GREENWICH CAPITAL ACCEPTANCE, INC., as Purchaser and GREENWICH CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC., as Seller MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT Dated as of January 1, 2007 Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans RBSGC Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Loan Pass-Through...
EXECUTION
GREENWICH
CAPITAL ACCEPTANCE, INC.,
as
Purchaser
and
GREENWICH
CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC.,
as
Seller
Dated
as
of January 1, 2007
Fixed-Rate
Mortgage Loans
RBSGC
Mortgage Loan Trust
Mortgage
Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-A
Table
of Contents
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS AND SCHEDULES
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Section
1.01.
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE
II SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
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2
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Section
2.01.
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Sale
of Mortgage Loans; Assignment of the Servicing
Agreements
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2
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Section
2.02.
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Obligations
of the Seller Upon Sale and Assignment
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2
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Section
2.03.
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Payment
of Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans
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3
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ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; REMEDIES FOR BREACH
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3
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Section
3.01.
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[Reserved]
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3
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Section
3.02.
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Seller’s
Representations and Warranties
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3
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Section
3.03.
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Remedies
for Breach of Representations and Warranties
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4
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ARTICLE
IV SELLER’S COVENANTS
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5
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Section
4.01.
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Covenants
of the Seller
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5
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ARTICLE
V [Reserved]
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5
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ARTICLE
VI TERMINATION
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5
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Section
6.01.
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Termination
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5
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ARTICLE
VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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6
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Section
7.01.
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Amendment
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6
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Section
7.02.
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Governing
Law
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6
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Section
7.03.
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Notices
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6
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Section
7.04.
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Severability
of Provisions
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6
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Section
7.05.
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Counterparts
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6
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Section
7.06.
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Further
Agreements
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6
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Section
7.07.
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Intention
of the Parties
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7
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Section
7.08.
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Successors
and Assigns: Assignment of Purchase Agreement
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7
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Section
7.09.
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Survival
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Schedule
I: Mortgage
Loan Schedule
Schedule
II: List
of
Servicing Agreements
This
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of January 1, 2007 (the “Agreement”),
is
made and entered into between Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc. (the
“Seller”)
and
Greenwich Capital Acceptance, Inc. (the “Purchaser”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS,
the Seller is the owner of the notes or other evidence of indebtedness (the
“Mortgage
Notes”)
so
indicated on Schedule I hereto, and the other documents or instruments
constituting the Mortgage File (collectively, the “Mortgage
Loans”);
WHEREAS,
the Seller is a party to the servicing agreement identified on Schedule II
hereto (the “Servicing
Agreement”),
and
the Mortgage Loans are currently being serviced thereunder by the servicer
identified therein (the “Servicer”);
WHEREAS,
the Seller, as of the date hereof, owns the mortgages or deeds of trust (the
“Mortgages”)
on the
properties (the “Mortgaged
Properties”)
securing such Mortgage Loans, including rights to (a) any property acquired
by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise and (b) the proceeds
of
any insurance policies covering the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties
or the obligors on the Mortgage Loans;
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire that the Seller sell the Mortgage Loans, including
the
Mortgages, and assign the Seller’s rights under the Servicing Agreement to the
Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as
of January 1, 2007 (the “Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”),
among
the Purchaser, as depositor, the Seller, as seller, and Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”)
and
custodian, the Purchaser will convey the Mortgage Loans to the
Trustee;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND SCHEDULES
Section
1.01. Definitions.
“Servicing
Fee”:
With
respect to the Servicer and each Mortgage Loan serviced by the Servicer and
for
any calendar month, the fee payable to the Servicer determined pursuant to
the
Servicing Agreement.
Any
capitalized term used but not defined herein and below shall have the meaning
assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Prospectus
Supplement dated January 30, 2007 (the “Prospectus
Supplement”),
as
applicable.
ARTICLE
II
SALE
OF
MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section
2.01. Sale
of Mortgage Loans; Assignment of the Servicing Agreement.
