may reasonably request from time to time for the Master Servicer to
fulfill its duties as set forth in this Agreement. The Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall perform
its obligations hereunder in a manner so as to maintain the status of each REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC
under the REMIC Provisions and (subject to Section 10.01(f)) to prevent the imposition of any federal, state
or local income, prohibited transaction, contribution or other tax on the Trust Fund to the extent that
maintaining such status and avoiding such taxes are reasonably within the control of the Trustee and are
reasonably within the scope of its duties under this Agreement.
(c) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the curing or waiver of all such Events of
Default which may have occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely
by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and, in the absence of
bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee by the Depositor or the Master Servicer and which on their face, do not
contradict the requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Certificateholders holding
Certificates which evidence, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the affected
Classes as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Agreement;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (other than a default in payment to the
Trustee) specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.01 or an Event of Default under clauses (iii),
(iv) and (v) of Section 7.01 unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to and working in
the Corporate Trust Office obtains actual knowledge of such failure or event or the Trustee receives
written notice of such failure or event at its Corporate Trust Office from the Master Servicer, the
Depositor or any Certificateholder; and
(v) Except to the extent provided in Section 7.02, no provision in this Agreement shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds (including, without limitation, the making of any Advance) or
otherwise incur any personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties as Trustee
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Trustee shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(d) The Trustee shall timely pay, from its own funds, the amount of any and all federal, state and local
taxes imposed on the Trust Fund or its assets or transactions including, without limitation, (A) "prohibited
transaction" penalty taxes as defined in Section 860F of the Code, if, when and as the same shall be due and
payable, (B) any tax on contributions to a REMIC after the Closing Date imposed by Section 860G(d) of the
Code and (C) any tax on "net income from foreclosure property" as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, but
only if such taxes arise out of a breach by the Trustee of its obligations hereunder, which breach
constitutes negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee.
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this
Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default (which has not been cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent
investor would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such investor's own affairs;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good
faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Agreement;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing of all Events of Default
which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to
do by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests,
aggregating not less than 50%; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the
Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security
afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against
such expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such
examination shall be paid by the Master Servicer, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, and otherwise by the Certificateholder requesting the investigation;
(vi) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys provided that the Trustee shall remain liable for any
acts of such agents or attorneys; and
(vii) To the extent authorized under the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, each Holder of a
Class R Certificate hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Trustee to be its attorney-in-fact
for purposes of signing any Tax Returns required to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Trustee
shall sign on behalf of the Trust Fund and deliver to the Master Servicer in a timely manner any Tax
Returns prepared by or on behalf of the Master Servicer that the Trustee is required to sign as
determined by the Master Servicer pursuant to applicable federal, state or local tax laws, provided
that the Master Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee for signing any such Tax Returns that contain
errors or omissions.
(b) Following the issuance of the Certificates (and except as provided for in Section 2.04), the Trustee
shall not accept any contribution of assets to the Trust Fund unless (subject to Section 10.01(f)) it shall
have obtained or been furnished with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such contribution will not (i)
cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding or (ii) cause the Trust Fund to be subject to any federal tax as a result of such contribution
(including the imposition of any federal tax on "prohibited transactions" imposed under Section 860F(a) of
the Code).
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the execution of the Certificates
and relating to the acceptance and receipt of the Mortgage Loans) shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor or the Master Servicer as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of
the Certificates (except that the Certificates shall be duly and validly executed and authenticated by it as
Certificate Registrar) or of any Mortgage Loan or related document, or of MERS or the MERS(R)System. Except
as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Depositor or the Master Servicer of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for
the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage
Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account by the Depositor or
the Master Servicer.
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee 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 Trustee.
Section 8.05. Master Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee and any co-trustee from time to time,
and the Trustee and any co-trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) for all services
rendered by each of them in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of
any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee and any co-trustee, and the Master Servicer shall pay
or reimburse the Trustee and any co-trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee or any co-trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all
persons not regularly in its employ, and the expenses incurred by the Trustee or any co-trustee in connection
with the appointment of an office or agency pursuant to Section 8.12) except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold the Trustee harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of, or
in connection with, the acceptance and administration of the Trust Fund, including its obligation to execute
the DTC Letter in its individual capacity, and including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal
fees and expenses) of defending itself against any claim in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties under this Agreement and the Swap Agreement, provided that:
(i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall have given the Master Servicer written notice
thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof;
(ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee shall cooperate and consult fully with the
Master Servicer in preparing such defense; and
(iii) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer shall not be liable
for settlement of any claim by the Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the Master
Servicer which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No termination of this Agreement shall
affect the obligations created by this Section 8.05(b) of the Master Servicer to indemnify the Trustee
under the conditions and to the extent set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
indemnification provided by the Master Servicer in this Section 8.05(b) shall not pertain to any loss,
liability or expense of the Trustee, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim, incurred in connection with any actions taken by the Trustee at the direction of
Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a national banking association or a New York banking
corporation having its principal office in a state and city acceptable to the Depositor and organized and
doing business under the laws of such state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such corporation or national banking
association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect specified in Section 8.07.
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written
notice thereof to the Depositor and the Master Servicer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the
Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no
successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving
of such notice of resignation, then the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor trustee.
(b) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor, or if at any time the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then
the Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one
copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee.
In addition, in the event that the Depositor determines that the Trustee has failed (i) to distribute or
cause to be distributed to Certificateholders any amount required to be distributed hereunder, if such amount
is held by the Trustee or its Paying Agent (other than the Master Servicer or the Depositor) for distribution
or (ii) to otherwise observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants, agreements or
obligations hereunder, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 days (in respect of
clause (i) above) or 30 days (in respect of clause (ii) above, other than any failure to comply with the
provisions of Article XII, in which case no notice or grace period shall be applicable) after the date on
which written notice of such failure, requiring that the same be remedied, shall have been given to the
Trustee by the Depositor, then the Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument delivered as provided in the preceding sentence. In connection with the appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Depositor shall, on or before the date on which any
such appointment becomes effective, obtain from each Rating Agency written confirmation that the appointment
of any such successor trustee will not result in the reduction of the ratings on any Class of the
Certificates below the lesser of the then current or original ratings on such Certificates.
(c) The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights may at any time remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such
Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered
to the Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so
appointed.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of
the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee.
(a) Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Depositor and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor
trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with
the like effect as if originally named as trustee herein. The predecessor trustee shall deliver to the
successor trustee all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder (other than
any Mortgage Files at the time held by a Custodian, which shall become the agent of any successor trustee
hereunder), and the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and
confirming in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
(b) No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06.
(c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the Depositor shall
mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as
shown in the Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be
mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation or national banking association into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or national banking association resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or national
banking association succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided such corporation or national banking association shall be eligible under the provisions
of Section 8.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Trustee shall mail notice of any such
merger or consolidation to the Certificateholders at their address as shown in the Certificate Register.
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal
requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the
time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute
and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or
co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the
Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Fund, or any
part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations,
rights and trusts as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master
Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to
do, or in case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the
power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the
terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder, and no notice to Holders of
Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08
hereof.
(b) In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10, all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed
upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee, and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to
the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
(whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the
Trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each
of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this
Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be
vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability
of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee, its agent or
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act
under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies
and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 8.11. Appointment of Custodians.
The Trustee may, with the consent of the Master Servicer and the Depositor, or shall, at the direction
of the Master Servicer and the Depositor, appoint one or more Custodians who are not Affiliates of the
Depositor or the Master Servicer to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, by
entering into a Custodial Agreement. The Trustee is hereby directed to enter into a Custodial Agreement with
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. Subject to Article VIII, the Trustee agrees to comply with the terms of each
Custodial Agreement and to enforce the terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of
the Certificateholders. Each Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision by federal
or state authority, shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000 and shall be qualified
to do business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Mortgage File. Each Custodial Agreement may be
amended only as provided in Section 11.01. The Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders of the
appointment of any Custodian (other than the Custodian appointed as of the Closing Date) pursuant to this
Section 8.11.
Section 8.12. Appointment of Office or Agency.
The Trustee shall maintain an office or agency in the City of St. Xxxx, Minnesota where Certificates
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates its offices
located at the Corporate Trust Office for the purpose of keeping the Certificate Register. The Trustee shall
maintain an office at the address stated in Section 11.05(c) hereof where notices and demands to or upon the
Trustee in respect of this Agreement may be served.
Section 8.13. DTC Letter of Representations.
The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to, and agrees that it shall, enter into the DTC Letter
on behalf of the Trust Fund and in its individual capacity as agent thereunder.
Section 8.14. Swap Agreements.
The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to, and agrees that it shall (a) enter into the Swap
Agreement on behalf of the Trust Fund and (b) enter into the SB-AM Swap Agreement on behalf of (i) the Class
A Certificateholders, Class M Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders on the one hand, and (ii) the
Class SB Certificateholders on the other hand.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination Upon Purchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 9.02, the respective obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee created hereby in respect of the Certificates (other than the obligation of the
Trustee to make certain payments after the Final Distribution Date to Certificateholders and the obligation
of the Depositor to send certain notices as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon the last action
required to be taken by the Trustee on the Final Distribution Date pursuant to this Article IX following the
earlier of:
(i) the later of the final payment or other liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure
or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, or
(ii) at the option of the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates as provided in
Section 9.01(f), the purchase of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund, at a price equal to the sum of (A) 100% of the unpaid
principal balance of each Mortgage Loan (or, if less than such unpaid principal balance, the fair
market value of the related underlying property of such Mortgage Loan with respect to Mortgage Loans
as to which title has been acquired if such fair market value is less than such unpaid principal
balance) (and if such purchase is made by the Master Servicer only, net of any unreimbursed Advances
attributable to principal) on the day of repurchase, plus accrued interest thereon at the Net Mortgage
Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of any Modified Mortgage Loan), to, but not including,
the first day of the month in which such repurchase price is distributed, and (B) any unpaid Swap
Termination Payment payable to the Swap Counterparty (or any Swap Termination Payment payable to the
Swap Counterparty as a result of the exercise of the option provided for in this Section 9.01(a)(ii)));
provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years
from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. Xxxxx, living on the date hereof; and provided further, that the purchase
price set forth above shall be increased as is necessary, as determined by the Master Servicer, to avoid
disqualification of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC.
The purchase price paid by the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as
applicable, pursuant to Section 9.01(a)(ii) shall also include any amounts owed by Residential Funding
pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement in respect of any liability, penalty
or expense that resulted from a breach of the representation and warranty set forth in clause (xlvii) of
Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement that remain unpaid on the date of such purchase.
The right of the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, to
purchase all of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to clause (ii) above is conditioned upon the date of such
purchase occurring on or after the Optional Termination Date. If such right is exercised by the Master
Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been reimbursed for the full amount of any unreimbursed
Advances theretofore made by it with respect to the Mortgage Loans being purchased. In addition, the Master
Servicer shall provide to the Trustee the certification required by Section 3.15, and the Trustee and any
Custodian shall, promptly following payment of the purchase price, release to the Master Servicer or the
Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, the Mortgage Files pertaining to the Mortgage Loans being
purchased.
In addition to the foregoing, on any Distribution Date on or after the Optional Termination Date, the
Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates as provided in Section 9.01(f), shall have the
right, at its option, to purchase the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates and
Class SB Certificates in whole, but not in part, at a price equal to the sum of the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificates plus the sum of one month's Accrued Certificate Interest thereon, any
previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest, and any unpaid Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously
allocated thereto and, in the case of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, accrued interest thereon at the
applicable Pass-Through Rate, plus, with respect to any optional termination by the Holder of the Class SB
Certificates, an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees and reimbursement for all unreimbursed
Advances and Servicing Advances, in each case through the date of such optional termination. If the Master
Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, exercises this right to purchase the
outstanding Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates and Class SB Certificates, the
Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, will promptly terminate the
respective obligations and responsibilities created hereby in respect of these Certificates pursuant to this
Article IX.
(b) The Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, shall give the Trustee
(and the Master Servicer if the Holder of the Class SB Certificates is exercising its option) not less than
40 days prior notice of the Distribution Date on which (1) the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB
Certificates, as applicable, anticipates that the final distribution will be made to Certificateholders as a
result of the exercise by the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, of
its right to purchase the Mortgage Loans or on which (2) the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB
Certificates, as applicable, anticipates that the Certificates will be purchased as a result of the exercise
by the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, to purchase the outstanding
Certificates. Notice of any termination, specifying the anticipated Final Distribution Date (which shall be
a date that would otherwise be a Distribution Date) upon which the Certificateholders may surrender their
Certificates to the Trustee (if so required by the terms hereof) for payment of the final distribution and
cancellation or notice of any purchase of the outstanding Certificates, specifying the Distribution Date upon
which the Holders may surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for payment, shall be given promptly by the
Master Servicer (if it is exercising the right to purchase the Mortgage Loans or to purchase the outstanding
Certificates), or by the Trustee (in any other case) by letter to the Certificateholders (with a copy to the
Certificate Registrar) mailed (or distributed through the Depository with respect to any Book-Entry
Certificates) not earlier than the 15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the
month of such final distribution specifying:
(i) the anticipated Final Distribution Date upon which final payment of the Certificates is anticipated to
be made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein
designated where required pursuant to this Agreement or, in the case of the purchase by the Master
Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, of the outstanding Certificates,
the Distribution Date on which such purchase is made,
(ii) the amount of any such final payment or, in the case of the purchase of the outstanding Certificates,
the purchase price, in either case, if known, and
(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, and that
payment will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office or agency
of the Trustee therein specified.
If the Master Servicer or the Trustee is obligated to give notice to Certificateholders as required
above, it shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders. In the event of a purchase of the Mortgage Loans by the Master Servicer or the Holder of
the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as
applicable, shall deposit in the Certificate Account before the Final Distribution Date in immediately
available funds an amount equal to the purchase price computed as provided above. As a result of the
exercise by the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, of its right to
purchase the outstanding Certificates, the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as
applicable, shall deposit in the Certificate Account, before the Distribution Date on which such purchase is
to occur, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to the purchase price for the Certificates computed
as provided above, and provide notice of such deposit to the Trustee. The Trustee shall withdraw from such
account the amount specified in subsection (c) below and distribute such amount to the Certificateholders as
specified in subsection (c) below. The Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB Certificates, as
applicable, shall provide to the Trustee written notification of any change to the anticipated Final
Distribution Date as soon as practicable. If the Trust Fund is not terminated on the anticipated Final
Distribution Date, for any reason, the Trustee shall promptly mail notice thereof to each affected
Certificateholder.
(c) Upon presentation and surrender of the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B
Certificates and Class SB Certificates by the Certificateholders thereof, the Trustee shall distribute to such
Certificateholders (i) the amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date, if not in connection
with the Master Servicer's or the Holder's of the Class SB Certificates, as applicable, election to
repurchase the Mortgage Loans or the outstanding Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B
Certificates and Class SB Certificates, or (ii) if the Master Servicer or the Holder of the Class SB
Certificates, as applicable, elected to so repurchase the Mortgage Loans or the outstanding Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates and Class SB Certificates, an amount equal to the
price paid pursuant to Section 9.01(a) as follows: first, with respect to any optional termination by the
Holder of the Class SB Certificates, payment of any accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees and reimbursement for
all unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances, in each case through the date of such optional termination,
to the Master Servicer, second, with respect to the Class A Certificates, pari passu, the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest
Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest, third, with respect to the Class M-1
Certificates, the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued Certificate Interest
thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest,
fourth, with respect to the Class M-2 Certificates, the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof,
plus Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid
Accrued Certificate Interest, fifth, with respect to the Class M-3 Certificates, the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period
and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest, sixth, with respect to the Class M-4 Certificates,
the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the
related Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest, seventh, with respect
to the Class M-5 Certificates, the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued
Certificate Interest, eighth, with respect to the Class M-6 Certificates, the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period
and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest, ninth, with respect to the Class M-7 Certificates,
the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the
related Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest, tenth, with respect
to the Class M-8 Certificates, the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued
Certificate Interest, eleventh, with respect to the Class M-9 Certificates, the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period
and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest, twelfth, with respect to the Class M-10 Certificates,
the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the
related Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest, thirteenth, with
respect to the Class B Certificates, the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued
Certificate Interest, fourteenth, to the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates,
the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto for such Distribution Date or remaining
unpaid from prior Distribution Dates and accrued interest thereon at the applicable Pass-Through Rate, on a
pro rata basis based on Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto for such Distribution Date or
remaining unpaid from prior Distribution Dates, fifteenth, to the Swap Counterparty (without duplication of
amounts payable to the Swap Counterparty on such date in accordance with Section 4.02) any Swap Termination
Payment payable to the Swap Counterparty then remaining unpaid or which is due to the exercise of any early
termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01, and sixteenth, to the Class SB Certificates, all
remaining amounts.
(d) In the event that any Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates for final payment and
cancellation on or before the Final Distribution Date, the Master Servicer (if it exercised its right to
purchase the Mortgage Loans) or the Trustee (in any other case), shall give a second written notice to the
remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive the final
distribution with respect thereto. If within six months after the second notice any Certificate shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall take appropriate steps as directed by the Master
Servicer to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs
and expenses of maintaining the Certificate Account and of contacting Certificateholders shall be paid out of
the assets which remain in the Certificate Account. If within nine months after the second notice any
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall pay to the Master Servicer
all amounts distributable to the holders thereof and the Master Servicer shall thereafter hold such amounts
until distributed to such Holders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any
amount held in the Certificate Account or by the Master Servicer as a result of such Certificateholder's
failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01 and
the Certificateholders shall look only to the Master Servicer for such payment.
(e) If any Certificateholders do not surrender their Certificates on or before the Distribution Date on
which a purchase of the outstanding Certificates is to be made, the Master Servicer shall give a second
written notice to such Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for payment of the purchase price
therefor. If within six months after the second notice any Certificate shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Trustee shall take appropriate steps as directed by the Master Servicer to contact the
Holders of such Certificates concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of
maintaining the Certificate Account and of contacting Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets
which remain in the Certificate Account. If within nine months after the second notice any Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation in accordance with this Section 9.01, the Trustee shall pay
to the Master Servicer all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof and shall have no further obligation
or liability therefor and the Master Servicer shall thereafter hold such amounts until distributed to such
Holders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in the
Certificate Account or by the Master Servicer as a result of such Certificateholder's failure to surrender
its Certificate(s) for payment in accordance with this Section 9.01. Any Certificate that is not surrendered
on the Distribution Date on which a purchase pursuant to this Section 9.01 occurs as provided above will be
deemed to have been purchased and the Holder as of such date will have no rights with respect thereto except
to receive the purchase price therefor minus any costs and expenses associated with such Certificate Account
and notices allocated thereto. Any Certificates so purchased or deemed to have been purchased on such
Distribution Date shall remain outstanding hereunder. The Master Servicer shall be for all purposes the
Holder thereof as of such date.
(f) With respect to the first possible Optional Termination Date, the Master Servicer shall have the sole
option to exercise the purchase options described in Section 9.01(a) and the Holder of the Class SB
Certificates shall have no claim thereto. If, however, the Master Servicer elects not to exercise one of its
options to purchase pursuant to Section 9.01(a) with respect to the first possible Optional Termination Date,
the Holder of the Class SB Certificates shall have the sole option to exercise the purchase options described
in Section 9.01(a) on the second possible Optional Termination Date and the Master Servicer shall have no
claim thereto. If the Holder of the Class SB Certificates elects not to exercise one of its options to
purchase pursuant to Section 9.01(a) with respect to the second possible Optional Termination Date, it shall
lose such right and have no claim to exercise any purchase options pursuant to this Section 9.01 thereafter.
Beginning with the third possible Optional Termination Date and thereafter, the Master Servicer shall again
have the sole option to exercise the purchase options described in Section 9.01(a).
Section 9.02. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) Any REMIC hereunder, as the case may be, shall be terminated in accordance with the following
additional requirements, unless (subject to Section 10.01(f)) the Trustee and the Master Servicer have
received an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee) to the
effect that the failure of any REMIC created hereunder as the case may be, to comply with the requirements of
this Section 9.02 will not (i) result in the imposition on the Trust Fund of taxes on "prohibited
transactions," as described in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding:
(i) The Master Servicer shall establish a 90-day liquidation period for REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III, as
applicable, and any other related terminating REMICs, and specify the first day of such period in a
statement attached to REMIC I's, REMIC II's or REMIC III's, as applicable, and any other related
terminating REMICs', final Tax Return pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-1. The Master
Servicer also shall satisfy all of the requirements of a qualified liquidation for each of REMIC I,
REMIC II and REMIC III under Section 860F of the Code and the regulations thereunder;
(ii) The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee at the commencement of such 90-day liquidation period
and, at or prior to the time of making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Trustee shall
sell or otherwise dispose of all of the remaining assets of the liquidating REMICs in accordance with
the terms hereof; and
(iii) If the Master Servicer is exercising its right to purchase the assets of the Trust Fund, the Master
Servicer shall, during the 90-day liquidation period and at or prior to the Final Distribution Date,
purchase all of the assets of the liquidating REMICs for cash.
