ISDA® International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. MASTER AGREEMENT dated as of February 27, 2007
(Multicurrency—Cross
Border)
ISDA®
International
Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc.
MASTER
AGREEMENT
dated
as
of February 27, 2007
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
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and
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XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
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("Party
A")
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("Party
B")
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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.
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Accordingly,
the parties agree as follows:—
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1. Interpretation
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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2. Obligations
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(a) General
Conditions.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(c) Netting.
If
on any date amounts would otherwise be payable:—
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(i) in
the same currency; and
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(ii) in
respect of the same Transaction,
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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.
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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.
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(d) Deduction
or Withholding for Tax.
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(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:—
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(1) promptly
notify the other party (“Y”) of such requirement;
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(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;
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(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
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(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:—
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(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
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(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.
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(ii) Liability.
If:—
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(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);
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(2) X
does not so deduct or withhold; and
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(3) a
liability resulting from such Tax is assessed directly against
X,
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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)).
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(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 of 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.
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3. Representations
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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:—
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(a) Basic
Representations.
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(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;
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(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;
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(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;
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(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 full force and effect and all conditions of any
such consents have been complied with; and
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(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, reorganisation, 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)).
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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4. Agreements
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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:—
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(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:—
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(i) any
forms, documents or certificates relating to taxation specified in
the
Schedule or any Confirmation;
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(ii) any
other documents specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation;
and
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(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,
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in
each case by the date specified in the Schedule or such Confirmation
or,
if none is specified, as soon as
reasonably practicable.
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(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.
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(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 any Credit Support
Document to which it is a party.
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(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.
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(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,
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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
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(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:—
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(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;
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(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;
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(iii) Credit
Support Default.
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(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;
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(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
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(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;
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(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;
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(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);
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(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);
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(vii) Bankruptcy.
The
party, any Credit Support Provider
of
such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such
party:—
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(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
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(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:—
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(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
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(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.
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(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
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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:—
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(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):—
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(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
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(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;
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(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));
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(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);
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(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
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(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).
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(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.
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6. Early
Termination
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(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)(l), (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).
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(b) Right
to Terminate Following Termination Event.
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(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.
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(ii) Transfer
to Avoid Termination Event. If
either an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(l) 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.
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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).
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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.
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(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.
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(iv) Right to
Terminate. If:—
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(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
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(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,
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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.
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(c) Effect
of Designation.
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(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.
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(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).
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(d) Calculations.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(i) Events
of Default. If
the Early Termination Date results from an Event of
Default:—
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(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.
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(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.
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(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
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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.
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(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.
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(ii) Termination
Events. If
the Early Termination Date results from a Termination
Event:—
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(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.
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(2) Two
Affected Parties. If
there are two Affected Parties:—
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(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
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(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”).
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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.
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(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).
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(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.
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7. Transfer
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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: —
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(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
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(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).
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Any
purported transfer that is not in compliance with this Section will
be
void.
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8. Contractual
Currency
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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9. Miscellaneous
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(e) Counterparts
and Confirmations.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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10. Offices;
Multibranch Parties
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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11. Expenses
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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
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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.
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12. Notices
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(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:—
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(i) if
in writing and delivered in person or by courier, on the date it
is
delivered;
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(ii) if
sent by telex, on the date the recipient's answerback is
received;
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(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);
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(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
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(v) if
sent by electronic messaging system, on the date that electronic
message
is received,
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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.
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(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.
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13. Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
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(a) Governing
Law. This
Agreement will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the law
specified in the Schedule.
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(b) Jurisdiction.
With
respect to any suit, action or
proceedings relating to this Agreement
(“Proceedings”), each party irrevocably:—
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(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
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(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.
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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
reenactment 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.
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(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.
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(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.
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14. Definitions
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As
used in this Agreement:—
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“Additional
Termination Event” has
the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
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“Affected
Party” has
the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
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“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.
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“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.
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“Applicable
Rate” means:—
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(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;
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(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;
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(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
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(d) in
all other cases, the Termination Rate.
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“Burdened
Party” has
the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
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“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.
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“consent”
includes
a consent, approval, action, authorisation, exemption,
notice, filing, registration or
exchange control consent.
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“Credit
Event Upon Merger” has
the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
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“Credit
Support Document” means
any
agreement or instrument that is specified as such
in
this Agreement.
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“Credit
Support Provider” has
the meaning specified in the Schedule.
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“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.
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“Defaulting
Party” has
the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
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“Early
Termination Date” means
the date determined in accordance with Section 6(a) or
6(b)(iv).
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“Event
of Default” has
the meaning specified in Section 5(a) and,
if applicable, in the Schedule.
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“Illegality”
has
the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
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“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).
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“law” includes
any treaty, law, rule
or regulation (as modified, in the case of tax matters,
by the practice of
any relevant governmental revenue authority) and
“lawful”
and
“unlawful”
will
be construed
accordingly.
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“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.
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“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)(1) 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.
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“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
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
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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 documentation 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.
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“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.
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“Non-defaulting
Party” has
the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
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“Office”
means
a branch or office of a party, which may be such party's head or
home
office.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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) in relation to any payment, from or
through which such payment is
made.
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“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.
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“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.
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“Settlement
Amount” means,
with respect to a party and any Early Termination Date, the sum
of:—
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(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;
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and
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(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.
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“Specified
Entity” has
the meaning specified in the
Schedule.
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“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.
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“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.
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“Stamp
Tax” means
any stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.
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“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.
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“Tax
Event” has
the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
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“Tax
Event Upon Merger” has
the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
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“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 case) 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).
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“Termination
Currency” has
the meaning specified in the Schedule.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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 case
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.
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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.
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THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By:
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., its agent
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XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By:
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., not individually but solely as Securities
Administrator under the Sale and Servicing Agreement on behalf of
XXXXXXXXX MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Date:
2/27/07
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By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Date:
2/27/07
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SCHEDULE
TO
THE
MASTER
AGREEMENT
DATED
AS OF
February
27, 2007
between
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Established
as a bank under the laws of Scotland
(“Party
A”)
and
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
A
Delaware statutory
trust
(“Party
B”)
Part
1
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Termination
Provisions
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(a)
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“Specified
Entity”
means (i) in relation to Party A for all purposes of the Agreement:
None;
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and
(ii)
in relation to Party B for all purposes of the Agreement: None.
(b)
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The
“Failure
to Pay or Deliver”
provisions of Section 5(a)(i) will apply to Party A and will apply
to
Party B.
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(c)
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The
“Breach
of Agreement”
provisions of Section 5(a)(ii) of the Agreement will be inapplicable
to
Party A and Party B.
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(d)
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The
“Credit
Support Default”
provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) of the Agreement will be applicable,
provided, however, that (i) notwithstanding Sections 5(a)(i) and
5(a)(iii), any failure by Party A to comply with or perform any
obligation
to be complied with or performed by Party A under the Credit Support
Annex
to this Agreement shall not be an Event of Default unless (A) a
Second
Rating Trigger Event with respect to Xxxxx’x has occurred and at least 30
Local Business Days have elapsed since the Second Rating Trigger
Event has
occurred and (B) such failure is not remedied on or before the
third Local
Business Day after notice of such failure is given to Party A;
and (ii)
Section 5(a)(iii) shall apply to Party B only with respect to return
of
excess collateral to Party A under Paragraph 3(b) of the Credit
Support
Annex to this Agreement.
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(e)
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The
“Misrepresentation”
provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement will be inapplicable
to
Party B.
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(f)
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The
“Default
Under Specified Transaction”
provisions of Section 5(a)(v) of the Agreement will be inapplicable
to
Party A and Party B.
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(g)
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The
“Cross
Default”
provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to Party
A with
a Threshold Amount of 3% of the shareholder’s equity of Party A.
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1
The
“Cross
Default”
provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will be inapplicable to Party
B.
(h)
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The
“Bankruptcy”
provision of Section 5(a)(vii) of the Agreement will apply to Party
A. The
“Bankruptcy”
provisions of Section 5(a)(vii) of the Agreement will be applicable
to
Party B, subject to the following
modifications:
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(i)
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Section
5(a)(vii)(2) and (7) shall not
apply;
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(ii)
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Section
5(a)(vii)(4) shall not apply to the extent that it refers to proceedings
or petitions instituted or presented by Party A or its affiliates;
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(iii)
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The
phrase “seeks or” in Section 5(a)(vii)(6) shall be deemed deleted;
and
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(iv)
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Section
5(a)(vii)(8) shall apply only to the extent that a relevant event
has an
effect that is analogous to an effect described in Section 5(a)(vii)(1)
through (7) (as amended in this Part 1(g)) that applies to Party
B.
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(i)
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The
“Tax
Event upon Merger”
provisions of Section 5(b)(iii) shall not apply to Party A to the
extent
that Party A is both the Burdened Party and the Affected
Party.
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(j)
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The
“Credit
Event Upon Merger”
provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) of the Agreement will be inapplicable
to
Party A and Party B.
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(k)
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The
“Automatic
Early Termination”
provision of Section 6(a) of the Agreement will be inapplicable
to Party A
and Party B.
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(l)
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Payments
on Early Termination
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(i)
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For
the purpose of Section 6(e) of the
Agreement:
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(A)
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Market
Quotation will apply; and
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(B)
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The
Second Method will apply.
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(ii)
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Notwithstanding
Section 6 of this Agreement, so long as Party A is (A) the sole
Affected
Party in respect of an Additional Termination Event or a Tax Event
Upon
Merger or (B) the Defaulting Party in respect of any Event of Default,
paragraphs (A) to (F) below shall
apply:
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(A)
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The
definition of “Market Quotation” shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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““Market
Quotation”
means,
with respect to one or more Terminated Transactions, an offer which, when
made,
is capable of becoming legally binding upon acceptance (any such offer, a
“Firm
Offer”)
which
is (1) made by a Reference Market-maker that is an Eligible Replacement,
(2) for
an amount that would be paid to Party B (expressed as a negative number)
or by
Party B (expressed as a positive number) in consideration of an agreement
between Party B and such 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 Transactions
or group of Terminated Transactions that would, but for the occurrence of
the
relevant Early Termination Date, have been required after that date, (3)
made on
the basis that Unpaid Amounts in respect of the Terminated Transaction or
group
of 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 and (4) made in respect of
a
Replacement Transaction with commercial terms substantially the same as those
of
this Agreement (save for the exclusion of provisions relating to Transactions
that are not Terminated Transactions).”
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(B)
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The
definition of “Settlement Amount” shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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““Settlement
Amount”
means,
with respect to any Early Termination Date, an amount (as determined by Party
B)
equal to:
(1)
If a
Market Quotation for the relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions is selected by Party A and accepted by Party B so as to become
legally binding on or before the day falling ten Local Business Days after
the
day on which the Early Termination Date is designated (or such later day
as
Party B may specify in writing to Party A, which in any event will not be
later
than the Early Termination Date) (such day, the “Latest
Settlement Amount Determination Day”),
the
Termination Currency Equivalent of the amount (whether positive or negative)
of
such Market Quotation; or
(2)
If on
the Latest Settlement Amount Determination Day, no Market Quotation for the
relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions has been
accepted by Party B so as to become legally binding and one or more Market
Quotations have been made and remain capable of legally binding upon acceptance,
the Settlement Amount shall equal the Termination Currency Equivalent of
the
amount (whether positive or negative) of the lowest of such Market Quotations
(for the avoidance of doubt, the lowest of such Market Quotations shall be
the
lowest Market Quotation of such Market Quotations expressed as a positive
number
or, if any of such Market Quotations is expressed as a negative number, the
Market Quotation expressed as a negative number with the largest absolute
value).
(3)
If no
Market Quotation for the relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions is selected by Party A and accepted by Party B so as to become
legally binding on or before the Latest Settlement Amount Determination Day,
Party B’s Loss (whether positive or negative and without reference to any Unpaid
Amounts) for the relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions.
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(C)
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For
the purpose of clause (4) of the definition of Market Quotation,
Party B
shall determine in its sole discretion, acting in a commercially
reasonable manner, whether a Firm Offer is made in respect of a
Replacement Transaction with commercial terms substantially the
same as
those of this Agreement (save for the exclusion of provisions relating
to
Transactions that are not Terminated
Transactions).
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(D)
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Party
B undertakes to use its reasonable efforts to obtain at least one
Market
Quotation before the Latest Settlement Amount Determination Day.
Party B
will be deemed to have discharged its obligations under the preceding
sentence if it requests Party A to obtain Market Quotations, where
such
request is made in writing within two Local Business Days after
the day on
which the Early Termination Date is designated. If Party B requests
Party
A in writing to obtain Market Quotations, Party A shall use its
reasonable
efforts to do so before the Latest Settlement Amount Determination
Day.
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(E)
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Any
amount calculated as being due in respect of an Early Termination
Date
will be payable in accordance with Section 6(d)(ii), provided
that if such payment is owed to Party B, it will be payable on
the day
that notice of the amount payable is given to Party
A.
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(F)
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If
the Settlement Amount is not determined by reference to a Market
Quotation
that has been accepted by Party B and the Settlement Amount is
a negative
number, Section 6(e)(i)(3) of this Agreement shall be deleted in
its
entirety and replaced with the
following:
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Second
Method and Market Quotation.
If
Second Method and Market Quotation apply, (1) Party B shall pay to Party
A an
amount equal to the absolute value of the Settlement Amount in respect of
the
Terminated Transactions, (2) Party B shall pay to Party A the Termination
Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Party A and (3) Party
A shall
pay to Party B the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts
owing
to Party B, provided
that,
(i) the amounts payable under (2) and (3) shall be subject to netting in
accordance with Section 2(c) of this Agreement and (ii) notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, any amount payable by Party A under (3)
shall
not be netted-off against any amount payable by Party B under (1).
(m)
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“Termination
Currency”
means United States Dollars.
