CWT DRAFT 3/7/06
Exhibit 4
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GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.,
Depositor,
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP,
Servicer,
X.X. XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
Custodian,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Custodian,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee and Custodian
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of January 1, 2006
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GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE1
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2006-HE1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions...............................................................................
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans..............................................................
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans...........................................
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer and each Custodian..............
Section 2.04 Execution and Delivery of Certificates....................................................
Section 2.05 REMIC Matters.............................................................................
Section 2.06 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor...........................................
Section 2.07 Enforcement of Obligations for Breach of Mortgage Loan Representations....................
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01 Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans........................................................
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements between the Servicer and Subservicers.............................
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers....................................................................
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer.................................................................
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and the Trustee..........................
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by Trustee...........................
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments..............................................
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts.....................................................................
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.......................
Section 3.10 Collection Account........................................................................
Section 3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Account...................................................
Section 3.12 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution Account................
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance, Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage...............
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.................................
Section 3.15 Realization upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.................................................
Section 3.16 Release of Mortgage Files.................................................................
Section 3.17 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property.......................................
Section 3.18 Notification of Adjustments...............................................................
Section 3.19 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans..............
Section 3.20 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the Servicer to Be Held for the
Trustee..............................................................................
Section 3.21 Servicing Compensation....................................................................
Section 3.22 Annual Statement as to Compliance.........................................................
Section 3.23 Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria; Annual
Independent Public Accountants' Attestation Report...................................
Section 3.24 Trustee to Act as Servicer................................................................
Section 3.25 Compensating Interest.....................................................................
Section 3.26 Credit Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act..................................................
Section 3.27 Excess Reserve Fund Account; Distribution Account.........................................
Section 3.28 Optional Purchase of Delinquent Mortgage Loans............................................
Section 3.29 Transfer of Servicing for Certain Mortgage Loans..........................................
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE SERVICER
Section 4.01 Advances..................................................................................
Section 4.02 Priorities of Distribution................................................................
Section 4.03 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders..................................................
Section 4.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR....................................
Section 4.05 Allocation of Applied Realized Loss Amounts...............................................
Section 4.06 Supplemental Interest Trust...............................................................
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates..........................................................................
Section 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates...............
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.........................................
Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners.....................................................................
Section 5.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.................................
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency...........................................................
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
Section 6.01 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer..................................
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer..................................
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and Others.........................
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer.................................................
Section 6.05 Additional Indemnification by the Servicer; Third Party Claims............................
Section 6.06 Servicing Rights Pledge...................................................................
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default.........................................................................
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor..................................................
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders........................................................
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee.....................................................................
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting each Custodian and the Trustee..................................
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.....................................
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates..............................................................
Section 8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses...............................................................
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee..................................................
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee....................................................
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee.........................................................................
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee....................................................
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.............................................
Section 8.11 Tax Matters...............................................................................
Section 8.12 Periodic Filings..........................................................................
Section 8.13 Tax Treatment of Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts, Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts, the Supplemental Interest Trust and the Interest Rate Swap Agreement........
Section 8.14 Custodial Responsibilities................................................................
Section 8.15 Limitations on Custodial Responsibilities.................................................
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage Loans............................
Section 9.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates....................................................
Section 9.03 Additional Termination Requirements.......................................................
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment.................................................................................
Section 10.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts....................................................
Section 10.03 Governing Law.............................................................................
Section 10.04 Intention of Parties......................................................................
Section 10.05 Notices...................................................................................
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions................................................................
Section 10.07 Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities.....................................................
Section 10.08 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders................................................
Section 10.09 Inspection and Audit Rights...............................................................
Section 10.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.................................................
Section 10.11 Waiver of Jury Trial......................................................................
Section 10.12 Limitation of Damages.....................................................................
Section 10.13 Rights of the Swap Provider...............................................................
Section 10.14 No Solicitation...........................................................................
Section 10.15 Regulation AB Compliance; Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness...........................
SCHEDULES
Schedule I Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule II Representations and Warranties of Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer
Schedule III Representations and Warranties of X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as Custodian
Schedule IV Representations and Warranties of U.S. Bank National Association, as Custodian
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates
Exhibit B Form of Class P Certificate
Exhibit C [Reserved]
Exhibit D-1 Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit D-2 Form of Class RC Certificate
Exhibit D-3 Form of Class RX Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Class X Certificate
Exhibit F Form of Initial Certification of the Custodians
Exhibit G Form of Document Certification and Exception Report of the Custodians
Exhibit H Form of Residual Transfer Affidavit
Exhibit I Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit J Form of Rule 144A Letter
Exhibit K Form of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
Exhibit L Form of Request for Release
Exhibit M Contents of Each Mortgage File
Exhibit N [Reserved]
Exhibit O Form of Certification to be provided with Form 10-K
Exhibit P Form of Trustee Certification to be provided to Depositor
Exhibit Q-1 Form of Servicer Certification to be provided to Depositor
Exhibit Q-2 Form of Subservicer Certification to be provided to Depositor
Exhibit R Form of Power of Attorney
Exhibit S Representations and Warranties Agreement
Exhibit T Servicing Criteria
Exhibit U Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
Exhibit V Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
Exhibit W Form 8-K Disclosure Information
Exhibit X Interest Rate Swap Agreement
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2006,
among GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Depositor"),
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Servicer"), X.X.
XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (a
"Custodian"), U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (a
"Custodian"), and DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a national banking
association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Trustee shall elect that eight segregated asset pools within the
Trust Fund (exclusive of (i) the Prepayment Premiums, (ii) the Interest Rate
Swap Agreement, (iii) the Supplemental Interest Trust, (iv) the Excess Reserve
Fund Account and (v) the right of the LIBOR Certificates to receive Upper-Tier
Carry Forward Amounts and, without duplication, Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts
and the obligation to pay Class IO Shortfalls) be treated for federal income tax
purposes as comprising eight REMICs (each, a "Trust REMIC" or, in the
alternative, Pooling-Tier REMIC-1, Pooling-Tier REMIC-2, the Lower-Tier REMIC,
the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Class B-1 REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3
REMIC and the Class X REMIC, respectively). The Class X Interest, Class IO
Interest and each Class of LIBOR Certificates (other than the right of each
Class of LIBOR Certificates to receive (i) Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts and,
without duplication, Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts and (ii) the obligation to
pay Class IO Shortfalls) represents ownership of a regular interest in a REMIC
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
The Class R Certificates represent ownership of the sole class of
residual interest in each of Pooling-Tier REMIC-2, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the
Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class RC Certificates
represent ownership of the sole class of residual interest in the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class RX Certificates
represent ownership of the sole class of residual interest in the Class B-1
REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class X REMIC for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Start-up Day for each REMIC described
herein is the Closing Date. The latest possible maturity date for each regular
interest is the latest date referenced in Section 2.05.
The Class X REMIC shall hold as assets the Class UT-X Interest, the
Class UT-IO Interest and the Class UT-3 Interest as set out below. The
Upper-Tier REMIC shall hold as assets the several classes of uncertificated
Lower-Tier Regular Interests, set out below. The Lower-Tier REMIC shall hold as
assets the several classes of uncertificated Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular
Interests. Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 shall hold as assets the several classes of
uncertificated Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interests. Pooling-Tier REMIC-1
shall hold as assets the assets of the Trust Fund (exclusive of (i) the
Prepayment Premiums, (ii) the Interest Rate Swap Agreement, (iii) the
Supplemental Interest Trust, (iv) the Excess Reserve Fund Account and (v) the
right of the LIBOR Certificates to receive Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts and,
without duplication, Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts and the obligation to pay
Class IO Shortfalls). Each such Lower Tier Regular Interest is hereby designated
as a regular interest in the Lower Tier REMIC. The Class LT-A-1, Class LT-A-2A,
Class LT-A-2B, Class LT-A-2C, Class LT-A-2D, Class LT-M-1, Class LT-M-2, Class
LT-M-3, Class LT-M-4, Class LT-M-5, Class LT-M-6, Class LT-M-7, Class LT-M-8,
Class LT-B-1, Class LT-B-2 and Class LT-B-3 Interests are hereby designated the
LT-Accretion Directed Classes (the "LT-Accretion Directed Classes").
The Class B-1 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-1 Interest
issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Class B-1 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-1 REMIC and the Class
B1-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-1
REMIC.
The Class B-2 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-2 Interest
issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Class B-2 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-2 REMIC and the Class
B2-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-2
REMIC.
The Class B-3 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-3 Interest
issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Class B-3 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class
B3-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-3
REMIC.
The Class X REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class UT-X Interest,
the Class UT-IO Interest and the Class UT-3 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC, the Class X Interest shall represent the regular interest issued by the
Class X REMIC and the Class X-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual
interest in the Class X REMIC. The Class X Certificates represent beneficial
ownership of the Class X Interest, the Supplemental Interest Trust and the
Excess Reserve Fund Account.
For federal income tax purposes, each Class of LIBOR Certificates
represents a beneficial ownership of a regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC,
the right to receive Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts (and, without duplication,
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts), the obligation to pay Class IO Shortfalls,
the Class X Certificates represent beneficial ownership of the Class X Interest,
the Class IO Interest, the Interest Rate Swap Agreement, the Supplemental
Interest Trust, the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the right to receive Class IO
Shortfalls, and the Class P Certificates represent beneficial ownership of the
Prepayment Premiums, which portions of the Trust Fund shall be treated as a
grantor trust.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 shall issue the following interests in
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1, and each such interest is hereby designated as a regular
interest in the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1. Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interests with an "I"
in their designation shall relate to Loan Group I and Pooling Tier REMIC-1
Interests with a "II" in their designation shall relate to Loan Group II.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 shall also issue the Class RC Certificates. The Class RC
Certificates are hereby designated as the sole class of residual interest in
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1. The Class RC Certificates shall have a $100 Class
Certificate Balance and shall have no interest rate.
Pooling-Tier Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Initial Pooling-Tier REMIC-1
REMIC-1 Interest Interest Rate Principal Amount
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Class PT1-I-1 (1) $ 9,504,912.34
Class PT1-I-2A (2) $ 2,654,107.14
Class PT1-I-2B (3) $ 2,654,107.14
Class PT1-I-3A (2) $ 3,144,694.50
Class PT1-I-3B (3) $ 3,144,694.50
Class PT1-I-4A (2) $ 3,625,790.07
Class PT1-I-4B (3) $ 3,625,790.07
Class PT1-I-5A (2) $ 4,092,418.50
Class PT1-I-5B (3) $ 4,092,418.50
Class PT1-I-6A (2) $ 4,539,559.17
Class PT1-I-6B (3) $ 4,539,559.17
Class PT1-I-7A (2) $ 4,961,954.76
Class PT1-I-7B (3) $ 4,961,954.76
Class PT1-I-8A (2) $ 5,354,508.00
Class PT1-I-8B (3) $ 5,354,508.00
Class PT1-I-9A (2) $ 5,710,842.34
Class PT1-I-9B (3) $ 5,710,842.34
Class PT1-I-10A (2) $ 5,987,117.01
Class PT1-I-10B (3) $ 5,987,117.01
Class PT1-I-11A (2) $ 5,661,837.84
Class PT1-I-11B (3) $ 5,661,837.84
Class PT1-I-12A (2) $ 5,344,208.89
Class PT1-I-12B (3) $ 5,344,208.89
Class PT1-I-13A (2) $ 5,044,482.55
Class PT1-I-13B (3) $ 5,044,482.55
Class PT1-I-14A (2) $ 4,761,687.23
Class PT1-I-14B (3) $ 4,761,687.23
Class PT1-I-15A (2) $ 4,494,860.10
Class PT1-I-15B (3) $ 4,494,860.10
Class PT1-I-16A (2) $ 4,243,070.74
Class PT1-I-16B (3) $ 4,243,070.74
Class PT1-I-17A (2) $ 4,005,485.99
Class PT1-I-17B (3) $ 4,005,485.99
Class PT1-I-18A (2) $ 3,781,336.19
Class PT1-I-18B (3) $ 3,781,336.19
Class PT1-I-19A (2) $ 3,569,825.85
Class PT1-I-19B (3) $ 3,569,825.85
Class PT1-I-20A (2) $ 3,370,238.32
Class PT1-I-20B (3) $ 3,370,238.32
Class PT1-I-21A (2) $ 3,191,175.11
Class PT1-I-21B (3) $ 3,191,175.11
Class PT1-I-22A (2) $ 31,318,610.16
Class PT1-I-22B (3) $ 31,318,610.16
Class PT1-I-23A (2) $ 868,051.57
Class PT1-I-23B (3) $ 868,051.57
Class PT1-I-24A (2) $ 824,119.96
Class PT1-I-24B (3) $ 824,119.96
Class PT1-I-25A (2) $ 782,446.63
Class PT1-I-25B (3) $ 782,446.63
Class PT1-I-26A (2) $ 742,922.09
Class PT1-I-26B (3) $ 742,922.09
Class PT1-I-27A (2) $ 705,433.44
Class PT1-I-27B (3) $ 705,433.44
Class PT1-I-28A (2) $ 669,873.82
Class PT1-I-28B (3) $ 669,873.82
Class PT1-I-29A (2) $ 636,141.88
Class PT1-I-29B (3) $ 636,141.88
Class PT1-I-30A (2) $ 604,142.13
Class PT1-I-30B (3) $ 604,142.13
Class PT1-I-31A (2) $ 573,783.75
Class PT1-I-31B (3) $ 573,783.75
Class PT1-I-32A (2) $ 544,980.88
Class PT1-I-32B (3) $ 544,980.88
Class PT1-I-33A (2) $ 517,652.49
Class PT1-I-33B (3) $ 517,652.49
Class PT1-I-34A (2) $ 3,725,258.22
Class PT1-I-34B (3) $ 3,725,258.22
Class PT1-I-35A (2) $ 296,416.30
Class PT1-I-35B (3) $ 296,416.30
Class PT1-I-36A (2) $ 292,415.74
Class PT1-I-36B (3) $ 292,415.74
Class PT1-I-37A (2) $ 275,115.74
Class PT1-I-37B (3) $ 275,115.74
Class PT1-I-38A (2) $ 250,211.65
Class PT1-I-38B (3) $ 250,211.65
Class PT1-I-39A (2) $ 231,374.97
Class PT1-I-39B (3) $ 231,374.97
Class PT1-I-40A (2) $ 220,889.84
Class PT1-I-40B (3) $ 220,889.84
Class PT1-I-41A (2) $ 210,890.36
Class PT1-I-41B (3) $ 210,890.36
Class PT1-I-42A (2) $ 201,353.31
Class PT1-I-42B (3) $ 201,353.31
Class PT1-I-43A (2) $ 192,256.35
Class PT1-I-43B (3) $ 192,256.35
Class PT1-I-44A (2) $ 183,578.90
Class PT1-I-44B (3) $ 183,578.90
Class PT1-I-45A (2) $ 175,300.80
Class PT1-I-45B (3) $ 175,300.80
Class PT1-I-46A (2) $ 167,402.93
Class PT1-I-46B (3) $ 167,402.93
Class PT1-I-47A (2) $ 159,867.62
Class PT1-I-47B (3) $ 159,867.62
Class PT1-I-48A (2) $ 152,677.34
Class PT1-I-48B (3) $ 152,677.34
Class PT1-I-49A (2) $ 145,816.18
Class PT1-I-49B (3) $ 145,816.18
Class PT1-I-50A (2) $ 139,268.52
Class PT1-I-50B (3) $ 139,268.52
Class PT1-I-51A (2) $ 133,019.47
Class PT1-I-51B (3) $ 133,019.47
Class PT1-I-52A (2) $ 127,055.29
Class PT1-I-52B (3) $ 127,055.29
Class PT1-I-53A (2) $ 121,362.70
Class PT1-I-53B (3) $ 121,362.70
Class PT1-I-54A (2) $ 115,928.71
Class PT1-I-54B (3) $ 115,928.71
Class PT1-I-55A (2) $ 110,742.50
Class PT1-I-55B (3) $ 110,742.50
Class PT1-I-56A (2) $ 105,790.51
Class PT1-I-56B (3) $ 105,790.51
Class PT1-I-57A (2) $ 101,066.88
Class PT1-I-57B (3) $ 101,066.88
Class PT1-I-58A (2) $ 140,061.68
Class PT1-I-58B (3) $ 140,061.68
Class PT1-I-59A (2) $ 89,253.15
Class PT1-I-59B (3) $ 89,253.15
Class PT1-I-60A (2) $ 85,354.51
Class PT1-I-60B (3) $ 85,354.51
Class PT1-I-61A (2) $ 1,859,667.03
Class PT1-I-61B (3) $ 1,859,667.03
Class PT1-II-1 (4) $ 23,042,782.66
Class PT1-II-2A (5) $ 6,434,290.86
Class PT1-II-2B (6) $ 6,434,290.86
Class PT1-II-3A (5) $ 7,623,610.50
Class PT1-II-3B (6) $ 7,623,610.50
Class PT1-II-4A (5) $ 8,789,919.43
Class PT1-II-4B (6) $ 8,789,919.43
Class PT1-II-5A (5) $ 9,921,156.00
Class PT1-II-5B (6) $ 9,921,156.00
Class PT1-II-6A (5) $ 11,005,148.83
Class PT1-II-6B (6) $ 11,005,148.83
Class PT1-II-7A (5) $ 12,029,152.74
Class PT1-II-7B (6) $ 12,029,152.74
Class PT1-II-8A (5) $ 12,980,810.50
Class PT1-II-8B (6) $ 12,980,810.50
Class PT1-II-9A (5) $ 13,844,663.66
Class PT1-II-9B (6) $ 13,844,663.66
Class PT1-II-10A (5) $ 14,514,429.99
Class PT1-II-10B (6) $ 14,514,429.99
Class PT1-II-11A (5) $ 13,725,863.16
Class PT1-II-11B (6) $ 13,725,863.16
Class PT1-II-12A (5) $ 12,955,842.61
Class PT1-II-12B (6) $ 12,955,842.61
Class PT1-II-13A (5) $ 12,229,222.95
Class PT1-II-13B (6) $ 12,229,222.95
Class PT1-II-14A (5) $ 11,543,648.77
Class PT1-II-14B (6) $ 11,543,648.77
Class PT1-II-15A (5) $ 10,896,785.90
Class PT1-II-15B (6) $ 10,896,785.90
Class PT1-II-16A (5) $ 10,286,378.76
Class PT1-II-16B (6) $ 10,286,378.76
Class PT1-II-17A (5) $ 9,710,407.51
Class PT1-II-17B (6) $ 9,710,407.51
Class PT1-II-18A (5) $ 9,167,006.31
Class PT1-II-18B (6) $ 9,167,006.31
Class PT1-II-19A (5) $ 8,654,246.65
Class PT1-II-19B (6) $ 8,654,246.65
Class PT1-II-20A (5) $ 8,170,391.18
Class PT1-II-20B (6) $ 8,170,391.18
Class PT1-II-21A (5) $ 7,736,292.39
Class PT1-II-21B (6) $ 7,736,292.39
Class PT1-II-22A (5) $ 75,924,985.84
Class PT1-II-22B (6) $ 75,924,985.84
Class PT1-II-23A (5) $ 2,104,397.43
Class PT1-II-23B (6) $ 2,104,397.43
Class PT1-II-24A (5) $ 1,997,895.04
Class PT1-II-24B (6) $ 1,997,895.04
Class PT1-II-25A (5) $ 1,896,867.37
Class PT1-II-25B (6) $ 1,896,867.37
Class PT1-II-26A (5) $ 1,801,048.91
Class PT1-II-26B (6) $ 1,801,048.91
Class PT1-II-27A (5) $ 1,710,166.06
Class PT1-II-27B (6) $ 1,710,166.06
Class PT1-II-28A (5) $ 1,623,959.68
Class PT1-II-28B (6) $ 1,623,959.68
Class PT1-II-29A (5) $ 1,542,184.12
Class PT1-II-29B (6) $ 1,542,184.12
Class PT1-II-30A (5) $ 1,464,607.87
Class PT1-II-30B (6) $ 1,464,607.87
Class PT1-II-31A (5) $ 1,391,010.75
Class PT1-II-31B (6) $ 1,391,010.75
Class PT1-II-32A (5) $ 1,321,184.62
Class PT1-II-32B (6) $ 1,321,184.62
Class PT1-II-33A (5) $ 1,254,933.01
Class PT1-II-33B (6) $ 1,254,933.01
Class PT1-II-34A (5) $ 9,031,057.78
Class PT1-II-34B (6) $ 9,031,057.78
Class PT1-II-35A (5) $ 718,595.20
Class PT1-II-35B (6) $ 718,595.20
Class PT1-II-36A (5) $ 708,896.76
Class PT1-II-36B (6) $ 708,896.76
Class PT1-II-37A (5) $ 666,956.76
Class PT1-II-37B (6) $ 666,956.76
Class PT1-II-38A (5) $ 606,582.35
Class PT1-II-38B (6) $ 606,582.35
Class PT1-II-39A (5) $ 560,917.03
Class PT1-II-39B (6) $ 560,917.03
Class PT1-II-40A (5) $ 535,498.16
Class PT1-II-40B (6) $ 535,498.16
Class PT1-II-41A (5) $ 511,256.64
Class PT1-II-41B (6) $ 511,256.64
Class PT1-II-42A (5) $ 488,136.19
Class PT1-II-42B (6) $ 488,136.19
Class PT1-II-43A (5) $ 466,082.65
Class PT1-II-43B (6) $ 466,082.65
Class PT1-II-44A (5) $ 445,046.10
Class PT1-II-44B (6) $ 445,046.10
Class PT1-II-45A (5) $ 424,977.70
Class PT1-II-45B (6) $ 424,977.70
Class PT1-II-46A (5) $ 405,831.07
Class PT1-II-46B (6) $ 405,831.07
Class PT1-II-47A (5) $ 387,563.38
Class PT1-II-47B (6) $ 387,563.38
Class PT1-II-48A (5) $ 370,132.16
Class PT1-II-48B (6) $ 370,132.16
Class PT1-II-49A (5) $ 353,498.82
Class PT1-II-49B (6) $ 353,498.82
Class PT1-II-50A (5) $ 337,625.48
Class PT1-II-50B (6) $ 337,625.48
Class PT1-II-51A (5) $ 322,476.03
Class PT1-II-51B (6) $ 322,476.03
Class PT1-II-52A (5) $ 308,017.21
Class PT1-II-52B (6) $ 308,017.21
Class PT1-II-53A (5) $ 294,216.80
Class PT1-II-53B (6) $ 294,216.80
Class PT1-II-54A (5) $ 281,043.29
Class PT1-II-54B (6) $ 281,043.29
Class PT1-II-55A (5) $ 268,470.50
Class PT1-II-55B (6) $ 268,470.50
Class PT1-II-56A (5) $ 256,465.49
Class PT1-II-56B (6) $ 256,465.49
Class PT1-II-57A (5) $ 245,014.12
Class PT1-II-57B (6) $ 245,014.12
Class PT1-II-58A (5) $ 339,548.32
Class PT1-II-58B (6) $ 339,548.32
Class PT1-II-59A (5) $ 216,374.35
Class PT1-II-59B (6) $ 216,374.35
Class PT1-II-60A (5) $ 206,922.99
Class PT1-II-60B (6) $ 206,922.99
Class PT1-II-61A (5) $ 4,508,347.97
Class PT1-II-61B (6) $ 4,508,347.97
Class PT1-R (7) $ 100
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(1) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rate") equal to the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Loan Group I WAC Rate.
(2) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period) this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rate") equal to the product of
(i) 2 and (ii) the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Loan Group I WAC Rate, subject to
a maximum rate of 9.62%.
(3) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period) this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rate") equal to the excess, if
any, of (A) the product of (i) 2 and (ii) the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Loan
Group I WAC Rate over B) 9.62%.
(4) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rate") equal to the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Loan Group II WAC Rate.
(5) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period) this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rate") equal to the product of
(i) 2 and (ii) the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Loan Group II WAC Rate, subject to
a maximum rate of 9.62%.
(6) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period) this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rate") equal to the excess, if
any, of (A) the product of (i) 2 and (ii) the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Loan
Group II WAC Rate over (B) 9.62%.
(7) The Class PT1-R Interest shall not bear interest.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall first pay from the
Trust Fund and charge as an expense of Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 all expenses of the
Trust for such Distribution Date. Such expense, other than Servicing Fees, the
Custodian Fees and Trustee Fees, shall be allocated in the same manner as
Realized Losses.
On each Distribution Date, the interest distributable in respect of
the Mortgage Loans from the related Loan Group for such Distribution Date shall
be deemed to be distributed to the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interests at the
rates shown above.
On each Distribution Date, Realized Losses, Subsequent Recoveries
and payments of principal in respect of the Group I Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated to the Class RC Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii) until
its Class Certificate Balance is reduced to zero, then to the outstanding
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest relating to Loan Group I with the lowest
numerical denomination (other than the Class PT1-I-1 Interest) until the
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Principal Amount of such interest is reduced to zero,
provided that, with respect to Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interests relating
to Loan Group I with the same numerical denomination, such Realized Losses and
payments of principal shall be allocated pro rata between such Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Regular Interests, and then to the Class PT1-I-1 Interest until the
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Principal Amount of such interest is reduced to zero.
On each Distribution Date, Realized Losses, Subsequent Recoveries
and payments of principal in respect of the Group II Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated to the outstanding Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest relating to
Loan Group II with the lowest numerical denomination (other than the Class
PT1-II-1 Interest) until the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Principal Amount of such
interest is reduced to zero, provided that, with respect to Pooling-Tier REMIC-1
Regular Interests relating to Loan Group II with the same numerical
denomination, such Realized Losses and payments of principal shall be allocated
pro rata between such Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interests, and then to the
Class PT1-II-1 Interest until the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Principal Amount of such
interest is reduced to zero.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 shall issue the following interests in
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2, and each such interest, other than the Class PT2-R
Interest, is hereby designated as a regular interest in Pooling-Tier REMIC-2.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interests with an "I" in their designation shall relate to
Loan Group I and Pooling Tier REMIC-2 Interests with a "II" in their designation
shall relate to Loan Group II. The Class PT2-R Interest is hereby designated as
the sole class of residual interest in Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 and shall be
represented by the Class R Certificates.
Pooling-Tier Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Corresponding Corresponding Corresponding
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 REMIC-2 Initial Principal Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Scheduled Crossover
Interest Interest Rate Amount IO Regular Interest Distribution Date
------------------------ ------------------ ---------------------- --------------------- --------------------- --------------------
Class PT2-I-1 (1) $ 9,504,862.34 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-2A (2) $ 2,654,107.14 Class PT2-I-IO-2 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-2B (3) $ 2,654,107.14 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-3A (2) $ 3,144,694.50 Class PT2-I-IO-3 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-3B (3) $ 3,144,694.50 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-4A (2) $ 3,625,790.07 Class PT2-I-IO-4 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-4B (3) $ 3,625,790.07 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-5A (2) $ 4,092,418.50 Class PT2-I-IO-5 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-5B (3) $ 4,092,418.50 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-6A (2) $ 4,539,559.17 Class PT2-I-IO-6 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-6B (3) $ 4,539,559.17 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-7A (2) $ 4,961,954.76 Class PT2-I-IO-7 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-7B (3) $ 4,961,954.76 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-8A (2) $ 5,354,508.00 Class PT2-I-IO-8 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-8B (3) $ 5,354,508.00 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-9A (2) $ 5,710,842.34 Class PT2-I-IO-9 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-9B (3) $ 5,710,842.34 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-10A (2) $ 5,987,117.01 Class PT2-I-IO-10 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-10B (3) $ 5,987,117.01 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-11A (2) $ 5,661,837.84 Class PT2-I-IO-11 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-11B (3) $ 5,661,837.84 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-12A (2) $ 5,344,208.89 Class PT2-I-IO-12 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-12B (3) $ 5,344,208.89 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-13A (2) $ 5,044,482.55 Class PT2-I-IO-13 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-13B (3) $ 5,044,482.55 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-14A (2) $ 4,761,687.23 Class PT2-I-IO-14 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-14B (3) $ 4,761,687.23 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-15A (2) $ 4,494,860.10 Class PT2-I-IO-15 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-15B (3) $ 4,494,860.10 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-16A (2) $ 4,243,070.74 Class PT2-I-IO-16 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-16B (3) $ 4,243,070.74 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-17A (2) $ 4,005,485.99 Class PT2-I-IO-17 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-17B (3) $ 4,005,485.99 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-18A (2) $ 3,781,336.19 Class PT2-I-IO-18 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-18B (3) $ 3,781,336.19 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-19A (2) $ 3,569,825.85 Class PT2-I-IO-19 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-19B (3) $ 3,569,825.85 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-20A (2) $ 3,370,238.32 Class PT2-I-IO-20 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-20B (3) $ 3,370,238.32 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-21A (2) $ 3,191,175.11 Class PT2-I-IO-21 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-21B (3) $ 3,191,175.11 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-22A (2) $ 31,318,610.16 Class PT2-I-IO-22 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-22B (3) $ 31,318,610.16 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-23A (2) $ 868,051.57 Class PT2-I-IO-23 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-23B (3) $ 868,051.57 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-24A (2) $ 824,119.96 Class PT2-I-IO-24 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-24B (3) $ 824,119.96 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-25A (2) $ 782,446.63 Class PT2-I-IO-25 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-25B (3) $ 782,446.63 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-26A (2) $ 742,922.09 Class PT2-I-IO-26 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-26B (3) $ 742,922.09 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-27A (2) $ 705,433.44 Class PT2-I-IO-27 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-27B (3) $ 705,433.44 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-28A (2) $ 669,873.82 Class PT2-I-IO-28 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-28B (3) $ 669,873.82 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-29A (2) $ 636,141.88 Class PT2-I-IO-29 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-29B (3) $ 636,141.88 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-30A (2) $ 604,142.13 Class PT2-I-IO-30 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-30B (3) $ 604,142.13 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-31A (2) $ 573,783.75 Class PT2-I-IO-31 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-31B (3) $ 573,783.75 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-32A (2) $ 544,980.88 Class PT2-I-IO-32 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-32B (3) $ 544,980.88 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-33A (2) $ 517,652.49 Class PT2-I-IO-33 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-33B (3) $ 517,652.49 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-34A (2) $ 3,725,258.22 Class PT2-I-IO-34 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-34B (3) $ 3,725,258.22 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-35A (2) $ 296,416.30 Class PT2-I-IO-35 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-35B (3) $ 296,416.30 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-36A (2) $ 292,415.74 Class PT2-I-IO-36 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-36B (3) $ 292,415.74 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-37A (2) $ 275,115.74 Class PT2-I-IO-37 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-37B (3) $ 275,115.74 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-38A (2) $ 250,211.65 Class PT2-I-IO-38 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-38B (3) $ 250,211.65 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-39A (2) $ 231,374.97 Class PT2-I-IO-39 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-39B (3) $ 231,374.97 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-40A (2) $ 220,889.84 Class PT2-I-IO-40 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-40B (3) $ 220,889.84 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-41A (2) $ 210,890.36 Class PT2-I-IO-41 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-41B (3) $ 210,890.36 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-42A (2) $ 201,353.31 Class PT2-I-IO-42 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-42B (3) $ 201,353.31 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-43A (2) $ 192,256.35 Class PT2-I-IO-43 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-43B (3) $ 192,256.35 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-44A (2) $ 183,578.90 Class PT2-I-IO-44 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-44B (3) $ 183,578.90 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-45A (2) $ 175,300.80 Class PT2-I-IO-45 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-45B (3) $ 175,300.80 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-46A (2) $ 167,402.93 Class PT2-I-IO-46 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-46B (3) $ 167,402.93 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-47A (2) $ 159,867.62 Class PT2-I-IO-47 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-47B (3) $ 159,867.62 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-48A (2) $ 152,677.34 Class PT2-I-IO-48 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-48B (3) $ 152,677.34 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-49A (2) $ 145,816.18 Class PT2-I-IO-49 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-49B (3) $ 145,816.18 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-50A (2) $ 139,268.52 Class PT2-I-IO-50 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-50B (3) $ 139,268.52 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-51A (2) $ 133,019.47 Class PT2-I-IO-51 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-51B (3) $ 133,019.47 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-52A (2) $ 127,055.29 Class PT2-I-IO-52 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-52B (3) $ 127,055.29 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-53A (2) $ 121,362.70 Class PT2-I-IO-53 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-53B (3) $ 121,362.70 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-54A (2) $ 115,928.71 Class PT2-I-IO-54 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-54B (3) $ 115,928.71 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-55A (2) $ 110,742.50 Class PT2-I-IO-55 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-55B (3) $ 110,742.50 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-56A (2) $ 105,790.51 Class PT2-I-IO-56 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-56B (3) $ 105,790.51 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-57A (2) $ 101,066.88 Class PT2-I-IO-57 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-57B (3) $ 101,066.88 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-58A (2) $ 140,061.68 Class PT2-I-IO-58 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-58B (3) $ 140,061.68 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-59A (2) $ 89,253.15 Class PT2-I-IO-59 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-59B (3) $ 89,253.15 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-60A (2) $ 85,354.51 Class PT2-I-IO-60 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-60B (3) $ 85,354.51 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-61A (2) $ 1,859,667.03 Class PT2-I-IO-61 N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-61B (3) $ 1,859,667.03 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-I-IO-2 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-2A March 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-3 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-3A April 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-4 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-4A May 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-5 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-5A June 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-6 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-6A July 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-7 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-7A August 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-8 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-8A September 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-9 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-9A October 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-10 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-10A November 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-11 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-11A December 2006
Class PT2-I-IO-12 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-12A January 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-13 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-13A February 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-14 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-14A March 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-15 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-15A April 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-16 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-16A May 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-17 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-17A June 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-18 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-18A July 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-19 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-19A August 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-20 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-20A September 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-21 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-21A October 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-22 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-22A November 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-23 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-23A December 2007
Class PT2-I-IO-24 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-24A January 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-25 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-25A February 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-26 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-26A March 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-27 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-27A April 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-28 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-28A May 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-29 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-29A June 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-30 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-30A July 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-31 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-31A August 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-32 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-32A September 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-33 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-33A October 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-34 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-34A November 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-35 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-35A December 2008
Class PT2-I-IO-36 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-36A January 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-37 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-37A February 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-38 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-38A March 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-39 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-39A April 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-40 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-40A May 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-41 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-41A June 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-42 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-42A July 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-43 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-43A August 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-44 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-44A September 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-45 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-45A October 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-46 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-46A November 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-47 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-47A December 2009
Class PT2-I-IO-48 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-48A January 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-49 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-49A February 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-50 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-50A March 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-51 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-51A April 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-52 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-52A May 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-53 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-53A June 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-54 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-54A July 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-55 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-55A August 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-56 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-56A September 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-57 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-57A October 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-58 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-58A November 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-59 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-59A December 2010
Class PT2-I-IO-60 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-60A January 2011
Class PT2-I-IO-61 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-I-61A February 2011
Class PT2-II-1 (5) $ 23,042,782.66 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-2A (6) $ 6,434,290.86 Class PT2-II-IO-2 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-2B (7) $ 6,434,290.86 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-3A (6) $ 7,623,610.50 Class PT2-II-IO-3 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-3B (7) $ 7,623,610.50 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-4A (6) $ 8,789,919.43 Class PT2-II-IO-4 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-4B (7) $ 8,789,919.43 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-5A (6) $ 9,921,156.00 Class PT2-II-IO-5 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-5B (7) $ 9,921,156.00 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-6A (6) $ 11,005,148.83 Class PT2-II-IO-6 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-6B (7) $ 11,005,148.83 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-7A (6) $ 12,029,152.74 Class PT2-II-IO-7 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-7B (7) $ 12,029,152.74 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-8A (6) $ 12,980,810.50 Class PT2-II-IO-8 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-8B (7) $ 12,980,810.50 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-9A (6) $ 13,844,663.66 Class PT2-II-IO-9 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-9B (7) $ 13,844,663.66 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-10A (6) $ 14,514,429.99 Class PT2-II-IO-10 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-10B (7) $ 14,514,429.99 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-11A (6) $ 13,725,863.16 Class PT2-II-IO-11 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-11B (7) $ 13,725,863.16 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-12A (6) $ 12,955,842.61 Class PT2-II-IO-12 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-12B (7) $ 12,955,842.61 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-13A (6) $ 12,229,222.95 Class PT2-II-IO-13 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-13B (7) $ 12,229,222.95 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-14A (6) $ 11,543,648.77 Class PT2-II-IO-14 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-14B (7) $ 11,543,648.77 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-15A (6) $ 10,896,785.90 Class PT2-II-IO-15 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-15B (7) $ 10,896,785.90 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-16A (6) $ 10,286,378.76 Class PT2-II-IO-16 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-16B (7) $ 10,286,378.76 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-17A (6) $ 9,710,407.51 Class PT2-II-IO-17 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-17B (7) $ 9,710,407.51 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-18A (6) $ 9,167,006.31 Class PT2-II-IO-18 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-18B (7) $ 9,167,006.31 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-19A (6) $ 8,654,246.65 Class PT2-II-IO-19 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-19B (7) $ 8,654,246.65 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-20A (6) $ 8,170,391.18 Class PT2-II-IO-20 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-20B (7) $ 8,170,391.18 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-21A (6) $ 7,736,292.39 Class PT2-II-IO-21 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-21B (7) $ 7,736,292.39 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-22A (6) $ 75,924,985.84 Class PT2-II-IO-22 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-22B (7) $ 75,924,985.84 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-23A (6) $ 2,104,397.43 Class PT2-II-IO-23 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-23B (7) $ 2,104,397.43 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-24A (6) $ 1,997,895.04 Class PT2-II-IO-24 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-24B (7) $ 1,997,895.04 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-25A (6) $ 1,896,867.37 Class PT2-II-IO-25 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-25B (7) $ 1,896,867.37 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-26A (6) $ 1,801,048.91 Class PT2-II-IO-26 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-26B (7) $ 1,801,048.91 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-27A (6) $ 1,710,166.06 Class PT2-II-IO-27 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-27B (7) $ 1,710,166.06 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-28A (6) $ 1,623,959.68 Class PT2-II-IO-28 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-28B (7) $ 1,623,959.68 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-29A (6) $ 1,542,184.12 Class PT2-II-IO-29 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-29B (7) $ 1,542,184.12 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-30A (6) $ 1,464,607.87 Class PT2-II-IO-30 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-30B (7) $ 1,464,607.87 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-31A (6) $ 1,391,010.75 Class PT2-II-IO-31 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-31B (7) $ 1,391,010.75 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-32A (6) $ 1,321,184.62 Class PT2-II-IO-32 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-32B (7) $ 1,321,184.62 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-33A (6) $ 1,254,933.01 Class PT2-II-IO-33 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-33B (7) $ 1,254,933.01 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-34A (6) $ 9,031,057.78 Class PT2-II-IO-34 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-34B (7) $ 9,031,057.78 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-35A (6) $ 718,595.20 Class PT2-II-IO-35 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-35B (7) $ 718,595.20 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-36A (6) $ 708,896.76 Class PT2-II-IO-36 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-36B (7) $ 708,896.76 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-37A (6) $ 666,956.76 Class PT2-II-IO-37 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-37B (7) $ 666,956.76 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-38A (6) $ 606,582.35 Class PT2-II-IO-38 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-38B (7) $ 606,582.35 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-39A (6) $ 560,917.03 Class PT2-II-IO-39 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-39B (7) $ 560,917.03 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-40A (6) $ 535,498.16 Class PT2-II-IO-40 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-40B (7) $ 535,498.16 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-41A (6) $ 511,256.64 Class PT2-II-IO-41 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-41B (7) $ 511,256.64 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-42A (6) $ 488,136.19 Class PT2-II-IO-42 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-42B (7) $ 488,136.19 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-43A (6) $ 466,082.65 Class PT2-II-IO-43 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-43B (7) $ 466,082.65 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-44A (6) $ 445,046.10 Class PT2-II-IO-44 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-44B (7) $ 445,046.10 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-45A (6) $ 424,977.70 Class PT2-II-IO-45 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-45B (7) $ 424,977.70 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-46A (6) $ 405,831.07 Class PT2-II-IO-46 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-46B (7) $ 405,831.07 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-47A (6) $ 387,563.38 Class PT2-II-IO-47 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-47B (7) $ 387,563.38 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-48A (6) $ 370,132.16 Class PT2-II-IO-48 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-48B (7) $ 370,132.16 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-49A (6) $ 353,498.82 Class PT2-II-IO-49 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-49B (7) $ 353,498.82 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-50A (6) $ 337,625.48 Class PT2-II-IO-50 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-50B (7) $ 337,625.48 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-51A (6) $ 322,476.03 Class PT2-II-IO-51 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-51B (7) $ 322,476.03 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-52A (6) $ 308,017.21 Class PT2-II-IO-52 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-52B (7) $ 308,017.21 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-53A (6) $ 294,216.80 Class PT2-II-IO-53 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-53B (7) $ 294,216.80 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-54A (6) $ 281,043.29 Class PT2-II-IO-54 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-54B (7) $ 281,043.29 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-55A (6) $ 268,470.50 Class PT2-II-IO-55 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-55B (7) $ 268,470.50 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-56A (6) $ 256,465.49 Class PT2-II-IO-56 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-56B (7) $ 256,465.49 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-57A (6) $ 245,014.12 Class PT2-II-IO-57 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-57B (7) $ 245,014.12 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-58A (6) $ 339,548.32 Class PT2-II-IO-58 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-58B (7) $ 339,548.32 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-59A (6) $ 216,374.35 Class PT2-II-IO-59 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-59B (7) $ 216,374.35 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-60A (6) $ 206,922.99 Class PT2-II-IO-60 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-60B (7) $ 206,922.99 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-61A (6) $ 4,508,347.97 Class PT2-II-IO-61 N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-61B (7) $ 4,508,347.97 N/A N/A N/A
Class PT2-II-IO-2 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-2A March 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-3 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-3A April 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-4 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-4A May 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-5 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-5A June 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-6 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-6A July 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-7 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-7A August 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-8 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-8A September 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-9 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-9A October 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-10 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-10A November 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-11 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-11A December 2006
Class PT2-II-IO-12 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-12A January 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-13 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-13A February 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-14 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-14A March 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-15 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-15A April 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-16 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-16A May 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-17 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-17A June 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-18 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-18A July 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-19 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-19A August 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-20 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-20A September 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-21 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-21A October 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-22 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-22A November 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-23 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-23A December 2007
Class PT2-II-IO-24 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-24A January 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-25 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-25A February 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-26 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-26A March 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-27 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-27A April 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-28 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-28A May 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-29 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-29A June 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-30 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-30A July 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-31 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-31A August 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-32 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-32A September 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-33 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-33A October 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-34 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-34A November 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-35 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-35A December 2008
Class PT2-II-IO-36 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-36A January 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-37 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-37A February 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-38 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-38A March 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-39 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-39A April 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-40 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-40A May 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-41 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-41A June 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-42 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-42A July 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-43 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-43A August 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-44 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-44A September 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-45 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-45A October 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-46 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-46A November 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-47 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-47A December 2009
Class PT2-II-IO-48 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-48A January 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-49 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-49A February 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-50 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-50A March 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-51 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-51A April 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-52 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-52A May 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-53 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-53A June 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-54 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-54A July 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-55 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-55A August 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-56 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-56A September 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-57 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-57A October 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-58 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-58A November 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-59 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-59A December 2010
Class PT2-II-IO-60 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-60A January 2011
Class PT2-II-IO-61 (4) (4) N/A Class PT1-II-61A February 2011
Class PT2-R (8) $50.00 N/A N/A N/A
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(1) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rate") equal to the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Loan Group I WAC Rate.
(2) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rate") equal to the weighted
average of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rates on the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Regular Interests relating to Loan Group I and having an "A" in
their class designation, provided that, on each Distribution Date on which
interest is distributable on the Corresponding Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO
Interest, this Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest shall bear interest
at a per annum rate equal to Swap LIBOR subject to a maximum rate equal to
the weighted average of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rates on the
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interests relating to Loan Group I and having
an "A" in their class designation.
(3) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rate") equal to the weighted
average of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rates on the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Regular Interests relating to Loan Group I and having a "B" in
their class designation.
(4) Each Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO is an interest-only interest and does not
have a principal balance but has a notional balance ("Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
IO Notional Balance") equal to the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Principal Amount
of the Corresponding Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest. From the
Closing Date through and including the Corresponding Actual Crossover
Distribution Date, each Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interest shall be entitled
to receive interest that accrues on the Corresponding Pooling-Tier REMIC-1
Regular Interest at a rate equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rate for the Corresponding Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Regular Interest over (ii) Swap LIBOR. After the Corresponding
Actual Crossover Distribution Date, the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interest
shall not accrue interest.
(5) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rate") equal to the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Loan Group II WAC Rate.
(6) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rate") equal to the weighted
average of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rates on the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Regular Interests relating to Loan Group II and having an "A" in
their class designation, provided that, on each Distribution Date on which
interest is distributable on the Corresponding Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO
Interest, this Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest shall bear interest
at a per annum rate equal to Swap LIBOR subject to a maximum rate equal to
the weighted average of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rates on the
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interests relating to Loan Group II and
having an "A" in their class designation.
(7) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest shall bear interest at a per annum
rate (its "Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rate") equal to the weighted
average of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rates on the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-1 Regular Interests relating to Loan Group II and having a "B" in
their class designation.
(8) The Class PT2-R Interest shall not bear interest.
On each Distribution Date, the interest distributable in respect of
the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date shall be distributed to the
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interests at the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest
Rates shown above.
On each Distribution Date, Realized Losses, Subsequent Recoveries
and payments of principal in respect of the Group I Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated to the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class PT2-R Interest
pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii) until its Class Certificate Balance is reduced
to zero, then to the outstanding Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interests (other
than the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interests) relating to Loan Group I with the
lowest numerical denomination (other than the Class PT2-I-1 Interest) until the
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Principal Amount of such interest is reduced to zero,
provided that, for Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interests relating to Loan Group
I with the same numerical denomination, such Realized Losses and payments of
principal shall be allocated pro rata between such Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular
Interests, and then to the Class PT2-I-1 Interest until the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
Principal Amount of such interest is reduced to zero.
On each Distribution Date, Realized Losses, Subsequent Recoveries
and payments of principal in respect of the Group II Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated to the outstanding Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interests (other than
the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interests) relating to Loan Group II with the lowest
numerical denomination (other than the Class PT2-II-1 Interest) until the
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Principal Amount of such interest is reduced to zero,
provided that, for Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interests relating to Loan Group
II with the same numerical denomination, such Realized Losses and payments of
principal shall be allocated pro rata between such Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular
Interests, and then to the Class PT2-II-1 Interest until the Pooling-Tier
REMIC-2 Principal Amount of such interest is reduced to zero.
Lower-Tier REMIC
The Lower-Tier REMIC shall issue the following interests, and each
such interest, other than the Class LT-R Interest, is hereby designated as a
regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC. The Class LT-R Interest is hereby
designated as the sole class of residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC and
shall be represented by the Class R Certificates.
Corresponding
Lower-Tier Upper-Tier REMIC
Lower-Tier Regular Interest Interest Rate Initial Lower-Tier Principal Amount Regular Interest
------------------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------- -----------------------
Class LT-A-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-1
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-A-2A (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-2A
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-A-2B (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-2B
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-A-2C (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-2C
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-A-2D (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-2D
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-M-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-1
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-M-2 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-2
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-M-3 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-3
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-M-4 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-4
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-M-5 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-5
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-M-6 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-6
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-M-7 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-7
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-M-8 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-8
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-B-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of B-1
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-B-2 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of B-2
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-B-3 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of B-2
Corresponding Upper-Tier REMIC Regular
Interest
Class LT-Accrual (1) 1/2 Pool Principal Balance plus 1/2 N/A
Overcollateralized Amount, less the
Initial Lower-Tier Principal Amounts of
the Class LT-Group I, Class LT-Group II
and Class LT-3 Interests, less $50
Class LT-Group I (2) 0.001% aggregate Stated Principal Balance N/A
of Group I Mortgage Loans(4)
Class LT-Group II (3) 0.001% aggregate Stated Principal Balance N/A
of Group II Mortgage Loans(4)
Class LT-IO (5) (5) N/A
Class LT-3 (6) $50.00
Class LT-R (7) (7) N/A
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(1) The interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date for these
interests is a per annum variable rate equal to the weighted average of
the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rates of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
Regular Interests (other than the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interests).
(2) The interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date for the Class
LT-Group I Interest is a per annum variable rate (expressed as a
percentage rounded to eight decimal places) equal to the weighted average
of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rates of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
Regular Interests (other than the Pooling Tier REMIC-2 IO Interests)
relating to Loan Group I.
(3) The interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date for the Class
LT-Group II Interest is a per annum variable rate (expressed as a
percentage rounded to eight decimal places) equal to the weighted average
of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rates of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
Regular Interests (other than the Pooling Tier REMIC-2 IO Interests)
relating to Loan Group II.
(4) For all Distribution Dates, the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of these
Lower-Tier Regular Interests shall be rounded to eight decimal places.
(5) This Lower-Tier Regular Interest is an interest-only interest and does not
have a Lower-Tier Principal Amount. On each Distribution Date, this
Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be entitled to receive all interest
distributable on the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interests.
(6) This Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall not be entitled to interest and
shall have a Lower-Tier Principal Amount at all times equal to the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class RX Certificates.
(7) The Class LT-R Interest does not have a principal amount or an interest
rate.
Each Lower-Tier Regular Interest is hereby designated as a regular
interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC. The Class LT-A-1, Class LT-A-2A, Class
LT-A-2B, Class LT-A-2C, Class LT-A-2D, Class LT-M-1, Class LT-M-2, Class LT-M-3,
Class LT-M-4, Class LT-M-5, Class LT-M-6, Class LT-M-7, Class LT-M-8, Class
LT-B-1, Class LT-B-2 and Class LT-B-3 Interests are hereby designated the
LT-Accretion Directed Classes (the "LT-Accretion Directed Classes").
On each Distribution Date, 50% of the increase in the
Overcollateralized Amount shall be payable as a reduction of the Lower-Tier
Principal Amount of the LT-Accretion Directed Classes (each such Class will be
reduced by an amount equal to 50% of any increase in the Overcollateralized
Amount that is attributable to a reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of
its Corresponding Class) and shall be accrued and added to the Lower-Tier
Principal Amount of the Class LT-Accrual Interest. On each Distribution Date,
the increase in the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of the Class LT-Accrual Interest
shall not exceed interest accruals for such Distribution Date for the Class
LT-Accrual Interest. In the event that: (i) 50% of the increase in the
Overcollateralized Amount exceeds (ii) interest accruals on the Class LT-Accrual
Interest for such Distribution Date, the excess for such Distribution Date
(accumulated with all such excesses for all prior Distribution Dates) will be
added to any increase in the Overcollateralized Amount for purposes of
determining the amount of interest accrual on the Class LT-Accrual Interest
payable as principal on the LT-Accretion Directed Classes on the next
Distribution Date pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph. All payments
of scheduled principal and prepayments of principal generated by the Mortgage
Loans and all Subsequent Recoveries allocable to principal shall be allocated
(i) 50% to the Class LT-Accrual Interest, the Class LT-Group I Interest and
Class LT-Group II Interest (and further allocated among these Lower-Tier Regular
Interests in the manner described below) and (ii) 50% to the LT-Accretion
Directed Classes (such principal payments and Subsequent Recoveries shall be
allocated among such LT-Accretion Directed Classes in an amount equal to 50% of
the principal amounts and Subsequent Recoveries allocated to their respective
Corresponding Classes), until paid in full. Notwithstanding the above, principal
payments allocated to the Class X Interest that result in the reduction in the
Overcollateralized Amount shall be allocated to the Class LT-Accrual Interest
(until paid in full). Realized Losses shall be applied so that after all
distributions have been made on each Distribution Date (i) the Lower-Tier
Principal Amount of each of the LT-Accretion Directed Classes is equal to 50% of
the Class Certificate Balance of their Corresponding Class, and (ii) the Class
LT-Accrual Interest, the Class LT-Group I and the Class LT-Group II Interest
(and further allocated between these Lower-Tier Regular Interests in the manner
described below) is equal to 50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans plus 50% of the Overcollateralized Amount. Any increase in
the Class Certificate Balance of a Class of LIBOR Certificates as a result of a
Subsequent Recovery shall increase the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of the
Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest by 50% of such increase, and the
remaining 50% of such increase shall increase the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of
the Class LT-Accrual Interest. As among the Class LT-Accrual Interest, the Class
LT-Group I Interest and the Class LT-Group II Interest, all payments of
scheduled principal and prepayments of principal generated by the Mortgage
Loans, all Subsequent Recoveries and all Realized Losses, allocable to such
Lower-Tier Regular Interests shall be allocated (i) to the Class LT-Group I
Interest and the Class LT-Group II Interest, each from the related Loan Group so
that their respective Lower-Tier Principal Amounts (computed to at least eight
decimal places) are equal to 0.001% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group and (ii) the remainder to the Class
LT-Accrual Interest.
Upper-Tier REMIC
The Upper-Tier REMIC shall issue the following interests, and each
such interest, other than the Class UT-R Interest, is hereby designated as a
regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC. The Class UT-R Interest is hereby
designated as the sole class of residual interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC and
shall be represented by the Class R Certificates.
Upper-Tier Upper-Tier Initial Principal Corresponding Class of
REMIC Interest Interest Rate Upper-Tier Amount Certificates
--------------- --------------- --------------------- ----------------------
Class A-1 (1) $ 210,928,000 Class A-1
Class A-2A (2) $ 300,225,000 Class A-2A
Class A-2B (2) $ 85,326,000 Class A-2B
Class A-2C (2) $ 95,696,000 Class A-2C
Class A-2D (2) $ 30,102,000 Class A-2D
Class M-1 (3) $ 38,167,000 Class M-1
Class M-2 (3) $ 35,268,000 Class M-2
Class M-3 (3) $ 21,258,000 Class M-3
Class M-4 (3) $ 18,842,000 Class M-4
Class M-5 (3) $ 17,876,000 Class M-5
Class M-6 (3) $ 15,943,000 Class M-6
Class M-7 (3) $ 15,460,000 Class M-7
Class M-8 (3) $ 13,528,000 Class M-8
Class B-1 (3) $ 10,629,000 Class B-1
Class B-2 (3) $ 11,595,000 Class B-2
Class B-3 (3) $ 10,629,000 Class B-3
Class UT-IO (4) (4) N/A
Class UT-X (5) (5) N/A
Class UT-3 (6) $50 N/A
Class UT-R (7) (7) Class R
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(1) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
interest shall bear interest at the least of (i) the Pass-Through Rate
(determined without regard to the Loan Group I Cap or WAC Cap) for the
Corresponding Class of Certificates, (ii) the Lower-Tier Interest Rate for
the Class LT-Group I Interest (the "Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group I Rate")
and (iii) the Upper-Tier REMIC WAC Rate.
(2) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
interest shall bear interest at the least of (i) the Pass-Through Rate
(determined without regard to the Loan Group II Cap or WAC Cap) for the
Corresponding Class of Certificates, (ii) the Lower-Tier Interest Rate for
the Class LT-Group II Interest (the "Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group II Rate")
and (iii) the Upper-Tier REMIC WAC Rate.
(3) For any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period), this
interest shall bear interest at the lesser of (i) the Pass-Through Rate
(determined without regard to the applicable WAC Cap) for the
Corresponding Class of Certificates and (ii) the Upper-Tier REMIC WAC
Rate.
(4) This interest is an interest-only interest and does not have a principal
balance. On each Distribution Date, the Class UT-IO Interest shall be
entitled to receive all interest distributable on the Class LT-IO
Interest.
(5) The Class UT-X Interest has an initial principal balance of $50,875,229
but will not accrue interest on such balance but will accrue interest on a
notional principal balance. As of any Distribution Date, the Class UT-X
Interest shall have a notional principal balance equal to the aggregate of
the Lower-Tier Principal Amounts of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests
(other than the Class LT-IO and Class LT-3 Interests) as of the first day
of the related Interest Accrual Period. With respect to any Interest
Accrual Period, the Class UT-X Interest shall bear interest at a rate
equal to the excess, if any, of the Upper-Tier REMIC WAC Rate over the
product of (i) 2 and (ii) the weighted average of the Lower-Tier Interest
Rates of the Lower-Tier REMIC Interests (other than the Class LT-IO and
Class LT-3 Interests), where the Lower-Tier Interest Rate on each of the
Class LT-Accrual Interest, Class LT-Group I Interest and Class LT-Group II
Interest is subject to a cap equal to zero and each LT Accretion Directed
Class is subject to a cap equal to the Upper-Tier Interest Rate on its
Corresponding Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interest. With respect to any
Distribution Date, interest that so accrues on the notional principal
balance of the Class UT-X Interest shall be deferred in an amount equal to
any increase in the Overcollateralized Amount on such Distribution Date.
