Contract
EXECUTION
THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT dated as of April 1, 2006 (this “Agreement”), is among Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company (the “Assignor”), GS Mortgage Securities Corp. (the “Assignee”) and Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP (the “Company” or the “Servicer”).
For and in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
Assignment, Assumption and Conveyance
The Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants, transfers and assigns to the Assignee all of the right, title and interest (other than those rights specifically retained by the Assignor pursuant to this Agreement) of the Assignor, as purchaser, in, to and under (a) those certain Mortgage Loans listed on the schedule (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) attached hereto as Schedule I (the “Mortgage Loans”) and (b) solely insofar as it relates to the Mortgage Loans, that certain Flow Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2005 (the “Servicing Agreement”), by and between the Assignor (in such capacity, the “Owner”) and the Company. The Assignor hereby agrees that it will (i) deliver possession of notes evidencing the Mortgage Loans to, or at the direction of, the Assignee or its designee and (ii) take in a timely manner all necessary steps under all applicable laws to convey and to perfect the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans as required under the Trust Agreement (as defined below).
The Assignor specifically reserves and does not assign to the Assignee hereunder (i) any and all right, title and interest in, to and under and any obligations of the Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to the Servicing Agreement that are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and are not the subject of this Agreement, (ii) any rights and obligations of the Assignor pursuant to the Servicing Agreement arising prior to the date hereof, (iii) the rights and obligations of the Owner under Section 6.01 (b) (relating to the Owner’s right to terminate the Company) and Section 4.09 (relating to the Owner’s right to receive information from the Servicer) of the Servicing Agreement or (iv) any rights of the Assignor under the Commitment Letter dated April 28, 2006 (the “Commitment Letter”), between the Owner and the Company, which rights shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
The Assignee hereby assumes all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Mortgage Loans and the Servicing Agreement solely insofar as such obligations relate to the Mortgage Loans, other than the obligations set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph.
The parties hereto agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Commitment Letter, with respect to the Mortgage Loans being serviced under the Servicing Agreement, the Servicing Fee Rate for the Mortgage Loans shall be the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
2.
Recognition of the Company
From and after the date hereof (the “Securitization Closing Date”), the Company shall and does hereby recognize that the Assignee will transfer the Mortgage Loans (absent the servicing rights related thereto) and assign its rights under the Servicing Agreement (solely to the extent set forth herein) and this Agreement to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (including its successors in interest and any successor trustees under the Trust Agreement, the “Trustee”), of the GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-4F (the “Trust”) created pursuant to a Master Servicing and Trust Agreement dated as of April 1, 2006 (the “Trust Agreement”), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as a custodian, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as a custodian, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Securities Administrator and Master Servicer. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that from and after the date hereof (i) the Trustee will be the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the Servicer will be the servicer of the Mortgage Loans on or after the applicable Transfer Date pursuant to the terms set forth in the Trust Agreement, (ii) the Company shall look solely to the Trustee (and the Servicer acting on the Trustee’s behalf) for performance of any obligations of the Assignor under the Mortgage Loans and the Servicing Agreement (solely insofar as it relates to the Mortgage Loans) (except for such obligations of the Assignor retained by the Assignor hereunder), (iii) the Trustee (and the Servicer acting on the Trustee’s behalf) shall have all the rights and remedies available to the Assignor, insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, under the applicable Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, the enforcement of the document delivery requirements set forth in the applicable Purchase Agreement, and shall be entitled to enforce any and all of the obligations of the Company thereunder insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation, the remedies for breaches of representations and warranties set forth in Article X of the Servicing Agreement (except for the rights and remedies retained by the Assignor hereunder), (iv) all references to the Owner under the Servicing Agreement insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans shall be deemed to refer to the Trustee (except to the extent of the rights and obligations retained by the Assignor hereunder) (including the Servicer acting on the Trustee’s behalf) and (v) the Mortgage Loans will be part of a REMIC, and the Company shall service the Mortgage Loans and any real property acquired upon default thereof (including, without limitation, making or permitting any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan) prior to the applicable Transfer Date in accordance with the Servicing Agreement but in no event in a manner that would (A) cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or (B) result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code, and the tax on “net income from foreclosure property” as set forth in Section 860G(c) of the Code). Neither the Company nor the Assignor shall amend or agree to amend, modify, waive, or otherwise alter any of the terms or provisions of the Servicing Agreement, which amendment, modification, waiver or other alteration would in any way affect the Mortgage Loans or the Company’s performance under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans without the prior written consent of the Trustee.