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(n)
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Additional
Termination Events
Each of the following shall be an Additional Termination Event:
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(i)
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First
Rating Trigger Event
A
First Rating Trigger Event (as defined in Part 5(i)) has occurred,
and
Party A has not, within the period of time prescribed, complied
with Part
5(i)(ii) below. For purposes of this Additional Termination Event,
Party A
shall be the sole Affected Party.
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4
(ii)
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S&P
Second Rating Trigger Event
A
Second Rating Trigger Event (as defined in Part 5(i)) with respect
to
S&P has occurred, and Party A has not, within 10 days after such
event, complied with the requirements of Part 5(i)(iii) below.
For
purposes of this Additional Termination Event, Party A shall be
the sole
Affected Party.
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(iii)
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Xxxxx’x
Second Rating Trigger Event (A)
A Second Rating Trigger Event with respect to Xxxxx’x has occurred, and 30
or more Local Business Days have elapsed and (B) (i) at least one
Eligible
Replacement (as defined in Part 5(i)) has made a Firm Offer to
be the
transferee of a transfer to be made in accordance with Part 5(i)(iii)
below and/or (ii) at least one entity with the Acceptable Ratings
(as
defined in Part 5(i)) has made a Firm Offer to provide an Eligible
Guarantee in respect of all of Party A’s present and future obligations
under this Agreement. For purposes of this Additional Termination
Event,
Party A shall be the sole Affected Party.
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(iv)
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Regulation
AB
(A) The Depositor still has a reporting obligation with respect
to this
Transaction pursuant to Regulation AB and (B) Party A has not,
within 30
days after receipt of a Cap Disclosure Request complied with the
provisions set forth in Part 5(k)(iv) below (provided that if the
significance percentage reaches 10% or 20%, as applicable, after
a Cap
Disclosure Request has been made to Party A, Party A must comply
with the
provisions set forth in Part 5(k)(iv) below within 10 Business
Days of
Party A being informed of the significance percentage reaching
10% or 20%,
as applicable). For purposes of this Additional Termination Event,
Party A
shall be the sole Affected Party.
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Part
2
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Tax
Representations
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(a)
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Payer
Representations
For the purpose of Section 3(e) of the Agreement, Party A will
make the
following representation and Party B will not make the following
representation:
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It
is not
required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant
governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant Jurisdiction to make any
deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax from any payment (other
than interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of the 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 the Agreement, (ii) the satisfaction of the
agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the 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 the Agreement and (iii) the satisfaction
of
the agreement of the other party contained in Section 4(d) of the Agreement,
provided
that it
shall not be a breach of this representation where reliance is placed on
clause
(ii) and the other party does not deliver a form or document under Section
4(a)(iii) of the Agreement by reason of material prejudice to its legal or
commercial position.
(b)
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Payee
Representations
For the purpose of Section 3(f) of the Agreement:
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(i)
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Party
A represents that:
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(A)
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Party
A is a tax resident of the United
Kingdom;
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(B)
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Party
A is a “foreign person” within the meaning of the applicable U.S. Treasury
Regulations concerning information reporting and backup withholding
tax
(as in effect on January 1, 2001), unless Party A provides written
notice
to Party B that it is no longer a foreign person;
and
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(C)
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Party
A enters into this Transaction through a discretionary agent in
the United
States, and this Transaction is therefore, for United States federal
income tax purposes, allocated to such United States trade or business,
each payment received or to be received by Party A under this Transaction
(or portion thereof, if applicable) will be effectively connected
with its
conduct of a trade or business in the United
States.
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(ii)
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Party
B represents that it is a Delaware statutory trust.
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(c)
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Definition
of “Indemnifiable Tax”
Notwithstanding the definition of “Indemnifiable Tax” in Section 14 of the
Agreement, in relation to payments by Party A, any Tax shall be
an
Indemnifiable Tax and, in relation to payments by Party B, no Tax
shall be
an Indemnifiable Tax.
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(d)
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No
gross-up by Party B
Section 2(d)(i)(4) shall not apply to Party B as X, and Section
2(d)(ii)
shall not apply to Party B as Y.
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Part
3
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Agreement
to Deliver Documents
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For
the
purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of the Agreement, Party A and Party
B agree
to deliver the following documents, as applicable:
(a)
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Tax
forms, documents or certificates to be delivered
are:
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Party
Required to Deliver Document
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Form/Document/Certificate
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Date
by Which to be Delivered
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Party
A
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W-8ECI
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Upon
the execution and delivery of this Confirmation and every 3 years
thereafter upon reasonable request by Party B.
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Party
B
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Any
form or document required or reasonably requested to allow the
other party
to make payments under the Agreement without any deduction or withholding
for or on account of any Tax, or with such deduction or withholding
at a
reduced rate.
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(i)
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Confirmation,
and
(ii) anytime when the document last delivered is incorrect or
out-of-date.
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(b)
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Other
documents to be delivered and covered by the Section 3(d) representation
are:
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Party
required to deliver
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Form/Document/or
Certificate
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Date
by which to be delivered
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Covered
by Section 3(d) representation
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Party
A and Party B
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Incumbency
Certificate (or, if available the current authorized signature
book or
equivalent authorizing documentation) specifying the names, titles,
authority and specimen signatures of the persons authorized to
execute the
Confirmation which sets forth the specimen signatures of each signatory
to
the Confirmation signing on its behalf.
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Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Confirmation unless previously
delivered and still in full force and effect.
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Yes
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Party
B
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The
Agency Agreement between Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and the
Royal
Bank of Scotland plc dated as of December 8, 2000, as
amended.
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Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of the Confirmation.
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No
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Party
A
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Legal
opinion(s) with respect to such party relating to the enforceability
of
the party’s obligations under this Agreement.
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Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of the Confirmation.
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No
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Part
4
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Miscellaneous
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(a)
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Addresses
for Notices
For the purposes of Section 12(a) of the
Agreement:
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(i)
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Notices
or communications shall, with respect to a particular Transaction,
be sent
to the address, telex number or facsimile number reflected in the
Confirmation of that Transaction. In addition (or in the event
the
Confirmation for a Transaction does not provide relevant
Addresses/information for notice), with respect to notices provided
pursuant to Section 5 and 6 of this Agreement, notice shall be
provided
to:
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Address
for notices or communications to Party A:
The
Royal
Bank of Scotland plc, Financial Markets
Attention:
Caps Administration
7
000
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
Tel.:
000
0000 0000
Fax.:
000
0000 0000
With
a
copy to:
Address: Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Legal
Department - Derivatives Documentation
Phone
No.: 000-000-0000/6467
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000/4247
Address
for notices or communications to Party B:
Address:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
X.X.
Xxx
00
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx
2007-1
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
(b)
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Notice
by Facsimile Transmission Section
12(a) of the Agreement is amended by adding in the third line thereof
after the phrase “messaging system” and before the “)” the words “;
provided,
however,
any such notice or other communication may be given by facsimile
transmission (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)”.
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Section
12(a)(ii) of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety.
(c)
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Process
Agent
For the purpose of Section 13(c) of the
Agreement:
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Party
A
appoints as its Process Agent: none.
Party
B
appoints as its Process Agent: none.
(d)
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Offices
With respect to Party A, the provisions of Section 10(a) of the
Agreement
will apply.
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(e)
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Multibranch
Party
For the purpose of Section 10(c) of the
Agreement:
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Party
A
is a Multibranch Party.
Party
B
is not a Multibranch Party.
(f)
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Calculation
Agent
The Calculation Agent is Party A; provided, however, that if an
Event of
Default occurs with respect to Party A, then Party B shall be entitled
to
appoint a financial institution which would qualify as a Reference
Market-maker to act as Calculation
Agent.
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(g)
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Credit
Support Document
Details of any Credit Support Document: In the case of Party A
and Party
B, the ISDA Credit Support Annex (New York law), dated as of the
date
hereof, between Party A and Party B, and such other collateralization
agreement or collateralization credit support arrangement provided
for
under the terms of any Confirmation and Transaction evidenced thereby,
together with any document or agreement that by its terms secures
or
collateralizes the parties’ obligations under a Transaction heretofore or
hereafter entered into between the
parties.
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(h)
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Credit
Support Provider
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Credit
Support Provider means in relation to Party A: none.
Credit
Support Provider means in relation to Party B: none.
(i)
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(j)
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Netting
of Payments
Subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) of the Agreement will apply to
the
Transaction evidenced by the
Confirmation.
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(k)
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Affiliates
Party B shall be deemed to not have any Affiliates for purposes
of this
Transaction.
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Part
5
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Other
Provisions
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(a)
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Additional
Representation
Section 3(a) of the Agreement shall be amended to include the following
additional representations after paragraph
3(a)(v):
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(vi) |
Principal
It
is acting as principal and not as agent when entering into the
Transaction.
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(vii) | Non-Reliance It is acting for its own account and it has made its own independent decisions to enter into the Transaction and as to whether the Transaction is appropriate or proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such advisors 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 the Transaction; it being understood that information and explanations related to the terms and conditions of the Transaction shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to enter into the 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 the Transaction. |
(viii) | Evaluation and Understanding It is capable of evaluating and understanding (on its own behalf or through independent professional advice), and understands and accepts, the terms, conditions and risks of the Agreement and the Transaction. It is also capable of assuming, and assumes, the financial and other risks of the Agreement and the Transaction. |
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(ix)
|
Status
of Parties
The other party is not acting as an agent, fiduciary or advisor
for it in
respect of the Transaction.
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(x) | Eligible Contract Participant, etc. It is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1a(12) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a), as amended by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and the Transaction evidenced hereby has been the subject of individual negotiations and is intended to be exempt from, or otherwise not subject to regulation thereunder. |
(b)
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Waiver
of Right to Trial by Jury
EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL
BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
TRANSACTION.
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(c)
|
Absence
of Litigation
In
Section 3(c) of the Agreement the words “or any of its Affiliates” shall
be deleted.
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(d)
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Fully-paid
Party Protected Notwithstanding
the terms of Sections 5 and 6 of the Agreement, if at any time
and so long
as Party B has satisfied its payment obligations under Section
2(a)(i) of
the Agreement, then unless Party A is required pursuant to appropriate
proceedings to return to Party B or otherwise returns to Party
B upon
demand of Party B any portion of such payment, (a) the occurrence
of an
event described in Section 5(a) of the Agreement with respect to
Party B
shall not constitute an Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default
with respect to Party B as the Defaulting Party and (b) Party A
shall be
entitled to designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section
6 of
the Agreement only as a result of a Termination Event set forth
in either
Section 5(b)(i) or Section 5(b)(ii) of the Agreement with respect
to Party
A as the Affected Party. For purposes of the Transaction to which
this
Confirmation relates, Party B’s only obligation under Section 2(a)(i) of
the Agreement is to pay the Fixed Amount on the Fixed Rate Payer
Payment
Date.
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(e)
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Limitation
of Liability It
is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a)
this
letter agreement is executed and delivered by the Securities
Administrator, not individually or personally but solely as the
Securities
Administrator under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of February
1, 2007, by and among Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1,
as
Issuer, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Home Loans, Inc., as Initial Seller
and
Sponsor, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Funding Inc., as Seller, Structured
Asset
Securities Corporation, as Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as
Master
Servicer and Securities Administrator, and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as Indenture Trustee (the “Sale
and Servicing Agreement”),
in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested
in it,
(b) the representations, undertakings and agreements herein are
made on
the part of Party B are made and intended not as personal representations,
undertakings and agreements by the Securities Administrator but
are made
and intended for the purpose of binding only Party B, (c) nothing
herein
contained shall be construed as creating any personal or individual
liability on the Securities Administrator to perform any covenant
either
expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any,
being
expressly waived by the parties who are signatories to this letter
agreement and by any person claiming by, through or under such
parties,
and (d) under no circumstances shall the Securities Administrator
be
personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses
of Party
B or be personally liable for the breach or failure of any obligation,
representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by Party
B under
this letter agreement.
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(f)
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Proceedings
Party A shall not institute against or cause any other person to
institute
against, or join any other person in instituting against Party
B any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy,
dissolution or similar law, for a period of one year and one day
following
indefeasible payment in full of the Notes, provided
that nothing herein shall preclude, or be deemed to estop Party
A from
taking any action in any case or proceeding voluntarily filed or
commenced
by or on behalf of Party B or in any involuntary case or proceeding
after
it has been commenced by a party other than Party A or one of its
Affiliates. This provision will survive the termination of this
Agreement.
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(g)
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Recording
of Conversations
Each party to this Transaction acknowledges and agrees to the tape
(and/or
other electronic) recording of conversations between the parties
to this
Transaction whether by one or other or both of the parties or their
agents.
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(h)
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No
Set-off
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other existing
or
future agreement, each party irrevocably waives any and all rights
it may
have to set-off, net recoup or otherwise withhold or suspend or
condition
payment or performance of any obligation between it and the other
party
hereunder against any obligation between it and the other party
under any
other agreements. The provisions for Set-off set forth in Section
6(e) of
the Agreement shall not apply for purposes of this
Transaction.
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(i)
|
Rating
Agency Downgrade
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(i)
|
For
purposes of this Part 5(g), the following definitions
apply:
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An
entity
has “Acceptable
Ratings”
if
(x)
its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is rated at least “A-1” by
S&P (or, if Party A does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated
debt rating from S&P, its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
rated at least “A+” by S&P), and (y) Party A’s long-term unsecured and
unsubordinated debt is rated at least “A3” or Party A’s short-term unsecured and
unsubordinated debt is rated at least “Prime-2” (or if Party A does not have a
short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, its long-term
unsecured and unsubordinated debt is rated at least “A3”).