Such deferred interest shall not itself bear interest.
(6) This Upper-Tier Regular Interest shall not be entitled to interest and
shall have a principal balance equal to the Class Certificate Balance of
the Class RX Certificates.
(7) The Class UT-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal
balance.
On each Distribution Date, interest distributable in respect of the
Lower-Tier Interests for such Distribution Date shall be deemed to be
distributed on the interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC at the rates shown above,
provided that the Class UT-IO Interest shall be entitled to receive interest
before any other interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC.
On each Distribution Date, all Realized Losses, Subsequent
Recoveries and all payments of principal shall be allocated to the Upper-Tier
Interests until the outstanding principal balance of each such interest equals
the outstanding Class Certificate Balance of the Corresponding Class of
Certificates as of such Distribution Date.
Class B-1 REMIC
The Class B-1 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-1 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-1
REMIC and the Class B1-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-1 REMIC.
Class B-1 REMIC Class B-1 REMIC
Designation Interest Rate Principal Amount
---------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Class B-1 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B1-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class B-1 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-1 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-1 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B1-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-1 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class RX Certificate. The
Class B1-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
Class B-2 REMIC
The Class B-2 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-2 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-2
REMIC and the Class B2-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-2 REMIC.
Class B-2 REMIC Class B-2 REMIC
Designation Interest Rate Principal Amount
---------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Class B-2 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B2-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class B-2 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-2 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-2 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B2-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-2 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class RX Certificate. The
Class B2-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
Class B-3 REMIC
The Class B-3 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-3 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-3
REMIC and the Class B3-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-3 REMIC.
Class B-3 REMIC Class B-3 REMIC
Designation Interest Rate Principal Amount
---------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Class B-3 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B3-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class B-3 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-3 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-3 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B3-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-3 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class RX Certificate. The
Class B3-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
Class X REMIC
The Class X REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class X Interest and the Class IO Interest shall each represent a regular
interest in the Class X REMIC and the Class RX Certificates shall represent the
Class X-R Interest, the sole class of residual interest in the Class X REMIC.
Class X REMIC
Class X REMIC Designation Interest Rate Principal Amount
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Class X Interest (1) (1)
Class IO Interest (2) (2)
Class RX Certificates (3) $50.00
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(1) The Class X Interest has an initial principal balance equal to the initial
principal balance of the Class UT-X Interest and is entitled to 100% of
the interest and principal on the Class UT-X Interest on each Distribution
Date.
(2) This interest is an interest-only interest and does not have a principal
balance. On each Distribution Date the Class IO Interest shall be entitled
to receive 100% of the interest distributable on the Class UT-IO Interest.
(3) The Class RX Certificates do not have an interest rate.
Certificates
Class Designation Class Pass-Through Rate Class Certificate Balance
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Class A-1(21) (1) $ 210,928,000
Class A-2A(21) (2) $ 300,225,000
Class A-2B(21) (3) $ 85,326,000
Class A-2C(21) (4) $ 95,696,000
Class A-2D(21) (5) $ 30,102,000
Class M-1(21) (6) $ 38,167,000
Class M-2(21) (7) $ 35,268,000
Class M-3(21) (8) $ 21,258,000
Class M-4(21) (9) $ 18,842,000
Class M-5(21) (10) $ 17,876,000
Class M-6(21) (11) $ 15,943,000
Class M-7(21) (12) $ 15,460,000
Class M-8(21) (13) $ 13,528,000
Class B-1(21) (14) $ 10,629,000
Class B-2(21) (15) $ 11,595,000
Class B-3(21) (16) $ 10,629,000
Class X (17) 0(17)
Class R (18) $ 50
Class RC (19) $ 100
Class RX (20) $ 50
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(1) The Class A-1 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin, (2) the Loan Group I Cap and (3) the
WAC Cap.
(2) The Class A-2A Certificates will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate equal to the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the applicable Pass-Through Margin, (2) the Loan Group II Cap
and (3) the WAC Cap.
(3) The Class A-2B Certificates will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate equal to the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the applicable Pass-Through Margin, (2) the Loan Group II Cap
and (3) the WAC Cap.
(4) The Class A-2C Certificates will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate equal to the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the applicable Pass-Through Margin, (2) the Loan Group II Cap
and (3) the WAC Cap.
(5) The Class A-2D Certificates will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate equal to the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the applicable Pass-Through Margin, (2) the Loan Group II Cap
and (3) the WAC Cap.
(6) The Class M-1 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(7) The Class M-2 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(8) The Class M-3 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(9) The Class M-4 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(10) The Class M-5 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(11) The Class M-6 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(12) The Class M-7 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(13) The Class M-8 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(14) The Class B-1 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(15) The Class B-2 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(16) The Class B-3 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus
the applicable Pass-Through Margin and (2) the WAC Cap.
(17) The Class X Certificates will represent beneficial ownership of (i) the
Class X Interest, (ii) the Class IO Interest, (iii) the right to receive
Class IO Shortfalls, (iv) amounts in the Supplemental Interest Trust,
including the Interest Rate Swap Agreement subject to the obligation to
pay Net Swap Payments and Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts and, without
duplication, Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts and (v) amounts in the
Excess Reserve Fund Account, subject to the obligation to make payments
from the Excess Reserve Fund Account in respect of Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts. For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee will treat a
Class X Certificateholder's obligation to make payments of Basis Risk
Carry Forward Amounts and, without duplication, Upper-Tier Carry Forward
Amounts to the LIBOR Certificates from the Excess Reserve Fund Account and
the Supplemental Interest Trust as payments made pursuant to an interest
rate cap contract written by the Class X Certificateholders in favor of
each Class of LIBOR Certificates. Such rights of the Class X
Certificateholders and LIBOR Certificateholders shall be treated as held
in a portion of the Trust Fund that is treated as a grantor trust under
subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the Code.
(18) The Class R Certificates do not have an interest rate. The Class R
Certificates represent ownership of the Class PT2-R Interest, the Class
LT-R Lower-Tier Interest and the Class UT-R Interest.
(19) The Class RC Certificates do not have an interest rate. The Class RC
Certificates represent the residual interest in Pooling-Tier REMIC-1.
(20) The Class RX Certificates do not have an interest rate. The Class RX
Certificates represent the residual interest in the Class B-1 REMIC, Class
B-2 REMIC, Class B-3 REMIC and Class X REMIC.
(21) Each of these Certificates will represent not only the ownership of a
regular interest in the Corresponding REMIC but also the right to receive
payments from the Excess Reserve Fund Account and the Supplemental
Interest Trust. Each of these Certificates will also be subject to the
obligation to pay Class IO Shortfalls as described in Section 8.13. For
federal income tax purposes, any amount distributed on the LIBOR
Certificates on any such Distribution Date in excess of the amount
distributable on the regular interest in the Corresponding REMIC on such
Distribution Date shall be treated as having been paid from the Excess
Reserve Fund Account or the Supplemental Interest Trust, as applicable,
and any amount distributable on such regular interest on such Distribution
Date in excess of the amount distributable on the LIBOR Certificates on
such Distribution Date shall be treated as having been paid to the
Supplemental Interest Trust, all pursuant to, and as further provided in,
Section 8.13. The Trustee will treat a LIBOR Certificateholder's right to
receive payments from the Excess Reserve Fund Account and the Supplemental
Interest Trust as payments made pursuant to an interest rate cap contract
written by the Class X Certificateholders.
The minimum denomination for the LIBOR Certificates will be $25,000,
with integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof except that one Certificate in
each Class may be issued in a different amount. The minimum denomination for (a)
the Class R Certificates will be $25, representing a 50% Percentage Interest in
the related Class, (b) the Class RC Certificates will be $25, representing a 25%
Percentage Interest in the related Class, (c) the Class RX Certificates will be
$25, representing a 50% Percentage Interest in the related Class, (d) the Class
P Certificates will be a 1% Percentage Interest in such Class, and (e) the Class
X Certificates will be a 1% Percentage Interest in such Class.
It is expected that each Class of LIBOR Certificates and Residual
Certificates will receive its final distribution of principal and interest on or
prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date.
Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the
categories used herein:
Book-Entry Certificates................... All Classes of Certificates other
than the Physical Certificates.
Class A Certificates...................... Class A-1, Class A-2A, Class A-2B,
Class A-2C and Class A-2D
Certificates.
Class A-2 Certificates.................... Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C
and Class A-2D Certificates.
Class R Certificates...................... The Class R, Class RC and Class RX
Certificates.
Class B Certificates...................... Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates.
Class M Certificates...................... Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3,
Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6,
Class M-7 and Class M-8
Certificates.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates........................... Class R, Class P and Class X
Certificates; and any Certificate
with a rating below the lowest
applicable permitted rating under
the Underwriter's Exemption.
LIBOR Certificates........................ Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates.
Offered Certificates...................... All Classes of Certificates other
than the Private Certificates.
Physical Certificates..................... Class P, Class X and Residual
Certificates.
Private Certificates...................... Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3,
Class P and Class X Certificates.
Rating Agencies........................... Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
Regular Certificates...................... All Classes of Certificates other
than the Class P and Residual
Certificates.
Residual Certificates..................... The Class R, Class RC and Class RX
Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates................. Class M and Class B Certificates.
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 following meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
those mortgage servicing practices set forth in Section 3.01(a) of this
Agreement.
Account: Any of the Collection Account, the Distribution Account,
any Escrow Account, the Excess Reserve Fund Account or the Supplemental Interest
Trust. Each Account shall be an Eligible Account.
Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date for each Class of LIBOR Certificates, the amount of
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable
Pass-Through Rate on the related Class Certificate Balance immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, as reduced by such Class's share of Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution
Date allocated to such Class pursuant to Section 4.02.
Additional Form 10-D Disclosure: As defined in Section 8.12(b).
Additional Form 10-K Disclosure: As defined in Section 8.12(b).
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Interest Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and at
any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Interest Rate less the
Expense Fee Rate.
Adjustment Date: As to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the first
Due Date on which the related Mortgage Interest Rate adjusts as set forth in the
related Mortgage Note and each Due Date thereafter on which the Mortgage
Interest Rate adjusts as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Advance: Any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance.
Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in
Section 10.07.
Advance Facility Notice: As defined in Section 10.07.
Advance Financing Person: The Person to whom the Servicer's rights
under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any P&I Advances or Servicing Advances
have been assigned pursuant to Section 10.07.
Advance Reimbursement Amounts: As defined in Section 10.07.
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
or supplements hereto.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to the Certificates on any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount held in the Collection Account at the
close of business on the related Determination Date on account of (i) Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
on the Mortgage Loans received after the end of the related Prepayment Period
and (ii) all Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans due after the end of the
related Due Period.
Analytics Company: Intex Solutions, Inc., or any other bond
analytics service provider identified to the Trustee by the Depositor.
Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
LIBOR Certificates after distributions of principal on such Distribution Date
exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date.
Appraised Value: (i) With respect to any First Lien Mortgage Loan,
the value of the related Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made for
the originator at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the sale price
of the Mortgaged Property at such time of origination, whichever is less, and
(ii) with respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the value, determined
pursuant to the applicable Underwriting Guidelines, of the related Mortgaged
Property as of the origination of the Second Lien Mortgage Loan; provided,
however, that in the case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value is based
solely upon the appraisal made at the time of origination of such refinanced
Mortgage Loan.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form (other than the assignee's
name and recording information not yet returned from the recording office),
reflecting the sale of the Mortgage to the Trust.
Available Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Mortgage Loans to the extent received by the Trustee (x) the sum of (i) all
scheduled installments of interest (net of the related Expense Fees) and
principal due on the Due Date on such Mortgage Loans in the related Due Period
and received on or prior to the related Determination Date, together with any
P&I Advances in respect thereof; (ii) all Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received during the related Prepayment Period
(in each case, net of unreimbursed expenses incurred in connection with a
liquidation or foreclosure and unreimbursed Advances, if any); (iii) all partial
or full prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment
Period together with all Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer in
connection therewith (excluding Prepayment Premiums); (iv) all amounts received
with respect to such Distribution Date as the Substitution Adjustment Amount or
the Repurchase Price in respect of a Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for or a
Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Sponsor or the Depositor, as applicable, as of
such Distribution Date; (v) any Net Swap Receipts for such Distribution Date;
and (vi) the proceeds received with respect to the termination of the Trust Fund
pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, reduced by (y) all amounts in
reimbursement for Advances previously made with respect to the Mortgage Loans,
and other amounts as to which the Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee (or
co-trustee) or each Custodian are entitled to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to
this Agreement.
Basic Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date over (ii) the Excess Overcollateralized Amount, if any, for
such Distribution Date.
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount: With respect to each Class of LIBOR
Certificates, as of any Distribution Date, the sum of (A) if on such
Distribution Date the Pass-Through Rate for any Class of LIBOR Certificates is
based upon a Loan Group Cap or the WAC Cap, the excess, if any, of (i) the
Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution Amount on such Class of LIBOR
Certificates would otherwise be entitled to receive on such Distribution Date
had such Pass-Through Rate not been subject to the Loan Group Cap or the WAC
Cap, over (ii) the Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution Amount on such
Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date taking into account (a) with
respect to the Class A-1 Certificates at the lesser of the WAC Cap and the Loan
Group I Cap, (b) with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates at the lesser of the
WAC Cap and the Loan Group II Cap, and (c) with respect to each other Class of
LIBOR Certificates, the WAC Cap, and (B) the Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for
such Class of LIBOR Certificates for all previous Distribution Dates not
previously paid, together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the
applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Class of LIBOR Certificates for such
Distribution Date (without giving effect to the WAC Cap, Loan Group I Cap or
Loan Group II Cap, as applicable).
Basis Risk Payment: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the lesser of (i) the aggregate of the Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts for such
Distribution Date and (ii) the Class X Distributable Amount (prior to any
reduction for amounts paid to the Excess Reserve Fund Account to pay any Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amount or any Defaulted Swap Termination Payment).
Best's: Best's Key Rating Guide, as the same shall be amended from
time to time.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions, in (a) the States of New
York and California, (b) the State in which the Servicer's servicing operations
are located, or (c) the State in which the Trustee's operations are located, are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in
substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class of LIBOR Certificates
or Residual Certificates, at any date, the maximum dollar amount of principal to
which the Holder thereof is then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to
the Denomination thereof minus all distributions of principal previously made
with respect thereto and reduced by the amount of any Applied Realized Loss
Amounts previously allocated to such Class of Certificates pursuant to Section
4.05; provided, however, that immediately following the Distribution Date on
which a Subsequent Recovery is distributed, the Class Certificate Balances of
any Class or Classes of Certificates that have been previously reduced by
Applied Realized Loss Amounts will be increased, in order of seniority, by the
amount of the Subsequent Recovery distributed on such Distribution Date (up to
the amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated to such Class or Classes).
The Class X and Class P Certificates have no Certificate Balance.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the
Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section
5.02.
Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose
of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in
the name of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not
to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be
taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage
Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however,
that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage
Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be
deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the
consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to
the taking of any action hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively
on a certification of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor in
determining which Certificates are registered in the name of an Affiliate of the
Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation as set
forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A Certificate Group: Either the Class A-1 Certificate Group or
the Class A-2 Certificate Group, as applicable.
Class A Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A Principal Allocation Percentage: For any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, determined as follows: (A) with respect
to the Class A-1 Certificate Group, a fraction, the numerator of which is the
portion of the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date that is
attributable to the principal received or advanced on the Group I Mortgage Loans
and the denominator of which is the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date; and (B) with respect to the Class A-2 Certificate Group, a
fraction, the numerator of which is the portion of the Principal Remittance
Amount for such Distribution Date that is attributable to the principal received
or advanced on the Group II Mortgage Loans and the denominator of which is the
Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of
the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii)
the lesser of (A) 49.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class A-1 Certificate Group: The Class A-1 Certificates.
Class A-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-1."
Class A-2 Certificate Group: The Class A-2 Certificates.
Class A-2 Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A-2A Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-2A."
Class A-2B Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-2B."
Class A-2C Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-2C."
Class A-2D Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-2D."
Class B Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Class B-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-1."
Class B-1 Interest: The Upper-Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-1 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (I) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-8 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (J) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 88.20% and (y)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B1-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-1 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-1 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class B-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-2."
Class B-2 Interest: The Upper-Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-2 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (I) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-8 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (J) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (K) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the
product of (x) 90.60% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B2-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-2 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-2 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class B-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-3."
Class B-2 Interest: The Upper-Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-3 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (I) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-8 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (J) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (K) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), and (L) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii)
the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 92.80% and (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B3-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-3 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-3 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class and as to any
date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Class IO Interest: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Class IO Shortfalls: As defined in Section 8.13. For the avoidance
of doubt, the Class IO Shortfall for any Distribution Date shall equal the
amount payable to the Class X Certificates in respect of amounts due to the Swap
Provider on such Distribution Date (other than Defaulted Swap Termination
Payments) in excess of the amount payable on the Class X Interest (prior to any
reduction for Basis Risk Payments or Swap Termination Payments) on such
Distribution Date, all as further provided in Section 8.13.
Class LT-R Interest: The residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC
as described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class M Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Class M-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-1."
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), and (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the
product of (x) 57.40% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-2."
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii)
the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 64.70% and (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-3."
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 69.10% and (y)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-4 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-4."
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the
product of (x) 73.00% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-5 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-5."
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii)
the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 76.70% and (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-6 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-5."
Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 80.00% and (y)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-7 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-7."
Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the
product of (x) 83.20% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-8 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-8."
Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (I) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-8 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii)
the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 86.00% and (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class P Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation
of "Class P."
Class PT1-R Interest: The residual interest in Pooling-Tier REMIC-1
as described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class PT2-R Interest: The residual interest in Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
as described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class R Certificates: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Class R Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation
of "Class R."
Class RC Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class RC."
Class RX Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class RX."
Class UT-IO Interest: A regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class UT-R Interest: The residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC
as described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class UT-X Interest: A regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class X Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation
of "Class X."
Class X Distributable Amount: On any Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) as a distribution in respect of interest, the amount of interest that has
accrued on the Class UT-X Interest and not applied as an Extra Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, plus any such accrued interest
remaining undistributed from prior Distribution Dates, plus (without
duplication) (ii) as a distribution in respect of principal, any portion of the
principal balance of the Class UT-X Interest which is distributable as an
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount, minus (iii) any amounts paid from the
Excess Reserve Fund Account to pay Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts and any Swap
Termination Payment.
Class X Interest: The regular interest in the Class X REMIC
represented by the Class X Certificates as specified and described in the
Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class X REMIC: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Class X REMIC Regular Interest: Each of the Class X Interest and
Class IO Interest issued by the Class X REMIC.
Class X-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class X REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Closing Date: February 17, 2006.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Collection Accounts: As defined in Section 3.10(a).
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio or CLTV: As of the date of origination
and as to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the ratio, expressed as a percentage,
of (a) the sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Second Lien
Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding principal
balance as of the date of origination of any mortgage loan or mortgage loans
that are senior to or equal in priority to the Second Lien Mortgage Loan and
which are secured by the same Mortgaged Property to (b) the Appraised Value.
Commission: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date, the lesser of (a)
the Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date, with
respect to voluntary Principal Prepayments in Full (excluding any payments made
upon liquidation of the Mortgage Loan) during the related Prepayment Period, and
(b) one-half of the Servicing Fee payable to the Servicer for such Distribution
Date.
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards, compensation and/or settlements
in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or
entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the
extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms
of the related Mortgage Loan Documents.
Conduit Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan purchased by the Sponsor
pursuant to its mortgage conduit program and identified as a "Conduit Mortgage
Loan" on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. All of the Mortgage Loans are Conduit
Mortgage Loans.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the
State of California at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
with respect to this Agreement is administered, which office at the date of the
execution of this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attn: Trust Administration - GS06H1, facsimile no. (714)
247-6478 and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with
the Trustee should be directed.
Corresponding Actual Crossover Distribution Date: For each
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interest, the related Corresponding Scheduled Crossover
Distribution Date, unless on such date two times the aggregate Pooling-Tier
REMIC-2 IO Notional Balance of each other Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interest then
outstanding is less than the scheduled swap notional amount of the Interest Rate
Swap Agreement applicable for such Distribution Date, in which case the
Corresponding Actual Crossover Distribution Date for such Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
IO Interest shall be the first Distribution Date thereafter on which two times
the aggregate Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Notional Balance of each other
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interest then outstanding is greater than or equal to
the scheduled swap notional amount of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
Corresponding Class and Corresponding REMIC: The Class of interests
in one Trust REMIC created under this Agreement that corresponds to the Class of
interests in another such Trust REMIC or to a Class of Certificates and the
Trust REMIC in which the corresponding Certificate represents the related
regular interest issued from such Trust REMIC in the manner set out below.
Upper-Tier
Lower-Tier and Class B-1, Class B-2, Corresponding
Class Class B-3 or Class X REMIC Class of
Designation Regular Interest Certificates Corresponding REMIC
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Class LT-A-1 Class A-1 Class A-1 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-A-2A Class A-2A Class A-2A Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-A-2B Class X-0X Xxxxx X-0X Xxxxx-Xxxx XXXXX
Class LT-A-2C Class A-2C Class A-2C Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-A-2D Class A-2D Class A-2D Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-1 Class M-1 Class M-1 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-2 Class M-2 Class M-2 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-3 Class M-3 Class M-3 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-4 Class M-4 Class M-4 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-5 Class M-5 Class M-5 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-6 Class M-6 Class M-6 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-7 Class M-7 Class M-7 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-8 Class M-8 Class M-8 Upper-Tier REMIC
Class LT-B-1 Class B-1 Class B-1 Class B-1 REMIC
Class LT-B-2 Class B-2 Class B-2 Class B-2 REMIC
Class LT-B-3 Class B-3 Class B-3 Class B-3 REMIC
N/A Class X Class X REMIC
Corresponding Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interest: As described in the
Preliminary Statement.
Corresponding Scheduled Crossover Distribution Date: The
Distribution Date in the month and year specified in the Preliminary Statement
corresponding to a Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interest.
Cumulative Loss Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
Cumulative Loss Event occurs if the Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds the
applicable percentage set forth below with respect to such Distribution Date:
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Distribution Date Occurring In Loss Percentage
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February 2009 through January 2010 4.25% of the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance
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February 2010 through January 2011 6.10% of the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance
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February 2011 through January 2012 7.50% of the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance
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February 2012 and thereafter 8.25% of the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance
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Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date
to the last day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs and the denominator of which is the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance.
Custodial File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, any Mortgage
Loan Document which is delivered to the applicable Custodian or which at any
time comes into the possession of the applicable Custodian.
Custodian: X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, a
national banking association, and its successors in interest or U.S. Bank
National Association, a national banking association, and its successors in
interest, as applicable. The Trustee will also serve as a custodian for certain
of the Mortgage Loans.
Custodian Fee: As to each applicable Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month's interest at the Custodian Fee
Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding
Distribution Date (or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first
Distribution Date) or, in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies
a Principal Prepayment in Full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Custodian
Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the period
covered by such payment of interest.
Custodian Fee Rate: The applicable per annum rate for each
respective Custodian.
Cut-off Date: January 1, 2006.
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: The aggregate Stated Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the Stated
Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date (after
giving effect to payments of principal due on that date, whether or not
received).
Data Tape Information: The information provided by the Original Loan
Sellers or the Servicer as of the Cut-off Date to the Depositor setting forth
the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan: (1) the applicable
Original Loan Seller's Mortgage Loan identifying number; (2) the Mortgagor's
name; (3) the street address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state
and zip code; (4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied, a second home or investment property; (5) the number and type of
residential units constituting the Mortgaged Property (i.e., a single family
residence, a 2-4 family residence, a unit in a condominium project or a unit in
a planned unit development or a manufactured housing unit); (6) the original
months to maturity or the remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, in
any case based on the original amortization schedule and, if different, the
maturity expressed in the same manner but based on the actual amortization
schedule; (7) with respect to First Lien Mortgage Loans, the Loan-to-Value Ratio
at origination, and with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (8) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the
Cut-off Date; (9) the date on which the Scheduled Payment was due on the
Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not consistent with the Due Date currently in
effect, such Due Date; (10) the stated maturity date; (11) the amount of the
Scheduled Payment as of the Cut-off Date; (12) the last payment date on which a
Scheduled Payment was actually applied to pay interest and the outstanding
principal balance; (13) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; (14)
the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the
Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal due and collected on or
before the Cut-off Date; (15) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans,
the Adjustment Date; (16) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the
Gross Margin; (17) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime
Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (18) with respect to Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans, a code indicating the type of Index; (19) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap under
the terms of the Mortgage Note; (20) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Floor under the terms of the Mortgage
Note; (21) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate, adjustable rate, first
lien, second lien); (22) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e.,
purchase, rate and term refinance, equity take-out refinance); (23) a code
indicating the documentation style (i.e., full documentation, limited
documentation or stated income); (24) the loan credit classification (as
described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (25) whether such Mortgage Loan
provides for a Prepayment Premium; (26) the Prepayment Premium period of such
Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (27) a description of the Prepayment Premium, if
applicable; (28) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination; (29) the credit
risk score (FICO score) at origination; (30) the date of origination; (31) the
date of the purchase of the Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (32) a code indicating
whether the Mortgage Loan is assumable; (33) the Mortgage Interest Rate
adjustment period; (34) the Mortgage Interest Rate floor; (35) the Mortgage
Interest Rate calculation method (i.e., 30/360, simple interest, other); (36) a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan has been modified; (37) the one-year
payment history; (38) the Due Date for the first Scheduled Payment; (39) the
original Scheduled Payment due; (40) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the
debt-to-income ratio; (41) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property; (42)
the sales price of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgage Loan was originated in
connection with the purchase of the Mortgaged Property; (43) whether the
Mortgage Loan is covered by PMI policy and name of insurer; (44) with respect to
each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the MERS identification number; (45) a code
indicating if a Mortgage Loan is or has had a 30-Day Delinquency; and (46) a
code indicating if the Mortgage Loan is an Interest Only Mortgage Loan. With
respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate: (1) the number of Mortgage
Loans; (2) the current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans;
and (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the United
States Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan which
became final and non appealable, except for such a reduction resulting from a
Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal.
Defaulted Swap Termination Payment: Any Swap Termination Payment
required to be paid by the Trust to the Swap Provider pursuant to the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement as a result of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement) with respect to which the Swap Provider is the
defaulting party or a Termination Event (as defined in the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement) (other than Illegality or a Tax Event that is not a Tax Event Upon
Merger (each as defined in the Interest Rate Swap Agreement )) with respect to
which the Swap Provider is the sole Affected Party (as defined in the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement).
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an
amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the United States
Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical
Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is removed from the
Trust pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth
on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate" or
the Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof.
Depositor: GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation, and
its successors in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the
Book-Entry Certificates. 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.
Depository Institution: Any depository institution or trust company,
including the Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding
unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations that
are rated P-1 by Moody's, F1+ by Fitch and A-1 by Standard & Poor's (in each
case, to the extent they are designated as Rating Agencies in the Preliminary
Statement).
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.
Determination Date: With respect to each Distribution Date, the 18th
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such day
is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.27(b) in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company in trust for registered Holders of GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1." Funds in the Distribution Account
shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set
forth in this Agreement and may be invested in Permitted Investments.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month or, if such
day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in
February 2006.
Document Certification and Exception Report: The report attached to
Exhibit G hereto.
Due Date: The day of the month on which the Scheduled Payment is due
on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the calendar month preceding the month in which
the Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the calendar month
in which the Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account: Either (i) an account maintained with a federal or
state-chartered depository institution or trust company that complies with the
definition of Eligible Institution, (ii) an account maintained with the
corporate trust department of a federal depository institution or
state-chartered depository institution subject to regulations regarding
fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulation Section 9.10(b), which, in either case, has corporate trust powers
and is acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iii) any other account acceptable to
each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if
otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee.
Each Eligible Account shall be a separate account.
Eligible Institution: A federal or state-chartered depository
institution or trust company the commercial paper, short-term debt obligations,
or other short-term deposits of which are rated "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's if
the amounts on deposit are to be held in the account for no more than 365 days
(or at least "A-2" by Standard & Poor's if the amounts on deposit are to be held
in the account for no more than 30 days), or the long-term unsecured debt
obligations of which are rated at least "AA-" by Standard & Poor's if the
amounts on deposit are to be held in the account for no more than 365 days, and
the commercial paper, short-term debt obligations or other short-term deposits
of which are rated at least "P-1" by Moody's and "F1+" by Fitch (or a comparable
rating if another Rating Agency is specified by the Depositor by written notice
to the Servicer and the Trustee) (in each case, to the extent they are
designated as Rating Agencies in the Preliminary Statement).
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of Prohibited
Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002) (or any
successor thereto), or any substantially similar administrative exemption
granted by the U.S. Department of Labor.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09(b).
Escrow Payments: As defined in Section 3.09(b) of this Agreement.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Overcollateralized Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralized Amount on such
Distribution Date over (b) the Specified Overcollateralized Amount for such
Distribution Date.
Excess Reserve Fund Account: The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Sections 3.27(a) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Regular Certificateholders and designated
"Deutsche Bank National Trust Company in trust for registered Holders of GSAMP
Trust 2006-HE1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1." Funds in
the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be held in trust for the Regular
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Amounts on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall not be invested.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Expense Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal
to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Custodian Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee
Rate.
Expense Fees: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Servicing
Fee, the Custodian Fee and the Trustee Fee.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (x) the related Total Monthly Excess Spread for such Distribution
Date and (y) the related Overcollateralization Deficiency for such Distribution
Date.
Xxxxxx Xxx: The Federal National Mortgage Association and its
successors in interest.
Xxxxxx Mae Guides: The Xxxxxx Xxx Seller's Guide and the Xxxxxx Mae
Servicer's Guide and all amendments or additions thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and its successors
in interest.
Final Recovery Determination: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage
Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased
by the Depositor or the Sponsor, as contemplated by this Agreement), a
determination made by the Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the
Servicer, in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally
recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered. The Servicer shall
maintain records, prepared by a Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery
Determination made thereby.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: The Final Scheduled Distribution
Date for each Class of Certificates is the Distribution Date occurring in
December 2045.
First Lien Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by a first lien
Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., and its successors in interest. If Fitch is
designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of
Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring - GSAMP
Trust 2006-HE1, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate Mortgage Loan.
Form 8-K Disclosure Information: As defined in Section 8.12(g).
Forbearance: As defined in Section 3.07(a).
Xxxxxxx Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, and its successors in interest.
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note to be added
to the applicable Index to determine the Mortgage Interest Rate.
Group I Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as Group I Mortgage Loans.
Group II Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as Group II Mortgage Loans.
High Cost Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is (a) covered by the
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) identified, classified or
characterized as "high cost," "threshold," "covered," or "predatory" under any
other applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly identified,
classified or characterized loan using different terminology under an applicable
law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for
residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees) or
(c) categorized as "High Cost" or "Covered" pursuant to Appendix E of the
Standard & Poor's Glossary.
Home Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as "Home Loan" pursuant to
Appendix E of Standard & Poor's Glossary.
Index: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index from time
to time in effect for the adjustment of the Mortgage Interest Rate set forth as
such on the related Mortgage Note.
Initial Certification: The Initial Certification submitted by each
Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the
Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto
in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any Insurance
Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of LIBOR
Certificates and each Corresponding Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests and
each Corresponding Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interests for any Distribution
Date, the period commencing on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or,
for the initial Distribution Date, the Closing Date) and ending on the day
immediately preceding the current Distribution Date. For purposes of computing
interest accruals on each Class of LIBOR Certificates, each Corresponding Class
of Lower-Tier Regular Interest and each Corresponding Class of Upper-Tier
Regular Interest, each Interest Accrual Period has the actual number of days in
such period and each year is assumed to have 360 days.
Interest Only Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which the related
Mortgage Note provides for Scheduled Payments of interest only for a period of
time as specified in the related Mortgage Note.
Interest Rate Swap Agreement: The interest rate swap agreement,
dated as of January 24, 2006, between Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Markets, L.P. (as
assigned to and assumed by the Swap Provider) and Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company
or any other swap agreement (including any related schedules) entered into by
the Trustee on behalf of the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01(d), a copy of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit X.
Interest Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date
and the Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group, that portion of Available Funds
allocated to interest relating to the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group and any
Net Swap Receipts attributable to such Loan Group for such Distribution Date,
net of any Net Swap Payments made from such Loan Group with respect to such
Distribution Date. For purposes of this Agreement, any Net Swap Payments or Net
Swap Receipts shall be allocated by the Trustee between Loan Groups based on the
respective aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in each Loan
Group.
Investment Account: As defined in Section 3.12(a).
Investor: With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
Person named on the MERS System as the investor pursuant to the MERS Procedures
Manual.
Investor-Based Exemption: Any of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14 (for transactions by independent "qualified
professional asset managers"), PTCE 91-38 (for transactions by bank collective
investment funds), XXXX 00-0 (for transactions by insurance company pooled
separate accounts), PTCE 95-60 (for transactions by insurance company general
accounts) or PTCE 96-23 (for transactions effected by "in-house asset
managers"), or any comparable exemption available under Similar Law.
X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company: X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National
Association, a national banking association, and its successors in interest.
Late Collections: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Due
Period, all amounts received after the Determination Date immediately following
such Due Period, whether as late payments of Scheduled Payments or as Insurance
Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which
represent late payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without
regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note) but delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.
Lender: As defined in Section 10.07.
LIBOR: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR
Certificates, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related LIBOR
Determination Date on the basis of the offered rate for one-month U.S. dollar
deposits as such rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such date; provided, that if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750, the rate for such date will be determined on the basis of the rates at
which one-month U.S. dollar deposits are offered by the Reference Banks at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date to prime banks in the London
interbank market. In such event, 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 for that date will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16%). If fewer than two quotations are provided as
requested, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee (after
consultation with the Depositor), at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on such date for one-month U.S. dollar loans to leading European banks.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
LIBOR Determination Date: With respect to any Interest Accrual
Period for the LIBOR Certificates, the second London Business Day preceding the
commencement of such Interest Accrual Period.
Lifetime Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the terms of each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time exceed the Mortgage Interest
Rate at the time of origination of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan by more
than the amount per annum set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated or
charged-off in the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
and as to which the Servicer has certified (in accordance with this Agreement)
that it has made a Final Recovery Determination.
Liquidation Event: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of the
following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage Loan is
removed from coverage under this Agreement by reason of its being purchased,
sold or replaced pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement. With respect
to any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO Property is
removed from coverage under this Agreement by reason of its being purchased
pursuant to this Agreement.
Liquidation Proceeds: The amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or those received following the acquisition of REO
Property, received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage
Loan, whether through a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, including
any Subsequent Recoveries.
Xxxxxx: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, a Delaware limited partnership,
and its successors in interest.
Loan Group: The Group I Mortgage Loans or the Group II Mortgage
Loans, as applicable.
Loan Group Cap: The Loan Group I Cap or the Loan Group II Cap, as
applicable.
Loan Group I Cap: With respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans as of
any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) 30 divided
by the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period and (ii)
the sum of (A) the weighted average of the Mortgage Interest Rates for each
Group I Mortgage Loan (in each case, less the applicable Expense Fee Rate) then
in effect on the beginning of the related Due Period and (B) Net Swap Receipts,
if any, less Net Swap Payments if any, for that Distribution Date divided by the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the beginning of the related
Due Period, multiplied by 12.
Loan Group II Cap: With respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans as of
any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) 30 divided
by the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period and (ii)
the sum of (A) the weighted average of the Mortgage Interest Rates for each
Group II Mortgage Loan (in each case, less the applicable Expense Fee Rate) then
in effect on the beginning of the related Due Period and (B) Net Swap Receipts,
if any, less Net Swap Payments if any, for that Distribution Date divided by the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the beginning of the related
Due Period, multiplied by 12.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, at
any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the date of determination, to the Appraisal Value of the
related Mortgaged Property.
London Business Day: Any day on which dealings in deposits of United
States dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
Lower-Tier Interest Rate: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Lower-Tier Principal Amount: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Lower-Tier Regular Interest: Each of the Class LT-A-1, Class
LT-A-2A, Class LT-A-2B, Class LT-A-2C, Class LT-A-2D, Class LT-M-1, Class
LT-M-2, Class LT-M-3, Class LT-M-4, Class LT-M-5, Class LT-M-6, Class LT-M-7,
Class LT-M-8, Class LT-B-1, Class LT-B-2, Class LT-B-3, Class LT-IO, Class LT-3,
Class LT-Group I, Class LT-Group II, and Class LT-Accrual Interests as described
in the Preliminary Statement.
Lower-Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
MERS: As defined in Section 2.01(b).
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan: Mortgage Loans for which (a) the
applicable Original Loan Seller has designated or will designate MERS as, and
has taken or will take such action as is necessary to cause MERS to be, the
mortgagee of record, as nominee for the applicable Original Loan Seller, in
accordance with the MERS Procedures Manual and (b) the applicable Original Loan
Seller has designated or will designate the Trust as the Investor on the MERS(R)
System.
MERS Procedures Manual: The MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
MERS(R) System: MERS mortgage electronic registry system, as more
particularly described in the MERS Procedures Manual.
Monthly Statement: The statement made available to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.03.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in
interest. If Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary
Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Moody's
shall be Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage Pass-Through Group, or such other address
as Moody's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing a Mortgage Note, including all riders
thereto.
Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
contained in either the Servicing File or Custodial File.
Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a
Mortgage Note with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of
this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes,
without limitation, the Mortgage File, the Custodial File, the Servicing File,
the Scheduled Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition proceeds, Prepayment
Premiums and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from
or in connection with such Mortgage Loan, excluding replaced or repurchased
Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Loan Documents: The mortgage loan documents pertaining to
each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: A schedule of Mortgage Loans delivered to
the Trustee on the Closing Date and referred to on Schedule I, such schedule
setting forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of
the Cut-off Date: (1) the applicable Original Loan Seller's Mortgage Loan
identifying number; (2) the Mortgagor's name; (3) the street address of the
Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip code; (4) a code indicating
whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied, a second home or investment
property; (5) the number and type of residential units constituting the
Mortgaged Property (i.e., a single family residence, a 2-4 family residence, a
unit in a condominium project or a unit in a planned unit development or a
manufactured housing unit); (6) the original months to maturity or the remaining
months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, in any case based on the original
amortization schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in the same
manner but based on the actual amortization schedule; (7) with respect to First
Lien Mortgage Loans, the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination, and with respect to
Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (8)
the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off Date; (9) the date on which the
Scheduled Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not
consistent with the Due Date currently in effect, such Due Date; (10) the stated
maturity date; (11) the amount of the Scheduled Payment as of the Cut-off Date;
(12) the last payment date on which a Scheduled Payment was actually applied to
pay interest and the outstanding principal balance; (13) the original principal
amount of the Mortgage Loan; (14) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as
of the close of business on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of
principal due and collected on or before the Cut-off Date; (15) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Adjustment Date; (16) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Gross Margin; (17) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime Rate Cap under the terms of the
Mortgage Note; (18) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, a code
indicating the type of Index; (19) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage
Note; (20) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Mortgage
Interest Rate Floor under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (21) the type of
Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate, adjustable rate, first lien, second lien); (22)
a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, rate and term
refinance, equity take-out refinance); (23) a code indicating the documentation
style (i.e., full documentation, limited documentation or stated income); (24)
the loan credit classification (as described in the Underwriting Guidelines);
(25) whether such Mortgage Loan provides for a Prepayment Premium; (26) the
Prepayment Premium period of such Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (27) a
description of the Prepayment Premium, if applicable; (28) the Mortgage Interest
Rate as of origination; (29) the credit risk score (FICO score) at origination;
(30) the date of origination; (31) the date of the purchase of the Mortgage
Loan, if applicable; (32) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is
assumable; (33) the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (34) the Mortgage
Interest Rate floor; (35) the Mortgage Interest Rate calculation method (i.e.,
30/360, simple interest, other); (36) a code indicating whether the Mortgage
Loan has been modified; (37) the one-year payment history; (38) the Due Date for
the first Scheduled Payment; (39) the original Scheduled Payment due; (40) with
respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio; (41) the Appraised
Value of the Mortgaged Property; (42) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property
if the Mortgage Loan was originated in connection with the purchase of the
Mortgaged Property; (43) whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by PMI policy and
name of insurer; (44) with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
MERS identification number; (45) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is
a Group I Mortgage Loan or a Group II Mortgage Loan; (46) a code indicating if a
Mortgage Loan is or has had a 30 Day Delinquency; (47) with respect to each MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan, the MERS identification number; (48) a code indicating
if the Mortgage Loan is an Interest Only Mortgage Loan; (49) a code indicating
whether such Mortgage Loan is a Home Loan; and (50) the Original Purchase Date.
With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate: (1) the number of Mortgage
Loans; (2) the current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans;
and (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, including all riders thereto.
Mortgaged Property: The real property (or leasehold estate, if
applicable) identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing repayment of
the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow: For any Distribution Date the amount
remaining for distribution pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii) (before giving
effect to distributions pursuant to such subsection).
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date, the
amount by which the sum of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such
Distribution Date exceeds the sum of the Compensating Interest payments made
with respect to such Distribution Date.
Net Swap Payment: With respect to any Distribution Date, any net
payment (other than a Swap Termination Payment) payable by the Trust to the Swap
Provider on the related Fixed Rate Payer Payment Date (as defined in the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement).
Net Swap Receipt: With respect to any Distribution Date, any net
payment (other than a Swap Termination Payment) made by the Swap Provider to the
Trust on the related Floating Rate Payer Payment Date (as defined in the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement).
NIM Issuer: The entity established as the issuer of the NIM
Securities.
NIM Securities: Any debt securities secured or otherwise backed by
some or all of the Class X and Class P Certificates that are rated by one or
more Rating Agencies.
NIM Trustee: The trustee for the NIM Securities.
90+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan with respect to
which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Due
Period, three months or more past due (without giving effect to any grace
period), including each Mortgage Loan in foreclosure, all REO Property and each
Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgagor has filed for bankruptcy.
Non-Permitted Transferee: As defined in Section 8.11(e).
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance: Any P&I Advance previously made or
proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the
good faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a
proposed P&I Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related late
payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on
such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance: Any Servicing Advances previously
made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
which, in the good faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the
case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable from
related Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise.
Non-Rule 144A Investment Letter: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided pursuant to
Section 9.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the Certificates
shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by an officer of the
Servicer with responsibility for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans required to
be serviced by the Servicer and listed on a list delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
in-house counsel for the Servicer or a Subservicer, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee; provided, that any Opinion of Counsel relating to (a) qualification of
any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions, must
(unless otherwise stated in such Opinion of Counsel) be an opinion of counsel
who (i) is in fact independent of the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) does
not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in the Servicer of
the Mortgage Loans or in an Affiliate of the Servicer and (iii) is not connected
with the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as an officer, employee, director or
person performing similar functions.
Optional Termination Date: The Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as of the last day of
the related Due Period, is equal to 10% or less of the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance.
Original Loan Sellers: With respect to each Conduit Mortgage Loan,
the Person who sold such Conduit Mortgage Loan to the Sponsor.
Original Purchase Date: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the date
on which the applicable Original Loan Seller sold such Mortgage Loan to the
Sponsor pursuant to the applicable Purchase Agreement.
OTS: Office of Thrift Supervision, and any successor thereto.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with
a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero which was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due Date and which did not become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.
Overcollateralized Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the excess,
if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for
such Distribution Date over (b) the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances
of the LIBOR Certificates and the Residual Certificates as of such Distribution
Date (after giving effect to the payment of the Principal Remittance Amount on
such Certificates on such Distribution Date).
Overcollateralization Deficiency: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Specified Overcollateralized Amount
applicable to such Distribution Date over (b) the Overcollateralized Amount
applicable to such Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Floor: With respect to any Distribution Date,
0.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date.
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Excess
Overcollateralized Amount and (b) the Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership
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.
P&I Advance: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any advance
made by the Servicer in respect of any Remittance Date representing the
aggregate of all payments of principal and interest, net of the Servicing Fee,
that were due during the related Due Period on the Mortgage Loans and that were
delinquent on the related Remittance Date, plus certain amounts representing
assumed payments not covered by any current net income on the Mortgaged
Properties acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure as determined
pursuant to Section 4.01(a).
Pass-Through Margin: Except as set forth in the following sentence,
with respect to each Class of LIBOR Certificates, the following percentages:
Class A-1 Certificates, 0.220%; Class A-2A Certificates, 0.080%; Class A-2B
Certificates, 0.150%; Class A-2C Certificates, 0.210%; Class A-2D Certificates,
0.310%; Class M-1 Certificates, 0.390%; Class M-2 Certificates, 0.410%; Class
M-3 Certificates, 0.440%; Class M-4 Certificates, 0.590%; Class M-5
Certificates, 0.620%; Class M-6 Certificates, 0.680%; Class M-7 Certificates,
1.250%; Class M-8 Certificates, 1.450%; Class B-1 Certificates, 2.150%; Class
B-2 Certificates, 2.150%; and Class B-3 Certificates, 2.150%. On the first
possible Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Margins shall increase to:
Class A-1 Certificates, 0.440%; Class A-2A Certificates, 0.160%; Class A-2B
Certificates, 0.300%; Class A-2C Certificates, 0.420%; Class A-2D Certificates,
0.620%; Class M-1 Certificates, 0.585%; Class M-2 Certificates, 0.615%; Class
M-3 Certificates, 0.660%; Class M-4 Certificates, 0.885%; Class M-5
Certificates, 0.930%; Class M-6 Certificates, 1.020%; Class M-7 Certificates,
1.875%; Class M-8 Certificates, 2.175%; Class B-1 Certificates, 3.225%; Class
B-2 Certificates, 3.225%; and Class B-3 Certificates, 3.225%.
Pass-Through Rate: For each Class of Regular Certificates, each
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest, each Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular
Interest, each Lower-Tier Regular Interest, each Upper-Tier Regular Interest,
and each Class X REMIC Regular Interest, the per annum rate set forth or
calculated in the manner described in the Preliminary Statement.
PCAOB: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest
evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class,
such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the
aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, the provision of each Mortgage Note which provides for an
absolute maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase
or decrease on an Adjustment Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate
previously in effect. The Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap for each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Floor: With respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the provision of each Mortgage Note which
provides for an absolute minimum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate
therein may increase or decrease on an Adjustment Date above or below the
Mortgage Interest Rate previously in effect. The Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate
Floor for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate set forth on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Permitted Investments: Any one or more of the following obligations
or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, regardless
of whether issued by the Servicer, the Trustee or any of their respective
Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, or
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 and
issued by any Depository Institution and rated "P-1" by Moody's, "A-1+" by
S&P and "F1+" by Fitch (in each case, to the extent they are designated as
Rating Agencies in the Preliminary Statement);
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described
in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository Institution (acting as
principal);
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that are
issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States
of America or any state thereof and that are rated by each Rating Agency
that rates such securities in its highest long-term unsecured rating
categories at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount
obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a
specified date not more than 30 days after the date of acquisition
thereof) that is rated by each Rating Agency that rates such securities in
its highest short-term unsecured debt rating available at the time of such
investment;
(vi) units of money market funds, including money market funds
advised by the Depositor or the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof, that have
been rated "Aaa" by Moody's, "AAAm" or "AAAm-G" by Standard & Poor's and
at least "AA" by Fitch (in each case, to the extent they are designated as
Rating Agencies in the Preliminary Statement and such funds are so rated
by such Rating Agency); and
(vii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee, any other
demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation, security or
investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies as a permitted
investment of funds backing "Aaa" or "AAA" rated securities;
provided, however, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either
the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived
from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal
payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par
greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
For investments in the Distribution Account (except during the Trustee Float
Period), only the obligations or securities (or instruments which invest in the
obligations or securities) specified in clause (i) above shall constitute
Permitted Investments.
Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, international organization or
any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code)
which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax
imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to
any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) a Person that is not a U.S.
Person or a U.S. Person with respect to whom income from a Residual Certificate
is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of such Person or any other U.S.
Person, (vi) an "electing large partnership" within the meaning of Section 775
of the Code and (vii) any other Person so designated by the Depositor based upon
an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to such Person may cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding. The terms "United
States," "State" and "international organization" shall have the meanings set
forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will
not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State or
political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its activities are
subject to tax and, with the exception of Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board
of directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Plan: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the
related Due Period.
Pooling-Tier Interest Rate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Interest Rate: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Loan Group I WAC Rate: With respect to the
Group I Mortgage Loans as of any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to
(a) the weighted average of the Mortgage Interest Rates for each such Mortgage
Loan (in each case, less than the applicable Expense Fee Rate) then in effect on
the beginning of the related Due Period on such Mortgage Loans, multiplied by
(b) 30 divided by the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual
Period.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Loan Group II WAC Rate: With respect to the
Group II Mortgage Loans as of any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to
(a) the weighted average of the Mortgage Interest Rates for each such Mortgage
Loan (in each case, less than the applicable Expense Fee Rate) then in effect on
the beginning of the related Due Period on such Mortgage Loans, multiplied by
(b) 30 divided by the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual
Period.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Principal Amount: As described in the
Preliminary Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 Regular Interest: As described in the
Preliminary Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Interest Rate: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Interest: Any of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-2
Regular Interests with the designation "IO" in its name.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 IO Notional Balance: As described in the
Preliminary Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Principal Amount: As described in the
Preliminary Statement.
Pooling-Tier REMIC-2 Regular Interest: As described in the
Preliminary Statement.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of, for each Mortgage Loan that was, during the related Prepayment
Period, the subject of a Principal Prepayment that was applied by the Servicer
to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on a date
preceding the Due Date in the succeeding Prepayment Period, an amount equal to
the product of (a) the Mortgage Interest Rate net of the Servicing Fee Rate for
such Mortgage Loan, (b) the amount of the Principal Prepayment for such Mortgage
Loan, (c) 1/360 and (d) the number of days commencing on the date on which such
Principal Prepayment was applied and ending on the last day of the related
Prepayment Period.
Prepayment Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Prepayment Premium: Any prepayment premium, penalty or charge
collected by the Servicer with respect to a Mortgage Loan from a Mortgagor in
connection with any voluntary Principal Prepayment pursuant to the terms of the
related Mortgage Note.
Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) the Basic Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii)
the Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.
Principal Prepayment: Any full or partial payment or other recovery
of principal on a Mortgage Loan (including upon liquidation of a Mortgage Loan)
which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, excluding any Prepayment
Premium and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing
scheduled interest 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,
the amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (without duplication) with
respect to the related Due Period: (i) each Scheduled Payment of principal on a
Mortgage Loan due during such Due Period and received by the Servicer on or
prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by the Servicer for the
related Remittance Date, (ii) all Principal Prepayments received during the
related Prepayment Period, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds
and Insurance Proceeds on the Mortgage Loans allocable to principal actually
collected by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iv) the portion
of the Repurchase Price allocable to principal with respect to each Deleted
Mortgage Loan, the repurchase obligation for which arose during the related
Prepayment Period, that was repurchased during the period from the prior
Distribution Date through the Remittance Date for the current Distribution Date,
(v) the portion of all Substitution Adjustment Amounts allocable to principal
with respect to the substitutions of Mortgage Loans that occur during the
calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, and (vi) the allocable
portion of the proceeds received with respect to the termination of the Trust
Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01 (to the extent such proceeds relate
to principal).
Privacy Laws: Title V of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999, as
amended, and all applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
Private Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated February 15,
2006, relating to the Offered Certificates.
PTCE 95-60: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
PUD: A planned unit development.
Purchase Agreement: The Master Loan Purchase Agreement by and
between the related Original Loan Seller and the Sponsor.
Rated Final Distribution Date: For each Class of LIBOR Certificates
the Distribution Date occurring in January 2036.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References
herein to a given rating or rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such
rating category without giving effect to any modifiers. For purposes of Section
10.05(b), the addresses for notices to each Rating Agency shall be the address
specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating
Agency, or such other address as either such Rating Agency may hereafter furnish
to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer.
Realized Losses: With respect to any date of determination and any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which (a) the unpaid principal
balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan together with accrued and unpaid
interest thereon exceeds (b) the Liquidation Proceeds with respect thereto net
of the expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan and net of the amount of unreimbursed Servicing
Advances with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the related Interest Accrual Period;
provided, however, that for any Certificate issued in definitive form, the
Record Date shall be the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
preceding the month in which such applicable Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.04.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or
by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its
staff from time to time.
Relief Act Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest collectible on
such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended Due Period as a result of the
application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or any similar state
statutes.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
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 regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, no later
than 12:30 PM Central Time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
REO Disposition: The final sale by the Servicer of any REO Property.
REO Imputed Interest: As to any REO Property, for any period, an
amount equivalent to interest (at the Mortgage Interest Rate net of the
Servicing Fee 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 (as such balance is reduced pursuant to
Section 3.17 by any income from the REO Property treated as a recovery of
principal).
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund
through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Replacement Swap Provider Payment: Any payments that have been
received by the Trust as a result of entering into a replacement interest rate
swap agreement following an Additional Termination Event described in Part
5(n)(iii) of the Schedule to the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
Reportable Event: As defined in Section 8.12(g).
Reporting Date: The 18th day of each calendar month or the
immediately following Business Day if the 18th is not a Business Day.
Representations and Warranties Agreement: The Representations and
Warranties Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2006, by and between the
Depositor and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit S.
Repurchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by
the Sponsor, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase, (ii) interest on such unpaid
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan at the Mortgage Interest Rate from the
last date through which interest has been paid and distributed to the Trustee to
the date of repurchase, (iii) all unreimbursed Servicing Advances, (iv) all
expenses incurred by the Servicer, the Trust or the Trustee, as the case may be,
in respect of a breach or defect, including, without limitation, expenses
arising out of the Servicer's or Trustee's, as the case may be, enforcement of
the Sponsor's repurchase obligations, to the extent not included in clause
(iii), and (v) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in connection with
any violation by such Mortgage Loan of any predatory lending law or abusive
lending law.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the
Servicer to each Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit L.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any vice
president, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, any associate or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers who at such time shall be officers to whom, with respect to a
particular matter, such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
Rule 144A Letter: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Sarbanes Certification: As defined in Section 8.12(c).
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan
due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan
which, unless otherwise specified herein, shall give effect to any related Debt
Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the
monthly payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
Second Lien Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan secured by a second lien
Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Enhancement Percentage: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balance of the Subordinated Certificates and (ii) the
Overcollateralized Amount (in each case after taking into account the
distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount and any principal payments on
those Classes of Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that
Distribution Date) by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans for such Distribution Date.
Senior Specified Enhancement Percentage: As of any date of
determination, 50.50%.
Servicer: Xxxxxx and, if a successor servicer is appointed
hereunder, such successor. Prior to the Servicing Transfer Date, "Servicer"
shall also mean the related Original Loan Seller with respect to certain of the
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Servicer Remittance Report: As defined in Section 4.03(d).
Servicer's Assignee: As defined in Section 10.07.
Servicing Advances: The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Servicer in the performance of
its servicing obligations in connection with a default, delinquency or other
unanticipated event, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation, restoration, inspection and protection of a Mortgaged Property,
(ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures and
litigation, in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management
(including reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO
Property and (iv) the performance of its obligations under Sections 3.01, 3.09,
3.13 and 3.15. The Servicer shall not be required to make any Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advances.
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB, which as of the Closing Date are listed on Exhibit T
hereto.
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth of the
Servicing Fee Rate and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs. Such fee shall be payable monthly, and shall be pro
rated for any portion of a month during which the Mortgage Loan is serviced by
the Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicing Fee is payable solely from the
interest portion (including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and proceeds received with
respect to REO Properties, to the extent permitted by Section 3.11) of such
Scheduled Payment collected by the Servicer or as otherwise provided under
Section 3.11.
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.50% per
annum.
Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Servicer consisting of originals or copies of all documents in
the Mortgage File which are not delivered to the Trustee in the Custodial File
and copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents set forth in Exhibit M hereto.
Servicing Function Participant: As defined in Section 3.23(a).
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee by the Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as
such list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Rights: Any and all of the following: (a) all rights and
obligations to service the Mortgage Loans; (b) any compensation for servicing
the Mortgage Loans; (c) any late fees, penalties or similar payments with
respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than prepayment penalties); (d) all
agreements or documents creating, defining or evidencing any such servicing
rights to the extent they relate to such servicing rights; (e) any interest on
Escrow Accounts allowed by law or other similar payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and any amounts actually collected with respect thereto; (f) all
accounts and other rights to payment related to any of the property described in
this paragraph; (g) the right to possess and use any and all servicing files,
servicing records, data tapes, computer records, or other information pertaining
to the Mortgage Loans to the extent relating to the past, present or prospective
servicing of the Mortgage Loans; and (h) all rights, powers and privileges
incident to any of the foregoing.
Servicing Rights Pledgee: One or more lenders, selected by the
Servicer, to which the Servicer may pledge and assign some or all of its right,
title and interest in, to and under this Agreement (other than rights with
respect to P&I Advances and Servicing Advances herein) pursuant to and as
provided in Section 6.06, including without limitation JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association as the representative of certain lenders.