(b) Each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee hereby irrevocably approves and appoints the Master
Servicer as its attorney-in-fact to adopt a plan of complete liquidation for any REMIC hereunder at the
expense of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. REMIC Administration.
(a) The REMIC Administrator shall make an election to treat all REMICs created hereunder as a REMIC under
the Code and, if necessary, under applicable state law. Each such election will be made on Form 1066 or
other appropriate federal tax or information return (including Form 8811) or any appropriate state return for
the taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the Certificates are issued. The
REMIC I Regular Interests shall be designated as the "regular interests" and the Class R-I Certificates shall
be designated as the sole Class of "residual interests" in the REMIC I. The REMIC II Regular Interests shall
be designated as the "regular interests" and the Class R-II Certificates shall be designated as the sole
Class of "residual interests" in the REMIC II. The REMIC III Regular Interests shall be designated as the
"regular interests" and the Class R-III Certificates shall be designated as the sole Class of "residual
interests" in the REMIC III. The REMIC Administrator and the Trustee shall not permit the creation of any
"interests" (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III other than the
REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular Interests, REMIC III Regular Interest IO and the Certificates.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "startup day" of each of REMIC created hereunder within
the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code (the "Startup Date").
(c) The REMIC Administrator shall hold a Class R Certificate in each REMIC representing a 0.01% Percentage
Interest of the Class R Certificates in each REMIC and shall be designated as the "tax matters person" with
respect to each REMIC in the manner provided under Treasury regulations Section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury
regulations Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1. The REMIC Administrator, as tax matters person, shall (i) act on
behalf of each REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving the Trust Fund and (ii) represent
the Trust Fund in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any
governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The legal expenses, including without limitation
attorneys' or accountants' fees, and costs of any such proceeding and any liability resulting therefrom shall
be expenses of the Trust Fund and the REMIC Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor out of
amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Custodial Account as provided by Section 3.10
unless such legal expenses and costs are incurred by reason of the REMIC Administrator's willful misfeasance,
bad faith or gross negligence. If the REMIC Administrator is no longer the Master Servicer hereunder, at its
option the REMIC Administrator may continue its duties as REMIC Administrator and shall be paid reasonable
compensation not to exceed $3,000 per year by any successor Master Servicer hereunder for so acting as the
REMIC Administrator.
(d) The REMIC Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared all of the Tax Returns that it
determines are required with respect to the REMICs created hereunder and deliver such Tax Returns in a timely
manner to the Trustee and the Trustee shall sign and file such Tax Returns in a timely manner. The expenses
of preparing such returns shall be borne by the REMIC Administrator without any right of reimbursement
therefor. The REMIC Administrator agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee with respect to any tax
or liability arising from the Trustee's signing of Tax Returns that contain errors or omissions. The Trustee
and Master Servicer shall promptly provide the REMIC Administrator with such information as the REMIC
Administrator may from time to time request for the purpose of enabling the REMIC Administrator to prepare
Tax Returns.
(e) The REMIC Administrator shall provide (i) to any Transferor of a Class R Certificate such information
as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of a Class R Certificate to any
Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, (ii) to the Trustee and the Trustee shall forward to the
Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or the REMIC Provisions including
reports relating to interest, original issue discount, if any, and market discount or premium (using the
Prepayment Assumption) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue Service the name, title, address and telephone
number of the person who will serve as the representative of each REMIC created hereunder.
(f) The Master Servicer and the REMIC Administrator shall take such actions and shall cause each REMIC
created hereunder to take such actions as are reasonably within the Master Servicer's or the REMIC
Administrator's control and the scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein as shall be necessary
or desirable to maintain the status thereof as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions (and the Trustee shall
assist the Master Servicer and the REMIC Administrator, to the extent reasonably requested by the Master
Servicer and the REMIC Administrator to do so). In performing their duties as more specifically set forth
herein, the Master Servicer and the REMIC Administrator shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action,
cause the Trust Fund to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably
within their respective control and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that, under the
REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of any
REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon any REMIC created hereunder
(including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code
(except as provided in Section 2.04) and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of
the Code) (either such event, in the absence of an Opinion of Counsel or the indemnification referred to in
this sentence, an "Adverse REMIC Event") unless the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as
applicable, has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action or,
if such party fails to pay such expense, and the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as applicable,
determines that taking such action is in the best interest of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders, at
the expense of the Trust Fund, but in no event at the expense of the Master Servicer, the REMIC Administrator
or the Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action will not, with respect to the Trust Fund created
hereunder, endanger such status or, unless the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator or both, as
applicable, determine in its or their sole discretion to indemnify the Trust Fund against the imposition of
such a tax, result in the imposition of such a tax. Wherever in this Agreement a contemplated action may not
be taken because the timing of such action might result in the imposition of a tax on the Trust Fund, or may
only be taken pursuant to an Opinion of Counsel that such action would not impose a tax on the Trust Fund,
such action may nonetheless be taken provided that the indemnity given in the preceding sentence with respect
to any taxes that might be imposed on the Trust Fund has been given and that all other preconditions to the
taking of such action have been satisfied. The Trustee shall not take or fail to take any action (whether or
not authorized hereunder) as to which the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as applicable, has
advised it in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an Adverse REMIC Event
could occur with respect to such action or inaction, as the case may be. In addition, prior to taking any
action with respect to the Trust Fund or its assets, or causing the Trust Fund to take any action, which is
not expressly permitted under the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall consult with the Master Servicer
or the REMIC Administrator, as applicable, or its designee, in writing, with respect to whether such action
could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to the Trust Fund and the Trustee shall not take any
such action or cause the Trust Fund to take any such action as to which the Master Servicer or the REMIC
Administrator, as applicable, has advised it in writing that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Master
Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as applicable, may consult with counsel to make such written advice, and
the cost of same shall be borne by the party seeking to take the action not expressly permitted by this
Agreement, but in no event at the expense of the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator. At all times as
may be required by the Code, the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as applicable, will to the
extent within its control and the scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein, maintain
substantially all of the assets of the REMIC as "qualified mortgages" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code and "permitted investments" as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
(g) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any REMIC created hereunder as
defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on "net income from foreclosure property" of any REMIC as defined
in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contributions to any REMIC after the Startup Date therefor pursuant to
Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax imposed by the Code or any applicable provisions of state or
local tax laws, such tax shall be charged (i) to the Master Servicer, if such tax arises out of or results
from a breach by the Master Servicer in its role as Master Servicer or REMIC Administrator of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Master Servicer has in its sole discretion determined to indemnify
the Trust Fund against such tax, (ii) to the Trustee, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by
the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Article X, or (iii) otherwise against amounts on deposit in
the Custodial Account as provided by Section 3.10 and on the Distribution Date(s) following such
reimbursement the aggregate of such taxes shall be allocated in reduction of the Accrued Certificate Interest
on each Class entitled thereto in the same manner as if such taxes constituted a Prepayment Interest
Shortfall.
(h) The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain books and records
with respect to each REMIC on a calendar year and on an accrual basis or as otherwise may be required by the
REMIC Provisions.
(i) Following the Startup Date, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall accept any contributions
of assets to any REMIC unless (subject to Section 10.01(f)) the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall have
received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to make such contribution) to the effect
that the inclusion of such assets in any REMIC will not cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify
as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding or subject any such REMIC to any tax under the
REMIC Provisions or other applicable provisions of federal, state and local law or ordinances.
(j) Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall (subject to Section 10.01(f)) enter into any
arrangement by which any REMIC created hereunder will receive a fee or other compensation for services nor
permit any REMIC created hereunder to receive any income from assets other than "qualified mortgages" as
defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or "permitted investments" as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the
Code.
(k) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations, the "latest possible
maturity date" by which the principal balance of each regular interest in each REMIC would be reduced to zero
is June 25, 2036, which is the Distribution Date in the month following the last scheduled payment on any
Mortgage Loan.
(l) Within 30 days after the Closing Date, the REMIC Administrator shall prepare and file with the
Internal Revenue Service Form 8811, "Information Return for Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMIC)
and Issuers of Collateralized Debt Obligations" for the Trust Fund.
(m) Neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall sell, dispose of or substitute for any of the
Mortgage Loans (except in connection with (i) the default, imminent default or foreclosure of a Mortgage
Loan, including but not limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by deed in lieu
of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of the Trust Fund, (iii) the termination of any REMIC pursuant to
Article IX of this Agreement or (iv) a purchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II or III of this
Agreement) or acquire any assets for any REMIC or sell or dispose of any investments in the Custodial Account
or the Certificate Account for gain, or accept any contributions to any REMIC after the Closing Date unless
it has received an Opinion of Counsel that such sale, disposition, substitution or acquisition will not (a)
affect adversely the status of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC or (b) unless the Master Servicer has
determined in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust Fund against such tax, cause any REMIC to be subject
to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
Section 10.02. Master Servicer, REMIC Administrator and Trustee Indemnification.
(a) The Trustee agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the REMIC Administrator and the Master
Servicer for any taxes and costs including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or
incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as a result of a breach of the Trustee's
covenants set forth in Article VIII or this Article X. In the event that Residential Funding is no longer
the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall indemnify Residential Funding for any taxes and costs including,
without limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by Residential Funding as a result
of a breach of the Trustee's covenants set forth in Article VIII or this Article X.
(b) The REMIC Administrator agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee for any taxes and costs (including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees) imposed on or
incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as a result of a breach of the
REMIC Administrator's covenants set forth in this Article X with respect to compliance with the REMIC
Provisions, including without limitation, any penalties arising from the Trustee's execution of Tax Returns
prepared by the REMIC Administrator that contain errors or omissions; provided, however, that such liability
will not be imposed to the extent such breach is a result of an error or omission in information provided to
the REMIC Administrator by the Master Servicer in which case Section 10.02(c) will apply.
(c) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the REMIC Administrator and the
Trustee for any taxes and costs (including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees) imposed on or
incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the REMIC Administrator or the Trustee, as a result of a breach of
the Master Servicer's covenants set forth in this Article X or in Article III with respect to compliance with
the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation, any penalties arising from the Trustee's execution of Tax
Returns prepared by the Master Servicer that contain errors or omissions.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01. Amendment.
(a) This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders:
(i) to cure any ambiguity,
(ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein or therein, which may be inconsistent with any other
provisions herein or therein or to correct any error,
(iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or desirable
to maintain the qualification of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC at all times that any
Certificate is outstanding or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on the Trust
Fund pursuant to the Code that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee has
received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (A) such action is necessary or desirable to
maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (B)
such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder,
(iv) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits into the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account
or to change the name in which the Custodial Account is maintained, provided that (A) the Certificate
Account Deposit Date shall in no event be later than the related Distribution Date, (B) such change
shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder and (C) such change shall not result in a reduction of the rating
assigned to any Class of Certificates below the lower of the then-current rating or the rating
assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency
to such effect,
(v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.02(f) or any other provision hereof
restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates by virtue of their being the "residual interests" in
the Trust Fund provided that (A) such change shall not result in reduction of the rating assigned to
any such Class of Certificates below the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to
such Certificates as of the Closing Date, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency to such
effect, and (B) such change shall not (subject to Section 10.01(f)), as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking so to modify, eliminate or add such provisions), cause
the Trust Fund or any of the Certificateholders (other than the transferor) to be subject to a federal
tax caused by a transfer to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or
(vi) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement or such
Custodial Agreement which shall not be materially inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement,
provided that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder and is authorized or permitted under
Section 11.01.
(b) This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of
the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates with a Certificate Principal Balance greater than zero
affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of
the provisions of this Agreement or such Custodial Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:
(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments which are required to be
distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate,
(ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interest of the Holders of Certificates of any Class in a
manner other than as described in clause (i) hereof without the consent of Holders of Certificates of
such Class evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 66%, or
(iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates
of such Class then outstanding.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not consent to any
amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the
party seeking such amendment) to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the
Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee in accordance with such amendment will not result in the
imposition of a federal tax on the Trust Fund or cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding; provided, that if the indemnity described in
Section 10.01(f) with respect to any taxes that might be imposed on the Trust Fund has been given, the Trustee
shall not require the delivery to it of the Opinion of Counsel described in this Section 11.01(c). The
Trustee may but shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this Section that affects its
rights, duties and immunities and this Agreement or otherwise; provided, however, such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee shall furnish written notification of
the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder. It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 11.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such
consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject
to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
(e) The Depositor shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to obtain and deliver to the Trustee any
corporate guaranty, payment obligation, irrevocable letter of credit, surety bond, insurance policy or
similar instrument or a reserve fund, or any combination of the foregoing, for the purpose of protecting the
Holders of the Class SB Certificates against any or all Realized Losses or other shortfalls. Any such
instrument or fund shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Class SB Certificateholders, but shall
not be and shall not be deemed to be under any circumstances included in any REMIC. To the extent that any
such instrument or fund constitutes a reserve fund for federal income tax purposes, (i) any reserve fund so
established shall be an outside reserve fund and not an asset of such REMIC, (ii) any such reserve fund shall
be owned by the Depositor, and (iii) amounts transferred by such REMIC to any such reserve fund shall be
treated as amounts distributed by such REMIC to the Depositor or any successor, all within the meaning of
Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(h) in effect as of the Cut-off Date. In connection with the provision
of any such instrument or fund, this Agreement and any provision hereof may be modified, added to, deleted or
otherwise amended in any manner that is related or incidental to such instrument or fund or the establishment
or administration thereof, such amendment to be made by written instrument executed or consented to by the
Depositor and such related insurer but without the consent of any Certificateholder and without the consent
of the Master Servicer or the Trustee being required unless any such amendment would impose any additional
obligation on, or otherwise adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer or
the Trustee, as applicable; provided that the Depositor obtains an Opinion of Counsel (which need not be an
opinion of Independent counsel) to the effect that any such amendment will not cause (a) any federal tax to
be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited
transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after the startup date" under
Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code and (b) any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that any Certificate is outstanding. In the event that the Depositor elects to provide such coverage in the
form of a limited guaranty provided by General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the Depositor may elect that
the text of such amendment to this Agreement shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K
(in which case Residential Funding's Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation as described in such exhibit
shall be established by Residential Funding's consent to such amendment) and that the limited guaranty shall
be executed in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L, with such changes as the Depositor shall deem to be
appropriate; it being understood that the Trustee has reviewed and approved the content of such forms and
that the Trustee's consent or approval to the use thereof is not required.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Sections 11.01 (b), (c), (d), and (e), any
amendment of Sections 4.02(c)(x) and 4.10 of this Agreement shall require the consent of the Swap
Counterparty as a third-party beneficiary of Sections 4.02(c)(x) and 4.10 of this Agreement.
Section 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
(a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any
or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording
office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer and at its expense on direction
by the Trustee (pursuant to the request of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting
Rights), but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation
materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders.
(b) For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other
purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
(a) The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the
Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust Fund, nor otherwise
affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of any of the parties hereto.
(b) No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as expressly provided herein) or in any
manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties
hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall
any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties
to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
(c) No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to institute
any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless
such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of default and of the continuance
thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing in the
aggregate not less than 25% of the related Percentage Interests of such Class, shall have made written
request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with
every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates of any Class shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates of such Class or any other Class, or to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under
this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of Certificateholders of such
Class or all Classes, as the case may be. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section 11.03, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
Section 11.04. Governing Law.
This agreement and the Certificates shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof, other than Sections 5-1401
and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
Section 11.05. Notices.
All demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered at or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid (except for notices to the Trustee
which shall be deemed to have been duly given only when received), to (a) in the case of the Depositor, 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: President (RASC), or such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer and the Trustee in writing by the
Depositor; (b) in the case of the Master Servicer, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
Attention: Bond Administration or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the
Trustee by the Master Servicer in writing; (c) in the case of the Trustee, the Corporate Trust Office or such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Depositor and the Master Servicer in writing by the
Trustee; (d) in the case of Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; Attention:
Mortgage Surveillance or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor, Trustee and
Master Servicer by Standard & Poor's; (e) in the case of Moody's, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: ABS Monitoring Department, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor,
the Trustee and the Master Servicer in writing by Moody's, (f) in the case of the Credit Risk Manager, 0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel or such other address as may
hereafter be furnished to the Depositor and the Master Servicer in writing by the Trustee, and (g) in the
case of the Swap Counterparty, Bear Xxxxxxx Financial Products Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master
Servicer in writing by the Swap Counterparty. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a
Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such holder as shown
in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
Section 11.06. Notices to Rating Agencies.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall notify each Rating Agency and
each Subservicer at such time as it is otherwise required pursuant to this Agreement to give notice of the
occurrence of, any of the events described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), (h), (i) or (j) below or
provide a copy to each Rating Agency and each Subservicer at such time as otherwise required to be delivered
pursuant to this Agreement of any of the statements described in clauses (e) and (f) below:
(a) a material change or amendment to this Agreement,
(b) the occurrence of an Event of Default,
(c) the termination or appointment of a successor Master Servicer or Trustee or a change in the majority
ownership of the Trustee,
(d) the filing of any claim under the Master Servicer's blanket fidelity bond and the errors and omissions
insurance policy required by Section 3.12 or the cancellation or modification of coverage under any such
instrument,
(e) the statement required to be delivered to the Holders of each Class of Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.03,
(f) the statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 3.18 and 3.19,
(g) a change in the location of the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account,
(h) the occurrence of any monthly cash flow shortfall to the Holders of any Class of Certificates
resulting from the failure by the Master Servicer to make an Advance pursuant to Section 4.04,
(i) the occurrence of the Final Distribution Date, and
(j) the repurchase of or substitution for any Mortgage Loan, provided, however, that with respect to
notice of the occurrence of the events described in clauses (d), (g) or (h) above, the Master Servicer shall
provide prompt written notice to each Rating Agency and each Subservicer of any such event known to the
Master Servicer.
Section 11.07. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for
any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed
severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the
rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 11.08. Supplemental Provisions for Resecuritization.
This Agreement may be supplemented by means of the addition of a separate Article hereto (a
"Supplemental Article") for the purpose of resecuritizing any of the Certificates issued hereunder, under the
following circumstances. With respect to any Class or Classes of Certificates issued hereunder, or any
portion of any such Class, as to which the Depositor or any of its Affiliates (or any designee thereof) is
the registered Holder (the "Resecuritized Certificates"), the Depositor may deposit such Resecuritized
Certificates into a new REMIC, grantor trust or custodial arrangement (a "Restructuring Vehicle") to be held
by the Trustee pursuant to a Supplemental Article. The instrument adopting such Supplemental Article shall
be executed by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee; provided, that neither the Master Servicer
nor the Trustee shall withhold their consent thereto if their respective interests would not be materially
adversely affected thereby. To the extent that the terms of the Supplemental Article do not in any way
affect any provisions of this Agreement as to any of the Certificates initially issued hereunder, the
adoption of the Supplemental Article shall not constitute an "amendment" of this Agreement. Each
Supplemental Article shall set forth all necessary provisions relating to the holding of the Resecuritized
Certificates by the Trustee, the establishment of the Restructuring Vehicle, the issuing of various classes
of new certificates by the Restructuring Vehicle and the distributions to be made thereon, and any other
provisions necessary to the purposes thereof. In connection with each Supplemental Article, the Depositor
shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Restructuring Vehicle will
qualify as a REMIC, grantor trust or other entity not subject to taxation for federal income tax purposes and
(ii) the adoption of the Supplemental Article will not endanger the status of any REMIC created hereunder as
a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on
prohibited transaction as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC
as set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code.
Section 11.09. Third-Party Beneficiary.
The Swap Counterparty is an express third-party beneficiary of Sections 4.02(c)(x) and 4.10 of this
Agreement, and shall have the right to enforce the provisions of Sections 4.02(c)(x) and 4.10 of this
Agreement as if it were a party hereto.
Section 11.10. Tax Treatment.
Each party to this Agreement and each holder of a Certificate by it acceptance of its ownership
interest in such Certificate, hereby agrees to treat the payment made and received hereunder and any payments
received with respect to any Certificate for federal income tax purposes consistently with the REMIC
structure, the Swap Agreement and the SB-AM Swap Agreement as set forth herein or incorporated herein and
with the deemed payments made with respect thereto as set forth herein.