“Eligible
Guarantee”
means
an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee that is provided by a guarantor
with
Acceptable Ratings as principal debtor rather than surety and is directly
enforceable by Party B, where either (A) a law firm has given a legal opinion
confirming that none of the guarantor’s payments to Party B under such guarantee
will be subject to withholding for tax or (B) such guarantee provides that,
in
the event that any of such guarantor’s payments to Party B are subject to
withholding for tax, such guarantor is required to pay such additional amount
as
is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Party B (free
and clear of any withholding tax) will equal the full amount Party B would
have
received had no such withholding been required.
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“Eligible
Replacement”
means
an entity (A) with the Acceptable Ratings or (B) whose present and future
obligations owing to Party B are guaranteed pursuant to an Eligible
Guarantee.
A
“First
Rating Trigger Event”
shall
occur with respect to Party A (or any applicable credit support provider),
if
(x) its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt ceases to be rated at
least
“A-1” by S&P (or, if Party A does not have a short-term unsecured and
unsubordinated debt rating from S&P, its long-term unsecured and
unsubordinated debt ceases to be rated at least “A+” by S&P), or (y)(a) its
long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt ceases to be rated at least “A2” by
Moody’s or its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt cease to be rated at
least “Prime-1” by Moody’s, or (b) if Party A does not have a short-term
unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, its long-term unsecured
and unsubordinated debt ceases to be rated at least “A1” by
Xxxxx’x.
“Rating
Agency Condition”
means,
with respect to any particular proposed act or omission to act hereunder,
that
the party acting or failing to act must consult with each of the Rating Agencies
then providing a rating of the Notes and receive from each such Rating Agency
a
prior written confirmation that the proposed action or inaction would not
cause
a downgrade or withdrawal of the then-current rating of the Notes.
A
“Second
Rating Trigger Event”
shall
occur with respect to Party A (or any applicable credit support provider),
if
(A) Party A’s long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt ceases to be rated at
least “BBB-” or Party A’s short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt ceases to
be rated at least “A-3” or is withdrawn by S&P or (B) Party A’s long-term
unsecured and unsubordinated debt ceases to be rated at least “A3” or Party A’s
short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt ceases to be rated at least
“Prime-2” (or if Party A does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated
debt rating from Moody’s, its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt ceases
to be rated at least “A3”).
(ii)
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If
a First Rating Trigger Event occurs with respect to Party A (or
any
applicable Credit Support Provider), then (unless, within 30 days
of such
First Rating Trigger Event, each of Standard and Poor’s, a Division of
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. (“S&P”)
and Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”)
(each a “Rating
Agency”)
has reconfirmed its rating of the Notes which was in effect immediately
prior to such First Rating Trigger Event) Party A shall, within
(30) days
of such First Rating Trigger Event, at its own expense, (A) obtain
an
Eligible Guarantee in respect of all of Party A’s present and future
obligations under this Agreement, subject to the Rating Agency
Condition
with respect to S&P only (B) transfer all or substantially all of its
rights and obligations with respect to this Agreement to an Eligible
Replacement (provided that Party B shall determine in its sole
discretion,
acting in a commercially reasonable manner, whether or not a transfer
relates to all or substantially all of Party A’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement), subject to the Rating Agency Condition with
respect
to S&P only or (C) post collateral in accordance with the Credit
Support Annex to this Agreement, subject to the Rating Agency Condition
in
respect of S&P only.
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(iii)
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If
a Second Rating Trigger Event occurs with respect to Party A (or
any
applicable Credit Support Provider), then, within 10 Business Days
of such
Second Rating Trigger Event with respect to S&P, Party A will at its
own cost use commercially reasonable efforts to, as soon as reasonably
practicable, either (A) obtain an Eligible Guarantee in respect
of all of
Party A’s present and future obligations under this Agreement, subject
to
the Rating Agency Condition with respect to S&P only, or (B) transfer
all or substantially all of its rights and obligations with respect
to
this Agreement to an Eligible Replacement (provided that Party
B shall
determine in its sole discretion, acting in a commercially reasonable
manner, whether or not a transfer relates to all or substantially
all of
Party A’s rights and obligations under this Agreement), subject to the
Rating Agency Condition with respect to S&P
only.
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(j)
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Compliance
with Regulation AB
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(i)
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Party
A acknowledges that for so long as there are reporting obligations
with
respect to this Transaction under the 1934 Act, the Depositor is
required
under Regulation AB under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the
1934 Act (“Regulation
AB”),
to disclose certain information set forth in Regulation AB regarding
Party
A or its group of affiliated entities, if applicable, depending
on the
aggregate “significance percentage” of this Agreement (as such term is
used in Regulation AB) and any other derivative contracts between
Party A
or its group of affiliated entities, if applicable, and Party B,
as
calculated from time to time in accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation
AB.
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(ii)
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Subject
to the provisions of clause (iii) below, and so long as there are
reporting obligations with respect to this Transaction under the
1934 Act,
if the Depositor determines, reasonably and in good faith, in its
sole
discretion, that the significance percentage of this Agreement
has
increased to 8 percent, then the Depositor may request on such
date of
determination from Party A the same information set forth in Item
1115(b)
of Regulation AB that would have been required if the significance
percentage had in fact increased to 10 percent (such request, a
“Cap Disclosure
Request”
and such requested information, subject to the last sentence of
this
paragraph, is the “Cap
Financial Disclosure”).
Party B or the Depositor shall provide Party A with the calculations
and
any other information reasonably requested by Party A with respect
to the
Depositor’s determination that led to the Cap Disclosure Request, provided
that such determination of the significance percentage shall be
in the
Depositor’s sole discretion, exercised reasonably and in good faith. The
parties hereto further agree that the Cap Financial Disclosure
provided to
meet a Cap Disclosure Request under this subsection (b) may be,
solely at
Party A’s option, either the information set forth in Item 1115(b)(1) or
Item 1115(b)(2) of Regulation AB.
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(iii)
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So
long as there are reporting obligations with respect to this Transaction
under the 1934 Act, if the Depositor determines, reasonably and
in good
faith, in its sole discretion, that the significance percentage
of this
Agreement has increased to 18.5 percent, then the Depositor may
make a Cap
Disclosure Request to Party A on such date of determination for
Cap
Financial Disclosure that would have been required if the significance
percentage had in fact increased to 20 percent (and, accordingly,
consists
of the information set forth in Item 1115(b)(2) of Regulation AB).
Party B
or the Depositor shall provide Party A with the calculations and
any other
information reasonably requested by Party A with respect to the
Depositor’s determination that led to the Cap Disclosure Request, provided
that such determination of the significance percentage shall be
in the
Depositor’s sole discretion, exercised reasonably and in good faith.
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(iv)
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Upon
the occurrence of a Cap Disclosure Request, Party A, at its own
expense,
shall (A) provide the Depositor with the Cap Financial Disclosure,
(B)
subject to a Rating Agency Condition, secure another entity to
replace
Party A as party to this Agreement on terms substantially similar
to this
Agreement which entity is able to provide the Cap Financial Disclosure
or
(C) subject to Rating Agency Condition, obtain a guaranty of Party
A’s
obligations under this Agreement from an affiliate of Party A that
is able
to provide the Depositor with the Cap Financial Disclosure, such
that
disclosure provided in respect of the affiliate will satisfy any
disclosure requirements applicable to Party A, and cause such affiliate
to
provide Cap Financial Disclosure. For purposes of clause (B) above,
the
parties agree that National Westminster Bank Plc (“NatWest”)
shall be an acceptable replacement for Party A, so long as NatWest
satisfies the conditions specified in such clause (B). If permitted
by
Regulation AB, any required Cap Financial Disclosure may be provided
by
incorporation by reference from reports filed pursuant to the 1934
Act.
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(v)
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The
parties agree that the Depositor and Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Home Loans,
Inc.
in its capacity as sponsor, are third-party beneficiaries to Party
A’s
undertakings under this paragraph (k).
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(k)
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Optional
Securities Purchase Right
The parties hereto hereby agree that, for the avoidance of doubt,
the mere
exercise by Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage, Inc. of its Optional Notes Purchase
Right
under Article VI of the Sale and Servicing Agreement to acquire
all of the
Notes shall not affect the operation of this Transaction so long
as the
Notes continue to be outstanding.
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(l)
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Transfers
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(i)
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Section
7 is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
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“Subject
to Section 6(b)(ii) and Part 1(l), neither Party A nor Party B is permitted
to
assign, novate or transfer (whether by way of security or otherwise) as a
whole
or in part any of its rights, obligations or interests under the Agreement
or
any Transaction without (a) the prior written consent of the other party
and (b)
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to S&P.”
(ii)
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If
an Eligible Replacement has made a Firm Offer (which remains an
offer that
will become legally binding upon acceptance by Party B) to be the
transferee pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, Party B shall, at
Party A’s
written request and at Party A’s expense, take any reasonable steps
required to be taken by Party B to effect such
transfer.
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“Permitted
Transfer”
means
a
transfer by novation by Party A to a transferee (the “Transferee”)
of
all, but not less than all, of Party A’s rights, liabilities, duties and
obligations under this Agreement, with respect to which transfer each of
the
following conditions is satisfied: (a) the Transferee is an Eligible Replacement
that is a recognized dealer in interest rate caps organized under the laws
of
the United States of America or a jurisdiction located in the United States
of
America (or another jurisdiction reasonably acceptable to Party B), (b) as
of
the date of such transfer neither Party B nor the Transferee would be required
to withhold or deduct on account of Tax from any payments under this Agreement
or would be required to gross up for such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) or
would
be required to make a reimbursement or liability payment under Section 2(d)(ii),
(c) an Event of Default or Termination Event would not occur as a result
of such
transfer, (d) Party B has consented in writing to the transfer, such consent
not
to be unreasonably withheld, (e) pursuant to a written instrument (the
“Transfer
Agreement”),
the
Transferee acquires and assumes all rights and obligations of Party A under
the
Agreement and the relevant Transaction, (f) Party B shall have determined,
in
its sole discretion, acting in a commercially reasonable manner, that such
Transfer Agreement is effective to transfer to the Transferee all, but not
less
than all, of Party A’s rights and obligations under the Agreement and all
relevant Transactions; (g) Party A will be responsible for any costs or expenses
incurred in connection with such transfer (including any replacement cost
of
entering into a replacement transaction); (h) either (A) Moody’s has been given
prior written notice of such transfer and the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied with respect to S&P or (B) each Rating Agency has been given prior
written notice of such transfer and such transfer is in connection with the
assignment and assumption of this Agreement without modification of its terms,
other than party names, dates relevant to the effective date of such transfer,
tax representations (provided that the representations in Part 2(a)(i) are
not
modified) and any other representations regarding the status of the substitute
counterparty, notice information and account details; and (i) such transfer
otherwise complies with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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(m)
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Amendment
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement,
no
amendment of either this Agreement or any Transaction under this
Agreement
shall be permitted by either party unless each of the Rating Agencies
has
been provided prior written notice of the same and S&P confirms in
writing (including by facsimile transmission) that it will not
downgrade,
withdraw or otherwise modify its then-current ratings of the
Notes.
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(n)
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Severability
If
any term, provision, covenant, or condition of the Agreement, or
the
application thereof to any other party or circumstance, shall be
held
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 the Agreement has been
executed
with the invalid or unenforceable provision portion eliminated,
so long as
the Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material
change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject
matter of
the Agreement and the deletion of such portion of the Agreement
will not
substantially impair the respective benefits or expectations of
the
parties. The parties shall endeavor to engage in good faith negotiations
to replace any invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant
or
conditions with a valid or enforceable term, provision, covenant
or
condition, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible
to that
of the invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
condition.
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(o)
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Counterparts
This Schedule may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall
be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute
one and
the same instrument.
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(p)
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USA
PATRIOT Act Notice
Party A hereby notifies Party B that pursuant to the requirements
of the
USA PATRIOT ACT (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October
26,
2001)) (the “Act”),
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
Party B, which information includes the name and address of Party
B and
other information that will allow Party A to identify Party B in
accordance with the Act.
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(q)
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Agency
Role of Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
In
connection with this Agreement, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
has acted
as agent on behalf of Party A. Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
has not
guaranteed and is not otherwise responsible for the obligations
of Party A
under this Agreement.
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[Signature
Page Immediately Follows]
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In
Witness Whereof,
Party A
and Party B have caused this Schedule to be duly executed as its act and
deed as
of the date first written above.
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By:
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.,
As
Its Agent
By
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., not individually but solely as
Securities
Administrator under the Sale and Servicing Agreement on behalf of
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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ISDA®
International
Swaps and Derivative Association, Inc.
CREDIT
SUPPORT ANNEX
to
the
Schedule to the
dated
February 27, 2007 between
The
Royal
Bank of Scotland plc
and
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., not individually but solely as securities administrator (the
“Securities Administrator”) under the Sale and Servicing Agreement on behalf of
XXXXXXXXX MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1.
between
(“PARTY
A”)
and
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., not individually but solely as securities administrator (the
“Securities Administrator”) under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement on behalf of XXXXXXXXX MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST
2007-1
(“PARTY
B”)
This
Annex
supplements, forms part of, and is subject to, the above-referenced Agreement,
is part of its Schedule and is a Credit Support Document under this Agreement
with respect to each party.
Accordingly,
the parties agree as follows:
Paragraph
1 Interpretation
(a)
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Definitions
and Inconsistency Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein or elsewhere in this Agreement
have the
meanings specified pursuant to Paragraph 12, and all references in
this
Annex to Paragraphs are to Paragraphs of this Annex. In the event
of any
inconsistency between this Annex and the other provisions of this
Schedule, this Annex will prevail, and in the event of any inconsistency
between Paragraph 13 and the other provisions of this Annex, Paragraph
13
will prevail.