Servicing Transfer Date: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
date, previously identified in writing to the Trustee and the Servicer by the
Depositor or its designee, on which servicing of the Mortgage Loan was
transferred to Xxxxxx.
Similar Law: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan with respect to
which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Due
Period, two months or more past due (without giving effect to any grace period),
each Mortgage Loan in foreclosure, all REO Property and each Mortgage Loan for
which the Mortgagor has filed for bankruptcy.
Specified Overcollateralized Amount: Prior to the Stepdown Date, an
amount equal to 3.60% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance. On and after
the Stepdown Date, an amount equal to 7.20% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, subject, until the
Class Certificate Balance of each Class of LIBOR Certificates has been reduced
to zero, to a minimum amount equal to the Overcollateralization Floor; provided,
however, that if, on any Distribution Date, a Trigger Event exists, the
Specified Overcollateralized Amount shall not be reduced to the applicable
percentage of the then current aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans until the Distribution Date on which a Trigger Event no longer
exists. When the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of LIBOR Certificates
has been reduced to zero, the Specified Overcollateralized Amount will
thereafter equal zero.
Sponsor: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company, a New York limited
partnership, and its successors in interest, as purchaser of the Mortgage Loans
under each of the Purchase Agreements.
SPV: As defined in Section 10.07.
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and its successors in interest. If Standard &
Poor's is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Standard & Poor's shall
be Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Residential Mortgage Surveillance Group - GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1, or such other
address as Standard & Poor's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor, the
Servicer, each Custodian and the Trustee.
Standard & Poor's Glossary: Version 5.6(b) of the Standard & Poor's
LEVELS(R) Glossary.
Start-up Day: As defined in Section 2.05.
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan and as of any
date of determination, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the
Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such
date (whether or not received), minus (ii) all amounts previously remitted to
the Trustee with respect to the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or
recoveries of principal including advances in respect of Scheduled Payments of
principal. For purposes of any Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance
of any Mortgage Loan will give effect to any Scheduled Payments of principal
received by the Servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date or
advanced by the Servicer for the related Remittance Date and any unscheduled
principal payments and other unscheduled principal collections received during
the related Prepayment Period, and the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage
Loan that has prepaid in full or has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during
the related Prepayment Period shall be zero.
Stepdown Date: The earlier to occur of (a) the date on which the
aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates have been
reduced to zero, and (b) the later to occur of (i) the Distribution Date in
February 2009, and (ii) the first Distribution Date on which the Senior
Enhancement Percentage is greater than or equal to the Senior Specified
Enhancement Percentage.
Subcontractor: Any third-party or Affiliated vendor, subcontractor
or other Person utilized by the Servicer, a Subservicer, the Trustee or any
Custodian, as applicable, that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as
"servicing" is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed
securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Subsequent Recoveries: Amounts received with respect to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan after it has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Subservicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of
the Servicer or any Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether
directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of
the material servicing functions required to be performed by the Servicer under
this Agreement, with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans, that are
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Subservicing Account: As defined in Section 3.08.
Subservicing Agreements: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan eligible to be substituted
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the Representations and
Warranties Agreement.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: Any amount required to be paid in
connection with a Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Representations and
Warranties Agreement.
Supplemental Interest Trust: The corpus of a trust created pursuant
to Section 4.06 of this Agreement, consisting of the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement, the Class IO Interest and the right to receive Class IO Shortfalls,
subject to the obligation to pay amounts specified in Section 4.06.
Swap LIBOR: With respect to any Distribution Date (and the related
Interest Accrual Period), the product of (i) USD-LIBOR-BBA (as used in the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement), (ii) two, and (iii) the quotient of (a) the
actual number of days in the Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates
divided by (b) 30.
Swap Provider: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mitsui Marine Derivative Products,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its successors in interest, and any
successor swap provider under any replacement Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
Swap Termination Payment: Any payment payable by the Trust or the
Swap Provider upon termination of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement as a result
of an Event of Default (as defined in the Interest Rate Swap Agreement) or a
Termination Event (as defined in the Interest Rate Swap Agreement).
Tax Matters Person: The Holder of the (i) Class RC, (ii) Class R and
(iii) Class RX Certificates designated as "tax matters person" of (i)
Pooling-Tier REMIC-1, (ii) Pooling-Tier REMIC-2, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the
Upper-Tier REMIC, and (iii) the Class B-1 REMIC, Class B-2 REMIC, Class B-3
REMIC and Class X REMIC respectively, in the manner provided under Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury Regulations Section
301.6231(a)(7)-1.
Tax Service Contract: As defined in Section 3.09(a).
Telerate Page 3750: The display page currently so designated on the
Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service for displaying comparable rates or prices).
Termination Price: As defined in Section 9.01.
30 Day Delinquency: The failure of the Mortgagor to make any
Scheduled Payment due under the Mortgage Note on a Due Date, which failure
continues unremedied for a period of one month after the following Due Date.
Total Monthly Excess Spread: As to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the excess if any, of (i) the interest on the Mortgage Loans received
by the Servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by the
Servicer for the related Remittance Date (net of Expense Fees) and plus any Net
Swap Receipts and less any Net Swap Payments for such Distribution Date, over
(ii) the sum of the interest payable to the LIBOR Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(i), provided however that Net Swap
Receipts shall be included in Total Monthly Excess Spread (and correspondingly
any Extra Principal Distribution Amount) only to the extent of current or prior
Realized Losses.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Transfer Affidavit: As defined in Section 5.02(c).
Transferor Certificate: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Trigger Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, a Trigger
Event exists if (i) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (1) the rolling
three month average of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of 60+ Day
Delinquent Mortgage Loans, divided by (2) the aggregate unpaid principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period, equals or
exceeds 31.60% of the Senior Enhancement Percentage as of the last day of the
prior Due Period or (ii) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the
aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Cut-off Date through the
last day of the related Prepayment Period divided by (y) the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance, exceeds the applicable percentages set forth below with
respect to such Distribution Date:
Distribution Date Occurring In Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage
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February 2008 through January 2009 1.50% for the first month, plus
an additional 1/12th of
1.75% for each month thereafter
February 2009 through January 2010 3.25% for the first month, plus
an additional 1/12th of
1.85% for each month thereafter
February 2010 through January 2011 5.10% for the first month, plus
an additional 1/12th of
1.40% for each month thereafter
February 2011 through January 2012 6.50% for the first month, plus
an additional 1/12th of
0.75% for each month thereafter
February 2012 and thereafter 7.25%
Trust: The express trust created hereunder in Section 2.01(c).
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of
(i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal with respect thereto
received on or after the related Cut-off Date, other than such amounts which
were due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the related Cut-off Date; (ii) the
Collection Account, the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the Distribution Account
and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by
foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (iv) the Interest Rate
Swap Agreement; (v) the Trust's rights under the Representations and Warranties
Agreement; (vi) the Supplemental Interest Trust; and (vii) all proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing.
Trust REMIC: Any of Pooling-Tier REMIC-1, Pooling-Tier REMIC-2, the
Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Class B-1 REMIC, the Class B-2
REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC or the Class X REMIC, as applicable.
Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, and its successors in
interest and, if a successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to one month's interest at the related Trustee Fee Rate on the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution
Date (or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Distribution Date) or,
in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment
in Full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Trustee Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such payment
of interest.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.0047% per
annum.
Trustee Float Period: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
related amounts in the Distribution Account, the period commencing on the
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date and ending on such
Distribution Date.
Underwriter's Exemption: Any exemption listed in footnote 1 of, and
amended by, Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002),
or any successor exemption.
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines attached to the
applicable Purchase Agreement.
Unpaid Interest Amount: As of any Distribution Date and any Class of
Certificates, the sum of (a) the portion of the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount from prior Distribution Dates remaining unpaid immediately
prior to the current Distribution Date and (b) interest on the amount in clause
(a) above at the applicable Pass-Through Rate (to the extent permitted by
applicable law).
Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amount: With respect to each Class of LIBOR
Certificates, as of any Distribution Date, the sum of (A) if on such
Distribution Date the Upper-Tier Interest Rate for the Class of Corresponding
Upper-Tier REMIC Regular Interest is based upon the Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group
I Rate or Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group II Rate, as and if applicable, or the
Upper-Tier REMIC WAC Rate, the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest
such Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interest would otherwise be entitled to receive
on such Distribution Date had such Upper-Tier REMIC Regular Interest not been
subject to the Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group I Rate or Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group
II Rate, as and if applicable, or the Upper-Tier REMIC WAC Rate, over (ii) the
amount of interest payable on such Class of Certificates on such Distribution
Date taking into account the Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group I Rate or Upper-Tier
REMIC Loan Group II Rate, as and if applicable, or the Upper-Tier REMIC WAC Rate
and (B) the Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amount for such Class of Certificates for
all previous Distribution Dates not previously paid, together with interest
thereon at a rate equal to the applicable Upper-Tier Interest Rate for such
Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date, without giving effect to the
Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group I Rate or Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group II Rate, as
and if applicable, or the Upper-Tier REMIC WAC Rate.
Upper-Tier Interest Rate: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Upper-Tier Regular Interest: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Upper-Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group I Rate: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Upper-Tier REMIC Loan Group II Rate: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Upper-Tier REMIC WAC Rate: For any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Lower-Tier Interest Rates on the Lower-Tier Regular Interests
(other than the Class LT-IO and Class LT-3 Interests), as of the first day of
the related Interest Accrual Period, weighted on the basis of the Lower-Tier
Principal Amounts of such Lower-Tier Regular Interests as of the first day of
the related Interest Accrual Period.
U.S. Bank National Association: U.S. Bank National Association, a
national banking association, and its successors in interest.
U.S. Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a
corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes) created or
organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any
State thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia; (iii) a
partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes) organized in
the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any state
thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia (unless provided
otherwise by future Treasury regulations) unless any of its direct or indirect
partners (other than through a U.S. Corporation) are not U.S. Persons; (iv) an
estate whose income is includible in gross income for United States income tax
purposes regardless of its source; or (v) a trust, if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more U.S. Persons have authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding
sentence, to the extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in
existence on August 20, 1996, and treated as U.S. Persons prior to such date,
may elect to continue to be U.S. Persons.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class X
Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among the holders of
Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests), (b) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class P
Certificates, if any, and (c) the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated
among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in proportion to the
Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on such date.
WAC Cap: With respect to the Mortgage Loans as of any Distribution
Date, a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) 30 divided by the actual
number of days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period and (ii) the sum of (A)
the weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Interest Rates then in effect
at the beginning of the related Due Period on the Mortgage Loans, and (B) Net
Swap Receipts, if any, for that Distribution Date less Net Swap Payments, if
any, for that Distribution Date divided by the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the beginning of the related Due Period, multiplied by 12.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans. (a) The Depositor,
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells, transfers,
assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Trust Fund, and the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
hereby accepts the Trust Fund.
(b) In connection with the transfer and assignment of each Mortgage
Loan, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the applicable
Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders the following documents or
instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) the original Mortgage Note (except for up to 0.22% of the
Mortgage Notes for which there is a lost note affidavit and the copy of
the Mortgage Note), with all applicable riders, bearing all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator
to the last endorsee, endorsed "Pay to the order of _____________, without
recourse" and signed in the name of the last endorsee. To the extent that
there is no room on the face of any Mortgage Note for an endorsement, the
endorsement may be contained on an allonge, unless state law does not so
allow and the Trustee is advised by the applicable Original Loan Seller
that state law does not so allow. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the
applicable Original Loan Seller in a merger, the endorsement must be by
"[last endorsee], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]". If the
Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the last endorsee while doing
business under another name, the endorsement must be by "[last endorsee],
formerly known as [previous name]";
(ii) the original Mortgage, with all applicable riders, with
evidence of recording thereon. If in connection with any Mortgage Loan,
the applicable Original Loan Seller, cannot deliver or cause to be
delivered the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon on or
prior to the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public
recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or
because such Mortgage has been lost or because such public recording
office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the applicable Original
Loan Seller, (to the extent that it has not previously delivered the same
to the Sponsor or the applicable Custodian) shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the applicable Custodian, a photocopy of such Mortgage,
together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an officer's certificate of (or certified by) the applicable
Original Loan Seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or
closing attorney) stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that the original
recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage will be promptly delivered to applicable Custodian upon receipt
thereof by the applicable Original Loan Seller; or (ii) in the case of a
Mortgage where a public recording office retains the original recorded
Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a
public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage;
(iii) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation
or extension agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon or a
certified true copy of such agreement submitted for recording;
(iv) except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan endorsed in blank
and in recordable form;
(v) the originals of all intervening Assignments of Mortgage (if
any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the applicable
originator (or MERS with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan) to
the last endorsee with evidence of recording thereon, or if any such
intervening assignment has not been returned from the applicable recording
office or has been lost or if such public recording office retains the
original recorded Assignments of Mortgage, the applicable Original Loan
Seller (to the extent that it has not previously delivered the same to the
Sponsor or the Trustee) shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
applicable Custodian, a photocopy of such intervening assignment, together
with (A) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an
officer's certificate of (or certified by) the applicable Original Loan
Seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing
attorney) stating that such intervening Assignment of Mortgage has been
dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for recordation and
that such original recorded intervening Assignment of Mortgage or a copy
of such intervening Assignment of Mortgage certified by the appropriate
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded intervening assignment of mortgage will be promptly delivered to
the applicable Custodian upon receipt thereof by the applicable Original
Loan Seller; or (B) in the case of an intervening assignment where a
public recording office retains the original recorded intervening
assignment or in the case where an intervening assignment is lost after
recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such intervening
assignment certified by such public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment;
(vi) the original or duplicate of lender's title policy and all
riders thereto or, any one of an original title binder, an original
preliminary title report or an original title commitment, or a copy
thereof certified by the title company; and
(vii) a security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage (if provided).
The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to assist the applicable
Custodian in enforcing the obligations of the Sponsor under the Representations
and Warranties Agreement.
Each Mortgage Loan for which a Mortgage Note is missing shall be
evidenced by a lost note affidavit as of the Closing Date. In the event one or
more lost note affidavits are provided to cover multiple missing Mortgage Notes
on the Closing Date, the Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause the
Sponsor to deliver to the applicable Custodian the applicable individual lost
note affidavits within ten (10) Business Days of the Closing Date. If the
Sponsor fails to deliver the required individual lost note affidavits within the
specified period of time, the Trustee shall notify the Sponsor to take such
remedial actions, including, without limitation, the repurchase by the Sponsor
of any Conduit Mortgage Loan within 180 days of the Closing Date.
The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Sponsor to
deliver to the applicable Custodian the applicable recorded document promptly
upon receipt from the respective recording office but in no event later than 180
days from the Closing Date.
If any Mortgage has been recorded in the name of Mortgage Electronic
Registration System, Inc. ("MERS") or its designee, no Assignment of Mortgage in
favor of the Trustee will be required to be prepared or delivered and instead,
the Servicer shall take all reasonable actions as are necessary at the expense
of the Depositor to cause the Trust to be shown as the owner of the related
Mortgage Loan on the records of MERS for the purpose of the system of recording
transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS.
The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Sponsor to
forward to the applicable Custodian additional documents evidencing an
assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of a Mortgage Loan approved
by the applicable Original Loan Seller in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Purchase Agreement. All such Mortgage Loan Documents held by the
applicable Custodian as to each applicable Mortgage Loan shall constitute the
"Custodial File."
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall use reasonable
efforts to cause the Sponsor to deliver to the applicable Custodian Assignments
of Mortgages, in blank, for each Mortgage Loan (except with respect to each MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan). The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause
the Sponsor to cause the Assignments of Mortgage with completed recording
information to be provided to the Servicer in a reasonably acceptable manner. In
the event that any Assignment of Mortgage is not recorded or is improperly
recorded, the Servicer will have no liability directly resulting from such lack
of recordation or such improper recordation and solely resulting from any
failure to receive notices made with regard to such Assignment of Mortgage,
except for any liability incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence by the Servicer in the performance of its duties hereunder or by
reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder. No later
than thirty (30) Business Days following the later of the Closing Date and the
date of receipt by the Depositor of the fully completed Assignments of Mortgages
in recordable form, the Depositor shall promptly submit or cause to be submitted
for recording, at the expense of the Sponsor, at no expense to the Trust Fund,
the Servicer, the applicable Custodian, the Trustee or the Depositor in the
appropriate public office for real property records, each Assignment of Mortgage
referred to in Section 2.01(b)(v). Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, for
administrative convenience and facilitation of servicing and to reduce closing
costs, the Assignments of Mortgage shall not be required to be completed and
submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan (i) if the Trustee and
each Rating Agency has received an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall not
be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Fund), satisfactory in
form and substance to the Trustee and each Rating Agency, to the effect that the
recordation of such Assignments of Mortgage in any specific jurisdiction is not
necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in the related Mortgage Note or (ii)
if such Mortgage Loan is a MERS Designated Mortgage Loan. If the Assignment of
Mortgage is to be recorded, the Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause
the Sponsor to assign the Mortgage at the Sponsor's expense to "Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of January 1, 2006, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1." In the event that any such
assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, and such defect is not cured, the Trustee shall
cause the Sponsor to repurchase such Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
Representations and Warranties Agreement.
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the
applicable Custodian and the Servicer a copy of the Data Tape Information in
electronic, machine readable medium in a form mutually acceptable to the
Depositor, the applicable Custodian and the Trustee. Within ten (10) Business
Days of the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver a copy of the complete
Mortgage Loan Schedule to the each Custodian, the Trustee and the Servicer, and
the applicable Custodian shall promptly, upon receipt of the Mortgage Loan
Schedule (or any other mortgage loan schedules received by the applicable
Custodian from the Depositor), inform the Depositor of receipt thereof.
In the event, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, that such original
or copy of any document submitted for recordation to the appropriate public
recording office is not so delivered to the applicable Custodian within 90 days
following the applicable Original Purchase Date, and in the event that the
Sponsor does not cause such failure to be cured within 60 days of discovery of
receipt of written notification of such failure from the Depositor, the related
Mortgage Loan shall, upon the request of the Depositor, be repurchased by the
Sponsor pursuant to the Representations and Warranties Agreement, at the price
and in the manner specified in the Representations and Warranties Agreement. The
foregoing repurchase remedy shall not apply in the event that the Sponsor cannot
deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for recordation to the
appropriate public recording office within the specified period due to a delay
caused by the recording office in the applicable jurisdiction; provided, that
the Sponsor shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office
or, if such recording receipt is not available, an officer's certificate of an
officer of the Sponsor confirming that such document has been accepted for
recording.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
2.01, in those instances where the public recording office retains or loses the
original Mortgage or assignment after it has been recorded, the obligations of
the Sponsor shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery by the Sponsor
to the applicable Custodian prior to the Closing Date of a copy of such Mortgage
or assignment, as the case may be, certified (such certification to be an
original thereof) by the public recording office to be a true and complete copy
of the recorded original thereof.
(c) The Depositor does hereby establish, pursuant to the further
provisions of this Agreement and the laws of the State of New York, an express
trust (the "Trust") to be known, for convenience, as "GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1" and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is hereby appointed as Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Trust's fiscal year is the
calendar year.
(d) The Trust shall have the capacity, power and authority, and the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust is hereby authorized, to accept the sale,
transfer, assignment, set over and conveyance by the Depositor to the Trust of
all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund
(including, without limitation, the Mortgage Loans, the Representations and
Warranties Agreement and the Interest Rate Swap Agreement) pursuant to Section
2.01(a). The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the execution and
delivery of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement by the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust was authorized and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
(e) It is agreed and understood by the Depositor and the Trustee
that it is the policy and intention of the Trust to acquire only Mortgage Loans
meeting the requirements set forth in this Agreement, including without
limitation, including the requirement that no Mortgage Loan be a High Cost
Mortgage Loan and no Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002
through March 6, 2003 be governed by the Georgia Fair Lending Act.
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans. The
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby accepts the Trust Fund and assumes the
obligations of the Depositor under the Representations and Warranties Agreement
from and after the Closing Date and solely insofar as they relate to the
Mortgage Loans. For avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that all
obligations so assumed are obligations of the Trust and, to the extent such
obligations are payment or monetary obligations, are payable solely from the
Trust Fund, and not of the Trustee in its individual capacity. The applicable
Custodian acknowledges receipt of the documents identified in the Initial
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F, subject to any exceptions
listed on the exception report attached thereto, and the Trustee declares that
the applicable Custodian, on the Trustee's behalf, holds and will hold such
documents and the other documents delivered to the applicable Custodian pursuant
to Section 2.01, and that the Trustee holds or will hold such other assets as
are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of
all present and future Certificateholders. The applicable Custodian acknowledges
that it will maintain possession of the related Mortgage Notes in the State of
Texas or Minnesota, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies.
Prior to and as a condition to the Closing, the applicable Custodian
shall deliver via facsimile (with original to follow the next Business Day) to
the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer an Initial Certification prior to
the Closing Date, or as the Depositor agrees to, on the Closing Date, certifying
receipt of a Mortgage Note and Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan
with any exceptions noted on the exception report attached thereto. The
applicable Custodian shall not be responsible to verify the validity,
sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial File.
On the Closing Date, the applicable Custodian shall ascertain that
all documents required to be reviewed by it are in its possession, and shall
deliver to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer an Initial Certification,
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F, and shall deliver to the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Servicer a Document Certification and Exception Report, in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit G, within 90 days (or with respect to any
Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered to the applicable Custodian, within 30 days
after the receipt of the Mortgage File by the applicable Custodian) after the
Closing Date to the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan
specifically identified in such certification as an exception and not covered by
such certification): (i) all documents required to be reviewed by it are in its
possession; (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on
their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan; (iii) based on its examination and
only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in items (1), (2)
and (13) of the Mortgage Loan Schedule and items (1), (2) and (13) of the Data
Tape Information respecting such Mortgage Loan is correct; and (iv) each
Mortgage Note has been endorsed as provided in Section 2.01 of this Agreement.
The applicable Custodian shall not be responsible to verify the validity,
sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial File.
The applicable Custodian shall retain possession and custody of each
applicable Custodial File in accordance with and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein. The Servicer shall promptly deliver to the
applicable Custodian, upon the execution or receipt thereof, the originals of
such other documents or instruments constituting the Custodial File as come into
the possession of the Servicer from time to time.
The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Sponsor to
deliver to the Servicer copies of all trailing documents required to be included
in the Custodial File at the same time the original or certified copies thereof
are delivered to the applicable Custodian, including but not limited to such
documents as the title insurance policy and any other Mortgage Loan Documents
upon return from the public recording office. The Depositor shall use reasonable
efforts to cause the Sponsor to deliver such documents, at the Sponsor's
expense, to the Servicer and in no event shall the Servicer be responsible for
any expenses relating to such delivery obligation.
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Servicer and each Custodian (a) Xxxxxx hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in Schedule II hereto to the Depositor and the Trustee as
of the Closing Date. X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company hereby makes the representations
and warranties set forth in Schedule III hereto to the Depositor, the Servicer
and the Trustee as of the Closing Date. U.S. Bank National Association hereby
makes the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule IV hereto to the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee as of the Closing Date.
(b) It is understood and agreed by the Servicer and each Custodian
that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 shall
survive the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee, and
shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee
notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or
Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage
File. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Trustee, each Custodian, or
the Servicer of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
others.
(c) In connection with any repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to this Section 2.03, Section 2.07, Section 3.28 or the
Representations and Warranties Agreement, the Servicer shall, based on
information provided by the Sponsor, amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the
benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted
Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and
the Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to each Custodian.
The Servicer shall have no liability with respect to the information provided by
the Sponsor related to the Substitute Mortgage Loan. Upon any such repurchase or
any substitution and the deposit to the Collection Account of any Substitution
Adjustment Amount, the applicable Custodian shall release the Mortgage File held
for the benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan
to the Sponsor, the Depositor or the applicable Original Loan Seller, as
applicable, and shall execute and deliver at the direction of the Sponsor, the
Depositor or the applicable Original Loan Seller, as applicable, such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Sponsor, the Depositor or
the applicable Original Loan Seller, as applicable, in each case without
recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in the Sponsor or its designee,
the Depositor or the applicable Original Loan Seller, as applicable, or their
respective designees, the Trustee's interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan
repurchased or substituted for as described above in this Section 2.03(c).
(d) For any month in which the Sponsor or the applicable Original
Loan Seller, as applicable, substitutes one or more Substitute Mortgage Loans
for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount
(if any) by which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all such Substitute
Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the
scheduled principal portion of the Scheduled Payments due in the Due Period of
substitution). The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Sponsor
or the applicable Original Loan Seller, as applicable, to remit to the Servicer
for deposit into the Collection Account on or before the next Remittance Date
any Substitution Adjustment Amount.
(e) In the event that a Mortgage Loan shall have been repurchased
pursuant to this Agreement or the Representations and Warranties Agreement, the
Repurchase Price thereof shall be deposited in the Collection Account by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 on or before the next Remittance Date and upon
such deposit of the Repurchase Price, and receipt of a Request for Release in
the form of Exhibit L hereto, each Custodian shall release the related Custodial
File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person as directed
by the Servicer, and each Custodian shall execute and deliver at such Person's
direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in
each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the
Trustee. It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of
any Person to cure, repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach
has occurred and is continuing together with satisfaction of any related
indemnification obligations shall constitute the sole remedy against such
Persons respecting such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor,
the Servicer, each Custodian or the Trustee on their behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section
2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Custodial Files to each Custodian
for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.04 Execution and Delivery of Certificates. The Trustee
acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust Fund and,
concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and delivered to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized Denominations
evidencing directly or indirectly the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. The
Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to above
for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates.
Section 2.05 REMIC Matters. The Preliminary Statement sets forth the
designations for federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby.
The "Start-up Day" of each Trust REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
shall be the Closing Date. The "latest possible maturity date" of the regular
interests in each Trust REMIC is the Distribution Date in December 2045, which
is the Distribution Date in the month following the month in which the latest
maturity date of any Mortgage Loan occurs. Amounts distributable to the Class X
Certificates (prior to any reduction for any Basis Risk Payment or Swap
Termination Payment), exclusive of any amounts received from the Swap Provider,
shall be deemed paid from the Upper-Tier REMIC to the Class X REMIC in respect
of the Class UT-X Interest and then from the Class X REMIC in respect of the
Class X Interest to the Holders of the Class X Certificates prior to
distribution of any Basis Risk Payments to the LIBOR Certificates or Swap
Termination Payments to the Swap Provider.
For federal income tax purposes, any amount distributed on the LIBOR
Certificates on any Distribution Date in excess of the amount distributable on
their Corresponding Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interest on such Distribution
Date shall be treated as having been paid from the Excess Reserve Fund Account
or the Supplemental Interest Trust, as applicable, and any amount distributable
on such Corresponding Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interest on such Distribution
Date in excess of the amount distributable on the Corresponding Class of LIBOR
Certificates on such Distribution Date shall be treated as having been paid to
the Supplemental Interest Trust, all pursuant to and as further provided in
Section 8.13.
Section 2.06 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee and the
Servicer that as of the date of this Agreement or as of such date specifically
provided herein:
(a) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(b) The Depositor has the corporate power and authority to convey
the Mortgage Loans and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement;
(c) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Depositor, all requisite corporate action having been
taken, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the
other parties hereto, constitutes or will constitute the legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by general
equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law);
(d) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or registration
or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required
for the execution, delivery and performance of or compliance by the Depositor
with this Agreement or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except as have been made on or prior to the
Closing Date;
(e) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
(i) conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of, or
constitutes or will constitute a default or results or will result in an
acceleration under (A) the charter or bylaws of the Depositor, or (B) of any
term, condition or provision of any material indenture, deed of trust, contract
or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries is bound; (ii)
results or will result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree applicable to the Depositor of any court or governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its subsidiaries; or (iii)
results in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which
would have a material adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any documents or
instruments evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans;
(f) There are no actions, suits or proceedings before or against or
investigations of, the Depositor pending, or to the knowledge of the Depositor,
threatened, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal, and no
notice of any such action, which, in the Depositor's reasonable judgment, might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under this Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement;
(g) The Depositor 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 that may materially and adversely affect its
performance hereunder; and
(h) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment by the
Depositor to the Trustee on the Closing Date, the Depositor had good title to,
and was the sole owner of each Mortgage Loan, free of any interest of any other
Person, and the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in each
Mortgage Loan to the Trustee. The transfer of each Mortgage Note and each
Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is sufficient
either (i) fully to transfer to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, all right, title, and interest of the Depositor thereto as
note holder and mortgagee or (ii) to grant to the Trustee, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, the security interest referred to in Section 10.04.
It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in this Section 2.06 shall survive delivery of the
respective Custodial Files to each Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of
the Trustee and the Servicer.
Section 2.07 Enforcement of Obligations for Breach of Mortgage Loan
Representations. Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a
representation or warranty made by the Sponsor pursuant to the Representations
and Warranties Agreement, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement and the Sponsor.
The Trustee shall take such action, with the Depositor's consent, with respect
to such breach under the Representations and Warranties Agreement as may be
necessary or appropriate to enforce the rights of the Trust with respect
thereto.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01 Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on
behalf of the Certificateholders, the Servicer shall service and administer the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective
Mortgage Loans (provided, however that, prior to the related Servicing Transfer
Date, the applicable Original Loan Seller shall service such applicable Mortgage
Loans pursuant to this Agreement), to the extent consistent with such terms, in
compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same
manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own
portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice
of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but
without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Servicer, any Subservicer or any
Affiliate of the Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related
Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the
Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing
Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive
compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular
transaction.
To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek
to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the
Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above described servicing standards and the
terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall
have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided
in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with
such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer in its own name
or in the name of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee for the Trust,
or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the
Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage
Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or
obtain a deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such
properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf
of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. The Servicer shall service and
administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal
law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to
them thereby. The Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this
Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any
standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the applicable
Custodian and the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer,
and furnish to the Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary
or appropriate to enable the Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their
servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and each Custodian and the
Trustee hereby grant to the Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a
power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take
title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in
the name of the Trust. The Trustee shall execute a separate power of attorney in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit R in favor of the Servicer for the purposes
described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable the Servicer to
perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of
the Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as
necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and
assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing
Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the
Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11.
Any cost incurred by the Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely
payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that
the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan
(except as provided in Section 4.01) and the Servicer shall not (i) permit any
modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage
Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions
resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date
on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest or principal
payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07(a), if the
Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in
the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any
modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would
both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section
1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations
promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a
REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions"
or "contributions after the start-up day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii)
except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums.
(d) The Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this
Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Servicer
from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) The Servicer shall not be required to remit, report or service,
and shall not be required to include in any certification to be provided by the
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, in connection with the Reporting Date or
the Distribution Date in February 2006 (with regards to those Mortgage Loans
with a Servicing Transfer Date in February 2006) or March 2006 (with regards to
those Mortgage Loans with a Servicing Transfer Date of March 1, 2006).
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements between the Servicer and
Subservicers. (a) The Servicer may enter into subservicing agreements with
Subservicers, for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans
("Subservicing Agreements"). The Servicer represents and warrants to the other
parties hereto that no Subservicing Agreement is in effect as of the Closing
Date with respect to any Mortgage Loans required to be serviced by it hereunder.
The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositor and the Trustee of any such
Subservicer and Subservicing Agreement, which notice shall contain all
information (including without limitation a copy of the Subservicing Agreement)
reasonably necessary to enable the Trustee, pursuant to Section 8.12(g), to
accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to
the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be
filed under the Exchange Act). During the period when reports are required to be
filed for the Trust under the Exchange Act, no Subservicing Agreement shall be
effective until 30 days after such written notice is received by both the
Depositor and the Trustee and thereafter shall be effective at the time the
Servicer and any Subservicer enter into any such Subservicing Agreement. The
Trustee shall not be required to review or consent to such Subservicing
Agreements and shall have no liability in connection therewith.
(b) Each Subservicer shall be (i) 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, (ii) an institution approved as a mortgage loan originator by the
Federal Housing Administration or an institution that has deposit accounts
insured by the FDIC and (iii) a Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae approved mortgage
servicer. Each Subservicing Agreement must impose on the Subservicer
requirements conforming to the provisions set forth in Section 3.08 and provide
for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
The Servicer will examine each Subservicing Agreement and will be familiar with
the terms thereof. The terms of any Subservicing Agreement will not be
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer and the
respective Subservicers may enter into and make amendments to the Subservicing
Agreements or enter into different forms of Subservicing Agreements; provided,
however, that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with
and not violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or
different form shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected
to be materially adverse to the interests of the Trustee, without the consent of
the Trustee. Any variation without the consent of the Trustee from the
provisions set forth in Section 3.08 relating to insurance or priority
requirements of Subservicing Accounts, or credits and charges to the
Subservicing Accounts or the timing and amount of remittances by the
Subservicers to the Servicer, are conclusively deemed to be inconsistent with
this Agreement and therefore prohibited. The Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Depositor copies of all Subservicing Agreements, and any
amendments or modifications thereof, promptly upon the Servicer's execution and
delivery of such instruments.
(c) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer
(except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this paragraph), for the
benefit of the Trustee, shall enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under
the related Subservicing Agreement, including, without limitation, any
obligation to make advances in respect of delinquent payments as required by a
Subservicing Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the
legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing Agreements, 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 Servicer, in its good faith business
judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The
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 Loans or (ii) from a specific recovery of
costs, expenses or attorneys' fees against the party against whom such
enforcement is directed.
(d) The Servicer shall cause any Subservicer engaged by the Servicer
(or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee to
comply with the provisions of this Section 3.02 and with Sections 3.22, 3.23,
6.02 and 6.05 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer were
the Servicer, and to provide the information required with respect to such
Subservicer under Section 8.12(g) of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be
responsible for obtaining from each such Subservicer and delivering to
applicable Persons any servicer compliance statement required to be delivered by
such Subservicer under Section 3.22 and any assessment of compliance report and
related accountant's attestation required to be delivered by such Subservicer
under Section 3.23, in each case as and when required to be delivered.
(e) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.02(e), the
Servicer and any Subservicer engaged by the Servicer is permitted to utilize one
or more Subcontractors to perform certain of its obligations hereunder. The
Servicer shall promptly upon request provide to the Depositor a written
description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of the role
and function of each Subcontractor utilized by the Servicer or any such
Subservicer, specifying, not later than the date specified for delivery of the
annual report on assessment of compliance set forth in Section 3.23(b) (i) the
identity of each such Subcontractor, if any, that is "participating in the
servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and (ii)
which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of
compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (i) of
this paragraph. As a condition to the utilization by the Servicer or any such
Subservicer of any Subcontractor determined to be "participating in the
servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, the
Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the Servicer (or by any such
Subservicer) for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee to comply with the
provisions of Section 3.23 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
Subcontractor were the Servicer. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining
from each such Subcontractor and delivering to the applicable Persons any
assessment of compliance report and related accountant's attestation required to
be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 3.23, in each case as and when
required to be delivered.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Servicer engages a
Subcontractor in connection with the performance of any of its duties under this
Agreement, the Servicer shall be responsible for determining whether such
Subcontractor is a "servicer" within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB
and whether any such affiliate or third-party vendor meets the criteria in Item
1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB. If the Servicer determines,
pursuant to the preceding sentence, that such Subcontractor is a "servicer"
within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and meets the criteria in Item
1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB, then such Subcontractor shall be
deemed to be a Subservicer for purposes of this Agreement (and shall not be
required to meet the requirements of a Subservicer set forth in Section
3.02(b)), the engagement of such Subservicer shall not be effective unless and
until notice is given pursuant to Section 3.02(a) and the Servicer shall comply
with Section 3.02(d) with respect thereto.
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers. The Servicer shall be entitled
to terminate any Subservicing Agreement and the rights and obligations of any
Subservicer pursuant to any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement; provided, however, that during
the period when reports are required to be filed for the Trust under the
Exchange Act, the termination, resignation or removal of a Subservicer shall be
not be effective until 30 days after written notice is received by both the
Depositor and the Trustee that contains all information reasonably necessary to
enable the Trustee, pursuant to Section 8.12(g), to accurately and timely report
the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such
reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).
In the event of termination of any Subservicer, all servicing obligations of
such Subservicer shall be assumed simultaneously by the Servicer without any act
or deed on the part of such Subservicer or the Servicer, and the Servicer either
shall service directly the related Mortgage Loans or shall enter into a
Subservicing Agreement with a successor Subservicer which qualifies under
Section 3.02.
Any Subservicing Agreement shall include the provision that such
agreement may be immediately terminated by the Depositor or the Trustee without
fee, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in the event that the
Servicer shall, for any reason, no longer be the Servicer (including termination
due to an Event of Default).
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer. Notwithstanding any
Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference
to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee 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 and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if
the Servicer alone were servicing and administering such Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for
indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer and nothing contained in
this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and
the Trustee. Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer
in its capacity as such shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the
Servicer alone, and the Trustee (or any successor to the Servicer) shall not be
deemed a party thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or
liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 3.06.
The Servicer shall be solely liable for all fees owed by it to any Subservicer,
irrespective of whether the Servicer's compensation pursuant to this Agreement
is sufficient to pay such fees.
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee. In the event the Servicer at any time shall for any reason no longer be
the Servicer (including by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default), the
Trustee, or its designee, or the successor Servicer if the successor Servicer is
not the Trustee, shall, subject to the rights of the Servicing Rights Pledgee,
thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each
Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, with copies
thereof provided to the Trustee prior to the Trustee assuming such rights and
obligations, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement
in accordance with its terms as provided in Section 3.03.
Upon such assumption, the Trustee, its designee or the successor
servicer shall be deemed, subject to Section 3.03, to have assumed all of the
Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each
Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if each Subservicing Agreement had
been assigned to the assuming party, except that (i) the Servicer shall not
thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under any Subservicing
Agreement that arose before it ceased to be the Servicer and (ii) none of the
Depositor, the Trustee, their designees or any successor Servicer shall be
deemed to have assumed any liability or obligation of the Servicer that arose
before it ceased to be the Servicer.
The Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the Trustee,
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 or on behalf of it, and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the
Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments. (a) The
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 applicable Insurance Policies, follow such collection procedures as it
would follow with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and
held for its own account. Consistent with the foregoing and Accepted Servicing
Practices, the Servicer may (i) waive any late payment charge or, if applicable,
any penalty interest, or (ii) extend the Due Dates for the Scheduled Payments
due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not greater than 180 days; provided, that
any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not affect the amortization
schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any computation hereunder, except
as provided below. In the event of any such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii)
above, the Servicer shall make timely advances on such Mortgage Loan during such
extension pursuant to Section 4.01 and in accordance with the amortization
schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such
arrangements, subject to Section 4.01(d) pursuant to which the Servicer shall
not be required to make any such advances that are Nonrecoverable P&I Advances.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default
or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, the
Servicer, consistent with the standards set forth in Section 3.01, may also
waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications
that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, forgive the payment of principal
or interest, extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan or waive, in
whole or in part, a Prepayment Premium), accept payment from the related
Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance in final
satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to the postponement of strict
compliance with any such term or otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor
(any and all such waivers, modifications, variances, forgiveness of principal or
interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively referred to herein as
"Forbearance"); provided, however, that the final maturity date of any Mortgage
Loan may not be extended beyond the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the
LIBOR Certificates. The Servicer's analysis supporting any Forbearance and the
conclusion that any Forbearance meets the standards of Section 3.01 shall be
reflected in writing in the applicable Servicing File. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer may waive, in whole or in part, a Prepayment Premium
only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver relates to a default or
a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the
Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of
such Prepayment Premium and the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) such Prepayment
Premium is not permitted to be collected by applicable federal, state or local
law or regulation, (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Premium would be
considered "predatory" pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any
applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official
capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters, (iv) the enforceability
thereof is limited (1) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or
other similar laws relating to creditor's rights generally or (2) due to
acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment or
(v) if the Servicer has not been provided with information sufficient to enable
it to collect the Prepayment Premium. If a Prepayment Premium is waived other
than as permitted in this Section 3.07(a), then the Servicer is required to pay
the amount of such waived Prepayment Premium, for the benefit of the Holders of
the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account
as soon as possible after the date of payoff, but in no event later than five
(5) Business Days from such date.
(b) The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, each Rating
Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of the
Collection Account within a reasonable period of time prior to any change
thereof.
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts. In those cases where a
Subservicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement,
the Subservicer will be required to establish and maintain one or more
segregated accounts (collectively, the "Subservicing Account"). The Subservicing
Account shall be an Eligible Account and shall otherwise be acceptable to the
Servicer. The Subservicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which account
must be an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and
collections on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing
activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after
the Subservicer's receipt thereof, all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by
the Subservicer less its servicing compensation to the extent permitted by the
Subservicing Agreement, and shall thereafter deposit such amounts in the
Subservicing Account, in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit
of such funds into the clearing account. The Subservicer shall thereafter
deposit such proceeds in the Collection Account or remit such proceeds to the
Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account not later than two Business Days
after the deposit of such amounts in the Subservicing Account. For purposes of
this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on the
Mortgage Loans when the Subservicer receives such payments.
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts. (a) The Servicer shall ensure that each First Lien Mortgage
Loan shall be covered by a paid-in-full, life-of-the-loan tax service contract
(each, a "Tax Service Contract"); provided, that the applicable Original Loan
Seller transferred a fully transferable Tax Service Contract to the Servicer at
no expense to the Servicer. Each Tax Service Contract shall be assigned to the
Trustee, or its designee, at the Servicer's expense in the event that the
Servicer is terminated as Servicer of the related Mortgage Loan.
(b) To the extent that the services described in this paragraph (b)
are not otherwise provided pursuant to the Tax Service Contracts described in
paragraph (a) above, the Servicer undertakes to perform such functions. To the
extent the related Mortgage Loan provides for Escrow Payments, the Servicer
shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or
more segregated accounts (the "Escrow Accounts"), which shall be Eligible
Accounts. The Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which account must
be an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and
collections on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing
activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after
the Servicer's receipt thereof, all collections from the Mortgagors (or related
advances from Subservicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard
insurance premiums and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors
("Escrow Payments") collected on account of the Mortgage Loans and shall
thereafter deposit such Escrow Payments in the Escrow Accounts, in no event more
than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds in the clearing account,
for the purpose of effecting the payment of any such items as required under the
terms of this Agreement. Withdrawals of amounts from an Escrow Account may be
made only to (i) effect payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Servicer (or a Subservicer to
the extent provided in the related Subservicing Agreement) out of related
collections for any advances made pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to
taxes and assessments) and Section 3.13 (with respect to hazard insurance);
(iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv)
pay interest, if required and as described below, to Mortgagors on balances in
the Escrow Account; (v) clear and terminate the Escrow Account at the
termination of the Servicer's obligations and responsibilities in respect of the
Mortgage Loans under this Agreement; or (vi) recover amounts deposited in error.
As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer or Subservicers shall pay to the
Mortgagors interest on funds in Escrow Accounts, to the extent required by law
and, to the extent that interest earned on funds in the Escrow Accounts is
insufficient, to pay such interest from its or their own funds, without any
reimbursement therefor. To the extent that a Mortgage does not provide for
Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall determine whether any such payments are made
by the Mortgagor in a manner and at a time that is necessary to avoid the loss
of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure as a result of a
tax lien. If any such payment has not been made and the Servicer receives notice
of a tax lien with respect to the Mortgage Loan being imposed, the Servicer
will, promptly and to the extent required to avoid loss of the Mortgaged
Property, advance or cause to be advanced funds necessary to discharge such lien
on the Mortgaged Property. The Servicer assumes full responsibility for the
payment of all such bills within such time and shall effect payments of all such
bills irrespective of the Mortgagor's faithful performance in the payment of
same or the making of the Escrow Payments and shall make advances from its own
funds to effect such payments; provided, however, that such advances are deemed
to be Servicing Advances.
Section 3.10 Collection Account. (a) On behalf of the Trustee, the
Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and
maintained, one or more segregated Eligible Accounts (such account or accounts,
the "Collection Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. Funds
in the Collection Account shall not be commingled with any other funds of the
Servicer. On behalf of the Trustee, the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited in the clearing account (which account must be an Eligible Account) in
which it customarily deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in
connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in
no event more than one Business Day after the Servicer's receipt thereof, and
shall thereafter deposit in the Collection Account, in no event more than two
Business Days after the deposit of such funds into the clearing account, as and
when received or as otherwise required hereunder, the following payments and
collections received or made by it subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in
respect of principal or interest on the related Mortgage Loans due on or before
the Cut-off Date), or payments (other than Principal Prepayments) received by it
on or prior to the Cut off Date but allocable to a Due Period subsequent
thereto:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest (net of the related
Servicing Fee) on each Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds (to the
extent such Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds are not to be
applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released
to the related Mortgagor in accordance with the express requirements of
law or in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices) and all
Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.12
in connection with any losses realized on Permitted Investments with
respect to funds held in the Collection Account;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to
the second paragraph of Section 3.13(a) in respect of any blanket policy
deductibles;
(vi) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased or purchased in
accordance with this Agreement and any Substitution Adjustment Amount; and
(vii) all Prepayment Premiums collected by the Servicer.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Account
shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges, NSF
fees, reconveyance fees, assumption fees and other similar fees and charges need
not be deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account and shall, upon
collection, belong to the Servicer as additional compensation for its servicing
activities. In the event the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account
any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw
such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(b) Funds in the Collection Account may be invested in Permitted
Investments in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 3.12. The
Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee and the Depositor of the location of
the Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof.
Section 3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Account. (a) The
Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Collection Account
for any of the following purposes or as described in Section 4.01:
(i) on or prior to the Remittance Date, to remit to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account, all Available Funds ( which solely
for purposes of this Section 3.11(a)(i) shall not be net of the Trustee
Fee and the Custodian Fees) in respect of the related Distribution Date
together with all amounts representing Prepayment Premiums from the
Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment Period;
(ii) to reimburse the Servicer for P&I Advances, but only to the
extent of amounts received which represent Late Collections (net of the
related Servicing Fees) of Scheduled Payments on Mortgage Loans with
respect to which such P&I Advances were made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.01;
(iii) to pay the Servicer or any Subservicer (A) any unpaid
Servicing Fees or (B) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to
each Mortgage Loan, but in each case only to the extent of any Late
Collections, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds or other amounts as may be collected by the Servicer from a
Mortgagor, or otherwise received with respect to such Mortgage Loan (or
the related REO Property);
(iv) to pay to the Servicer as servicing compensation (in addition
to the Servicing Fee) on the Remittance Date any interest or investment
income earned on funds deposited in the Collection Account;
(v) to pay the Sponsor or the Depositor, as applicable, with respect
to each Mortgage Loan that has previously been repurchased or replaced
pursuant to this Agreement all amounts received thereon subsequent to the
date of purchase or substitution, as the case may be;
(vi) to reimburse the Servicer for (A) any xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advance
or Servicing Advance previously made which the Servicer has determined to
be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01, (B) any P&I Advance or
Servicing Advance previously made with respect to a delinquent Mortgage
Loan which Mortgage Loan has been modified by the Servicer in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement; provided that the Servicer shall only
reimburse itself for such P&I Advances and Servicing Advances at the time
of such modification and shall reimburse itself after such modification
only as otherwise permitted under the other clauses of this Section
3.11(a), and (C) any outstanding P&I Advance or Servicing Advance made by
the Servicer from its own funds, from Amounts Held for Future
Distribution, provided, however, any funds so applied shall be replaced by
the Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account no later than the close
of business on the related Remittance Date on which such funds are
required to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.01(b);
(vii) to pay, or to reimburse the Servicer for advances in respect
of, expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 3.15;
(viii) to reimburse the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee for
expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the Servicer, the Depositor or the
Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 6.03, Section 7.02 or
Section 8.05;
(ix) to reimburse the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be,
for expenses reasonably incurred in respect of the breach or defect giving
rise to the repurchase obligation as described in Section 2.03 that were
included in the Repurchase Price of the Mortgage Loan, including any
expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase obligation, to
the extent not otherwise paid pursuant to the terms hereof;
(x) to invest funds in Permitted Investments in accordance with
Section 3.12;
(xi) to withdraw any amounts deposited in the Collection Account in
error;
(xii) to withdraw any amounts held in the Collection Account and not
required to be remitted to the Trustee on the Remittance Date occurring in
the month in which such amounts are deposited into the Collection Account,
to reimburse the Servicer for unreimbursed Advances; and
(xiii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon
termination of this Agreement.
To the extent that the Servicer does not timely make the remittance
referred to in clause (i) above, the Servicer shall pay the Trustee for the
account of the Trustee interest on any amount not timely remitted at the prime
rate, from and including the applicable Remittance Date to but excluding the
date such remittance is actually made.
(b) The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from the Collection Account, to the extent held by or on behalf of
it, pursuant to subclauses (a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) and
(ix) above. The Servicer shall provide written notification to the Depositor, on
or prior to the next succeeding Remittance Date, upon making any withdrawals
from the Collection Account pursuant to subclause (a)(vi) above.
Section 3.12 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account. (a) The Servicer may invest the funds in the Collection
Account. The Trustee may invest funds in the Distribution Account during the
Trustee Float Period, and shall (except during the Trustee Float Period), invest
such funds in the Distribution Account at the direction of the Depositor. For
purposes of this Section 3.12, each of the Collection Accounts and the
Distribution Accounts are referred to as an "Investment Account") and all funds
therein may be invested in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or
sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, no later than the
Business Day on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account
pursuant to this Agreement (except for investments made at the Depositor's
direction, which shall mature no later than the Business Day immediately
preceding the date of required withdrawal). All such Permitted Investments shall
be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in an
Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee. The Trustee shall
be entitled to sole possession (except with respect to investment direction of
funds held in the related Account and any income and gain realized thereon in
any Account other than the Distribution Account during the Trustee Float Period)
over each such investment, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing
any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its agent,
together with any document of transfer necessary to transfer title to such
investment to the Trustee. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment
Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand,
the Trustee may:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder,
demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such
Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an
amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable
thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such
date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder that such
Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted
Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the
Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Servicer, shall
be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal in the
manner set forth in Section 3.11. The Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such
Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon
realization of such loss.
(c) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Distribution Account held by the Trustee, shall be for the
benefit of the Depositor (except for any income or gain realized from the
investment of funds on deposit in the Distribution Account during the Trustee
Float Period, which shall be for the benefit of the Trustee). The Depositor
shall deposit in the Distribution Account (except with respect to the Trustee
Float Period, in which case the Trustee shall so deposit) the amount of any loss
of principal incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment made with
funds in such accounts immediately upon realization of such loss.
(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any
default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or
if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted
Investment, the Trustee shall take such action as may be appropriate to enforce
such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of
appropriate proceedings.
(e) The Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive
additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Trustee's economic
self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder,
servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the
Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain
Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Permitted
Investments.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for the amount of any loss
incurred with respect of any investment (except that during the Trustee Float
Period, it will be responsible for reimbursing the Trust for such loss) or lack
of investment of funds held in any Investment Account or the Distribution
Account if made in accordance with Section 3.12(c).
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance, Errors and Omissions
and Fidelity Coverage. (a) The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each
First Lien Mortgage Loan standard hazard insurance on the related Mortgaged
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the
outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, in each case in an amount
not less than such amount as is necessary to prevent the Mortgagor and/or the
Mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer, (ii) the amount necessary to fully
compensate for any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part of such
property on a replacement cost basis and (iii) the amount required under the
applicable regulations set forth by each of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development and Federal Housing Administration. The Servicer shall also cause to
be maintained fire insurance with extended coverage on each REO Property in an
amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value
of the improvements which are a part of such property and (ii) the outstanding
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the time it became an REO
Property, plus accrued interest at the Mortgage Interest Rate and related
Servicing Advances. The Servicer will comply in the performance of this
Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any
such hazard policies. Any amounts to be collected by the Servicer under any such
policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
property subject to the related Mortgage or amounts to be released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Servicer would follow in
servicing loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of
the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the Collection
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by
the Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of
calculating distributions to the Trustee, be added to the unpaid principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such
Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other
additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor other than pursuant to
such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as
shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property or REO
Property is at any time in an area identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards and flood
insurance has been made available, the Servicer will cause to be maintained a
flood insurance policy in respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan 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 Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of B:VI or better in
Best's (or such other rating that is comparable to such rating) 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 two sentences of this
Section 3.13, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a
deductible clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property
a policy complying with the first two sentences of this Section 3.13, and there
shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such policy,
deposit to the Collection Account from its own funds the amount not otherwise
payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In
connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage
Loans, the Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the
Trustee claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance
with the terms of such policy.
(b) The Servicer shall keep in force during the term of this
Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions for
failure in the performance of the Servicer's obligations under this Agreement,
which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would meet the
requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac if it were the purchaser of the
Mortgage Loans, unless the Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall also maintain a fidelity bond
in the form and amount that would meet the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac, unless the Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements from Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall provide the Trustee upon request with
copies of any such insurance policies and fidelity bond. The Servicer shall be
deemed to have complied with this provision if an Affiliate of the Servicer has
such errors and omissions and fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such
insurance policy or fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to
the Servicer. Upon request from the Trustee, the Servicer shall cause to be
delivered to the Trustee proof of coverage of the fidelity bond errors and
omissions insurance policy and a statement from the surety and the insurer that
that surety and insurer shall endeavor to notify the Trustee within 30 days
prior to such fidelity bond's errors and omissions insurance policy's
termination or material modification. The Servicer shall also cause each
Subservicer to maintain a policy of insurance covering errors and omissions and
a fidelity bond which would meet such requirements.
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements. The Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any conveyance
or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property by any Mortgagor (whether by
absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor
remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage),
exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the
"due on sale" clause, if any, applicable thereto; provided, however, that the
Servicer shall not be required to take such action if, in the reasonable belief
of the Servicer, the Servicer believes it is not in the best interests of the
Trust Fund and shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited by law from
doing so. If the Servicer reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law
to enforce such "due on sale" clause or if any of the other conditions set forth
in the proviso to the preceding sentence apply, the Servicer will make
reasonable efforts to enter into an assumption and modification agreement from
or with the person to whom such property has been conveyed or is proposed to be
conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note,
the Servicer has the prior consent of the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if
any, and, to the extent permitted by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains
liable thereon. The Servicer is also authorized to enter into a substitution of
liability agreement with such person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor
is released from liability and such person is substituted as the Mortgagor and
becomes liable under the Mortgage Note; provided, that no such substitution
shall be effective unless such person satisfies the underwriting criteria of the
Servicer and has a credit risk rating at least equal to that of the original
Mortgagor. In connection with any assumption, modification or substitution, the
Servicer shall apply such underwriting standards and follow such practices and
procedures as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities and as it applies to other mortgage loans owned solely by it. The
Servicer shall not take or enter into any assumption and modification agreement,
however, unless (to the extent practicable in the circumstances) it shall have
received confirmation, in writing, of the continued effectiveness of any
applicable hazard insurance policy, or a new policy meeting the requirements of
this Section is obtained. Any fee collected by the Servicer in respect of an
assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the
Servicer as additional servicing compensation. In connection with any such
assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note (including but not limited to
the related Mortgage Interest Rate and the amount of the Scheduled Payment) may
be amended or modified, except as otherwise required pursuant to the terms
thereof. The Servicer shall notify each Custodian that any such substitution,
modification or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the
applicable Custodian the executed original of such substitution or assumption
agreement, which document shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall,
for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent
as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of
this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a
Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the Mortgage Note or any
assumption which the Servicer may be restricted by law from preventing, for any
reason whatsoever. For purposes of this Section 3.14, the term "assumption" is
deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged Property) subject to the
Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or substitution of liability
agreement.
Section 3.15 Realization upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. The Servicer
shall use its best efforts, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, to
foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include an acquisition
of REO Property) 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, and which are not released from this Agreement pursuant to any
other provision hereof. The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to realize
upon such defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will maximize the receipt
of principal and interest by the Trustee, taking into account, among other
things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings; provided, however with respect to
any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, if, after such Mortgage Loan becomes 180 days or
more delinquent, the Servicer determines that a significant net recovery is not
possible through foreclosure, such Mortgage Loan may be charged off and the
Mortgage Loan will be treated as a Liquidated Mortgage Loan giving rise to a
Realized Loss. The foregoing is subject to the provisions that, in any case in
which a Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage from an uninsured cause,
the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds toward the
restoration of such property unless it shall determine in its sole discretion
(i) that such restoration will increase the net proceeds of liquidation of the
related Mortgage Loan to the Trustee, after reimbursement to itself for such
expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable by the Servicer
through Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds from
the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.11. The Servicer
shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such
proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement
thereof from the related property, as contemplated in Section 3.11. In
circumstances where the Servicer determines that it would be uneconomical to
foreclose on the related Mortgaged Property, the Servicer may write off the
entire outstanding principal balance of the related Second Lien Mortgage Loan as
bad debt.