ARTICLE XII
COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
Section 12.01. Intent of Parties; Reasonableness.
The Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer acknowledge and agree that the purpose of this
Article XII is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related
rules and regulations of the Commission. The Depositor shall not exercise its right to request delivery of
information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes other than
compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee acknowledges that
interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive
guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the mortgage-backed
securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Depositor
in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of
Regulation AB. Each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall cooperate reasonably with the Depositor to
deliver to the Depositor (including any of its assignees or designees), any and all disclosure, statements,
reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the reasonable, good faith
determination of the Depositor to permit the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.
Section 12.02. Additional Representations and Warranties of the Trustee.
(a) The Trustee shall be deemed to represent to the Depositor as of the date hereof and on each date on
which information is provided to the Depositor under Sections 12.01, 12.02(b) or 12.03 that, except as
disclosed in writing to the Depositor prior to such date: (i) it 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 Transaction due to any default of the Trustee; (ii) there are no aspects of its financial
condition that could have a material adverse effect on the performance by it of its trustee obligations under
this Agreement or any other Securitization Transaction as to which it is the trustee; (iii) there are no
material legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against it that would be
material to Certificateholders; (iv) there are no relationships or transactions relating to the Trustee with
respect to the Depositor or any sponsor, issuing entity, servicer, trustee, originator, significant obligor,
enhancement or support provider or other material transaction party (as such terms are used in Regulation AB)
relating to the Securitization Transaction contemplated by the Agreement, as identified by the Depositor to
the Trustee in writing as of the Closing Date (each, a "Transaction Party") that are outside the ordinary
course of business or on terms other than would be obtained in an arm's length transaction with an unrelated
third party, apart from the Securitization Transaction, and that are material to the investors' understanding
of the Certificates; and (v) the Trustee is not an affiliate of any Transaction Party. The Depositor shall
notify the Trustee of any change in the identity of a Transaction Party after the Closing Date.
(b) If so requested by the Depositor on any date following the Closing Date, the Trustee shall, within
five Business Days following such request, confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations and
warranties set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section or, if any such representation and warranty is not
accurate as of the date of such confirmation, provide the pertinent facts, in writing, to the Depositor. Any
such request from the Depositor shall not be given more than once each calendar quarter, unless the Depositor
shall have a reasonable basis for a determination that any of the representations and warranties may not be
accurate.
Section 12.03. Information to be Provided by the Trustee.
For so long as the Certificates are outstanding, for the purpose of satisfying the Depositor's
reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to any class of Certificates, the Trustee shall
provide to the Depositor a written description of (a) any litigation or governmental proceedings pending
against the Trustee as of the last day of each calendar month that would be material to Certificateholders,
and (b) any affiliations or relationships (as described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB) that develop following
the Closing Date between the Trustee and any Transaction Party of the type described in Section 12.02(a)(iv)
or 12.02(a)(v) as of the last day of each calendar year. Any descriptions required with respect to legal
proceedings, as well as updates to previously provided descriptions, under this Section 12.03 shall be given
no later than five Business Days prior to the Determination Date following the month in which the relevant
event occurs, and any notices and descriptions required with respect to affiliations, as well as updates to
previously provided descriptions, under this Section 12.03 shall be given no later than January 31 of the
calendar year following the year in which the relevant event occurs. As of the date the Depositor or Master
Servicer files each Report on Form 10-D and Report on Form 10-K with respect to the Certificates, the Trustee
will be deemed to represent that any information previously provided under this Article XII is materially
correct and does not have any material omissions unless the Trustee has provided an update to such
information. The Depositor will allow the Trustee to review any disclosure relating to material litigation
against the Trustee prior to filing such disclosure with the Commission to the extent the Depositor changes
the information provided by the Trustee.
Section 12.04. Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
On or before March 15 of each calendar year, the Trustee shall:
(a) deliver to the Depositor a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor)
regarding the Trustee's assessment of compliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria during the
immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item
1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be addressed to the Depositor and signed by an authorized officer
of the Trustee, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit S hereto; and
(b) deliver to the Depositor a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the
Depositor that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Trustee and delivered
pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and
2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Section 12.05. Indemnification; Remedies.
(a) The Trustee shall indemnify the Depositor, each affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
each broker dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser of the Certificates or each
Person who controls any of such parties (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and
Section 20 of the Exchange Act); and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees and
agents of each of the foregoing, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs,
fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising out of or based upon:
(i) (A) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained in any
information, report, certification or other material provided under this Article XII by or on behalf
of the Trustee (collectively, the "Trustee Information"), or (B) the omission or alleged omission to
state in the Trustee Information a material fact required to be stated in the Trustee Information or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided, by way of clarification, that clause (B) of this paragraph shall
be construed solely by reference to the Trustee Information and not to any other information
communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether the
Trustee Information or any portion thereof is presented together with or separately from such other
information; or
(ii) any failure by the Trustee to deliver any information, report, certification or other material when
and as required under this Article XII, other than a failure by the Trustee to deliver the
accountants' attestation.
(b) In the case of any failure of performance described in clause (ii) of Section 12.05(a), the Trustee
shall (i) promptly reimburse the Depositor for all costs reasonably incurred by the Depositor in order to
obtain the information, report, certification or other material not delivered as required by the Trustee and
(ii) cooperate with the Depositor to mitigate any damages that may result from such failure.
(c) The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee, each affiliate of the Trustee or
each Person who controls the Trustee (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20
of the Exchange Act), and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents of the
Trustee, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses
that any of them may sustain arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement of a material fact
contained or alleged to be contained in any information provided under this Agreement by or on behalf of the
Depositor or Master Servicer for inclusion in any report filed with Commission under the Exchange Act
(collectively, the "RFC Information"), or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the RFC
Information a material fact required to be stated in the RFC Information or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
by way of clarification, that clause (ii) of this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the RFC
Information and not to any other information communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of
securities, without regard to whether the RFC Information or any portion thereof is presented together with
or separately from such other information.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.
RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
For purposes of Sections 3.24, 3.25 and 3.26:
XXXXXXX FIXED INCOME SERVICES INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
STATE OF MINNESOTA
) ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the ____ day of May 2006 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared
________________, known to me to be a Vice President of Residential Asset Securities Corporation, one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on
behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this
certificate first above written.
Notary Public
________________________________________
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA
) ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the ____ day of May 2006 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared
_______________, known to me to be an Associate of Residential Funding Corporation, one of the corporations
that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said
corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this
certificate first above written.
Notary Public
________________________________________
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA
) ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the ____ day of May 2006 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared
____________________, known to me to be a Vice President of U.S. Bank National Association, a banking
association organized under the laws of the United States that executed the within instrument, and also known
to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said banking corporation and acknowledged to me that such
banking corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this
certificate first above written.
Notary Public
________________________________________
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CLASS A-[_] CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 COUPLED WITH THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS UNDER THE SWAP AGREEMENT.
THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON
AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE
CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO
THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY VIRTUE OF ITS PURCHASE OR
HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PERSON (INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY
INVESTING ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT, AN INVESTMENT MANAGER, A NAMED FIDUCIARY OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN) WHO IS
USING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION.
IF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IS ACQUIRED OR HELD BY ANY PERSON THAT DOES NOT SATISFY
THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THEN THE LAST PRECEDING TRANSFEREE THAT IS NOT A PLAN
INVESTOR SHALL BE RESTORED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO ALL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS CERTIFICATE OWNER
THEREOF RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF SUCH TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY TO
ANY PERSON FOR MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DUE ON THIS CERTIFICATE TO SUCH PRECEDING TRANSFEREE.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN)
WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN SECTION 5.02(E) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL
INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, ANY SUBSERVICER, AND THE TRUST FUND
FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH
ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
CUSIP: _____________________ Certificate No. A-[__]-__
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement [Adjustable Pass-Through Rate]
and Cut-off Date: May 1, 2006
First Distribution Date: June 26, 2006 Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-[_] Certificates:
$___________________________
Master Servicer: Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this
Residential Funding Corporation Class A-[_] Certificate:
$___________________________
Final Scheduled Distribution Date:
__________ __, 20__
HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2006-KS4
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Class A-[_] Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of
a pool of [fixed] [adjustable] interest rate, first [and junior] lien mortgage
loans on one- to four-family residential properties sold by RESIDENTIAL ASSET
SECURITIES CORPORATION
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an
obligation of or interest in Residential Asset Securities Corporation, the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred
to below or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying
mortgage loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by Residential Asset
Securities Corporation, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their
affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their affiliates
will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments
on the Certificates.
This certifies that [Cede & Co.] is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate in certain distributions with respect to the Trust Fund consisting primarily of an interest in a pool
of [fixed] [adjustable] interest rate, first [and junior] lien mortgage loans on one- to four- family residential
properties (the "Mortgage Loans"), sold by Residential Asset Securities Corporation (hereinafter called the
"Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above (the "Agreement") among the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and
is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing
as described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding that Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from the related
Available Distribution Amount in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount of interest and principal, if any, required to be distributed to Holders of
Class A-[_] Certificates on such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by the Master Servicer acting on behalf of the
Trustee or by a Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee in immediately available funds (by wire transfer or
otherwise) for the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Master
Servicer or such Paying Agent, or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register.
Any Transferee of this Certificate will be deemed to have represented by virtue of its purchase or
holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or other
plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code or a person (including an insurance company
investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is
using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such acquisition. Any purported Certificate owner whose
acquisition or holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) was effected in violation of the restrictions in
Section 5.02(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, and the Trust Fund from and against any and all liabilities,
claims, costs or expenses incurred by such parties as a result of such acquisition or holding.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice of
the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of, this Certificate at the office or
agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose in St. Xxxx, Minnesota. The Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate is set forth above. The Certificate Principal Balance hereof will be reduced [from
time to time pursuant to the Agreement].
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates issued in several Classes designated
as Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein
collectively called the "Certificates").
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer
funds are advanced with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master Servicer, to the
extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would
have been distributable to Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account and/or the Certificate Account
created for the benefit of Certificateholders may be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes
other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation reimbursement to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment of the Agreement and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights
of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the
Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future holders of this Certificate and of
any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof in certain
circumstances without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates and, in certain additional
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of certain Classes of Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee in St. Xxxx, Minnesota, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and there upon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the
same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in Classes and in
denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee
and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the maturity or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan subject thereto or the disposition of all property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the purchase by the Holder of the Class
SB Certificates or the Master Servicer, as described in the Agreement, from the Trust Fund of all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans or the Certificates, in either case
thereby effecting early retirement of the Certificates. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the Holder
of the Class SB Certificates or the Master Servicer, as described in the Agreement, (i) to purchase, at a price
determined as provided in the Agreement, all remaining Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan or (ii) to purchase in whole, but not in part, all of the Certificates from the Holders thereof,
provided, that any such option may only be exercised if the Stated Principal Balance before giving effect to the
distributions to be made on such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans, as of the Distribution Date upon which
the proceeds of any such purchase are distributed is less than ten percent of the Cut-off Date Balance.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Certificate Registrar, by
manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:_____________________
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-[_] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Certificate Registrar
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) the beneficial interest
evidenced by the within Trust Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and
Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:_____________________ ____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available fund
to____________________________________________________________________________
for the account of ________________________________________________________________________________________________
account number ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
or, if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________________________________________
Applicable statements should be mailed to:________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This information is provided by ___________________________________, the assignee named above, or
______________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF CLASS M-[_] CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A AND CLASS M-[_] CERTIFICATES AS
DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON
AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE
CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A
NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE") COUPLED WITH THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS UNDER THE SWAP AGREEMENT.
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY VIRTUE OF ITS PURCHASE OR
HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PERSON (INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY
INVESTING ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT, AN INVESTMENT MANAGER, A NAMED FIDUCIARY OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN) WHO IS
USING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION.
IF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IS ACQUIRED OR HELD BY ANY PERSON THAT DOES NOT SATISFY
THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THEN THE LAST PRECEDING TRANSFEREE THAT IS NOT A PLAN
INVESTOR SHALL BE RESTORED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO ALL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS CERTIFICATE OWNER
THEREOF RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF SUCH TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY TO
ANY PERSON FOR MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DUE ON THIS CERTIFICATE TO SUCH PRECEDING TRANSFEREE.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN)
WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN SECTION 5.02(E) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL
INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, ANY SUBSERVICER, AND THE TRUST FUND
FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH
ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
CUSIP: _____________________ Certificate No. M-[__]-__
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement [Adjustable Pass-Through Rate]
and Cut-off Date: May 1, 2006 [Fixed Pass-Through Rate]
First Distribution Date: June 26, 2006 Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-[_] Certificates:
$___________________________
Master Servicer: Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this
Residential Funding Corporation Class M-[_] Certificate:
$___________________________
Final Scheduled Distribution Date:
__________ __, 20__
HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2006-KS4
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Class M-[_] Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of
a pool of [fixed] [adjustable] interest rate, first [and junior] lien mortgage
loans on one- to four-family residential properties sold by RESIDENTIAL ASSET
SECURITIES CORPORATION
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an
obligation of or interest in Residential Asset Securities Corporation, the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred
to below or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying
mortgage loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by Residential Asset
Securities Corporation, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their
affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their affiliates
will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments
on the Certificates.
This certifies that [Cede & Co.] is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate in certain distributions with respect to the Trust Fund consisting primarily of an interest in a pool
of [fixed] [adjustable] interest rate, first [and junior] lien mortgage loans on one- to four- family residential
properties (the "Mortgage Loans"), sold by Residential Asset Securities Corporation (hereinafter called the
"Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above (the "Agreement") among the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and
is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing
as described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding that Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from the related
Available Distribution Amount in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount of interest and principal, if any, required to be distributed to Holders of
Class M-[_] Certificates on such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by the Master Servicer acting on behalf of the
Trustee or by a Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee in immediately available funds (by wire transfer or
otherwise) for the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Master
Servicer or such Paying Agent, or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register.
Any Transferee of this Certificate will be deemed to have represented by virtue of its purchase or
holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or other
plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code or a person (including an insurance company
investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is
using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such acquisition. Any purported Certificate owner whose
acquisition or holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) was effected in violation of the restrictions in
Section 5.02(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, and the Trust Fund from and against any and all liabilities,
claims, costs or expenses incurred by such parties as a result of such acquisition or holding.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice of
the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of, this Certificate at the office or
agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose in St. Xxxx, Minnesota. The Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate is set forth above. The Certificate Principal Balance hereof will be reduced to the
extent of distributions allocable to principal and any Realized Losses allocable hereto.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates issued in several Classes designated
as Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein
collectively called the "Certificates").
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer
funds are advanced with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master Servicer, to the
extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would
have been distributable to Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account and/or the Certificate Account
created for the benefit of Certificateholders may be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes
other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation reimbursement to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment of the Agreement and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights
of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the
Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future holders of this Certificate and of
any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof in certain
circumstances without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates and, in certain additional
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of certain Classes of Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee in St. Xxxx, Minnesota, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and there upon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the
same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in Classes and in
denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee
and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the maturity or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan subject thereto or the disposition of all property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the purchase by the Holder of the Class
SB Certificates or the Master Servicer, as described in the Agreement, from the Trust Fund of all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans or the Certificates, in either case
thereby effecting early retirement of the Certificates. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the Holder
of the Class SB Certificates or the Master Servicer, as described in the Agreement, (i) to purchase, at a price
determined as provided in the Agreement, all remaining Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan or (ii) to purchase in whole, but not in part, all of the Certificates from the Holders thereof,
provided, that any such option may only be exercised if the Stated Principal Balance before giving effect to the
distributions to be made on such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans, as of the Distribution Date upon which
the proceeds of any such purchase are distributed is less than ten percent of the Cut-off Date Balance.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Certificate Registrar, by
manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:_____________________
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-[_] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Certificate Registrar
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) the beneficial interest
evidenced by the within Trust Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and
Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:_____________________ ____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available fund
to____________________________________________________________________________
for the account of ________________________________________________________________________________________________
account number ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
or, if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________________________________________
Applicable statements should be mailed to:________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This information is provided by ___________________________________, the assignee named above, or
______________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF CLASS B CERTIFICATE
[REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY] [RULE 144A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE] [REGULATION S CERTIFICATED SECURITY] [DEFINITIVE]
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES AND CLASS M
CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON
AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE
CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN.
[FOR BOOK-ENTRY ONLY: UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE") COUPLED WITH A RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS UNDER THE APPLICABLE SWAP AGREEMENT.
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY VIRTUE OF ITS PURCHASE OR
HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PERSON (INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY
INVESTING ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT, AN INVESTMENT MANAGER, A NAMED FIDUCIARY OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN) WHO IS
USING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT (THE "AGREEMENT").
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR
TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, UNITED STATES PERSONS, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THIS LEGEND. THE HOLDER
HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, REPRESENTS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT REOFFER,
RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER
APPLICABLE LAWS AND [EXCEPT (A) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE SELLER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER,
RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PURCHASER DELIVERS
ALL DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS AS THE TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE; (B) TO A NON U.S. PERSON OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR (C) TO THE
DEPOSITOR OR MASTER SERVICER OR THEIR AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW
OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE, REPRESENTS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT REOFFER, RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER
THIS CERTIFICATE EXCEPT TO A NON-U.S. PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S] [THAT IT
IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1) OF REGULATION D OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN)
WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN SECTION 5.02(e)(ii) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL
INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, ANY SUBSERVICER, AND THE TRUST FUND
FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH
ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
[FOR TEMPORARY REGULATION S ONLY: THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE,
WITHOUT COUPONS, EXCHANGEABLE FOR A PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE ONLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR A PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]
CUSIP: [________________] Certificate No. B-1
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement: [_______ __, Adjustable Pass-Through Rate
__]Cut-off Date: [_______ __, __]
First Distribution Date: [_______ __, __] Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B Certificates:
$[_______.__]
Master Servicer: Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Class B
Residential Funding Corporation Certificate:
$[_______.__]
Final Scheduled Distribution Date:
[______ ____]
[REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY] [RULE 144A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE] [REGULATION S CERTIFICATED SECURITY] [DEFINITIVE]
CLASS B CERTIFICATE
HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2006-KS4
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
[Regulation S Global Security] [Rule 144a Global Certificate] [Regulation S
Certificated Security] [Definitive] Class B Certificates with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of fixed and adjustable interest
rate, first and junior lien mortgage loans on one- to four-family residential
properties sold by RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an
obligation of or interest in Residential Asset Securities Corporation, the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred
to below or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying
mortgage loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by Residential Asset
Securities Corporation, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their
affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their affiliates
will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments
on the Certificates.
This certifies that [_____________] is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate in certain distributions with respect to the Trust Fund consisting primarily of an interest in a pool
of fixed interest rate, first and junior lien mortgage loans on one- to four- family residential properties (the
"Mortgage Loans"), sold by Residential Asset Securities Corporation (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to
a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein
have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing
as described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding that Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from the related
Available Distribution Amount in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount of interest and principal, if any, required to be distributed to Holders of Class B
Certificates on such Distribution Date.
[FOR TEMPORARY REGULATION S ONLY: Interests in this Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate
shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Permanent Regulation S Global Certificate in the same
aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of the interest in this Temporary Regulation S Global
Certificate submitted for exchange, subject to the terms of this Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate. No
holder of any interest in this Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate will be entitled to receive any payment
hereon except to the extent such holder's interest in this Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate is exchanged
for an interest in the Permanent Regulation S Global Certificate as provided in the next succeeding paragraph.
Upon termination of the [Distribution Compliance Period], interests in this Temporary
Regulation S Global Certificate shall be exchangeable for interests in the Permanent Regulation S Global
Certificate upon presentation of a certificate substantially in the form set out in Exhibits to the Agreement, to
the effect that it has received from or in respect of a person entitled to a Certificate (as shown by its
records) a certificate from such person in or substantially in the form as set out in the Exhibits to the
Agreement. On an exchange of the whole of this Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate, this Temporary
Regulation S Global Certificate shall be surrendered to the Trustee.]
Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by the Master Servicer acting on behalf of the
Trustee or by a Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee in immediately available funds (by wire transfer or
otherwise) for the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Master
Servicer or such Paying Agent, or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice of
the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of, this Certificate at the office or
agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose in St. Xxxx, Minnesota. The Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate is set forth above. The Certificate Principal Balance hereof will be reduced to the
extent of distributions allocable to principal and any Realized Losses allocable hereto.