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(b)
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Secured
Party and Pledgor All
references in this Annex to the “Secured Party” will be to either party
when acting in that capacity and all corresponding references to
the
“Pledgor” will be to the other party when acting in that capacity;
provided,
however,
that if Other Posted Support is held by a party to this Annex, all
references herein to that party as the Secured Party with respect
to that
Other Posted Support will be to that party as the beneficiary thereof
and
will not subject that support or that party as the beneficiary thereof
to
provisions of law generally relating to security interests and secured
parties.
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Paragraph
2 Security
Interest
Each
party, as the Pledgor, hereby pledges to the other party, as the Secured Party,
as security for its Obligations, and grants to the Secured Party a first
priority continuing security interest in, lien on and right of Set-off against
all Posted Collateral Transferred to or received by the Secured Party hereunder.
Upon the Transfer by the Secured Party to the Pledgor of Posted Collateral,
the
security interest and lien granted hereunder on that Posted Collateral will
be
released immediately and, to the extent possible, without any further action
by
either party.
Paragraph
3 Credit
Support Obligations
(a)
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Delivery
Amount Subject
to Paragraphs 4 and 5, upon a demand made by the Secured Party on
or
promptly following a Valuation Date, if the Delivery Amount for that
Valuation Date equals or exceeds the Pledgor’s Minimum Transfer Amount,
then the Pledgor will Transfer to the Secured Party Eligible Credit
Support having a Value as of the date of Transfer at least equal
to the
applicable Delivery Amount (rounded pursuant to Paragraph 13). Unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, the “Delivery
Amount”
applicable to the Pledgor for any Valuation Date will equal the amount
by
which:
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(i)
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the
Credit Support Amount
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exceeds
(ii)
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the
Value as of that Valuation Date of all Posted Credit Support held
by the
Secured Party.
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(b)
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Return
Amount Subject
to Paragraphs 4 and 5, upon a demand made by the Pledgor on or promptly
following a Valuation Date, if the Return Amount for that Valuation
Date
equals or exceeds the Secured Party’s Minimum Transfer Amount, then the
Secured Party will Transfer to the Pledgor Posted Credit Support
specified
by the Pledgor in that demand having a Value as of the date of Transfer
as
close as practicable to the applicable Return Amount (rounded pursuant
to
Paragraph 13). Unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, the
“Return
Amount”
applicable to the Secured Party for any Valuation Date will equal
the
amount by which:
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(i)
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the
Value as of that Valuation Date of all Posted Credit Support held
by the
Secured Party
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exceeds
(ii)
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the
Credit Support Amount.
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“Credit
Support Amount”
means,
unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, for any Valuation Date (i) the
Secured Party’s Exposure for that Valuation Date plus (ii) the aggregate of all
Independent Amounts applicable to the Pledgor, if any, minus (iii) all
Independent Amounts applicable to the Secured Party, if any, minus (iv) the
Pledgor’s Threshold; provided,
however,
that
the Credit Support Amount will be deemed to be zero whenever the calculation
of
Credit Support Amount yields a number less than zero.
Paragraph
4 Conditions
Precedent, Transfer Timing, Calculations and Substitutions
(a)
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Conditions
Precedent Each
Transfer obligation of the Pledgor under Paragraphs 3 and 5 and of
the
Secured Party under Paragraphs 3, 4(d)(ii), 5 and 6(d) is subject
to the
conditions precedent that:
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(i)
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no
Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Specified Condition
has
occurred and is continuing with respect to the other party;
and
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(ii)
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no
Early Termination Date for which any unsatisfied payment obligations
exist
has occurred or been designated as the result of an Event of Default
or
Specified Condition with respect to the other
party.
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(b)
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Transfer
Timing Subject
to Paragraphs 4(a) and 5 and unless otherwise specified, if a demand
for
the Transfer of Eligible Credit Support or Posted Credit Support
is made
by the Notification Time, then the relevant Transfer will be made
not
later than the close of business on the next Local Business Day;
if a
demand is made after the Notification Time, then the relevant Transfer
will be made not later than the close of business on the second Local
Business Day thereafter.
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(c)
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Calculations All
calculations of Value and Exposure for purposes of Paragraphs 3 and
6(d)
will be made by the Valuation Agent as of the Valuation Time. The
Valuation Agent will notify each party (or the other party, if the
Valuation Agent is a party) of its calculations not later than the
Notification Time on the Local Business Day following the applicable
Valuation Date (or in the case of Paragraph 6(d), following the date
of
calculation).
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(d)
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Substitutions
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(i)
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Unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, upon notice to the Secured Party
specifying the items of Posted Credit Support to be exchanged, the
Pledgor
may, on any Local Business Day, Transfer to the Secured Party substitute
Eligible Credit Support (the “Substitute
Credit Support”);
and
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(ii)
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subject
to Paragraph 4(a), the Secured Party will Transfer to the Pledgor
the
items of Posted Credit Support specified by the Pledgor in its notice
not
later than the Local Business Day following the date on which the
Secured
Party receives the Substitute Credit Support, unless otherwise specified
in Paragraph 13 (the “Substitution
Date”);
provided
that the Secured Party will only be obligated to Transfer Posted
Credit
Support with a Value as of the date of Transfer of that Posted Credit
Support equal to the Value as of that date of the Substitute Credit
Support.
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Paragraph
5 Dispute
Resolution
If
a
party (a “Disputing
Party”)
disputes (I) the Valuation Agent’s calculation of a Delivery Amount or a Return
Amount or (II) the Value of any Transfer of Eligible Credit Support or Posted
Credit Support, then (1) the Disputing Party will notify the other party and
the
Valuation Agent (if the Valuation Agent is not the other party) not later than
the close of business on the Local Business Day following (X) the date that
the
demand is made under Paragraph 3 in the case of (I) above or (Y) the date of
Transfer in the case of (II) above, (2) subject to Paragraph 4(a), the
appropriate party will Transfer the undisputed amount to the other party not
later than the close of business on the Local Business Day following (X) the
date that the demand is made under Paragraph 3 in the case of (I) above or
(Y)
the date of Transfer in the case of (II) above, (3) the parties will consult
with each other in an attempt to resolve the dispute and (4) if they fail to
resolve the dispute by the Resolution Time, then:
(i)
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In
the case of a dispute involving a Delivery Amount or Return Amount,
unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, the Valuation Agent will recalculate
the Exposure and the Value as of the Recalculation Date
by:
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(A)
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utilizing
any calculations of Exposure for the Transactions (or Swap Transactions)
that the parties have agreed are not in
dispute;
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(B)
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calculating
the Exposure for the Transactions (or Swap Transactions) in dispute
by
seeking four actual quotations at mid-market from Reference Market-makers
for purposes of calculating Market Quotation, and taking the arithmetic
average of those obtained; provided
that if four quotations are not available for a particular Transaction
(or
Swap Transaction), then fewer than four quotations may be used for
that
Transaction (or Swap Transaction); and if no quotations are available
for
a particular Transaction (or Swap Transaction), then the Valuation
Agent’s
original calculations will be used for that Transaction (or Swap
Transaction); and
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(C)
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utilizing
the procedures specified in Paragraph 13 for calculating the Value,
if
disputed, of Posted Credit Support.
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(ii)
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In
the case of a dispute involving the Value of any Transfer of Eligible
Credit Support or Posted Credit Support, the Valuation Agent will
recalculate the Value as of the date of Transfer pursuant to Paragraph
13.
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Following
a recalculation pursuant to this Paragraph, the Valuation Agent will notify
each
party (or the other party, if the Valuation Agent is a party) not later than
the
Notification Time on the Local Business Day following the Resolution Time.
The
appropriate party will, upon demand following that notice by the Valuation
Agent
or a resolution pursuant to (3) above and subject to Paragraphs 4(a) and 4(b),
make the appropriate Transfer.
Paragraph
6 Holding
and Using Posted Collateral
(a)
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Care
of Posted Collateral Without
limiting the Secured Party’s rights under Paragraph 6(c), the Secured
Party will exercise reasonable care to assure the safe custody of
all
Posted Collateral to the extent required by applicable law, and in
any
event the Secured Party will be deemed to have exercised reasonable
care
if it exercises at least the same degree of care as it would exercise
with
respect to its own property. Except as specified in the preceding
sentence, the Secured Party will have no duty with respect to Posted
Collateral, including, without limitation, any duty to collect any
Distributions, or enforce or preserve any rights pertaining
thereto.
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(b)
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Eligibility
to Hold Posted Collateral;
Custodians
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(i)
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General Subject
to the satisfaction of any conditions specified in Paragraph 13 for
holding Posted Collateral, the Secured Party will be entitled to
hold
Posted Collateral or to appoint an agent (a “Custodian”)
to hold Posted Collateral for the Secured Party. Upon notice by the
Secured Party to the Pledgor of the appointment of a Custodian, the
Pledgor’s obligations to make any Transfer will be discharged by making
the Transfer to that Custodian. The holding of Posted Collateral
by a
Custodian will be deemed to be the holding of that Posted Collateral
by
the Secured Party for which the Custodian is
acting.
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(ii)
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Failure
to Satisfy Conditions If
the Secured Party or its Custodian fails to satisfy any conditions
for
holding Posted Collateral, then upon a demand made by the Pledgor,
the
Secured Party will, not later than five Local Business Days after
the
demand, Transfer or cause its Custodian to Transfer all Posted Collateral
held by it to a Custodian that satisfies those conditions or to the
Secured Party if it satisfies those
conditions.
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(iii)
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Liability The
Secured Party will be liable for the acts or omissions of its Custodian
to
the same extent that the Secured Party would be liable hereunder
for its
own acts or omissions.
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(c)
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Use
of Posted Collateral Unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13 and without limiting the rights
and
obligations of the parties under Paragraphs 3, 4(d)(ii), 5, 6(d)
and 8, if
the Secured Party is not a Defaulting Party or an Affected Party
with
respect to a Specified Condition and no Early Termination Date has
occurred or been designated as the result of an Event of Default
or
Specified Condition with respect to the Secured Party, then the Secured
Party will, notwithstanding Section 9-207 of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code, have the right to:
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(i)
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sell,
pledge, rehypothecate, assign, invest, use, commingle or otherwise
dispose
of, or otherwise use in its business any Posted Collateral it holds,
free
from any claim or right of any nature whatsoever of the Pledgor,
including
any equity or right of redemption by the Pledgor;
and
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(ii)
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register
any Posted Collateral in the name of the Secured Party, its Custodian
or a
nominee for either.
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For
purposes of the obligation to Transfer Eligible Credit Support or Posted Credit
Support pursuant to Paragraphs 3 and 5 and any rights or remedies authorized
under this Agreement, the Secured Party will be deemed to continue to hold
all
Posted Collateral and to receive Distributions made thereon, regardless of
whether the Secured Party has exercised any rights with respect to any Posted
Collateral pursuant to (i) or (ii) above.
(d)
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Distributions
and Interest Amount
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(i)
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Distributions Subject
to Paragraph 4(a), if the Secured Party receives or is deemed to
receive
Distributions on a Local Business Day, it will Transfer to the Pledgor
not
later than the following Local Business Day any Distributions it
receives
or is deemed to receive to the extent that a Delivery Amount would
not be
created or increased by that Transfer, as calculated by the Valuation
Agent (and the date of calculation will be deemed to be a Valuation
Date
for this purpose).
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(ii)
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Interest
Amount Unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13 and subject to Paragraph 4(a),
in lieu
of any interest, dividends or other amounts paid or deemed to have
been
paid with respect to Posted Collateral in the form of Cash (all of
which
may be retained by the Secured Party), the Secured Party will Transfer
to
the Pledgor at the times specified in Paragraph 13 the Interest Amount
to
the extent that a Delivery Amount would not be created or increased
by
that Transfer, as calculated by the Valuation Agent (and the date
of
calculation will be deemed to be a Valuation Date for this purpose).
The
Interest Amount or portion thereof not Transferred pursuant to this
Paragraph will constitute Posted Collateral in the form of Cash and
will
be subject to the security interest granted under Paragraph
2.
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Paragraph
7 Events
of Default
For
purposes of Section 5(a)(iii)(1) of this Agreement, an Event of Default will
exist with respect to a party if:
(i)
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that
party fails (or fails to cause its Custodian) to make, when due,
any
Transfer of Eligible Collateral, Posted Collateral or the Interest
Amount,
as applicable, required to be made by it and that failure continues
for
two Local Business Days after notice of that failure is given to
that
party;
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(ii)
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that
party fails to comply with any restriction or prohibition specified
in
this Annex with respect to any of the rights specified in Paragraph
6(c)
and that failure continues for five Local Business Days after notice
of
that failure is given to that party;
or
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(iii)
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that
party fails to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation
other
than those specified in Paragraphs 7(i) and 7(ii) and that failure
continues for 30 days after notice of that failure is given to that
party.
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Paragraph
8 Certain
Rights and Remedies
(a)
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Secured
Party’s Rights and Remedies If
at any time (1) an Event of Default or Specified Condition with respect
to
the Pledgor has occurred and is continuing or (2) an Early Termination
Date has occurred or been designated as the result of an Event of
Default
or Specified Condition with respect to the Pledgor, then, unless
the
Pledgor has paid in full all of its Obligations that are then due,
the
Secured Party may exercise one or more of the following rights and
remedies:
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(i)
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all
rights and remedies available to a secured party under applicable
law with
respect to Posted Collateral held by the Secured
Party;
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(ii)
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any
other rights and remedies available to the Secured Party under the
terms
of Other Posted Support, if any;
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(iii)
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the
right to Set-off any amounts payable by the Pledgor with respect
to any
Obligations against any Posted Collateral or the Cash equivalent
of any
Posted Collateral held by the Secured Party (or any obligation of
the
Secured Party to Transfer that Posted Collateral);
and
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(iv)
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the
right to liquidate any Posted Collateral held by the Secured Party
through
one or more public or private sales or other dispositions with such
notice, if any, as may be required under applicable law, free from
any
claim or right of any nature whatsoever of the Pledgor, including
any
equity or right of redemption by the Pledgor (with the Secured Party
having the right to purchase any or all of the Posted Collateral
to be
sold) and to apply the proceeds (or the Cash equivalent thereof)
from the
liquidation of the Posted Collateral to any amounts payable by the
Pledgor
with respect to any Obligations in that order as the Secured Party
may
elect.