In the event that the related First Lien Mortgage Loan is not being
serviced by the Servicer, the Servicer shall have no liability for any losses
resulting from a foreclosure on a Second Lien Mortgage Loan in connection with
the foreclosure on the related First Lien Mortgage Loan for which the related
First Lien Mortgage Loan is not included in the Trust Fund where the Servicer
did not receive notice or otherwise had no actual knowledge regarding such
foreclosure on the related First Lien Mortgage Loan; provided, however, if the
Servicer is either notified or has actual knowledge that any holder of a First
Lien Mortgage Loan intends to accelerate the obligations secured by the First
Lien Mortgage Loan, or that any such holder intends to declare a default under
the mortgage or promissory note secured thereby, or has filed or intends to file
an election to have the related Mortgaged Property sold or foreclosed, the
Servicer shall take, on behalf of the Trust, whatever actions are necessary to
protect the interests of the Trust in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices and the REMIC Provisions. The Servicer shall not be required to make a
Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 4.01 with respect thereto except to the
extent that it determines in its reasonable good faith judgment that such
advance would be recoverable from Liquidation Proceeds on the related Second
Lien Mortgage Loan, that a significant net recovery is possible through
foreclosure, and in no event in an amount that is greater than the then
outstanding principal balance of the related Second Lien Mortgage Loan. The
Servicer shall thereafter take such action as is reasonably necessary to recover
any amount so advanced and to otherwise reimburse itself as a Servicing Advance
from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.11.
The proceeds of any Liquidation Event or REO Disposition, as well as
any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO
Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances, pursuant to Section 3.11 or 3.17; second, to accrued and unpaid
interest on the Mortgage Loan or REO Imputed Interest, at the Mortgage Interest
Rate, to the date of the liquidation or REO Disposition, or to the Due Date
prior to the Remittance Date on which such amounts are to be distributed if not
in connection with a Liquidation Event or REO Disposition; third, to reimburse
the Servicer for any related xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances, pursuant to Section
3.11; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount
of the recovery so allocated to interest is less than a full recovery thereof,
that amount will be allocated as follows: first, to unpaid Servicing Fees; and
second, as interest at the Mortgage Interest Rate (net of the Servicing Fee
Rate). The portion of the recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall
be reimbursed to the Servicer or any Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.11 or
3.17. The portions of the recovery so allocated to interest at the Mortgage
Interest Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) and to principal of the Mortgage
Loan shall be applied as follows: first, to reimburse the Servicer or any
Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances in accordance with
Section 3.11 or 3.17, and second, to the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.02, subject to the last paragraph of Section 3.17 with
respect to certain excess recoveries from an REO Disposition.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in
connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in
the event the Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual knowledge of
the presence of, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes on the related
Mortgaged Property, or if the Trustee otherwise requests, the Servicer shall
cause an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property to be
conducted by a qualified inspector. Upon completion of the inspection, the
Servicer shall promptly provide the Trustee and the Depositor, with a written
report of the environmental inspection.
After reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Servicer
shall determine consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices how to proceed with
respect to the Mortgaged Property. In the event (a) the environmental inspection
report indicates that the Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes and (b) the Servicer determines, consistent with
Accepted Servicing Practices, to proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of a
deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
costs associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure and any related environmental clean-up costs, as applicable, from
the related Liquidation Proceeds, or if the Liquidation Proceeds are
insufficient to fully reimburse the Servicer, the Servicer shall be entitled to
be reimbursed from amounts in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.11.
In the event the Servicer determines not to proceed with foreclosure or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall be reimbursed
from general collections for all Servicing Advances made with respect to the
related Mortgaged Property from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.11.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for any determination made by the Servicer
pursuant to this paragraph or otherwise.
Section 3.16 Release of Mortgage Files. (a) Upon the payment in full
of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Servicer of a notification that
payment in full shall be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the
Servicer will, within five (5) Business Days of the payment in full, notify the
applicable Custodian by a certification (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
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10 have been or will be so deposited)
of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it of the Custodial File by
completing a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit L hereto to the
applicable Custodian. Upon receipt of such certification and Request for
Release, the applicable Custodian shall promptly release the related Custodial
File to the Servicer within three (3) Business Days. No expenses incurred in
connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be
chargeable to the Collection Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any Insurance Policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, each Custodian shall, upon
request of the Servicer and delivery to the applicable Custodian, of a Request
for Release, release the related Custodial File to the Servicer, and the Trustee
shall, at the direction of the Servicer, execute such documents as shall be
necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings and the Servicer shall
retain the Mortgage File in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. Such Request
for Release shall obligate the Servicer to return each and every document
previously requested from the Custodial File to the applicable Custodian when
the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has
been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have
been deposited in the Collection Account or 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 Servicer has delivered to the applicable
Custodian 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. Upon receipt of a certificate of a
Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all
amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation that are
required to be deposited into the Collection Account have been so deposited, or
that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, a copy of the Request for
Release shall be released by the applicable Custodian to the Servicer or its
designee. Upon receipt of a Request for Release under this Section 3.16, the
applicable Custodian shall deliver the related Custodial File to the requesting
Servicer by regular mail, unless the Servicer requests that the applicable
Custodian deliver such Custodial File to the Servicer by overnight courier (in
which case such delivery shall be at the Servicer's expense); provided, however,
that in the event the Servicer has not previously received copies of the
relevant Mortgage Loan Documents necessary to service the related Mortgage Loan
in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, the Depositor shall use
reasonable efforts to cause the Sponsor to reimburse the Servicer for any
overnight courier charges incurred for the requested Custodial Files.
Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall
execute and deliver to the Servicer copies of any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents reasonably 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, or shall exercise and deliver to the Servicer a power of attorney
sufficient to authorize the Servicer to execute such documents on its behalf.
Each such certification shall include a request that such pleadings or documents
be executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or
pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee will not 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 3.17 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property.
(a) This Section shall apply only to REO Properties acquired for the account of
the Trustee and shall not apply to any REO Property relating to a Mortgage Loan
which was purchased or repurchased from the Trustee pursuant to any provision
hereof. In the event that title to any such REO Property is acquired, the
Servicer shall cause the deed or certificate of sale to be issued in the name of
the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, or the Trustee's nominee.
(b) The Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each
REO Property for the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition
and sale. The Servicer, either itself or through an agent selected by the
Servicer, shall manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the
same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed
property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property in
the same locality as the REO Property is managed. The Servicer shall attempt to
sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than
one year, except as otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as
the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Trustee. The Servicer shall
notify the Trustee from time to time as to the status of each REO Property.
(c) The Servicer shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO
Property as soon as possible (subject to the Trustee's right to veto any
proposed sale of REO Property) and shall sell such REO Property in any event
within three years after title has been taken to such REO Property, unless the
Servicer determines, and gives an appropriate notice to the Trustee to such
effect, that a longer period is necessary for the orderly liquidation of such
REO Property. If a period longer than three years is permitted under the
foregoing sentence and is necessary to sell any REO Property, the Servicer shall
report monthly to the Trustee as to the progress being made in selling such REO
Property. Notwithstanding its veto rights, the Trustee has no obligation with
respect to REO Dispositions.
(d) The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and
received in connection with the operation of any REO Property separate and apart
from its own funds and general assets and shall deposit such funds in the
Collection Account.
(e) The Servicer shall deposit net of reimbursement to the Servicer
for any related outstanding Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees
provided in Section 3.11, or cause to be deposited, on a daily basis in the
Collection Account all revenues received with respect to the related REO
Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation,
management and maintenance of the REO Property.
(f) The Servicer, upon an REO Disposition, shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances as well as any
unpaid Servicing Fees from proceeds received in connection with the REO
Disposition, as further provided in Section 3.11.
(g) Any net proceeds from an REO Disposition which are in excess of
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan plus all unpaid REO
Imputed Interest thereon through the date of the REO Disposition shall be
retained by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
(h) The Servicer shall use its reasonable best efforts, to sell, or
cause the Subservicer to sell, any REO Property as soon as possible, but in no
event later than the conclusion of the third calendar year beginning after the
year of its acquisition by the REMIC unless (i) the Servicer applies for an
extension of such period from the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions and Code Section 856(e)(3), in which event such REO Property shall be
sold within the applicable extension period, or (ii) the Servicer obtains for
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 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 Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions
or comparable provisions of relevant state laws at any time. The Servicer shall
manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property serviced by the Servicer
for the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a
manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure
property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) or result in the receipt by
the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the
meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net income from foreclosure
property" which is subject to taxation under Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.
Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either
itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such
REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the
locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to
be in the best interest of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders for
the period prior to the sale of such REO Property; provided, however, that any
rent received or accrued with respect to such REO Property qualifies as "rents
from real property" as defined in Section 856(d) of the Code.
Section 3.18 Notification of Adjustments. With respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall adjust the Mortgage Interest
Rate on the related Adjustment Date and shall adjust the Scheduled Payment on
the related mortgage payment adjustment date, if applicable, in compliance with
the requirements of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note.
In the event that an Index becomes unavailable or otherwise unpublished, the
Servicer shall select a comparable alternative index over which it has no direct
control and which is readily verifiable. The Servicer shall execute and deliver
any and all necessary notices required under applicable law and the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and
Scheduled Payment adjustments. The Servicer shall promptly, upon written request
therefor, deliver to the Trustee such notifications and any additional
applicable data regarding such adjustments and the methods used to calculate and
implement such adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Servicer or the receipt of
notice from the Trustee that the Servicer has failed to adjust a Mortgage
Interest Rate or Scheduled Payment in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account from its own
funds the amount of any interest loss caused as such interest loss occurs.
Section 3.19 Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall provide, or cause the
Subservicer to provide, to the Depositor, the Trustee, the OTS or the FDIC and
the examiners and supervisory agents thereof access to the documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans in its possession required by applicable
regulations of the OTS. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable and prior written request and during normal business hours at
the offices of the Servicer or any Subservicer. Nothing in this Section shall
derogate from the obligation of any such party to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors and the failure
of any such party to provide access as provided in this Section as a result of
such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
Section 3.20 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the
Servicer to Be Held for the Trustee. The Servicer shall account fully to the
Trustee for any funds received by the Servicer or which otherwise are collected
by the Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds collected
or held by, or under the control of, the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage
Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from
Liquidation Proceeds, including, but not limited to, any funds on deposit in the
Collection Account, shall be held by the Servicer for and on behalf of the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and shall be and remain the sole and
exclusive property of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement. The Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or subject
any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the Collection Account, the
Distribution Account or any Escrow Account, or any funds that otherwise are or
may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ
of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any
claim or right of setoff against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or
in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Servicer shall be
entitled to set off against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that are
properly due and payable to the Servicer under this Agreement.
Section 3.21 Servicing Compensation. (a) As compensation for its
activities hereunder, the Servicer shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, be
entitled to retain from deposits to the Collection Account and from Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, and Condemnation Proceeds related to such Mortgage
Loan, the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan (less any portion of
such amounts retained by any Subservicer). In addition, the Servicer shall be
entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of related Late Collections to the
extent permitted in Section 3.11. The right to receive the Servicing Fee may not
be transferred in whole or in part except as provided in Section 6.06 or in
connection with the transfer of all of the Servicer's responsibilities and
obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Servicer may pay
from the Servicing Fee any amounts due to a Subservicer pursuant to a
Subservicing Agreement entered into under Section 3.02.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption or
modification fees, late payment charges, NSF fees, reconveyance fees and other
similar fees and charges (other than Prepayment Premiums) shall be retained by
the Servicer only to the extent such fees or charges are received by the
Servicer. The Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to Section 3.09(b)(vi)
and Section 3.11(a)(iv) to withdraw from the Collection Account, as additional
servicing compensation, interest or other income earned on deposits therein.
(c) The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by
it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of
premiums for any blanket policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to
Section 3.13, servicing compensation of the Subservicer to the extent not
retained by it and the fees and expenses of independent accountants and any
agents appointed by the Servicer), and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as specifically provided in Section 3.11.
Section 3.22 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Servicer shall
deliver or cause to be delivered, and shall cause each Subservicer engaged by
the Servicer to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Depositor, the Rating
Agencies and the Trustee on or before March 15th of each calendar year,
commencing in 2007, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signatory
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer or Subservicer, as
applicable, during the preceding calendar year and of its performance under this
Agreement, or the applicable Subservicing Agreement, as the case may be, has
been made under such officers' supervision, and (ii) to the best of such
officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer or Subservicer, as
applicable, has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement or the
applicable Subservicing Agreement, as the case may be, in all material respects
throughout such year, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such
obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such
officers and the nature and status thereof. Promptly after receipt of each such
Officer's Certificate, the Depositor shall review such Officer's Certificate
and, if applicable, consult with the Servicer as to the nature of any defaults
by the Servicer or any related Subservicer in the fulfillment of any of the
Servicer's or Subservicer's obligations. The obligations of the Servicer or
Subservicer under this Section apply to each Servicer and Subservicer that
serviced a Mortgage Loan during the applicable period, whether or not the
Servicer or Subservicer is acting as the Servicer or Subservicer, as applicable,
at the time such Officer's Certificate is required to be delivered. Neither
the Servicer nor Subservicer shall be required to cause the delivery of any
Officer's Certificate required by this Section in any given year so long as it
has received written confirmation from the Depositor that a Form 10-K is not
required to be filed in respect of the Trust for the preceding calendar year.
Section 3.23 Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with
Servicing Criteria; Annual Independent Public Accountants' Attestation Report(a)
(a) Not later than March 15th of each calendar year commencing in 2007 (and with
respect to each Custodian, only until a Form 15 Suspension Notice has been
filed) the Servicer, each Custodian and the Trustee each shall deliver, and the
Servicer shall cause each Subservicer engaged by the Servicer and the Servicer
and the Trustee shall cause each Subcontractor utilized by the Servicer (or by
any such Subservicer) or the Trustee, as applicable, and determined by the
Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.02(e) to be
"participating in a servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB (in each case, a "Servicing Function Participant"), to deliver,
each at its own expense, to the Depositor and the Trustee, a report on an
assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it that
contains (A) a statement by such party of its responsibility for assessing
compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it, (B) a statement that
such party used the Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the applicable
Servicing Criteria, (C) such party's assessment of compliance with the
applicable Servicing Criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the
fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to Section
8.12, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with
the applicable Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the
nature and status thereof, and (D) a statement that a registered public
accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Person's assessment of
compliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria as of and for such period.
Each such assessment of compliance report shall be addressed to the Depositor
and signed by an authorized officer of the applicable company, and shall address
each of the applicable Servicing Criteria set forth on Exhibit T hereto, or as
set forth in the notification furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.23(c). The Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian hereby
acknowledge and agree that their respective assessments of compliance will cover
the items identified on Exhibit T hereto as being covered by such party. The
parties to this Agreement acknowledge that where a particular Servicing Criteria
has multiple components, each party's assessment of compliance (and related
attestation of compliance) will relate only to those components that are
applicable to such party. Promptly after receipt of each such report on
assessment of compliance, (i) the Depositor shall review each such report and,
if applicable, consult with the Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian as to the
nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria
applicable to it (and each Subservicer or Servicing Function Participant engaged
or utilized by the Servicer, such Subservicer or the Trustee, as applicable), as
the case may be. No Subcontractor engaged by the Servicer shall be required to
deliver any such assessments required by this paragraph in any given year so
long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor that a Form 10-K
is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust for the preceding calendar
year.
(b) Not later than March 15th of each calendar year commencing in
2007 (and with respect to each Custodian, only until a Form 15 Suspension Notice
has been filed), the Servicer, the Trustee and each Custodian shall cause, and
the Servicer shall cause each Subservicer engaged by the Servicer and the
Servicer and the Trustee shall cause each Servicing Function Participant
utilized by the Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable (or by any Subservicer
engaged by the Servicer), to cause, each at its own expense, a registered public
accounting firm (which may also render other services to such party) and that is
a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a
report to the Trustee and the Depositor, with a copy to the Rating Agencies, to
the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters
from the management of such Person, which includes an assertion that such Person
has complied with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it pursuant to Section
3.23(a) and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in
accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the
PCAOB, that attests to and reports on such Person's assessment of compliance
with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it. In the event that an overall
opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state
in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Each such related
accountant's attestation report shall be made in accordance with Rules
1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act. Such report must be available for general use and not contain
restricted use language. Promptly after receipt of each such accountants'
attestation report, the Depositor shall review the report and, if applicable,
consult with the Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian as to the nature of any
defaults by the Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian (and each Subservicer or
Servicing Function Participant engaged or utilized by the Servicer or the
Trustee, as applicable, or by any Subservicer engaged by the Servicer), as the
case may be, in the fulfillment of any of the Servicer's, the Trustee's, the
Custodian's or the applicable Subservicer's or Servicing Function Participant's
obligations hereunder or under any applicable sub-servicing agreement. No
Subcontractor engaged by the Servicer shall be required to deliver any such
attestation required by this paragraph in any given year so long as it has
received written confirmation from the Depositor that a Form 10-K is not
required to be filed in respect of the Trust for the preceding calendar year.
(c) Unless previously provided under Section 3.02(e), no later than
March 1 of each fiscal year, commencing in 2007, the Servicer shall notify the
Trustee and the Depositor as to the name of each Subservicer engaged by it and
each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it and by each Subservicer
engaged by it, and the Trustee shall notify the Depositor as to the name of each
Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, and each such notice will specify
what specific Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the report on assessment
of compliance prepared by such Servicing Function Participant in each case, to
the extent of any change from the prior year's notice, if any. When the Servicer
or the Trustee submits its assessment pursuant to Section 3.23(a), the Servicer
and the Trustee, as applicable, will also at such time include the assessment
(and related attestation pursuant to Section 3.23(b)) of each Servicing Function
Participant utilized by it and by each Subservicer engaged by it.
Section 3.24 Trustee to Act as Servicer. (a) In the event that the
Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer hereunder (including by
reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its successor, subject to the
rights of the Servicing Rights Pledgee (if any) under Sections 6.06 and 7.02,
shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer
hereunder arising thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable
for losses of the predecessor Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 or any acts or
omissions of the predecessor Servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to make Advances
if it is prohibited from doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to
effectuate repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including
but not limited to repurchases or substitutions pursuant to Section 2.03, (iv)
responsible for expenses of the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed
to have made any representations and warranties of the Servicer hereunder). Any
such assumption shall be subject to Sections 6.06 and 7.02.
(b) Every Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Servicer shall
contain a provision giving the successor Servicer the option to terminate such
agreement in the event a successor Servicer is appointed.
(c) If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer
(including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any other
successor Servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights and obligations of
the Servicer under any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
thereof; provided, that the Trustee (or any other successor Servicer) shall not
incur any liability or have any obligations in its capacity as successor
Servicer under a Subservicing Agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations
of the Servicer thereunder; and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreement arising prior to
the date of such succession.
(d) The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records
relating to each Subservicing Agreement (if any) and the Mortgage Loans then
being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it
and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer
of the Subservicing Agreement to the assuming party.
Section 3.25 Compensating Interest. The Servicer shall remit to the
Trustee on each Remittance Date an amount from its own funds equal to
Compensating Interest payable by the Servicer for such Remittance Date.
Section 3.26 Credit Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act. (a) With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall fully furnish, in accordance
with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate
and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on the related
Mortgagor credit files to Equifax, Experian and TransUnion Credit Information
Company (three of the national credit repositories), on a monthly basis.
(b) The Servicer shall comply with all provisions of the Privacy
Laws relating to the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers and any "nonpublic
personal information" (as defined in the Privacy Laws) received by the Servicer
incidental to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement,
including, maintaining adequate information security procedures to protect such
nonpublic personal information and providing all privacy notices required by the
Privacy Laws.
Section 3.27 Excess Reserve Fund Account; Distribution Account. (a)
The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Excess Reserve Fund Account, on
behalf of the Class X Certificateholders, to receive that portion of the
distributions on the Class X Interest up to an amount equal to any Basis Risk
Payments and to pay to the LIBOR Certificateholders any Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts (prior to using any Net Swap Receipts). For the avoidance of doubt, any
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts shall be paid to the LIBOR Certificates first
from the Excess Reserve Fund Account and then from the Supplemental Interest
Trust.
On each Distribution Date on which there exists a Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amount on any Class of LIBOR Certificates, the Trustee shall (1)
withdraw from the Distribution Account and deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund
Account, as set forth in Section 4.02(a)(iii)(L), the lesser of the Class X
Distributable Amount (to the extent remaining after the distributions specified
in Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(K) and without regard to the reduction in clause
(ii) of the definition thereof for any Basis Risk Payment or Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment) and the aggregate Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount and (2)
withdraw from the Excess Reserve Fund Account amounts necessary to pay to such
Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates the applicable Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts. Such payments, along with payments from the Supplemental Interest
Trust, shall be allocated to those Classes and paid in the priority set forth in
Section 4.02(a)(iii)(M). In the event that the Class Certificate Balance of any
Class of Certificates is reduced because of Applied Realized Loss Amounts, the
applicable Certificateholders will not be entitled to receive Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts on the written down amounts on such Distribution Date or any
future Distribution Dates (except to the extent such Class Certificate Balance
is increased as a result of any Subsequent Recoveries), even if funds are
otherwise available for distribution.
The Trustee shall account for the Excess Reserve Fund Account as an
asset of a grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the Code and
not as an asset of any Trust REMIC created pursuant to this Agreement. The
beneficial owners of the Excess Reserve Fund Account are the Class X
Certificateholders.
Any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts distributed by the Trustee to
the LIBOR Certificateholders from the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be
accounted for by the Trustee, for federal income tax purposes, as amounts paid
first to the Holders of the Class X Certificates (in respect of the Class X
Interest) and then to the respective Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates. In
addition, the Trustee shall account for the rights of Holders of each Class of
LIBOR Certificates to receive payments of Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts from
the Excess Reserve Fund Account (along with payments of Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts and without duplication, Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts from the
Supplemental Interest Trust) as rights in a separate limited recourse interest
rate cap contract written by the Class X Certificateholders in favor of Holders
of each such Class.
Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not be required to make any payments from the Excess Reserve Fund
Account except as expressly set forth in this Section 3.27(a).
(b) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Distribution
Account on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt on the Business Day received, deposit in the Distribution Account and
retain therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Servicer to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.11;
(ii) any amount deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section
3.12(b) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;
(iii) any amounts remitted by the Servicer to the Trustee in respect
of Compensating Interest pursuant to Section 3.25; and
(iv) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be
deposited in the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Servicer shall remit any amount not required
to be remitted, the Servicer may at any time direct the Trustee in writing to
withdraw such amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering
notice to the Trustee, which describes the amounts deposited in error in the
Distribution Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be
held by the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in
accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.02.
(c) To help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering
activities, the Trustee will obtain, verify, and record information that
identifies individuals or entities that establish a relationship or open an
account with the Trustee. The Trustee will ask for the name, address, tax
identification number and other information that will allow the Trustee to
identify the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or
opening the account. The Trustee may also ask for formation documents such as
articles of incorporation, an offering memorandum, or other identifying
documents to be provided.
Section 3.28 Optional Purchase of Delinquent Mortgage Loans. Each of
the Depositor and the Servicer, in each case in its sole discretion, shall have
the option, but shall not be obligated, to purchase any 90+ Delinquent Mortgage
Loans from the Trust Fund. During the first ten (10) days after a Mortgage Loan
becomes a 90+ Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall have the exclusive
option to purchase such 90+ Delinquent Mortgage Loan. The purchase price for any
such Mortgage Loan shall be 100% of the unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan plus accrued and unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan at
the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate, plus the amount of any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances made by the Servicer. Upon receipt of such purchase price,
the Servicer shall provide to the Trustee a Request for Release and the Trustee
shall promptly release to the Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable, the
Mortgage File relating to the Mortgage Loan being repurchased.
Section 3.29 Transfer of Servicing for Certain Mortgage Loans Prior
to the Servicing Transfer Date, the Depositor shall cause the applicable
Original Loan Seller to comply with each of the servicing transfer requirements
in accordance with customary industry procedures.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE SERVICER
Section 4.01 Advances. (a) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by
the Servicer for any Remittance Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.01(c),
the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Scheduled Payments (with each interest
portion thereof net of the related Servicing Fee), due during the Due Period
immediately preceding such Remittance Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans,
which Scheduled Payments were not received as of the close of business on the
related Determination Date, (ii) with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans for
which Scheduled Payments were not received as of the close of business on the
related Determination Date, the interest portion of the aggregate amount of
Scheduled Payments (net of the related Servicing Fee), due during the Due Period
immediately preceding such Remittance Date, (iii) with respect to each REO
Property, which REO Property was acquired during or prior to the related
Prepayment Period and as to which such REO Property an REO Disposition did not
occur during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the REO Imputed
Interest that would have been due on the related Due Date in respect of the
related Mortgage Loans and (iv) with respect to each Mortgage Loan that required
a balloon payment on its final Due Date, a payment equal to the assumed monthly
payment that would have been due on the related Due Date based upon the original
principal amortization schedule for such balloon mortgage loan.
(b) On each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit in immediately
available funds to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account an amount
equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, to be made in respect of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the related Remittance Date either (i)
from its own funds or (ii) from the Collection Account, to the extent of funds
held therein for future distribution (in which case, the Servicer will cause to
be made an appropriate entry in the records of the Collection Account that
Amounts Held for Future Distribution have been, as permitted by this Section
4.01, used by the Servicer in discharge of any such P&I Advance) or (iii) in the
form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I
Advances to be made by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties. Any Amounts Held for Future Distribution and so used shall be
appropriately reflected in the Servicer's records and replaced by the Servicer
by deposit in the Collection Account on or before any future Remittance Date to
the extent required. In addition, the Servicer shall have the right to reimburse
itself for any outstanding P&I Advance and Servicing Advance made by it from its
own funds from Amounts Held For Future Distribution. Any funds so applied and
transferred pursuant to the previous sentence shall be replaced by the Servicer
by deposit in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on the
related Remittance Date on which such funds are required to be distributed
pursuant to this Agreement. The Servicer may reimburse itself from the
Collection Account for xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances and Servicing Advances made in
connection with the modification of a Mortgage Loan.
(c) The obligation of the Servicer to make such P&I Advances is
mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to
paragraph (d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
shall continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or
the removal thereof from coverage under this Agreement, except as otherwise
provided in this Section 4.01.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance
or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if
such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The
determination by the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance or Servicing
Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate of the Servicer delivered to the Trustee. In addition, the
Servicer shall not be required to make any P&I Advances on Mortgage Loans
subject to bankruptcy proceedings or for any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement pursuant to Section 3.11 for Servicing Advances from
recoveries from the related Mortgagor or from all Liquidation Proceeds and other
payments or recoveries (including Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds)
with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.
Section 4.02 Priorities of Distribution. (a) On each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall allocate from amounts then on deposit in the
Distribution Account in the following order of priority and to the extent of the
Available Funds remaining and, on such Distribution Date, shall make
distributions on the Certificates in accordance with such allocation:
(i) to the Supplemental Interest Trust and to the holders of each
Class of LIBOR Certificates in the following order of priority:
(A) to the Supplemental Interest Trust, the sum of (x) all Net
Swap Payments and (y) any Swap Termination Payment owed to the Swap
Provider other than a Defaulted Swap Termination Payment;
(B) concurrently, (1) from the Interest Remittance Amount
related to the Group I Mortgage Loans, to the Class A-1
Certificates, the related Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution
Amounts and Unpaid Interest Amounts for the Class A-1 Certificates;
(2) from the Interest Remittance Amount related to the Group II
Mortgage Loans, pro rata (based on the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amounts and Unpaid Interest Amounts distributable to
the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C and Class A-2D Certificates)
to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C and Class A-2D
Certificates, the related Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution
Amounts and Unpaid Interest Amounts for the Class A-2A, Class A-2B,
Class A-2C and Class A-2D Certificates; (3) provided, that if the
Interest Remittance Amount for either Loan Group is insufficient to
make the related payments set forth clause (1) or (2) above, any
Interest Remittance Amount relating to the other Loan Group
remaining after payment of the related Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amounts and Unpaid Interest Amounts will be available
to cover that shortfall;
(C) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class M-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(D) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(E) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class M-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(F) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class M-4 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(G) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class M-5 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(H) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class M-6 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(I) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class M-7 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(J) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class M-8 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(K) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class B-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(L) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class B-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class; and
(M) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amounts, to the
Class B-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class.
(ii) (A) on each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or
(b) with respect to which a Trigger Event is in effect, to the holders of
the Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled to distributions
of principal as set forth below, an amount equal to the Principal
Distribution Amount in the following order of priority:
(a) sequentially:
(x) concurrently to the Class R, Class RC and
Class RX Certificates, allocated pro rata, until their
respective Class Certificate Balances have been reduced
to zero; and (y) to the Class A Certificates, allocated
as described in Section 4.02(c), until their respective
Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero;
(b) 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 B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that
order, until their respective Class Certificate Balances are
reduced to zero;
(B) on each Distribution Date (a) on and after the Stepdown
Date and (b) so long as a Trigger Event is not in effect, to the
holders of the Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled
to distributions of principal as set forth below, an amount equal to
the Principal Distribution Amount in the following order of
priority:
(a) the lesser of (x) the Principal Distribution Amount
and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount to the Class
A Certificates, allocated as described in Section 4.02(c),
until their respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced
to zero;
(b) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above and (y) the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-1
Certificates until their Class Certificate Balance has been
reduced to zero;
(c) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above and to the
Class M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, and (y) the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-2
Certificates until their Class Certificate Balance has been
reduced to zero;
(d) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above and to the Class
M-2 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, and (y) the Class
M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-3
Certificates until their Class Certificate Balance has been
reduced to zero;
(e) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above and to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, and (y) the Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-4 Certificates
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero;
(f) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above and to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, and (y) the Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-5 Certificates
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero;
(g) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above and to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, and (y) the Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-6 Certificates
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero;
(h) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above and to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, and (y) the Class M-7
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-7 Certificates
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero;
(i) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above and to the Class M-7
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above, and (y) the Class M-8
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-8 Certificates
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero;
(j) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, to the Class M-7
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above and to the Class M-8
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(i) above, and (y) the Class B-1
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class B-1 Certificates
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero;
(k) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above and to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, to the Class M-7
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above, to the Class M-8
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(i) above and to the Class B-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(j) above, and (y) the Class B-2
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class B-2 Certificates
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero;
(l) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above and to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, to the Class M-7
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above, to the Class M-8
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(i) above, to the Class B-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(j) above, to the Class B-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(k) above and (y) the Class B-3
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class B-3 Certificates
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero;
(iii) any amount remaining after the distributions in clauses
4.02(a)(i) and (ii) above shall be distributed in the following order of
priority:
(A) to the Class M-1 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(B) to the Class M-2 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(C) to the Class M-3 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(D) to the Class M-4 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(E) to the Class M-5 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(F) to the Class M-6 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(G) to the Class M-7 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(H) to the Class M-8 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(I) to the Class B-1 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(J) to the Class B-2 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(K) to the Class B-3 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount
for such Class;
(L) to the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the amount of any
Basis Risk Payment (without regard to Net Swap Receipts) for such
Distribution Date;
(M) from funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account
with respect to such Distribution Date, an amount equal to any Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amount with respect to the LIBOR Certificates for
such Distribution Date to such Classes in the same order and
priority as set forth in Section 4.02(a)(i), with the allocation to
the Class A Certificates being pro rata based on their respective
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts;
(N) to the Supplemental Interest Trust, the amount of any
Defaulted Swap Termination Payment;
(O) to the Class X Certificates, the remainder of the Class X
Distributable Amount not distributed pursuant to Sections
4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(N);
(P) to the Class RC Certificates, any remaining amount, in
respect of Pooling-Tier REMIC-1;
(Q) to the Class R Certificates, any remaining amount, in
respect of Pooling-Tier REMIC-2, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the
Upper-Tier REMIC; and
(R) to the Class RX Certificates, any remaining amount, in
respect of the Class B-1 REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3
REMIC and the Class X REMIC.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Stepdown Date is the date on
which the Class Certificate Balance of the Class A Certificates is reduced to
zero, any Principal Distribution Amount remaining after principal distributions
to the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause (ii)(A) above will be included as
part of the distributions pursuant to clause (ii)(B) above.
(b) On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Prepayment
Premiums from the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment Period
shall be distributed by the Trustee to the holders of the Class P Certificates.
(c) All principal distributions allocated to the Class A
Certificates on any Distribution Date shall be allocated among the Class A-1
Certificate Group and the Class A-2 Certificate Group based on the Class A
Principal Allocation Percentage for the Class A-1 Certificate Group and the
Class A-2 Certificate Group, as applicable. However, if the Class Certificate
Balances of the Class A Certificates in any Class A Certificate Group is reduced
to zero, then the remaining amount of principal distributions distributable to
the Class A Certificates in that Class A Certificate Group on that Distribution
Date, and the amount of principal distributions distributable on all subsequent
Distribution Dates, shall be distributed to the Class A Certificates of the
other Class A Certificate Group remaining Outstanding, in accordance with the
principal distribution allocations set forth in this Section 4.02(c), until
their respective Class Certificate Balances have been reduced to zero. Any
distributions of principal to the Class A-1 Certificate Group shall be made
first from Available Funds relating to the Group I Mortgage Loans. Any
distributions of principal to the Class A-2 Certificate Group shall be made
first from Available Funds relating to the Group II Mortgage Loans.
Any principal distributions allocated to the Class A-2 Certificate
Group are required to be distributed sequentially to the Class A-2A
Certificates, until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero,
then to the Class A-2B Certificates, until their Class Certificate Balance has
been reduced to zero, then to the Class A-2C Certificates, until their Class
Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero and then to the Class A-2D
Certificates, until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero.
Notwithstanding the allocation of principal to the Class A
Certificates described in the preceding paragraphs, from and after the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the
Subordinated Certificates and the principal balance of the Class X Certificates
have been reduced to zero, any principal distributions allocated to the Class A
Certificates are required to be allocated pro rata to the Class A Certificates,
based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances.
(d) On any Distribution Date, any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date shall be allocated
by the Trustee, pro rata, as a reduction of the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, based on
the amount of interest to which such Classes would otherwise be entitled on such
Distribution Date.
Section 4.03 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders. (a) Not later
than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make available to each
Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Depositor and each Rating Agency a
statement setting forth with respect to the related distribution:
(i) the actual Distribution Date, the related Record Date, the
Interest Accrual Period(s) for each Class for such Distribution Date and
the LIBOR Determination Date for such Interest Accrual Period;
(ii) the amount of Available Funds;
(iii) the amount of Available Funds allocable to principal, the
Principal Remittance Amount (separately identifying the components
thereof) and the Principal Distribution Amount (separately identifying the
components thereof);
(iv) the amount of Available Funds allocable to interest and each
Interest Remittance Amount;
(v) the amount of any Unpaid Interest Amount for each Class included
in such distribution and any remaining Unpaid Interest Amounts after
giving effect to such distribution, any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount
for each Class and the amount of such Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount
covered by withdrawals from the Excess Reserve Fund Account on such
Distribution Date;
(vi) 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 and the allocation of the shortfall as between principal
and interest, including any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount not covered by
amounts in the Excess Reserve Fund Account;
(vii) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Certificates
before and after giving effect to the distribution of principal on such
Distribution Date;
(viii) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the related
Distribution Date;
(ix) the amount of Expense Fees paid to or retained by the Servicer
and the Trustee (stated separately and in the aggregate) with respect to
such Distribution Date;
(x) the Pass-Through Rate for each such Class of Certificates with
respect to such Distribution Date;
(xi) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on such
Distribution Date reported by the Servicer (and the Trustee as successor
servicer and any other successor servicer, if applicable) as of the close
of business on the Determination Date immediately preceding such
Distribution Date;
(xii) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of
Mortgage Loans (1) as to which the Scheduled Payment is delinquent 31 to
60 days, 61 to 90 days, and 90+ days, (2) that have become REO Property,
(3) that are in foreclosure and (4) that are in bankruptcy, in each case
as of the close of business on the last day of the related Due Period;
(xiii) for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all calendar
months since the related Cut-off Date, whichever is less, the aggregate
dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments (A) due on all Outstanding
Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates in each such month and (B)
delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in each such month;
(xiv) with respect to any Mortgage Loans that became REO Properties
during the preceding calendar month, the aggregate number of such Mortgage
Loans and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage
Loans as of the close of business on the last day of the related Due
Period;
(xv) the total number and outstanding principal balance of any REO
Properties (and market value, if available) as of the close of business on
the last Business Day of the related Due Period;
(xvi) whether a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing
(including the calculation demonstrating the existence of the Trigger
Event and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all 60+ Day
Delinquent Mortgage Loans);
(xvii) the amount on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account
(after giving effect to distributions on such Distribution Date);
(xviii) in the aggregate and for each Class of Certificates, the
aggregate amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts incurred during the
preceding calendar month and aggregate Applied Realized Loss Amounts
through such Distribution Date;
(xix) the amount of any Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow on such
Distribution Date and the allocation of it to the Certificateholders with
respect to Unpaid Interest Amounts, Applied Realized Loss Amounts and
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts;
(xx) the amount of any Net Swap Payments, Net Swap Receipts, Swap
Termination Payments or Defaulted Swap Termination Payments;
(xxi) the LIBOR and Swap LIBOR rates (and the calculation thereof,
if applicable);
(xxii) the Overcollateralized Amount and Specified
Overcollateralized Amount;
(xxiii) Prepayment Charges collected or paid (pursuant to Section
3.07(a) by the Servicer;
(xxiv) the Cumulative Loss Percentage and the aggregate amount of
Realized Losses used to calculate the Cumulative Loss Percentage;
(xxv) the amount distributed on the Class X Certificates;
(xxvi) the amount of any Subsequent Recoveries for such Distribution
Date; and
(xxvii) the number of Mortgage Loans at the beginning and end of the
applicable reporting period, the pool factor (being the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the related Distribution Date divided by
the Cut-off Date Principal Balance), and the weighted average interest
rate, and weighted average remaining term.
In addition, each Form 10-D prepared and filed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.12 shall include the following information with respect to
the related distribution:
(i) material breaches of Mortgage Loan representations and
warranties of which the Trustee has actual knowledge or has received
written notice; and
(ii) material breaches of any covenants under this Agreement of
which the Trustee has actual knowledge or has received written notice;
provided, that, if the Trustee receives written notice of events described in
(i) and/or (ii) above from the Servicer, the Servicer shall be responsible for
providing information to the Trustee for inclusion in the applicable Form 10-D.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for providing the above statement
to the Certificateholders, each Rating Agency, the Servicer and the Depositor is
limited, if applicable, to the availability, timeliness and accuracy of the
information derived from the Servicer. The Trustee shall make available the
above statement via the Trustee's internet website. The Trustee's website will
initially be located at xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/xxxx and assistance in using the
website can be obtained by calling the Trustee's investor relations desk at
0-000-000-0000. A paper copy of the above statement will also be made available
upon request.
The Trustee shall make available to each Analytics Company, either
electronically or via the Trustee's internet website, each statement to
Certificateholders prepared pursuant to this Section 4.03(a). The Trustee and
the Servicer shall cooperate in good faith with the Depositor to reconcile any
discrepancies in such statements, and the Trustee shall provide any corrections
to such statements to each Analytics Company as soon as reasonably practicable
after the related Distribution Date.
(c) Upon request, within a reasonable period of time after the end
of each calendar year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person
who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement
containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this
Section 4.03 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof
during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
(d) Not later than the Determination Date for each Distribution
Date, the Servicer shall furnish to the Depositor with respect to clause (i)
below and the Trustee with respect to clause (ii) below, a monthly remittance
advice statement (the "Servicer Remittance Report") (in a format mutually agreed
upon by the Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor) containing such information
as shall be reasonably requested (i) by the Depositor to enable the Depositor to
disclose "static pool information", as required by Item 1105 of Regulation AB,
with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and (ii) by the Trustee to enable the
Trustee to provide the reports required by Section 4.03(a) as to the
accompanying remittance and the period ending on the close of business on the
last day of the related Prepayment Period. The Servicer shall concurrently
deliver to the Depositor a data tape, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Depositor, containing the information required pursuant to
this Section 4.03(d) on a loan-by-loan basis for all of the Mortgage Loans. The
Depositor will use the information required pursuant to this Section 4.03(d) in
compliance with applicable law.
The Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee an individual loan
accounting report, as of the last Business Day of each month, to document
Mortgage Loan payment activity on an individual Mortgage Loan basis. With
respect to each month, the corresponding individual loan accounting report (in
electronic format) shall be received by the Trustee no later than the Reporting
Date, which report shall, at a minimum, contain the following:
(i) with respect to each Scheduled Payment, the amount of such
remittance allocable to principal (including a separate breakdown of any
Principal Prepayment, including the date of such prepayment, and any
Prepayment Premiums, along with a detailed report of interest on Principal
Prepayment amounts remitted in accordance with Section 3.25);
(ii) with respect to each Scheduled Payment, the amount of such
remittance allocable to interest;
(iii) the amount of servicing compensation received by the Servicer
during the prior distribution period;
(iv) the individual and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans;
(v) the aggregate of any expenses reimbursed to the Servicer during
the prior distribution period pursuant to Section 3.11;
(vi) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of
Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent 31 to 60 days, 61 to 90 days and 90+ days;
(b) as to which foreclosure or bankruptcy proceedings of the related
mortgagor have commenced; and (c) as to which REO Property has been
acquired;
(vii) each Mortgage Loan which has been altered, modified or varied
during such month, and the reason for such modification (i.e., extension
of maturity date, Mortgage Interest Rate);
(viii) with respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount of
any Realized Losses for such Mortgage Loan; and
(ix) any other information reasonably required by the Trustee to
enable it to prepare the Monthly Statement referred to in Section 4.03(a).
(e) For all purposes of this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage
Loan, delinquencies shall be determined and reported based on the so-called
"OTS" methodology for determining delinquencies on mortgage loans similar to the
Mortgage Loans. By way of example, a Mortgage Loan would be delinquent with
respect to a Scheduled Payment due on a Due Date if such Scheduled Payment is
not made by the close of business on the Mortgage Loan's next succeeding Due
Date, and a Mortgage Loan would be more than 30-days Delinquent with respect to
such Scheduled Payment if such Scheduled Payment were not made by the close of
business on the Mortgage Loan's second succeeding Due Date. The Servicer hereby
represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date, the Servicer does not have
a safety and soundness regulator that requires the Servicer to conform any
delinquency recognition policy.
Section 4.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR.
LIBOR shall be calculated by the Trustee in accordance with the definition of
"LIBOR." Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee shall
at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of determining
LIBOR with respect to each LIBOR Determination Date. The Trustee initially shall
designate the Reference Banks (after consultation with the Depositor). Each
"Reference Bank" shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be
controlled by, or be under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an
established place of business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be
unwilling or unable to act as such or if the Trustee should terminate its
appointment as Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be
appointed another Reference Bank (after consultation with the Depositor). The
Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to any Person for (i) the
selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of determining LIBOR or (ii) any
inability to retain at least four Reference Banks which is caused by
circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for each
Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each LIBOR
Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are Outstanding on the
basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding
to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the
Preliminary Statement. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for its inability, following a good-faith
reasonable effort, to obtain quotations from the Reference Banks or to determine
the arithmetic mean referred to in the definition of LIBOR, all as provided for
in this Section 4.04 and the definition of LIBOR. The establishment of LIBOR and
each Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the
absence of manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding upon each Holder of
a Certificate and the Trustee.
Section 4.05 Allocation of Applied Realized Loss Amounts. Any
Applied Realized Loss Amounts shall be allocated by the Trustee to the most
junior Class of Subordinated Certificates then Outstanding in reduction of the
Class Certificate Balance thereof. In the event Applied Realized Loss Amounts
are allocated to any Class of LIBOR Certificates, their Class Certificate
Balances shall be reduced by the amount so allocated, and no funds will be
distributable with respect to the written down amounts (including without
limitation Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts) or with respect to interest on the
written down amounts on that Distribution Date or any future Distribution Dates,
even if funds are otherwise available for distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Subordinated
Certificates that has been previously reduced by Applied Realized Loss Amounts
will be increased, in order of seniority, by the amount of the Subsequent
Recoveries (but not in excess of the Applied Realized Loss Amount allocated to
the applicable Class of Subordinated Certificates).
Section 4.06 Supplemental Interest Trust. On the Closing Date, the
Trustee shall establish and maintain in its name, a separate non-interest
bearing trust account for the benefit of the holders of the LIBOR Certificates
(the "Supplemental Interest Trust") as a part of the Trust Fund. The
Supplemental Interest Trust shall be an Eligible Account, and funds on deposit
therein shall be held separate and apart from, and shall not be commingled with,
any other moneys, including, without limitation, other moneys of the Trustee
held pursuant to this Agreement.
On any Distribution Date, Swap Termination Payments, Net Swap
Payments owed to the Swap Provider and Net Swap Receipts for that Distribution
Date will be deposited into the Supplemental Interest Trust. Funds in the
Supplemental Interest Trust will be distributed in the following order of
priority:
(i) to the Swap Provider, the sum of (x) all Net Swap Payments and
(y) any Swap Termination Payment, other than a Defaulted Swap Termination
Payment, to the Swap Provider, if any, owed for that Distribution Date;
(ii) to the LIBOR Certificateholders, to pay Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amounts and, if applicable, any Unpaid Interest
Amounts as described in Section 4.02(a)(i) and Section 4.02(a)(iii), to
the extent unpaid from other Available Funds;
(iii) to the LIBOR Certificateholders, to pay principal as described
in Section 4.02(a)(ii), but only to the extent necessary to restore the
Overcollateralized Amount to the Specified Overcollateralized Amount as a
result of current or previous Realized Losses not previously reimbursed,
after giving effect to payments and distributions from other Available
Funds;
(iv) to the LIBOR Certificateholders, to pay Unpaid Interest Amounts
and Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts as described in Section 4.02(a)(iii),
to the extent unpaid from other Available Funds (including Basis Risk
Payments on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account);
(v) to the Swap Provider, any Defaulted Swap Termination Payment
owed to the Swap Provider for that Distribution Date; and
(vi) to the holders of the Class X Certificates, any remaining
amounts.
Upon termination of the Trust, any amounts remaining in the
Supplemental Interest Trust shall be distributed pursuant to the priorities set
forth in this Section 4.06.
The Trustee shall account for the Supplemental Interest Trust as an
asset of a grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the Code and
not as an asset of any Trust REMIC created pursuant to this Agreement. The
beneficial owners of the Supplemental Interest Trust are the Class X
Certificateholders. For federal income tax purposes, Net Swap Payments and Swap
Termination Payments payable to the Swap Provider shall be deemed to be paid to
the Supplemental Interest Trust first, from the Class X REMIC, by the Holder of
the Class X Certificates (in respect of the Class IO Interest and, if
applicable, Class X Interest) and second, other than any Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment, from the Upper-Tier REMIC by the Holders of the applicable
Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates (in respect of Class IO Shortfalls) as
and to the extent provided in Section 8.13.
Any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts and, without duplication,
Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts distributed by the Trustee to the LIBOR
Certificateholders shall be accounted for by the Trustee, for federal income tax
purposes, as amounts paid first to the Holders of the Class X Certificates in
respect of the Class X Interest and (to the extent remaining after payments to
the Swap Provider) the Class IO Interest and then to the respective Class or
Classes of LIBOR Certificates. In addition, the Trustee shall account for the
rights of Holders of each Class of LIBOR Certificates to receive payments of
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts and, without duplication, Upper-Tier Carry
Forward Amounts from the Supplemental Interest Trust (along with Basis Risk
Carry Forward Amounts payable from the Excess Reserve Fund Account) as rights in
a separate limited recourse interest rate cap contract written by the Class X
Certificateholders in favor of Holders of each such Class.
The Supplemental Interest Trust shall be an "outside reserve fund"
for federal income tax purposes and not an asset of any Trust REMIC.
Furthermore, the Holders of the Class X Certificates shall be the beneficial
owners of the Supplemental Interest Trust for all federal income tax purposes,
and shall be taxable on all income earned thereon.
With respect to the failure of the Swap Provider to perform any of
its obligations under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement, the breach by the Swap
Provider of any of its representations and warranties made pursuant to the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement, or the termination of the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement, the Trustee shall send any notices and make any demands, on behalf of
the Trust, as are required under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement. The Trustee
shall cause any replacement swap provider to provide a copy of the related
replacement interest rate swap agreement to the Trustee and the Depositor.
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates. The Certificates shall be
substantially in the forms attached hereto as exhibits. The Certificates shall
be issuable in registered form, in the minimum denominations, integral multiples
in excess thereof (except that one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a
different amount which must be in excess of the applicable minimum denomination)
and aggregate denominations per Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
The Depositor hereby directs the Trustee to register the Class P and
Class X Certificates in the name of the Depositor or its designee. On a date as
to which the Depositor notifies the Trustee, the Trustee shall transfer the
Class X and Class P Certificates in the name of the NIM Trustee, or such other
name or names as the Depositor shall request, and to deliver the Class X and
Class P Certificates to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as NIM Trustee, or
to such other Person or Persons as the Depositor shall request.
Subject to Section 9.02 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to
each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor as directed by that
Certificateholder by written wire instructions provided to the Trustee or (y),
in the event that no wire instructions are provided to the Trustee, by check
mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such
Holder appearing in the Certificate Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind
the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of any such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No
Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid
for any purpose, unless authenticated by the Trustee by manual signature, and
such authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. On
the Closing Date, the Trustee shall authenticate the Certificates to be issued
at the direction of the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.
Section 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06, a Certificate
Register for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections
(b) and (c) below and 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. Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the
same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. In the event, the
Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor transfers the Class X Certificates,
or a portion thereof, to another Affiliate, it shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the affiliated status of the transferee. The Trustee shall have no
liability regarding the lack of notice with respect thereto.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but 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 may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such state securities laws. Except
with respect to (i) the transfer of the Class X, Class P or a Residual
Certificate to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, (ii) the transfer
of the Class X or Class P Certificates to the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee,
(iii) a transfer of the Class X or Class P Certificates from the NIM Issuer or
the NIM Trustee to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor or (iv) a
transfer of a Residual Certificate to the Servicer, an Affiliate of the
Servicer, or its designee (including, without limitation, an employee of the
Servicer who is an "accredited investor" as defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act), in the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is
a Physical Certificate is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the
Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities
Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall
certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit I (the "Transferor Certificate") and
either (i) there shall be delivered to the Trustee a letter in substantially the
form of Exhibit J (the "Rule 144A Letter") or Exhibit K (the "Non-Rule 144A
Investment Letter") or (ii) in the case of the Class X Certificates, there shall
be delivered to the Trustee at the expense of the transferor an Opinion of
Counsel that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities
Act. In the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry
Certificate is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act
and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such
laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer will be deemed to
have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the
Transferor Certificate in respect of such Certificate and the transferee will be
deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth
in the Rule 144A Letter in respect of such Certificate, in each case as if such
Certificate were evidenced by a Physical Certificate. A transferee of any
Private Certificates who is not a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term
is defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act must take delivery of such Private
Certificates in definitive form. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a
Private Certificate and any prospective transferee designated by any such
Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans
and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to
eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate
without registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the
registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee and the Servicer shall
cooperate with the Depositor in providing the Rule 144A information referenced
in the preceding sentence, including providing to the Depositor such information
regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the
Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its obligation
under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to
effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and
the Depositor and the Servicer 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.
Except with respect to (i) the transfer of a Residual, Class X or
Class P Certificates to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, (ii) the
transfer of the Class X or Class P Certificates to the NIM Issuer or the NIM
Trustee, (iii) a transfer of the Class X or Class P Certificates from the NIM
Issuer or the NIM Trustee to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor or
(iv) a transfer of a Residual Certificate to the Servicer, an Affiliate of the
Servicer, or its designee (including, without limitation, an employee of the
Servicer who is an "accredited investor" as defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act), no transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made
unless the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the
transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee (in the event such Certificate is a Private
Certificate or a Residual Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by the
Trustee's receipt of a representation letter from the transferee substantially
in the form of Exhibit I), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee
benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to any Federal, state or local law
("Similar Law") materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the
Code, nor a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using
the assets of any such plan or arrangement (collectively, a "Plan") to effect
such transfer, (ii) in the case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate other than a
Residual Certificate or a Class P Certificate that has been the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and the purchaser is an insurance company, a
representation that the purchaser is an insurance company that is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the
case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate other than a Residual Certificate
or a Class P Certificate presented for registration in the name of a Plan, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trust Fund,
addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such
ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not constitute or result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or
any Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer
to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or
to any liability. For purposes of the preceding sentence, with respect to an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is not a Private Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, in the event the representation letter referred to in the preceding
sentence is not furnished, such representation shall be deemed to have been made
to the Trustee by the transferee's (including an initial acquirer's) acceptance
of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, (a) any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate,
other than a Class P Certificate or a Residual Certificate, to or on behalf of
an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, the Code or Similar Law without the
delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as
described above shall be void and of no effect and (b) any purported transfer of
a Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate to a transferee that does not make
the representation in clause (i) above shall be void and of no effect.
The Residual Certificates and Class P Certificates may not be sold
to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, any plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, or any plan subject to any Similar Law or any Person
investing on behalf of or with plan assets of such Plan.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not
limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
As long as the Interest Rate Swap Agreement is in effect, each
beneficial owner of a Certificate, or any interest therein, shall be deemed to
have represented that either (i) it is not a Plan or (ii) the acquisition and
holding of the Certificate are eligible for the exemptive relief available under
at least one of the Investor-Based Exemptions.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual 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;
(ii) Except in the case of a Transfer of a Residual Certificate to
an employee of the Servicer who is an "accredited investor" as defined in
Regulation D under the Securities Act, no Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter
transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any
Residual Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to
be delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee
shall have been furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of
the initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit H;
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or
agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C)
not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to
cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a
Permitted Transferee;
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of
a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to
all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of
Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this
Section 5.02(c) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was
registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and the Rule 144A Letter. The Trustee shall be entitled but
not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that
was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or,
at such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee,
all payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such
time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of
such Certificate; and
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon
receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to
compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a
Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder
who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in
this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the
Trustee, or the Servicer, to the effect that the elimination of such
restrictions will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any
time that the Certificates are Outstanding or result in the imposition of any
tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate hereby
consents to any amendment of this Agreement which, based on an Opinion of
Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the
record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is
not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual
Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at
the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at
all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at
all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository;
(iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and
expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall deal with the
Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating firms as
representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for
purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this Agreement, and requests
and directions for and votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and
(vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to
indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect
participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of 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 only transfer 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.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in
writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor, or (y) the Depositor notifies the
Depository of its intent to terminate the book-entry system through the
Depository and, upon receipt of notice of such intent from the Depository, the
Depository Participants holding beneficial interests in the Book-Entry
Certificates agree to initiate such termination, the Trustee shall notify all
Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event
and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the
"Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the
Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the
Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such
instruction and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying
on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate
inventory of Certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive
Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein
to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed
to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with
respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder;
provided, that the Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such
obligations become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the
Depository.
(f) Each Private Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer and accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8IMY (and
all appropriate attachments) or W-9 in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar, duly executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently
disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary
practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Private Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
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 Private
Certificates.
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Depositor, the Servicer, and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold each of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 5.03, 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) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership, 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. The Servicer, the Trustee, the
Depositor, and any agent of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this
Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Depositor or any agent of the Servicer, the Depositor or the
Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses. If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in
writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to
communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if the
Depositor or the Servicer shall request such information in writing from the
Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of
such request, provide the Depositor, the Servicer or such Certificateholders at
such recipients' expense the most recent list of the Certificateholders of such
Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The Depositor and every
Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agree that the
Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee will
maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an office or offices or agency
or agencies in the United States where Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates the
offices of its agent located at DB Services Tennessee, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Transfer Unit, for purposes of
Certificate transfers, and DB Services Tennessee, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Securities Payment Unit, for
purposes of the surrender of Certificates for the final distribution. The
Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change
in such location of any such office or agency.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
Section 6.01 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Servicer. The Depositor and the Servicer shall each be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively
imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Servicer. (a) The Depositor and the Servicer will each keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a Delaware corporation or limited
partnership, as the case may be, under the laws of the United States or under
the laws of one of the states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business as a foreign corporation or limited partnership, as
applicable, in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any
of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
(b) Any Person into which the Depositor or the Servicer may be
merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation
to which the Depositor or the Servicer shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Depositor or the 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 Servicer shall
be qualified to sell mortgage loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf
of, Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, and meets the requirements of Section 7.02, and
provided, further, that such merger, consolidation or succession does not
adversely affect the then current rating or ratings on the LIBOR Certificates.