The
Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, does
hereby sell, assign, set over, and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without
recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under (i) each
Mortgage Loan, including the Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest due
thereon after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and
principal due after the Cut-off Date (and all principal received before the
Cut-off Date to the extent such principal relates to a Monthly Payment due
after
the Cut-off Date); (ii) property which secured such Mortgage Loan and which
has
been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) its interest
in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans and (iv) all proceeds
of any of the foregoing.
Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Seller hereby assigns
to
the Purchaser all of its rights and interest (but none of its obligations)
under
the Servicing Agreement to the extent relating to the Mortgage Loans. The
Purchaser hereby accepts such assignment, and shall be entitled to exercise
all
such rights of the Seller under the Servicing Agreement as if the Purchaser
had
been a party to such agreement.
Section
2.02. Obligations
of the Seller Upon Sale and Assignment.
In
connection with the transfer pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Seller further
agrees, at its own expense, on or prior to the Closing Date, (a) to indicate
in
its books and records that the Mortgage Loans have been sold to the Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement and (b) to deliver to the Purchaser and the Trustee
a
computer file containing a true and complete list of all such Mortgage Loans
specifying for each such Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date, the information
required to be set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which forms a part
of
Schedule A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, shall also be marked as
Schedule I to this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made a part
of
this Agreement.
In
connection with such conveyance by the Seller, the Seller shall on behalf of
the
Purchaser deliver to, and deposit with the Trustee (or a custodian as its
designated agent), as assignee of the Purchaser, on or before the Closing Date,
the documents described in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
including, but not limited to, the Servicing Agreement.
The
Seller hereby confirms to the Purchaser and the Trustee that it has made the
appropriate entries in its general accounting records, to indicate that the
Mortgage Loans have been transferred to the Trustee, or a custodian appointed
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to act on behalf of the Trustee,
and that the Mortgage Loans constitute part of the Trust in accordance with
the
terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The
Purchaser hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest
in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and other property, and its rights under
the
Servicing Agreement, now existing or hereafter created, conveyed to it pursuant
to Section 2.01 hereof.
The
parties hereto intend that the transaction set forth herein be a non-recourse
sale by the Seller to the Purchaser of all of the Seller’s right, title and
interest in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and other property described in
Section 2.01. Nonetheless, in the event the transaction set forth herein is
deemed not to be a sale, the Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a security
interest in all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under the
Mortgage Loans and other property described in Section 2.01, whether now
existing or hereafter created, to secure all of the Seller’s obligations
hereunder; and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under
applicable law. The Seller and the Purchaser 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 Mortgage Loans,
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 Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section
2.03. Payment
of Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans.
In
consideration of the sale of the Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Purchaser
on the Closing Date, the Purchaser agrees to pay to the Seller on the Closing
Date by transfer of immediately available funds, an amount equal to
$485,127,880.05 (which amount includes accrued interest) (the “Purchase
Price”).
The
Seller shall pay, and be billed directly for, all reasonable expenses incurred
by the Purchaser in connection with the issuance of the Certificates, including,
without limitation, printing fees incurred in connection with the Prospectus
Supplement and the Private Placement Memorandum relating to the Certificates,
fees and expenses of Purchaser’s counsel, fees of the rating agencies requested
to rate the Certificates, accountant’s fees and expenses and other out-of-pocket
costs, if any.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES; REMEDIES FOR BREACH
Section
3.01. [Reserved]
Section
3.02. Seller’s
Representations and Warranties.