Any Transferee of this Certificate will be deemed to have represented by virtue of its purchase or
holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or other
plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code or a person (including an insurance company
investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is
using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such acquisition. Any purported Certificate owner whose
acquisition or holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) was effected in violation of the restrictions in
Section 5.02(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, and the Trust Fund from and against any and all liabilities,
claims, costs or expenses incurred by such parties as a result of such acquisition or holding.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates issued in several Classes designated
as Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein
collectively called the "Certificates").
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer
funds are advanced with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master Servicer, to the
extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would
have been distributable to Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account and/or the Certificate Account
created for the benefit of Certificateholders may be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes
other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation reimbursement to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment of the Agreement and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights
of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the
Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future holders of this Certificate and of
any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof in certain
circumstances without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates and, in certain additional
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of certain Classes of Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee in St. Xxxx, Minnesota, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and there upon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the
same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in Classes and in
denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee
and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the maturity or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan subject thereto or the disposition of all property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the purchase by the Master Servicer
from the Trust Fund of all remaining Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans
or the Certificates, in either case thereby effecting early retirement of the Certificates. The Agreement
permits, but does not require the Master Servicer (i) to purchase, at a price determined as provided in the
Agreement, all remaining Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or (ii) to
purchase in whole, but not in part, all of the Certificates from the Holders thereof, provided, that any such
option may only be exercised if the Stated Principal Balance before giving effect to the distributions to be made
on such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans, as of the Distribution Date upon which the proceeds of any such
purchase are distributed is less than ten percent of the Cut-off Date Balance.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Certificate Registrar, by
manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated: May 30, 2006
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the [Regulation S Global Security] [Rule 144A Global Certificate] [Regulation S
Certificated Security] [Definitive] Global Class B Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Certificate Registrar
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) the beneficial interest
evidenced by the within Trust Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and
Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:_____________________ ____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
__________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available fund
to____________________________________________________________________________
for the account of ________________________________________________________________________________________________
account number ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
or, if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________________________________________
Applicable statements should be mailed to:________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This information is provided by ___________________________________, the assignee named above, or
______________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT C
CLASS SB-[_] CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A AND CLASS M CERTIFICATES AS
DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE") COUPLED WITH THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS UNDER THE SWAP AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH
ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND
UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (THE "AGREEMENT").
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY VIRTUE OF ITS PURCHASE OR
HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PERSON (INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY
INVESTING ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT, AN INVESTMENT MANAGER, A NAMED FIDUCIARY OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN) WHO IS
USING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION.
IF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IS ACQUIRED OR HELD BY ANY PERSON THAT DOES NOT SATISFY
THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THEN THE LAST PRECEDING TRANSFEREE THAT IS NOT A PLAN
INVESTOR SHALL BE RESTORED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO ALL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS CERTIFICATE OWNER
THEREOF RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF SUCH TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY TO
ANY PERSON FOR MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DUE ON THIS CERTIFICATE TO SUCH PRECEDING TRANSFEREE.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN)
WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN SECTION 5.02(E) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL
INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, ANY SUBSERVICER, AND THE TRUST FUND
FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH
ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE MADE BY A HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE UNLESS
THAT TRANSFER IS MADE PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 1933 ACT, AND EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR IS MADE IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT
REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION. FURTHERMORE, THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT NO TRANSFER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE MADE BY A HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE EXCEPT (I) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
TO ENTITIES WHICH ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR (II) IN RELIANCE
ON RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT ("RULE 144A") TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A) THAT
IS ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST HEREIN FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER.
EACH HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED THAT (I) IT IS (A) A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND IS ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE FOR ITS OWN INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS
CERTIFICATE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES (A "REGULATION S PURCHASER"); AND (II) IT UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS CERTIFICATE
IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO IT IN A TRANSACTION NOT INVOLVING ANY PUBLIC OFFERING WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE 1933 ACT,
AND THAT, IF IN THE FUTURE IT DECIDES TO RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE, THIS CERTIFICATE
MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (A) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, TO A PERSON THAT THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT (OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER) AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON
RULE 144A, OR (B) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S.
THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE DESIRING TO EFFECT ANY TRANSFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL,
AND BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO, INDEMNIFY THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR, THE
MASTER SERVICER AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR AGAINST ANY LIABILITY THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER, SALE, PLEDGE
OR OTHER DISPOSITION IS NOT SO EXEMPT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND THE
AGREEMENT.
CUSIP: _____________________ Certificate No. SB-[__]-1
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Percentage Interest: [__]%
and Cut-off Date: May 1, 2006
First Distribution Date: June 26, 2006 Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class SB-[_] Certificates:
$___________________________
Master Servicer: Initial Certificate Principal Balance
Residential Funding Corporation of this Class SB-[_] Certificate:
$___________________________
Maturity Date:
__________ __, 20__
HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2006-KS4
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Class SB-[_] Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of
a pool of [fixed] [adjustable] interest rate, first [and junior] lien mortgage
loans on one- to four-family residential properties sold by RESIDENTIAL ASSET
SECURITIES CORPORATION
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an
obligation of or interest in Residential Asset Securities Corporation, the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred
to below or any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying mortgage loans are guaranteed or
insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by Residential Asset Securities Corporation, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee or any of their affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any of their
affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable
from payments on the Certificates.
This certifies that [Citigroup Global Markets Inc.] is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate in certain distributions with respect to the Trust Fund consisting primarily of an
interest in a pool of [fixed] [adjustable] interest rate, first [and junior] lien mortgage loans on one- to
four-family residential properties (the "Mortgage Loans"), sold by Residential Asset Securities Corporation
(hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to
below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above (the
"Agreement") among the Depositor, the Master Servicer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the
Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing
as described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of
business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record
Date"), from the Available Distribution Amount in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount of interest and principal, if any, required to be distributed to
Holders of Class SB-[_] Certificates on such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by the Master Servicer acting on behalf of the
Trustee or by a Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee in immediately available funds (by wire transfer or
otherwise) for the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Master
Servicer or such Paying Agent, or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice of
the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or
agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose in St. Xxxx, Minnesota. The Notional Amount of this Class SB-[_]
Certificate as of any date of determination will be calculated as described in the Agreement. This Class SB-[_]
Certificate will accrue interest at the Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount as indicated in the definition
of Accrued Certificate Interest in the Agreement. This Class SB-[_] Certificate will not accrue interest on its
Certificate Principal Balance.
Any Transferee of this Certificate will be deemed to have represented by virtue of its purchase or
holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or other
plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code or a person (including an insurance company
investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is
using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such acquisition. Any purported Certificate owner whose
acquisition or holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) was effected in violation of the restrictions in
Section 5.02(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, and the Trust Fund from and against any and all liabilities,
claims, costs or expenses incurred by such parties as a result of such acquisition or holding.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates issued in several Classes designated
as Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein
collectively called the "Certificates").
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer
funds are advanced with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master Servicer, to the
extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would
have been distributable to Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account and/or the Certificate Account
created for the benefit of Certificateholders may be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes
other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation reimbursement to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment of the Agreement and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights
of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the
Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future holders of this Certificate and of
any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof in certain
circumstances without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates and, in certain additional
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of certain Classes of Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee in St. Xxxx, Minnesota, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in Classes and in
denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee
and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the maturity or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan subject thereto or the disposition of all property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the purchase by the Holder of the Class
SB Certificates or the Master Servicer, as described in the Agreement, from the Trust Fund of all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans or the Certificates, in either case
thereby effecting early retirement of the Certificates. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the Holder
of the Class SB Certificates or the Master Servicer, as described in the Agreement, (i) to purchase, at a price
determined as provided in the Agreement, all remaining Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan or (ii) to purchase in whole, but not in part, all of the Certificates from the Holders thereof,
provided, that any such option may only be exercised if the Stated Principal Balance before giving effect to the
distributions to be made on such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans, as of the Distribution Date upon which
the proceeds of any such purchase are distributed is less than ten percent of the Cut-off Date Balance.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Certificate Registrar by manual
signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:_____________________
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class SB-[_] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Certificate Registrar
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) the beneficial interest
evidenced by the within Trust Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and
Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:_____________________ ____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available fund
to____________________________________________________________________________
for the account of ________________________________________________________________________________________________
account number ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
or, if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________________________________________
Applicable statements should be mailed to:________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This information is provided by ___________________________________, the assignee named above, or
______________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT D-1
FORM OF CLASS R-[_] CERTIFICATE
THE CLASS R-[_] CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS CONSTITUTING THE AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTION
AMOUNT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN (THE "AGREEMENT").
THIS CLASS R-[_] CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A, CLASS M AND CLASS SB CERTIFICATES, TO THE
EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE HELD BY OR TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON OR A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION (AS DEFINED BELOW).
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH
ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND
UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (THE "AGREEMENT").
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY VIRTUE OF ITS PURCHASE OR
HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PERSON (INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY
INVESTING ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT, AN INVESTMENT MANAGER, A NAMED FIDUCIARY OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN) WHO IS
USING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION.
IF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IS ACQUIRED OR HELD BY ANY PERSON THAT DOES NOT SATISFY
THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THEN THE LAST PRECEDING TRANSFEREE THAT IS NOT A PLAN
INVESTOR SHALL BE RESTORED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO ALL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS CERTIFICATE OWNER
THEREOF RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF SUCH TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY TO
ANY PERSON FOR MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DUE ON THIS CERTIFICATE TO SUCH PRECEDING TRANSFEREE.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN)
WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN SECTION 5.02(E) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL
INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, ANY SUBSERVICER, AND THE TRUST FUND
FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH
ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT TO THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE TRUSTEE THAT (1) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT
(A) THE UNITED STATES, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES, OR ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING (OTHER THAN AN INSTRUMENTALITY WHICH IS A CORPORATION IF ALL OF
ITS ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO TAX AND EXCEPT FOR XXXXXXX MAC, A MAJORITY OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOT
SELECTED BY SUCH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT), (B) A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF EITHER OF THE FOREGOING, (C) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN CERTAIN FARMERS' COOPERATIVES
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH
ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE (INCLUDING THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511
OF THE CODE ON UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME), (D) RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE, (E) AN ELECTING LARGE PARTNERSHIP UNDER SECTION 775(A) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B), (C), (D) OR (E) BEING HEREIN REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION"), OR (F) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, (2) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE
ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX AND (3) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OR
ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND
SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
Certificate No. R-[__]-1 Percentage Interest: 100.00%
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Master Servicer:
and Cut-off Date: May 1, 2006 Residential Funding Corporation
HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2006-KS4
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Class R-[_] Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of
mortgage loans on one- to four-family residential properties sold by
RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund and does not represent an
obligation of or interest in Residential Asset Securities Corporation, the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred
to below or any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or
insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by Residential Asset Securities Corporation, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee or any of their affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any of their
affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable
from payments on the Certificates.
This certifies that [Residential Funding Corporation] is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate in certain distributions with respect to the Trust Fund consisting primarily of a
pool of adjustable rate, first [and junior] lien mortgage loans on one- to four-family residential properties
(the "Mortgage Loans"), sold by Residential Asset Securities Corporation (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above (the "Agreement) among the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms
used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing
as described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of
business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record
Date"), from the related Available Distribution Amount in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and, the amount of interest and principal, if any, required to be
distributed to the Holders of Class R-[_] Certificates on such Distribution Date.
Each Holder of this Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the restrictions set forth
in the Agreement to the effect that (i) each person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this
Certificate must be a United States Person and a Permitted Transferee, (ii) the transfer of any Ownership
Interest in this Certificate will be conditioned upon the delivery to the Trustee of, among other things, an
affidavit to the effect that it is a United States Person and Permitted Transferee, (ii) any attempted or
purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate in violation of such restrictions will be
absolutely null and void and will vest no rights in the purported transferee, and (iv) if any person other than a
United States Person and a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in this Certificate in violation
of such restrictions, then the Master Servicer will have the right, in its sole discretion and without notice to
the Holder of this Certificate, to sell this Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Master Servicer, which
purchaser may be the Master Servicer, or any affiliate of the Master Servicer, on such terms and conditions as
the Master Servicer may choose.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice of
the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or
agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose in St. Xxxx, Minnesota. The Holder of this Certificate may have
additional obligations with respect to this Certificate, including tax liabilities.
No transfer of this Class R-[_] Certificate will be made unless such transfer is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws or
is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event that such a transfer is to be made, (i) the Trustee or
the Depositor may require an opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer is exempt (describing the applicable exemption and the basis
therefor) from or is being made pursuant to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and of any applicable statute of any state and (ii) the transferee shall execute an investment letter in
the form described by the Agreement. The Holder hereof desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby
agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Registrar acting on
behalf of the Trustee against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such Federal and state laws.
Any Transferee of this Certificate will be deemed to have represented by virtue of its purchase or
holding of this Certificate (or interest therein) that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or other
plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code or a person (including an insurance company
investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is
using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such acquisition.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates issued in several Classes designated
as Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein
collectively called the "Certificates").
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer
funds are advanced with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master Servicer, to the
extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would
have been distributable to Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account and/or the Certificate Account
created for the benefit of Certificateholders may be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes
other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation reimbursement to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment of the Agreement and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights
of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the
Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future holders of this Certificate and of
any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof in certain
circumstances without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates and, in certain additional
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of certain Classes of Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee in St. Xxxx, Minnesota, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in Classes and in
denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee
and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Certificate Registrar, by
manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:_____________________
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-[_] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Certificate Registrar
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) the beneficial interest
evidenced by the within Trust Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and
Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:_____________________ ____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
______________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available fund
to____________________________________________________________________________
for the account of ________________________________________________________________________________________________
account number ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
or, if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________________________________________
Applicable statements should be mailed to:________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This information is provided by ___________________________________, the assignee named above, or
______________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Agreement"), dated as of
May 1, 2006, by and among U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (including its successors under the Pooling
Agreement defined below, the "Trustee"), RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION (together with any successor in
interest, the "Company"), RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, as master servicer (together with any successor in
interest or successor under the Pooling Agreement referred to below, the "Master Servicer") and XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (together with any successor in interest or any successor appointed hereunder, the
"Custodian").
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Master Servicer, and the Trustee have entered into a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, relating to the issuance of Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home
Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4 (as in effect on the date of this
Agreement, the "Original Pooling Agreement," and as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Pooling
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Custodian has agreed to act as agent for the Trustee for the purposes of receiving and
holding certain documents and other instruments delivered by the Company and the Master Servicer under the
Pooling Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set
forth, the Trustee, the Company, the Master Servicer and the Custodian hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the
Original Pooling Agreement, unless otherwise required by the context herein.
ARTICLE II
Custody of Mortgage Documents
Section 2.1_______Custodian to Act as Agent: Acceptance of Mortgage Files. The Company and the Master Servicer
hereby direct the Trustee to appoint Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association as the Custodian hereunder. The
Custodian, as the duly appointed agent of the Trustee for these purposes, acknowledges receipt of the Mortgage
Files relating to the Mortgage Loans identified on the schedule attached hereto (the "Mortgage Files") and
declares that it holds and will hold the Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, in trust, for the use and
benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
Section 2.2_______Recordation of Assignments. If any Mortgage File includes one or more assignments of the
related Mortgages to the Trustee that have not been recorded, each such assignment shall be delivered by the
Custodian to the Company for the purpose of recording it in the appropriate public office for real property
records, and the Company, at no expense to the Custodian, shall promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate
public office for real property records each such assignment and, upon receipt thereof from such public office,
shall return each such assignment to the Custodian.
Section 2.3_______Review of Mortgage Files.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee an Initial Certification in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit One evidencing receipt of a Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan listed on the
Schedule attached hereto (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule"). The parties hereto acknowledge that certain documents
referred to in Subsection 2.01(b)(i) of the Pooling Agreement may be missing on or prior to the Closing Date and
such missing documents shall be listed as a Schedule to Exhibit One.
(b) Within 45 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders, to
review each Mortgage File and to deliver to the Trustee an Interim Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit Two to the effect that all documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 (b) of the Pooling
Agreement have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached to such Interim Certification.
For purposes of such review, the Custodian shall compare the following information in each Mortgage File to the
corresponding information in the Mortgage Loan Schedule: (i) the loan number, (ii) the borrower name and (iii)
the original principal balance. In the event that any Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage has been delivered
to the Custodian by the Company in blank, the Custodian, upon the direction of the Company, shall cause each such
Mortgage Note to be endorsed to the Trustee and each such Assignment of Mortgage to be completed in the name of
the Trustee prior to the date on which such Interim Certification is delivered to the Trustee. Within 45 days of
receipt of the documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling Agreement, the
Custodian agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to review each such document, and upon the written
request of the Trustee to deliver to the Trustee an updated Schedule A to the Interim Certification. The
Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the
represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be
on their face, or that the MIN is accurate. If in performing the review required by this Section 2.3 the
Custodian finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective in
respect of the items reviewed as described in this Section 2.3(b), the Custodian shall promptly so notify the
Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee.
(c) Upon receipt of all documents required to be in the Mortgage Files the Custodian shall deliver to the
Trustee a Final Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Three evidencing the completeness of the
Mortgage Files.
Upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, the Company or the Master Servicer, the Custodian
shall as soon as practicable supply the Trustee with a list of all of the documents relating to the Mortgage
Loans required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling Agreement not then contained in the
Mortgage Files.
Section 2.4_______Notification of Breaches of Representations and Warranties. If the Custodian discovers, in the
course of performing its custodial functions, a breach of a representation or warranty made by the Master
Servicer or the Company as set forth in the Pooling Agreement with respect to a Mortgage Loan relating to a
Mortgage File, the Custodian shall give prompt written notice to the Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee.
Section 2.5_______Custodian to Cooperate: Release of Mortgage Files. Upon the repurchase or substitution of any
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Article II of the Pooling Agreement or payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for
such purposes, the Master Servicer shall immediately notify the Custodian by delivering to the Custodian a
Request for Release (in the form of Exhibit Four attached hereto or a mutually acceptable electronic form) and
shall request delivery to it of the Mortgage File. The Custodian agrees, upon receipt of such Request for
Release, promptly to release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon receipt of a Request for
Release from the Master Servicer, signed by a Servicing Officer, that (i) the Master Servicer or a Subservicer,
as the case may be, has made a deposit into the Certificate Account in payment for the purchase of the related
Mortgage Loan in an amount equal to the Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the Company has chosen to
substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such Mortgage Loan, the Custodian shall release to the Master
Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon written notification of a substitution, the Master Servicer shall
deliver to the Custodian and the Custodian agrees to accept the Mortgage Note and other documents constituting
the Mortgage File with respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, upon receiving written notification
from the Master Servicer of such substitution.
From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosures of any Mortgage Loan, including,
for this purpose, collection under any Primary Insurance Policy or any Mortgage Pool Insurance Policy, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release certifying as to the reason for such release. Upon
receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian shall deliver the Mortgage File or such document to the Master Servicer.
All Mortgage Files so released to the Master Servicer shall be held by it in trust for the Trustee for the use
and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall cause each Mortgage File or
any document therein so released to be returned to the Custodian when the need therefor by the Master Servicer no
longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the
Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Custodial Account or (ii) the Mortgage File or such document has been
delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law, for purposes of
initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either
judicially or non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered to the Custodian an updated Request for
Release signed by a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage
File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Immediately upon receipt of any
Mortgage File returned to the Custodian by the Master Servicer, the Custodian shall deliver a signed
acknowledgement to the Master Servicer, confirming receipt of such Mortgage File.
Upon the written request of the Master Servicer, the Custodian will send to the Master Servicer copies
of any documents contained in the Mortgage File.
Section 2.6_______Assumption Agreements. In the event that any assumption agreement or substitution of liability
agreement is entered into with respect to any Mortgage Loan subject to this Agreement in accordance with the
terms and provisions of the Pooling Agreement, the Master Servicer shall notify the Custodian that such
assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Custodian the original of such
assumption or substitution agreement, which shall be added to the related Mortgage File and, for all purposes,
shall be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments
constituting parts thereof.
ARTICLE III
Concerning the Custodian
Section 3.1_______Custodian a Bailee and Agent of the Trustee. With respect to each Mortgage Note, Mortgage and
other documents constituting each Mortgage File which are delivered to the Custodian, the Custodian is
exclusively the bailee and agent of the Trustee and has no instructions to hold any Mortgage Note or Mortgage for
the benefit of any person other than the Trustee, holds such documents for the benefit of Certificateholders and
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. Except
upon compliance with the provisions of Section 2.5 of this Agreement, no Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other
document constituting a part of a Mortgage File shall be delivered by the Custodian to the Company or the Master
Servicer or otherwise released from the possession of the Custodian.