As a condition to the succession to the Servicer under this Agreement by any
Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which
may be appointed as a successor to the Servicer, such Servicer shall provide to
the Depositor, at least 30 calendar days (or 10 Business Days in the case of the
appointment of the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor
servicer pursuant to Sections 6.06 or 7.02 provided, however that the 30
calendar days or 10 Business Days notice period shall not apply once the
Depositor is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act) prior to
the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the
Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably
necessary to enable the Trustee, pursuant to Section 8.12(g), to accurately and
timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act
(if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the
Exchange Act).
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer
and Others. Neither the Depositor, the Servicer nor any of their respective
directors, officers, employees or agents shall be under any liability to 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
Servicer or any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties
made by it herein or protect the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person from
any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the
Depositor) in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor and the 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 Sponsor,
the Servicer and any director, officer, employee, Affiliate or agent of the
Depositor, the Sponsor or the Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund
and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection
with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental
taxing authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the
Certificates or any other unanticipated or extraordinary expense, other than any
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith
or negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the Depositor) in the
performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall
be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
is not incidental to its respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion
may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that each of the
Depositor and the Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action (or
direct the Trustee to undertake such actions pursuant to Section 2.07 for the
benefit of the Certificateholders) that it may deem necessary or desirable in
respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and
interests of the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event,
the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the
Depositor, and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of
the Collection Account.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer. Subject to
the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 6.02, the fourth and fifth paragraphs of
Section 7.02 and Section 6.06, the Servicer shall not assign this Agreement or
resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) by mutual
consent of the Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee, (ii) upon the
determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Servicer or (iii) upon
satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) the Servicer has proposed a
successor servicer to the Trustee in writing; and (b) each Rating Agency shall
have delivered a letter to the Trustee prior to the appointment of the successor
servicer stating that the proposed appointment of such successor servicer as
Servicer hereunder will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the then
current rating of the Regular Certificates or the ratings that are in effect.
Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer under clause
(ii) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall not
be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund) to such effect delivered to the
Depositor and the Trustee which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and
substance acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee. No such resignation shall
become effective until a successor shall have assumed the Servicer's
responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
Section 6.05 Additional Indemnification by the Servicer; Third Party
Claims.
(a) The Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor, the Sponsor and the
Trustee and any Affiliate, director, officer, employee or agent of the
Depositor, and the Trustee and hold each of them harmless against any and all
claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary
legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses
that any of them may sustain in any way related to any breach by the Servicer of
(i) any of its representations and warranties referred to in Section 2.03(a),
(ii) any error in any tax or information return prepared by the Servicer, or
(iii) the failure of the Servicer to perform its duties and service the Mortgage
Loans in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the failure to deliver accurate and complete information on a timely
basis pursuant to Section 4.03(d)). The Servicer immediately shall notify the
Depositor and the Trustee if such claim is made by a third party with respect to
this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of
the Depositor and the Trustee) the defense of any such claim and pay all
expenses in connection therewith, including reasonable counsel fees, and
promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered
against it or the Depositor, or the Trustee in respect of such claim.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Trustee
and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Sponsor or
the Trustee and hold them harmless against any and all claims, economic losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments, and any other related costs, fees and expenses that
any of them actually sustain, in each case that are likely foreseeable and
directly related to any failure by the Servicer or any Subservicer engaged by
such Servicer or any Subcontractor utilized by the Servicer to deliver any
information, report, certification or accountants' letter when and as required
under Sections 3.22, 3.23, 6.02 or 8.12, including without limitation any
failure by such Servicer to identify pursuant to Section 3.02(e) any
Subcontractor "participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of
Item 1122 of Regulation AB.(c) If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 6.05 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Person entitled
to indemnification thereunder, then the Servicer shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable to the party to be indemnified as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities of such Person in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such Person on the one hand and
such Servicer, on the other, in connection with a breach of such Servicer's
obligations pursuant to this Section 6.05. This Section 6.05 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Servicer.
Section 6.06 Servicing Rights Pledge. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary which may be set forth in Section 6.04, the Trustee, each Custodian
and the Depositor hereby specifically (i) agree to the pledge and assignment by
the Servicer of all the Servicer's right, title and interest in, to and under
this Agreement to the Servicing Rights Pledgee, for the benefit of certain
lenders, and (ii) provided that no Servicer Event of Default exists, agree that
upon delivery to the Trustee by the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed
by the Servicer whereunder the Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this
Agreement, the Trustee shall appoint the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its
designee as successor Servicer, provided that at the time of such appointment,
the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee meets the requirements of a
successor Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 and agrees to be subject to the
terms of this Agreement. If, pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the
Servicer are transferred to a successor, the entire amount of the Servicing Fee
and other compensation payable to the Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter
be payable to such successor.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Trustee any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied
for a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Servicer by the Depositor, or by the Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Depositor
and the Trustee by Certificateholders entitled to at least 25% of the Voting
Rights; or
(b) any failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or
perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the
part of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement which continues unremedied for
a period of thirty days (except that (x) such number of days shall be fifteen in
the case of a failure to pay any premium for any insurance policy required to be
maintained under this Agreement and (y) such number of days shall be ten in the
case of a failure to observe or perform any of the obligations set forth in
Sections 3.02, 3.22, 3.23, 6.02, 6.04 or 8.12; provided, however, that in the
event that the Commission grants an extension of time to the Depositor with
respect to the Exchange Act filings referenced in Section 8.12(a), such ten day
cure period shall be extended by the same time period) after the earlier of (i)
the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Depositor or by the
Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by Certificateholders
of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights and (ii) actual
knowledge of such failure by a Servicing Officer of the Servicer; provided,
however, that (except with respect to clauses (x) and (y) above) in the case of
a failure or breach that cannot be cured within 30 days after notice or actual
knowledge by the Servicer, the cure period may be extended for an additional 30
days upon delivery by the Servicer to the Trustee of a certificate to the effect
that the Servicer believes in good faith that the failure or breach can be cured
within such additional time period and the Servicer is diligently pursuing
remedial action; or
(c) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, 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 Servicer and
such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a
period of sixty days; or
(d) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator
or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to
the Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(e) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(f) any failure of the Servicer to make any P&I Advance on any
Remittance Date required to be made from its own funds pursuant to Section 4.01
which continues unremedied for one Business Day immediately following the
Remittance Date; or
(g) If a Cumulative Loss Event occurs.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (a) through (g) of this
Section 7.01 shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such
Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, or at the
direction of Certificateholders entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights the
Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Servicer and the Servicing Rights
Pledgee (if any) (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of the
rights and obligations of the 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 the Trustee shall not be
required to give written notice to the Servicer of the occurrence of an Event of
Default described in clauses (b) through (g) of this Section 7.01 unless and
until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the
occurrence of such an Event of Default. In the event that a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default
described in clause (a) of this Section 7.01 (solely as to a default caused by a
failure to remit timely on a Remittance Date), the Trustee shall give notice (by
telephone or by email, facsimile or other writing) to the Servicer and the
Servicing Rights Pledgee (if any) of the occurrence of such default by the end
of business of the day on which such Responsible Officer obtains actual
knowledge of such occurrence; provided that failure to give such notice shall
not constitute a waiver of such default or event of default. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, any remedy with respect to clause (a) of this
Section 7.01 shall be effective only if payment is received by the Trustee by no
later than noon (Eastern time) on the Business Day immediately following the
date of notice to the Servicer as set forth in the immediately preceding
sentence. If the Servicer fails to make such payment, the Trustee shall send
notice of termination (by email, facsimile or other writing) to the Servicer,
and, on and after the receipt by the Servicer of such notice, or upon receipt by
the Servicer of notice with respect to any other clause of this Section 7.01,
all authority and power of the Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee as the
successor Servicer subject to the rights of the Servicing Rights Pledgee (if
any) under Sections 6.06 and 7.02. The Trustee is hereby authorized and
empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the 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. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination
shall affect any obligation of the Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to
Article VIII. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the
termination of the Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder, including,
without limitation, the transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which shall
at the time be credited to the Collection Account of such predecessor Servicer,
or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive from the Trust Fund, prior
to transfer of its servicing obligations hereunder, payment of all accrued and
unpaid portion of the Servicing Fees to which the Servicer would have been
entitled and to continue to receive reimbursement for all outstanding P&I
Advances and Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after
the time the Trustee gives, and the Servicer receives, a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall, subject to and to the extent
provided in Section 3.06 and subject to the rights of the Servicing Rights
Pledgee, be the successor to the 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 Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law
including the obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances pursuant to
Section 4.01. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all
funds relating to the Mortgage Loans that the Servicer would have been entitled
to charge to the Collection Account if the Servicer had continued to act
hereunder including, if the Servicer was receiving the Servicing Fee, the
Servicing Fee and the income on investments or gain related to the Collection
Account (in addition to income on investments or gain related to the
Distribution Account for the benefit of the Trustee). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Trustee has become the successor to the Servicer in accordance
with this Section 7.02, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or
shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making P&I Advances and
Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 or if it is otherwise unable to so
act, or, at the written request of Certificateholders entitled to a majority of
the Voting Rights, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment of
which does not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates by
each Rating Agency, as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption
of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the
Servicer hereunder. Any successor to the Servicer shall be an institution which
is a Xxxxxx Xxx- and Xxxxxxx Mac approved seller/servicer in good standing,
which has a net worth of at least $30,000,000, which is willing to service the
Mortgage Loans and which executes and delivers to the Depositor and the Trustee
an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, containing an assumption
by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and
liabilities of the Servicer (other than liabilities of the Servicer under
Section 6.03 incurred prior to termination of the Servicer under Section 7.01),
with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement; provided,
that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in
effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be qualified
or reduced, as a result of such assignment and delegation. Pending appointment
of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is
prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject to Section 3.05, 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, the Depositor and such
successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in
excess of the Servicing Fee and amounts paid to the Servicer from investments.
The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Neither the
Trustee nor any other successor Servicer shall be deemed to be in default
hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any
distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any
delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case
caused by the failure of the Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in
delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.
In the event that the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section
7.01, the terminated Servicer shall provide notices to the Mortgagors, transfer
the Servicing Files to a successor Servicer and pay all of its own out-of-pocket
costs and expenses at its own expense. In addition, all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of a servicing transfer incurred by parties other than the
terminated Servicer (excluding set-up costs and other administrative expenses of
the successor Servicer, in which case the successor Servicer shall pay for such
costs and expenses but shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the
Trust Fund), such an amount shall be paid by the terminated Servicer promptly
upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs. If the Trustee is
the predecessor Servicer (except in the case where the Trustee in its role as
successor Servicer is being terminated pursuant to Section 7.01 by reason of an
Event of Default caused solely by the Trustee as the successor Servicer and not
by the predecessor Servicer's actions or omissions), such costs shall be paid by
the prior terminated Servicer promptly upon presentation of reasonable
documentation of such costs.
Any successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of Servicer, in accordance with applicable federal and
state law, and shall, during the term of its service as Servicer, maintain in
force the policy or policies that the Servicer is required to maintain pursuant
to Section 3.13.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, if,
pursuant to Section 6.06, the Servicer assigns all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under this Agreement to the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its
designee, the Trustee hereby agrees that such party shall be appointed successor
Servicer upon receipt of (i) a letter signed by the Servicer whereunder the
Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, (ii) a letter signed by
the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee, whereunder such party acknowledges
such assignment and agrees to be the successor Servicer subject to the terms of
this Agreement and (iii) confirmation from the Rating Agencies that such
appointment will not cause any Rating Agency to withdraw or downgrade its
then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates.
In the event an Event of Default has occurred with respect to the
Servicer, notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Trustee and the
Depositor hereby agree that upon delivery to the Trustee by or on behalf of the
Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer within ten Business
Days of the date on which the Trustee sent notice of such default, whereunder
the Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, the Trustee shall
appoint the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor Servicer,
provided that at the time of appointment, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such
designee meets the requirements of a successor Servicer set forth above and the
Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee agrees to be subject to the terms of
this Agreement. If the Servicing Rights Pledgee fails to provide the Trustee
with such letter, the Trustee shall appoint a successor Servicer in accordance
with Section 7.02. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Servicer
shall continue to perform all of the obligations of Servicer hereunder until the
Trustee appoints a successor Servicer.
Any such successor Servicer shall be required to satisfy the
requirements of a successor Servicer under this Section 7.02.
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders. (a) Upon any
termination of or appointment of a successor to the Servicer, the Trustee shall
give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders, and to each Rating
Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders, and each Rating Agency
notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee. The Trustee, before the
occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default
that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of
Default has occurred and remains uncured, 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 person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are in
the form required by this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion,
report, document, order, or other instrument.
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 bad faith or willful misfeasance.
Unless an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is
continuing,
(a) 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 the duties and obligations specifically set
forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Agreement against the Trustee, and 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 and
conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it believed in good faith
to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities
respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it is finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be 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 Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights relating 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.
The Trustee shall be permitted to utilize one or more Subcontractors
for the performance of certain of its obligations under this Agreement, provided
that the Trustee complies with Section 3.02(e) as if the Trustee were a
"Servicer" pursuant to that Section. The Trustee shall indemnify the Depositor,
the Sponsor and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the
Sponsor and hold them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may
sustain in any way related to the failure of the Trustee to perform any of its
obligations under Section 3.22 or Section 3.23, including without limitation any
failure by the Trustee to identify pursuant to Section 3.02(e) any Subcontractor
that is a Servicing Function Participant. This indemnity shall survive the
termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting each Custodian and the
Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(a) each Custodian and the Trustee may request and rely upon and
shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officer's 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 and neither
Custodian nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility to ascertain or confirm
the genuineness of any signature of any such party or parties;
(b) each Custodian and the Trustee may consult with counsel,
financial advisers or accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial
advisers or accountants 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;
(c) neither Custodian nor the Trustee shall be 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, nor shall either the Trustee or any Custodian be liable for acts
or omissions of the other;
(d) 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 to do so by Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each
Class of Certificates;
(e) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
accountants or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agents, accountants or attorneys
appointed with due care by it hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any act or omission of any Custodian;
(f) neither Custodian nor the Trustee shall be required to risk or
expend its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not assured to it;
(g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment
of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment
security and except with respect to the investment of funds in the Distribution
Account not made at the direction of the Depositor during the Trustee Float
Period);
(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of
Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01;
(i) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts, rights 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 this Agreement,
unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; and
(j) the Trustee shall remit the Custodian Fee to each Custodian
pursuant to a separate agreement.
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor 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 or of any Mortgage Loan or
related document other than with respect to the Trustee's execution and
authentication of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Depositor or the Servicer of any funds paid to the
Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or
withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Depositor or the Servicer.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing or recording any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder (unless the Trustee shall have become the successor
Servicer).
The Trustee executes the Certificates not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee of the Trust Fund created by this Agreement, in the
exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it by this
Agreement. Each of the undertakings and agreements made on the part of the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund in the Certificates is made and intended not
as a personal undertaking or agreement by the Trustee but is made and intended
for the purpose of binding only the Trust Fund.
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 as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
Section 8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses. As compensation for its
activities under this Agreement, the Trustee may withdraw from the Distribution
Account on each Distribution Date the Trustee Fee for the Distribution Date and,
during the Trustee Float Period, any interest or investment income earned on
funds deposited in the Distribution Account. The Trustee, each Custodian and any
director, officer, employee, or agent of the Trustee or the applicable Custodian
shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss,
liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection with any claim or legal action relating to:
(a) this Agreement,
(b) the Certificates or the Interest Rate Swap Agreement; or
(c) the performance of any of the Trustee's or the applicable
Custodian's duties under this Agreement,
other than any loss, liability, or expense (i) resulting from any breach of the
Servicer's obligations in connection with this Agreement for which the Servicer
has performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.05
or (ii) incurred because of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the
performance of any of the Trustee's or the applicable Custodian's duties under
this Agreement. This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement
or the resignation or removal of the Trustee under this Agreement. Without
limiting the foregoing, except as otherwise agreed upon in writing by the
Depositor and the Trustee, and except for any expense, disbursement, or advance
arising from the Trustee's negligence, bad faith, or willful misfeasance, the
Trust Fund shall pay or reimburse the Trustee, for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements, and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
this Agreement with respect to:
(A) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of its
counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates; and
(B) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of any
accountant, engineer, or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the
Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee must engage them to perform services
under this Agreement.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or a separate letter
agreement between the Trustee and the Depositor, the Trustee shall not be
entitled to payment or reimbursement for any routine ongoing expenses incurred
by the Trustee in the ordinary course of its duties as Trustee, Registrar, or
paying agent under this Agreement or for any other expenses incurred by the
Trustee; provided, however, no expense shall be reimbursed by the Trust Fund
hereunder if it would not constitute an "unanticipated expense incurred by the
REMIC" within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions.
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee. The Trustee
hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized and doing
business under the laws of a 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, subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authority and with a credit rating which would not cause any of
the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then current ratings of the
Certificates (or having provided such security from time to time as is
sufficient to avoid such reduction) as evidenced in writing by each Rating
Agency. If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.06
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association 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 this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07. The
entity serving as Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with
the Depositor and its Affiliates or the Servicer and its Affiliates; provided,
however, that such entity cannot be an Affiliate of the Depositor or the
Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Servicer.
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee. The Trustee may
at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving
written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the Servicer and each Rating
Agency not less than 60 days before the date specified in such notice, when,
subject to Section 8.08, such resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a
successor trustee in accordance with Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set
forth in Section 8.06. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by the
Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged as 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, or a tax is imposed with respect to
the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located
and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a
different trustee, then the Depositor or the Servicer may remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of
which shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy to the Servicer and one copy
to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to a majority 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 shall be
delivered by the successor Trustee to the Servicer, one complete set to the
Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. The
successor trustee shall notify each Rating Agency of any removal of the Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to this Section 8.07 shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as
provided in Section 8.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor
and to its predecessor trustee and the Servicer an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor 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 Depositor, the
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.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 8.08 unless at the time of its acceptance, the successor trustee is
eligible under Section 8.06 and its appointment does not adversely affect the
then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. 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 the Trustee. Any corporation
into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be eligible under Section 8.06
without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In
connection with the succession to the Trustee under this Agreement by any Person
(i) into which the Trustee may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be
appointed as a successor to the Trustee, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor
of such succession or appointment and shall furnish to the Depositor in writing
and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all
information reasonably necessary for the Trustee to accurately and timely
report, pursuant to Section 8.12(g), the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K
pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are
required to be filed under the Exchange Act).
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, 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 any Mortgage Note may at the time be
located, the 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 and for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part
thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Servicer and the Trustee may consider appropriate. If the Servicer shall not
have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by the Servicer
of a request to do so, or in the 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 and no
notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee under this Agreement
to advance funds on behalf of the Servicer, shall be conferred or imposed upon
and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or
co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee
is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act),
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 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 applicable Trust
Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the
direction of the Trustee;
(b) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable because of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall
not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or
co-trustee as agent of the Trustee;
(c) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove
any separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(d) The Trust Fund, and not the Trustee, shall be liable for the
payment of reasonable compensation, reimbursement and indemnification to any
such separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, when
and 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 and a copy thereof given to the
Servicer and the Depositor.
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 Tax Matters. It is intended that the assets with
respect to which any REMIC election pertaining to the Trust Fund is to be made,
as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall constitute, and that the
conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such
assets as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined in and in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the
Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Trustee is
hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of each Trust REMIC described in the
Preliminary Statement and that in such capacity it shall:
(a) prepare and file in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage
Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form
adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file with the Internal
Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income tax or
information returns for each taxable year with respect to each Trust REMIC
described in the Preliminary Statement containing such information and at the
times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax
laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish to Certificateholders the schedules,
statements or information at such times and in such manner as may be required
thereby;
(b) within thirty days of the Closing Date, the Trustee will apply
for an employer identification number from the Internal Revenue Service via Form
SS-4 or any other acceptable method for all tax entities and shall also furnish
to the Internal Revenue Service, on Form 8811 or as otherwise may be required by
the Code, the name, title, address, and telephone number of the person that the
Holders of the Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto,
together with such additional information as may be required by such Form, and
update such information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code;
(c) make an election that each of Pooling-Tier REMIC-1, Pooling-Tier
REMIC-2, the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Class B-1 REMIC, the
Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class X REMIC be treated as a REMIC
on the federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law);
(d) prepare and forward to the Certificateholders and to the
Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all
information returns and reports as and when required to be provided to them in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including the calculation of any original
issue discount using the prepayment assumption (as described in the Prospectus
Supplement);
(e) provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed
on the Transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee (a "Non-Permitted Transferee"), or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through
entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest
(the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing such information may be charged
to the Person liable for such tax);
(f) to the extent that they are under its control, conduct matters
relating to such assets at all times that any Certificates are Outstanding so as
to maintain the status of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions;
(g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take
any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust
REMIC created hereunder;
(h) pay, from the sources specified in the second to last paragraph
of this Section 8.11, the amount of any federal or state tax, including
prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on each Trust REMIC
before its termination when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such
obligation shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person from
contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the
Trustee from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the
outcome of such proceedings);
(i) cause federal, state or local income tax or information returns
to be signed by the Trustee or such other Person as may be required to sign such
returns by the Code or state or local laws, regulations or rules; and
(j) maintain records relating to each of the Trust REMICs, including
the income, expenses, assets, and liabilities thereof on a calendar year basis
and on the accrual method of accounting and the fair market value and adjusted
basis of the assets determined at such intervals as may be required by the Code,
as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or
information.
The Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class RX
Certificates shall act as Tax Matters Person for the Class B-1 REMIC, the Class
B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class X REMIC, and the holder of the
largest Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates shall act as the Tax
Matters Person for Pooling-Tier REMIC-2, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier
REMIC, and the Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class RC
Certificates shall act as Tax Matters Person for Pooling-Tier REMIC-1, in each
case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-4(d), and the
Trustee is hereby designated as agent of such Certificateholders for such
purpose (or if the Trustee is not so permitted, such Holder shall be the Tax
Matters Person in accordance with the REMIC Provisions). In such capacity, the
Trustee shall, as and when necessary and appropriate, represent any Trust REMIC
in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination or
audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment
as to any taxable year of any Trust REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with
any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to
any tax item of any Trust REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of each Trust REMIC
in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
The Trustee shall treat the rights of the Class P Certificateholders
to receive Prepayment Premiums, the rights of the Class X Certificateholders to
receive amounts from the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the Supplemental Interest
Trust (subject to the obligation to pay Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts and,
without duplication, Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts) and the rights of the
LIBOR Certificateholders to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts and,
without duplication, Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts as the beneficial
ownership of interests in a grantor trust and not as obligations of any Trust
REMIC created hereunder, for federal income tax purposes. The Trustee shall file
or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 or such other
form as may be applicable and shall furnish or cause to be furnished, to the
Class P, Class X Certificateholders and the LIBOR Certificateholders, the
respective amounts described above that are received, in the time or times and
in the manner required by the Code.
To enable the Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement,
the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee within ten days after the Closing
Date all information or data that the Trustee requests in writing and determines
to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the
Certificates, including the price, yield, prepayment assumption, and projected
cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the Depositor
shall provide information to the Trustee concerning the value, if any, to each
Class of LIBOR Certificates of the right to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts from the Excess Reserve Fund Account and Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts or Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts from the Supplemental Interest
Trust. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee promptly upon
written request therefor any additional information or data that the Trustee
may, from time to time, reasonably request to enable the Trustee to perform its
duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Depositor shall not be
required to provide any information regarding the Mortgage Loans after the
Closing Date or any information that the Servicer is required to provide to the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the Trustee
for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims, or expenses of the Trustee arising
from any errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that result from any failure
of the Depositor to provide, pursuant to this paragraph, accurate information or
data to the Trustee on a timely basis.
The Trustee shall not (i) cause the creation of any interests in any
Trust REMIC other than the regular and residual interests set forth in the
Preliminary Statement, (ii) receive any amount representing a fee or other
compensation for services (except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement) or
(iii) otherwise 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 its 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 Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (ii)
result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust Fund
(including but not limited to the tax on "prohibited transactions" as defined in
Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth
in Section 860G(d) of the Code, or the tax on "net income from foreclosure
property") unless the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of
the party seeking to take such action or, if such party fails to pay such
expense, at the expense of the Trust Fund, but in no event at the expense of the
Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action will not, with respect to
the Trust Fund, result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC created
hereunder or endanger the status of any Trust REMIC.
If any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any Trust
REMIC as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from
foreclosure property" of the Pooling-Tier REMIC-1 as defined in Section 860G(c)
of the Code, on any contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Start-up Day
pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed, including,
if applicable, any minimum tax imposed on any Trust REMIC pursuant to Sections
23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as
otherwise provided for herein, the tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee if such
tax arises out of or results from negligence of the Trustee in the performance
of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Servicer, in the case
of any such minimum tax, and otherwise if such tax arises out of or results from
a breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (iii)
the Sponsor if such tax arises out of or results from the Sponsor's obligation
to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Representations and Warranties
Agreement, or (iv) in all other cases, or if the Trustee, the Servicer or the
Sponsor fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clause (i), (ii), or
(iii), any such tax will be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the
Certificateholders, as provided in Section 4.02(a).
For as long as each Trust REMIC shall exist, the Trustee shall act
in accordance with this Agreement and shall comply with any directions of the
Depositor or the Servicer as provided herein so as to assure such continuing
treatment. The Trustee shall not (a) sell or permit the sale of all or any
portion of the Mortgage Loans unless pursuant to a repurchase or substitution in
accordance with this Agreement, or of any investment of deposits in an Account,
and (b) accept any contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Startup Day without
receipt of a REMIC Opinion.
Section 8.12 Periodic Filings. (a) The Trustee and the Servicer
shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the reporting
requirements of the Trust under the Exchange Act. The Trustee shall prepare for
execution by the Depositor any Forms 8-K, 10-D and 10-K required by the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, in order to
permit the timely filing thereof pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.12, and
the Trustee shall file (via the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and
Retrieval System) such Forms executed by the Depositor. The Trustee shall have
no duty to verify information received by it from other Persons (other than
Subcontractors utilized by the Trustee) in connection with its duties under this
Section 8.12.
(b) Within 15 calendar days after each Distribution Date (subject to
permitted extensions under the Exchange Act), the Trustee shall prepare and file
on behalf of the Trust any Form 10-D required by the Exchange Act, in form and
substance as required by the Exchange Act. The Trustee shall file each Form 10-D
with a copy of the related Monthly Statement attached thereto. Any disclosure in
addition to the Monthly Statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D
("Additional Form 10-D Disclosure") shall be prepared by the party responsible
for preparing such disclosure as set forth on Exhibit U hereto and the Trustee
shall compile such disclosure pursuant to the following paragraph. The Trustee
will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare
any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, except as set forth in the next paragraph.
As set forth on Exhibit U hereto, within 3 calendar days after the
related Distribution Date, certain parties to this Agreement shall be required
to provide to the Trustee and the Depositor, to the extent known by such
applicable parties, any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, if applicable. The
Trustee shall compile all such information provided to it in a Form 10-D
prepared by it.
After preparing the Form 10-D, the Trustee shall forward
electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-D to the Depositor for review,
verification and execution by the Depositor. No later than 3 Business Days prior
to the 15th calendar day after the related Distribution Date, an officer of the
Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and return an electronic or fax copy of such
signed Form 10-D (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight
mail) to the Trustee. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on time or if a previously
filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the procedures set
forth in Section 8.12(f)(ii). The signing party at the Depositor can be
contacted at the Depositor's address for notices set forth in Section
10.05(b)(2)(a), or such other address as to which the Depositor has provided
prior written notice to the Trustee. The Depositor acknowledges that the
performance by the Trustee of its duties under this Section 8.12(b) related to
the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D is contingent upon the Servicer,
the Depositor and any other Person obligated to provide Additional Form 10-D
Disclosure as set forth on Exhibit U hereto observing all applicable deadlines
in the performance of their duties under this Section 8.12(b). The Trustee shall
have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, or claim arising out of or with
respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 10-D,
where such failure results from the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain or
receive, on a timely basis, any information from any party hereto (other than
the Trustee or any Subcontractor utilized by the Trustee) needed to prepare,
arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D, not resulting from its own
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(c) Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust or
such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the "10-K Filing
Deadline"), commencing in March 2007, the Trustee shall prepare and file on
behalf of the Trust a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the
Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K shall include the following items, in each
case to the extent they have been delivered to the Trustee within the applicable
time frames set forth in this Agreement, (i) an annual compliance statement for
the Servicer and each Subservicer engaged by the Servicer, as described under
Section 3.22, (ii)(A) the annual reports on assessment of compliance with
applicable servicing criteria for the Trustee, the Servicer, the applicable
Custodian, each Subservicer engaged by the Servicer and each Servicing Function
Participant utilized by the Servicer or the Trustee, as described under Section
3.23, and (B) if any such report on assessment of compliance with servicing
criteria described under Section 3.23 identifies any material instance of
noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or such
report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under
Section 3.23 is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that
such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included,
(iii)(A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for the
Trustee, the Servicer, the applicable Custodian (if the Trust is subject to
Exchange Act Reports for such fiscal year), each Subservicer engaged by the
Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant utilized by the Servicer or the
Trustee, as described under Section 3.23, and (B) if any registered public
accounting firm attestation report described under Section 3.23 identifies any
material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of
noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm attestation
report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such
report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included, and
(iv) a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O, with such changes
as may be necessary or appropriate as a result of changes promulgated by the
Commission (the "Sarbanes Certification"), which shall be signed by the senior
officer of the Depositor in charge of securitization. Any disclosure or
information in addition to (i) through (iv) above that is required to be
included on Form 10-K ("Additional Form 10-K Disclosure") shall be prepared by
party responsible for preparing such disclosure as set forth on Exhibit V
hereto, and the Trustee shall compile such disclosure pursuant to the following
paragraph. The Trustee will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder
to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, except as set forth
in the next paragraph.
As set forth on Exhibit V hereto, no later than March 15th of each
year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements,
commencing in 2007, certain parties to this Agreement shall be required to
provide to the Trustee and the Depositor, to the extent known by such applicable
parties, any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, if applicable. The Trustee shall
compile all such information provided to it in a Form 10-K prepared by it.
After preparing the Form 10-K, the Trustee shall forward
electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor for review,
verification and execution by the Depositor. No later than 5:00 p.m. EST on the
3rd Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, an officer of the Depositor
shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed
Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to
the Trustee. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed
Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the procedures set forth
in Section 8.12(f)(ii). The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at
the Depositor's address for notices set forth in Section 10.05(b)(2)(a), or such
other address as to which the Depositor has provided prior written notice to the
Trustee. The Depositor acknowledges that the performance by the Trustee of its
duties under this Section 8.12(c) related to the timely preparation and filing
of Form 10-K is contingent upon the Servicer (and any Subservicer or Servicing
Function Participant engaged by the Servicer) and the Depositor and any other
Person obligated to provide Additional Form 10-K Disclosure as set forth on
Exhibit V hereto, observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their
duties under this Section 8.12(c), Section 8.12(d), Section 3.22 and Section
3.23. The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage or claim
arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely
file such Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Trustee's inability or
failure to obtain or receive, on a timely basis, any information from any party
hereto (other than the Trustee or any Subcontractor utilized by the Trustee)
needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K, not resulting
from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(d) In connection with the execution of a Sarbanes Certification,
the Trustee shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
P, with such changes as may be necessary or appropriate as a result of changes
promulgated by the Commission) for the benefit of the Depositor and its
officers, directors and Affiliates, the Servicer shall sign a certification
solely with respect to the Servicer (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Q-1,
with such changes as may be necessary as a result of changes promulgated by the
Commission) for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and their respective
officers, directors and Affiliates and the applicable Subservicer shall sign a
certification solely with respect to such Subservicer (in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit Q-2, with such changes as may be necessary or appropriate as a
result of changes promulgated by the Commission) for the benefit of the
Depositor, the Trustee and their respective officers, directors and Affiliates.
Each such certification shall be delivered to the Depositor no later than March
15th of each year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day) and the Depositor shall deliver the Sarbanes
Certification no later than the time set forth for the delivery to the Trustee
of the signed Form 10-K pursuant to Section 8.12(d) for such year. In the event
that prior to the filing date of the Form 10-K in March of each year, the
Trustee or the Servicer has actual knowledge of information material to the
Sarbanes Certification, that party shall promptly notify the Depositor and each
of the other parties signing the certifications. In addition, (i) the Trustee
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Servicer and the Sponsor
and their officers, directors, employees, agents and Affiliates from and against
any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary
legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out
of or based upon any breach of the Trustee's obligations under this Section
8.12(d) or any material misstatement or material omission contained in any
information, report, certification or other material provided in written or
electronic form pursuant to Section 3.23 and 8.12 of this Agreement and Exhibits
U, V and W to this Agreement provided by or on behalf of the Trustee or any
Subcontractor utilized by the Trustee (excluding any information, report,
certification or other materials provided in written or electronic form by or on
behalf of any Person other than the Trustee or any Subcontractor utilized by the
Trustee) or negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith,
and (ii) the Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the
Sponsor, the Trustee and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents
and Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments
and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon any breach of the
Servicer's obligations under this Section 8.12(d) or any material misstatement,
omission, negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in
connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless any indemnified party, then (i) the Trustee
agrees in connection with a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this
Section 8.12(d) or any material misstatement or material omission contained in
any information, report, certification or other material provided in written or
electronic form pursuant to Section 3.23 and 8.12 of this Agreement and Exhibits
U, V and W to this Agreement provided by or on behalf of the Trustee or any
Subcontractor utilized by the Trustee (excluding any information, report,
certification or other materials provided in written or electronic form by or on
behalf of any Person other than the Trustee or any Subcontractor utilized by the
Trustee) or negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith
that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Depositor and the
Sponsor as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the
Depositor and the Sponsor in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Depositor and the Sponsor on the one hand and the Trustee
on the other and (ii) the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities of such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such indemnified party, on the one
hand, and the Servicer, on the other hand, in connection with a breach of the
Servicer's obligations under this Section 8.12(d) or any material misstatement
or omission, negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in
connection therewith.
(e) Upon any filing with the Commission, the Trustee shall promptly
deliver to the Depositor a copy of each such executed report, statement or
information.
(f) (i) The obligations set forth in paragraphs (a) through (d) of
this Section shall only apply with respect to periods for which reports are
required to be filed with respect to the Trust under the Exchange Act. Prior to
January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee is able to do so under
applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 Suspension Notification with
respect to the Trust, with a copy to the Depositor. At any time after the filing
of a Form 15 Suspension Notification, if the number of Holders of the Offered
Certificates of record exceeds the number set forth in Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act or the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto which would cause
the Trust to again become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act, the Trustee shall recommence preparing and filing reports on Form 10-K,
10-D and 8-K as required pursuant to this Section 8.12 and the parties hereto
shall again have the obligations set forth in this Section.
(ii) In the event that the Trustee is unable to timely file with the
Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K
required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement because required
disclosure information was either not delivered to it or delivered to it
after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement, the Trustee will
immediately notify the Depositor and the Servicer. In the case of Form
10-D and 10-K, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee will thereupon
cooperate to prepare a Form 12b-25 and a 10-DA and 10-KA as applicable,
pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act and the Trustee shall file in
accordance with this Agreement. In the case of Form 8-K, the Trustee will,
upon receipt of all disclosure information required to be included on Form
8-K, include such disclosure information on the next Form 10-D. In the
event that any previously filed Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K needs to be
amended, the party to this Agreement deciding that an amendment to such
Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K is required will notify the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Servicer and such parties will cooperate to prepare any necessary
Form 8-KA, 10-DA or 10-KA. Any Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendment to
Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K shall be signed by an officer of the Depositor. The
Depositor acknowledges that the performance by the Trustee of its duties
under this Section 8.12(f) related to the timely preparation and filing of
Form 15, a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K is
contingent upon the Servicer and the Depositor observing all applicable
deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 8.12 and
Sections 3.22 and 3.23. The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss,
expense, damage or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to
properly prepare and/or timely file any such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any
amendments to Forms 8-K, 10-D or 10-K, where such failure results from the
Trustee's inability or failure to obtain or receive, on a timely basis,
any information from any party hereto (other than the Trustee or any
Subcontractor utilized by the Trustee) needed to prepare, arrange for
execution or file such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms
8-K, 10-D or 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct.
(g) Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event
requiring disclosure on Form 8-K (each such event, a "Reportable Event"), and
also if requested by the Depositor, the Trustee shall prepare and file on behalf
of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act, provided that the
Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the issuance of the
Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or
that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K ("Form 8-K Disclosure
Information") shall be prepared by the party responsible for preparing such
disclosure as set forth on Exhibit W hereto and compiled by the Trustee pursuant
to the following paragraph. The Trustee will have no duty or liability for any
failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information or
any Form 8-K, except as set forth in the next paragraph.
As set forth on Exhibit W hereto, for so long as the Trust is
subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than noon (Eastern
time) on the 2nd Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event,
certain parties to this Agreement shall be required to provide to the Depositor
and the Trustee, to the extent known by such applicable parties, any Form 8-K
Disclosure Information, if applicable. The Trustee shall compile all such
information provided to it in a Form 8-K prepared by it.
After preparing the Form 8-K, the Trustee shall forward
electronically a draft copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review,
verification and execution by the Depositor. No later than the end of the 3rd
Business Day after the Reportable Event, an officer of the Depositor shall sign
the Form 8-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with
an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee. If a
Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be
amended, the Trustee will follow the procedures set forth in Section
8.12(f)(ii). The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at the
Depositor's address for notices set forth in Section 10.05(b)(2)(a), or such
other address as to which the Depositor has provided prior written notice to the
Trustee. The Depositor acknowledges that the performance by the Trustee of its
duties under this Section 8.12(g) related to the timely preparation and filing
of Form 8-K is contingent upon the Servicer the Depositor and any other Person
obligated to provide Form 8-K Disclosure Information as set forth on Exhibit W
hereto, observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties
under this Section 8.12(g). The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss,
expense, damage or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to
properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results
from the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain or receive, on a timely basis,
any information from any party hereto (other than the Trustee or any
Subcontractor utilized by the Trustee) needed to prepare, arrange for execution
or file such Form 8-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct.
(h) The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss, expense,
damage or claim arising out of or resulting from (i) the accuracy or inaccuracy
of any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, Additional Form 10-K Disclosure or Form
8-K Disclosure Information (excluding any information therein provided by the
Trustee or any Subcontractor utilized by the Trustee) provided to the Trustee in
connection with the preparation of Forms 10-D, 10-K and 8-K pursuant to this
Section 8.12, or (ii) the failure of the Depositor to timely execute and return
for filing any Forms 10-D, 10-K and 8-K required to be filed by the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 8.12, in either case, not resulting from the Trustee's
own negligence, bad faith or misconduct.
Section 8.13 Tax Treatment of Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts,
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts, the Supplemental Interest Trust and the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement. The Trustee shall treat the rights that each Class
of LIBOR Certificates has to receive payments of Upper-Tier Carry Forward
Amounts and, to the extent not paid from the Excess Reserve Fund Account, Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amounts from the Supplemental Interest Trust (together with
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts from the Excess Reserve Fund Account) as rights
to receive payments under a limited recourse interest rate cap contract written
by the Class X Certificateholders in favor of each such Class. Accordingly, each
Class of Certificates (excluding the Class X, Class P and the Residual
Certificates) will be comprised of two components - an Upper-Tier Regular
Interest and an interest in an interest rate cap contract, and the Class X
Certificate will be comprised of six components - three Class X REMIC Regular
Interests (the Class X Interest and the Class IO Interest), ownership of the
Excess Reserve Fund Account, subject to an obligation to pay Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts, ownership of the Supplemental Interest Trust and the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement, subject to the obligation to pay Upper-Tier Carry Forward
Amounts and, without duplication, Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts, subject to
an obligation to make payments required by Section 4.07 to the LIBOR
Certificateholders. The Trustee shall allocate the issue price for a Class of
LIBOR Certificates among the respective components for purposes of determining
the issue price of the Upper-Tier Regular Interest component based on
information received from the Depositor. Unless otherwise advised by the
Depositor in writing, for federal income tax purposes, the Trustee is hereby
directed to assign a value of zero to the right of each Holder of a LIBOR
Certificate to receive the related Upper-Tier Carry Forward Amounts and, without
duplication, the related Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for purposes of
allocating the purchase price of an initial LIBOR Certificateholder between such
rights and the related Upper-Tier Regular Interest.
Holders of LIBOR Certificates shall also be treated as having agreed
to pay, on each Distribution Date, to the Holders of the Class X Certificates an
aggregate amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) Net Swap Payments and Swap
Termination Payments (other than Defaulted Swap Termination Payments) over (ii)
the sum of amounts payable on the Class X Interest available for such payments
and amounts payable on the Class IO Interest (such excess, a "Class IO
Shortfall"), first from interest and then from principal distributable on the
LIBOR Certificates. A Class IO Shortfall payable from interest collections shall
be allocated pro rata among such LIBOR Certificates based on the amount of
interest otherwise payable to such Class of LIBOR Certificates, and a Class IO
Shortfall payable from principal collections shall be allocated in reverse
sequential order beginning with the most subordinate Class of LIBOR Certificates
then Outstanding.
Any payments of Class IO Shortfalls shall be treated for tax
purposes as having been received by the Holders of such Class of LIBOR
Certificates in respect of the corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interest and as
having been paid by such Holders to the Holders of the Class X Certificates
through the Supplemental Interest Trust.
Section 8.14 Custodial Responsibilities. (a) Each Custodian shall
provide access to the Mortgage Loan Documents in possession of the applicable
Custodian regarding the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the
servicing thereof to the Trustee, the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the
supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only
upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the
office of the applicable Custodian. Each Custodian shall allow representatives
of the above entities to photocopy any of the records and documentation and
shall provide equipment for that purpose at the expense of the person requesting
such access.
(b) Each Custodian may resign from its obligations hereunder upon 60
days' prior written notice to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer. Such
resignation shall take effect upon (i) the appointment of a successor Custodian
reasonably acceptable to the Depositor within such 60 day period; and (ii)
delivery of all Mortgage Loan Files to the successor Custodian. The Trustee
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to become the successor Custodian.
If no successor Custodian is appointed within 60 days after written notice of
such Custodian's resignation is received by the Trustee, the applicable
Custodian may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor
Custodian.
Upon such resignation and appointment of successor Custodian, the
applicable Custodian shall, at such Custodian's expense, promptly transfer to
the successor Custodian, as directed in writing by the Trustee, all applicable
Mortgage Files being administered under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Trust Fund, not the applicable Custodian, shall bear the costs
relating to the transfer of Mortgage Files if such Custodian shall resign with
cause (including such Custodian's resignation due to the failure of such
Custodian to be paid all fees due to such Custodian hereunder).
(c) For so long as reports are required to be filed with the
Commission under the Exchange Act with respect to the Trust, each Custodian
shall not utilize any Subcontractor for the performance of its duties hereunder
if such Subcontractor would be "participating in the servicing function" within
the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB without the prior written consent of
the Depositor, in its sole discretion.
(d) Each Custodian shall indemnify the Depositor, the Sponsor and any
director, officer, employee, agent and affiliate of the Depositor or the Sponsor
and hold them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain
in any way related to (i) the failure of the applicable Custodian to deliver
when required any assessment of compliance required to be delivered by the
applicable Custodian or (ii) any material misstatement or omission contained in
any assessment of compliance provided to be delivered by the applicable
Custodian. This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
earlier resignation or removal of the applicable Custodian.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no
Custodian shall be required to deliver, or to cause to be delivered, an
assessment of compliance or accountant's attestation report pursuant to Section
3.23 for any fiscal year of the Trust in which the Custodian's Weighted Average
Percentage is 5% or less. The "Custodian's Weighted Average Percentage" means,
for each fiscal year of the Trust and each Custodian, the quotient, expressed as
a percentage, of (A) the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance for each
Distribution Date in such fiscal year of the Mortgage Loans for which such
Custodian acted as Custodian divided by (B) the aggregate of the Pool Stated
Principal Balance for each Distribution Date in such fiscal year.
Section 8.15 Limitations on Custodial Responsibilities.
(a) Each Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect,
review or examine the Mortgage Files to determine that the contents thereof are
appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have been actually recorded
or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.
(b) Each Custodian shall not be responsible for preparing or filing
any reports or returns relating to federal, state or local income taxes with
respect to this Agreement, other than for such Custodian's compensation or for
reimbursement of expenses.
(c) Each Custodian shall not be responsible or liable for, and makes
no representation or warranty with respect to, the validity, adequacy or
perfection or any lien upon or security interest in any Mortgage File.
(d) The duties and obligations of each Custodian shall only be such
as are expressly set forth in this Agreement or as set forth in a written
amendment to this Agreement executed by the parties hereto or their successors
and assigns. In the event that any provision of this Agreement implies or
requires that action or forbearance be taken by a party, but is silent as to
which party has the duty to act or refrain from acting, the parties agree that
each Custodian shall not be the party required to take the action or refrain
from acting. In no event shall any Custodian have any responsibility to
ascertain or take action except as expressly provided herein.
(e) Each Custodian makes no representations and shall have no
responsibilities (except as expressly set forth herein) as to the validity,
sufficiency, value, genuineness, ownership or transferability of any of the
Conduit Mortgage Loans, and shall not be required to and shall not make any
representations as to the validity, value or genuineness of the Conduit Mortgage
Loans.
(f) Each Custodian shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or
for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any
mistake of fact or law, or for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in
connection therewith, except in the case of its negligent performance or
omission or its bad faith or willful misfeasance.
(g) Each Custodian shall not be responsible to verify (i) the
validity, legality, enforceability, sufficiency, due authorization or
genuineness of any document in the Mortgage File or of any Conduit Mortgage
Loans or (ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness including the
authority or capacity of any Person to execute or issue any document in the
Mortgage File, or suitability of any Conduit Mortgage Loans unless specified
otherwise in this Agreement.
(h) Each Custodian shall have no obligation to verify the receipt of
any such documents the existence of which was not made known to such Custodian
by receipt of the Mortgage File.
(i) Each Custodian shall have no obligation to determine whether the
recordation of any document is necessary.
(j) In no event shall any Custodian or its directors, affiliates,
officers, agents, and employees be held liable for any special, indirect or
consequential damages resulting from any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it or them hereunder or in connection herewith even if advised of the
possibility of such damages.
(k) Any Person into which the applicable Custodian may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the applicable Custodian shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the
business of such Custodian, shall be the successor of such 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.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the
Mortgage Loans. Subject to Sections 9.02 and 9.03, the obligations and
responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby
with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the
purchase, on the Optional Termination Date, by the Servicer of all Mortgage
Loans (and REO Properties) at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than in respect of REO
Property) plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage
Interest Rate, (ii) the lesser of (x) the appraised value of any REO Property as
determined by an independent appraiser selected by the Person electing to
terminate the Trust Fund, at the expense of such Person, plus accrued and unpaid
interest on the related Mortgage Loan at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rates
and (y) the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan related to any REO
Property, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the
applicable Mortgage Interest Rate, and (iii) any Swap Termination Payment owed
to the Swap Provider (as provided to the Trustee by the Swap Provider pursuant
to the Interest Rate Swap Agreement) ("Termination Price") and (b) the later of
(i) the maturity or other Liquidation Event (or any Advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the
disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement. In
no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on
the date hereof.
Section 9.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates. If on any
Remittance Date, the Servicer notifies the Trustee in writing that there are no
Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other
than the funds in the Collection Account, the Servicer shall direct the Trustee
promptly to send a Notice of Final Distribution to each Certificateholder and
the Swap Provider. If the Servicer elects to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant
to clause (a) of Section 9.01, by the 25th day of the month preceding the month
of the final distribution, the Servicer shall notify the Depositor and the
Trustee in writing of the date the Servicer intends to terminate the Trust Fund
and of the applicable Termination Price of the Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties.
A Notice of Final Distribution, specifying the Distribution Date on
which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of the
final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee by
letter to Certificateholders mailed not later than the 15th day of the month of
such final distribution. Any such Notice of Final Distribution shall specify (a)
the Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be
made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein
designated, (b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the
office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and (d)
that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Trustee will give such Notice
of Final Distribution to each Rating Agency at the time such Notice of Final
Distribution is given to Certificateholders.
In the event such Notice of Final Distribution is given, the
Servicer shall promptly deposit such funds in the applicable Collection Account.
During the time such funds are held in such Collection Account, such funds shall
be invested, at the direction of the Servicer, in Permitted Investments, and the
Servicer shall be entitled to all income from such investments, and shall be
responsible for all losses from such investments. In connection with any such
termination of the Trust Fund, the Servicer shall cause all funds in the
Collection Account, including the applicable Termination Price for the Mortgage
Loans and REO Properties to be remitted to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution
Date. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and the receipt by
the applicable Custodian of a Request for Release therefor, the applicable
Custodian, shall promptly release to the Servicer, or its designee, the
Custodial Files for the Mortgage Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class (after
reimbursement of all amounts due to the Servicer (including all unreimbursed
Advances and any Servicing Fees accrued and unpaid as of the date the
Termination Price is paid), the Depositor and the Trustee hereunder), in each
case on the final Distribution Date and in the order set forth in Section 4.02,
in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, with respect to
Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount up to an amount equal to (i) as
to each Class of Regular Certificates (except the Class X Certificates), the
Certificate Balance thereof plus for each such Class and the Class X
Certificates accrued interest thereon in the case of an interest bearing
Certificate and all other amounts to which such Classes are entitled pursuant to
Section 4.02, (ii) as to the Residual Certificates, the amount, if any, which
remains on deposit in the Distribution Account (other than the amounts retained
to meet claims) after application pursuant to clause (i) above.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not
surrender Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date
specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee 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 all the applicable
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation,
the Residual Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and
other assets of the Trust Fund which remain subject hereto.
Section 9.03 Additional Termination Requirements. In the event the
Servicer exercises its purchase option with respect to the Mortgage Loans as
provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with
an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Servicer, to the effect that the
failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 9.03 will not (i) result
in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" on any Trust REMIC as
defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are Outstanding:
(a) The Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to
the Servicer, or its designee, and, within 90 days of such sale, shall
distribute to the Certificateholders the proceeds of such sale in complete
liquidation of each of the Trust REMICs; and
(b) The Trustee shall attach a statement to the final federal income
tax return for each of the Trust REMICs stating that pursuant to Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860F-1, the first day of the 90 day liquidation period for
each such Trust REMIC was the date on which the Trustee sold the assets of the
Trust Fund to the Servicer.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Depositor, the Servicer, each Custodian and the Trustee without the
consent of any of the Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake,
(ii) to correct any defective provision herein or to supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, (iii) to add
to the duties of the Depositor, any Custodian or the Servicer, (iv) to add any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder, (v) to
modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained
in this Agreement, or (vi) to comply with any requirements in Regulation AB;
provided, that any amendment pursuant to clause (iv) or (v) above shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided, further, that the
amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of the Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment
obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned
to the Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such letter in and
of itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such
amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
affecting any such rating. Each Custodian, the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Servicer also may at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement, but
without the consent of the Certificateholders to modify, eliminate or add to any
of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i)
maintain the qualification of each Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, (ii)
avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC
pursuant to the Code that would be a claim at any time prior to the final
redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply with any other requirements of
the Code; provided, that the Trustee has been provided an Opinion of Counsel,
which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such opinion but in
any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect
that such action is necessary or helpful to, as applicable, (i) maintain such
qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax
or (iii) comply with any such requirements of the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Servicer, each Custodian and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than 66(2)/3% of each Class of Certificates 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 of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i)
reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to
be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in
clause (i), without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class
evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than
66(2)/3%, or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders
of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of
the Holders of all such Certificates then Outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless (i) it shall
have first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense
of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment will not
cause the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC or the Certificateholders or
cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the grantor trust to fail
to qualify as a grantor trust at any time that any Certificates are Outstanding
and (ii) the party seeking such amendment shall have provided written notice to
the Rating Agencies (with a copy of such notice to the Trustee) of such
amendment, stating the provisions of the Agreement to be amended.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.01, with
respect to any amendment that significantly modifies the permitted activities of
the Trustee or the Servicer, any Certificate beneficially owned by the Depositor
or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be Outstanding (and shall not be
considered when determining the percentage of Certificateholders consenting or
when calculating the total number of Certificates entitled to consent) for
purposes of determining if the requisite consents of Certificateholders under
this Section 10.01 have been obtained.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders
under this Section 10.01 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.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment which modifies its obligations or liabilities without its consent and
in all cases without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be
an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the Trustee that
(i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and that
all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and (ii)
either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the
immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 10.01.
Section 10.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. 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 Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other appropriate
public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the
Depositor at the expense of the Trust, but only upon receipt of an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects
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 10.03 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.04 Intention of Parties. It is the express intent of the
parties hereto that the conveyance (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor
and (ii) of the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be
construed as, an absolute sale thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the
parties that such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the event
that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any other reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in either such assets,
then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the
meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the
conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment
and a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets transferred,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Depositor, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall, to
the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary
to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in
the Trust Fund, 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 the Agreement.
Section 10.05 Notices. (a) The Trustee shall promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Servicer or the Trustee and
the appointment of any successor;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Sections 2.03, 2.07 or 3.28; and
5. The final payment to Certificateholders.
(b) In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.03.
2. Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
3.28.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of
the Depositor, to GS Mortgage Securities Corp., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Principal Finance Group/Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Asset
Management Group/Senior Asset Manager (and, in the case of the Officer's
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.22, to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx), or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the
Trustee and the Servicer by the Depositor in writing; (b) in the case of Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx XxXxxxx or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to
the Depositor, each Custodian, the Swap Provider and the Trustee by Xxxxxx in
writing; (c) in the case of X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, to X.X. Xxxxxx Trust
Company, National Association, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Custody Manager, or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Swap Provider, U.S. Bank
National Association and the Trustee in writing; (d) in the case of U.S. Bank
National Association, to U.S. Bank National Association, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxx, or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Swap Provider, X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company and the Trustee in writing (e) in the case of the Trustee,
to the Corporate Trust Office, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 0000 Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Trust
Administration - GS06H1, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to
the Depositor, the Swap Provider and the Servicer in writing; (f) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Mitsui Marine Derivative Products 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: General Counsel, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished
to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodians and the Trustee in writing and
(g) in the case of each of the Rating Agencies, the address specified therefor
in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating Agency. Notices to
Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
Section 10.06 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 10.07 Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities.
(a) A Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into a financing or
other facility (any such arrangement, an "Advance Facility"), the documentation
for which complies with Section 10.07(e) below, under which (1) such Servicer
assigns or pledges its rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any or
all Advances to (i) a Person, which may be a special-purpose bankruptcy-remote
entity (an "SPV"), (ii) a Person, which may simultaneously assign or pledge such
rights to an SPV or (iii) a lender (a "Lender"), which, in the case of any
Person or SPV of the type described in either of the preceding clauses (i) or
(ii), may directly or through other assignees and/or pledgees, assign or pledge
such rights to a Person, which may include a trustee acting on behalf of holders
of debt instruments (any such Person or any such Lender, an "Advance Financing
Person"), and/or (2) an Advance Financing Person agrees to fund all the Advances
required to be made by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of
the Trustee, Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before a
Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility nor shall the Trustee or the
Certificateholders be a third party beneficiary of any obligation of an Advance
Financing Person to a Servicer. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance
Facility under which an Advance Financing Person agrees to fund Advances, (A)
the Servicer (i) shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make
Advances pursuant to and as required by this Agreement and (ii) shall not be
relieved of such obligations by virtue of such Advance Facility and (B) neither
the Advance Financing Person nor any Servicer's Assignee (as hereinafter
defined) shall have any right to proceed against or otherwise contact any
Mortgagor for the purpose of collecting any payment that may be due with respect
to any related Mortgage Loan or enforcing any covenant of such Mortgagor under
the related Mortgage Loan documents.
(b) If a Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, such Servicer and
the related Advance Financing Person shall deliver to the Trustee at the address
set forth in Section 10.05 hereof a written notice (an "Advance Facility
Notice"), stating (a) the identity of the Advance Financing Person and (b) the
identity of the Person (the "Servicer's Assignee") that will, subject to Section
10.07(c) hereof, have the right to make withdrawals from the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof to reimburse previously unreimbursed Advances
("Advance Reimbursement Amounts"). Advance Reimbursement Amounts (i) shall
consist solely of amounts in respect of Advances for which such Servicer would
be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with Section 3.11 hereof,
assuming such Servicer had made the related Advance(s) and (ii) shall not
consist of amounts payable to a successor Servicer in accordance with Section
3.11 hereof to the extent permitted under Section 10.07(e) below.