From and after the date hereof, the Servicer shall note the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee in its books and records, shall recognize the Trustee as the owner of the Mortgage Loans and shall service the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Trustee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
The Servicer represents and warrants that (a) the copy of the Servicing Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 1, provided to the Assignee is a true, complete and accurate copy of the Servicing Agreement, (b) the Servicing Agreement is in full force and effect as of the date hereof, (c) the provisions thereof have not been waived, amended or modified in any respect except as provided herein, nor have any notices of termination been given thereunder, and (d) the Servicer is servicing each Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the Servicing Agreement.
The Servicer further acknowledges that, from and after the date hereof, it (and any of its successors under the Servicing Agreement) will be subject to the supervision of the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer, acting on behalf of the Trustee as the owner of the Mortgage Loans, shall have the same rights as are assigned by GSMC to the Assignor under this Agreement, and as will be further assigned by the Assignee to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust. Such rights that the Master Servicer may enforce will include, without limitation, the right to terminate the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement upon the occurrence of an event of default thereunder, the right to receive all remittances required to be made by the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, the right to receive all monthly reports and other data required to be delivered by the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and the right to exercise certain rights of consent and approval relating to actions taken by the Servicer.
All remittances required to be made to the Trustee, as the successor in interest to the Assignor under the Servicing Agreement, shall be made instead to the Master Servicer by wire transfer to the following account:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
ABA# 000000000
Account Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
Master Servicing Payment Clearing Account
Account Number: 507198670
For further credit to: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx 2006-4F
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Servicing Agreement, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, not later than the tenth (10th) calendar day of each month (or if such tenth calendar day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), the Servicer shall furnish to the Master Servicer (i) (a) monthly loan data in a mutually agreed-upon format, (b) default loan data in the format mutually agreed-upon between the Servicer and the Master Servicer and (c) information regarding realized losses and gains in the format mutually agreed between the Servicer and the Master Servicer, in each case relating to the period beginning on the second day of the month immediately preceding month and ending on the first day of the then current month, (ii) all such information required pursuant to clause (i)(a) above on a magnetic tape, electronic mail, or other similar media reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer and (iii) all supporting documentation with respect to the information required pursuant to clause (i)(c) above.
3.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
The Company warrants and represents to and covenants with, the Assignor, the Assignee and the Trustee as of the date hereof that:
(a)
The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation;
(b)
The Company has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and has full power and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement. The execution by the Company of this Agreement is in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and will not conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Company’s charter or bylaws or any legal restriction, or any material agreement or instrument to which the Company is now a party or by which it is bound, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Company or its property is subject. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and, upon the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Assignor and the Assignee, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(c)
No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental entity is required to be obtained or made by the Company in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by it of the transaction contemplated hereby;
(d)
The Company shall establish a Custodial Account and an Escrow Account under the Servicing Agreement in favor of the Trustee with respect to the Mortgage Loans separate from the Custodial Account and Escrow Account previously established under the Servicing Agreement in favor of the Assignor;
(e)
There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Company, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal, which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, or which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, is likely to result in any material adverse change in the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, and the Company is solvent;
(f)
The Company has serviced the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Servicing Agreement and has provided accurate “paid through” data (assuming the correctness of all “paid through” data provided by the Assignor to the Company at the time the Company began servicing the Mortgage Loans) with respect to the Mortgage Loans to the Assignor;
(g)
Except as reflected in the “paid through” data delivered to the Assignor (assuming the correctness of all “paid through” data provided by the Assignor to the Company at the time the Company began servicing the Mortgage Loans), there is no payment default existing under any Mortgage or any Mortgage Note as of the Securitization Closing Date; and
(h)
To the Company’s knowledge, there is no non-payment default existing under any Mortgage or Mortgage Note, or any event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the termination of any grace or cure period, would constitute a non-payment default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration as of the Securitization Closing Date.