The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Custodian in writing if it shall no longer be a member of
MERS, or if it otherwise shall no longer be capable of registering and recording Mortgage Loans using MERS. In
addition, the Master Servicer shall (i) promptly notify the Custodian in writing when a MERS Mortgage Loan is no
longer registered with and recorded under MERS and (ii) concurrently with any such deregistration of a MERS
Mortgage Loan, prepare, execute and record an original assignment from MERS to the Trustee and deliver such
assignment to the Custodian.
Section 3.2_______Indemnification. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Custodian harmless from
and against all claims, liabilities, losses, actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity, or any other
expenses, fees or charges of any character or nature, which the Custodian may incur or with which the Custodian
may be threatened by reason of its acting as custodian under this Agreement, including indemnification of the
Custodian against any and all expenses, including attorney's fees if counsel for the Custodian has been approved
by the Company, and the cost of defending any action, suit or proceedings or resisting any claim. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, it is specifically understood and agreed that in the event any such claim, liability, loss,
action, suit or proceeding or other expense, fee or charge shall have been caused by reason of any negligent act,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct on the part of the Custodian, or which shall constitute a willful
breach of its duties hereunder, the indemnification provisions of this Agreement shall not apply.
Section 3.3_______Custodian May Own Certificates. The Custodian 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 Custodian.
Section 3.4_______Master Servicer to Pay Custodian's Fees and Expenses. The Master Servicer covenants and agrees
to pay to the Custodian from time to time, and the Custodian shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by it in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the
Custodian, and the Master Servicer shall pay or reimburse the Custodian upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Custodian in accordance with any of the provisions
of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of
all persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its
negligence or bad faith.
Section 3.5_______Custodian May Resign; Trustee May Remove Custodian. The Custodian may resign from the
obligations and duties hereby imposed upon it as such obligations and duties relate to its acting as Custodian of
the Mortgage Loans. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Trustee shall either take custody of the
Mortgage Files itself and give prompt notice thereof to the Company, the Master Servicer and the Custodian, or
promptly appoint a successor Custodian by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Custodian and one copy to the successor Custodian. If the Trustee shall not have taken
custody of the Mortgage Files and no successor Custodian shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Custodian may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Custodian.
The Trustee, at the direction of the Master Servicer and the Company, may remove the Custodian at any
time. In such event, the Trustee shall appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a
successor Custodian hereunder. Any successor Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision
or examination by federal or state authority and shall be able to satisfy the other requirements contained in
Section 3.7 and shall be unaffiliated with the Master Servicer or the Company.
Any resignation or removal of the Custodian and appointment of a successor Custodian pursuant to any of
the provisions of this Section 3.5 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor
Custodian. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Company and the Master Servicer of the appointment of any
successor Custodian. No successor Custodian shall be appointed by the Trustee without the prior approval of the
Company and the Master Servicer.
Section 3.6_______Merger or Consolidation of Custodian. Any Person into which the Custodian may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Custodian shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Custodian,
shall be the successor of the Custodian hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided that such
successor is a depository institution subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and is
able to satisfy the other requirements contained in Section 3.7 and is unaffiliated with the Master Servicer or
the Company.
Section 3.7_______Representations of the Custodian. The Custodian hereby represents that it is a depository
institution subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state authority, has a combined capital and
surplus of at least $15,000,000 and is qualified to do business in the jurisdictions in which it will hold any
Mortgage File.
ARTICLE IV
Compliance with Regulation AB
Section 4.1_______Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the
purpose of this Article IV is to facilitate compliance by the Company with the provisions of Regulation AB and
related rules and regulations of the Commission. The Company shall not exercise its right to request delivery of
information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes other than
compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that interpretations of the
requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the
Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the mortgage-backed securities markets, advice of
counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Company in good faith for delivery of
information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. The Custodian shall
cooperate reasonably with the Company to deliver to the Company (including any of its assignees or designees),
any and all disclosure, statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the
reasonable, good faith determination of the Company to permit the Company to comply with the provisions of
Regulation AB.
Section 4.2_______Additional Representations and Warranties of the Custodian.
(a) The Custodian hereby represents and warrants that the information set forth under the caption "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement--Custodial Arrangements" (the "Custodian Disclosure") in the preliminary prospectus
supplement relating to the Certificates and the final prospectus supplement relating to the Certificates does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(b) The Custodian shall be deemed to represent to the Company as of the date hereof and on each date on
which information is provided to the Company under Section 4.3 that, except as disclosed in writing to the
Company prior to such date: (i) there are no aspects of its financial condition that could have a material
adverse effect on the performance by it of its Custodian obligations under this Agreement or any other
Securitization Transaction as to which it is the custodian; (ii) there are no material legal or governmental
proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against it; and (iii) there are no affiliations, relationships
or transactions relating to the Custodian with respect to the Company or any sponsor, issuing entity, servicer,
trustee, originator, significant obligor, enhancement or support provider or other material transaction party (as
such terms are used in Regulation AB) relating to the Securitization Transaction contemplated by the Agreement,
as identified by the Company to the Custodian in writing as of the Closing Date (each, a "Transaction Party").
(c) If so requested by the Company on any date following the Closing Date, the Custodian shall, within five
Business Days following such request, confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations and warranties set
forth in paragraph (a) of this Section or, if any such representation and warranty is not accurate as of the date
of such confirmation, provide reasonably adequate disclosure of the pertinent facts, in writing, to the
requesting party. Any such request from the Company shall not be given more than once each calendar quarter,
unless the Company shall have a reasonable basis for a determination that any of the representations and
warranties may not be accurate.
Section 4.3_______Additional Information to Be Provided by the Custodian. For so long as the Certificates are
outstanding, for the purpose of satisfying the Company's reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect
to any class of Certificates, the Custodian shall (a) notify the Company in writing of any material litigation or
governmental proceedings pending against the Custodian that would be material to Certificateholders, and (b)
provide to the Company a written description of such proceedings. Any notices and descriptions required under
this Section 4.3 shall be given no later than five Business Days prior to the Determination Date following the
month in which the Custodian has knowledge of the occurrence of the relevant event. As of the date the Company
or Master Servicer files each Report on Form 10-D or Form 10-K with respect to the Certificates, the Custodian
will be deemed to represent that any information previously provided under this Section 4.3, if any, is
materially correct and does not have any material omissions unless the Custodian has provided an update to such
information. For purposes of this Section 4.3, "Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the 20th day (or if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 20th
day) of the month of the related Distribution Date and "Distribution Date" shall mean, the 25th day of any month
beginning in March 2006 or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such
25th day.
Section 4.4_______Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation. On or before March 15 of each calendar
year, the Custodian shall:
(a) deliver to the Company a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company) regarding
the Custodian's assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar
year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report
shall be addressed to the Company and signed by an authorized officer of the Custodian, and shall address each of
the Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit Five hereto; and
(b) deliver to the Company a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the
Company that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Custodian and delivered
pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g)
of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Section 4.5_______Indemnification; Remedies.
(a) The Custodian shall indemnify the Company, each affiliate of the Company, the Master Servicer and each
broker dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser of the Certificates or each Person who
controls any of such parties (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the
Exchange Act); and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents of each of the
foregoing, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that
any of them may sustain arising out of or based upon:
(i) (A) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained
in the Custodian Disclosure and any information, report, certification, accountants' attestation or other
material provided under this Article IV by or on behalf of the Custodian (collectively, the "Custodian
Information"), or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Custodian Information a material fact
required to be stated in the Custodian Information or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or
(ii) any failure by the Custodian to deliver any information, report, certification, accountants' attestation
or other material when and as required under this Article IV.
(b) In the case of any failure of performance described in clause (ii) of Section 4.5(a), the Custodian
shall promptly reimburse the Company for all costs reasonably incurred by the Company in order to obtain the
information, report, certification, accountants' letter or other material not delivered as required by the
Custodian.
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 5.1_______Notices. All notices, requests, consents and demands and other communications required under
this Agreement or pursuant to any other instrument or document delivered hereunder shall be in writing and,
unless otherwise specifically provided, may be delivered personally, by telegram or telex, or by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at the addresses specified on the signature page
hereof (unless changed by the particular party whose address is stated herein by similar notice in writing); in
each case the notice will be deemed delivered when received.
Section 5.2_______Amendments. No modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement shall be valid or
effective unless the same is in writing and signed by all parties hereto, and none of the Company, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee shall enter into any amendment of or supplement to this Agreement except as permitted by
the Pooling Agreement. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Custodian of any amendment or supplement to
the Pooling Agreement and furnish the Custodian with written copies thereof.
Section 5.3_______GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND
5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.
Section 5.4_______Recordation of Agreement. To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject
to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all the counties or other
comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any
other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer
and at its expense on direction by the Trustee (pursuant to the request of holders of Certificates evidencing
undivided interests in the aggregate of not less than 25% of the Trust Fund), but only upon direction accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer to the effect that the failure to effect
such recordation is likely to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other
purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts
shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 5.5_______Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the holders thereof.
[Signatures begin on following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date first above written.
Address: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX-XX-XX0X
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
By:
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4 Name:
Title:
Address: RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 By:
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Address: RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, as Master Servicer
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 By:
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Associate
Address: XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
Mortgage Document Custody
One Meridian Crossings - LL
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 By:
Name:
Title: Assistant Vice President
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On the ____ day of May 2006, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally
appeared _____________, known to me to be a _________ of U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf
of said national banking association and acknowledged to me that such national banking association executed the
within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above written.
___________________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the ____ day of May 2006, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally
appeared ___________________, known to me to be a ______________ of Residential Asset Securities Corporation.,
one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed
it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above written.
___________________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the ____ day of May 2006, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally
appeared ___________________, known to me to be a ______________ of Residential Funding Corporation, one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf
of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above written.
___________________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the ____ day of May 2006, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally
appeared ______________________, known to me to be a ______________________________ Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, one of the entities that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said national banking association, and acknowledged to me that such national banking
association executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above written.
____________________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT ONE
FORM OF CUSTODIAN
INITIAL CERTIFICATION
May ___, 2006
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Custodial Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, by and among U.S. Bank National
Association, Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Residential Funding Corporation
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, relating to Home Equity Mortgage
Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-KS4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement, and subject to
Section 2.02 of the Pooling Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a
Mortgage File (which contains an original Mortgage Note or an original Lost Note Affidavit with a copy of the
related Mortgage Note) to the extent required in Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling Agreement with respect to each
Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them
in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_______________________________
EXHIBIT TWO
FORM OF CUSTODIAN INTERIM CERTIFICATION
May ___, 2006
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Structured Finance, RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Custodial Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, by and among U.S. Bank National
Association, Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Residential Funding Corporation
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, relating to Home Equity Mortgage
Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-KS4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement, the undersigned, as
Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a Mortgage File to the extent required pursuant to Section
2.01(b) of the Pooling Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, and it
has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined that: all required documents
have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them
in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_______________________________
EXHIBIT THREE
FORM OF CUSTODIAN FINAL CERTIFICATION
May ___, 2006
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Structured Finance, RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Custodial Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, by and among U.S. Bank National
Association, Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Residential Funding Corporation
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, relating to Mortgage Asset-Backed
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement, the undersigned, as
Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a Mortgage File with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined
that: all required documents referred to in Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling Agreement have been executed and
received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them
in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_______________________________
EXHIBIT FOUR
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
DATE:
TO:
RE: REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
In connection with the administration of the pool of Mortgage Loans held by you for the referenced pool, we
request the release of the Mortgage Loan File described below.
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Dated:
Series#:
Account#:
Pool#:
Loan#:
MIN#:
Borrower Name(s):
Reason for Document Request: (circle one) Mortgage Loan Prepaid in Full
Mortgage Loan Repurchased
"We hereby certify that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payments which are
required to be deposited have been or will be so deposited as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement."
______________________________
Residential Funding Corporation
Authorized Signature
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TO CUSTODIAN/TRUSTEE: Please acknowledge this request, and check off documents being enclosed with a copy of
this form. You should retain this form for your files in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Enclosed Documents: [ ] Promissory Note
[ ] Primary Insurance Policy
[ ] Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Assignment(s) of Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Title Insurance Policy
[ ] Other: ________________________
___________________________
Name
___________________________
Title
___________________________
Date
EXHIBIT FIVE
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Custodian shall address, at a minimum, the criteria
identified as below as "Applicable Servicing Criteria":
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APPLICABLE SERVICING
SERVICING CRITERIA CRITERIA
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REFERENCE CRITERIA
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GENERAL SERVICING CONSIDERATIONS
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1122(d)(1)(i) Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance
or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the
transaction agreements.
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If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third
parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the
third party's performance and compliance with such servicing
1122(d)(1)(ii) activities.
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Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a
1122(d)(1)(iii) back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained.
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A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the
party participating in the servicing function throughout the
reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and
otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction
1122(d)(1)(iv) agreements.
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CASH COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION
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Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate
custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more
than two business days following receipt, or such other number of
1122(d)(2)(i) days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to
1122(d)(2)(ii) an investor are made only by authorized personnel.
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Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows
or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such
advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the
1122(d)(2)(iii) transaction agreements.
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The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve
accounts or accounts established as a form of
overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with
respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction
1122(d)(2)(iv) agreements.
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Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured
depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements.
For purposes of this criterion, "federally insured depository
institution" with respect to a foreign financial institution means
a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule
1122(d)(2)(v) 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.
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Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
1122(d)(2)(vi) access.
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Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all
asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial
accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations
are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar
days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of
days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and
approved by someone other than the person who prepared the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.
These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of
their original identification, or such other number of days
1122(d)(2)(vii) specified in the transaction agreements.
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INVESTOR REMITTANCES AND REPORTING
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Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the
Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction
agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically,
such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and
other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide
information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in
the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as
required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with
investors' or the trustee's records as to the total unpaid
principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the
1122(d)(3)(i) servicer.
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Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance
with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in
1122(d)(3)(ii) the transaction agreements.
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Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business
days to the servicer's investor records, or such other number of
1122(d)(3)(iii) days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with
cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
1122(d)(3)(iv) statements.
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POOL ASSET ADMINISTRATION
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Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by
1122(d)(4)(i) the transaction agreements or related asset pool documents.
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Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by
1122(d)(4)(ii) the transaction agreements.
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Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are
made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or
1122(d)(4)(iii) requirements in the transaction agreements.
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Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance
with the related pool asset documents are posted to the servicer's
obligor records maintained no more than two business days after
receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items
1122(d)(4)(iv) (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related pool asset documents.
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The servicer's records regarding the pool assets agree with the
servicer's records with respect to an obligor's unpaid principal
1122(d)(4)(v) balance.
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Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's pool
asset (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed
and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the
1122(d)(4)(vi) transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
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Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans,
modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and
repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and
concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements
1122(d)(4)(vii) established by the transaction agreements.
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Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the
period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the
transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a
monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction
agreements, and describe the entity's activities in monitoring
delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters
and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed
1122(d)(4)(viii) temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
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Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets
with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset
1122(d)(4)(ix) documents.
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Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow
accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the
obligor's pool asset documents, on at least an annual basis, or
such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B)
interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in
accordance with applicable pool asset documents and state laws; and
(C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days
of full repayment of the related pool asset, or such other number
1122(d)(4)(x) of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance
payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration
dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such
payments, provided that such support has been received by the
servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such
1122(d)(4)(xi) other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be
made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer's funds and
not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the
1122(d)(4)(xii) obligor's error or omission.
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Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two
business days to the obligor's records maintained by the servicer,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction
1122(d)(4)(xiii) agreements.
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Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are
recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction
1122(d)(4)(xiv) agreements.
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Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item
1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained
1122(d)(4)(xv) as set forth in the transaction agreements.
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EXHIBIT F
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[FILED HEREWITH AS EXHIBIT 99.1]
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
DATE:
TO:
RE: REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
In connection with the administration of the pool of Mortgage Loans held by you for the referenced pool, we
request the release of the Mortgage Loan File described below.
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Dated:
Series#:
Account#:
Pool#:
Loan#:
MIN#:
Borrower Name(s):
Reason for Document Request: (circle one) Mortgage Loan Prepaid in Full
Mortgage Loan Repurchased
"We hereby certify that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payments which are
required to be deposited have been or will be so deposited as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement."
______________________________
Residential Funding Corporation
Authorized Signature
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TO CUSTODIAN/TRUSTEE: Please acknowledge this request, and check off documents being enclosed with a copy of
this form. You should retain this form for your files in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Enclosed Documents: [ ] Promissory Note
[ ] Primary Insurance Policy
[ ] Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Assignment(s) of Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Title Insurance Policy
[ ] Other: ________________________
___________________________
Name
___________________________
Title
___________________________
Date
EXHIBIT H-1
FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT AND AGREEMENT
STATE OF )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF )
[NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. That he is [Title of Officer] of [Name of Owner] (record or beneficial owner of the Home Equity Mortgage
Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class R-__ (the "Owner")), a [savings institution]
[corporation] duly organized and existing under the laws of [the State of ________________] [the United States],
on behalf of which he makes this affidavit and agreement.
2. That the Owner (i) is not and will not be a "disqualified organization" or an electing large partnership
as of [date of transfer] within the meaning of Section 860E(e)(5) and 775, respectively, of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") or an electing large partnership under Section 775(a) of the Code, (ii)
will endeavor to remain other than a disqualified organization for so long as it retains its ownership interest
in the Class R-__ Certificates, and (iii) is acquiring the Class R-__ Certificates for its own account or for the
account of another Owner from which it has received an affidavit and agreement in substantially the same form as
this affidavit and agreement. (For this purpose, a "disqualified organization" means an electing large
partnership under Section 775 of the Code, the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality all of the activities of which
are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of
directors is not selected by any such governmental entity) or any foreign government, international organization
or any agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or organization, any rural electric or telephone
cooperative, or any organization (other than certain farmers' cooperatives) that is generally exempt from federal
income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business taxable income).
3. That the Owner is aware (i) of the tax that would be imposed on transfers of Class R-__ Certificates to
disqualified organizations or an electing large partnership under the Code, that applies to all transfers of
Class R-__ Certificates after March 31, 1988; (ii) that such tax would be on the transferor (or, with respect to
transfers to electing large partnerships, on each such partnership), or, if such transfer is through an agent
(which person includes a broker, nominee or middleman) for a disqualified organization, on the agent; (iii) that
the person (other than with respect to transfers to electing large partnerships) otherwise liable for the tax
shall be relieved of liability for the tax if the transferee furnishes to such person an affidavit that the
transferee is not a disqualified organization and, at the time of transfer, such person does not have actual
knowledge that the affidavit is false; and (iv) that the Class R-__ Certificates may be "noneconomic residual
interests" within the meaning of Treasury regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of
a noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect to the income on such residual
interest, unless no significant purpose of the transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
4. That the Owner is aware of the tax imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding Class R-__ Certificates if
either the pass-through entity is an electing large partnership under Section 775 of the Code or if at any time
during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a disqualified organization is the record holder of an
interest in such entity. (For this purpose, a "pass through entity" includes a regulated investment company, a
real estate investment trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives.)
5. That the Owner is aware that the Trustee will not register the transfer of any Class R-__ Certificates
unless the transferee, or the transferee's agent, delivers to it an affidavit and agreement, among other things,
in substantially the same form as this affidavit and agreement. The Owner expressly agrees that it will not
consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any of the representations contained in such affidavit
and agreement are false.
6. That the Owner has reviewed the restrictions set forth on the face of the Class R -__ Certificates and
the provisions of Section 5.02(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement under which the Class R-__ Certificates
were issued (in particular, clause (iii)(A) and (iii)(B) of Section 5.02(f) which authorize the Trustee to
deliver payments to a person other than the Owner and negotiate a mandatory sale by the Trustee in the event the
Owner holds such Certificates in violation of Section 5.02(f)). The Owner expressly agrees to be bound by and to
comply with such restrictions and provisions.
7. That the Owner consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary
upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R-__ Certificates will
only be owned, directly or indirectly, by an Owner that is not a disqualified organization.
8. The Owner's Taxpayer Identification Number is ____________________.
9. This affidavit and agreement relates only to the Class R-__ Certificates held by the Owner and not to
any other holder of the Class R-__ Certificates. The Owner understands that the liabilities described herein
relate only to the Class R-__ Certificates.
10. That no purpose of the Owner relating to the transfer of any of the Class R-__ Certificates by the Owner
is or will be to impede the assessment or collection of any tax; in making this representation, the Owner
warrants that the Owner is familiar with (i) Treasury Regulation 1.860E-1(c) and recent amendments thereto,
effective as of July 19, 2002, and (ii) the preamble describing the adoption of the amendments to such
regulation, which is attached hereto as Annex I.