(c) Notwithstanding the existence of an Advance Facility, a
Servicer, on behalf of the Advance Financing Person and the Servicer's Assignee,
shall be entitled to receive reimbursements of Advances in accordance with
Section 3.11 hereof, which entitlement may be terminated by the Advance
Financing Person pursuant to a written notice to the Trustee in the manner set
forth in Section 10.05 hereof. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Servicer
shall no longer be entitled to receive reimbursement for any Advance
Reimbursement Amounts and the Servicer's Assignee shall immediately have the
right to receive from the Collection Account all Advance Reimbursement Amounts.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) a Servicer
and/or the Servicer's Assignee shall only be entitled to reimbursement of
Advance Reimbursement Amounts hereunder from withdrawals from the Collection
Account pursuant to Section 3.11 of this Agreement and shall not otherwise be
entitled to make withdrawals of, or receive, amounts that shall be deposited in
the Distribution Account pursuant to Sections 3.11(a)(i) and 3.27(b) hereof, and
(ii) none of the Trustee or the Certificateholders shall have any right to, or
otherwise be entitled to, receive any Advance Reimbursement Amounts to which the
Servicer or Servicer's Assignee, as applicable, shall be entitled pursuant to
Section 3.11 hereof. An Advance Facility may be terminated by the joint written
direction of the Servicer and the related Advance Financing Person. Written
notice of such termination shall be delivered to the Trustee in the manner set
forth in Section 10.05 hereof. None of the Depositor or the Trustee shall, as a
result of the existence of any Advance Facility, have any additional duty or
liability with respect to the calculation or payment of any Advance
Reimbursement Amount, nor, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility,
shall the Depositor or the Trustee have any additional responsibility to track
or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility or the payment of Advance
Reimbursement Amounts to the Servicer's Assignee. The Servicer shall indemnify
the Depositor, the Trustee, any successor Servicer and the Trust Fund for any
claim, loss, liability or damage resulting from any claim by the related Advance
Financing Person, except to the extent that such claim, loss, liability or
damage resulted from or arose out of negligence, recklessness or willful
misconduct on the part of the Depositor, the Trustee or any successor Servicer,
as the case may be, or failure by the successor Servicer or the Trustee, as the
case may be, to remit funds as required by this Agreement. The Servicer shall
maintain and provide to any successor Servicer and, upon request, the Trustee a
detailed accounting on a loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged
or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advance Financing Person. The successor
Servicer shall be entitled to rely on any such information provided by the
predecessor Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall not be liable for any
errors in such information.
(d) An Advance Financing Person who receives an assignment or pledge
of rights to receive Advance Reimbursement Amounts and/or whose obligations are
limited to the funding of Advances pursuant to an Advance Facility shall not be
required to meet the criteria for qualification as a Subservicer.
(e) As between a predecessor Servicer and its Advance Financing
Person, on the one hand, and a successor Servicer and its Advance Financing
Person, if any, on the other hand, Advance Reimbursement Amounts on a
loan-by-loan basis with respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which an Advance
shall have been made and be outstanding shall be allocated on a "first-in, first
out" basis. In the event the Servicer's Assignee shall have received some or all
of an Advance Reimbursement Amount related to Advances that were made by a
Person other than such predecessor Servicer or its related Advance Financing
Person in error, then such Servicer's Assignee shall be required to remit any
portion of such Advance Reimbursement Amount to each Person entitled to such
portion of such Advance Reimbursement Amount. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed by the
Advance Financing Person for all Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent
the related Advance Reimbursement Amounts have not been assigned or pledged to
such Advance Financing Person or Servicer's Assignee.
(f) For purposes of any Officer's Certificate of the Servicer made
pursuant to Section 4.01(d), any Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advance referred to therein may have been made by such Servicer or any
predecessor Servicer. In making its determination that any Advance or Servicing
Advance theretofore made has become a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Servicer shall apply the same criteria in
making such determination regardless of whether such Advance or Servicing
Advance shall have been made by the Servicer or any predecessor Servicer.
(g) Any amendment to this Section 10.07 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 10.07, including
amendments to add provisions relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered
into by the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer without the consent of any
Certificateholder, provided such amendment complies with Section 10.01 hereof.
All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of each party
hereto of any such amendment shall be borne solely by the Servicer. The parties
hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Advances financed by and/or
pledged to an Advance Financing Person under any Advance Facility are
obligations owed to the Servicer payable only from the cash flows and proceeds
received under this Agreement for reimbursement of Advances only to the extent
provided herein, and the Trustee and the Trust are not, as a result of the
existence of any Advance Facility, obligated or liable to repay any Advances
financed by the Advance Financing Person; (b) the Servicer will be responsible
for remitting to the Advance Financing Person the applicable amounts collected
by it as reimbursement for Advances funded by the Advance Financing Person,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement; and (c) the Trustee shall not have
any responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the financing
arrangement between the Servicer and any Advance Financing Person.
Section 10.08 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death
or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the Trust created hereby, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the Trust
created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of
the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as
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 party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement
pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions 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 an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided, and
unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to 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
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, 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 all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of
the provisions of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
Section 10.09 Inspection and Audit Rights. The Servicer agrees that
on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Depositor
or the Trustee during the Servicer's normal business hours, to examine all the
books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Servicer relating to
the applicable Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause
such books to be audited by independent certified public accountants selected by
the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts
relating to such Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees and independent
public accountants (and by this provision the Servicer hereby authorizes said
accountants to discuss with such representative such affairs, finances and
accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expense of the Servicer incident to the
exercise by the Depositor, or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09
shall be borne by the party making the request (except in the case of requests
made by the Trustee, such expenses shall be borne by the Servicer). The Servicer
may impose commercially reasonable restrictions on dissemination of information
the Servicer defines as confidential.
Nothing in this Section 10.09 shall limit the obligation of the
Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information
regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access as
provided in this Section 10.09 as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section. Nothing in this Section 10.09 shall require
the Servicer to collect, create, collate or otherwise generate any information
that it does not generate in its usual course of business. The Servicer shall
not be required to make copies of or to ship documents to any Person who is not
a party to this Agreement, and then only if provisions have been made for the
reimbursement of the costs thereof.
Section 10.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. It is the
intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
Section 10.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW)
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH DISPUTE SHALL BE TRIED
BEFORE A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
Section 10.12 Limitation of Damages. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
CONTAINED HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT NO PARTY SHALL BE
LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY), OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
OR EQUITABLE PRINCIPLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH LIMITATION SHALL NOT BE
APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO THIRD PARTY CLAIMS MADE AGAINST A PARTY.
Section 10.13 Rights of the Swap Provider. The Swap Provider shall
be deemed a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement to the same extent as if
it were a party hereto and shall have the right to enforce its rights under this
Agreement.
Section 10.14 No Solicitation. From and after the Closing Date, the
Servicer agrees that it will not take any action or permit or cause any action
to be taken by any of its agents or Affiliates, or by any independent
contractors or independent mortgage brokerage companies on its behalf, to
personally, by telephone, mail or electronic mail, specifically target through
direct solicitations, the Mortgagors under the Mortgage Loans for the purpose of
refinancing such Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that it is understood and
agreed that promotions undertaken by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates which
(i) concern optional insurance products (excluding single premium insurance) or
other financial products or services (excluding any mortgage related products
such as home equity lines of credit and second mortgage products), or (ii) are
directed to the general public at large or certain segments thereof exclusive of
the Mortgagors as a targeted group and, including mass mailings based on
commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio and television
advertisements shall not constitute solicitation under this Section 10.14, nor
is the Servicer prohibited from responding to unsolicited requests or inquiries
made by a Mortgagor or his or her agent.
Section 10.15 Regulation AB Compliance; Intent of the Parties;
Reasonableness. The parties hereto acknowledge 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 asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and
agree to comply with reasonable requests made by the Depositor in good faith for
delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving
interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection with the Trust, the Servicer,
the Trustee and each Custodian shall cooperate fully with the Depositor to
deliver to the Depositor (including its assignees or designees), any and all
statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information available
to such party and reasonably necessary in the good faith determination of the
Depositor to permit the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation
AB.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, each Custodian and
the Servicer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
solely as Trustee and not in its
individual capacity
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
X.X. XXXXXX TRUST
COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
By: /s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
(Delivered to the Trustee and the Servicer and not attached to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
SCHEDULE II
GSAMP Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-HE1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Representations and Warranties of Xxxxxx Loan Servicing XX
Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP ("Xxxxxx") hereby makes the representations
and warranties set forth in this Schedule II to the Depositor and the Trustee,
as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule II shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series.
(1) Xxxxxx is a Delaware limited partnership, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly
authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by
this Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by Xxxxxx in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not
required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any
event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such State, to
the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan
and to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(2) Xxxxxx has the full power and authority to service each Mortgage
Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
Xxxxxx the execution, delivery and performance of this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Depositor,
each Custodian and the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Xxxxxx, enforceable against Xxxxxx in accordance with its
terms, except to the extent that (a) the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of
specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief
may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought;
(3) The execution and delivery of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by Xxxxxx, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by Xxxxxx
hereunder, the consummation by Xxxxxx of any other of the transactions
herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms
hereof are in the ordinary course of business of Xxxxxx and will not (A)
result in a breach of any term or provision of the organizational
documents of Xxxxxx or (B) conflict with, result in a breach, violation or
acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of any other
material agreement or instrument to which Xxxxxx is a party or by which it
may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation applicable to Xxxxxx of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having jurisdiction over Xxxxxx; and Xxxxxx is not a party to, bound by,
or in breach or violation of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute, order or
regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which materially and
adversely affects or, to Litton's knowledge, would in the future
materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability of Xxxxxx to perform its
obligations under this Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (y) the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of Xxxxxx
taken as a whole;
(4) Xxxxxx is an approved seller/servicer for Xxxxxx Mae and an
approved servicer for Xxxxxxx Mac in good standing;
(5) No litigation is pending against Xxxxxx that would materially
and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability of Xxxxxx to service the
Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations hereunder in
accordance with the terms hereof;
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Xxxxxx of, or compliance by Xxxxxx with, this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the consummation by Xxxxxx of the transactions
contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been
obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(7) Xxxxxx covenants that it possesses the ability and processes
necessary to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of
this Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
(8) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, to the extent Xxxxxx
serviced such Mortgage Loan and to the extent Xxxxxx provided monthly
reports to the three credit repositories, Xxxxxx has fully furnished, in
accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, accurate and complete information (i.e., favorable and
unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian, and Trans
Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a
monthly basis.
SCHEDULE III
GSAMP Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-HE1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Representations and Warranties of
X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as Custodian
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X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association ("X.X. Xxxxxx Trust
Company") hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this
Schedule III to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing
Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date:
(1) X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company is a national trust company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal laws of
the United States of America and is duly authorized and qualified to
transact any and all business contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement to be conducted by X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company;
(2) X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company has the full power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of X.X. Xxxxxx Trust
Company the execution, delivery and performance of this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Depositor,
the Servicer and the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, enforceable against X.X. Xxxxxx
Trust Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (a)
the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors'
rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive
and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought;
(3) The execution and delivery of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, the consummation by X.X. Xxxxxx
Trust Company of any other of the transactions herein contemplated, and
the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary
course of business of X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company and will not (A) result in
a breach of any term or provision of the organizational documents of X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company or (B) conflict with, result in a breach, violation
or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of any other
material agreement or instrument to which X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company is a
party or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation
applicable to X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company; and X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company is not a party to,
bound by, or in breach or violation of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute, order or
regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which materially and
adversely affects or, to X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company's knowledge, would in
the future materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability of X.X. Xxxxxx
Trust Company to perform its obligations under this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or (y) the business, operations, financial condition, properties
or assets of X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company taken as a whole;
(4) No litigation is pending against X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company that
would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability of
X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company to perform any of its obligations hereunder in
accordance with the terms hereof; and
(5) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company of, or compliance by X.X. Xxxxxx
Trust Company with, this Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
consummation by X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company of the transactions contemplated
by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except for such consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been obtained prior
to the Closing Date.
SCHEDULE IV
GSAMP Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-HE1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Representations and Warranties of
U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as Custodian
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U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association
("U.S. Bank") hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this
Schedule IV to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing
Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date:
(1) U.S. Bank is a national banking association duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the federal laws of the United
States of America and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and
all business contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be
conducted by U.S. Bank;
(2) U.S. Bank has the full power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of U.S. Bank the execution,
delivery and performance of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery thereof by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of U.S. Bank,
enforceable against U.S. Bank in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent that (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to
creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought;
(3) The execution and delivery of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by U.S. Bank, the consummation by U.S. Bank of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance
with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of U.S. Bank
and will not (A) result in a breach of any term or provision of the
organizational documents of U.S. Bank or (B) conflict with, result in a
breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the
terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which U.S. Bank is
a party or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation
applicable to U.S. Bank of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over U.S. Bank; and U.S.
Bank is not a party to, bound by, or in breach or violation of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument, or subject to or in violation
of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it,
which materially and adversely affects or, to U.S. Bank's knowledge, would
in the future materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability of U.S.
Bank to perform its obligations under this Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or (y) the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets
of U.S. Bank taken as a whole;
(4) No litigation is pending against U.S. Bank that would materially
and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or the ability of U.S. Bank to perform any of its
obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof; and
(5) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by U.S. Bank of, or compliance by U.S. Bank with, this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the consummation by U.S. Bank of the transactions
contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except for such consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been obtained prior to
the Closing Date.
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CLASS A, CLASS M AND CLASS B CERTIFICATES
[To be added to the Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates while they
remain Private Certificates: IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PHYSICAL CERTIFICATE,
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE (THE
"TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE") IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER (THE "144A
LETTER") IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT J TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR A
LETTER (THE "NON-RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER") IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT K TO THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR (II) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
DELIVERED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE
WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEROR WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TRANSFEROR
CERTIFICATE AND THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE
CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE RULE 144A LETTER, IN EACH CASE AS IF SUCH
CERTIFICATE WERE EVIDENCED BY A PHYSICAL CERTIFICATE.
In the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry
Certificate is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act
and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such
laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer will be deemed to
have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the
Transferor Certificate in respect of such Certificate and the transferee will be
deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth
in the Rule 144A Letter in respect of such Certificate, in each case as if such
Certificate were evidenced by a Physical Certificate.]
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 REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN 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, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), AND CERTAIN OTHER
ASSETS.
AS LONG AS THE INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENT IS IN EFFECT, EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER
OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT
SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A
PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") MATERIALLY
SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, NOR A PERSON ACTING ON
BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT NOR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT OR (II) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER AT LEAST ONE OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 84-14, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 95-60 OR PTCE 96-23
OR A COMPARABLE EXEMPTION AVAILABLE UNDER SIMILAR LAW.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : January 1, 2006
First Distribution Date : February 27, 2006
Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate ("Denomination") :
Initial Certificate Balances of all Class
Certificates of this Class : Class Certificate Balance
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Class A-1 $ 210,928,000
Class A-2A $ 300,225,000
Class A-2B $ 85,326,000
Class A-2C $ 95,696,000
Class A-2D $ 30,102,000
Class M-1 $ 38,167,000
Class M-2 $ 35,268,000
Class M-3 $ 21,258,000
Class M-4 $ 18,842,000
Class M-5 $ 17,876,000
Class M-6 $ 15,943,000
Class M-7 $ 15,460,000
Class M-8 $ 13,528,000
Class B-1 $ 10,629,000
Class B-2 $ 11,595,000
Class B-3 $ 10,629,000
CUSIP : Class CUSIP No.
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Class A-1 362341 4N 6
Class A-2A 362341 4P 1
Class A-2B 362341 4Q 9
Class A-2C 362341 4R 7
Class A-2D 362341 4S 5
Class M-1 362341 4T 3
Class M-2 362341 4U 0
Class M-3 362341 4V 8
Class M-4 362341 4W 6
Class M-5 362341 4X 4
Class M-6 362341 4Y 2
Class M-7 362341 4Z 9
Class M-8 362341 5A 3
Class B-1 362341 5E 5
Class B-2 362341 5F 2
Class B-3 362341 5G 0
ISIN : Class A-1 US3623414N64
Class A-2A US3623414P13
Class A-2B US3623414Q95
Class A-2C US3623414R78
Class A-2D US3623414S51
Class M-1 US3623414T35
Class M-2 US3623414U08
Class M-3 US3623414V80
Class M-4 US3623414W63
Class M-5 US3623414X47
Class M-6 US3623414Y20
Class M-7 US3623414Z94
Class M-8 US3623415A35
Class B-1 US3623415E56
Class B-2 US3623415F22
Class B-3 US3623415G05
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1
[Class A-] [Class M-] [Class B-]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Trustee or any other party to the Agreement referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [________________] is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate of the denominations of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(the "Servicer"), X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as a
custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, as a custodian (together with X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, the "Custodians"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By:
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Authenticated:
By:
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Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date for each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the applicable Interest Accrual
Period for the related Distribution Date; provided, however, that for any
Definitive Certificates, the Record Date shall be the last Business Day of the
month immediately preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or if such day
is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day).
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders
of such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage
Interest, as provided in the Agreement. 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 therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of
any of the 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 of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders,
accompanied by a 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 the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons 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 the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same 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 and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds 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
FORM OF CLASS P CERTIFICATE
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE IN THE FORM
OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (i) THE TRUSTEE
RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT J TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN OR (ii) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN
ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY
PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW
WITHOUT THE REPRESENTATION LETTER SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : January 1, 2006
First Distribution Date : February 27, 2006
Percentage Interest of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : [_____]%
CUSIP : 362341 5J 4
ISIN US3623415J44
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1
Class P
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation
of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Trustee or
any other party to the Agreement referred to below or any of their respective
affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or
insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_____________] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate of the denominations of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(the "Servicer"), X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as a
custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, as a custodian (together with X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, the "Custodians"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
This Certificate does not have a Pass-Through Rate and will be
entitled to distributions only to the extent set forth in the Agreement. In
addition, any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices designated by the Trustee for such purpose.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any applicable state securities laws
or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any
such transfer, the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor
certificate (in substantially the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and deliver either (i) a Rule 144A Letter, in either case
substantially in the form attached to the Agreement, or (ii) a written Opinion
of Counsel to the Trustee that such transfer may be made pursuant to an
exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the
1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel
shall be an expense of the transferor.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any materially
similar provisions of applicable federal, state or local law ("Similar Law"), or
a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any such plan, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:
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Authenticated:
By
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Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
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 on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date for each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the applicable Interest Accrual
Period for the related Distribution Date; provided, however, that for any
Definitive Certificates, the Record Date shall be the last Business Day of the
month immediately preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or if such day
is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day).
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage
Interest, as provided in the Agreement. 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 therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of
any of the 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 of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders,
accompanied by a 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 the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons 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 the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same 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 and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
.
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds 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
[Reserved]
EXHIBIT D-1
FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN THREE "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS," AS THOSE TERMS
ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY SIMILAR PROVISIONS
OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") OR A PERSON INVESTING
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH
REPRESENTATION IS VIOLATED, OR ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TRANSFER TO A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY
SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT,
SUCH ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : January 1, 2006
First Distribution Date : February 27, 2006
Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : $50
Initial Certificate Balance of all
Certificates of this Class : $50
CUSIP : 362341 5B 1
ISIN : US3623415B18
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1
Class R
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class R Certificate is not entitled to
distributions in respect of interest. This Certificate does not evidence an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Trustee or any other party to the Agreement referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_____________] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(the "Servicer"), X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as a
custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, as a custodian (together with X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, the "Custodians"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the
Trust Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class R
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or such
other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No transfer of a Class R Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Fund. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this 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, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class R Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit H to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class R Certificate, (B)
to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as
nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of this Class R
Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class R Certificate to
be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or any other U.S.
Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this Class R
Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class R
Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is
not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported Transfer of the
Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions
herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
purported Transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:
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Authenticated:
By
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Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee and the other parties to the Agreement.
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 on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date for each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage
Interest, as provided in the Agreement. 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 therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of
any of the 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 of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders,
accompanied by a 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 the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons 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 the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same 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 Trustee and the Depositor and any agent of the Trustee or the
Depositor may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor
any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
.
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds 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-2
FORM OF CLASS RC CERTIFICATE
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, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY SIMILAR PROVISIONS
OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") OR A PERSON INVESTING
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH
REPRESENTATION IS VIOLATED, OR ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TRANSFER TO A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY
SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT,
SUCH ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : January 1, 2006
First Distribution Date : February 27, 2006
Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : $100
Initial Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of this Class : $100
CUSIP : 362341 5C 9
ISIN : US3623415C90
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1
Class RC
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class RC Certificate is not entitled to
distributions in respect of interest. This Certificate does not evidence an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Trustee or any other party to the Agreement referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_____________] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(the "Servicer"), X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as a
custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, as a custodian (together with X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, the "Custodians"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the
Trust Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class RC
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or such
other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No transfer of a Class RC Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Fund. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class RC Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class RC Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class RC Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class RC 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, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class RC Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit H to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class RC Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class RC Certificate,
(B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of this
Class RC Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class RC
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed
base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or
any other U.S. Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this
Class RC Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this
Class RC Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported
Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class RC Certificate in violation of
the provisions herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights
in the purported Transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:
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Authenticated:
By
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Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
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 on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date for each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the applicable Interest Accrual
Period for the related Distribution Date; provided, however, that for any
Definitive Certificates, the Record Date shall be the last Business Day of the
month immediately preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or if such day
is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day).
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage
Interest, as provided in the Agreement. 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 therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of
any of the 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 of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders,
accompanied by a 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 the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons 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 the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same 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 and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
.
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds 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-3
FORM OF CLASS RX CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN FOUR "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY SIMILAR PROVISIONS
OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") OR A PERSON INVESTING
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH
REPRESENTATION IS VIOLATED, OR ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TRANSFER TO A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY
SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT,
SUCH ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : January 1, 2006
First Distribution Date : February 27, 2006
Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : $50
Initial Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of this Class : $50
CUSIP : 362341 5D 7
ISIN : US3623415D73
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1
Class RX
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class RX Certificate is not entitled to
distributions in respect of interest. This Certificate does not evidence an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Trustee or any other party to the Agreement referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_____________] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(the "Servicer"), X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as a
custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, as a custodian (together with X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, the "Custodians"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the
Trust Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class RX
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or such
other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No transfer of a Class RX Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Fund. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class RX Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class RX Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class RX Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class RX 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, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class RX Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit H to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class RX Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class RX Certificate,
(B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of this
Class RX Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class RX
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed
base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or
any other U.S. Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this
Class RX Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this
Class RX Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported
Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class RX Certificate in violation of
the provisions herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights
in the purported Transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:
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Authenticated:
By
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Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
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 on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date for each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the applicable Interest Accrual
Period for the related Distribution Date; provided, however, that for any
Definitive Certificates, the Record Date shall be the last Business Day of the
month immediately preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or if such day
is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day).
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage
Interest, as provided in the Agreement. 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 therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of
any of the 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 of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, accompanied by a 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 the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing
the same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons 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 the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same 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 and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
.
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds 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 CLASS X CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS TWO
"REGULAR INTERESTS" 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, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), AND CERTAIN OTHER ASSETS.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE IN THE FORM
OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (i) THE TRUSTEE
RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT J TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN OR (ii) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT
THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN
ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN, OR, IF THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A
REPRESENTATION LETTER THAT IT IS USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT AND THE
PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE COVERED UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS
CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WITHIN THE
MEANING OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT
SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR OR THE SERVICER TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION
TO THOSE EXPRESSLY UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT OR TO ANY LIABILITY.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I
OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW WITHOUT THE REPRESENTATION
LETTER OR OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : January 1, 2006
First Distribution Date : February 27, 2006
Percentage Interest of this Certificate
("Denomination") :
CUSIP : 362341 5H 8
ISIN: : US3623415H87
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1
Class X
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class X Certificate has no Certificate Balance
and is not entitled to distributions in respect of principal or interest. This
Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not
guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Purchaser, the Original Loan
Sellers, each Custodian or the Trustee referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_______________________] is the registered
owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain
monthly distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(the "Servicer"), X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as a
custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, as a custodian (together with X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, the "Custodians"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the
Trust Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class X
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or such
other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No transfer of a Class X Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar
Law, or a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the
assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Servicer or the Trust Fund, or (ii) if the Class X Certificate has been the
subject of an ERISA Qualifying Underwriting and the transferee is an insurance
company, a representation letter that it is purchasing such Certificates with
the assets of its general account and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the
case of a Class X Certificate presented for registration in the name of an
employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, or a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments)
or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a trustee of any such plan or any other
person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using such plan's or
arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Servicer or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the
purchase or holding of such Certificate will not constitute or result in a
non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of
the Code or any Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or
the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in the
Agreement or to any liability. In the event that such representation is
violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan
subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any such plan or
arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement, such attempted
transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class X Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class X Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class X Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class X 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, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class X Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit I to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class X Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class X Certificate, (B)
to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as
nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of this Class X
Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class X Certificate to
be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or any other U.S.
Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this Class X
Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class X
Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is
not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported Transfer of the
Ownership Interest in this Class X Certificate in violation of the provisions
herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
purported Transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:
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Authenticated:
By
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Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
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 on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date for each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the applicable Interest Accrual
Period for the related Distribution Date; provided, however, that for any
Definitive Certificates, the Record Date shall be the last Business Day of the
month immediately preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or if such day
is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day).
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage
Interest, as provided in the Agreement. 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 therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of
any of the 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 of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders,
accompanied by a 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 the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons 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 the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same 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 Servicer and the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the
Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
.
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds 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 F
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF CUSTODIAN
[date]
[Depositor]
[Servicer]
[Trustee]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2006,
among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan
Servicing LP, as Servicer, X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National
Association, as a Custodian, U.S. Bank National Association,
as a Custodian and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Trustee, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1, Series 2006-HE1
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned,
each as a Custodian, for each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(other than any Mortgage Loan listed in the attached schedule of exceptions),
certifies that it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed as provided in the
following form: "Pay to the order of ________, without recourse"; and
(ii) except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, a
duly executed Assignment of Mortgage (which may be included in a blanket
assignment or assignments).
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
Neither Custodian has made any independent examination of any
documents contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically
required in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Neither Custodian makes any
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability,
recordability or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage
File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or
(ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such
Mortgage Loan or the perfection or priority of any Mortgage. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, neither Custodian has made any determination
and makes no representations as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to
transfer all right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as
Certificateholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any
assignment is in recordable form or sufficient to effect the assignment of and
transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the assignment
relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
X.X. XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Custodian
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Custodian
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF DOCUMENT CERTIFICATION
AND EXCEPTION REPORT OF CUSTODIAN
[date]
[Depositor]
[Servicer]
[Trustee]
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Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer,
X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as Custodian,
U.S. Bank National Association, as Custodian and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as Trustee, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
a Custodian, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on
the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the form provided in
Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator
to the last endorsee.
(ii) The original recorded Mortgage or a certified copy thereof.
(iii) Except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, a
duly executed Assignment of Mortgage endorsed in blank in the form
provided in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; or a copy
of the Assignment of Mortgage (excluding information to be provided by the
recording office).
(iv) Except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
original or duplicate original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage endorsed in blank showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the last endorsee.
(v) The original or duplicate original or certified copy of lender's
title policy and all riders thereto or, any one of an original title
binder, an original preliminary title report or an original title
commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title company.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (a) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the information set forth in items (1), (2) and (13) of
the Mortgage Loan Schedule and the Data Tape Information accurately reflects
information set forth in the Custodial File.
Neither Custodian has made any independent examination of any
documents contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review of the Custodial
File specifically required in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Neither
Custodian makes any representations as to: (i) the validity, legality,
sufficiency, enforceability, recordability or genuineness of any of the
documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or (ii) the collectibility,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan or the
perfection or priority of any Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, neither Custodian has made any determination and makes no
representations as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as Noteholder or assignee
thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in recordable
form or sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof, under the Mortgage to which the assignment relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
X.X. XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Custodian
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF RESIDUAL TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as
follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of ___________________, the
proposed Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of January 1, 2006 (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer (the
"Servicer"), X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as a custodian,
U.S. Bank National Association, as a custodian (together with X.X. Xxxxxx Trust
Company, National Association, the "Custodians"), and Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used, but not
defined herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to make
this affidavit on behalf of the Transferee for the benefit of the Depositor and
the Trustee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account. The Transferee has no
knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a
tax will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for
the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit that
such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax
will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any
time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the pass-through
entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is false. (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 and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations,
persons holding interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another
Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of
the Agreement and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and
to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in the
Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit I to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to the
effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to which the
Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee has historically paid its debts as they have come
due, intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future, and understands
that the taxes payable with respect to the Certificate may exceed the cash flow
with respect thereto in some or all periods and intends to pay such taxes as
they become due. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect to
the Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is __________.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30) and the Agreement.
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a
"noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning of proposed 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.
11. The Transferee will not cause income from the Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Transferee or any other U.S.
Person.
12. Check one of the following:
[_] The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated
with holding the Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:
(i) the present value of any consideration given to the Transferee
to acquire such Certificate;
(ii) the present value of the expected future distributions on such
Certificate; and
(iii) the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated
with holding such Certificate as the related REMIC generates
losses.
For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Transferee is assumed to
pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code
(but the tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the
highest rate specified in Section 11(b) of the Code if the Transferee has been
subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the
preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable
year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are
computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term federal rate prescribed
by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding
period used by the Transferee.
[_] The transfer of the Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury
Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,
(i) the Transferee is an "eligible corporation," as defined in
U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to
which income from the Certificate will only be taxed in the
United States;
(ii) at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the
Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the year of the
transfer, the Transferee had gross assets for financial
reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person
related to the Transferee within the meaning of U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100
million and net assets in excess of $10 million;
(iii) the Transferee will transfer the Certificate only to another
"eligible corporation," as defined in U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that
satisfies the requirements of Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii)
and (iii) and Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) of the U.S. Treasury
Regulations; and
(iv) the Transferee determined the consideration paid to it to
acquire the Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions
(including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment
rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and
reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific
to the Transferee) that it has determined in good faith.
[_] None of the above.
13. The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject
to Title I of ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a
plan subject to any federal, state or local law that is substantially similar to
Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and the Transferee is not acting
on behalf of or investing plan assets of such a plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its
duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, duly
attested, this __ day of ________, 20__.
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Print Name of Transferee
By:
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Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
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[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named __________, known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be the ___________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed the same
as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this __ day of ________, 20__.
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NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the __ day
of _________, 20__
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
__________, 20__
GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Re: GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-HE1, Class [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to
buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act and
(c) to the extent we are disposing of a Residual Certificate, (A) we have no
knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and (B) after conducting
a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Transferee, we have
no knowledge and no reason to believe that the Transferee will not pay all taxes
with respect to the Residual Certificates as they become due and (C) we have no
reason to believe that the statements made in paragraphs 7, 10 and 11 of the
Transferee's Residual Transfer Affidavit are false.
Very truly yours,
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Print Name of Transferee
By:
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Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
____________, 20__
GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
RE GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class
[ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates,
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) either we are not an employee benefit plan that
is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or a plan subject to
any federal, state or local law materially similar to the foregoing provisions
of ERISA or the Code, nor are we acting on behalf of any such plan or
arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such
acquisition, or, with respect to a Class X Certificate, the purchaser is an
insurance company that is purchasing this certificate with funds contained in an
"insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and the purchase
and holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE
95-60, (e) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any
interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to, or solicited any
offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Certificates,
any interest in the Certificates 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 Certificates under the Securities Act or that would render
the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities
Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized
or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Certificates, and (f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and have completed either of the
forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We
are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are
acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule
144A and further, we understand that such Certificates 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 Securities Act.
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT J
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
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, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $___________(1) 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 of 1986, as amended.
____ 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, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
____ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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(1) Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000
in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own and/or
invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.
____ 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,
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.
____ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
____ Small Business Investment Company. 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. Buyer is a business development
company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940.
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) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) 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, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. 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, as
amended.
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.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, 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 the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.
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Print Name of Transferee
By:
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Name:
Title:
Date:
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT J
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. 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, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. 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, as
amended 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, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.
____ 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).
3. 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).
4. 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) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (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.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates 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.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned
will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which
this certification relates of any changes in the information and conclusions
herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates
will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of
the date of such purchase.
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Print Name of Transferee
By:
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Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
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Print Name of Buyer
Date:
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
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Date
GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-HE1, Class [__]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an
institutional "accredited investor" (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Act, and have such knowledge and experience
in financial and business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of investments in the Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to
ask questions of and receive answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase
of the Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any additional
information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Certificates, (d)
either we are not an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or a plan
or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), or a plan subject to any federal, state or local
law materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code, nor are
we acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any
such plan or arrangement to effect such acquisition, or, with respect to a Class
X Certificate, the purchaser is an insurance company that is purchasing this
certificate with funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as
such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and the purchase and holding of such Certificates are
covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, (e) we are acquiring the
Certificates for investment for our own account and not with a view to any
distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our right at all
times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in accordance with clause
(g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited
offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or taken any other action which
would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act, and (g) we will not sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates unless (1) such sale, transfer
or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Act or is exempt from such registration requirements, and if
requested, we will at our expense provide an opinion of counsel satisfactory to
the addressees of this Certificate that such sale, transfer or other disposition
may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Act, (2) the purchaser or
transferee of such Certificate has executed and delivered to you a certificate
to substantially the same effect as this certificate, and (3) the purchaser or
transferee has otherwise complied with any conditions for transfer set forth in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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EXHIBIT L
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Custodian)
To: [Address]
Re:
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by
you as a Custodian on behalf of the Certificateholders we request the release,
and acknowledge receipt, of the (Custodial File/[specify documents]) for the
Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated.
Mortgagor's Name, Address & Zip Code:
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Mortgage Loan Number:
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Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
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____1. Mortgage Loan Paid in Full. (The Company hereby certifies that
all amounts received in connection therewith have been
credited to the Collection Account as provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.)
____2. Mortgage Loan Repurchase Pursuant to Section 2.03, 2.07 or
3.28 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. (The Company
hereby certifies that the repurchase price has been credited
to the Collection Account as provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.)
____3. Mortgage Loan Liquidated by _________________. (The Company
hereby certifies that all proceeds of foreclosure, insurance,
condemnation or other liquidation have been finally received
and credited to the Collection Account pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.)
____4. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
____5. Other (explain)._____________________________________________________
If box 1, 2 or 3 above is checked, and if all or part of the Custodial File was
previously released to us, please release to us our previous request and receipt
on file with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession
relating to the specified Mortgage Loan. If Box 4 or 5 above is checked, upon
our return of all of the above documents to you as a Custodian, please
acknowledge your receipt by signing in the space indicated below, and returning
this form, if requested.
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
By:
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(authorized signer)
Issuer:
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Address:
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Date:
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Acknowledged receipt by:
X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association,
as Custodian
By:
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Name:
Title:
Date:
Acknowledged receipt by:
U.S. Bank National Association, as Custodian
By:
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Name:
Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT M
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include
each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the
Sponsor and which shall be retained by the Servicer or delivered to and retained
by the applicable Custodian:
(i) the original Mortgage Note (with all applicable riders) bearing
all intervening endorsements endorsed "Pay to the order of _____________,
without recourse" and signed in the name of the last endorsee. To the
extent that there is no room on the face of any Mortgage Note for an
endorsement, the endorsement may be contained on an allonge, unless the
state law does not so allow and the Trustee is advised by the Depositor
that state law does not so allow;
(ii) the original Mortgage (with all applicable riders) with
evidence of recording thereon. If in connection with any Mortgage Loan,
the applicable Original Loan Seller, cannot deliver or cause to be
delivered the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon on or
prior to the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public
recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or
because such Mortgage has been lost or because such public recording
office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the applicable Original
Loan Seller, (to the extent that it has not previously delivered the same
to the Sponsor or the applicable Custodian) shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the applicable Custodian, a photocopy of such Mortgage,
together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an officer's certificate of (or certified by) the applicable
Original Loan Seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or
closing attorney) stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that the original
recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the applicable Custodian upon
receipt thereof by the applicable Original Loan Seller; or (ii) in the
case of a Mortgage where a public recording office retains the original
recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after
recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage
certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy
of the original recorded Mortgage;
(iii) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation
or extension agreements, (if provided), with evidence of recording thereon
or a certified true copy of such agreement submitted for recording;
(iv) except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan endorsed in blank
and in recordable form;
(A) the originals of all intervening Assignments of Mortgage
(if any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the
applicable originator (or MERS with respect to each MERS Designated
Mortgage Loan) to the last endorsee with evidence of recording
thereon, or if any such intervening assignment has not been returned
from the applicable recording office or has been lost or if such
public recording office retains the original recorded Assignments of
Mortgage, the applicable Original Loan Seller (to the extent that it
has not previously delivered the same to the Sponsor or the Trustee)
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the applicable Custodian,
a photocopy of such intervening assignment, together with (A) in the
case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an officer's
certificate of (or certified by) the applicable Original Loan Seller
(or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing
attorney) stating that such intervening Assignment of Mortgage has
been dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for
recordation and that such original recorded intervening Assignment
of Mortgage or a copy of such intervening Assignment of Mortgage
certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true
and complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment of
mortgage will be promptly delivered to the applicable Custodian upon
receipt thereof by the applicable Original Loan Seller; or (B) in
the case of an intervening assignment where a public recording
office retains the original recorded intervening assignment or in
the case where an intervening assignment is lost after recordation
in a public recording office, a copy of such intervening assignment
certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original recorded intervening assignment;
(v) the original or duplicate lender's title policy and any riders
thereto or, any one of an original title binder, an original or copy of
the preliminary title report or an original or copy of the title
commitment, and if, copies then certified by the title company;
(vi) a security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage (if provided);
(vii) residential loan application;
(viii) Mortgage Loan closing statement;
(ix) verification of employment and income, if applicable;
(x) verification of acceptable evidence of source and amount of down
payment;
(xi) credit report on Mortgagor;
(xii) residential appraisal report;
(xiii) photograph of the Mortgaged Property;
(xiv) survey of the Mortgaged Property;
(xv) copy of each instrument necessary to complete identification of
any exception set forth in the exception schedule in the title policy,
i.e., map or plat, restrictions, easements, sewer agreements, home
association declarations, etc.;
(xvi) all required disclosure statements;
(xvii) if required in an appraisal, termite report, structural
engineer's report, water potability and septic certification;
(xviii) sales contract, if applicable; and
(xix) original powers of attorney, if applicable, with evidence of
recording thereon, if required.
Evidence of payment of taxes and insurance, insurance claim files,
correspondence, current and historical computerized data files (which include
records of tax receipts and payment history from the date of origination), and
all other processing, underwriting and closing papers and records which are
customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and which are required to document
the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage Loan.
EXHIBIT N
[Reserved]
EXHIBIT O
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED WITH FORM-10-K
Re: GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, issued pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2006 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage
Securities Corp., as Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as
Servicer, X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as
Custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, as Custodian and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, GSAMP Trust
2006-HE1
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K ("Annual
Report"), and all reports on Form 10-D (collectively with this Annual Report,
the "Reports") required to be filed in respect of period covered by this Annual
Report, of the Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, the Reports, taken as a whole, do 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 with respect to the period covered by
this Annual Report;
3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and
other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered
by this Annual Report is included in the Reports;
4. Based on my knowledge and the compliance statements required in
this Annual Report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in
the Reports, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and
5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing
criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria required to be included in this
Annual Report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act
Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this Annual Report,
except as otherwise disclosed in this Annual Report. Any material instances of
non-compliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this Annual
Report.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information
provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: the Trustee, the Servicer
and each Custodian.
Date:
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[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT P
FORM OF TRUSTEE CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
Re: GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2006 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer, X.X. Xxxxxx Trust
Company, National Association, as Custodian, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Custodian and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
The Trustee hereby certifies to the Depositor, and its officers,
directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely
upon this certification, that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year [___] (the "Annual Report"), and all reports on Form 10-D required to be
filed in respect of period covered by the Annual Report (collectively with the
Annual Report, the "Reports"), of the Trust;
2. To my knowledge, the Reports, taken as a whole, do 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 with respect to the period covered by
the Annual Report, it being understood that the Trustee is not responsible for
verifying the accuracy or completeness of information in the Reports (a)
provided by Persons other than the Trustee or any Subcontractor utilized by the
Trustee or (b) relating to Persons other than the Trustee or any Subcontractor
utilized by the Trustee as to which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee does
not have actual knowledge;
3. To my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information
required to be provided to the Trustee by the Servicer under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the Reports; and
4. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria
for asset-backed securities applicable to the Trustee and each Subcontractor
utilized by the Trustee and their related attestation reports on assessment of
compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in
the Annual Report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act
Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been included as an exhibit to the Annual Report.
Any material instances of non-compliance are described in such report and have
been disclosed in the Annual Report.
Date:
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[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT Q-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
BY THE SERVICER TO DEPOSITOR
Re: GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2006 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer, X.X. Xxxxxx Trust
Company, National Association, as Custodian, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Custodian and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
The Servicer (the "Servicer"), certifies to the Depositor and the
Trustee, and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) The Servicer has reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the
Servicer provided to the Depositor and the Trustee for the Trust's fiscal
year [___] in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (each a
"Compliance Statement"), the report on assessment of the Servicer's
compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB (the "Servicing Criteria") provided to the Depositor and the
Trustee for the Trust's fiscal year [___] in accordance with Rules 13a-18
and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (each a "Servicing
Assessment"), the registered public accounting firm's attestation report
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act
and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB related to each Servicing Assessment
(each an "Attestation Report"), and all servicing reports, officer's
certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans by the Servicer during 200[ ] that were delivered or caused
to be delivered by the Servicer pursuant to the Agreement (collectively,
the "Servicing Information");
(2) Based on the Servicer's knowledge, the Servicing Information, 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 the light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period of time covered by the Servicing Information;
(3) Based on the Company's knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement has been provided to the Trustee;
(4) Based on the Company's knowledge and the compliance review conducted in
preparing Compliance Statement of the Servicer except as disclosed in such
Compliance Statement[(s)], Servicing Assessment[(s)] or Attestation
Report[(s)], the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement in all material respects.
(5) Each Servicing Assessment of the Servicer and its related Attestation
Report required to be included in the Annual Report in accordance with
Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has
been provided to the Depositor and the Trustee. Any material instances of
non-compliance are described in any such Servicing Assessment or
Attestation Report.
Date:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT Q-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
BY THE SUBSERVICER TO DEPOSITOR
Re: GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2006 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer, X.X. Xxxxxx Trust
Company, National Association, as Custodian, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Custodian and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
The Subservicer (the "Subservicer"), certifies to the Depositor and
the Trustee, and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with
the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) The Subservicer has reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the
Subservicer provided to the Depositor and the Trustee for the Trust's
fiscal year [___] in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (each a
"Compliance Statement"), the report on assessment of the Subservicer's
compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB (the "Servicing Criteria") provided to the Depositor and the
Trustee for the Trust's fiscal year [___] in accordance with Rules 13a-18
and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (each a "Servicing
Assessment"), the registered public accounting firm's attestation report
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act
and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB related to each Servicing Assessment
(each an "Attestation Report"), and all servicing reports, officer's
certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans by the Subservicer during 200[ ] that were delivered or
caused to be delivered by the Subservicer pursuant to the Agreement
(collectively, the "Servicing Information");
(2) Based on the Subservicer's knowledge, the Servicing Information, 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 the
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Servicing
Information;
(3) Based on the Company's knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Trustee by the Subservicer pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement has been provided to the Trustee;
(4) Based on the Company's knowledge and the compliance review conducted in
preparing Compliance Statement of the Subservicer except as disclosed in
such Compliance Statement[(s)], Servicing Assessment[(s)] or Attestation
Report[(s)], the Subservicer has fulfilled its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects.
(5) Each Servicing Assessment of the Subservicer and its related Attestation
Report required to be included in the Annual Report in accordance with
Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has
been provided to the Depositor and the Trustee. Any material instances of
non-compliance are described in any such Servicing Assessment or
Attestation Report.
Date:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT R
FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
RECORDING REQUESTED BY
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attn: _________________________________
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
having its principal place of business at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, as Trustee (the "Trustee") pursuant to that Pooling and
Servicing Agreement among GS Mortgage Securities Corp. (the "Depositor"), X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association (a "Custodian"), U.S. Bank National
Association, (a "Custodian"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP (the "Servicer"), and the
Trustee, dated as of January 1, 2006 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
hereby constitutes and appoints the Servicer, by and through the Servicer's
officers, the Trustee's true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, in the Trustee's name,
place and stead and for the Trustee's benefit, in connection with all mortgage
loans serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
for the purpose of performing all acts and executing all documents in the name
of the Trustee as may be customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate to
effectuate the following enumerated transactions in respect of any of the
mortgages or deeds of trust (the "Mortgages" and the "Deeds of Trust",
respectively) and promissory notes secured thereby (the "Mortgage Notes") for
which the undersigned is acting as Trustee for various certificateholders
(whether the undersigned is named therein as mortgagee or beneficiary or has
become mortgagee by virtue of endorsement of the Mortgage Note secured by any
such Mortgage or Deed of Trust) and for which the Servicer is acting as
servicer, all subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
This appointment shall apply to the following enumerated transactions
only:
(1) The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust, where
said modification or re-recordings is for the purpose of correcting the
Mortgage or Deed of Trust to conform same to the original intent of the
parties thereto or to correct title errors discovered after such title
insurance was issued and said modification or re-recording, in either
instance, does not adversely affect the lien of the Mortgage or Deed of
Trust as insured.
(2) The subordination of the lien of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust to an
easement in favor of a public utility company of a government agency or
unit with powers of eminent domain; this section shall include, without
limitation, the execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial
reconveyances or the execution or requests to trustees to accomplish same.
(3) The conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing
of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or
conveyance of title to real estate owned.
(4) The completion of loan assumption agreements.
(5) The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust or full
conveyance upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby,
including, without limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.
(6) The assignment of any Mortgage or Deed of Trust and the related Mortgage
Note, in connection with the repurchase of the mortgage loan secured and
evidenced thereby.
(7) The full assignment of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust upon payment and
discharge of all sums secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing
thereof, including, without limitation, the assignment of the related
Mortgage Note.
(8) With respect to a Mortgage or Deed of Trust, the foreclosure, the taking
of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or
non-judicial foreclosure or termination, cancellation or rescission of any
such foreclosure, including, without limitation, any and all of the
following acts:
(9) The substitution of trustee(s) serving under a Deed of Trust, in
accordance with state law and the Deed of Trust;
1. the preparation and issuance of statements of breach or
non-performance;
2. the preparation and filing of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
3. the cancellation/rescission of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
4. the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure; and
5. the preparation and execution of such other documents and
performance of such other actions as may be necessary under the
terms of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust or state law to expeditiously
complete said transactions in paragraphs 8.a. through 8.e., above.
The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute
such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and
proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited
Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could do, and hereby does
ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by authority hereof.
Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the power
granted under this Limited Power of attorney; and may be satisfied that this
Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect and has not
been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the
undersigned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, __________________ as Trustee pursuant to that Pooling and
Servicing Agreement among the Depositor, the Servicer, the applicable Custodian,
and the Trustee, dated as of January 1, 2006 (GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1), has caused its corporate seal to be
hereto affixed and these presents to be signed and acknowledged in its name and
behalf by ______________ its duly elected and authorized Vice President this __
day of ________, 200__.
By:
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as Trustee for GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-HE1
By:
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Name:
Title:
STATE OF ________
COUNTY OF ______
On ___________, 200__, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for
said state, personally appeared _______________, Vice President of
________________as Trustee for ______________ Mortgage Loan Asset Backed
Certificates, Series 200__-___, personally known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she
executed that same in his/her authorized capacity, and that by his/her signature
on the instrument the entity upon behalf of which the person acted and executed
the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
(SEAL)
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires
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EXHIBIT S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT
This REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), dated
as of February 17, 2006 (the "Closing Date"), is between XXXXXXX SACHS MORTGAGE
COMPANY ("GSMC" or the "Seller") and GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (the
"Depositor" or the "Purchaser").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, GSMC acquired certain mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
set forth on the mortgage loan schedule attached hereto as Schedule I (the
"Mortgage Loan Schedule") from various mortgage loan sellers pursuant to certain
Master Loan Purchase Agreements (the "Purchase Agreements"), each between GSMC,
as purchaser, and the applicable mortgage loan seller, as seller;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain xxxx of sale, dated as of February
17, 2006, between GSMC and the Depositor, the Mortgage Loans are to be
transferred by GSMC to the Depositor;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of January 1, 2006 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the
Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer (the "Servicer"), X.X. Xxxxxx
Trust Company, National Association, as a Custodian, U.S. Bank National
Association, as a Custodian and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as a
Custodian and as Trustee (the "Trustee"), the GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 (the "Trust")
shall issue its Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1 (the
"Certificates"), representing beneficial ownership interest in a trust, the
assets of which include, but are not limited to, the Mortgage Loans transferred
by the Depositor to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans by GSMC
to the Depositor, GSMC shall make various representations and warranties to the
Depositor regarding the Mortgage Loans;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual
covenants herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Defined Terms.
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. In the event of a conflict between any of the defined terms contained
in this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the definitions
contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall control.
(b) The following capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms below:
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
those mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions
which service mortgage loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located.
ALTA: The American Land Title Association, or any successor thereto.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is repurchased or
replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan by GSMC in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
High Cost Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is (a) covered by the Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) identified, classified or
characterized as "high cost," "threshold," "covered", or "predatory" under any
other applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly identified,
classified or characterized 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) or
(c) categorized as "High Cost" or "Covered" pursuant to Appendix E of the then
current Standard & Poor's LEVELs Glossary.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the outstanding principal amount of the
such Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date (unless otherwise indicated), to the
lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination and
(b) if such Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of the related
Mortgaged Property, the purchase price of the Mortgaged Property,
Monthly Payment: The scheduled monthly payment of principal and
interest on a Mortgage Loan.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be
substituted by GSMC for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such
substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of all
scheduled payments 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 principal balance), not in excess of the outstanding principal balance
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall will be paid by GSMC
to the Depositor or its designee in the month of substitution); (ii) have a
Mortgage Interest Rate not less than, and not more than 1% greater than, the
Mortgage Interest Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term
to maturity not greater than, and not more than one year less than, that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan (iv) be of the same type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan
(i.e., fixed rate or adjustable rate with same Periodic Rate Cap, and Index);
and (v) comply with each representation and warranty (respecting individual
Mortgage Loans) set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement.
Section 2. Representations and Warranties of GSMC.
(a) As to each Mortgage Loan (except as otherwise set forth on
Exhibit II hereto), GSMC hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in Exhibit I hereto to the Depositor as of the Closing Date (or such other
date as set forth herein).
(b) None of the Group I Mortgage Loans has a Prepayment Premium in
excess of three years.
Section 3. Repurchase or Substitution Obligation for Breach of a
Representation or Warranty.
(a) Within sixty (60) days of the earlier of either discovery by or
notice to GSMC of any breach of a representation or warranty which materially
and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the
Depositor therein (or which materially and adversely affects the value of the
applicable Mortgage Loan or the interest of the Depositor therein), GSMC shall
cure such breach in all material respects and, if such breach cannot be cured,
GSMC shall, at the Depositor's option, within sixty (60) calendar days of GSMC's
receipt of request from the Depositor, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price. In the event that such a breach shall involve any
representation or warranty set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, and such
breach cannot be cured within sixty (60) days of the earlier of either discovery
by or notice to GSMC of such breach, all of the Mortgage Loans materially and
adversely affected thereby shall, at the Depositor's option, be repurchased by
GSMC at the Repurchase Price. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan or Loans
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3 shall be accomplished by
direct remittance of the Repurchase Price to the Depositor or its designee in
accordance with the Depositor's instructions.
However, if the breach shall involve a representation or warranty
set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement relating to any Mortgage Loan and GSMC
discovers or receives notice of any such breach within two years of the Closing
Date, GSMC shall, at the Depositor's option and provided that GSMC has a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, rather than repurchase such Mortgage Loan as
provided above, remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") and
substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans,
provided that any such substitution shall be effected not later than two years
after the Closing Date. If GSMC has no Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, GSMC
shall repurchase the deficient Mortgage Loan. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan
or Mortgage Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3 shall
be accomplished by direct remittance of the Repurchase Price to the Depositor or
its designee in accordance with the Depositor's instructions.
At the time of repurchase or substitution, the Depositor and GSMC
shall arrange for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to GSMC and the
delivery to GSMC of any documents held by the Trustee or the Custodian, as the
case may be, relating to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase
or substitution, GSMC shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give written
notice to the Depositor that such repurchase or substitution has taken place,
amend the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan from this Agreement, and, in the case of substitution,
identify a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan and amend the applicable Mortgage
Loan Schedule to reflect the addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
to this Agreement. In connection with any such substitution, GSMC shall be
deemed to have made as to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement except that all such
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed made
as of the date of such substitution. GSMC shall effect such substitution by
delivering to the Trustee or the Custodian or to such other party as the
Depositor may designate in writing for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
the documents required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with the Mortgage
Note endorsed as required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. No
substitution will be made in any calendar month after the initial Determination
Date for such month. GSMC shall remit directly to the Depositor, or its designee
in accordance with the Depositor's instructions the monthly payment less the
Servicing Fee due, if any, on such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Mortgage Loans in the month following the date of such substitution. Monthly
payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of
substitution shall be retained by GSMC. For the month of substitution,
distributions to the Depositor shall include the monthly payment due on any
Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of substitution, and GSMC shall thereafter be
entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received by GSMC in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan.
For any month in which GSMC substitutes a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, GSMC shall determine the amount (if
any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of scheduled
principal payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such
shortfall, together with one month's interest at the Mortgage Interest Rate on
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, shall be distributed by GSMC directly to the
Depositor or its designee in accordance with the Depositor's instructions within
two (2) Business Days of such substitution.
Any cause of action against GSMC relating to or arising out of the
breach of any representations and warranties made in Section 2 shall accrue as
to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by the Depositor or
notice thereof by GSMC to the Depositor, (ii) failure by GSMC to cure such
breach, repurchase such Mortgage Loan or substitute a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan as specified above, and (iii) demand upon GSMC by the Depositor
for compliance with this Agreement.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the obligation of GSMC set
forth in Section 3(a) to repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan in breach
of a representation or warranty contained in Section 2 constitutes the sole
remedy of the Depositor or any other person or entity with respect to such
breach.
(c) In the event a Conduit Mortgage Loan is required to be
repurchased due to an early payment default under the Conduit Purchase
Agreements, GSMC shall pay to GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 (the "Trust") the applicable
repurchase price pursuant to the Conduit Purchase Agreements.
Section 4. Document Delivery Requirements.
GSMC shall deliver to the Depositor all documents and instruments
required under Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect
to the Mortgage Loans. In the event any document or instrument required to be
delivered to the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, including an original or copy of any document submitted for
recordation to the appropriate public recording office, is not so delivered to
the Depositor, and in the event that GSMC does not cure such failure within 60
days of discovery or receipt of written notification of such failure from the
Depositor, GSMC shall, at the Depositor's option, repurchase such Mortgage Loan
at the Repurchase Price, together with all expenses incurred by the Depositor as
a result of such repurchase.
Section 5. Term of Representation and Warranties.
The representations and warranties of GSMC set forth in Section 2
shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor and its successors and assigns until
all amounts payable to Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement have been paid in full.
Section 6. Execution in Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts,
when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same
Agreement.
Section 7. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARDS TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES.
Section 8. Severability of Provisions.
Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
Section 9. Captions.
The captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 10. Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement may not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by any
party hereto, except that the Depositor's rights under this Agreement may be
assigned to the Trustee and are exercisable by the Trustee (and its successors
and assigns) and will be enforceable by the Trustee. Any entity into which GSMC
or the Depositor may be merged or consolidated shall, without the requirement
for any further writing, be deemed GSMC or the Depositor, respectively,
hereunder.
Section 11. Third Party Beneficiary.
The parties agree that the Trust (including the Trustee and the
Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf) is an intended third-party beneficiary of
this Agreement with the right to enforce the provisions hereof and the rights to
obtain the benefit of the enforcement of the obligations and covenants of GSMC
under Section 3 of this Agreement as if the Trustee were a party to this
Agreement.
Section 12. Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties
hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed as of the date and year first above written.
XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY
By: Xxxxxxx Sachs Real Estate Funding
Corp., its General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT I
Representations and Warranties Regarding the Mortgage Loans
(a) Mortgage Loans as Described. The information set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the Mortgage Loans is complete,
true and accurate;
(b) Criteria for Eligible Loans. The Mortgage Loan has been
underwritten in accordance with, and meets the parameters of, the
underwriting requirements set forth in the Underwriting Guide or the
Seller's underwriting guidelines. No Mortgage Loan is (i) covered by the
provisions of the Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (ii)
in violation of, or classified as a "high cost", "threshold", "covered" or
"predatory" loan under, any other applicable state, federal or local 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). No Mortgage Loan is subject to any rights of rescission,
counterclaims or defenses;
(c) Compliance with Applicable Laws: Each Mortgage Loan has been
originated in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws
and regulations including, without limitation, usury and predatory lending
laws;
(d) Origination/Doing Business: The Mortgage Loan was originated
by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, a savings
and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union,
insurance company or other similar institution which is supervised and
examined by a federal or state authority. All parties who have had any
interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as a mortgagee, assignee, pledgee
or otherwise are (or during the period in which they held and disposed of
such interest, were) (a) in compliance with any and all applicable
licensing requirements of the laws of the state where the Mortgaged
Property is located, and (b) either (i) organized under the laws of such
state, or (ii) qualified to do business in such state, or (iii) a federal
savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank having a
principal office in such state, or (c) not doing business in such state;
(e) Validity of Loan Documents: The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage
and any other agreement executed by a Mortgagor in connection with a
Mortgage Loan are genuine and each is the legal, valid, and binding
obligation of its maker. Each is enforceable according with its terms
(including without limitation, any provisions relating to prepayment
charges or penalties), except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar laws generally affecting the enforcement of creditor's
rights. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all parties associated with
the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any related document had legal
capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver said
documents and said documents have been duly and properly executed by all
such related parties;
(f) No Defenses: The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation
the defense of usury. The operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage
Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, will not
render the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in
part or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or
defense, including without limitation, the defense of usury. In addition,
no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been
asserted with respect to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage. To the best of
the Seller's knowledge, no Mortgagor was a debtor in any local, state or
federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the related
Mortgage Loan was originated or as of the related origination date;
(g) No Defaults: Other than payments due but not yet 30 days or
more delinquent, to the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no
default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration
existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event which, with
the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure
period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event which would
permit acceleration. No such default, breach, violation or event which
would permit acceleration has been waived by the Seller or by any other
entity involved in originating the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each
second lien loan, (i) the prior mortgage is in full force and effect, (ii)
there is no default, breach, violation or event which would permit
acceleration existing under such prior mortgage or the related mortgage
note, (iii) there is no event which, with the passage of time or with
notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a
default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration
thereunder, and either (A) the prior mortgage contains a provision which
allows or (B) applicable law requires, the mortgagee under the second lien
loan to receive notice of, and affords such mortgagee an opportunity to
cure any default by payment in full or otherwise under the prior mortgage;
(h) Original Terms Unmodified: The terms of the Mortgage Note and
the Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any
respect from the date of origination, except by written instrument. Any
such instrument was recorded in the applicable public recording office if
necessary to protect the interests of the Purchaser in the related
Mortgage Loan. In addition, the changes to the terms have been delivered
to the Purchaser or its designee and reflected on the Loan Schedule. No
Mortgage Loan has been modified so as to restructure the payment
obligations or extend the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan. The
substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved
by the title insurer to the extent required by the title policy. No
Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection
with an assumption agreement, approved by the issuer of the title
insurance, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption
agreement is part of the Custodial File delivered to the Purchaser or its
designee and the terms of which are reflected in the Loan Schedule;
(i) No Satisfaction of Mortgage: The Mortgage has not been
satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part and
the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the
Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that
would effect any such satisfaction, cancellation, subordination, or
rescission. The Seller 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 Seller waived any default
resulting from any action or inaction by the Mortgagor;
(j) Customary Provisions: The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note
contain customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights
and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against
the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby,
including: by trustee's sale, in the case of a Mortgage designated as a
deed of trust; and by judicial foreclosure. There are no homestead or
other exemptions or other rights or interests available to the Mortgagor
that would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a
trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage, subject to
applicable federal, state and local laws and judicial precedent with
respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar law;
(k) Full Disbursement of Loan Proceeds: Each Mortgage Loan has
been closed and the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully
disbursed. There is no obligation for the Mortgagee to advance additional
funds and any and all requirements to complete any on-site or off-site
improvement have been complied with as well as any disbursements of escrow
funds;
(l) Ownership: The Seller is the sole owner of record and holder
of the Mortgage Loan and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note.
The Mortgage Loan is not assigned or pledged other than for normal
warehouse arrangements or other warehouse arrangements previously
disclosed to the Purchaser, and the Seller has good, indefeasible and
marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell the
Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser 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 the underlying purchase documents, as applicable;
(m) Improvements: All the improvements that were considered in
determining the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly
within its boundaries and the building restriction lines of the Mortgaged
Property. Otherwise, the title insurance policy insures against loss or
damage by reason of any violation, variation, encroachment or adverse
circumstance that either is disclosed or would have been disclosed by an
accurate survey. No improvements to adjoining properties encroach upon the
Mortgaged Property in any respect so as to affect the value or
marketability of the Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on, or
being part of, the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable
zoning law or regulation;
(n) Proper Servicing: The Mortgage Loan has been serviced by the
Seller (or a servicer or subservicer on its behalf) and any predecessor
servicer in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable laws
and regulations and have been in all respects legal and proper and prudent
in the mortgage origination and servicing business;
(o) All Payments Made: Other than with respect to payments not yet
30 days delinquent, no Mortgage Loan is 30 or more days delinquent on the
Closing Date, nor has any Mortgage Loan been delinquent since its
origination date. The Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited
or knowingly received any advance of funds, directly or indirectly, from a
party other than the owner of the related Mortgaged Property for the
payment of any amount required by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage, except
for interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of
disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier, to the
date which precedes by one month the due date of the first installment of
principal and interest;
(p) Title Insurance Policy: Each Mortgage Loan is covered by an
ALTA lender's title insurance policy, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan
for which the related Mortgaged Property is located in California, a CLTA
lender's title insurance policy or other generally acceptable form of
policy or insurance acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac. The title
insurance policy:
(1) is issued by a title insurer who is qualified to do business
in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located;
(2) insures the Seller, its successors and assigns, as to the
first or second priority lien of the Mortgage in the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(3) insures against any loss by reason of the invalidity or
unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of
the Mortgage providing for adjustment in the interest rate and
monthly payment for any adjustable rate Mortgage Loan;
(4) affirmatively insures ingress and egress to and from the
Mortgaged Property;
(5) insures against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged
Property or any interest therein;
(6) names the Seller, its successors and assigns, as the sole
insured of the title insurance policy;
(7) is valid and remains in full force and effect; and
(8) does not contain any special exceptions (other than standard
exclusions) for zoning and uses and has been marked to delete
the standard survey exceptions or to replace the standard
exceptions with a specific survey reading;
In addition, no claims are pending under such lender's title insurance
policy, and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller,
has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of
such policy;
(q) Fire, Hazard and Flood Insurance: All buildings and other
improvements on the Mortgaged Property are insured. The buildings and
other improvements are insured against loss by fire, hazards of extended
coverage and other hazards. If the Mortgaged Property is in an area
identified on a Flood Hazard Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map issued by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the
property must have a flood insurance policy in effect. The flood insurance
policy meets the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal
Insurance Administration. All such insurance policies contain a standard
Mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its successors and assigns as
Mortgagee and all premiums due have been paid. Each Mortgage obligates the
Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and
expense. If the Mortgagor fails to maintain such insurance, then the
holder of the Mortgage is authorized to obtain such insurance and to seek
reimbursement from the Mortgagor;
(r) Mortgaged Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceedings: (i)
There is no proceeding pending or, to the Seller's knowledge, threatened
for the total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. (ii) To
the Seller's knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste,
fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other
casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as
security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were
intended; provided, however, that if it is discovered by the Seller that
the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate,
notwithstanding the Seller's lack of knowledge with respect to the
substance of such representation and warranty, such inaccuracy shall be
deemed a breach of such representation and warranty.
(s) No Mechanics' Liens: There are no mechanics' or similar liens
or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights
are outstanding that under law could give rise to such liens) affecting
the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or
equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage; provided,
however, that this warranty shall be deemed not to have been made at the
time of the initial issuance of the Certificates if a title policy
affording, in substance, the same protection afforded by this warranty is
furnished to the Trustee by the Seller;
(t) Single-premium Credit Insurance: In connection with the
origination of any Mortgage Loan, no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were
used to finance a single-premium credit life, credit disability, credit
unemployment or credit property insurance policy;
(u) Valid First and Second Lien: Each Mortgage is a valid,
enforceable and perfected first lien, with respect to first lien loans, or
second lien, with respect to second lien Mortgage Loans, on real estate
constituting the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings and
improvements on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and
mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems
located in or annexed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations
and replacements made at any time, with respect to the foregoing. The lien
of the Mortgage is subject only to: with respect to second lien loans, the
lien of the first mortgage on the Mortgaged Property; the lien of current
real estate property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable;
covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to
prudent mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred
to in the lender's title insurance policy delivered to the originator of
the Mortgage Loan and (a) specifically referred to or otherwise considered
in the appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which
do not adversely affect the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property set
forth in such appraisal; and other matters to which like properties are
commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of
the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use,
enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property. Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and
delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a
valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected (A) first lien and first
priority security interest with respect to each first lien loan, or (B)
second lien and second priority security interest with respect to each
second lien loan, in either case, on the property described therein and
Seller has full right to sell and assign the same to the Seller;
(v) No Delinquent Amounts: There are no delinquent amounts that
affect the Mortgaged Property including, but not limited to: real estate
property taxes; ground rents; water charges; sewer and municipal charges;
insurance premiums; leasehold payments; and governmental assessments;
(w) Payment Terms: Principal payments on each Mortgage Loan
commenced no more than sixty days after funds were disbursed in connection
with such Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Interest Rate as well as, with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the lifetime rate cap and the
periodic cap are as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. Except during
the interest only period for any Interest Only Mortgage Loan and with
respect to any balloon Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Note is payable in
equal monthly installments of principal and interest, which installments
of interest, with respect to adjustable-rate loans, are subject to change
due to the adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each adjustment
date, as set forth in the related Mortgage Note, with interest calculated
and payable in arrears, sufficient to fully amortize the Mortgage Loan by
the stated maturity date, over an original term of not more than thirty
years from commencement of amortization. No Mortgage Loan contains a
provision allowing the Mortgagor to convert the mortgage interest rate
from an adjustable interest rate to a fixed interest rate. No Mortgage
Loan contains terms or provisions which would result in negative
amortization;
(x) Prepayment Premiums: Except as set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, each Mortgage Loan is subject to a Prepayment Premium. With
respect to each Mortgage Loan that has a Prepayment Premium feature, each
such Prepayment Premium is enforceable, and each Prepayment Premium is
permitted pursuant to federal, state and local law. Each such Prepayment
Premium is in an amount equal to or less than the maximum amount permitted
under applicable law; however, no such Prepayment Premium may be imposed
for a term in excess of three (3) years (or five years with respect to
Mortgage Loans originated prior to October 1, 2002);
(y) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property: The Mortgaged
Property is located in the state identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
and consists of real property with a detached single family residence
erected thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an individual
condominium unit in a condominium project, or an individual unit in a
planned unit development;
(z) Occupancy of Mortgaged Property: To the best of the Seller's
knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable
law. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or
issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property
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;
(aa) Leaseholds: If the Mortgage Loan is secured by a long-term
residential lease, (1) the lessor under the lease holds a fee simple
interest in the land; (2) the terms of such lease expressly permit the
mortgaging of the leasehold estate, the assignment of the lease without
the lessor's consent and the acquisition by the holder of the Mortgage of
the rights of the lessee upon foreclosure or assignment in lieu of
foreclosure or provide the holder of the Mortgage with substantially
similar protections; (3) the terms of such lease do not (a) allow the
termination thereof upon the lessee's default without the holder of the
Mortgage being entitled to receive written notice of, and opportunity to
cure, such default, (b) allow the termination of the lease in the event of
damage or destruction as long as the Mortgage is in existence, (c)
prohibit the holder of the Mortgage from being insured (or receiving
proceeds of insurance) under the hazard insurance policy or policies
relating to the Mortgaged Property or (d) permit any increase in rent
other than pre-established increases set forth in the lease; (4) the
original term of such lease is not less than fifteen (15) years; (5) the
term of such lease to extend at least five (5) years beyond the term of
the Mortgage unless such lease contains a provision for future vesting of
land to the Mortgagor or homeowner's association after the maturity date
of the Mortgage Note; and (6) the Mortgaged Property is located in a
jurisdiction in which the use of leasehold estates in transferring
ownership in residential properties is a widely accepted practice;
(bb) Credit Information: As to each consumer report (as defined in
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit
information furnished by the Seller to the Purchaser, the Seller has full
right and authority and is not precluded by law or contract from
furnishing such information to the Purchaser and the Purchaser is not
precluded by the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents from furnishing the
same to any subsequent or prospective purchaser of such Mortgage. The
Seller has in its capacity as servicer, for each Mortgage Loan, fully
furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its
implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (i.e.,
favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax,
Experian Credit Information Services, Inc. and Trans Union Credit
Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly
basis;
(cc) Predatory Lending Regulations: No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost
Loan. No Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002 through
March 6, 2003 is governed by the Georgia Fair Lending Act.
(dd) Arbitration: With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated
after August 1, 2004, no Mortgagor agreed to submit to arbitration to
resolve any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Mortgage
Loan transaction;
(ee) LTV. No Mortgage Loan has a LTV greater than 100%;
(ff) Qualified Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan is a "qualified
mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code;
(gg) Delivery to the Custodian. With respect to each Mortgage Loan,
GSMC is in possession of a complete Mortgage File except for the documents
which have been delivered to the Custodian or which have been submitted
for recording and not yet returned;
(hh) No Fraud. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no action,
error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence, fraud or similar
occurrence regarding the Mortgage Loans has taken place on the part of the
Seller or any person, including, without limitation, the Mortgagor, any
independent contractor retained by the Seller, any appraiser, any broker,
any correspondent, any builder or developer, or any other party involved
in the origination or servicing of the Mortgage Loans; provided, however,
that if it is discovered by the Seller that the substance of such
representation and warranty is inaccurate, notwithstanding the Seller's
lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and
warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of such representation
and warranty; and
(ii) Environmental Laws. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, the
Mortgaged Property is free from any and all toxic or hazardous substances
and there exists no violation of any local, state or federal environmental
law, rule or regulation; provided, however, that if it is discovered by
the Seller that the substance of such representation and warranty is
inaccurate, notwithstanding the Seller's lack of knowledge with respect to
the substance of such representation and warranty, such inaccuracy shall
be deemed a breach of such representation and warranty.
EXHIBIT II
Exceptions to Representations and Warranties Regarding the Mortgage Loans
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Representation Exceptions
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(o) As of the Cut-off Date, approximately 3.77% of the Mortgage loans are one Monthly Payment or
more delinquent.
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SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
EXHIBIT T
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Trustee], [each Custodian],
[the Servicer], [each Subservicer] and [each Subcontractor] shall address, at a
minimum, the criteria identified as below as "Applicable Servicing Criteria."
The responsibilities set forth herein may be amended without amending the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement upon mutual agreement among the applicable party
requesting such amendment and the other parties to the Agreement.
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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 Trustee/Servicer
or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the
transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(1)(ii) If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third Trustee/Servicer
parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the
third party's performance and compliance with such servicing
activities.
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1122(d)(1)(iii) Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain N/A
a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are
maintained.
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1122(d)(1)(iv) A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the Servicer
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
agreements.
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Cash Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i) Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate Servicer
custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more
than two business days following receipt, or such other number of
days specified in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(ii) Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an Servicer/Trustee
obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized
personnel.
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1122(d)(2)(iii) Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows Servicer
or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such
advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the
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 Servicer/Trustee
respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction
1122(d)(2)(iv) agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(v) Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured Servicer/Trustee
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 13k-1(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act.
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1122(d)(2)(vi) Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized Servicer/Trustee
access.
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1122(d)(2)(vii) Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all Servicer/Trustee
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
specified in the transaction agreements.
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Investor Remittances and Reporting
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1122(d)(3)(i) Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Trustee/Servicer
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 mortgage loans serviced by the
Servicer.
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1122(d)(3)(ii) Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in Trustee/Servicer
accordance with timeframes, distribution
priority and other terms set forth in 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 Trustee/Servicer
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 Trustee/Servicer
1122(d)(3)(iv) statements.
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Pool Asset Administration
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1122(d)(4)(i) Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as Custodian/ Trustee/Servicer
required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage
loan documents.
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Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by Custodian/Trustee/Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ii) the transaction agreements
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1122(d)(4)(iii) Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are Custodian/Trustee/Servicer
made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or
requirements in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(iv) Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in Servicer
accordance with the related mortgage loan 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 (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage
loan documents.
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1122(d)(4)(v) The Servicer's records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer
Servicer's records with respect to an obligor's unpaid principal
balance.
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1122(d)(4)(vi) Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's Servicer
mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made,
reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with
the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(vii) Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, Servicer
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
established by the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(viii) Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the Servicer
period a mortgage loan 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 mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls,
letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency
is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
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1122(d)(4)(ix) Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans Servicer
with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan
documents.
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1122(d)(4)(x) Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow Servicer
accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the
obligor's mortgage loan 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 mortgage loan documents and state laws;
and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar
days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other
number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xi) Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance Servicer
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
other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xii) Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be Servicer
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
obligor's error or omission.
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Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted Servicer
within two business days to the obligor's records
maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days
1122(d)(4)(xiii) specified in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xiv) Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are Servicer
recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xv) Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item Trustee
1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained
as set forth in the transaction agreements.
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EXHIBIT U
ADDITIONAL FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE
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Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible
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Item 1: Distribution and Pool Servicer
Performance Information
Any information required by clauses (i) Trustee
and (ii) of the second full paragraph of
Section 4.03(a) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement
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Item 2: Legal Proceedings (i) All parties to the Agreement (as to themselves),
(ii) the Trustee and Servicer (to their respective actual
knowledge) as to the issuing entity, (iii) the Depositor as
to the sponsor, and each Original Loan Seller or any
per Item 1117 of Regulation AB Regulation AB Item 1100(d)(1) party
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Item 3: Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds Depositor
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Item 4: Defaults Upon Senior Securities Trustee
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Item 5: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Depositor or the party to the Agreement submitting such
Security Holders matter to a vote of Certificateholders
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Item 6: Significant Obligors of Pool Assets N/A
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Item 7: Significant Enhancement Provider Depositor
Information
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Item 8: Other Information Any party to the Agreement responsible for disclosure
items on Form 8-K
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Item 9: Exhibits Trustee (or other responsible party)
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EXHIBIT V
ADDITIONAL FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE
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Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible
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Item 9B: Other Information Any party to the Agreement responsible for disclosure items
on Form 8-K
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Item 15: Exhibits, Financial Statement Trustee
Schedules
Depositor
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Additional Item: (i) All parties to the Agreement (as to themselves), (ii)
Disclosure per Item 1117 of Regulation AB the Trustee and Servicer (to their respective actual
knowledge) as to the Trust, (iii) the Depositor as to the
sponsor and each Original Loan Seller or any
1100(d)(1) party
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Additional Item: (i) All parties to the Agreement as to themselves, (ii) the
Depositor as to the sponsor, or any derivative provider
Disclosure per Item 1119 of Regulation AB
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Additional Item: N/A
Disclosure per Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB
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Additional Item: Depositor
Disclosure per Items 1114(b) and 1115(b) of
Regulation AB
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EXHIBIT W
FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
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Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible
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Item 1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement The party to this Agreement entering into such
material definitive agreement
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Item 1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement The party to this Agreement requesting termination
of a material definitive agreement
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Item 1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership (i) All parties to the Agreement (as to themselves),
(ii) the Trustee and Servicer (to their respective
actual knowledge) as to the Trust, (iii) the Depositor
as to the sponsor and each Original Loan Seller or
any 1100(d)(1) party
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Item 2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Trustee/Depositor
Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement
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Item 3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security The party requesting such modification
Holders
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Item 5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Depositor
Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year
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Item 6.01- ABS Informational and Computational Material Depositor
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Item 6.02- Change of Servicer or Trustee Servicer, Trustee
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Item 6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or External Support Depositor/Trustee
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Item 6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution Trustee
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Item 6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure Depositor
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Item 7.01- Regulation FD Disclosure Depositor
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Item 8.01 Depositor
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EXHIBIT X
Execution Copy
SCHEDULE
to the
MASTER AGREEMENT
dated as of February 17, 2006
between
XXXXXXX XXXXX MITSUI MARINE
DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS, L.P.
a limited partnership organized
under the laws of Delaware
("Party A"),
and
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
a trust organized
under the laws of the State of New York
("Party B").
Part 1. Termination Provisions.
(a) "Specified Entity" means in relation to Party A for the
purpose of:
Section 5(a)(v), Not Applicable.
Section 5(a)(vi), Not Applicable.
Section 5(a)(vii), Not Applicable.
Section 5(b)(iv), Not Applicable.
and in relation to Party B for the purpose of:
Section 5(a)(v), Not Applicable.
Section 5(a)(vi), Not Applicable.
Section 5(a)(vii), Not Applicable.
Section 5(b)(iv), Not Applicable.
(b) "Specified Transaction" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 14 of this Agreement.
(c) The "Breach of Agreement" provisions of Section 5(a)(ii) will
not apply to Party A or Party B.
(d) The "Credit Support Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(iii)
will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(e) The "Misrepresentation" provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) will
not apply to Party A or Party B.
(f) The "Cross Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not
apply to Party A or Party B.
(g) With respect to Party B only, Section 5(a)(vii)(2) is hereby
amended as follows:
"(2) becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts (other
than payments due to holders of its subordinate certificates)
or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay
its debts (other than payments to holders of its subordinate
certificates) as they become due"
(h) The "Merger without Assumption" provisions of Section
5(a)(viii) will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party
B.
(i) The "Credit Event Upon Merger" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv)
will not apply to Party A or Party B.
(j) The "Automatic Early Termination" provisions of Section 6(a)
will not apply to Party A or Party B.
(k) Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section
6(e):
(i) Market Quotation will apply.
(ii) The Second Method will apply.
(l) "Termination Currency" means U.S. Dollars.
(m) The "Additional Termination Event" provisions of Section
5(b)(v) will apply as set forth in Part 5(n) hereof.
(n) The "Default under Specified Transaction" provisions of
Section 5(a)(v) will not apply to Party A or Party B.
(o) The "Tax Event" provisions of Section 5(b)(ii) will apply to
Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(p) The "Tax Event Upon Merger" provisions of Section 5(b)(iii)
will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
Part 2. Tax Representations.
(a) Payer Representations. For purposes of Section 3(e) of this
Agreement, Party A and Party B each make the following representation:
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 this
Agreement) to be made by it to the other party under this
Agreement. In making this representation, it may rely on (i)
the accuracy of any representations made by the other party
pursuant to Section 3(f) of this Agreement, (ii) the
satisfaction of the agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i) or
4(a)(iii) of this Agreement and the accuracy and effectiveness
of any document provided by the other party pursuant to
Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of this Agreement, and (iii) the
satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained in
Section 4(d) of this Agreement, provided that it shall not be
a breach of this representation where reliance is placed on
subclause (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.
Party A Payee Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f) of this
Agreement, Party A makes the following representations:
(i) It is a "U.S. payee" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
1.1441-5(b).
(ii) It is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Party B Payee Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f) of this
Agreement, Party B makes the following representation:
(i) It is a trust created under an agreement governed by New York law.
Part 3. Agreement to Deliver Documents.
For the purpose of Section 4(a), each party agrees to deliver the
following documents, as applicable:
(a) Tax forms, documents, or certificates to be delivered are:
Party A agrees to complete, execute, and deliver to Party B, United States
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor of such form: (i) on a
date which is before the first scheduled payment date under this
Agreement; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by Party B; and (iii)
promptly upon learning that any such forms previously provided by Party A
has become obsolete or incorrect.
Party B agrees to complete, execute, and deliver to Party A, United States
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor of such forms: (i) on a
date which is before the first scheduled payment date under this
Agreement; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by Party A; and (iii)
promptly upon learning that any such forms previously provided by Party B
has become obsolete or incorrect.
(b) Other documents to be delivered are:
Covered by
Party required to Date by which Section3(d)
deliver document Form/Document/ Certificate to be delivered Representation
Party A Power of Attorney with respect to At execution of this Yes
Party A Agreement
Party A Support Agreement dated as of At execution of this Yes
October 8, 1993 among Party A, Agreement
Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance
Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui Marine"), and
The Xxxxxxx Sachs Group, Inc.
("Goldman Group") (the "Support
Agreement") accompanied by a
certificate of an authorized
officer of Party A, certifying
that it is a true, complete and
correct copy of the original
Support Agreement
Party A Guaranty dated as of December 20, At execution of this Yes
2000 between Mitsui Marine and Agreement
Xxxxxxx Sachs Group (the
"Guaranty"), accompanied by a
certificate certifying that it is
a true, complete and correct copy
of the original Guaranty
Party A Most recently prepared annual As soon as possible Yes
balance sheet of Party A following request of
Party B
Party A Legal opinions with respect to At execution of this No
Party A Agreement
Party A and Party B Incumbency certificate or other At execution of this Yes
documents evidencing the Agreement
authority, incumbency and
specimen signature of each person
executing this Agreement, any
Credit Support Document or any
Confirmation, as the case may be.
Party B Servicer Remittance Reports Promptly upon becoming Yes
available
Party B Legal opinion with respect to At execution of this No
Party B Agreement
Party B An executed copy of the Pooling Within 30 days after the No
and Servicing Agreement, dated as date of this Agreement
of January 1, 2006, (the "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement") among
GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing
LP, as servicer, X.X. Xxxxxx
Trust Company, National
Association, as a custodian, U.S.
Bank National Association , as a
custodian and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as a
custodian and as trustee.
Part 4. Miscellaneous.
(a) Addresses for Notices. For the purpose of Section 12(a): Address for
notices or communications to Party A:
Address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
Attention: Swap Administration
Telex No.: 421344
Answerback: GOLSAX
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Electronic Messaging
System Details: None
With a copy to:
Address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
Attention: Treasury Administration
Telex No.: 421344
Answerback: GOLSAX
Facsimile No. : (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Electronic Messaging
System Details: None
Addresses for Notices. For the purpose of Section 12(a):
Address for notices or communications to Party B:
Address: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Trust Administration-GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(b) Process Agent. For the purpose of Section 13(c):
Party A appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable
Party B appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable
With a copy to:
Address: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Residential Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile: 212-438-2652
With a copy to:
Address: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Residential Mortgage Backed Securities
Group
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
(c) Offices; Multibranch Parties.
(i) The provisions of Section 10(a) will be applicable.
(ii) For the purpose of Section 10(c):
Party A is not a Multibranch Party.
Party B is not a Multibranch Party.
(d) Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent is Party A.
(e) Credit Support Document. Details of any Credit Support Document.
(i) With respect to Party A, (A) the Support Agreement, (B) the
Guaranty and (C) any Credit Support Annex that may be entered into
in connection with any of the events described in Part 5(n)(ii) of
this Schedule.
(ii) With respect to Party B, not applicable.
Each Credit Support Document is incorporated by reference into and
constitutes part of this Agreement and each Confirmation as if set
forth in full in this Agreement or such Confirmation.
(f) Credit Support Provider.
(i) Credit Support Provider means in relation to Party A, Goldman
Group and Mitsui Marine; provided that all defaults by,
misrepresentations of, actions or failures to act by, or
circumstances or events applicable to a "Credit Support
Provider" as such term is used in this Agreement shall be
deemed in all such circumstances to refer to defaults
simultaneously in effect with respect to both Goldman Group
and Mitsui Marine, misrepresentations made by both Goldman
Group and Mitsui Marine, actions or failures to act
simultaneously by both Goldman Group and Mitsui Marine, and
circumstances or events simultaneously applicable to both
Goldman Group and Mitsui Marine.
(ii) Credit Support Provider means in relation to Party B, Not
Applicable.
(g) Governing Law. This Agreement and each Confirmation will be governed
by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the substantive law of the
State of New York, without reference to its choice of law doctrine.
(h) Jurisdiction. Section 13(b) is hereby amended by: (i) deleting in
the second line of subparagraph (i) thereof the word "non-"; and (ii) deleting
the final paragraph thereof.
(i) Netting of Payments. Subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) will apply to
Transactions with effect from the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 2(c), amounts that are payable with respect
to the same Calculation Period shall be netted, as provided in Section 2(c),
even if such amounts are not due on the same Payment Date.
(j) "Affiliate" will have the meaning specified in Section 14; provided,
however, that for purposes of Section 3(c), such term shall only refer to any
Credit Support Provider of the party and/or any party that is a Specified Entity
for Bankruptcy and shall apply to Party A only. Party B shall be deemed to have
no Affiliates.
Part 5. Other Provisions.
(a) Accuracy of Specified Information. With respect to Party A, Section
3(d) is hereby amended by adding in the third line thereof after the word
"respect" and before the period the words "or, in the case of audited or
unaudited financial statements or balance sheets, a fair presentation of the
financial condition of the relevant person."
(b) Transfer. Section 7 is hereby amended by:
(i) adding in the third line thereof after the word "party," the
words "which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed" and adding in the third line thereof after the clause
"that: -" the words "provided that the Rating Agency Condition
is satisfied in all events (including in the event of a
transfer under Section 6(b)(ii));
(ii) adding in the second line of subparagraph (a) thereof after
the words "assets to," the words "or reorganization,
incorporation, reincorporation, reconstitution, or reformation
into or as";
(iii) deleting at the end of subparagraph (a) thereof the word
"and";
(iv) deleting in the second line of subparagraph (b) thereof the
period and replacing it with "; and";
(v) adding after subparagraph (b) thereof the following
subparagraph (c):
(c) in addition to, and not in lieu of, the preceding
transfer rights, Party A may, without recourse by Party B or
Party A's transferee to or against Party A, transfer this
Agreement, in whole, but not in part, to any of Party A's
Affiliates or any of the Affiliates of Goldman Group pursuant
to documentation prepared by Party A, provided that:
(i) either (A) such transferee must have a long-term,
unsecured, unsubordinated debt obligation ratings
or financial program ratings (or other similar
ratings) by S&P which are equal to or greater than
the comparable long-term, unsecured,
unsubordinated debt obligation ratings or
financial program ratings (or other similar
ratings) of Party A immediately prior to such
transfer, or (B) the obligations transferred to
such transferee must be guaranteed by Party A
pursuant to a guaranty in substantially the form
of the Guaranty of the Credit Support Provider or
other agreement or instrument consented to by
Party B or other agreement or instrument mutually
agreed upon by both parties and satisfactory to
S&P;
(ii) the transferee will not, as a result of such
transfer, be required to withhold or deduct on
account of a Tax under Section 2(d)(i) on the next
succeeding Scheduled Payment Date an amount in
excess of that which Party A would have been
required to so withhold or deduct on the next
succeeding Scheduled Payment Date in the absence
of such transfer unless the transferee will be
required to make payments of additional amounts
pursuant to Section 2(d)(i)(4) in respect of such
excess;
(iii) an Event of Default or a Termination Event does
not occur as a result of such transfer;
(iv) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. With
respect to the results described in subclause (ii)
above, Party A will cause the transferee to make,
and Party B will make, such reasonable Payer Tax
Representations and Payee Tax Representations as
may be mutually agreed upon by the transferee and
Party B in order to permit such parties to
determine that such results will not occur upon or
after the transfer;
(v) Party A agrees to transfer only to a transferee in
a jurisdiction, which it is aware is a "netting"
jurisdiction, that is in which, by opinion of
counsel published by ISDA, netting under this
Agreement shall be enforceable; and
(vi) Party A will be responsible for any costs or
expenses incurred in connection with such
transfer.
(vi) adding at the end of Section 7 the following sentence:
Except as may otherwise be stated in Section 7(c) hereof or in the
documentation evidencing a transfer, a transfer of all of the
obligations of Party A made in compliance with this Section will
constitute an acceptance and assumption of such obligations (and any
related interests so transferred) by the transferee, a novation of
the transferee in place of Party A with respect to such obligations
(and any related interests so transferred), and a release and
discharge by Party B of Party A from, and an agreement by Party B
not to make any claim for payment, liability, or otherwise against
Party A with respect to, such obligations from and after the
effective date of the transfer.
(c) Set-Off. Notwithstanding the last sentence of the first paragraph of
Section 6(e) of this Agreement, but without affecting the provisions of this
Agreement requiring the calculation of certain net payment amounts as a result
of an Event of Default or Termination Event or otherwise, all payments under
this Agreement will be made without setoff or counterclaim.
(d) Reference Market-makers. The definition of "Reference Market-makers"
in Section 14 is hereby amended by adding in the fourth line thereof after the
word "credit" the words "or to enter into transactions similar in nature to
Transactions".
(e) Procedures for Entering into Transactions. On or promptly following
the Trade Date or other transaction date of each Transaction, Party A will send
to Party B a Confirmation. Party B will promptly thereafter request any
correction of such Confirmation (indicating how it believes the terms of such
Confirmation should be correctly stated and such other terms which should be
added to or deleted from such Confirmation to make it correct).
(f) 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 to this Agreement; provided, however, that this
severability provision shall not be applicable if any provision of Section 2, 5,
6, or 13 (or any definition or provision in Section 14 to the extent it relates
to, or is used in or in connection with any such Section) shall be so held to be
invalid or unenforceable.
(g) Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have
to trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement.
(h) Credit Support Default. Subparagraph (3) of Section 5(a)(iii) is
hereby amended by adding in the second line thereof after the word "Document"
and before the semicolon the words "(or such action is taken by any person or
entity appointed or empowered to operate it or act on its behalf)."
(i) Additional Representations. Section 3 is hereby amended by adding
the following additional subsections:
(i) No Agency. With respect to Party A, it is entering into this
Agreement and each Transaction as principal (and not as agent or in
any other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise) and, with respect to
Party B, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is entering into the
Agreement in its capacity as Trustee of Party B.
(ii) Eligible Contract Participant. It is an "eligible contract
participant" as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act.
(iii) Non-Reliance. Party A is acting for its own account and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is acting as Trustee for Party
B. It has made its own independent decisions to enter into that
Transaction and as to whether that Transaction is appropriate or
proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such
advisers as it has deemed necessary. It is not relying on any
communication (written or oral) of the other party as investment
advice or as a recommendation to enter into that Transaction; it
being understood that information and explanations related to the
terms and conditions of a Transaction shall not be considered
investment advice or a recommendation to enter into that
Transaction. No communication (written or oral) received from the
other party shall be deemed to be an assurance or guarantee as to
the expected results of that Transaction.
(iv) Assessment and Understanding; Status of Parties. It is capable
of assessing the merits of and understanding (on its own behalf or
through independent professional advice), and understands and
accepts, the terms, conditions and risks of that Transaction. It is
also capable of assuming, and assumes, the risks of that
Transaction. The other party is not acting as a fiduciary for or an
adviser to it in respect of that Transaction.
(j) RESERVED.
(k) Regarding Party A. Party B acknowledges and agrees that Party A has
had and will have no involvement in and, accordingly, accepts no responsibility
for: (i) the establishment, structure, or choice of assets of Party B; (ii) the
selection of any person performing services for or acting on behalf of Party B;
(iii) the selection of Party A as the counterparty; (iv) the terms of the
Certificates; (v) the preparation of or passing on the disclosure and other
information contained in any prospectus or prospectus supplement for the
Certificates, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or any other agreements or
documents used by Party B or any other party in connection with the marketing
and sale of the Certificates; (vi) the ongoing operations and administration of
Party B, including the furnishing of any information to Party B which is not
specifically required under this Agreement; or (vii) any other aspect of Party
B's existence except for those matters specifically identified in this
Agreement.
(l) No Recourse. The Certificates represent an equity interest in Party
B only and the foregoing does not represent an interest in or obligation of
Party A, and no recourse may be had by the holders of the Certificates against
Party A or its assets with respect to the Notes and the Certificates and/or this
Agreement.
(m) Indemnifiable Tax. Party A agrees that Party B will not be required
to pay any additional amounts pursuant to Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement in
respect of an Indemnifiable Tax. If Party A is required to pay additional
amounts in respect of a withholding tax pursuant to Section 2(d)(i)(4) of this
Agreement, Party A may transfer this Agreement, subject to satisfaction of the
Rating Agency Condition, as provided in Section 6(b)(ii) of this Agreement and
such transfer shall not require the consent of Party B to the extent it is in
conformance with the provisions of Section 7(c), as amended herein.
(n) Additional Termination Events.
(i) It shall be an Additional Termination Event, with Party A as
the sole Affected Party, if the Depositor determines at any
time that it is required for purposes of compliance with Item
1115(b) of Regulation AB to provide any financial data
relating to Party A. For the avoidance of doubt, unless
otherwise specified in this Agreement, Party A shall be under
no obligation to provide any such financial data, whether in
connection with this Termination Event or otherwise. For
purposes of this Termination Event, (i) "Commission" shall
mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) "Depositor"
shall mean GS Mortgage Securities Corp., and (iii) "Regulation
AB" shall mean the 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 (Jan. 7, 2005))
or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by
the Commission or its staff from time to time.
(ii) It shall also be an Additional Termination Event if (i) an
Optional Termination Date is designated pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (a "Redemption Termination")
and (ii) there remains no more than 5 Business Days prior to
the proposed Redemption Date. In the case of a Redemption
Termination, both Party A and Party B shall have the right to
cause a termination of this Agreement and, for purposes of
Section 6(e)(ii) of this Agreement, Party B shall be the sole
Affected Party. Following notification from the Trustee that
it has received a redemption notice, Party A shall provide the
Trustee from time to time, upon request, with good faith
estimates of the amount that would be payable under Section
6(e)(ii) in the event of such Redemption Termination. Any
termination payment payable in respect of such Additional
Termination Event shall be paid on the relevant Redemption
Date.
(iii) (I) It shall also be an Additional Termination Event, with
Party A the sole Affected Party (except as expressly provided
herein) if Party A, a replacement counterparty, or a person or
an entity that guarantees the obligations of Party A or a
replacement counterparty, as the case may be, has a rating
that does not satisfy the Required Hedge Counterparty Rating
(but is at least "BBB-" or "A-3" (if applicable) by S&P), or
Moody's withdraws its ratings and none of the following events
has occurred:
(A) within 30 days of such failure to satisfy the
Required Hedge Counterparty Rating, Party A or
such replacement counterparty, as the case may be,
transfers this Agreement, in whole, but not in
part, to a counterparty that satisfies the
Required Hedge Counterparty Rating, subject to
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition;
(B) within 30 days of such failure to satisfy the
Required Hedge Counterparty Rating, Party A or
such replacement counterparty, as the case may be,
collateralizes its Exposure to Party B pursuant to
an ISDA Credit Support Annex, subject to
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, as
applicable; provided that such ISDA Credit Support
Annex shall be made a Credit Support Document for
Party A pursuant to an amendment of this Agreement
in a form acceptable to the Trustee which
amendment shall also be subject to satisfaction of
Rating Agency Condition;
(C) within 30 days of such failure to satisfy the
Required Hedge Counterparty Rating, the
obligations of Party A or such replacement
counterparty, as the case may be, under this
Agreement are guaranteed by a person or entity
that satisfies the Required Hedge Counterparty
Rating, subject to satisfaction of the Rating
Agency Condition; or
(D) within 30 days of such failure to satisfy the
Required Hedge Counterparty Rating, Party A or
such replacement counterparty, as the case may be,
takes such other steps, if any, to enable the
Issuer to satisfy the Rating Agency Condition.
(II) It shall also be an Additional Termination Event,
with Party A as the sole Affected Party (except as
expressly provided herein) if Party A, a replacement
counterparty, or a person or an entity that guarantees
the obligations of Party A or a replacement
counterparty, as the case may be, has a rating withdrawn
or reduced below "BBB-" or "A-3" (if applicable) by S&P
and within 7 days thereafter, Party A or such
replacement counterparty, as the case may be, while
collateralizing its Exposure to Party B, fails to
transfer this Agreement, in whole, but not in part, to a
counterparty that satisfies the Required Hedge
Counterparty Rating, subject to satisfaction of the
Rating Agency Condition.
Upon downgrade of Party A below the Required Hedge
Counterparty Rating or below "BBB-" or "A-3" (if applicable),
or if S&P or Moody's withdraws its ratings for any reason,
Party A will promptly give notice of the circumstances to
Party B and to the rating agencies that at the time are
providing ratings for the Certificates.
Party B shall be entitled to (A)(1) in case of an Additional
Termination Event described in Part 5(n)(iii)(I), designate a
date that is not earlier than the expiration of the 30 day
period referred to in Part 5(n)(iii)(I) as an Early
Termination Date in respect of all transactions under this
Agreement by giving notice to Party A at least 10 days prior
to the date so designated (which notice may be given prior to
the expiration of such 30 day period) and (2) in case of an
Additional Termination Event described in this Part
5(n)(iii)(II), immediately designate an Early Termination
Date, in respect of all transactions under this Agreement by
giving notice to Party A and (B) no later than the respective
dates specified in clause (A)(1) and (A)(2), transfer the
rights and obligations of Party A hereunder to a counterparty
that satisfies the Required Hedge Counterparty Rating, subject
to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.
In connection with a transfer of this Agreement as described
in this Part 5(n)(iii), Party A shall, at its sole cost and
expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to seek a
replacement counterparty. In addition, if Party A pursues any
of the alternative actions contemplated in paragraphs (A),
(B), (C) and (D) of Part 5(n)(iii)(I) above, it shall do so at
its sole cost and expense.
As used herein, "Required Hedge Counterparty Rating" means,
with respect to a counterparty or entity guaranteeing the
obligations of such counterparty, (x) either (i) if such
counterparty or entity has only a long-term rating by Moody's,
a long-term senior, unsecured debt obligation rating,
financial program rating or other similar rating (as the case
may be, the "Long-Term rating") of at least "Aa3" by Moody's
and if rated "Aa3" by Xxxxx'x is not on negative credit watch
by Moody's or (ii) if such counterparty or entity has a
Long-Term Rating and a short-term rating by Moody's, a
Long-Term Rating of at least "A1" by Moody's and a short-term
rating of "P-1" by Moody's and, in each case, such rating is
not on negative credit watch by Moody's and (y) (i) a
short-term rating of at least "A-1" by S&P or (ii) if such
counterparty or entity does not have a short-term rating by
S&P, a Long-Term Rating of at least "A+" by S&P.
For the purposes of determining the Settlement Amount with
respect to the designation of an Early Termination Date
arising from the Additional Termination Event specified in
Party 5(n)(iii), both Party A and Party B shall be Affected
Parties. If the Settlement Amount calculated pursuant to this
subclause (iii) is an amount owing by Party B to Party A, then
such payment shall be a Swap Termination Payment payable by
Party B to Party A in accordance with the priority of payments
described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided,
however, that (a) if Party A does not after the exercise of
commercially reasonable efforts cause any of the conditions
specified in Part 5(n)(iii)(I)(A) to (D) to be satisfied,
Party B shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter
into a replacement Transaction(s) with a counterparty
acceptable to the Rating Agencies, in respect of the Affected
Transaction(s) relating to the Additional Termination Event;
and (b) where multiple quotations are available such
replacement Transaction(s) shall be entered into based on the
quoted price(s) that would result in the largest payment made
to Party B by the replacement counterparty (it being
understood that Party A may be permitted to actively solicit
and obtain such quotations on behalf of Party B); and (c) to
the extent that payments are received by Party B as a result
of entering into such replacement Transaction(s), then Party A
shall have first priority as to such payments versus all other
creditors of Party B and Party B shall pay the lesser of (x)
the amount so received and (y) the Swap Termination Payment to
the extent not already paid by Party B over to Party A
immediately upon receipt.
As used herein, "Exposure" means, as of any date of
determination, the amount, if any, that would be payable to
Party B by Party A under this Agreement if an Early
Termination Date were to occur as of such date of
determination as a result of a Termination Event, Party A were
the sole Affected Party, all Transactions were terminated in
connection with such Early Termination Date and (solely for
purposes of determining Exposure) the amount of such payment
were calculated using Market Quotation.
For any Additional Termination Event, the date that Party A or Party
B, as the case may be, specifies in its notice of its election to
terminate shall be the Early Termination Date for the Transactions;
provided, that solely in the case of an Additional Termination Event
described in subclause (ii) above, the Early Termination Date shall
be no earlier than the 3rd Business Day preceding the Redemption
Date and no later than the Redemption Date.
(o) Indemnifiable Tax. The definition of "Indemnifiable Tax" in Section
14 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Indemnifiable Tax" also means any
Tax imposed in respect of a payment under this Agreement by reason
of a Change in Tax Law by a government or taxing authority of a
Relevant Jurisdiction of the party making such payment, unless the
other party is incorporated, organized, managed and controlled, or
considered to have its seat in such jurisdiction, or is acting for
purposes of this Agreement through a branch or office located in
such jurisdiction.
(p) Limited Recourse; Non-petition. Party A agrees that the obligations
of Party B hereunder are limited recourse obligations payable solely from the
assets of Party B, and due to the extent funds are available for the payment
thereof in accordance with the priority of payments described in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, all outstanding obligations of Party B hereunder shall be
extinguished. Party A agrees that it will not, prior to the date which is at
least one year and one day or, if longer, the then applicable preference period
following the payment in full of all the Certificates issued pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the expiration of all applicable preference
periods under Title 11 of the United States Code or other applicable law
relating to any such payment, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause
Party B to invoke the process of any governmental authority for the purpose of
commencing or sustaining a case (whether voluntary or involuntary) against Party
B under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official
of Party B or any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of the affairs of Party B. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit
Party A from submitting a claim, or proof of claim, in any proceeding or process
instituted by or against Party B by any person other than Party A or its
Affiliates. Party A and Party B agree that this Part 5(p) shall survive the
termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.
(q) Trustee Capacity. It is expressly understood and agreed by the
parties hereto that insofar as this Agreement is executed by the Trustee (i)
this Agreement is executed and delivered by Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred to
and vested in it thereunder and (ii) under no circumstances shall Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company in its individual capacity be personally liable for the
payment of any indebtedness or expenses or be personally liable for the breach
or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or
undertaken under this Agreement on behalf of Party B.
(r) Additional Party A Covenant. Following a failure to satisfy the
Required Hedge Counterparty Rating in accordance with Part 5(n)(iii)(I), Party A
shall take the actions described in accordance with Part 5(n)(iii)(I)(A), (B),
(C) or (D). Following a failure to satisfy the rating requirements set forth in
Part 5(n)(iii)(II), Party A shall take the actions described in accordance with
Part 5(n)(iii)(II).
(s) Agreements: Furnish Specified Information. Section 4(a) is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4(a), the
parties agree that, pursuant to the terms of the Power of Attorney
with respect to Party A referred to in Part 3(b) of this Schedule,
any one or more of the officers of Party A's general partner who has
been designated as an agent and attorney in fact of Party A will so
deliver to Party B or such government or taxing authority the
specified or requested forms, documents, or certificates.
(t) Confirmations. Transactions shall be promptly confirmed by the
parties by Confirmations exchanged by mail, telex, facsimile or other electronic
means. Where a Transaction is confirmed by means of an electronic messaging
system that the parties have elected to use to confirm such Transaction (i) such
confirmation will constitute a "Confirmation" as referred to in this Agreement
even where not so specified in the confirmation and (ii) such Confirmation will
supplement, form part of, and be subject to this Agreement and all provisions in
this Agreement will govern the Confirmation except as modified therein.
(u) Tax Documentation. Section 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement is hereby
amended by adding prior to the existing text:
"upon the earlier of learning that any such form or document is required
or"
(v) Inconsistency-Trade Call. In the event of any inconsistency between
a telephone conversation, including a trade call and a Confirmation signed by
both parties, the Confirmation shall govern.
(w) Condition Precedent. The condition precedent in Section 2(a)(iii)(1)
does not apply to a payment and delivery owing by a party if the other party
shall have satisfied in full all its payment or delivery obligations under
Section 2(a)(i) and shall at the relevant time have no future payment or
delivery obligations, whether absolute or contingent, under Section 2(a)(i).
(x) Definitions. This Agreement shall be subject to the 2000 Definitions
(the "2000 Definitions") as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association Inc. The provisions of the 2000 Definitions are incorporated by
reference in and shall be deemed a part of this Agreement, except that all
references in the 2000 Definitions to a "Swap Transaction" shall be deemed
references to a "Transaction" for the purposes of this Agreement. Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein (or in the 2000 Definitions) shall
have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement referred to in Part 3(b). If in relation to any Transaction there is
any inconsistency between the 2000 Definitions, this Agreement, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, any Confirmation and any other definitions published by
ISDA that are incorporated into any Confirmation, the following will prevail for
purposes of such Transaction in the order of precedence indicated: (i) such
Confirmation (without reference to any definitions or provisions incorporated
therein); (ii) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (iii) this Agreement; (iv)
such other definitions; and (v) the 2000 Definitions.
(y) Amendments. Section 9(b) is hereby amended as follows:
(i) by inserting the following phrase immediately prior to the
period at the end of the sentence: "and the Rating Agency Condition
is satisfied"; and
(ii) by adding the following text thereto immediately following the
first sentence: "Amendments to this Agreement or the Schedule may
not be effected in a Confirmation."
(z) "Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action to which
a Rating Agency Condition applies, that each rating agency then rating the
Certificates shall have been given ten days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to each such rating agency) prior notice of that action and
that each such rating agency shall have notified the Trustee in writing
that such action will not result in a reduction, qualification or
withdrawal of the then current rating of the Certificates that it
maintains.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this document on the
respective dates specified below with effect from the date specified on the
first page of this document.
XXXXXXX XXXXX MITSUI MARINE
DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS, L.P.
By: GSMMDPGP, INC.
By:/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
Date: 2-17-06
GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE1
By: Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Trustee
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
Date: 2-17-06
(Multicurrency -- Cross Border)
ISDA(R)
International Swap Dealers Association, Inc.
MASTER AGREEMENT
dated as of February 17, 2006
Xxxxxxx Sachs Mitsui Marine Derivatives Products, L.P. and GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1
have entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions (each a
"Transaction") that are or will be governed by this Master Agreement, which
includes the schedule (the "Schedule"), and the documents and other confirming
evidence (each a "Confirmation") exchanged between the parties confirming those
Transactions.
Accordingly, the parties agree as follows: --
1. Interpretation
(a) Definitions. The terms defined in Section 14 and in the Schedule will have
the meanings therein specified for the purpose of this Master Agreement.
(b) Inconsistency. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of
the Schedule and the other provisions of this Master Agreement, the Schedule
will prevail. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of any
Confirmation and this Master Agreement (including the Schedule), such
Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the relevant Transaction.
(c) Single Agreement. All Transactions are entered into in reliance on the
fact that this Master Agreement and all Confirmations form a single agreement
between the parties (collectively referred to as this "Agreement"), and the
parties would not otherwise enter into any Transactions.
2. Obligations
(a) General Conditions.
(i) Each party will make each payment or delivery specified in each
Confirmation to be made by it, subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement.
(ii) Payments under this Agreement will be made on the due date for
value on that date in the place of the account specified in the
relevant Confirmation or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, in
freely transferable funds and in the manner customary for payments in
the required currency. Where settlement is by delivery (that is, other
than by payment), such delivery will be made for receipt on the due
date in the manner customary for the relevant obligation unless
otherwise specified in the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this
Agreement.
(iii) Each obligation of each party under Section 2(a)(i) is subject to
(1) the condition precedent that no Event of Default or Potential Event
of Default with respect to the other party has occurred and is
continuing, (2) the condition precedent that no Early Termination Date
in respect of the relevant Transaction has occurred or been effectively
designated and (3) each other applicable condition precedent specified
in this Agreement.
(b) Change of Account. Either party may change its account for receiving a
payment or delivery by giving notice to the other party at least five Local
Business Days prior to the scheduled date for the payment or delivery to which
such change applies unless such other party gives timely notice of a reasonable
objection to such change.
(c) Netting. If on any date amounts would otherwise be payable:--
(i) in the same currency; and
(ii) in respect of the same Transaction,
by each party to the other, then, on such date, each party's obligation to make
payment of any such amount will be automatically satisfied and discharged and,
if the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by one party
exceeds the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by the other
party, replaced by an obligation upon the party by whom the larger aggregate
amount would have been payable to pay to the other party the excess of the
larger aggregate amount over the smaller aggregate amount.
The parties may elect in respect of two or more Transactions that a net amount
will be determined in respect of all amounts payable on the same date in the
same currency in respect of such Transactions, regardless of whether such
amounts are payable in respect of the same Transaction. The election may be made
in the Schedule or a Confirmation by specifying that subparagraph (ii) above
will not apply to the Transactions identified as being subject to the election,
together with the starting date (in which case subparagraph (ii) above will not,
or will cease to, apply to such Transactions from such date). This election may
be made separately for different groups of Transactions and will apply
separately to each pairing of Offices through which the parties make and receive
payments or deliveries.
(d) Deduction or Withholding for Tax.
(i) Gross-Up. All payments under this Agreement will be made without any
deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax unless such
deduction or withholding is required by any applicable law, as modified by
the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, then in
effect. If a party is so required to deduct or withhold, then that party
("X") will:--
(1) promptly notify the other party ("Y") of such requirement;
(2) pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to
be deducted or withheld (including the full amount required to be
deducted or withheld from any additional amount paid by X to Y
under this Section 2(d)) promptly upon the earlier of determining
that such deduction or withholding is required or receiving
notice that such amount has been assessed against Y;
(3) promptly forward to Y an official receipt (or a certified
copy), or other documentation reasonably acceptable to Y,
evidencing such payment to such authorities; and
(4) if such Tax is an Indemnifiable Tax, pay to Y, in addition to
the payment to which Y is otherwise entitled under this
Agreement, such additional amount as is necessary to ensure that
the net amount actually received by Y (free and clear of
Indemnifiable Taxes, whether assessed against X or Y) will equal
the full amount Y would have received had no such deduction or
withholding been required. However, X will not be required to pay
any additional amount to Y to the extent that it would not be
required to be paid but for:--
(A) the failure by Y to comply with or perform any agreement
contained in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d); or
(B) the failure of a representation made by Y pursuant to
Section 3(f) to be accurate and true unless such failure
would not have occurred but for (I) any action taken by a
taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent
jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a Transaction is
entered into (regardless of whether such action is taken or
brought with respect to a party to this Agreement) or (II) a
Change in Tax Law.
(ii) Liability. If: --
(1) X is required by any applicable law, as modified by the
practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, to make
any deduction or withholding in respect of which X would not be
required to pay an additional amount to Y under Section
2(d)(i)(4);
(2) X does not so deduct or withhold; and
(3) a liability resulting from such Tax is assessed directly
against X,
then, except to the extent Y has satisfied or then satisfies the liability
resulting from such Tax, Y will promptly pay to X the amount of such
liability (including any related liability for interest, but including any
related liability for penalties only if Y has failed to comply with or
perform any agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)).
(e) Default Interest; Other Amounts. Prior to the occurrence or effective
designation of an Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction,
a party that defaults in the performance of any payment obligation will, to the
extent permitted by law and subject to Section 6(c), be required to pay interest
(before as well as after judgment) on the overdue amount to the other party on
demand in the same currency as such overdue amount, for the period from (and
including) the original due date for payment to (but excluding) the date of
actual payment, at the Default Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the
basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed. If, prior to
the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date in respect
o-f the relevant Transaction, a party defaults in the performance of any
obligation required to be settled by delivery, it will compensate the other
party on demand if and to the extent provided for in the relevant Confirmation
or elsewhere in this Agreement.
3. Representations
Each party represents to the other party (which representations will be deemed
to be repeated by each party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into
and, in the case of the representations in Section 3(f), at all times until the
termination of this Agreement) that:--
(a) Basic Representations.
(i) Status. It is duly organised and validly existing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organisation or incorporation and, if relevant
under such laws, in good standing;
(ii) Powers. It has the power to execute this Agreement and any other
documentation relating to this Agreement to which it is a party, to
deliver this Agreement and any other documentation relating to this
Agreement that it is required by this Agreement to deliver and to perform
its obligations under this Agreement and any obligations it has under any
Credit Support Document to which it is a party and has taken all necessary
action to authorise such execution, delivery and performance;
(iii) No Violation or Conflict. Such execution, delivery and performance
do not violate or conflict with any law applicable to it, any provision of
its constitutional documents, any order or judgment of any court or other
agency of government applicable to it or any of its assets or any
contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets;
(iv) Consents. All governmental and other consents that are required to
have been obtained by it with respect to this Agreement or any Credit
Support Document to which it is a party have been obtained and are in lull
force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been
complied with; and
(v) Obligations Binding. Its obligations under this Agreement and any
Credit Support Document to which it is a party constitute its legal, valid
and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and
subject, as to enforceability, to equitable principles of general
application (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding
in equity or at law)).