Pursuant to Section 13.13 of the Servicing Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Assignor, the Assignee and the Trustee, that the representations and warranties set forth in Article X of the Servicing Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof as if such representations and warranties were made on the date hereof.
4.
Representations and Warranties of the Assignor
The Assignor warrants and represents to the Assignee and the Trustee as of date hereof, unless otherwise stated below that:
(a)
The Assignor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of New York with full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreements and this Agreement.
(b)
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Assignor, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid, and binding agreement of the Assignor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(c)
The execution, delivery and performance by the Assignor of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof.
(d)
The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Assignor; neither the execution and delivery by the Assignor of this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Assignor of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance by the Assignor with the provisions hereof will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of the governing documents of the Assignor or any law, governmental rule or regulation or any material judgment, decree or order binding on the Assignor or any of its properties, or any of the provisions of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract or other instrument to which the Assignor is a party or by which it is bound.
(e)
There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Assignor, threatened, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter that in the judgment of the Assignor will be determined adversely to the Assignor and will, if determined adversely to the Assignor, materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(f)
The Assignor is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loans and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note. The Mortgage Loans are not assigned or pledged, and the Assignor has good, indefeasible and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loans to the Assignee free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the Assignee will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest. The Assignor intends to relinquish all rights to possess, control and monitor the Mortgage Loan.
(g)
The Assignor has not waived the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor’s failure to perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has the Company waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by the Mortgagor.
(h)
As of April 28, 2006, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws or unfair and deceptive practices laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, any provisions related to Prepayment Premiums, have been complied with, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Properties and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities.
(i)
No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High Cost Loan” or “Covered Loan,” as applicable, as such terms are defined in the then current Standard & Poor’s LEVELSâ Glossary. In addition, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home,” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees).
5.
Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties of the Assignor
The Assignor hereby acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of the representations and warranties made by the Assignor set forth in Section 4 hereof that materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Assignee or the Trustee therein, within sixty (60) days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Assignor of such breach of a representation or warranty, it shall cure, purchase, cause the purchase of, or substitute for the applicable Mortgage Loan in the same manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.03 of the Standard Terms to the Trust Agreement with respect to the Assignee’s obligations to provide certain representations and warranties for the Mortgage Loans.
6.
Servicer to Contact Certain Borrowers
The Servicer shall contact each borrower of those Mortgage Loans listed on Schedule II hereto (the “Scheduled Mortgage Loans”) to notify such borrower that the prepayment penalty period related to such borrower’s Scheduled Mortgage Loan has been unilaterally waived, but only to the extent that such period exceeds a term of three (3) years. By executing this Agreement, the Servicer acknowledges that it shall fulfill its obligations under this Section 6 within a reasonable time period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date hereof.
7.
Miscellaneous
(a)
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
(b)
No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced, with the prior written consent of the Trustee.
(c)
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of (i) the successors and assigns of the parties hereto and (ii) the Trustee (including the Servicer acting on the Trustee’s behalf). Any entity into which the Assignor, Assignee or Company may be merged or consolidated shall, without the requirement for any further writing, be deemed Assignor, Assignee or Company, respectively, hereunder.
(d)
Each of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement shall survive the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the assignment of the Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement (to the extent assigned hereunder) by the Assignor to the Assignee and by the Assignee to the Trustee and nothing contained herein shall supersede or amend the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement.
(e)
This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(f)
In the event that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Purchase Agreement or the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
(g)
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the schedules hereto) but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement, as applicable.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE
COMPANY, a New York limited
partnership
By:
XXXXXXX SACHS REAL ESTATE
FUNDING CORP., a New York
corporation, as General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS
SERVICING LP, a Texas limited
Partnership
(Servicer)
By: COUNTRYWIDE GP, INC., general
partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
SCHEDULE II
Scheduled Mortgage Loans
EXHIBIT 1
Servicing Agreement