11. That the Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it will be unable to pay any United States
taxes owed by it so long as any of the Certificates remain outstanding. In this regard, the Owner hereby
represents to and for the benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Class R-__ Certificate that the Owner
intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Class R-__ Certificate as they become due, fully understanding
that it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the Class R-__ Certificate.
12. That the Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it will become insolvent or subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding for so long as any of the Class R-__ Certificates remain outstanding.
13. The Owner is either (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or
other entity treated as a corporation or a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and created or
organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than
a partnership that is not treated as a United States person under any applicable Treasury regulations), (iii) an
estate that is described in Section 7701(a)(30)(D) of the Code, or (iv) a trust that is described in Section
7701(a)(30)(E) of the Code.
14. The Owner hereby agrees that it will not cause income from the Class R-__ Certificates to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an applicable income tax
treaty) of the Owner or another United States taxpayer.
15. The Owner hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Master Servicer that the Certificates are not being acquired by, and will not be transferred to, any
employee benefit plan or other plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any person (including an insurance company investing its general
account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is using "plan assets" of
any such plan to effect such acquisition (each of the foregoing, a "Plan Investor").
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf, pursuant to the
authority of its Board of Directors, by its [Title of Officer] and its corporate seal to be hereunto attached,
attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of ______________ 200__.
[NAME OF OWNER]
By: ___________________________________
[Name of Officer]
[Title of Officer]
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
______________________________
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named [Name of Officer], known or proved to me to be
the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the [Title of Officer] of the Owner, and
acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this _______ day of _______, 200_.
__________________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
COUNTY OF ______________________________
STATE OF ________________________________
My Commission expires the ___ day of __________, 20__
ANNEX I TO EXHIBIT H-1
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Parts 1 and 602
[TD 9004]
RIN 1545-AW98
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulations.
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SUMMARY: This document contains final regulations relating to safe harbor transfers of noneconomic residual
interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs). The final regulations provide additional
limitations on the circumstances under which transferors may claim safe harbor treatment.
DATES: Effective Date: These regulations are effective July 19, 2002.
Applicability Date: For dates of applicability, see Sec. 1.860E-(1)(c)(10).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx at (000) 000-0000 (not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Paperwork Reduction Act
The collection of information in this final rule has been reviewed and, pending receipt and evaluation
of public comments, approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3507 and assigned
control number 1545-1675.
The collection of information in this regulation is in Sec. 1.860E-1(c)(5)(ii). This information is
required to enable the IRS to verify that a taxpayer is complying with the conditions of this regulation. The
collection of information is mandatory and is required. Otherwise, the taxpayer will not receive the benefit of
safe harbor treatment as provided in the regulation. The likely respondents are businesses and other for-profit
institutions.
Comments on the collection of information should be sent to the Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
Desk Officer for the Department of the Treasury, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX,
00000, with copies to the Internal Revenue Service, Attn: IRS Reports Clearance Officer, W:CAR:MP:FP:S,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000. Comments on the collection of information should be received by September 17, 2002.
Comments are specifically requested concerning:
o Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Internal Revenue Service, including whether the information will have practical utility;
o The accuracy of the estimated burden associated with the collection of information (see below);
o How the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected may be enhanced;
o How the burden of complying with the collection of information may be minimized, including through the
application of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and
o Estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of service to
provide information.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid control number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget.
The estimated total annual reporting burden is 470 hours, based on an estimated number of respondents of
470 and an estimated average annual burden hours per respondent of one hour.
Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as their contents may
become material in the administration of any internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return
information are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Background
This document contains final regulations regarding the proposed amendments to 26 CFR part 1 under
section 860E of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The regulations provide the circumstances under which a
transferor of a noneconomic REMIC residual interest meeting the investigation and representation requirements may
avail itself of the safe harbor by satisfying either the formula test or the asset test.
Final regulations governing REMICs, issued in 1992, contain rules governing the transfer of noneconomic
REMIC residual interests. In general, a transfer of a noneconomic residual interest is disregarded for all tax
purposes if a significant purpose of the transfer is to enable the transferor to impede the assessment or
collection of tax. A purpose to impede the assessment or collection of tax (a wrongful purpose) exists if the
transferor, at the time of the transfer, either knew or should have known that the transferee would be unwilling
or unable to pay taxes due on its share of the REMIC's taxable income. Under a safe harbor, the transferor of a
REMIC noneconomic residual interest is presumed not to have a wrongful purpose if two requirements are satisfied:
(1) the transferor conducts a reasonable investigation of the transferee's financial condition (the investigation
requirement); and (2) the transferor secures a representation from the transferee to the effect that the
transferee understands the tax obligations associated with holding a residual interest and intends to pay those
taxes (the representation requirement).
The IRS and Treasury have been concerned that some transferors of noneconomic residual interests claim
they satisfy the safe harbor even in situations where the economics of the transfer clearly indicate the
transferee is unwilling or unable to pay the tax associated with holding the interest. For this reason, on
February 7, 2000, the IRS published in the Federal Register (65 FR 5807) a notice of proposed rulemaking
(REG-100276-97; REG-122450-98) designed to clarify the safe harbor by adding the "formula test," an economic test.
The proposed regulation provides that the safe harbor is unavailable unless the present value of the anticipated
tax liabilities associated with holding the residual interest does not exceed the sum of: (1) The present value
of any consideration given to the transferee to acquire the interest; (2) the present value of the expected
future distributions on the interest; and (3) the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with
holding the interest as the REMIC generates losses.
The notice of proposed rulemaking also contained rules for FASITs. Section 1.860H-6(g) of the proposed
regulations provides requirements for transfers of FASIT ownership interests and adopts a safe harbor by
reference to the safe harbor provisions of the REMIC regulations. In February 2001, the IRS published Rev. Proc.
2001-12 (2001-3 I.R.B. 335) to set forth an alternative safe harbor that taxpayers could use while the IRS and
the Treasury considered comments on the proposed regulations. Under the alternative safe harbor, if a transferor
meets the investigation requirement and the representation requirement but the transfer fails to meet the formula
test, the transferor may invoke the safe harbor if the transferee meets a two-prong test (the asset test). A
transferee generally meets the first prong of this test if, at the time of the transfer, and in each of the two
years preceding the year of transfer, the transferee's gross assets exceed $100 million and its net assets exceed
$10 million. A transferee generally meets the second prong of this test if it is a domestic, taxable corporation
and agrees in writing not to transfer the interest to any person other than another domestic, taxable corporation
that also satisfies the requirements of the asset test. A transferor cannot rely on the asset test if the
transferor knows, or has reason to know, that the transferee will not comply with its written agreement to limit
the restrictions on subsequent transfers of the residual interest.
Rev. Proc. 2001-12 provides that the asset test fails to be satisfied in the case of a transfer or
assignment of a noneconomic residual interest to a foreign branch of an otherwise eligible transferee. If such a
transfer or assignment were permitted, a corporate taxpayer might seek to claim that the provisions of an
applicable income tax treaty would resource excess inclusion income as foreign source income, and that, as a
consequence, any U.S. tax liability attributable to the excess inclusion income could be offset by foreign tax
credits. Such a claim would impede the assessment or collection of U.S. tax on excess inclusion income, contrary
to the congressional purpose of assuring that such income will be taxable in all events. See, e.g., sections
860E(a)(1), (b), (e) and 860G(b) of the Code.
The Treasury and the IRS have learned that certain taxpayers transferring noneconomic residual interests
to foreign branches have attempted to rely on the formula test to obtain safe harbor treatment in an effort to
impede the assessment or collection of U.S. tax on excess inclusion income. Accordingly, the final regulations
provide that if a noneconomic residual interest is transferred to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base
of a U.S. taxpayer, the transfer is not eligible for safe harbor treatment under either the asset test or the
formula test. The final regulations also require a transferee to represent that it will not cause income from the
noneconomic residual interest to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base.
Section 1.860E-1(c)(8) provides computational rules that a taxpayer may use to qualify for safe harbor
status under the formula test. Section 1.860E-1(c)(8)(i) provides that the transferee is presumed to pay tax at
a rate equal to the highest rate of tax specified in section 11(b). Some commentators were concerned that this
presumed rate of taxation was too high because it does not take into consideration taxpayers subject to the
alternative minimum tax rate. In light of the comments received, this provision has been amended in the final
regulations to allow certain transferees that compute their taxable income using the alternative minimum tax rate
to use the alternative minimum tax rate applicable to corporations.
Additionally, Sec. 1.860E-1(c)(8)(iii) provides that the present values in the formula test are to be
computed using a discount rate equal to the applicable Federal short-term rate prescribed by section 1274(d).
This is a change from the proposed regulation and Rev. Proc. 2001-12. In those publications the provision stated
that "present values are computed using a discount rate equal to the applicable Federal rate prescribed in
section 1274(d) compounded semiannually" and that "[a] lower discount rate may be used if the transferee can
demonstrate that it regularly borrows, in the course of its trade or business, substantial funds at such lower
rate from an unrelated third party." The IRS and the Treasury Department have learned that, based on this
provision, certain taxpayers have been attempting to use unrealistically low or zero interest rates to satisfy
the formula test, frustrating the intent of the test. Furthermore, the Treasury Department and the IRS believe
that a rule allowing for a rate other than a rate based on an objective index would add unnecessary complexity to
the safe harbor. As a result, the rule in the proposed regulations that permits a transferee to use a lower
discount rate, if the transferee can demonstrate that it regularly borrows substantial funds at such lower rate,
is not included in the final regulations; and the Federal short-term rate has been substituted for the applicable
Federal rate. To simplify taxpayers' computations, the final regulations allow use of any of the published
short-term rates, provided that the present values are computed with a corresponding period of compounding. With
the exception of the provisions relating to transfers to foreign branches, these changes generally have the
proposed applicability date of February 4, 2000, but taxpayers may choose to apply the interest rate formula set
forth in the proposed regulation and Rev. Proc. 2001-12 for transfers occurring before November 19, 2002.
It is anticipated that when final regulations are adopted with respect to FASITs, Sec. 1.860H-6(g) of
the proposed regulations will be adopted in substantially its present form, with the result that the final
regulations contained in this document will also govern transfers of FASIT ownership interests with substantially
the same applicability date as is contained in this document.
Effect on Other Documents
Rev. Proc. 2001-12 (2001-3 I.R.B. 335) is obsolete for transfers of noneconomic residual interests in
REMICs occurring on or after November 19, 2002.
Special Analyses
It is hereby certified that these regulations will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. This certification is based on the fact that it is unlikely that a
substantial number of small entities will hold REMIC residual interests. Therefore, a Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) is not required. It has been determined that
this Treasury decision is not a significant regulatory action as defined in Executive Order 12866. Therefore, a
regulatory assessment is not required. It also has been determined that sections 553(b) and 553(d) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) do not apply to these regulations.
Drafting Information
The principal author of these regulations is Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx. However, other personnel from the IRS
and Treasury Department participated in their development.
List of Subjects
26 CFR Part 1
Income taxes, Reporting and record keeping requirements.
26 CFR Part 602
Reporting and record keeping requirements.
Adoption of Amendments to the Regulations
Accordingly, 26 CFR parts 1 and 602 are amended as follows:
PART 1--INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in
part as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
EXHIBIT H-2
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
______________, 20__
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by ________________________ (the
"Seller") to ______________________ (the "Purchaser") of $___________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class R-__ (the "Certificates"), pursuant to
Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1,
2006 among Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding
Corporation, as master servicer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The
Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:
1. No purpose of the Seller relating to the transfer of the Certificate by the Seller to the Purchaser is
or will be to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
2. The Seller understands that the Purchaser has delivered to the Trustee and the Master Servicer a
transfer affidavit and agreement in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit H-1. The
Seller does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.
3. The Seller has at the time of the transfer conducted a reasonable investigation of the financial
condition of the Purchaser as contemplated by Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result of
that investigation, the Seller has determined that the Purchaser has historically paid its debts as they become
due and has found no significant evidence to indicate that the Purchaser will not continue to pay its debts as
they become due in the future. The Seller understands that the transfer of a Class R-__ Certificate may not be
respected for United States income tax purposes (and the Seller may continue to be liable for United States
income taxes associated therewith) unless the Seller has conducted such an investigation.
4. The Seller has no actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not both a United States Person and a
Permitted Transferee.
Very truly yours,
_______________________________________
(Seller)
By: ____________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER
______________, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 0000-XX0
Xxxxxxxxxxx Funding Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Residential Funding Corporation Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4, Class [B] [SB] [R-[__]]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
_________________________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ___________________________ (the
"Seller") $_____________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class [B] [SB] [R-[__]] (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006 among Residential Asset
Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation, as master servicer (the
"Master Servicer"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser hereby
certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer
that:
1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not been and will not be registered or
qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") or any state securities law,
(b) the Depositor is not required to so register or qualify the Certificates, (c) the
Certificates may be resold only if registered and qualified pursuant to the provisions of the
Act or any state securities law, or if an exemption from such registration and qualification is
available, (d) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement contains restrictions regarding the transfer
of the Certificates and (e) the Certificates will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
2. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for its own account for investment only and not with a view
to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof in any manner that would violate the
Act or any applicable state securities laws.
3. The Purchaser is (a) a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor having such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters, and, in particular, in such matters related to
securities similar to the Certificates, such that it is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of investment in the Certificates, (b) able to bear the economic risks of such an
investment and (c) an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated
pursuant to the Act.
4. The Purchaser has been furnished with, and has had an opportunity to review (a) [a copy of the Private
Placement Memorandum, dated ___________________, 20__, relating to the Certificates (b)] a copy
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and [b] [c] such other information concerning the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and the Depositor as has been requested by the Purchaser from
the Depositor or the Seller and is relevant to the Purchaser's decision to purchase the
Certificates. The Purchaser has had any questions arising from such review answered by the
Depositor or the Seller to the satisfaction of the Purchaser. [If the Purchaser did not
purchase the Certificates from the Seller in connection with the initial distribution of the
Certificates and was provided with a copy of the Private Placement Memorandum (the
"Memorandum") relating to the original sale (the "Original Sale") of the Certificates by the
Depositor, the Purchaser acknowledges that such Memorandum was provided to it by the Seller,
that the Memorandum was prepared by the Depositor solely for use in connection with the
Original Sale and the Depositor did not participate in or facilitate in any way the purchase of
the Certificates by the Purchaser from the Seller, and the Purchaser agrees that it will look
solely to the Seller and not to the Depositor with respect to any damage, liability, claim or
expense arising out of, resulting from or in connection with (a) error or omission, or alleged
error or omission, contained in the Memorandum, or (b) any information, development or event
arising after the date of the Memorandum.]
5. The Purchaser has not and will not nor has it authorized or will it authorize any person to (a) offer,
pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate
or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or to
accept a pledge, disposition of other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) otherwise approach
or negotiate with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
similar security with any person in any manner, (d) make any general solicitation by means of
general advertising or in any other manner or (e) take any other action, that (as to any of (a)
through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of any Certificate under the Act, that would
render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state
securities law, or that would require registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The
Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in compliance
with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
6. The Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Master Servicer that the Purchaser is not an employee benefit plan or other
plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any person (including an insurance company investing its
general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is
using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such acquisition.
In addition, the Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer that the Purchaser will not transfer such Certificates to any Plan
Investor or person unless either such Plan Investor or person meets the requirements set forth in either (a) or
(b) above.
Very truly yours,
(Purchaser)
By:__________________________________________________
Name:________________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________________
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
______________, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4, Class [B] [SB] [R-[__]]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the sale by __________ (the "Seller") to __________ (the "Purchaser") of
$__________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Home Equity Mortgage Asset- Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class [B] [SB] [R-[__]] (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006 among Residential Asset
Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation, as master servicer, and
U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:
Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, pledged, sold, disposed of
or otherwise transferred any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any
person in any manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition or other transfer of
any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c)
has otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any
other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) has made any general solicitation by means of general
advertising or in any other manner, or (e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of (a) through (e) above)
would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), that would
render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law, or
that would require registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The Seller will not act, in any manner set
forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The Seller has not and will not sell or
otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Very truly yours,
(Purchaser)
By:__________________________________________________
Name:________________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________________
EXHIBIT K
TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 11.01(e) FOR A
LIMITED GUARANTY
ARTICLE XIII
Subordinate Certificate Loss Coverage; Limited Guaranty
Section 13.01. Subordinate Certificate Loss Coverage; Limited Guaranty. (a) Subject to subsection (c)
below, prior to the later of the third Business Day prior to each Distribution Date or the related Determination
Date, the Master Servicer shall determine whether it or any Subservicer will be entitled to any reimbursement
pursuant to Section 3.10 on such Distribution Date for Advances or Subservicer Advances previously made, (which
will not be Advances or Subservicer Advances that were made with respect to delinquencies which were subsequently
determined to be Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary
Losses) and, if so, the Master Servicer shall demand payment from Residential Funding of an amount equal to the
amount of any Advances or Subservicer Advances reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.10, to the extent such Advances
or Subservicer Advances have not been included in the amount of the Realized Loss in the related Mortgage Loan,
and shall distribute the same to the Class SB Certificateholders in the same manner as if such amount were to be
distributed pursuant to Section 4.02.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) below, prior to the later of the third Business Day prior to
each Distribution Date or the related Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall determine whether any
Realized Losses (other than Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses, Excess Fraud Losses and
Extraordinary Losses) will be allocated to the Class SB Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.05, and, if so, the Master Servicer shall demand payment from Residential Funding of the amount of such
Realized Loss and shall distribute the same to the Class SB Certificateholders in the same manner as if such
amount were to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.02; provided, however, that the amount of such demand in
respect of any Distribution Date shall in no event be greater than the sum of (i) the additional amount of
Accrued Certificate Interest that would have been paid for the Class SB Certificateholders on such Distribution
Date had such Realized Loss or Losses not occurred plus (ii) the amount of the reduction in the Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class SB Certificates on such Distribution Date due to such Realized Loss or Losses.
Notwithstanding such payment, such Realized Losses shall be deemed to have been borne by the Certificateholders
for purposes of Section 4.05. Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses and
Extraordinary Losses allocated to the Class SB Certificates will not be covered by the Subordinate Certificate
Loss Obligation.
(c) Demands for payments pursuant to this Section shall be made prior to the later of the
third Business Day prior to each Distribution Date or the related Determination Date by the Master Servicer with
written notice thereof to the Trustee. The maximum amount that Residential Funding shall be required to pay
pursuant to this Section on any Distribution Date (the "Amount Available") shall be equal to the lesser of (X)
________ minus the sum of (i) all previous payments made under subsections (a) and (b) hereof and (ii) all draws
under the Limited Guaranty made in lieu of such payments as described below in subsection (d) and (Y) the then
outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of the Class SB Certificates, or such lower amount as may be
established pursuant to Section 13.02. Residential Funding's obligations as described in this Section are
referred to herein as the "Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation."
(d) The Trustee will promptly notify General Motors Acceptance Corporation of any failure
of Residential Funding to make any payments hereunder and shall demand payment pursuant to the limited guaranty
(the "Limited Guaranty"), executed by General Motors Acceptance Corporation, of Residential Funding's obligation
to make payments pursuant to this Section, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Amount Available and (ii)
such required payments, by delivering to General Motors Acceptance Corporation a written demand for payment by
wire transfer, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Distribution Date for such month, with a copy
to the Master Servicer.
(e) All payments made by Residential Funding pursuant to this Section or amounts paid
under the Limited Guaranty shall be deposited directly in the Certificate Account, for distribution on the
Distribution Date for such month to the Class SB Certificateholders.
(f) The Depositor shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to substitute for either
or both of the Limited Guaranty or the Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation another instrument in the form of
a corporate guaranty, an irrevocable letter of credit, a surety bond, insurance policy or similar instrument or a
reserve fund; provided that (i) the Depositor obtains (subject to the provisions of Section 10.01(f) as if the
Depositor was substituted for the Master Servicer solely for the purposes of such provision) an Opinion of
Counsel (which need not be an opinion of independent counsel) to the effect that obtaining such substitute
corporate guaranty, irrevocable letter of credit, surety bond, insurance policy or similar instrument or reserve
fund will not cause either (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any
federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860(F)(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions
after the startup date" under Section 860(G)(d)(1) of the Code or (b) the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding, and (ii) no such substitution shall be made unless (A) the
substitute Limited Guaranty or Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation is for an initial amount not less than the
then current Amount Available and contains provisions that are in all material respects equivalent to the
original Limited Guaranty or Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation (including that no portion of the fees,
reimbursements or other obligations under any such instrument will be borne by the Trust Fund), (B) the long term
debt obligations of any obligor of any substitute Limited Guaranty or Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation (if
not supported by the Limited Guaranty) shall be rated at least the lesser of (a) the rating of the long term debt
obligations of General Motors Acceptance Corporation as of the date of issuance of the Limited Guaranty and (b)
the rating of the long term debt obligations of General Motors Acceptance Corporation at the date of such
substitution and (C) if the Class SB Certificates have been rated, the Depositor obtains written confirmation
from each Rating Agency that rated the Class SB Certificates at the request of the Depositor that such
substitution shall not lower the rating on the Class SB Certificates below the lesser of (a) the then-current
rating assigned to the Class SB Certificates by such Rating Agency and (b) the original rating assigned to the
Class SB Certificates by such Rating Agency. Any replacement of the Limited Guaranty or Subordinate Certificate
Loss Obligation pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a written Opinion of Counsel to the substitute
guarantor or obligor, addressed to the Master Servicer and the Trustee, that such substitute instrument
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the substitute guarantor or obligor, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, and concerning such other matters as the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall
reasonably request. Neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be obligated to substitute
for or replace the Limited Guaranty or Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation under any circumstance.