The
Seller represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchaser as of the Closing
Date or as of such other date specifically provided herein:
(i) the
Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation
under the laws of the State of Delaware and is and will remain in compliance
with the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the
extent necessary to fulfill its obligations hereunder;
(ii) the
Seller has the power and authority to hold each Mortgage Loan, to sell each
Mortgage Loan, to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate, all transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has
duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, has duly
executed and delivered this Agreement and this Agreement, and assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or other similar laws in relation
to
the rights of creditors generally;
(iii) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and the performance
of
and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not violate the Seller’s
articles of incorporation or by-laws or constitute a default under or result
in
a material breach or acceleration of, any material contract, agreement or other
instrument to which the Seller is a party or which may be applicable to the
Seller or its assets;
(iv) the
Seller is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by the Seller and its performance and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree
of any court or any order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or
governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Seller or its assets, which
violation might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect
the
condition (financial or otherwise) or the operation of the Seller or its assets
or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the
performance of its obligations and duties hereunder;
(v) the
Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that
it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this
Agreement;
(vi) the
Seller has good, marketable and indefeasible title to the Mortgage Loans, free
and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any
nature encumbering the Mortgage Loans and upon the payment of the Purchase
Price
by the Purchaser, the Purchaser will have good and marketable title to the
Mortgage Notes and Mortgage Loans, free and clear of all liens or
encumbrances;
(vii) the
Mortgage Loans are not being transferred by the Seller with any intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any creditors of the Seller;
(viii) there
are
no actions or proceedings against, or investigations known to it of, the Seller
before any court, administrative or other tribunal (A) that might prohibit
its
entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the sale of the Mortgage
Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or
(C) that might prohibit or materially and adversely affect the performance
by
the Seller of its obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement;
(ix) no
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency
or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller
of,
or compliance by the Seller with, this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been obtained;
and
(x) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the
ordinary course of business of the Seller, and the transfer, assignment and
conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to
this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory
provisions.
Section
3.03. Remedies
for Breach of Representations and Warranties.
It is
understood and agreed that (i) the representations and warranties set forth
in
Section 3.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser
and
shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser and the Trustee, notwithstanding
any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment or
the
examination or lack of examination of any Mortgage File and (ii) the remedies
for the breach of such representations and warranties and for the failure to
deliver the documents referred to in Section 2.02 hereof shall be as set forth
in Section 2.03 of
the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon discovery by either the Seller or the
Purchaser of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth
in
Section 3.02 that adversely and materially affects the value of the related
Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders or the
Certificate Insurer, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other party. Within 90 days of the discovery of any such breach,
the Seller shall either (a) cure such breach in all material respects, (b)
repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in respect thereof from
the Purchaser at the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement) or (c) within the two-year period following the Closing
Date, as applicable, substitute a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan for the
affected Mortgage Loan, each as set forth in Section 2.03 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
SELLER’S
COVENANTS
Section
4.01. Covenants
of the Seller.
The
Seller hereby covenants that, except for the transfer hereunder, it will not
sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Mortgage Loan, or any interest
therein; it will notify the Trustee, as assignee of the Purchaser, of the
existence of any Lien on any Mortgage Loan immediately upon discovery thereof;
and it will defend the right, title and interest of the Trust, as assignee
of
the Purchaser, in, to and under the Mortgage Loans, against all claims of third
parties claiming through or under the Seller; provided,
however,
that
nothing in this Section 4.01 shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit the Seller
from suffering to exist upon any of the Mortgage Loans any Liens for municipal
or other local taxes and other governmental charges if such taxes or
governmental charges shall not at the time be due and payable or if the Seller
shall currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto.
ARTICLE
V
[Reserved]
ARTICLE
VI
TERMINATION
Section
6.01. Termination.
The
respective obligations and responsibilities of the Seller and the Purchaser
created hereby shall terminate, except for the Seller’s indemnity obligations as
provided herein, upon the termination of the Trust as provided in Article X
of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE
VII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
7.01. Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Seller and the Purchaser
by
written agreement signed by the parties hereto.
Section
7.02. Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other
than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law), and the obligations, rights
and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with
such laws.
Section
7.03. Notices.
All
demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
if
to the
Seller:
Greenwich
Capital Financial Products, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Legal Department
or
such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Purchaser in writing by
the
Seller.
if
to the
Purchaser:
Greenwich
Capital Acceptance, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Legal Department
or
such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Seller in writing by the
Purchaser.