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Each
party acknowledges and agrees that Posted Collateral in the form of securities
may decline speedily in value and is of a type customarily sold on a recognized
market, and, accordingly, the Pledgor is not entitled to prior notice of any
sale of that Posted Collateral by the Secured Party, except any notice that
is
required under applicable law and cannot be waived.
(b)
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Pledgor’s
Rights and Remedies If
at any time an Early Termination Date has occurred or been designated
as
the result of an Event of Default or Specified Condition with respect
to
the Secured Party, then (except in the case of an Early Termination
Date
relating to less than all Transactions (or Swap Transactions) where
the
Secured Party has paid in full all of its obligations that are then
due
under Section 6(e) of this
Agreement):
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(i)
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the
Pledgor may exercise all rights and remedies available to a pledgor
under
applicable law with respect to Posted Collateral held by the Secured
Party;
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(ii)
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the
Pledgor may exercise any other rights and remedies available to the
Pledgor under the terms of Other Posted Support, if
any;
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(iii)
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the
Secured Party will be obligated immediately to Transfer all Posted
Collateral and the Interest Amount to the Pledgor;
and
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(iv)
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to
the extent that Posted Collateral or the Interest Amount is not so
Transferred pursuant to (iii) above, the Pledgor
may:
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(A)
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Set-off
any amounts payable by the Pledgor with respect to any Obligations
against
any Posted Collateral or the Cash equivalent of any Posted Collateral
held
by the Secured Party (or any obligation of the Secured Party to Transfer
that Posted Collateral); and
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(B)
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to
the extent that the Pledgor does not Set-off under (iv)(A) above,
withhold
payment of any remaining amounts payable by the Pledgor with respect
to
any Obligations, up to the Value of any remaining Posted Collateral
held
by the Secured Party, until that Posted Collateral is Transferred
to the
Pledgor.
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(c)
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Deficiencies
and Excess Proceeds The
Secured Party will Transfer to the Pledgor any proceeds and Posted
Credit
Support remaining after liquidation, Set-off and/or application under
Paragraphs 8(a) and 8(b) after satisfaction in full of all amounts
payable
by the Pledgor with respect to any Obligations; the Pledgor in all
events
will remain liable for any amounts remaining unpaid after any liquidation,
Set-off and/or application under Paragraphs 8(a) and
8(b).
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(d)
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Final
Returns When
no amounts are or thereafter may become payable by the Pledgor with
respect to any Obligations (except for any potential liability under
Section 2(d) of this Agreement), the Secured Party will Transfer
to the
Pledgor all Posted Credit Support and the Interest Amount, if
any.
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Paragraph
9 Representations
Each
party represents to the other party (which representations will be deemed to
be
repeated as of each date on which it, as the Pledgor, Transfers Eligible
Collateral) that:
(i)
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it
has the power to grant a security interest in and lien on any Eligible
Collateral it Transfers as the Pledgor and has taken all necessary
actions
to authorize the granting of that security interest and
lien;
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(ii)
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it
is the sole owner of or otherwise has the right to Transfer all Eligible
Collateral it Transfers to the Secured Party hereunder, free and
clear of
any security interest, lien, encumbrance or other restrictions other
than
the security interest and lien granted under Paragraph
2;
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(iii)
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upon
the Transfer of any Eligible Collateral to the Secured Party under
the
terms of this Annex, the Secured Party will have a valid and perfected
first priority security interest therein (assuming that any central
clearing corporation or any third-party financial intermediary or
other
entity not within the control of the Pledgor involved in the Transfer
of
that Eligible Collateral gives the notices and takes the action required
of it under applicable law for perfection of that interest);
and
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(iv)
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the
performance by it of its obligations under this Annex will not result
in
the creation of any security interest, lien or other encumbrance
on any
Posted Collateral other than the security interest and lien granted
under
Paragraph 2.
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Paragraph
10 Expenses
(a)
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General Except
as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 10(b) and 10(c), each party will
pay
its own costs and expenses in connection with performing its obligations
under this Annex and neither party will be liable for any costs and
expenses incurred by the other party in connection
herewith.
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(b)
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Posted
Credit Support The
Pledgor will promptly pay when due all taxes, assessments or charges
of
any nature that are imposed with respect to Posted Credit Support
held by
the Secured Party upon becoming aware of the same, regardless of
whether
any portion of that Posted Credit Support is subsequently disposed
of
under Paragraph 6(c), except for those taxes, assessments and charges
that
result from the exercise of the Secured Party’s rights under Paragraph
6(c).
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(c)
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Liquidation/Application
of Posted Credit Support All
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Secured
Party or the Pledgor in connection with the liquidation and/or application
of any Posted Credit Support under Paragraph 8 will be payable, on
demand
and pursuant to the Expenses Section of this Agreement, by the Defaulting
Party or, if there is no Defaulting Party, equally by the
parties.
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Paragraph
11 Miscellaneous
(a)
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Default
Interest A
Secured Party that fails to make, when due, any Transfer of Posted
Collateral or the Interest Amount will be obligated to pay the Pledgor
(to
the extent permitted under applicable law) an amount equal to interest
at
the Default Rate multiplied by the Value of the items of property
that
were required to be Transferred, from (and including) the date that
Posted
Collateral or Interest Amount was required to be Transferred to (but
excluding) the date of Transfer of that Posted Collateral or Interest
Amount. This interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding
and the actual number of days
elapsed.
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(b)
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Further
Assurances Promptly
following a demand made by a party, the other party will execute,
deliver,
file and record any financing statement, specific assignment or other
document and take any other action that may be necessary or desirable
and
reasonably requested by that party to create, preserve, perfect or
validate any security interest or lien granted under Paragraph 2,
to
enable that party to exercise or enforce its rights under this Annex
with
respect to Posted Credit Support or an Interest Amount or to effect
or
document a release of a security interest on Posted Collateral or
an
Interest Amount.
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(c)
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Further
Protection The
Pledgor will promptly give notice to the Secured Party of, and defend
against, any suit, action, proceeding or lien that involves Posted
Credit
Support Transferred by the Pledgor or that could adversely affect
the
security interest and lien granted by it under Paragraph 2, unless
that
suit, action, proceeding or lien results from the exercise of the
Secured
Party’s rights under Paragraph
6(c).
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(d)
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Good
Faith and Commercially Reasonable Manner Performance
of all obligations under this Annex, including, but not limited to,
all
calculations, valuations and determinations made by either party,
will be
made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable
manner.
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(e)
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Demands
and Notices All
demands and notices made by a party under this Annex will be made
as
specified in the Notices Section of this Agreement, except as otherwise
provided in Paragraph 13.
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(f)
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Specifications
of Certain Matters Anything
referred to in this Annex as being specified in Paragraph 13 also
may be
specified in one or more Confirmations or other documents and this
Annex
will be construed accordingly.
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Paragraph
12 Definitions
As
used
in this Annex:
“Cash”
means
the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Credit
Support Amount”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 3.
“Custodian”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraphs 6(b)(i) and 13.
“Delivery
Amount”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 3(a).
“Disputing
Party”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 5.
“Distributions”
means
with respect to Posted Collateral other than Cash, all principal, interest
and
other payments and distributions of cash or other property with respect thereto,
regardless of whether the Secured Party has disposed of that Posted Collateral
under Paragraph 6(c). Distributions will not include any item of property
acquired by the Secured Party upon any disposition or liquidation of Posted
Collateral or, with respect to any Posted Collateral in the form of Cash, any
distributions on that collateral, unless otherwise specified
herein.
“Eligible
Collateral”
means,
with respect to a party, the items, if any, specified as such for that party
in
Paragraph 13.
“Eligible
Credit Support”
means
Eligible Collateral and Other Eligible Support.
“Exposure”
means
for any Valuation Date or other date for which Exposure is calculated and
subject to Paragraph 5 in the case of a dispute, the amount, if any, that would
be payable to a party that is the Secured Party by the other party (expressed
as
a positive number) or by a party that is the Secured Party to the other party
(expressed as a negative number) pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii)(2)(A) of this
Agreement as if all Transactions (or Swap Transactions) were being terminated
as
of the relevant Valuation Time; provided
that
Market Quotation will be determined by the Valuation Agent using its estimates
at mid-market of the amounts that would be paid for Replacement Transactions
(as
that term is defined in the definition of “Market Quotation”).
“Independent
Amount”
means,
with respect to a party, the amount specified as such for that party in
Paragraph 13; if no amount is specified, zero.
“Interest
Amount”
means,
with respect to an Interest Period, the aggregate sum of the amounts of interest
calculated for each day in that Interest Period on the principal amount of
Posted Collateral in the form of Cash held by the Secured Party on that day,
determined by the Secured Party for each such day as follows:
(x) the
amount of that Cash on that day; multiplied by
(y) the
Interest Rate in effect for that day; divided by
(z) 360.
“Interest
Period”
means
the period from (and including) the last Local Business Day on which an Interest
Amount was Transferred (or, if no Interest Amount has yet been Transferred,
the
Local Business Day on which Posted Collateral in the form of Cash was
Transferred to or received by the Secured Party) to (but excluding) the Local
Business Day on which the current Interest Amount is to be
Transferred.
“Interest
Rate”
means
the rate specified in Paragraph 13.
“Local
Business Day”,
unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, has the meaning specified in the
Definitions Section of this Agreement, except that references to a payment
in
clause (b) thereof will be deemed to include a Transfer under this
Annex.
“Minimum
Transfer Amount”
means,
with respect to a party, the amount specified as such for that party in
Paragraph 13; if no amount is specified, zero.
“Notification
Time”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 13.
“Obligations”
means,
with respect to a party, all present and future obligations of that party under
this Agreement and any additional obligations specified for that party in
Paragraph 13.
“Other
Eligible Support”
means,
with respect to a party, the items, if any, specified as such for that party
in
Paragraph 13.
“Other
Posted Support”
means
all Other Eligible Support Transferred to the Secured Party that remains in
effect for the benefit of that Secured Party.
“Pledgor”
means
either party, when that party (i) receives a demand for or is required to
Transfer Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a) or (ii) has Transferred
Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a).
“Posted
Collateral”
means
all Eligible Collateral, other property, Distributions, and all proceeds thereof
that have been Transferred to or received by the Secured Party under this Annex
and not Transferred to the Pledgor pursuant to Paragraph 3(b), 4(d)(ii) or
6(d)(i) or released by the Secured Party under Paragraph 8. Any Interest Amount
or portion thereof not Transferred pursuant to Paragraph 6(d)(ii) will
constitute Posted Collateral in the form of Cash.
“Posted
Credit Support”
means
Posted Collateral and Other Posted Support.
“Recalculation
Date”
means
the Valuation Date that gives rise to the dispute under Paragraph 5;
provided,
however,
that if
a subsequent Valuation Date occurs under Paragraph 3 prior to the resolution
of
the dispute, then the “Recalculation Date” means the most recent Valuation Date
under Paragraph 3.
“Resolution
Time”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 13.
“Return
Amount”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b).
“Secured
Party”
means
either party, when that party (i) makes a demand for or is entitled to receive
Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a) or (ii) holds or is deemed to
hold
Posted Credit Support.
“Specified
Condition”
means,
with respect to a party, any event specified as such for that party in Paragraph
13.
“Substitute
Credit Support”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 4(d)(i).
“Substitution
Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 4(d)(ii).
“Threshold”
means,
with respect to a party, the amount specified as such for that party in
Paragraph 13; if no amount is specified, zero.
“Transfer”
means,
with respect to any Eligible Credit Support, Posted Credit Support or Interest
Amount, and in accordance with the instructions of the Secured Party, Pledgor
or
Custodian, as applicable:
(i)
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in
the case of Cash, payment or delivery by wire transfer into one or
more
bank accounts specified by the
recipient;
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(ii)
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in
the case of certificated securities that cannot be paid or delivered
by
book-entry, payment or delivery in appropriate physical form to the
recipient or its account accompanied by any duly executed instruments
of
transfer, assignments in blank, transfer tax stamps and any other
documents necessary to constitute a legally valid transfer to the
recipient;
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(iii)
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in
the case of securities that can be paid or delivered by book-entry,
the
giving of written instructions to the relevant depository institution
or
other entity specified by the recipient, together with a written
copy
thereof to the recipient, sufficient if complied with to result in
a
legally effective transfer of the relevant interest to the recipient;
and
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(iv)
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in
the case of Other Eligible Support or Other Posted Support, as specified
in Paragraph 13.
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“Valuation
Agent”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 13.
“Valuation
Date”
means
each date specified in or otherwise determined pursuant to Paragraph
13.
“Valuation
Percentage”
means,
for any item of Eligible Collateral, the percentage specified in Paragraph
13.
“Valuation
Time”
has
the
meaning specified in Paragraph 13.
“Value”
means
for any Valuation Date or other date for which Value is calculated and subject
to Paragraph 5 in the case of a dispute, with respect to:
(i)
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Eligible
Collateral or Posted Collateral that
is:
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(A) Cash,
the
amount thereof; and
(B) a
security, the bid price obtained by the Valuation Agent multiplied by the
applicable Valuation Percentage, if any;
(ii)
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Posted
Collateral that consists of items that are not specified as Eligible
Collateral, zero; and
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(iii)
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Other
Eligible Support and Other Posted Support, as specified in Paragraph
13.
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Party
A - The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Party
B - Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., not individually,
but
solely as Securities Administrator under the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement on behalf of Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage
Securities Trust 2007-1
Paragraph
13. Elections and Variables
(a) Security
Interest for “Obligations”.