Section 13.02. Amendments Relating to the Limited Guaranty. Notwithstanding Sections 11.01 or
13.01: (i) the provisions of this Article XIII may be amended, superseded or deleted, (ii) the Limited Guaranty
or Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation may be amended, reduced or canceled, and (iii) any other provision of
this Agreement which is related or incidental to the matters described in this Article XIII may be amended in any
manner; in each case by written instrument executed or consented to by the Depositor and Residential Funding but
without the consent of any Certificateholder and without the consent of the Master Servicer or the Trustee being
required unless any such amendment would impose any additional obligation on, or otherwise adversely affect the
interests of, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable; provided that the Depositor shall also obtain a
letter from each Rating Agency that rated the Class SB Certificates at the request of the Depositor to the effect
that such amendment, reduction, deletion or cancellation will not lower the rating on the Class SB Certificates
below the lesser of (a) the then-current rating assigned to the Class SB Certificates by such Rating Agency and
(b) the original rating assigned to the Class SB Certificates by such Rating Agency, unless (A) the Holder of
100% of the Class SB Certificates is Residential Funding or an Affiliate of Residential Funding, or (B) such
amendment, reduction, deletion or cancellation is made in accordance with Section 11.01(e) and, provided further
that the Depositor obtains (subject to the provisions of Section 10.01(f) as if the Depositor was substituted for
the Master Servicer solely for the purposes of such provision), in the case of a material amendment or
supersession (but not a reduction, cancellation or deletion of the Limited Guaranty or the Subordinate
Certificate Loss Obligation), an Opinion of Counsel (which need not be an opinion of independent counsel) to the
effect that any such amendment or supersession will not cause either (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the
Trust Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section
860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code or (b)
the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding. A copy of any such
instrument shall be provided to the Trustee and the Master Servicer together with an Opinion of Counsel that such
amendment complies with this Section 13.02.
EXHIBIT L
FORM OF LIMITED GUARANTY
RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2006-KS4
__________, 20__
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Residential Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Residential Funding"), an
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a New York corporation ("GMAC"), plans
to incur certain obligations as described under Section 12.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
May 1, 2006 (the "Servicing Agreement"), among Residential Asset Securities Corporation (the "Depositor"),
Residential Funding and U.S. Bank National Association (the "Trustee") as amended by Amendment No. ___ thereto,
dated as of ________, with respect to the Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2006-KS4 (the "Certificates"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.01 of the Servicing Agreement, Residential Funding agrees to
make payments to the Holders of the Class SB Certificates with respect to certain losses on the Mortgage Loans as
described in the Servicing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, GMAC desires to provide certain assurances with respect to the ability of Residential
Funding to secure sufficient funds and faithfully to perform its Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and certain other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, GMAC agrees as follows:
2. Provision of Funds. (a) GMAC agrees to contribute and deposit in the Certificate Account on behalf of
Residential Funding (or otherwise provide to Residential Funding, or to cause to be made available to Residential
Funding), either directly or through a subsidiary, in any case prior to the related Distribution Date, such
moneys as may be required by Residential Funding to perform its Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation when and
as the same arises from time to time upon the demand of the Trustee in accordance with Section 12.01 of the
Servicing Agreement.
(b) The agreement set forth in the preceding clause (a) shall be absolute, irrevocable and
unconditional and shall not be affected by the transfer by GMAC or any other person of all or any part of its or
their interest in Residential Funding, by any insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution or other proceeding affecting
Residential Funding or any other person, by any defense or right of counterclaim, set-off or recoupment that GMAC
may have against Residential Funding or any other person or by any other fact or circumstance. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, GMAC's obligations under clause (a) shall terminate upon the earlier of (x) substitution for this
Limited Guaranty pursuant to Section 12.01(f) of the Servicing Agreement, or (y) the termination of the Trust
Fund pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
3. Waiver. GMAC hereby waives any failure or delay on the part of Residential Funding, the Trustee or any
other person in asserting or enforcing any rights or in making any claims or demands hereunder. Any defective or
partial exercise of any such rights shall not preclude any other or further exercise of that or any other such
right. GMAC further waives demand, presentment, notice of default, protest, notice of acceptance and any other
notices with respect to this Limited Guaranty, including, without limitation, those of action or non-action on
the part of Residential Funding or the Trustee.
4. Modification, Amendment and Termination. This Limited Guaranty may be modified, amended or terminated
only by the written agreement of GMAC and the Trustee and only if such modification, amendment or termination is
permitted under Section 12.02 of the Servicing Agreement. The obligations of GMAC under this Limited Guaranty
shall continue and remain in effect so long as the Servicing Agreement is not modified or amended in any way that
might affect the obligations of GMAC under this Limited Guaranty without the prior written consent of GMAC.
5. Successor. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the guarantee herein set forth shall be
binding upon GMAC and its respective successors.
6. Governing Law. This Limited Guaranty shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
7. Authorization and Reliance. GMAC understands that a copy of this Limited Guaranty shall be delivered to
the Trustee in connection with the execution of Amendment No. __ to the Servicing Agreement and GMAC hereby
authorizes the Depositor and the Trustee to rely on the covenants and agreements set forth herein.
8. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given them
in the Servicing Agreement.
9. Counterparts. This Limited Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed to be an original and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GMAC has caused this Limited Guaranty to be executed and delivered by its
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION
By:__________________________________________________
Name:________________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________________
Acknowledged by:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:__________________________________________________
Name:________________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________________
RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES
CORPORATION
By:__________________________________________________
Name:________________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________________
EXHIBIT M
FORM OF LENDER CERTIFICATION FOR ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE LOAN
__________, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4 Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the assignment by U.S Bank National Association (the
"Trustee") to _______________________ (the "Lender") of _______________ (the "Mortgage Loan") pursuant to Section
3.13(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006
among Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation,
as master servicer, and the Trustee. All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set
forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Lender hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Master Servicer and the Trustee that:
(ii) the Mortgage Loan is secured by Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction in which an assignment in
lieu of satisfaction is required to preserve lien priority, minimize or avoid mortgage recording taxes or
otherwise comply with, or facilitate a refinancing under, the laws of such jurisdiction;
(iii) the substance of the assignment is, and is intended to be, a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan and the
form of the transaction is solely to comply with, or facilitate the transaction under, such local laws;
(iv) the Mortgage Loan following the proposed assignment will be modified to have a rate of interest at least
0.25 percent below or above the rate of interest on such Mortgage Loan prior to such proposed assignment; and
(v) such assignment is at the request of the borrower under the related Mortgage Loan.
Very truly yours,
(Lender)
By:__________________________________________________
Name:________________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________________
EXHIBIT N-1
FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION
Description of Rule 144A Securities, including numbers:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
The undersigned seller, as registered holder (the "Seller"), intends to transfer the Rule 144A
Securities described above to the undersigned buyer (the "Buyer").
1. In connection with such transfer and in accordance with the agreements pursuant to which the Rule 144A
Securities were issued, the Seller hereby certifies the following facts: Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on
its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Rule 144A Securities, any
interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a
transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or
any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Rule 144A Securities,
any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made
any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that
would constitute a distribution of the Rule 144A Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), or that would render the disposition of the Rule 144A Securities a violation of Section 5 of the 1933
Act or require registration pursuant thereto, and that the Seller has not offered the Rule 144A Securities to any
person other than the Buyer or another "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the 0000 Xxx.
2. The Buyer, pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as
of May 1, 2006 among Residential Funding Corporation, as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), Residential
Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee") warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the Seller, the Trustee and the Master Servicer as
follows:
a. The Buyer understands that the Rule 144A Securities have not been registered under the 1933 Act or the
securities laws of any state.
b. The Buyer considers itself a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor having such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investment in the Rule 144A Securities.
c. The Buyer has been furnished with all information regarding the Rule 144A Securities that it has
requested from the Seller, the Trustee or the Servicer.
d. Neither the Buyer nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise
disposed of the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar
security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Rule
144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security from, or
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule
144A Securities or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that
would constitute a distribution of the Rule 144A Securities under the 1933 Act or that would render the
disposition of the Rule 144A Securities a violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration
pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such
manner with respect to the Rule 144A Securities.
e. The Buyer is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the 1933 Act
and has completed either of the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex I or
Annex II. The Buyer is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Buyer is
acquiring the Rule 144A Securities for its own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional
buyers, understands that such Rule 144A Securities may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a
person reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or
for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration
under the 1933 Act.
3. The Buyer is not an employee benefit plan or other plan or arrangement subject to the prohibited
transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or any person (including an insurance company
investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any such plan) who is
using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such acquisition.
4. This document may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different parties hereto on
separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts,
together, shall constitute one and the same document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this document as of the date set forth below.
______________________________ ______________________________
Print Name of Seller Print Name of Purchaser
By: ___________________________________________________ By: ___________________________________________________
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Taxpayer Identification: Taxpayer Identification:
No._____________________________________________________ No._____________________________________________________
Date:___________________________________________________ Date:___________________________________________________
ANNEX I TO EXHIBIT N-1
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Buyers Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule 144A Investment Representation
to which this Certification is attached:
1._______As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or
other executive officer of the Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term
is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned and/or
invested on a discretionary basis $______________________ in securities (except for the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
___ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank, savings and loan association
or similar institution), Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or charitable
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
___ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution organized under the laws of any
State, territory or the District of Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined
to banking and is supervised by the State or territorial banking commission or similar official
or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
$25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
___ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association, building and loan
association, cooperative bank, homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision over any such
institutions or is a foreign savings and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has
an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements.
___ Broker-Dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
___ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose primary and predominant business
activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance
companies and which is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner or a similar
official or agency of a State or territory or the District of Columbia.
___ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for
the benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA").
___ Investment Adviser. The Buyer is an investment adviser registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940.
___ SBIC. The Buyer is a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
___ Business Development Company. The Buyer is a business development company as defined in
Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
___ Trust Fund. The Buyer is a trust fund whose trustee is a bank or trust company and whose
participants are exclusively (a) plans established and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for
the benefit of its employees, or (b) employee benefit plans within the meaning of Title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, but is not a trust fund that includes as
participants individual retirement accounts or H.R. 10 plans.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with
the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is
a dealer, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase
agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary
basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the
securities referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further, in determining such aggregate amount, the Buyer may
have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated
with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer's direction. However, such securities
were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer
is not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the seller to it and
other parties related to the Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
____ ___ Will the Buyer be purchasing the Rule 144A
Yes No Securities for the Buyer's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", the Buyer agrees that, in connection with any purchase
of securities sold to the Buyer for the account of a third party (including any separate account) in reliance on
Rule 144A, the Buyer will only purchase for the account of a third party that at the time is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer agrees that the Buyer will not
purchase securities for a third party unless the Buyer has obtained a current representation letter from such
third party or taken other appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to conclude that such third party
independently meets the definition of "qualified institutional buyer" set forth in Rule 144A.
7. The Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any changes in the
information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities
will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such purchase.
Print Name of Buyer
By: _____________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _____________________________________________________
ANNEX II TO EXHIBIT N-1
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Buyers That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule 144A Investment Representation
to which this Certification is attached:
8. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer or Senior Vice President
of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies (as defined
below), is such an officer of the Adviser.
9. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in SEC
Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and
(ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000
in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used.
____ The Buyer owned $___________________ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred
to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in the aggregate
$______________ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the
end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with
Rule 144A).
10. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means two or more registered investment
companies (or series thereof) that have the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated
(by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment adviser is a
majority owned subsidiary of the other).
11. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with
the Buyer or are part of the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank deposit notes and certificates of
deposit, (iii) loan participations, (iv) repurchase agreements, (v) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (vi) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
12. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that each of the parties to which this
certification is made are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more
sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's
own account.
13. The undersigned will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any changes in
the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice, the Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
Print Name of Buyer
By: _____________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
Print Name of Buyer
Date: _____________________________________________________
EXHIBIT N-2
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
(144A Transferor to 144A Transferee)
_____, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4 Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
_________________________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
___________________________ (the "Seller") $_____________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Home Equity
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class B (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006 among
Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation, as
master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Master Servicer that:
In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates the Seller does hereby
certify that such Certificates are being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth
in Section 5.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificates and (ii) Rule 144A under the
Securities Act to a transferee that the Seller reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own
account or an account with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion and the
transferee and any such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, and such
transferee is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance upon Rule 144A, and (iii) any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.
[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated: ______________, 20__
EXHIBIT N-3
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
(144A Transferor to Regulation S Transferee)
_____________________, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4 Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
_________________________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
___________________________ (the "Seller") $_____________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Home Equity
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class B (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006 among
Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation, as
master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Master Servicer that:
[The Seller has requested a transfer of a [Rule 144A Global Class B Certificate] [Definitive
Class B Certificate] for a beneficial interest in a [Temporary] Regulation S Global Class B Certificate to be
held in the name of ___________ (the "Transferee") through [Euroclear][Clearstream], which in turn will hold
through the Depository.] [The Seller has requested an exchange of such beneficial interest in a Rule 144A
Global Class B Certificate] [Definitive Class B Certificate] for a beneficial interest in a [Temporary]
Regulation S Global Class B Certificate to be held in the name of the Holder through [Euroclear][Clearstream],
which in turn will hold through the Depository.]
In connection with such request, the Seller does hereby certify that (1) the
[transfer][exchange] of the beneficial interest in the Certificates has been made in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Class B Certificates; [and] (2) the [Seller][Purchaser] is not a
U.S. person as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act[; and (3) such transfer has been made pursuant to
and in accordance with Regulation S].
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit.
[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated: ______________, 20__
EXHIBIT N-4
FORM OF REGULATION S TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
_____________________, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4 Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
_________________________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
___________________________ (the "Seller") $_____________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Home Equity
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class B (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006 among
Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation, as
master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Master Servicer that:
In connection with the undersigned's purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned hereby
represents, acknowledges and agrees as follows:
It is a person that is not a "U.S. person" as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act and understands
that the sale of the Notes to it is being made in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act provided by Regulation S thereunder.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit.
[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated: ______________, 20__
EXHIBIT N-5
FORM OF ACCREDITED INVESTOR TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
___________________________, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4 Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
_________________________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
___________________________ (the "Seller") $_____________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Home Equity
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class B (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006 among
Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation, as
master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Master Servicer that:
1. It is an accredited investor ("Accredited Investor") as defined in Rule 501(c) of Regulation D
under the Securities Act purchasing for its own account and it understands the Certificates will bear a legend
set forth in the applicable exhibit attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, it represents
and warrants that it will provide notice to any subsequent transferee of the transfer restrictions provided in
the legend, will hold and transfer Certificates in an amount of not less than U.S.$250,000 for it or for each
account for which it is acting.
2. It understands that the Certificates have been offered only in a transaction not involving any
public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Notes have not been and will
not be registered under the Securities Act and, if in the future it decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise
transfer the Certificates, the Certificates may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the legend on the Certificates. It acknowledges that no
representation has been made as to the availability of any exemption under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws for resale of the Certificates.
3. In connection with the purchase of the Certificates (provided that no such representations are
made with respect to the Servicer by any Affiliate of the Servicer or any account advised or managed by the
Servicer): (A) it is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon any advice,
counsel or representations (whether written or oral) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Initial Purchaser
or the Placement Agent or any of their agents (in their capacities as such), other than any representations
expressly set forth in a written agreement with such party; (B) it has consulted with its own legal, regulatory,
tax, business, investment, financial and accounting advisers to the extent it has deemed necessary and has made
its own investment decisions based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisers as it has deemed
necessary and not upon any view expressed by the Co-Issuers, the Servicer, the Initial Purchaser or the Placement
Agent; (C) its purchase of the Certificate will comply with all applicable laws in any jurisdiction in which it
resides or is located; (D) it is acquiring the Certificates as principal solely for its own account for
investment and not with a view to the resale, distribution or other disposition thereof in violation of the
Securities Act; (E) it has made investments prior to the date hereof and was not formed solely for the purpose of
investing in the Certificates; and (F) it is a sophisticated investor and is purchasing the Certificates with a
full understanding of all of the terms, conditions and risks thereof, and it is capable of assuming and willing
to assume those risks.
4. It agrees that it will not offer or sell, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of any
Certificates or any interest therein except (A) pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject
to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or the
applicable laws of any other jurisdiction and (B) in accordance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, to which provisions it agrees it is subject.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit.
[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated: ______________, 20__
EXHIBIT N-6
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
(Regulation S Transferor)
_____________________, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4 Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
_________________________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
___________________________ (the "Seller") $_____________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Home Equity
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class B (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006 among
Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation, as
master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Master Servicer that:
[The Seller has requested a transfer of a [Temporary] Regulation S Global Class B Certificate
for a beneficial interest in a ________________________ to be held in the name of ___________ (the "Transferee")
[through ________________________, which in turn will hold through the Depository]. [The Seller has requested
an exchange of such beneficial interest in a [Temporary] Regulation S Global Class B Certificate for a beneficial
interest in a [Temporary] Regulation S Global Class B Certificate to be held in the name of the Holder through
[Euroclear][Clearstream], which in turn will hold through the Depository.]
In connection with such request, the Seller does hereby certify that (1) the
[transfer][exchange] of the beneficial interest in the Certificates has been made in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to the Class B Certificates; [and] (2) the [Seller][Purchaser] is not a U.S.
person as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act[; and (3) such transfer has been made pursuant to and
in accordance with Regulation S].
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit.
[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated: ______________, 20__
EXHIBIT O
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT P
FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION LETTER
__________, 20__
Residential Asset Securities Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/RASC Series 0000-XX0
Xxxxxxxxxxx Funding Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Residential Asset Securities Corporation Series 2006-KS4
Re: Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4, Class SB
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[____________________________________] (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
[______________________________] (the "Seller") $[____________] Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Home
Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class ____ (the "Certificates"), issued
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2006
among Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as the depositor (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding
Corporation, as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer that The Purchaser is not an employee benefit plan or other plan
or arrangement subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any
person (including an insurance company investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or
a trustee of any such plan) who is using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect such acquisition.
Very truly yours,
_______________________________________
(Purchaser)
By: ____________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
EXHIBIT Q
FORM OF SB-AM SWAP AGREEMENT
DATE: May 30, 2006
TO: U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
but solely as trustee for the benefit of RASC Series 2006-KS4
Trust, acting on behalf of the Class A Certificateholders,
Class M Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement identified below ("PARTY A")
ATTENTION: RASC Series 2006-KS4
FROM: U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
but solely as trustee for the benefit of RASC Series 2006-KS4
Trust, acting on behalf of the Class SB Certificateholders under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement identified below ("PARTY B")
SUBJECT: Payment Swap Confirmation and Agreement
REFERENCE NUMBER
The purpose of this letter agreement (the "Agreement") is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction
entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the "Transaction") between Party A and Party B. This Agreement,
which evidences a complete and binding agreement between you and us to enter into the Transaction on the terms
set forth below, constitutes a "Confirmation" as referred to in the ISDA Form Master Agreement (as defined
below), as well as a "Schedule" as referred to in the ISDA Form Master Agreement.
o This Agreement is subject to and incorporates the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the "Definitions"), as
published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA"). You and we have agreed to enter
into this Agreement in lieu of negotiating a Schedule to the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency-Cross
Border) form (the "ISDA Form Master Agreement") but, rather, an ISDA Form Master Agreement shall be deemed to
have been executed by you and us on the date we entered into the Transaction. In the event of any inconsistency
between the provisions of this Agreement and the Definitions or the ISDA Form Master Agreement, this Agreement
shall prevail for purposes of the Transaction. Terms used and not otherwise defined herein, in the ISDA Form
Master Agreement or the Definitions shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, among Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor, Residential
Funding Corporation, as master servicer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"). Each reference to a "Section" or to a "Section" "of this Agreement" will be construed as a
reference to a Section of the 1992 ISDA Form Master Agreement. Each capitalized term used herein that is not
defined herein or in the 1992 ISDA Form Master Agreement shall have the meaning defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, should any provision of this Agreement
conflict with any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the provision of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement shall apply.
o The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:
Trade Date:
Effective Date:
Termination Date: [June 25, 2036] subject to adjustment in accordance with the
Business Day Convention.