(b) Absence of Certain Events. No Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default or, to its knowledge, Termination Event with respect to it has occurred
and is continuing and no such event or circumstance would occur as a result of
its entering into or performing its obligations under this Agreement or any
Credit Support Document to which it is a party.
(c) Absence of Litigation. There is not pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened against it or any of its Affiliates any action, suit or proceeding at
law or in equity or before any court, tribunal, governmental body, agency or
official or any arbitrator that is likely to affect the legality, validity or
enforceability against it of this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to
which it is a party or its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or such Credit Support Document.
(d) Accuracy of Specified Information. All applicable information that is
furnished in writing by or on behalf of it to the other party and is identified
for the purpose of this Section 3(d) in the Schedule is, as of the date of the
information, true, accurate and complete in every material respect.
(e) Payer Tax Representation. Each representation specified in the Schedule as
being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(e) is accurate and true.
(f) Payee Tax Representations. Each representation specified in the Schedule
as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(f) is accurate and true.
4. Agreements
Each party agrees with the other that, so long as either party has or may have
any obligation under this Agreement or under any Credit Support Document to
which it is a party:--
(a) Furnish Specified Information. It will deliver to the other party or, in
certain cases under subparagraph (iii) below, to such government or taxing
authority as the other party reasonably directs:--
(i) any forms, documents or certificates relating to taxation specified in
the Schedule or any Confirmation;
(ii) any other documents specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation;
and
(iii) upon reasonable demand by such other party, any form or document
that may be required or reasonably requested in writing in order to allow
such other party or its Credit Support Provider to make a payment under
this Agreement or any applicable Credit Support Document without any
deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax or with such
deduction or withholding at a reduced rate (so long as the completion,
execution or submission of such form or document would not materially
prejudice the legal or commercial position of the party in receipt of such
demand), with any such form or document to be accurate and completed in a
manner reasonably satisfactory to such other party and to be executed and
to be delivered with any reasonably required certification,
in each case by the date specified in the Schedule or such Confirmation or, if
none is specified, as soon as reasonably practicable.
(b) Maintain Authorisations. It will use all reasonable efforts to maintain in
full force and effect all consents of any governmental or other authority that
are required to be obtained by it with respect to this Agreement or any Credit
Support Document to which it is a party and will use all reasonable efforts to
obtain any that may become necessary in the future.
(c) Comply with Laws. It will comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws and orders to which it may be subject if failure so to comply
would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or an Credit Support Document to which it is a party.
(d) Tax Agreement. It will give notice of any failure of a representation made
by it under Section 3(f) to be accurate and true promptly upon learning of such
failure.
(e) Payment of Stamp Tax. Subject to Section 11, it will pay any Stamp Tax
levied or imposed upon it or in respect of its execution or performance of this
Agreement by a jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, organised, managed and
controlled, or considered to have its seat, or in which a branch or office
through which it is acting for the purpose of this Agreement is located ("Stamp
Tax Jurisdiction") and will indemnify the other party against any Stamp Tax
levied or imposed upon the other party or in respect of the other party's
execution or performance of this Agreement by any such Stamp Tax Jurisdiction
which is not also a Stamp Tax Jurisdiction with respect to the other party.
5. Events of Default and Termination Events
(a) Events of Default. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or,
if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity
of such party of any of the following events constitutes an event of default (an
"Event of Default") with respect to such party:--
(i) Failure to Pay or Deliver. Failure by the party to make, when due, any
payment under this Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e)
required to be made by it if such failure is not remedied on or before the
third Local Business Day after notice of such failure is given to the
party;
(ii) Breach of Agreement. Failure by the party to comply with or perform
any agreement or obligation (other than an obligation to make any payment
under this Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) or to give
notice of a Termination Event or any agreement or obligation under Section
4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)) to be complied with or performed by the party
in accordance with this Agreement if such failure is not remedied on or
before the thirtieth day after notice of such failure is given to the
party;
(iii) Credit Support Default.
(1) Failure by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such
party to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation to be
complied with or performed by it in accordance with any Credit
Support Document if such failure is continuing after any applicable
grace period has elapsed;
(2) the expiration or termination of such Credit Support Document or
the failing or ceasing of such Credit Support Document to be in full
force and effect for the purpose of this Agreement (in either case
other than in accordance with its terms) prior to the satisfaction
of all obligations of such party under each Transaction to which
such Credit Support Document relates without the written consent of
the other party; or
(3) the party or such Credit Support Provider disaffirms, disclaims,
repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, or challenges the
validity of such Credit Support Document;
(iv) Misrepresentation. A representation (other than a representation
under Section 3(e) or (f)) made or repeated or deemed to have been made or
repeated by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such party in this
Agreement or any Credit Support Document proves to have been incorrect or
misleading in any material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have
been made or repeated;
(v) Default under Specified Transaction. The party, any Credit Support
Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party
(1) defaults under a Specified Transaction and, after giving effect to any
applicable notice requirement or grace period, there occurs a liquidation
of, an acceleration of obligations under, or an early termination of, that
Specified Transaction, (2) defaults, after giving effect to any applicable
notice requirement or grace period, in making any payment or delivery due
on the last payment, delivery or exchange date of, or any payment on early
termination of, a Specified Transaction (or such default continues for at
least three Local Business Days if there is no applicable notice
requirement or grace period) or (3) disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or
rejects, in whole or in part, a Specified Transaction (or such action is
taken by any person or entity appointed or empowered to operate it or act
on its behalf);
(vi) Cross Default. If "Cross Default" is specified in the Schedule as
applying to the party, the occurrence or existence of (1) a default, event
of default or other similar condition or event (however described) in
respect of such party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any
applicable Specified Entity of such party under one or more agreements or
instruments relating to Specified Indebtedness of any of them
(individually or collectively) in an aggregate amount of not less than the
applicable Threshold Amount (as specified in the Schedule) which has
resulted in such Specified Indebtedness becoming, or becoming capable at
such time of being declared, due and payable under such agreements or
instruments, before it would otherwise have been due and payable or (2) a
default by such party, such Credit Support Provider or such Specified
Entity (individually or collectively) in making one or more payments on
the due date thereof in an aggregate amount of not less than the
applicable Threshold Amount under such agreements or instruments (after
giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace period);
(vii) Bankruptcy. The party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or
any applicable Specified Entity of such party:--
(1) is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation,
amalgamation or merger); (2) becomes insolvent or is unable to pay
its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to
pay its debts as they become due; (3) makes a general assignment,
arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;
(4) institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a
judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting
creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or
liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition
instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition (A)
results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an
order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or
liquidation or (B) is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or
restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or
presentation thereof; (5) has a resolution passed for its
winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant
to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (6) seeks or becomes
subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional
liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other
similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets;
(7) has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all
its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration
or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or
substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains
possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed
or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter; (8) causes or
is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the
applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any
of the events specified in clauses (1) to (7) (inclusive); or (9)
takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to,
approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts; or
(viii) Merger Without Assumption. The party or any Credit Support Provider
of such party consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or
transfers all or substantially all its assets to, another entity and, at
the time of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer:--
(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity fails to assume
all the obligations of such party or such Credit Support Provider
under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it or
its predecessor was a party by operation of law or pursuant to an
agreement reasonably satisfactory to the other party to this
Agreement; or
(2) the benefits of any Credit Support Document fail to extend
(without the consent of the other party) to the performance by such
resulting, surviving or transferee entity of its obligations under
this Agreement.
(b) Termination Events. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or,
if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity
of such party of any event specified below constitutes an Illegality if the
event is specified in (i) below, a Tax Event if the event is specified in (ii)
below or a Tax Event Upon Merger if the event is specified in (iii) below, and,
if specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger if the event is
specified pursuant to (iv) below or an Additional Termination Event if the event
is specified pursuant to (v) below:--
(i) Illegality. Due to the adoption of, or any change in, any applicable
law after the date on which a Transaction is entered into, or due to the
promulgation of, or any change in, the interpretation by any court,
tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any
applicable law after such date, it becomes unlawful (other than as a
result of a breach by the party of Section 4(b)) for such party (which
will be the Affected Party): --
(1) to perform any absolute or contingent obligation to make a
payment or delivery or to receive a payment or delivery in respect
of such Transaction or to comply with any other material provision
of this Agreement relating to such Transaction; or
(2) to perform, or for any Credit Support Provider of such party to
perform, any contingent or other obligation which the party (or such
Credit Support Provider) has under any Credit Support Document
relating to such Transaction;
(ii) Tax Event. Due to (x) any action taken by a taxing authority, or
brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on
which a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether such action is
taken or brought with respect to a party to this Agreement) or (y) a
Change in Tax Law, the party (which will be the Affected Party) will, or
there is a substantial likelihood that it will, on the next succeeding
Scheduled Payment Date (1) be required to pay to the other party an
additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section
2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or
6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an amount is required to be
deducted or withheld for or on account of a Tax (except in respect of
interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) and no additional amount is
required to be paid in respect of such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (other
than by reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B));
(iii) Tax Event Upon Merger. The party (the "Burdened Party") on the next
succeeding Scheduled Payment Date will either (1) be required to pay an
additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section
2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or
6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an amount has been deducted or
withheld for or on account of any Indemnifiable Tax in respect of which
the other party is not required to pay an additional amount (other than by
reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B)), in either case as a result of a
party consolidating or amalgamating with, or merging with or into, or
transferring all or substantially all its assets to, another entity (which
will be the Affected Party) where such action does not constitute an event
described in Section 5(a)(viii);
(iv) Credit Event Upon Merger. If "Credit Event Upon Merger" is specified
in the Schedule as applying to the party, such party ("X"), any Credit
Support Provider of X or any applicable Specified Entity of X consolidates
or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers all or
substantially all its assets to, another entity and such action does not
constitute an event described in Section 5(a)(viii) but the
creditworthiness of the resulting, surviving or transferee entity is
materially weaker than that of X, such Credit Support Provider or such
Specified Entity, as the case may be, immediately prior to such action
(and, in such event, X or its successor or transferee, as appropriate,
will be the Affected Party); or
(v) Additional Termination Event. If any "Additional Termination Event" is
specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation as applying, the occurrence
of such event (and, in such event, the Affected Party or Affected Parties
shall be as specified for such Additional Termination Event in the
Schedule or such Confirmation).
(c) Event of Default and Illegality. If an event or circumstance which would
otherwise constitute or give rise to an Event of Default also constitutes an
Illegality, it will be treated as an Illegality and will not constitute an Event
of Default.
6. Early Termination
(a) Right to Terminate Following Event of Default. If at any time an Event of
Default with respect to a party (the "Defaulting Party") has occurred and is
then continuing, the other party (the "Non-defaulting Party") may, by not more
than 20 days notice to the Defaulting Party specifying the relevant Event of
Default, designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an
Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions. If, however,
"Automatic Early Termination" is specified in the Schedule as applying to a
party, then an Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding transactions
will occur immediately upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an
Event of Default specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(1), (3), (5), (6) or, to the
extent analogous thereto, (8), and as of the time immediately preceding the
institution of the relevant proceeding or the presentation of the relevant
petition upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of Default
specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(4) or, to the extent analogous thereto, (8).
(b) Right to Terminate Following Termination Event.
(i) Notice. If a Termination Event occurs, an Affected Party will,
promptly upon becoming aware of it, notify the other party, specifying the
nature of that Termination Event and each Affected Transaction and will
also give such other information about that Termination Event as the other
party may reasonably require.
(ii) Transfer to Avoid Termination Event. If either an Illegality under
Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax Event occurs and there is only one Affected
Party, or if a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is the
Affected Party, the Affected Party will, as a condition to its right to
designate an Early Termination Date under Section 6(b)(iv), use all
reasonable efforts (which will not require such party to incur a loss,
excluding immaterial, incidental expenses) to transfer within 20 days
after it gives notice under Section 6(b)(i) all its rights and obligations
under this Agreement in respect of the Affected Transactions to another of
its Offices or Affiliates so that such Termination Event ceases to exist.
If the Affected Party is not able to make such a transfer it will give
notice to the other party to that effect within such 20 day period,
whereupon the other party may effect such a transfer within 30 days after
the notice is given under Section 6(b)(i).
Any such transfer by a party under this Section 6(b)(ii) will be subject
to and conditional upon the prior written consent of the other party,
which consent will not be withheld if such other party's policies in
effect at such time would permit it to enter into transactions with the
transferee on the terms proposed.
(iii) Two Affected Parties. If an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a
Tax Event occurs and there are two Affected Parties, each party will use
all reasonable efforts to reach agreement within 30 days after notice
thereof is given under Section 6(b)(i) on action to avoid that Termination
Event.
(iv) Right to Terminate. If: --
(1) a transfer under Section 6(b)(ii) or an agreement under Section
6(b)(iii), as the case may be, has not been effected with respect to
all Affected Transactions within 30 days after an Affected Party
gives notice under Section 6(b)(i); or
(2) an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(2), a Credit Event Upon
Merger or an Additional Termination Event occurs, or a Tax Event
Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is not the Affected Party,
either party in the case of an Illegality, the Burdened Party in the case
of a Tax Event Upon Merger, any Affected Party in the case of a Tax Event
or an Additional Termination Event if there is more than one Affected
Party, or the party which is not the Affected Party in the case of a
Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional Termination Event if there is
only one Affected Party may, by not more than 20 days notice to the other
party and provided that the relevant Termination Event is then continuing,
designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an
Early Termination Date in respect of all Affected Transactions.
(c) Effect of Designation.
(i) If notice designating an Early Termination Date is given under Section
6(a) or (b), the Early Termination Date will occur on the date so
designated, whether or not the relevant Event of Default or Termination
Event is then continuing.
(ii) Upon the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination
Date, no further payments or deliveries under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) in
respect of the Terminated Transactions will be required to be made, but
without prejudice to the other provisions of this Agreement. The amount,
if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date shall be
determined pursuant to Section 6(e).
(d) Calculations.
(i) Statement. On or as soon as reasonably practicable following the
occurrence of an Early Termination Date, each party will make the
calculations on its part, if any, contemplated by Section 6(e) and will
provide to the other party a statement (1) showing, in reasonable detail,
such calculations (including all relevant quotations and specifying any
amount payable under Section 6(e)) and (2) giving details of the relevant
account to which any amount payable to it is to be paid. In the absence of
written confirmation from the source of a quotation obtained in
determining a Market Quotation, the records of the party obtaining such
quotation will be conclusive evidence of the existence and accuracy of
such quotation.
(ii) Payment Date. An amount calculated as being due in respect of any
Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) will be payable on the day that
notice of the amount payable is effective (in the case of an Early
Termination Date which is designated or occurs as a result of an Event of
Default) and on the day which is two Local Business Days after the day on
which notice of the amount payable is effective (in the case of an Early
Termination Date which is designated as a result of a Termination Event).
Such amount will be paid together with (to the extent permitted under
applicable law) interest thereon (before as well as after judgment) in the
Termination Currency, from (and including) the relevant Early Termination
Date to (but excluding) the date such amount is paid, at the Applicable
Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding
and the actual number of days elapsed.
(e) Payments on Early Termination. If an Early Termination Date occurs, the
following provisions shall apply based on the parties' election in the Schedule
of a payment measure, either "Market Quotation" or "Loss", and a payment method,
either the "First Method" or the "Second Method". If the parties fail to
designate a payment measure or payment method in the Schedule, it will be deemed
that "Market Quotation" or the "Second Method", as the case may be, shall apply.
The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date and
determined pursuant to this Section will be subject to any Set-off.
(i) Events of Default. If the Early Termination Date results from an Event
of Default: --
(1) First Method and Market Quotation. If the First Method and
Market Quotation apply, the Defaulting Party will pay to the
Non-defaulting Party the excess, if a positive number, of (A) the
sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the Non-defaulting
Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the Termination
Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the
Non-defaulting Party over (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of
the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party.
(2) First Method and Loss. If the First Method and Loss apply, the
Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting Party, if a positive
number, the Non-Defaulting Party's Loss in respect of this
Agreement.
(3) Second Method and Market Quotation. If the Second Method and
Market Quotation apply, an amount will be payable equal to (A) the
sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the Non-defaulting
Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the Termination
Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the
Non-defaulting Party less (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of
the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party. If that amount is
a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to the
Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the Non-defaulting
Party will pay the absolute value of that amount to the Defaulting
Party.
(4) Second Method and Loss. If the Second Method and Loss apply, an
amount will be payable equal to the Non-defaulting Party's Loss in
respect of this Agreement. If that amount is a positive number, the
Defaulting Party will pay it to the Non-defaulting Party; if it is a
negative number, the Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute
value of that amount to the Defaulting Party.
(ii) Termination Events. If the Early Termination Date results from a
Termination Event: --
(1) One Affected Party. If there is one Affected Party, the amount
payable will be determined in accordance with Section 6(e)(i)(3), if
Market Quotation applies, or Section 6(e)(i)(4), if Loss applies,
except that, in either case, references to the Defaulting Party and
to the Non-defaulting Party will be deemed to be references to the
Affected Party and the party which is not the Affected Party,
respectively, and, if Loss applies and fewer than all the
Transactions are being terminated, Loss shall be calculated in
respect of all Terminated Transactions.
(2) Two Affected Parties. If there are two Affected Parties: --
(A) if Market Quotation applies, each party will determine a
Settlement Amount in respect of the Terminated Transactions,
and an amount will be payable equal to (I) the sum of (a)
one-half of the difference between the Settlement Amount of
the party with the higher Settlement Amount ("X") and the
Settlement Amount of the party with the lower Settlement
Amount ("Y") and (b) the Termination Currency Equivalent of
the Unpaid Amounts owing to X less (II) the Termination
Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Y; and
(B) if Loss applies, each party will determine its Loss in
respect of this Agreement (or, if fewer than all the
Transactions are being terminated, in respect of all
Terminated Transactions) and an amount will be payable equal
to one-half of the difference between the Loss of the party
with the higher Loss ("X") and the Loss of the party with the
lower Loss ("Y").
If the amount payable is a positive number, Y will pay it to X; if
it is a negative number, X will pay the absolute value of that
amount to Y.
(iii) Adjustment for Bankruptcy. In circumstances where an Early
Termination Date occurs because "Automatic Early Termination" applies in
respect of a party, the amount determined under this Section 6(e) will be
subject to such adjustments as are appropriate and permitted by law to
reflect any payments or deliveries made by one party to the other under
this Agreement (and retained by such other party) during the period from
the relevant Early Termination Date to the date for payment determined
under Section 6(d)(ii).
(iv) Pre-Estimate. The parties agree that if Market Quotation applies an
amount recoverable under this Section 6(e) is a reasonable pre-estimate of
loss and not a penalty. Such amount is payable for the loss of bargain and
the loss of protection against future risks and except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement neither party will be entitled to recover any
additional damages as a consequence of such losses.
7. Transfer
Subject to Section 6(b)(ii), neither this Agreement nor any interest or
obligation in or under this Agreement may be transferred (whether by way of
security or otherwise) by either party without the prior written consent of the
other party, except that: --
(a) a party may make such a transfer of this Agreement pursuant to a
consolidation or amalgamation with, or merger with or into, or transfer of all
or substantially all its assets to, another entity (but without prejudice to any
other right or remedy under this Agreement); and
(b) a party may make such a transfer of all or any part of its interest in any
amount payable to it from a Defaulting Party under Section 6(e).
Any purported transfer that is not in compliance with this Section will be void.
8. Contractual Currency
(a) Payment in the Contractual Currency. Each payment under this Agreement
will be made in the relevant currency specified in this Agreement for that
payment (the "Contractual Currency"). To the extent permitted by applicable law,
any obligation to make payments under this Agreement in the Contractual Currency
will not be discharged or satisfied by any tender in any currency other than the
Contractual Currency, except to the extent such tender results in the actual
receipt by the party to which payment is owed, acting in a reasonable manner and
in good faith in converting the currency so tendered into the Contractual
Currency, of the full amount in the Contractual Currency of all amounts payable
in respect of this Agreement. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual
Currency so received falls short of the amount in the Contractual Currency
payable in respect of this Agreement, the party required to make the payment
will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, immediately pay such additional
amount in the Contractual Currency as may be necessary to compensate for the
shortfall. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual Currency so received
exceeds the amount in the Contractual Currency payable in respect of this
Agreement, the party receiving the payment will refund promptly the amount of
such excess.
(b) Judgments. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if any judgment or
order expressed in a currency other than the Contractual Currency is rendered
(i) for the payment of any amount owing in respect of this Agreement, (ii) for
the payment of any amount relating to any early termination in respect of this
Agreement or (iii) in respect of a judgment or order of another court for the
payment of any amount described in (i) or (ii) above, the party seeking
recovery, after recovery in full of the aggregate amount to which such party is
entitled pursuant to the judgment or order, will be entitled to receive
immediately from the other party the amount of any shortfall of the Contractual
Currency received by such party as a consequence of sums paid in such other
currency and will refund promptly to the other party any excess of the
Contractual Currency received by such party as a consequence of sums paid in
such other currency if such shortfall or such excess arises or results from any
variation between the rate of exchange at which the Contractual Currency is
converted into the currency of the judgment or order for the purposes of such
judgment or order and the rate of exchange at which such party is able, acting
in a reasonable manner and in good faith in converting the currency received
into the Contractual Currency, to purchase the Contractual Currency with the
amount of the currency of the judgment or order actually received by such party.
The term "rate of exchange" includes, without limitation, any premiums and costs
of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into the
Contractual Currency.
(c) Separate Indemnities. To the extent permitted by applicable law, these
indemnities constitute separate and independent obligations from the other
obligations in this Agreement, will be enforceable as separate and independent
causes of action, will apply notwithstanding any indulgence granted by the party
to which any payment is owed and will not be affected by judgment being obtained
or claim or proof being made for any other sums payable in respect of this
Agreement.
(d) Evidence of Loss. For the purpose of this Section 8, it will be sufficient
for a party to demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual
exchange or purchase been made.
9. Miscellaneous
(a) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement and
understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes
all oral communication and prior writings with respect thereto.
(b) Amendments. No amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this
Agreement will be effective unless in writing (including a writing evidenced by
a facsimile transmission) and executed by each of the parties or confirmed by an
exchange of telexes or electronic messages on an electronic messaging system.
(c) Survival of Obligations. Without prejudice to Sections 2(a)(iii) and
6(c)(ii), the obligations of the parties under this Agreement will survive the
termination of any Transaction.
(d) Remedies Cumulative. Except as provided in this Agreement, the rights,
powers, remedies and privileges provided in this Agreement are cumulative and
not exclusive of any rights, powers, remedies and privileges provided by law.
(e) Counterparts and Confirmations.
(i) This Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect
of it) may be executed and delivered in counterparts (including by
facsimile transmission), each of which will be deemed an original.
(ii) The parties intend that they are legally bound by the terms of each
Transaction from the moment they agree to those terms (whether orally or
otherwise). A Confirmation shall be entered into as soon as practicable
and may be executed and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile
transmission) or be created by an exchange of telexes or by an exchange of
electronic messages on an electronic messaging system, which in each case
will be sufficient for all purposes to evidence a binding supplement to
this Agreement. The parties will specify therein or through another
effective means that any such counterpart, telex or electronic message
constitutes a Confirmation.
(f) No Waiver of Rights. A failure or delay in exercising any right, power or
privilege in respect of this Agreement will not be presumed to operate as a
waiver, and a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege will
not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or further exercise, of that right,
power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
(g) Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and are not to affect the construction of or to be taken into
consideration in interpreting this Agreement.
10. Offices; Multibranch Parties
(a) If Section 10(a) is specified in the Schedule as applying, each party that
enters into a Transaction through an Office other than its head or home office
represents to the other party that, notwithstanding the place of booking office
or jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation of such party, the obligations
of such party are the same as if it had entered into the Transaction through its
head or home office. This representation will be deemed to be repeated by such
party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into.
(b) Neither party may change the Office through which it makes and receives
payments or deliveries for the purpose of a Transaction without the prior
written consent of the other party.
(c) If a party is specified as a Multibranch Party in the Schedule, such
Multibranch Party may make and receive payments or deliveries under any
Transaction through any Office listed in the Schedule, and the Office through
which it makes and receives payments or deliveries with respect to a Transaction
will be specified in the relevant Confirmation.
11. Expenses
A Defaulting Party will, on demand, indemnify and hold harmless the other party
for and against all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees and
Stamp Tax, incurred by such other party by reason of the enforcement and
protection of its rights under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to
which the Defaulting Party is a party or by reason of the early termination of
any Transaction, including, but not limited to, costs of collection.
12. Notices
(a) Effectiveness. Any notice or other communication in respect of this
Agreement may be given in any manner set forth below (except that a notice or
other communication under Section 5 or 6 may not be given by facsimile
transmission or electronic messaging system) to the address or number or in
accordance with the electronic messaging system details provided (see the
Schedule) and will be deemed effective as indicated:--
(i) if in writing and delivered in person or by courier, on the date it is
delivered;
(ii) if sent by telex, on the date the recipient's answerback is received;
(iii) if sent by facsimile transmission, on the date that transmission is
received by a responsible employee of the recipient in legible form (it
being agreed that the burden of proving receipt will be on the sender and
will not be met by a transmission report generated by the sender's
facsimile machine);
(iv) if sent by certified or registered mail (airmail, if overseas) or the
equivalent (return receipt requested), on the date that mail is delivered
or its delivery is attempted; or
(v) if sent by electronic messaging system, on the date that electronic
message is received,
unless the date of that delivery (or attempted delivery) or that receipt, as
applicable, is not a Local Business Day or that communication is delivered (or
attempted) or received, as applicable, after the close of business on a Local
Business Day, in which case that communication shall be deemed given and
effective on the first following day that is a Local Business Day.
(b) Change of Addresses. Either party may by notice to the other change the
address, telex or facsimile number or electronic messaging system details at
which notices or other communications are to be given to it.
13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law specified in the Schedule.
(b) Jurisdiction. With respect to any suit, action or proceedings relating to
this Agreement ("Proceedings"), each party irrevocably:--
(i) submits to the jurisdiction of the English courts, if this Agreement
is expressed to be governed by English law, or to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States
District Court located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, if
this Agreement is expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of New
York; and
(ii) waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of
venue of any Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that
such Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further
waives the right to object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such
court does not have any jurisdiction over such party.
Nothing in this Agreement precludes either party from bringing Proceedings in
any other jurisdiction (outside, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed
by English law, the Contracting States, as defined in Section 1(3) of the Civil
Jurisdiction and Judgments Xxx 0000 or any modification, extension or
re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) nor will the bringing of
Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of
Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
(c) Service of Process. Each party irrevocably appoints the Process Agent (if
any) specified opposite its name in the Schedule to receive, for it and on its
behalf, service of process in any Proceedings. If for any reason any party's
Process Agent is unable to act as such, such party will promptly notify the
other party and within 30 days appoint a substitute process agent acceptable to
the other party. The parties irrevocably consent to service of process given in
the manner provided for notices in Section 12. Nothing in this Agreement will
affect the right of either party to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law.
(d) Waiver of Immunities. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, with respect to itself and its revenues and assets
(irrespective of their use or intended use), all immunity on the grounds of
sovereignty or other similar grounds from (i) suit, (ii) jurisdiction of any
court, (iii) relief by way of injunction, order for specific performance or for
recovery of property, (iv) attachment of its assets (whether before or after
judgment) and (v) execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it or its
revenues or assets might otherwise be entitled in any Proceedings in the courts
of any jurisdiction and irrevocably agrees, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, that it will not claim any such immunity in any Proceedings.
14. Definitions
As used in this Agreement:--
"Additional Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"Affected Party" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"Affected Transactions" means (a) with respect to any Termination Event
consisting of an Illegality, Tax Event or Tax Event Upon Merger, all
Transactions affected by the occurrence of such Termination Event and (b) with
respect to any other Termination Event, all Transactions.
"Affiliate" means, subject to the Schedule, in relation to any person, any
entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by the person, any entity that
controls, directly or indirectly, the person or any entity directly or
indirectly under common control with the person. For this purpose, "control" of
any entity or person means ownership of a majority of the voting power of the
entity or person.
"Applicable Rate" means:--
(a) in respect of obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have been
but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Defaulting Party, the Default Rate;
(b) in respect of an obligation to pay an amount under Section 6(e) of either
party from and after the date (determined in accordance with Section 6(d)(ii))
on which that amount is payable, the Default Rate;
(c) in respect of all other obligations payable or deliverable (or which would
have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Non-defaulting Party, the Non-default
Rate; and
(d) in all other cases, the Termination Rate.
"Burdened Party" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"Change in Tax Law" means the enactment, promulgation, execution or ratification
of, or any change in or amendment to, any law (or in the application or official
interpretation of any law) that occurs on or after the date on which the
relevant Transaction is entered into.
"consent" includes a consent, approval, action, authorisation, exemption,
notice, filing, registration or exchange control consent.
"Credit Event Upon Merger" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"Credit Support Document" means any agreement or instrument that is specified as
such in this Agreement.
"Credit Support Provider" has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
"Default Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or
evidence of any actual cost) to the relevant payee (as certified by it) if it
were to fund or of funding the relevant amount plus 1% per annum.
"Defaulting Party" has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
"Early Termination Date" means the date determined in accordance with Section
6(a) or 6(b)(iv).
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) and, if applicable,
in the Schedule.
"Illegality" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"Indemnifiable Tax" means any Tax other than a Tax that would not be imposed in
respect of a payment under this Agreement but for a present or former connection
between the jurisdiction of the government or taxation authority imposing such
Tax and the recipient of such payment or a person related to such recipient
(including, without limitation, a connection arising from such recipient or
related person being or having been a citizen or resident of such jurisdiction,
or being or having been organised, present or engaged in a trade or business in
such jurisdiction, or having or having had a permanent establishment or fixed
place of business in such jurisdiction, but excluding a connection arising
solely from such recipient or related person having executed, delivered,
performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this
Agreement or a Credit Support Document).
"law" includes any treaty, law, rule or regulation (as modified, in the ease of
tax matters, by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority) and
"lawful" and "unlawful" will be construed accordingly.
"Local Business Day" means, subject to the Schedule, a day on which commercial
banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign
currency deposits) (a) in relation to any obligation under Section 2(a)(i), in
the place(s) specified in the relevant Confirmation or, if not so specified, as
otherwise agreed by the parties in writing or determined pursuant to provisions
contained, or incorporated by reference, in this Agreement, (b) in relation to
any other payment, in the place where the relevant account is located and, if
different, in the principal financial centre, if any, of the currency of such
payment, (c) in relation to any notice or other communication, including notice
contemplated under Section 5(a)(i), in the city specified in the address for
notice provided by the recipient and, in the case of a notice contemplated by
Section 2(b), in the place where the relevant new account is to be located and
(d) in relation to Section 5(a)(v)(2), in the relevant locations for performance
with respect to such Specified Transaction.
"Loss" means, with respect to this Agreement or one or more Terminated
Transactions, as the case may be, and a party, the Termination Currency
Equivalent of an amount that party reasonably determines in good faith to be its
total losses and costs (or gain, in which case expressed as a negative number)
in connection with this Agreement or that Terminated Transaction or group of
Terminated Transactions, as the case may be, including any loss of bargain, cost
of funding or, at the election of such party but without duplication, loss or
cost incurred as a result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or
reestablishing any hedge or related trading position (or any gain resulting from
any of them). Loss includes losses and costs (or gains) in respect of any
payment or delivery required to have been made (assuming satisfaction of each
applicable condition precedent) on or before the relevant Early Termination Date
and not made, except so as to avoid duplication, if Section 6(e)(i)(l) or (3) or
6(e)(ii)(2)(A) applies. Loss does not include a party's legal fees and
out-of-pocket expenses referred to under Section 11. A party will determine its
Loss as of the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if that is not reasonably
practicable, as of the earliest date thereafter as is reasonably practicable. A
party may (but need not) determine its Loss by reference to quotations of
relevant rates or prices from one or more leading dealers in the relevant
markets.
"Market Quotation" means, with respect to one or more Terminated Transactions
and a party making the determination, an amount determined on the basis of
quotations from Reference Market-makers. Each quotation will be for an amount,
if any, that would be paid to such party (expressed as a negative number) or by
such party (expressed as a positive number) in consideration of an agreement
between such party (taking into account any existing Credit Support Document
with a respect to the obligations of such party) and the quoting Reference
Market-maker to enter into a transaction (the "Replacement Transaction") that
would have the effect of preserving for such party the economic equivalent of
any payment or delivery (whether the underlying obligation was absolute or
contingent and assuming the satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent)
by the parties under Section 2(a)(i) in respect of such Terminated Transaction
or group of Terminated Transactions that would, but for the occurrence of the
relevant Early Termination Date, have been required after that date. For this
purpose, Unpaid Amounts in respect of the Terminated Transaction or group of
Terminated Transactions are to be excluded but, without limitation, any payment
or delivery that would, but for the relevant Early Termination Date, have been
required (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) after
that Early Termination Date is to be included. The Replacement Transaction would
be subject to such determination as such party and the Reference Market-maker
may, in good faith, agree. The party making the determination (or its agent)
will request each Reference Market-maker to provide its quotation to the extent
reasonably practicable as of the same day and time (without regard to different
time zones) on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant Early
Termination Date. The day and time as of which those quotations are to be
obtained will be selected in good faith by the party obliged to make a
determination under Section 6(e), and, if each party is so obliged, after
consultation with the other. If more than three quotations are provided, the
Market Quotation will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, without regard
to the quotations having the highest and lowest values. If exactly three such
quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the quotation remaining
after disregarding the highest and lowest quotations. For this purpose, if more
than one quotation has the same highest value or lowest value, then one of such
quotations shall be disregarded. If fewer than three quotations are provided, it
will be deemed that the Market Quotation in respect of such Terminated
Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions cannot be determined.
"Non-default Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or
evidence of any actual cost) to the Non-defaulting Party (as certified by it) if
it were to fund the relevant amount.
"Non-defaulting Party" has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
"Office" means a branch or office of a party, which may be such party's head or
home office.
"Potential Event of Default" means any event which, with the giving of notice or
the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Reference Market-makers" means four leading dealers in the relevant market
selected by the party determining a Market Quotation in good faith (a) from
among dealers of the highest credit standing which satisfy all the criteria that
such party applies generally at the time in deciding whether to offer or to make
an extension of credit and (b) to the extent practicable, from among such
dealers having an office in the same city.
"Relevant Jurisdiction" means, with respect to a party, the jurisdictions (a) in
which the party is incorporated, organised, managed and controlled or considered
to have its seat, (b) where an Office through which the party is acting for
purposes of this Agreement is located, (c) in which the party executes this
Agreement and (d) its relation to any payment, from or through which such
payment is made.
"Scheduled Payment Date" means a date on which a payment or delivery is to be
made under Section 2(a)(i) with respect to a Transaction.
"Set-off" means set-off, offset, combination of accounts, right of retention or
withholding or similar right or requirement to which the payer of an amount
under Section 6 is entitled or subject (whether arising under this Agreement,
another contract, applicable law or otherwise) that is exercised by, or imposed
on, such payer.
"Settlement Amount" means, with respect to a party and any Early Termination
Date, the sum of: --
(a) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Market Quotations (whether
positive or negative) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions for which a Market Quotation is determined; and
(b) such party's Loss (whether positive or negative and without reference to any
Unpaid Amounts) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions for which a Market Quotation cannot be determined or would not (in
the reasonable belief of the party making the determination) produce a
commercially reasonable result.
"Specified Entity" has the meanings specified in the Schedule.
"Specified Indebtedness" means, subject to the Schedule, any obligation (whether
present or future, contingent or otherwise, as principal or surety or otherwise)
in respect of borrowed money.
"Specified Transaction" means, subject to the Schedule, (a) any transaction
(including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered
into between one party to this Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such
party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party) and the other party to
this Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such other party or any
applicable Specified Entity of such other party) which is a rate swap
transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity
option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option,
interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate
swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including
any option with respect to any of these transactions), (b) any combination of
these transactions and (c) any other transaction identified as a Specified
Transaction in this Agreement or the relevant confirmation.
"Stamp Tax" means any stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.
"Tax" means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or
fee of any nature (including interest, penalties and additions thereto) that is
imposed by any government or other taxing authority in respect of any payment
under this Agreement other than a stamp, registration, documentation or similar
tax.
"Tax Event" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"Tax Event Upon Merger" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"Terminated Transactions" means with respect to any Early Termination Date (a)
if resulting from a Termination Event, all Affected Transactions and (b) if
resulting from an Event of Default, all Transactions (in either ease) in effect
immediately before the effectiveness of the notice designating that Early
Termination Date (or, if "Automatic Early Termination" applies, immediately
before that Early Termination Date).
"Termination Currency" has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
"Termination Currency Equivalent" means, in respect of any amount denominated in
the Termination Currency, such Termination Currency amount and, in respect of
any amount denominated in a currency other than the Termination Currency (the
"Other Currency"), the amount in the Termination Currency determined by the
party making the relevant determination as being required to purchase such
amount of such Other Currency as at the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if
the relevant Market Quotation or Loss (as the case may be), is determined as of
a later date, that later date, with the Termination Currency at the rate equal
to the spot exchange rate of the foreign exchange agent (selected as provided
below) for the purchase of such Other Currency with the Termination Currency at
or about 11:00 a.m. (in the city in which such foreign exchange agent is
located) on such date as would be customary for the determination of such a rate
for the purchase of such Other Currency for value on the relevant Early
Termination Date or that later date. The foreign exchange agent will, if only
one party is obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), be selected in
good faith by that party and otherwise will be agreed by the parties.
"Termination Event" means an Illegality, a Tax Event or a Tax Event Upon Merger
or, if specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional
Termination Event.
"Termination Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the arithmetic mean of the
cost (without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to each party (as certified
by such party) if it were to fund or of funding such amounts.
"Unpaid Amounts" owing to any party means, with respect to an Early Termination
Date, the aggregate of (a) in respect of all Terminated Transactions, the
amounts that became payable (or that would have become payable but for Section
2(a)(iii)) to such party under Section 2(a)(i) on or prior to such Early
Termination Date and which remain unpaid as at such Early Termination Date and
(b) in respect of each Terminated Transaction, for each obligation under Section
2(a)(i) which was (or would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) required to be
settled by delivery to such party on or prior to such Early Termination Date and
which has not been so settled as at such Early Termination Date, an amount equal
to the fair market value of that which was (or would have been) required to be
delivered as of the originally scheduled date for delivery, in each ease
together with (to the extent permitted under applicable law) interest, in the
currency of such amounts, from (and including) the date such amounts or
obligations were or would have been required to have been paid or performed to
(but excluding) such Early Termination Date, at the Applicable Rate. Such
amounts of interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the
actual number of days elapsed. The fair market value of any obligation referred
to in clause (b) above shall be reasonably determined by the party obliged to
make the determination under Section 6(e) or, if each party is so obliged, it
shall be the average of the Termination Currency Equivalents of the fair market
values reasonably determined by both parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this document on the respective
dates specified below with effect from the date specified on the first page of
this document.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mitsui Marine SAMP Trust 2006-HE1
Derivatives Products, L.P.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President Title: Vice President
Date: 2-17-06 Date: 2-17-06
INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENT
[LETTERHEAD OF XXXXXXX SACHS]
CONFIRMATION
DATE: January 24, 2006
TO: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company, L.P. (Account No.: 760-02312)
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
TO: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mitsui Marine Derivative Products, L.P.
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile No.: 000-000-0000
FROM: Xxxxxxx Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile No.: 000-000-0000
SUBJECT: Swap Transaction
REF NO: NUUS601CS1 (920000A00) / (006 831 671)
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The purpose of this communication is to set forth the terms and conditions of
the above referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below
(the "Transaction") between Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Markets, L.P. ("GSCM"),
guaranteed by The Xxxxxxx Sachs Group, Inc. ("Goldman Group"), and Xxxxxxx Sachs
Mortgage Company, L.P. ("Counterparty"). This communication constitutes a
"Confirmation" as referred to in paragraph 2.
1. The definitions and provisions contained in the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the
"Definitions"), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. are incorporated into this Confirmation.
2. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between GSCM and
Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation
relates, and this Confirmation evidences the sole Transaction for the benefit of
the GSAMP 2006-HE1 ("GSAMP"). If GSCM and Counterparty have entered into a
master agreement governing transactions of this type (the "Agreement"), then
this Transaction shall be governed thereby. If, and so long as, the parties have
not entered into such an Agreement then this Transaction shall constitute a
"Transaction" within the scope of, and this Confirmation shall supplement, form
a part of, and be subject to, an agreement in the form of the 1992 ISDA Master
Agreement (Multicurrency-Cross Border) (the "ISDA Form") as if the parties had
executed an agreement in such form effective as of the Trade Date but without
any Schedule except for (i) the election of Loss and Second Method, (ii) New
York law (without regard to the conflicts of law principles) as the governing
law, (iii) US Dollars as the Termination Currency, (iv) the election that
subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) will apply to Transactions, (v) only Section
5(a)(i) Failure to Pay and Section 5(a)(vii) Bankruptcy will be applicable to
the parties (all other Events of Default will not apply to either party), (vi)
Section 5(a)(i) is modified by replacing the word "third" in the last line of
Section 5(a)(i) with the word "first"), (vii) only 5(b)(i) Illegality, 5(b)(ii)
Tax Event and 5(b)(iii) Tax Event Upon Merger will be applicable to the parties
(all other Termination Events will not apply to either party), (viii) the
Limited Recourse; Non-Petition Provision (as described below in paragraph 4(B)
hereof) shall apply and (ix) Set off under Section 6(e) will not apply. In the
event of any inconsistency between the Definitions, the ISDA Form and this
Confirmation, this Confirmation will govern. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it
is understood and agreed that upon the assignment of this Transaction to GSMMDP
and GSAMP pursuant to the terms of paragraph 4(A) hereof, this February 17,
2006.
3. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates
are as follows:
Applicable Notional Amount: USD 933,709,634 (subject to adjustment
in accordance with the Schedule set
forth in Annex I)
Notional Amount for each Calculation
Period: The lesser of:
(i) The Applicable Notional Amount;
and
(ii) The Aggregate Current Principal
Balance of the Reference Securities on
the monthly statement from the Trustee
for the distribution occurring on the
first day of the applicable
Calculation Period; provided, however,
that any reductions in the Notional
Amount shall not give rise to a
payment by either party of any
settlement amount, breakage costs, or
other amounts representing the future
value of the portion of the Notional
Amount which has been reduced.
Aggregate Current Principal Balance
shall mean the sum of the amounts
published on the GSAMP 2006-HE1
distribution statement on the internet
website xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/xxxx
under the column heading Current
Principal Balance next to the Class
heading X-0, X-0X, X-0X, X-0X, X-0X,
X-0, M-2, M-3, X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0,
X-0, X-0, X-0 and B-3.
If such report does not appear on the
internet website referenced above the
Current Principal Balance can be
obtained by contacting the trustee at
its corporate trust office located at
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Trust
Administration - GS06S1, or by
contacting the trustee's investor
relations desk at (000) 000-0000,
provided, however, if the Current
Principal Balance is still not
available from the above sources on
the fifth Business Day following the
first day of the Calculation Period
the Notional Amount will be
The lesser of:
(i) The Applicable Notional Amount
(ii) The Aggregate Current Principal
Balance of the Reference Securities
applicable to the previous Calculation
Period
Reference Securities: GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
A-1 (CUSIP 362341 4N 6)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HEl, Class
A-2A (CUSIP 362341 4P 1)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
A-2B (CUSIP 362341 4Q 9)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
A-2C (CUSIP 362341 4R 7)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
A-2D (CUSIP 362341 4S 5)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
M-1 (CUSIP 362341 4T 3)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
M-2 (CUSIP 362341 4U 0)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
M-3 (CUSIP 362341 4V 8)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
M-4 (CUSIP 362341 4W 6)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
M-5 (CUSIP 362341 4X 4)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
M-6 (CUSIP 362341 4Y 2)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
M-7 (CUSIP 362341 4Z 9)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
M-8 (CUSIP 362341 5A 3)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
B-1 (CUSIP 362341 5E 5)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
B-2 (CUSIP 362341 5F 2)
GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, Class
B-3 (CUSIP 362341 5G 0)
Trade Date: January 24, 2006
Effective Date: February 17, 2006
Termination Date: February 25, 2011, subject to
adjustment in accordance with the
Modified Following Business Day
Convention
Initial Payment: USD 495,000 payable by GSCM to
Counterparty on January 27, 2006.
Floating Amounts:
Floating Rate Payer: GSCM
Floating Rate Payer Payment Dates: Monthly, on the day which is one (1)
Business Day prior to each Floating
Rate Period End Date.
Floating Rate Option: USD-LIBOR-BBA
Floating Rate Designated Maturity: 1 Month
Floating Rate Spread: None
Floating Rate Reset Dates: The first day of each Calculation
Period
Floating Rate Day Count Fraction: Actual/360
Floating Rate Period End Dates: Monthly, on the 25th day of each
month, commencing on February 25, 2006
and ending on the Termination Date,
subject to adjustment in accordance
with the Modified Following Business
Day Convention.
Fixed Amounts:
Fixed Rate Payer: Counterparty
Fixed Rate Payer Payment Dates: Monthly, on the 25th day of each
month, commencing on February 25, 2006
and ending on the Termination Date,
subject to adjustment in accordance
with the Modified Following Business
Day Convention.
Fixed Rate: 4.81%
Fixed Rate Day Count Fraction: 30/360
Fixed Rate Period End Dates: Not adjusted
Business Days: New York and Los Angeles
Calculation Agent: GSCM
4. Additional Provisions:
(A) Assignment Provisions: It is acknowledged and agreed by the parties that the
Transaction shall be subject to assignment first by Counterparty to GS Mortgage
Securities Corp., then, simultaneously, (i) by GSCM to Xxxxxxx Sachs Mitsui
Marine Derivative Products, L.P. ("GSMMDP") and (ii) by GS Mortgage Securities
Corp. to GSAMP, and by GSAMP, through a collateral assignment, to Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, (the "Trustee"), as indenture trustee on behalf of the
holders of the GSAMP 2006-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2006-HE1, (CUSIP Number: see "Reference Securities"; the "Certificates") (each
such assignee is referred to herein as an "Assignee" and each such assignor is
referred to herein as an "Assignor"). These assignments shall occur on the day
the Assignor and Assignee agree to such assignment and provide written or oral
notification of the effective date of assignment to the relevant constant party,
or, in the case of a simultaneous double assignment, the other assignor and/or
assignee, as appropriate (the "Constant Party") (each such day hereinafter
referred to as an "Assignment Date"). Furthermore, with respect to each
assignment of the Transactions to an Assignee, the Assignee shall accept
assignment of the Transactions subject to all terms of this Confirmation and all
references to the term "Counterparty" herein shall be deemed references to each
subsequent assignee of Counterparty and all references to the term "GSCM" herein
shall be deemed references to each subsequent assignee of "GSCM". On each
Assignment Date, Constant Party, the relevant Assignor and the relevant
Assignee, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration received, agree as follows:
(a) Assignor sells, assigns, transfers, and sets over to Assignee, its
successors and permitted assigns, all of its right, title, and interest in, to,
under, and in respect of, the Transaction. Assignor releases and discharges
Constant Party from, and agrees not to make any claim against Constant Party
with respect to, any obligations of Constant Party arising and to be performed
under and in respect of the Transaction after the Assignment Date. Assignor
agrees that Assignee has no liability with respect to any obligation arising or
to be performed under and in respect of the Transaction prior to or on the
Assignment Date.
(b) Assignee accepts such sale, assignment and transfer and assumes and agrees
to perform each and every obligation of Assignor arising and to be performed
under the Transaction after the Assignment Date, with the same force and effect
as if Assignee had been a party to the Transaction originally; it being
understood and agreed that, with respect to the Trustee executing on behalf of
the GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1 (the "Trust") as Assignee, the Trustee is executing an
assignee solely by reason of its capacity as indenture trustee (and not in its
individual capacity) as directed and authorized by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Trustee in its individual capacity shall have no obligation or
liability for payment of any indebtedness or expenses and shall not be
personally liable for the xxxxxx or failure of any obligation, representation,
warranty or covenant made or undertaken hereunder, all recourse being solely to
the assets of the Trust and the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefits of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(c) Constant Party consents to the sale, assignment and transfer by Assignor and
the assumption by Assignee referred to above. Constant Party releases and
discharges Assignor from, and agrees not to make any claim against Assignor with
respect to, any obligations of Assignor arising and to be performed under and in
respect of the Transaction after the Assignment Date. Constant Party agrees that
Assignee has no liability with respect to any obligation arising or to be
performed under and in respect of the Transaction prior to or on the Assignment
Date.
(d) Assignor hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with,
Assignee and Constant Party that: (i) it is duly organized, validly existing,
and in good standing under the law of the jurisdiction of its organization; (ii)
it has all requisite power and authority to assign and delegate to Assignee its
rights and obligations under the Transaction as provided herein and has taken
all necessary action to authorize such assignment and delegation; and (iii) such
assignment and delegation is its legal, valid, and binding obligation
enforceable against Assignor in accordance with the terms hereof.
(e) Assignee hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with,
Assignor and Constant Party that: (i) it is duly organized, validly existing,
and in good standing under the law of the jurisdiction of its organization; (ii)
it has all requisite power and authority to assume the rights and obligations of
Assignor under the Transaction as provided herein and perform its obligations
under the Transaction and has taken all necessary action to authorize such
assumption and performance; and (iii) such assumption and the Transaction is its
legal, valid, and binding obligation enforceable against Assignee in accordance
with the terms hereof.
(f) Assignor and Constant Party acknowledge that as of the Assignment Date no
amounts are owed by Assignor or Constant Party to the other under the
Transaction to which this assignment relates.
(g) Any additional assignments of this Transaction to a party other than an
Assignee shall require the consent of Constant Party, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no
additional assignments of this Transaction to a party other than an Assignee
shall be made, and Constant Party shall not consent to such additional
assignments of this Transaction until prior notice is given to the rating
agencies that have rated the Trust Notes. Furthermore, no amendment of this
Confirmation by an Assignee or other permitted assign shall be made, and
Constant Party shall not consent to such amendment of this Confirmation, until
written confirmation from the rating agency is received that it has rated the
Trust Notes and such amendment will not result in a withdrawal or downgrade of
the rating of the Trust Notes.
(B) Limited Recourse; Non-Petition Provision:
To the extent GSAMP or the Trustee is a counterparty to Constant Party under the
terms of this Transaction, the obligations of Constant Party hereunder shall be
limited recourse obligations and Constant Party agrees that it will not, prior
to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all the
Trust Notes (as defined in the Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. Prospectus Supplement dated
January 19, 2006), acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause such
permitted assigns to invoke the process of any governmental authority for the
purpose of commencing or sustaining a case (whether voluntary or involuntary)
against such permitted assigns under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of such permitted assignsor
any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding-up or liquidation
of the affairs of such permitted assignsor making an assignment for the benefit
of creditors. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit Constant Party from
submitting a claim or proof of claim, in any proceeding or process instituted by
or against such permitted assigns.
5. Credit Support Documents: Standard Guaranty of The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Group, Inc.
6. Account Details:
USD Payments to GSCM:
For the Account of: Xxxxxxx Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
Name of Bank: Citibank, N.A. New York
Account No: 40670834
Fed ABA No: 021000089
GSCM Inquiries Swap Operations
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Markets, L.P.
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile No.: 000-000-0000
USD Payments to GSMMDP:
For the Account of: Xxxxxxx Sachs Mitsui Marine Derivative
Products, L.P.
Name of Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York
Account No: 000-0-000000
Fed ABA No: 021000021
GSMMDP Inquiries: Swap Operations
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mitsui Marine Derivative
Products, L.P.
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile No.: 000-000-0000
For the Account of: Deutsche Bank
Fed ABA No.: 00000000
Account Name: NYLTD Funds Control - Stars West
Account No: 021001033
Reference: Trust Administration - GSAMP 2006-HE1
7. The parties hereby agree (a) to check this Confirmation (Reference No.:
NUUS601CSI (920000A00)) carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or
discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that
the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between GSCM,
GSMMDP and Counterparty with respect to the particular Transaction to which this
Confirmation relates, by manually signing this Confirmation and providing the
other information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to
Swap Administration, facsimile No. 000-000-0000.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXX XXXXX CAPITAL MARKETS, L.P.
By: Xxxxxxx Sachs Capital Markets,
L.L.C.
General Partner
By:/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
Agreed and Accepted By:
XXXXXXX XXXXX MITSUI MARINE DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS, L.P.
By: GSMMDPGP, Inc.,
General Partner
By:/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Agreed and Accepted By:
Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company, L.P.
By:/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Agreed and Accepted By:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee, on behalf of the Trust
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
Counterparty Reference No.:
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Annex I
Schedule
For the Calculation Period The applicable USD Notional
from and including:* to but excluding:* Amount shall be:
-------------------------- ------------------ ---------------------------
February 17, 2006 March 25, 2006 933,709,634.00
March 25, 2006 April 25, 2006 915,532,838.00
April 25, 2006 May 25, 2006 893,996,228.00
May 25, 2006 June 25, 2006 869,164,809.00
June 25, 2006 July 25, 2006 841,137,660.00
July 25, 2006 August 25, 2006 810,048,244.00
August 25, 2006 September 25, 2006 776,066,029.00
September 25, 2006 October 25, 2006 739,395,392.00
October 25, 2006 November 25, 2006 700,284,380.00
November 25, 2006 December 25, 2006 659,281,286.00
December 25, 2006 January 25, 2007 620,505,884.00
January 25, 2007 February 25, 2007 583,905,781.00
February 25, 2007 March 25, 2007 549,358,370.00
March 25, 2007 April 25, 2007 516,747,698.00
April 25, 2007 May 25, 2007 485,964,406.00
May 25, 2007 June 25, 2007 456,905,507.00
June 25, 2007 July 25, 2007 429,473,720.00
July 25, 2007 August 25, 2007 403,577,035.00
August 25, 2007 September 25, 2007 379,128,890.00
September 25, 2007 October 25, 2007 356,047,631.00
October 25, 2007 November 25, 2007 334,192,696.00
November 25, 2007 December 25, 2007 119,705,504.00
December 25, 2007 January 25, 2008 113,760,606.00
January 25, 2008 February 25, 2008 108,116,576.00
February 25, 2008 March 25, 2008 102,757,948.00
March 25, 2008 April 25, 2008 97,670,006.00
April 25, 2008 May 25, 2008 92,838,807.00
May 25, 2008 June 25, 2008 88,251,140.00
June 25, 2008 July 25, 2008 83,894,488.00
July 25, 2008 August 25, 2008 79,756,988.00
August 25, 2008 September 25, 2008 75,827,399.00
September 25, 2008 October 25, 2008 72,095,068.00
October 25, 2008 November 25, 2008 68,549,897.00
November 25, 2008 December 25, 2008 43,037,265.00
December 25, 2008 January, 25, 2009 41,007,242.00
January 25, 2009 February 25, 2009 39,004,617.00
February 25, 2009 March 25, 2009 37,120,472.00
March 25, 2009 April 25, 2009 35,406,884.00
April 25, 2009 May 25, 2009 33,822,300.00
May 25, 2009 June 25, 2009 32,309,524.00
June 25, 2009 July 25, 2009 30,865,230.00
July 25, 2009 August 25, 2009 29,486,251.00
August 25, 2009 September 25, 2009 28,169,573.00
September 25, 2009 October 25, 2009 26,912,323.00
October 25, 2009 November 25, 2009 25,711,766.00
November 25, 2009 December 25, 2009 24,565,298.00
December 25, 2009 January 25, 2010 23,470,438.00
January 25, 2010 February 25, 2010 22,424,817.00
February 25, 2010 March 25, 2010 21,426,187.00
March 25, 2010 April 25, 2010 20,472,399.00
April 25, 2010 May 25, 2010 19,561,408.00
May 25, 2010 June 25, 2010 18,691,263.00
June 25, 2010 July 25, 2010 17,860,104.00
July 25, 2010 August 25, 2010 17,066,160.00
August 25, 2010 September 25, 2010 16,307,734.00
September 25, 2010 October 25, 2010 15,583,222.00
October 25, 2010 November 25, 2010 14,891,060.00
November 25, 2010 December 25, 2010 13,931,840.00
December 25, 2010 January 25, 2011 13,320,585.00
January 25, 2011 February 25, 2011 12,736,030.00
** Subject to adjustment in accordance with the Modified Following Business
Day Convention with respect to the Floating Rate Payer Payment obligations
and not subject to adjustment with respect to the Fixed Rate Payer Payment
obligations.