The term
“Obligations” as used in this Annex includes the following additional
obligations:
With
respect to Party A: Not applicable.
With
respect to Party B: Not applicable.
(b) Credit
Support Obligations.
(i)
Delivery
Amount, Return Amount and Credit Support Amount.
(A)
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“Delivery
Amount”
has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(a), except that (I) the
words
“upon a demand made by the Secured Party on or promptly following
a
Valuation Date” shall be deleted and replaced by the words “not later than
the close of business on each Valuation Date” and (II) the sentence
beginning “Unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 13” and ending “(ii)
the Value as of that Valuation Date of all Posted Credit Support
held by
the Secured Party.” shall be deleted and replaced by the
following:
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“The
“Delivery Amount” applicable to the Pledgor for any Valuation Date will equal
the greatest of
(1)
the
amount by which (a) the S&P Collateral Amount for such Valuation Date
exceeds (b) the S&P Value as of such Valuation Date of all Posted Credit
Support held by the Secured Party,
(2)
the
amount by which (a) the Xxxxx’x First Collateral Amount for such Valuation Date
exceeds (b) the Xxxxx’x First Trigger Value as of such Valuation Date of all
Posted Credit Support held by the Secured Party, and
(3)
the
amount by which (a) the Xxxxx’x Second Collateral Amount for such Valuation Date
exceeds (b) the Xxxxx’x Second Trigger Value as of such Valuation Date of all
Posted Credit Support held by the Secured Party.”
(B)
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“Return
Amount”
has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b), except that the sentence
beginning “Unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 13” and ending “(ii)
the Credit Support Amount.” shall be deleted and replaced by the
following:
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“The
“Return Amount” applicable to the Secured Party for any Valuation Date will
equal the least of
(1)
the
amount by which (a) the S&P Value as of such Valuation Date of all Posted
Credit Support held by the Secured Party exceeds (b) the S&P Collateral
Amount for such Valuation Date,
(2)
the
amount by which (a) the Xxxxx’x First Trigger Value as of such Valuation Date of
all Posted Credit Support held by the Secured Party exceeds (b) the Xxxxx’x
First Collateral Amount for such Valuation Date, and
(3)
the
amount by which (a) the Xxxxx’x Second Trigger Value as of such Valuation Date
of all Posted Credit Support held by the Secured Party exceeds (b) the Xxxxx’x
Second Collateral Amount for such Valuation Date.”
(C)
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“Credit
Support Amount”
shall not apply. For purposes of calculating any Delivery Amount
or Return
Amount for any Valuation Date, reference shall be made to the S&P
Collateral Amount, the Xxxxx’x First Collateral Amount, or the Xxxxx’x
Second Collateral Amount, in each case for such Valuation Date,
as
provided in Paragraphs 13(b)(i)(A) and 13(b)(i)(B),
above.
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The
“S&P
Collateral Amount”
means, for any Valuation Date, zero, provided
that for so long as a First Rating Trigger Event with respect to S&P has
occurred and is continuing for at least 30 days or a Second Rating Trigger
Event
with respect to S&P has occurred and is continuing, the S&P Collateral
Amount shall equal the sum of (I) Party B’s Exposure and (II) the sum, over all
Transactions, of the product
S&P
Volatility Buffer*Hedge Notional, where
“Hedge
Notional” means
the notional amount of the relevant Transaction for the relevant Calculation
Period.
“S&P
Volatility Buffer” means,
for any Transaction, the related percentage set forth in the following table.
The
higher of the S&P short-term credit rating of (i) Party A and (ii) the
Credit Support Provider of Party A, if applicable
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Remaining
Weighted Average Maturity
up
to 3 years
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Remaining
Weighted Average Maturity
up
to 5 years
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Remaining
Weighted Average Maturity
up
to 10 years
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Remaining
Weighted Average Maturity
up
to 30 years
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At
least “A-2”
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2.75%
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3.25%
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4.00%
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4.75%
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“A-3”
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3.25%
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4.00%
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5.00%
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6.25%
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“BB+”
or lower
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3.50%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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7.50%
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The
“Xxxxx’x
First Collateral Amount”
means zero, provided
that for so long as (A) a First Rating Trigger Event with respect to Xxxxx’x has
occurred and is continuing and either (i) such event existed at the time
this
Annex was executed or (ii) at least 30 Local Business Days have elapsed since
such event occurred and (B)(i) no Second Rating Trigger Event with respect
to
Xxxxx’x has occurred and is continuing or assigned or (ii) less than 30 Local
Business Days have elapsed since the occurrence of a Second Rating Trigger
Event
with respect to Xxxxx’x, then the Xxxxx’x First Collateral Amount shall equal
the sum of (I) Party B’s Exposure and (ii) the sum, over all Transactions,
of
Credit
Support Annex
Min
[15*DV01, 2%*Hedge Notional]; and
The
“Xxxxx’x
Second Collateral Amount”
means zero, provided
that, for so long as a Second Rating Trigger Event with
respect to Xxxxx’x
has occurred and has been continuing for 30 or more Local Business Days,
then
the Xxxxx’x Second Collateral Amount shall equal
Max
[0,
Next Payment, Party B’s Exposure + Additional Amount], where
Next
Payment = the sum of the net payments due from Party A to Party B (if any)
on
the next payment date for all Transactions.
Additional
Amount = the sum, over all Transactions of
(a)
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with
respect to each Transaction that is a single currency swap with
a fixed
notional amount for each Calculation Period, Min [50*DV01, 8%*
Aggregate
Hedge Notional],
and
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(b)
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with
respect to each Transaction that is not a single-currency swap
with a
fixed notional amount for each Calculation Period, Min
[65*DV01, 10%* Aggregate Hedge Notional],
where
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DV01
=
Party A’s estimate of the change in the mid-market value of Party B’s Exposure
resulting from a one basis point change in the swap curve, and
Aggregate
Hedge Notional = the aggregate of the applicable notional amounts of all
Transactions for the relevant Calculation Period.
Credit
Support Annex
(ii)
Eligible Collateral.
The
following items will qualify as “Eligible Collateral” for the party specified
(for the avoidance of doubt, all Eligible Collateral to be denominated in
USD):
Collateral
Type
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S&P
Valuation
Percentage
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Xxxxx’x
Valuation Percentage at First Trigger Rating Event
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Xxxxx’x
Valuation Percentage at Second Trigger Rating Event
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(A)
Cash, in the form of USD
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100%
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100%
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100%
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(B)
Negotiable Debt Obligations (as defined below) issued by the Government
of
the United States of America having a remaining maturity of not
more than
one year.
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98.9%
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100%
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100%
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(C)
Negotiable Debt Obligations issued by the Government of the United
States
of America having a remaining maturity of more than one but not
more than
two years.
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98.0%
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100%
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99%
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(D)
Negotiable Debt Obligations issued by the Government of the United
States
of America having a remaining maturity of more than two but not
more than
three years.
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97.4%
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100%
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98%
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(E)
Negotiable Debt Obligations issued by the Government of the United
States
of America having a remaining maturity of more than three but not
more
than five years.
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95.5%
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100%
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97%
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(F)
Negotiable Debt Obligations issued by the Government of the United
States
of America having a remaining maturity of more than five but not
more than
seven years.
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93.7%
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100%
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96%
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(G)
Negotiable Debt Obligations issued by the Government of the United
States
of America having a remaining maturity of more than seven but not
more
than ten years.
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92.5%
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100%
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94%
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(H)
Negotiable Debt Obligations issued by the Government of the United
States
of America having a remaining maturity of more than ten but not
more than
twenty years.
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91.1%
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100%
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90%
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(I)
Negotiable Debt Obligations issued by the Government of the United
States
of America having a remaining maturity of more than twenty
years.
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88.6%
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100%
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88%
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Credit
Support Annex
As
used
above, the following terms have the indicated meanings:
“Negotiable
Debt Obligation”
means a
debt obligation in a stated principal amount with a non-variable fixed maturity,
which cannot be redeemed by its issuer before its maturity nor put to the
issuer
for redemption before its maturity. It must bear interest on its stated
principal amount at a non-variable fixed rate until maturity.
(iii)
Other
Eligible Support.
The
following items will qualify as “Other Eligible Support” for the party
specified: Not Applicable.
(iv)
Thresholds.
(A)
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“Independent
Amount”
means with respect to Party A: Not
Applicable.
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“Independent
Amount”
means
with respect to Party B: Not Applicable.
(B)
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“Threshold”
means
with respect to Party A, infinity, provided
that for so long as (1) a First Rating Trigger Event with respect
to
Moody's has occurred and is continuing and either (i) such
First Rating Trigger Event existed at the time this Annex was executed
or
(ii) at least 30 Local Business days have elapsed since such First
Rating
Trigger Event occurred, or
(2) a First Rating Trigger Event with respect to S&P has occurred and
is continuing for at least 30 days or a Second Rating Trigger Event
with
respect to S&P has occurred and is continuing, the
Threshold with respect to Party A shall be
zero.
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“Threshold”
means
with respect to Party B, infinity.
(C)
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“Minimum
Transfer Amount”
means with respect to Party A: USD
100,000, and with respect to Party B: USD 100,000, provided,
that if
the aggregate principal balance of Certificates rated
by S&P ceases to be more than USD 50,000,000, the “Minimum
Transfer Amount”
shall be USD 50,000 and provided further that if a Party is a Defaulting
Party, or the Affected Party under an Additional Termination Event,
the
Minimum Transfer Amount for such party shall be
zero.
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(D)
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Rounding.
The Delivery Amount and the Return Amount will be rounded up and
down,
respectively, to the nearest integral multiple of $10,000.
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(c)
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(i)
External
Verification.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definitions of
Valuation
Agent or Valuation Date, at any time at which Party A (or, to the
extent
applicable, its Credit Support Provider) does not have a long-term
unsubordinated and unsecured debt rating of at least “BBB+” from S&P,
the Valuation Agent shall (A) calculate the Secured Party’s Exposure and
the S&P Value (as defined below) of Posted Credit Support on each
Valuation Date based on internal marks and (B) verify such calculations
with external marks monthly by obtaining on the last Local Business
Day of
each calendar month two external marks for each Transaction to
which this
Annex relates and for all Posted Credit Support; such verification
of the
Secured Party’s Exposure shall be based on the higher of the two external
marks. Each external xxxx in respect of a Transaction shall be
obtained
from an independent Reference Market-maker that would be eligible
and
willing to enter into such Transaction in the absence of the current
derivative provider, provided
that an external xxxx xxx not be obtained from the same Reference
Market-maker more than four times in any 12-month period. The Valuation
Agent shall obtain these external marks directly or through an
independent
third party, in either case at no cost to Party B. The Valuation
Agent
shall calculate on each Valuation Date (for purposes of this paragraph,
the last Local Business Day in each calendar month referred to
above shall
be considered a Valuation Date) the Secured Party’s Exposure based on the
greater of the Valuation Agent’s internal marks and the external marks
received. If the S&P Value on any such Valuation Date of all Posted
Credit Support then held by the Secured Party is less than the
S&P
Collateral Amount on such Valuation Date (in each case as determined
pursuant to this paragraph), Party A shall, within three Local
Business
Days of such Valuation Date, Transfer to the Secured Party Eligible
Credit
Support having an S&P Value as of the date of Transfer at least equal
to such deficiency.
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Credit
Support Annex
(ii)
Notice
to S&P.
At any
time at which Party A (or, to the extent applicable, its Credit Support
Provider) does not have a long-term unsubordinated and unsecured debt rating
of
at least “BBB+” from S&P, the Valuation Agent shall provide to S&P not
later than the Notification Time on the Local Business Day following each
Valuation Date its calculations of the Secured Party’s Exposure and the S&P
Value of any Eligible Credit Support or Posted Credit Support for that Valuation
Date. The Valuation Agent shall also provide to S&P any external marks
received pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
(d) Valuation
and Timing.
(i)
“Valuation
Agent”
means
Party A; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred
with
respect to which Party A is the Defaulting Party, Party B shall have the
right
to designate as Valuation Agent an independent party, reasonably acceptable
to
Party A, the cost for which shall be borne by Party A. All calculations by
the
Valuation Agent must be made in accordance with standard market practice
and in
good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
(ii)
“Valuation
Date”
means:
each Local Business Day.
(iii)
“Valuation
Time”
means
the close of business on the Local Business Day before the Valuation Date
or
date of calculation, as applicable; provided,
however,
that the
calculations of Value and Exposure will be made as of approximately the same
time on the same date.
(iv)
“Notification
Time”
means
11:00 a.m., New York time, on a Local Business Day.
(a)
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Conditions
Precedent and Secured Party's Rights and Remedies. For
purposes of Paragraph 8(a), each Termination Event will be a "Specified
Condition" for the Pledgor, if the Secured Party has designated
an Early
Termination Date in connection with the Termination Event. For
all other
purposes of this Annex, each Termination Event specified below
with
respect to a party will be a "Specified Condition" for that
party:
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Credit
Support Annex
Termination
Event
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Party
A
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Party
B
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Illegality
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[N/A]
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[N/A]
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Tax
Event
|
[N/A]
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[N/A]
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Tax
Event Upon Merger
|
[N/A]
|
[N/A]
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Credit
Event Upon Merger
|
[N/A]
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[N/A]
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Additional
Termination Event(s)
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[X]
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[X]
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(e) Substitution.
(i)
“Substitution
Date”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 4(d)(ii).
(ii)
Consent.
The
Pledgor shall obtain the Secured Party’s consent for any substitution pursuant
to Paragraph 4(d). Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(iii)
Additional
Conditions Precedent. Paragraph
4(a) of this Annex is hereby amended to include a new subsection: “(iii) no
deficiency exists in the Value of the Collateral at the time of the
Substitution.”
(f) Dispute
Resolution.
(i)
“Resolution
Time”
means
11:00 a.m., New York time, on the Local Business Day following the date on
which
the notice of the dispute is given by the Disputing Party to the other
party.