Business Days: California, Minnesota, Texas, New York, Illinois.
Business Day Convention: Following.
PARTY A PAYMENTS:
Party A Payment Dates: Each Distribution Date under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Party A Payment Amounts: On each Party A Payment Date, the amount, if any, equal to the
aggregate amount of Net Swap Payments and Swap Termination
Payments owed to the Swap Counterparty remaining unpaid after
application of the sum of (A) from the Adjusted Available
Distribution Amount that would have remained had the Adjusted
Available Distribution Amount been applied on such
Distribution Date to make the distributions for such
Distribution Date under Section 4.02(c) clauses (i) through
(x) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, of (I) Accrued
Certificate Interest on the Class SB Certificates, (II) the
amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount and (III)
for each Distribution Date after the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the
Overcollateralization Amount, (B) from prepayment charges on
deposit in the Certificate Amount, any prepayment charges
received on the Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment
Period and (C) from the amount distributable with respect to
the REMIC III Regular Interest IO.
PARTY B PAYMENTS:
Party B Payment Dates: Each Distribution Date under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement
Party B Payment Amounts: On each Party B Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of
(a) the Available Distribution Amount remaining on such
Distribution Date after the distributions on such Distribution
Date under Section 4.02(c) clauses (i) through (vi) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (b) the aggregate unpaid
Basis Risk Shortfalls allocated to the Class A
Certificateholders and the Class M Certificateholders for such
Distribution Date.
o Additional Provisions: Each party hereto is hereby advised and acknowledges that the other party has
engaged in (or refrained from engaging in) substantial financial transactions and has taken (or refrained from
taking) other material actions in reliance upon the entry by the parties into the Transaction being entered into
on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the ISDA Form Master Agreement relating to such Transaction,
as applicable.
o Provisions Deemed Incorporated in a Schedule to the ISDA Form Master Agreement:
o Termination Provisions. For purposes of the ISDA Form Master Agreement:
|X| "Specified Entity" is not applicable to Party A or Party B for any purpose.
|X| "Specified Transaction" is not applicable to Party A or Party B for any purpose, and, accordingly,
Section 5(a)(v) shall not apply to Party A or Party B.
|X| The "Cross Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) shall not apply to Party A or Party B.
|X| The "Credit Event Upon Merger" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) will not apply to Party A or Party B.
|X| With respect to Party A and Party B, the "Bankruptcy" provision of Section 5(a)(vii)(2) of the ISDA Form
Master Agreement will be deleted in its entirety.
|X| The "Automatic Early Termination" provision of Section 6(a) will not apply to Party A or to Party B.
|X| Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section 6(e) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement:
o Market Quotation will apply.
o The Second Method will apply.
|X| "Termination Currency" means United States Dollars.
|X| The provisions of Sections 5(a)(ii), 5(a)(iii) and 5(a)(iv) shall not apply to Party A or Party B.
|X| Tax Event. The provisions of Section 2(d)(i)(4) and 2(d)(ii) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement shall not
apply to Party A and Party A shall not be required to pay any additional amounts referred to
therein.
o Tax Representations.
|X| Payer Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(e) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, each of Party
A and Party B will make the following representations:
It is not required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice
of any relevant governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant
Jurisdiction to make any deduction or withholding for or on account
of any Tax from any payment (other than interest under Section 2(e),
6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement) to be made by it
to the other party under this Agreement. In making this
representation, it may rely on:
o the accuracy of any representations made by the other party pursuant to Section 3(f) of the ISDA Form
Master Agreement;
o the satisfaction of the agreement contained in Sections 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the ISDA Form Master
Agreement and the accuracy and effectiveness of any document provided by the other
party pursuant to Sections 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement; and
o the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained in Section 4(d) of the ISDA Form Master
Agreement, provided that it shall not be a breach of this representation where
reliance is placed on clause (ii) and the other party does not deliver a form or
document under Section 4(a)(iii) by reason of material prejudice to its legal or
commercial position.
|X| Payee Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, Party A and
Party B make the following representations: None
o Documents to be Delivered. For the purpose of Section 4(a) (i) and 4(a) (iii):
o Tax forms, documents, or certificates to be delivered are:
PARTY REQUIRED TO FORM/DOCUMENT/ DATE BY WHICH TO
DELIVER DOCUMENT CERTIFICATE BE DELIVERED
Party A and Party B Any documents required or Promptly after the earlier of (i) reasonable
reasonably requested to allow demand by either party or (ii) learning that such
the other party to make form or document is required
payments under this Agreement
without any deduction or
withholding for or on the
account of any Tax or with
such deduction or withholding
at a reduced rate
o Other documents to be delivered are:
PARTY REQUIRED FORM/DOCUMENT/ DATE BY WHICH TO BE COVERED BY
TO DELIVER CERTIFICATE DELIVERED SECTION 3(D)
DOCUMENT REPRESENTATION
Party A and Party B Any documents required by the Upon execution and Yes
receiving party to evidence the delivery of this
authority of the delivering party Agreement and such
for it to execute and deliver this Confirmation
Agreement, any Confirmation to
which it is a party, and to
evidence the authority of the
delivering party to perform its
obligations under this Agreement
and such Confirmation.
Party A and Party B A certificate of an authorized Upon the execution Yes
officer of the party, as to the and delivery of this
incumbency and authority of the Agreement and such
respective officers of the party Confirmation
signing this Agreement
o Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous
|X| Address for Notices: For the purposes of Section 12(a) of this Agreement:
Address for notices or communications to Party A:
Address: RASC Series 2006-KS4 Trust
c/o U.S. Bank National Association
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX-XX-XX0X
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
with a copy to: Residential Funding Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
(For all purposes)
Address for notices or communications to Party B:
Address: RASC Series 2006-KS4 Trust
c/o U.S. Bank National Association
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX-XX-XX0X
Xx. Xxxx, XX 00000
with a copy to: Residential Funding Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
(For all purposes)
|X| Process Agent. For the purpose of Section 13(c):
Party A: Not Applicable
Party B: Not Applicable
|X| Offices. The provisions of Section 10(a) will not apply to this Agreement; neither Party A nor Party B
have any Offices other than as set forth in the Notices Section.
|X| Multibranch Party. For the purpose of Section 10(c) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, neither Party A
nor Party B is a Multibranch. Party.
|X| Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent is Residential Funding Corporation.
|X| Credit Support Document.
Not Applicable
|X| Credit Support Provider.
Not Applicable
|X| Governing Law. The parties to this ISDA Agreement hereby agree that the law of the State of New York
shall govern their rights and duties in whole, without regard to the conflict of law provision
thereof, other than New York General Obligations Law Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402.
|X| Non-Petition. Party A and Party B each hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not
institute against, or join any other person in instituting against or cause any other person to
institute against RASC Series 2006-KS4 Trust, Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-KS4, or the other party any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or
similar proceeding under the laws of the United States, or any other jurisdiction for the
non-payment of any amount due hereunder or any other reason until the payment in full of the
Certificates and the expiration of a period of one year plus ten days (or, if longer, the
applicable preference period) following such payment.
|X| Severability. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of this Agreement, or the application
thereof to any party or circumstance, shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable (in whole or
in part) for any reason, the remaining terms, provisions, covenants, and conditions hereof
shall continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been executed with the invalid
or unenforceable portion eliminated, so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to
express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject
matter of this Agreement and the deletion of such portion of this Agreement will not
substantially impair the respective benefits or expectations of the parties.
The parties shall endeavor to engage in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid
or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or condition with a valid or enforceable term,
provision, covenant or condition, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to
that of the invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or condition.
|X| [Intentionally Omitted].
|X| Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party to this Agreement respectively waives any right it may have to a trial
by jury in respect of any Proceedings relating to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document.
|X| Set-Off. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other existing or future agreement,
each party irrevocably waives any and all rights it may have to set off, net, recoup or
otherwise withhold or suspend or condition payment or performance of any obligation between it
and the other party hereunder against any obligation between it and the other party under any
other agreements. The provisions for Set-off set forth in Section 6(e) of the ISDA Form Master
Agreement shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.
|X| This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
|X| Trustee Liability Limitations. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this
Agreement is executed and delivered by U.S. Bank National Association, not individually or
personally but solely as Trustee of Party A and Party B, in the exercise of the powers and
authority conferred and vested in it and that U.S. Bank National Association shall perform its
duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with the standard of care set forth in Article
VIII of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and
agreements herein made on the part of Party A and Party B is made and intended not as personal
representations, undertakings and agreements by U.S. Bank National Association but is made and
intended for the purpose of binding only Party A and Party B, (c) nothing herein contained
shall be construed as creating any liability on U.S. Bank National Association, individually or
personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such
liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by,
through or under the parties hereto; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall relieve U.S.
Bank National Association from performing its duties and obligations hereunder and under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the standard of care set forth therein, and
(d) under no circumstances shall U.S. Bank National Association be personally liable for the
payment of any indebtedness or expenses of Party A or Party B or be liable for the breach or
failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by Party A
or Party B under this Agreement or any other related documents; provided, that nothing in this
paragraph shall relieve U.S. Bank National Association from performing its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the
standard of care set forth herein and therein.
o "Affiliate". Party A and Party B shall be deemed to not have any Affiliates for purposes of this
Agreement, including for purposes of Section 6(b)(ii).
o Section 3 of the ISDA Form Master Agreement is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following
subsection (g):
"(g) Relationship Between Parties.
Each party represents to the other party on each date when it enters into a Transaction that:--
o Nonreliance. (i) It is not relying on any statement or representation of the other party regarding the
Transaction (whether written or oral), other than the representations expressly made in this Agreement or the
Confirmation in respect of that Transaction and (ii) it has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax,
business, investment, financial and accounting advisors to the extent it has deemed necessary, and it has made
its own investment, hedging and trading decisions based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such
advisors as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by the other party.
o Evaluation and Understanding.
|X| It has the capacity to evaluate (internally or through independent professional advice) the Transaction
and has made its own decision to enter into the Transaction and has been directed by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement to enter into this Transaction; and
|X| It understands the terms, conditions and risks of the Transaction and is willing and able to accept
those terms and conditions and to assume those risks, financially and otherwise.
o Purpose. It is entering into the Transaction for the purposes of managing its borrowings or investments,
hedging its underlying assets or liabilities or in connection with a line of business.
o Status of Parties. The other party is not acting as agent, fiduciary or advisor for it in respect of the
Transaction.
o Eligible Contract Participant. It is an "eligible swap participant" as such term is defined in Section
35.1(b)(2) of the regulations (17 C.F.R 35) promulgated under, and it constitutes an "eligible contract
participant" as such term is defined in Section 1(a)12 of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended."
o Account Details and Settlement Information:
PAYMENTS TO PARTY A:
Payments to Party A shall be made in the same manner as
provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with
respect to the Class A Certificateholders, Class M
Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders.
PAYMENTS TO PARTY B:
Payments to Party B shall be made in the same manner as
provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with
respect to the Class SB Certificateholders.
Please sign and return to us a copy of this Agreement.
Very truly yours,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee for the benefit of RASC
Series 2006-KS4 Trust, acting on behalf of the Class SB
Certificateholders
By: ____________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
AGREED AND ACCEPTED AS OF THE TRADE DATE
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee for the benefit of RASC
Series 2006-KS4 Trust, acting on behalf of the Class A
Certificateholders, Class M Certificateholders and Class B
Certificateholders
By: __________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT R
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
[FILED HEREWITH AS EXHIBIT 10.2]
EXHIBIT S
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Trustee shall address, at a minimum, the criteria
identified as below as "Applicable Servicing Criteria":
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APPLICABLE SERVICING
SERVICING CRITERIA CRITERIA
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REFERENCE CRITERIA
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GENERAL SERVICING CONSIDERATIONS
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1122(d)(1)(i) Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance
or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the
transaction agreements.
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If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third
parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the
third party's performance and compliance with such servicing
1122(d)(1)(ii) activities.
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Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a
1122(d)(1)(iii) back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained.
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A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the
party participating in the servicing function throughout the
reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and
otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction
1122(d)(1)(iv) agreements.
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CASH COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION
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Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate
custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more |X| (as to accounts held
than two business days following receipt, or such other number of by Trustee)
1122(d)(2)(i) days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to |X| (as to investors
1122(d)(2)(ii) an investor are made only by authorized personnel. only)
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Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows
or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such
advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the
1122(d)(2)(iii) transaction agreements.
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The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve
accounts or accounts established as a form of
overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with |X| (as to accounts held
respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction by Trustee)
1122(d)(2)(iv) agreements.
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Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured
depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements.
For purposes of this criterion, "federally insured depository
institution" with respect to a foreign financial institution means
a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule
1122(d)(2)(v) 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.
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Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
1122(d)(2)(vi) access.
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Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all
asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial
accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations
are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar
days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of
days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and
approved by someone other than the person who prepared the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.
These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of
their original identification, or such other number of days
1122(d)(2)(vii) specified in the transaction agreements.
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INVESTOR REMITTANCES AND REPORTING
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Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the
Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction
agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically,
such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and
other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide
information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in
the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as
required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with
investors' or the trustee's records as to the total unpaid
principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the
1122(d)(3)(i) servicer.
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Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance
with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in
1122(d)(3)(ii) the transaction agreements.
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Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business
days to the servicer's investor records, or such other number of
1122(d)(3)(iii) days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with
cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
1122(d)(3)(iv) statements.
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POOL ASSET ADMINISTRATION
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Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by
1122(d)(4)(i) the transaction agreements or related asset pool documents.
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Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by
1122(d)(4)(ii) the transaction agreements.
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Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are
made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or
1122(d)(4)(iii) requirements in the transaction agreements.
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Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance
with the related pool asset documents are posted to the servicer's
obligor records maintained no more than two business days after
receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items
1122(d)(4)(iv) (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related pool asset documents.
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The servicer's records regarding the pool assets agree with the
servicer's records with respect to an obligor's unpaid principal
1122(d)(4)(v) balance.
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Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's pool
asset (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed
and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the
1122(d)(4)(vi) transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
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Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans,
modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and
repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and
concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements
1122(d)(4)(vii) established by the transaction agreements.
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Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the
period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the
transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a
monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction
agreements, and describe the entity's activities in monitoring
delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters
and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed
1122(d)(4)(viii) temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
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Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets
with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset
1122(d)(4)(ix) documents.
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Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow
accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the
obligor's pool asset documents, on at least an annual basis, or
such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B)
interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in
accordance with applicable pool asset documents and state laws; and
(C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days
of full repayment of the related pool asset, or such other number
1122(d)(4)(x) of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance
payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration
dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such
payments, provided that such support has been received by the
servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such
1122(d)(4)(xi) other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be
made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer's funds and
not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the
1122(d)(4)(xii) obligor's error or omission.
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Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two
business days to the obligor's records maintained by the servicer,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction
1122(d)(4)(xiii) agreements.
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Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are
recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction
1122(d)(4)(xiv) agreements.
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Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item
1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained
1122(d)(4)(xv) as set forth in the transaction agreements.
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EXHIBIT T-1
FORM OF FORM 10-K CERTIFICATION
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year [____], and all reports on Form 8-K
containing distribution or servicing reports filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that
annual report, of the trust (the "Trust") created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May
1, 2006 (the "P&S Agreement") among Residential Asset Securities Corporation (the "Depositor"), Residential
Funding Corporation (the "Master Servicer") and U.S. Bank National Association (the "Trustee");
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of the last day of the period covered
by this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be provided to the Trustee by the Master
Servicer under the P&S Agreement for inclusion in these reports is included in these reports;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Master Servicer under the P&S Agreement
and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance review required under the P&S Agreement, and, except as
disclosed in the reports, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the P&S Agreement; and
5. The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the Master Servicer's compliance with the
minimum servicing standards based upon the report provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting
a review in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers as set forth in the P&S
Agreement, that is included in these reports.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on the information provided to me by the
following unaffiliated parties: [the Trustee].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have duly executed this certificate as of _________, 20__.
____________________________
Name:
Title:
* to be signed by the senior officer in charge of the servicing functions of the Master Servicer
EXHIBIT T-2
FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATE TO FORM 10-K CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of [______________] (the "Trustee") certifies that:
1. The Trustee has performed all of the duties specifically required to be performed by it pursuant to the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006 (the "Agreement") by and among
Residential Asset Securities Corporation, as depositor, Residential Funding Corporation, as master
servicer, and the Trustee in accordance with the standards set forth therein.
2. Based on my knowledge, the list of Certificateholders as shown on the Certificate Register as of the end
of each calendar year that is provided by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03(e)(I) of the Agreement is
accurate as of the last day of the 20[ ] calendar year.
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have duly executed this certificate as of _________, 20__.
____________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT U
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE MASTER SERVICER TO THE RATING AGENCIES RELATING TO REPORTABLE MODIFIED MORTGAGE
LOANS
Account number
Transaction Identifier
Unpaid Principal Balance prior to Modification
Next Due Date
Monthly Principal and Interest Payment
Total Servicing Advances
Current Interest Rate
Original Maturity Date
Original Term to Maturity (Months)
Remaining Term to Maturity (Months)
Trial Modification Indicator
Mortgagor Equity Contribution
Total Servicer Advances
Trial Modification Term (Months)
Trial Modification Start Date
Trial Modification End Date
Trial Modification Period Principal and Interest Payment
Trial Modification Interest Rate
Trial Modification Term
Rate Reduction Indicator
Interest Rate Post Modification
Rate Reduction Start Date
Rate Reduction End Date
Rate Reduction Term
Term Modified Indicator
Modified Amortization Period
Modified Final Maturity Date
Total Advances Written Off
Unpaid Principal Balance Written Off
Other Past Due Amounts Written Off
Write Off Date
Unpaid Principal Balance Post Write Off
Capitalization Indicator
Mortgagor Contribution
Total Capitalized Amount
Modification Close Date
Unpaid Principal Balance Post Capitalization Modification
Next Payment Due Date per Modification Plan
Principal and Interest Payment Post Modification
Interest Rate Post Modification
Payment Made Post Capitalization
Delinquency Status to Modification Plan
EXHIBIT V
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY CERTIFICATE OWNER
Euroclear Cedel, societe anonyme
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
X-0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Re: Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class SB, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of May 1, 2006 among Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Residential Funding
Corporation, and
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the "Certificates").
This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as set forth below, the beneficial interest in
the Certificates held by you for our account is owned by persons that are not U.S. persons (as defined in Rule
901 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).
The undersigned undertakes to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you
intend to submit your certification relating to the Certificates held by you in which the undersigned has
acquired, or intends to acquire, a beneficial interest in accordance with your operating procedures if any
applicable statement herein is not correct on such date. In the absence of any such notification, it may be
assumed that this certification applies as of such date.
[This certification excepts beneficial interests in and does not relate to U.S. $_________ principal
amount of the Certificates appearing in your books as being held for our account but that we have sold or as to
which we are not yet able to certify.]
We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain securities laws in the
United States of America. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with
which this certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certification or a
copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:_____________________________,*/ By: _______________________________________,
Account Holder
EXHIBIT W
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR OR CEDEL
U.S. Bank National Association
Re: Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-KS4, Class SB, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of May 1, 2006 among Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Residential Funding
Corporation, and U.S. Bank
National Association, as Trustee (the "Certificates").
This is to certify that, based solely on certifications we have received in writing, by tested telex or
by electronic transmission from member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a
portion of the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations") as of the date hereof, $____________
principal amount of the Certificates is owned by persons (a) that are not U.S. persons (as defined in Rule 901
under the Securities Act of 1933. as amended (the "Securities Act")) or (b) who purchased their Certificates (or
interests therein) in a transaction or transactions that did not require registration under the Securities Act.
We further certify (a) that we are not making available herewith for exchange any portion of the related
Temporary Regulation S Global Class SB Certificate excepted in such certifications and (b) that as of the date
hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the
statements made by them with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer
true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof
We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain securities laws of the
United States of America. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with
which this certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certification or a
copy hereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Date:______________________* Yours faithfully,
* To be dated no earlier By:_________________________________________________________
than the Effective Date. Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office, as
Operator of the Euroclear Clearance System
Cedel, Societe anonyme
* Certification must be dated on or after the 15th day before the date of the Euroclear or Cedel
certificate to which this certification releases.