Section
7.04. Severability
of Provisions.
If any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, 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 of enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement.
Section
7.05. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, which may be transmitted by telecopier
each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original and such
counterparts, together, shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
Section
7.06. Further
Agreements.
The
parties hereto each agree to execute and deliver to the other such additional
documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary or reasonable and
appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement or in connection with
the issuance of the Certificates representing interests in the Trust Fund,
including the Mortgage Loans.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, as a further inducement for the
Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans from the Seller, the Seller will
cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with the sale of the Certificates.
In
that connection, the Seller will provide to the Purchaser any and all
information and appropriate verification of information, whether through letters
of its auditors and counsel or otherwise, as the Purchaser shall reasonably
request and will provide to the Purchaser such additional representations and
warranties, covenants, opinions of counsel, letters from auditors, and
certificates of public officials or officers of the Seller as are reasonably
required in connection with the offering of the Certificates.
Section
7.07. Intention
of the Parties.
It is
the intention of the parties that the Purchaser is purchasing, and the Seller
is
selling, the Mortgage Loans rather than pledging such Mortgage Loans to secure
a
loan by the Purchaser to the Seller. Accordingly, the parties hereto each intend
to treat the transaction as a sale by the Seller, and a purchase by the
Purchaser, of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser will have the right to review
the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Files to determine the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans which will affect the Federal income
tax
consequences of owning the Mortgage Loans and the Seller will cooperate with
all
reasonable requests made by the Purchaser in the course of such
review.
Section
7.08. Successors
and Assigns: Assignment of Purchase Agreement.
This
Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Seller, the Purchaser and the Trustee. The obligations of the Seller under
this
Agreement cannot be assigned or delegated to a third party without the consent
of the Purchaser which consent shall be at the Purchaser’s sole discretion,
except that the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Seller may assign
its
obligations hereunder to any Person into which the Seller is merged or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the
Seller is a party or any Person succeeding to the business of the Seller. The
parties hereto acknowledge that the Purchaser is acquiring the Mortgage Loans
and the rights of the Seller under the Servicing Agreement for the purpose
of
contributing them to a trust that will issue the Certificates representing
undivided interests in such Mortgage Loans. As an inducement to the Purchaser
to
purchase the Mortgage Loans, the Seller acknowledges and consents to the
assignment by the Purchaser to the Trustee of all of the Purchaser’s rights
against the Seller pursuant to this Agreement insofar as such rights relate
to
Mortgage Loans transferred to the Trustee and to the enforcement or exercise
of
any right or remedy against the Seller pursuant to this Agreement by the
Trustee. Such enforcement of a right or remedy by the Trustee shall have the
same force and effect as if the right or remedy had been enforced or exercised
by the Purchaser directly.
Section
7.09. Survival.
The
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02 hereof shall survive
the purchase of the Mortgage Loans hereunder.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused their names to be
signed to this Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.
GREENWICH
CAPITAL ACCEPTANCE, INC.,
as Purchaser
as Purchaser
By: /s/
Xxx Xxx
Name: Xxx Xxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxx Xxx
Title: Vice President
GREENWICH
CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC.,
as Seller
as Seller
By: /s/
Xxx Xxx
Name: Xxx Xxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxx Xxx
Title: Vice President
SCHEDULE
I
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
[To
be
retained in a separate closing binder entitled “RBSGC 2007-A Mortgage Loan
Schedule” at the Washington, DC offices of XxXxx Xxxxxx LLP]
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SCHEDULE
II
LIST
OF
SERVICING AGREEMENTS
1.
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Seller’s
Warranties and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2006 (WFHM
2006-W109),
between Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc. (“GCFP”), as purchaser
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.. (“Xxxxx Fargo”), as seller and servicer, as
reconstituted pursuant to a Reconstituted Servicing Agreement dated
as of
January 1, 2007, by and between GCFP and Xxxxx Fargo, and acknowledged
by
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
trustee.
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