(ii)
Value.
For the
purposes of Paragraphs 5(i)(c) and 5(ii), the Value of the outstanding Credit
Support Amount or of any transfer of Eligible Credit Support or Posted Credit
Support other than Cash (the “Non-Cash Credit Support”) will be calculated as
follows: the product of (A) appropriate Valuation Percentage and (B) the
sum of
(I) the mean of the bid prices quoted on such date by any three principal
market
makers for such Non-Cash Credit Support chosen by the Disputing Party, or
if
three such quotations are not available from principal market makers for
such
date, using two such quotations, or if only one such quotation is obtained
using
such quotation, or if no quotations are available using the mean of such
bid
prices as of the day, next preceding such date, on which one or more of such
quotations were available, plus (II) the accrued interest on such Non-Cash
Credit Support (except to the extent Transferred to a party pursuant to this
Agreement or included in the applicable price referred to in subparagraph
(A) of
this Clause) as of such date.
(iii)
Alternative.
The
provisions of Paragraph 5 will apply.
(g) Holding
and Using Posted Collateral.
(i)
Eligibility
to Hold Posted Collateral; Custodians.
Credit
Support Annex
Party
B
or its Custodian will be entitled to hold Posted Collateral pursuant to
Paragraph 6(b); provided
that the
following conditions applicable to it are satisfied:
(A)
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In
the event that Party B holds Posted Collateral, Party B is not
a
Defaulting Party or an Affected Party under an Additional Termination
Event.
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(B)
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Posted
Collateral may be held only in the following jurisdiction: New
York
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(C)
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In
the event that the Custodian holds Posted Collateral, the long-term
unsubordinated unsecured debt of the Custodian is rated at least
A+ and
A-1 by Standard & Poors, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
(or any successor thereto) (“S&P”)
and at least A1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (or any successor
thereto) (“Moody’s”).
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Initially,
the Custodian for Party B is Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association.
(ii)
Use
of Posted Collateral.
The
provisions of Paragraph 6(c) will apply to both parties.
(h) Distributions
and Interest Amount.
(i)
Interest Rate.
The
“Interest Rate” will be the actual rate of interest earned and received by the
Secured Party in respect of Posted Collateral in the form of Cash.
(ii)
Transfer
of Interest Amount.
The
transfer of the Interest Amount will be made on the second Local Business
Day of
each calendar month in respect of the Interest Amount for the preceding calendar
month, provided, however, that Party B shall transfer the Interest Amount
to
Party A when such amount is received from Party B's Custodian. For purposes
of
clarity, the foregoing does not in any way relieve Party B's obligations
to pay
the Interest Amount..
(iii)
Alternative
to Interest Amount.
Not
applicable.
(i) Additional
Representation(s).
Not
applicable.
(j) Other
Eligible Support and Other Posted Support.
(i)
“Value”
with
respect to Other Eligible Support and Other Posted Support means: Not
applicable.
(ii)
“Transfer”
with
respect to Other Eligible Support and Other Posted Support means: Not
applicable.
Credit
Support Annex
(k) Demands
and Notices.
All
demands, specifications and notices under this Annex will be made pursuant
to
the Notices Section of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified
here:
Party
A:
Global
Collateral Support Unit
The
Royal
Bank of Scotland plc, Financial Markets
000
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
Facsimile:
44.207 000 0000
Telephone:
44.207 000 0000
With
a
copy to:
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
XX 00000
Attn:
Derivatives
Settlements
Telephone:
000-000-0000 (Xxx Xxxxx)
000-000-0000
(Operations main number)
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Party
B:
Please
provide if different from address in Schedule
(l) Address
for Transfers. All
transfers hereunder will be made to the account or accounts most recently
notified by each party to the other.
(m) Other
Provisions.
(i)
Single
Transferor and Single Transferee. Party
A
and Party B hereby agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this
Annex, (a) the term “Secured Party” as used in this Annex means only Party B,
(b) the term “Pledgor” as used in this Annex means only Party A, (c) only Party
A makes the pledge and grant in Paragraph 2, the acknowledgement in the final
sentence of Paragraph 8(a) and the representations in Paragraph 9.
(ii)
Events
of Default. Paragraph
7 will not apply to cause any Event of Default to exist with respect to Party
B
except that Paragraph 7(i) will apply to Party B solely in respect of Party
B’s
obligations under Paragraph 3(b) of the Credit Support Annex. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Paragraph 7, any failure by Party A to comply
with
or perform any obligation to be complied with or performed by Party A under
the
Credit Support Annex shall only be an Event of Default if (A) Second Rating
Trigger Event with respect to S&P has occurred and been continuing or (B) a
Second Rating Trigger Event with respect to Moody’s has occurred and been
continuing for 30 or more Local Business Days and such failure is not remedied
on or before the third Local Business Day after notice of such failure is
given
to Party A.
(iii)
Form
of Annex.
Party A
and Party B hereby agree that the text of Paragraphs 1 through 12, inclusive,
of
this Annex is intended to be the printed form of ISDA Credit Support Annex
(Bilateral Form - ISDA Agreements Subject to New York Law Only version) as
published and copyrighted in 1994 by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc.
Credit
Support Annex
(iv)
Expenses.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Paragraph 10, the Pledgor will
be
responsible for, and will reimburse the Secured Party or its Custodian, as
applicable, for all transfer and other taxes and other costs involved in
any
Transfer of Eligible Collateral.
(v) Withholding.
Paragraph 6(d)(ii) is hereby amended by inserting immediately after “the
Interest Amount” in the fourth line thereof the words “less any applicable
withholding taxes.”
(vi)
“Local
Business Day”
means:
any day on which (A) commercial banks are open for business (including dealings
in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in New York and the location
of Party A, Party B and any Custodian, and (B) in relation to a Transfer
of
Eligible Collateral, any day on which the clearance system agreed between
the
parties for the delivery of Eligible Collateral is open for acceptance and
execution of settlement instructions (or in the case of a Transfer of Cash
or
other Eligible Collateral for which delivery is contemplated by other means
a
day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in
foreign exchange and foreign deposits) in New York and the location of Party
A,
Party B and any Custodian.
(vii)
Calculation
of Value.
Paragraph 4(c) is hereby amended by deleting the word “Value” and inserting in
lieu thereof “S&P Value, Moody’s First Trigger Value, Moody’s Second Trigger
Value”. Paragraph 4(d)(ii) is hereby amended by (A) deleting the words “a Value”
and inserting in lieu thereof “an S&P Value, Moody’s First Trigger Value,
and Moody’s Second Trigger Value” and (B) deleting the words “the Value” and
inserting in lieu thereof “S&P Value, Moody’s First Trigger Value, and
Moody’s Second Trigger Value”. Paragraph 5 (flush language) is hereby amended by
deleting the word “Value” and inserting in lieu thereof “S&P Value, Moody’s
First Trigger Value, or Moody’s Second Trigger Value”. Paragraph 5(i) (flush
language) is hereby amended by deleting the word “Value” and inserting in lieu
thereof “S&P Value, Moody’s First Trigger Value, and Moody’s Second Trigger
Value”. Paragraph 5(i)(C) is hereby amended by deleting the word “the Value, if”
and inserting in lieu thereof “any one or more of the S&P Value, Moody’s
First Trigger Value, or Moody’s Second Trigger Value, as may be”. Paragraph
5(ii) is hereby amended by (1) deleting the first instance of the words “the
Value” and inserting in lieu thereof “any one or more of the S&P Value,
Moody’s First Trigger Value, or Moody’s Second Trigger Value” and (2) deleting
the second instance of the words “the Value” and inserting in lieu thereof “such
disputed S&P Value, Moody’s First Trigger Value, or Moody’s Second Trigger
Value”. Each of Paragraph 8(b)(iv)(B) and Paragraph 11(a) is hereby amended by
deleting the word “Value” and inserting in lieu thereof “least of the S&P
Value, Moody’s First Trigger Value, and Moody’s Second Trigger
Value”.
(viii)
“Moody’s
First Trigger Value”
means,
on any date and with respect to any Eligible Collateral other than Cash,
the bid
price obtained by the Valuation Agent multiplied by the Moody’s First Trigger
Valuation Percentage for such Eligible Collateral set forth in Paragraph
13(b)(ii).
(x)
“Moody’s
Second Trigger Value”
means,
on any date and with respect to any Eligible Collateral other than Cash,
the bid
price obtained by the Valuation Agent multiplied by the Moody’s Second Trigger
Valuation Percentage for such Eligible Collateral set forth in Paragraph
13(b)(ii).
(xi)
“S&P
Value”
means,
on any date and with respect to any Eligible Collateral other than Cash,
the
product of (A) the bid price obtained by the Valuation Agent for such Eligible
Collateral and (B) the S&P Valuation Percentage for such Eligible Collateral
set forth in paragraph 13(b)(ii).
Credit
Support Annex
(xii)
“Sale
and Servicing Agreement” means
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2007 by and among Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1, as Issuer, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Home Loans,
Inc., as Initial Seller and Sponsor, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Funding Inc., as
Seller,
Structured Asset Securities Corporation, as Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A.,
as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator, and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as Indenture Trustee.
[REMAINDER
OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
Credit
Support Annex
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By:
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., its agent
By
/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., not individually, but solely as Securities Administrator
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement on behalf of Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage
Securities Trust 2007-1
By
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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Credit
Support Annex
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Financial
Markets
000
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
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February
27, 2007
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Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1 (“Party
B”)
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Securities Administrator”)
X.X.
Xxx 00
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxxx 0000-0
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
or
for overnight delivery,
0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
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|
Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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|
Re:
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Our
Reference Number:
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Dear
Sir
or Madam:
The
purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions
of the
Transaction entered into between Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust
2007-1, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”),
acting through its Securities Administrator, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
(the
“Securities
Administrator”)
and
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, acting through its agent, Greenwich
Capital
Markets, Inc. (each a “party”
and
together “the
parties”)
on the
Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”)
pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement (the “Sale
and Servicing Agreement”),
dated
as of February 1, 2007, among the Trust, as issuer, LaSalle Bank
National
Association, as indenture trustee, Structured Asset Securities Corporation,
as
depositor (the “Depositor”),
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer and as Securities Administrator,
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Home Loans, Inc., as initial seller and sponsor, and Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage
Funding, Inc., as seller. This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation”,
as
referred to in the Master Agreement.
Page
1 of 5
The
definitions and provisions contained in the 2000 ISDA Definitions
(the
“Definitions”) as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. are incorporated by reference herein. In the event
of any
inconsistency between the Definitions and this Confirmation, this
Confirmation
will govern.
For
the
purpose of this Confirmation, all references in the Definitions or
the Agreement
to a “Swap Transaction” shall be deemed to be references to this
Transaction.
1
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This
Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject
to, ISDA Master
Agreement and Schedule dated as of February 27, 2007 (as
the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”), between Party
A and Party B. All provisions contained in the Agreement
shall govern this
Confirmation except as expressly modified
below.
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2
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The
terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation
relates are
as follows:
|
Notional
Amount:
|
With
respect to any Calculation Period, the Class Principal
Amount of the Class
A-1 Notes (the “Notes”)
as of the immediately prior Payment Date (after giving
effect to payments
on such Notes on such Payment Date). The Securities Administrator
shall
make available on the first day of each Calculation Period
via its website
a statement containing the relevant Class Principal Amount
of the Class
A-1 Notes. Party A shall rely conclusively upon such statement
of Class
Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A-1 Certificates
made
available on the Securities Administrator’s website and Party A shall not
incur any liability or penalty whatsoever with respect
to any calculation
or payment made in reliance on such statement. The Securities
Administrator’s internet website shall initially be located at
xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx and assistance in using the website
can be obtained
by calling the Securities Administrator’s investor relations desk at (000)
000-0000.
|
Trade
Date:
|
February
15, 2007
|
Effective
Date:
|
February
27, 2007
|
Termination
Date:
|
February
25, 2012, subject to adjustment in accordance with the
Following Business
Day Convention.
|
Fixed
Amounts:
|
|
Fixed
Rate Payer:
|
Party
B
|
Fixed
Rate Payer Payment Date:
|
February
27, 2007
|
Fixed
Amount:
|
USD
290,000
|
Page
2 of 5
Floating
Amounts:
|
|
Floating
Rate Payer:
|
Party
A
|
Cap
Rate:
|
The
excess of (i) the related Class
A Available Funds Cap Rate over (ii) the Class A-1 Margin.
The
Securities Administrator shall make available on the first
day of each
Calculation Period via its website a statement containing
the relevant
Class A Available Funds Cap Rate of the Mortgage Loans.
Party A shall rely
conclusively upon such statement of such Class A Available
Funds Cap Rate
made available on the Securities Administrator’s website and Party A shall
not incur any liability or penalty whatsoever with respect
to any
calculation or payment made in reliance on such statement.
For
the purposes of this Transaction:
“Class
A-1 Margin”
means 0.11%
|
Floating
Rate Payer Period End Dates:
|
The
25th day of each month of each year commencing March 25,
2007, through and
including the Termination Date, subject to adjustment in
accordance with
the Following Business Day Convention.
|
Floating
Rate Payer Payment Dates:
|
Early
Payment shall be applicable. The Floating Rate Payer Payment
Dates shall
be one (1) Business Day prior to each Floating Rate Payer
Period End
Date.
|
Floating
Rate Option:
|
USD-LIBOR-BBA.
|
Designated
Maturity:
|
One
month
|
Spread:
|
|
Floating
Rate Day Count Fraction:
|
Actual/360
|
Reset
Dates:
|
First
day of each Calculation Period
|
Business
Days for payment:
|
New
York
|
Calculation
Agent:
|
Party
A; provided,
however,
that if an Event of Default occurs with respect to Party
A, then Party B
shall be entitled to appoint a financial institution which
would qualify
as a Reference Market-maker to act as Calculation
Agent.
|
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Account
Details:
|
Account
for payments to Party A:
|
For
the account of:
The
Royal Bank of Scotland Financial Markets Fixed Income and
Interest Rate
Derivative Operations
London
SWIFT XXXXXX0XXXX
with
JPMorgan Chase Bank New York XXXXXX00
XXX
# 000000000
Account
Number 400930153
|
Page
3 of 5
Account
for payments to Party B:
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, NA
ABA
000-000-000
Account
Number: 0000000000
Account
Name: Corporate Trust Clearing
FFC:
50993802, Xxxxxxxxx 0000-0 Xxxxx
Maintenance
|
4
|
Offices:
|
The
Office of Party A for this Transaction is:
|
London
|
The
Office of Party B for this Transaction is:
|
Columbia,
Maryland
|
Page
4 of 5
5
|
Agency
Role of Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. This Transaction
has been entered
into by Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., as agent for The
Royal Bank of
Scotland plc. Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. has not guaranteed
and is
not otherwise responsible for the obligations of Party
A under this
Transaction.
|
Please
promptly confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms
of the
Transaction entered into between us by executing this Confirmation
and returning
it to us by facsimile to:
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Attention:
Derivatives Documentation
Fax:
0000 000 0000 / 6486 Phone: 0000 000 0000
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By:
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., its agent
By
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Accepted
and confirmed as of the Trade Date written above:
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., not individually but solely as
Securities
Administrator under the Sale and Servicing Agreement on behalf of
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By
/s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Page
5 of 5
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Financial
Markets
000
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
|
February
27, 2007
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1 (“Party
B”)
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Securities Administrator”)
X.X.
Xxx 00
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxxx 0000-0
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
or
for overnight delivery,
0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
|
|
Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
|
|
Re:
|
|
Our
Reference Number:
|
The
purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions
of the
Transaction entered into between Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust
2007-1 and
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, acting through its agent, Greenwich Capital
Markets, Inc. (each a “party”
and
together “the
parties”)
on the
Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”)
pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement (the “Sale
and Servicing Agreement”),
dated
as of February 1, 2007, among the Trust, as issuer, LaSalle Bank National
Association, as indenture trustee, Structured Asset Securities Corporation,
as
depositor (the “Depositor”),
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer and as Securities Administrator,
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Home Loans, Inc., as initial seller and sponsor, and Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage
Funding, Inc., as seller. This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation”,
as
referred to in the Master Agreement.
Page
1 of 5
The
definitions and provisions contained in the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the
“Definitions”) as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. are incorporated by reference herein. In the event
of any
inconsistency between the Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation
will govern.
For
the
purpose of this Confirmation, all references in the Definitions or the
Agreement
to a “Swap Transaction” shall be deemed to be references to this
Transaction.
1
|
This
Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to,
ISDA Master
Agreement and Schedule dated as of February 27, 2007 (as the
same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”), between Party
A and Party B. All provisions contained in the Agreement shall
govern this
Confirmation except as expressly modified
below.
|
2
|
The
terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation
relates are
as follows:
|
Notional
Amount:
|
With
respect to any Calculation Period, the aggregate of the Class
Principal
Amount of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Notes (the
“Group
2 Notes”)
as of the immediately prior Payment Date (after giving effect
to payments
on such Group 2 Notes on such Payment Date). The Securities
Administrator
shall make available on the first day of each Calculation Period
via its
website a statement containing the relevant Class Principal
Amounts of the
Group 2 Notes. Party A shall rely conclusively upon such statement
of
Class Principal Amounts of the Group 2 Notes made available
on the
Securities Administrator’s website and Party A shall not incur any
liability or penalty whatsoever with respect to any calculation
or payment
made in reliance on such statement. The Securities Administrator’s
internet website shall initially be located at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx
and
assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling
the Securities
Administrator’s investor relations desk at (000)
000-0000.
|
Trade
Date:
|
February
15, 2007
|
Effective
Date:
|
February
27, 2007
|
Termination
Date:
|
February
25, 2012, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Following
Business
Day Convention.
|
Fixed
Amounts:
|
|
Fixed
Rate Payer:
|
Party
B
|
Fixed
Rate Payer Payment Date:
|
February
27, 2007
|
Fixed
Amount:
|
USD
1,728,000
|
Page
2 of 5
Floating
Amounts:
|
|
Floating
Rate Payer:
|
Party
A
|
Cap
Rate:
|
The
excess of (i) the related Class A Available Funds Cap Rate
over (ii) the
weighted average of the Class A-2A Margin, Class A-2B Margin
and Class
A-2C Margin (weighted on the basis of the related Notes’ Class Principal
Amounts for the immediately preceding Payment Date, after giving
effect to
distributions and allocations of Realized Losses and Subsequent
Recoveries
on such Payment Date, or as of the Closing Date for the first
Payment
Date).
The
Securities Administrator shall make available on the first
day of each
Calculation Period via its website a statement containing the
relevant
Class A Available Funds Cap Rate. Party A shall rely conclusively
upon
such statement of such Class A Available Funds Cap Rate made
available on
the Securities Administrator’s website and Party A shall not incur any
liability or penalty whatsoever with respect to any calculation or payment
made in reliance on such statement.
For
the purposes of this Transaction:
“Class
A-2A Margin”
means 0.11%
“Class
A-2B Margin”
means 0.10%
“Class
A-2C Margin”
means 0.14%
|
Floating
Rate Payer Period End Dates:
|
The
25th day of each month of each year commencing March 25, 2007,
through and
including the Termination Date, subject to adjustment in accordance
with
the Following Business Day Convention.
|
Floating
Rate Payer Payment Dates:
|
Early
Payment shall be applicable. The Floating Rate Payer Payment
Dates shall
be one (1) Business Day prior to each Floating Rate Payer Period
End
Date.
|
Floating
Rate Option:
|
USD-LIBOR-BBA.
|
Designated
Maturity:
|
One
month
|
Spread:
|
|
Floating
Rate Day Count Fraction:
|
Actual/360
|
Reset
Dates:
|
First
day of each Calculation Period
|
Business
Days for payment:
|
New
York
|
Calculation
Agent:
|
Party
A; provided,
however,
that if an Event of Default occurs with respect to Party A,
then Party B
shall be entitled to appoint a financial institution which
would qualify
as a Reference Market-maker to act as Calculation
Agent.
|
3
|
Account
Details:
|
Account
for payments to Party A:
|
For
the account of:
The
Royal Bank of Scotland Financial Markets Fixed Income and Interest
Rate
Derivative Operations
London
SWIFT XXXXXX0XXXX
with
JPMorgan Chase Bank New York XXXXXX00
XXX
# 000000000
Account
Number 400930153
|
Page
3 of 5
Account
for payments to Party B:
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, NA
ABA
000-000-000
Account
Number: 0000000000
Account
Name: Corporate Trust Clearing
FFC:
50993802, Xxxxxxxxx 0000-0 Xxxxx Maintenance
|
4
|
Offices:
|
The
Office of Party A for this Transaction is:
|
London
|
The
Office of Party B for this Transaction is:
|
Columbia,
Maryland
|
Page
4 of 5
5
|
Agency
Role of Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. This Transaction
has been entered
into by Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., as agent for The
Royal Bank of
Scotland plc. Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. has not guaranteed
and is
not otherwise responsible for the obligations of Party
A under this
Transaction.
|
Please
promptly confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of
the
Transaction entered into between us by executing this Confirmation and
returning
it to us by facsimile to:
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Attention:
Derivatives Documentation
Fax:
0000 000 0000 / 6486 Phone: 0000 000 0000
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By:
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., its agent
By
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Accepted
and confirmed as of the Trade Date written above:
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., not individually but solely as
Securities
Administrator under the Sale and Servicing Agreement on behalf of
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By
/s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Page
5 of 5
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|
Financial
Markets
000
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
|
|
February
27, 2007
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1 (“Party
B”)
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Securities Administrator”)
X.X.
Xxx 00
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxxx 0000-0
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
or
for overnight delivery,
0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
|
|
Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
|
|
Re:
|
|
Our
Reference Number:
|
The
purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions
of the
Transaction entered into between Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust
2007-1 and
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, acting through its agent, Greenwich Capital
Markets, Inc. (each a “party”
and
together “the
parties”)
on the
Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”)
pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement (the “Sale
and Servicing Agreement”),
dated
as of February 1, 2007, among the Trust, as issuer, LaSalle Bank National
Association, as indenture trustee, Structured Asset Securities Corporation,
as
depositor (the “Depositor”),
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer and as Securities Administrator,
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Home Loans, Inc., as initial seller and sponsor, and Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage
Funding, Inc., as seller. This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation”,
as
referred to in the Master Agreement.
Page
1 of 5
The
definitions and provisions contained in the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the
“Definitions”) as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. are incorporated by reference herein. In the event
of any
inconsistency between the Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation
will govern.
For
the
purpose of this Confirmation, all references in the Definitions or the
Agreement
to a “Swap Transaction” shall be deemed to be references to this
Transaction.
1
|
This
Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to,
ISDA Master
Agreement and Schedule dated as of February 27, 2007 (as the
same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”), between Party
A and Party B. All provisions contained in the Agreement shall
govern this
Confirmation except as expressly modified
below.
|
2
|
The
terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation
relates are
as follows:
|
Notional
Amount:
|
With
respect to any Calculation Period, the aggregate of the Class
Principal
Amounts of the Class A-3A and A-3B Notes (the “Group
3 Notes”)
as of the immediately prior Payment Date (after giving effect
to payments
on such Group 3 Notes on such Payment Date). The Securities
Administrator
shall make available on the first day of each Calculation Period
via its
website a statement containing the relevant Class Principal
Amounts. Party
A shall rely conclusively upon such statement of Class Principal
Amounts
of the Group 3 Notes made available on the Securities Administrator’s
website and Party A shall not incur any liability or penalty
whatsoever
with respect to any calculation or payment made in reliance
on such
statement. The Securities Administrator’s internet website shall initially
be located at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx and assistance in using
the website
can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator’s investor
relations desk at (000) 000-0000.
|
Trade
Date:
|
February
15, 2007
|
Effective
Date:
|
February
27, 2007
|
Termination
Date:
|
February
25, 2012, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Following
Business
Day Convention.
|
Fixed
Amounts:
|
|
Fixed
Rate Payer:
|
Party
B
|
Fixed
Rate Payer Payment Date:
|
February
27, 2007
|
Fixed
Amount:
|
USD
1,820,000
|
Floating
Amounts:
|
|
Page
2 of 5
Floating
Rate Payer:
|
Party
A
|
Cap
Rate:
|
The
excess of (i) the related Class A Available Funds Cap Rate
over (ii) the
weighted average of the Class A-3A Margin and the Class A-3B
Margin
(weighted on the basis of the related Notes’ Class Principal Amounts for
the immediately preceding Payment Date, after giving effect
to payments
and allocation of Realized Losses and Subsequent Recoveries
on such
Payment Date, or as of the Closing Date for the first Payment
Date).
The
Securities Administrator shall make available on the first
day of each
Calculation Period via its website a statement containing the
relevant
Class A Available Funds Cap Rate of the Mortgage Loans. Party
A shall rely
conclusively upon such statement of such Class A Available
Funds Cap Rate
made available on the Securities Administrator’s website and Party A shall
not incur any liability or penalty whatsoever with respect
to any
calculation or payment made in reliance on such statement.
For
the purposes of this Transaction:
“Class
A-3A Margin”
means 0.10%
“Class
A-3B Margin”
means 0.14%
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Floating
Rate Payer Period End Dates:
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The
25th day of each month of each year commencing March 25, 2007,
through and
including the Termination Date, subject to adjustment in accordance
with
the Following Business Day Convention.
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Floating
Rate Payer Payment Dates:
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Early
Payment shall be applicable. The Floating Rate Payer Payment
Dates shall
be one (1) Business Day prior to each Floating Rate Payer Period
End
Date.
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Floating
Rate Option:
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USD-LIBOR-BBA.
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Designated
Maturity:
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One
month
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Spread:
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Floating
Rate Day Count Fraction:
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Actual/360
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Reset
Dates:
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First
day of each Calculation Period
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Business
Days for payment:
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New
York
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Calculation
Agent:
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Party
A; provided,
however,
that if an Event of Default occurs with respect to Party A,
then Party B
shall be entitled to appoint a financial institution which
would qualify
as a Reference Market-maker to act as Calculation
Agent.
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Account
Details:
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Account
for payments to Party A:
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For
the account of:
The
Royal Bank of Scotland Financial Markets Fixed Income and Interest
Rate
Derivative Operations
London
SWIFT XXXXXX0XXXX
with
JPMorgan Chase Bank New York XXXXXX00
XXX
# 000000000
Account
Number 400930153
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Account
for payments to Party B:
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Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, NA
ABA
000-000-000
Account
Number: 0000000000
Account
Name: Corporate Trust Clearing
FFC:
50993802, Xxxxxxxxx 0000-0 Xxxxx
Maintenance
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Offices:
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The
Office of Party A for this Transaction is:
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London
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The
Office of Party B for this Transaction is:
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Columbia,
Maryland
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Agency
Role of Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. This Transaction has
been entered
into by Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., as agent for The Royal
Bank of
Scotland plc. Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. has not guaranteed
and is
not otherwise responsible for the obligations of Party A under
this
Transaction.
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Please
promptly confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of
the
Transaction entered into between us by executing this Confirmation and
returning
it to us by facsimile to:
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Attention:
Derivatives Documentation
Fax:
0000 000 0000 / 6486 Phone: 0000 000 0000
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By:
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., its agent
By
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Accepted
and confirmed as of the Trade Date written above:
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., not individually but solely as
Securities
Administrator under the Sale and Servicing Agreement on behalf of
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By
/s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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