SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of November 1, 2006 among FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Seller, Master Servicer and Custodian) FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC. (Depositor) FIRST HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE2 (Trust) and THE BANK OF...
Dated
as
of November 1, 2006
among
FIRST
TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Seller,
Master Servicer and Custodian)
FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
(Depositor)
FIRST
HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE2
(Trust)
and
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
(Indenture
Trustee)
First
Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE2
Table
of
Contents
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ARTICLE
I. DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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24
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Section
1.03
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Interest
Calculations
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25
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ARTICLE
II. CONVEYANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
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25
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Section
2.01
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Conveyance
of the Mortgage Loans
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25
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Section
2.02
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Acceptance
by Indenture Trustee
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31
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Section
2.03
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Representations
and Warranties Regarding the Seller and the Master
Servicer
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32
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Section
2.04
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Representations
and Warranties of the Seller Regarding the Mortgage Loans
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34
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Section
2.05
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
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42
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Section
2.06
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Substitution
of Mortgage Loans
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43
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Section
2.08
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Tax
Treatment
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45
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Section
2.09
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Covenants
of the Depositor
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45
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Section
2.10
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Transfers
of Mortgage Loans at Election of Transferor
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46
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Section
2.11
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Transfers
of Mortgage Loans with Locked Balances
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47
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Section
2.12
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Optional
Purchase of Mortgage Loans at Election of Master Servicer
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47
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ARTICLE
III. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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48
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Section
3.01
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The
Master Servicer
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48
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Section
3.02
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Collection
of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments
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52
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Section
3.03
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Withdrawals
from the Collection Account
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54
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Section
3.04
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Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance; Property Protection Expenses
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55
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Section
3.05
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Maintenance
of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy
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55
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Section
3.06
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Maintenance
of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance
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56
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Section
3.07
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Management
and Realization of REO Property
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56
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Section
3.08
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Indenture
Trustee to Cooperate
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57
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Section
3.09
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Servicing
Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by Master
Servicer
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58
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Section
3.10
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance
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58
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Section
3.11
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Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans
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59
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Section
3.12
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Reports
of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Properties, Returns
Relating
to Mortgage Interest Received from Individuals and Returns Relating
to
Cancellation of Indebtedness
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59
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Section
3.13
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Assumption
Agreements
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59
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Section
3.14
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Payment
of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges
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60
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ARTICLE
IV. INSURER
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60
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Section
4.01
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Claims
upon the Insurance Policy
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60
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Section
4.02
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Effect
of Payments by the Insurer; Subrogation
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61
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i
Section
4.03
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Replacement
Insurance Policy
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62
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ARTICLE
V. PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS; RIGHTS OF
NOTEHOLDERS
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62
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Section
5.01
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Distributions
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62
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Section
5.02
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Calculation
of the Note Rate
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64
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Section
5.03
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Indenture
Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders
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64
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Section
5.04
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[Reserved]
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69
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Section
5.05
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Distribution
Account
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70
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Section
5.06
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Investment
of Accounts
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70
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Section
5.07
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Rapid
Amortization Event
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71
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ARTICLE
VI. THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR
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72
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Section
6.01
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Liability
of the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Depositor
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72
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Section
6.02
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Seller,
the
Master Servicer or the Depositor
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72
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Section
6.03
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Limitation
on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others
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73
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Section
6.04
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Master
Servicer Not to Resign
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73
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Section
6.05
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Delegation
of Duties
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74
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Section
6.06
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Indemnification
of the Trust by the Master Servicer
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74
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ARTICLE
VII. SERVICING TERMINATION
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75
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Section
7.01
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Events
of Servicing Termination
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75
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Section
7.02
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Indenture
Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor
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77
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Section
7.03
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Waiver
of Defaults
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79
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Section
7.04
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Notification
to Noteholders
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79
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Section
7.05
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Successor
Master Servicer
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79
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ARTICLE
VIII. TERMINATION
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80
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Section
8.01
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Termination
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80
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ARTICLE
IX. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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82
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Section
9.01
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Amendment
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82
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Section
9.02
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Recordation
of Agreement
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84
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Section
9.03
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Duration
of Agreement
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84
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Section
9.04
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Governing
Law
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84
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Section
9.05
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Notices
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84
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Section
9.06
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Severability
of Provisions
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85
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Section
9.07
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No
Partnership
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85
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Section
9.08
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Counterparts
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85
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Section
9.09
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Successors
and Assigns
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85
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Section
9.10
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Headings
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85
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Section
9.11
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Indenture
Trustee
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85
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Section
9.12
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Reports
to Rating Agencies
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85
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Section
9.13
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Inconsistencies
Among Transaction Documents
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86
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Section
9.14
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Rights
of the Insurer to Exercise Rights of Noteholders
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86
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Section
9.15
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Reports
to Insurer
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86
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Section
9.16
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Matters
Regarding the Owner Trustee
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86
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ARTICLE
X. EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
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87
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Section
10.01
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Filing
Obligations
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87
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Section
10.02
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Form
10-D Filings
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87
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Section
10.03
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Form
8-K Filings
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88
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Section
10.04
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Form
10-K Filings
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88
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Section
10.05
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification
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89
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Section
10.06
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Form
15 Filing
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90
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Section
10.07
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Report
on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation
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90
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Section
10.08
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Use
of Subservicers and Subcontractors
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91
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Section
10.09
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Amendments
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92
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A
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Mortgage
Loan Schedule
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EXHIBIT
B
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List
of Servicing Officers
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EXHIBIT
C
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Form
of Annual Officer’s Certificate
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EXHIBIT
D
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Form
of Mortgage Note
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EXHIBIT
E
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Form
of Mortgage
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EXHIBIT
F
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Specimen
of the Insurance Policy
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EXHIBIT
G
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Form
of Lost Note Affidavit
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EXHIBIT
H
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Request
for Release
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EXHIBIT
I-1
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Form
of Certification to be Provided to the Master Servicer by the Indenture
Trustee
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EXHIBIT
I-2
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Form
of Master Servicer Certification
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EXHIBIT
J
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Item
1119 Party Schedule
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EXHIBIT
K
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Form
of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
Statement
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EXHIBIT
L
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Form
of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification
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This
Sale
and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into effective as of
November 1, 2006, among FIRST HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE2, a Delaware statutory
trust (the “Trust”), FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association, as seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”), as master
servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”) and as custodian (in such
capacity, the “Custodian”), FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC., a Delaware
limited liability company, as depositor (the “Depositor”), and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, a New York banking corporation, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
WHEREAS,
the Trust desires to purchase from the Depositor a pool of Mortgage Loans which
were originated or acquired by the Seller in the ordinary course of business
of
the Seller;
WHEREAS,
the Depositor, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, purchased
the
Mortgage Loans from the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
(the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”); and
WHEREAS,
the Master Servicer is willing to service such Mortgage Loans in accordance
with
the terms of this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this
Article.
Accepted
Servicing Practices:
The
Master Servicer’s normal servicing practices in servicing and administering
revolving home equity line of credit mortgage loans for its own account, which
in general will conform to the mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage
lending institutions which service for their own account, mortgage loans of
the
same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related
Mortgaged Properties are located.
Account:
Any of
the Distribution Account, the Policy Payments Account or the Collection
Account.
Accountant’s
Opinion:
A
written opinion of the Master Servicer’s internal accountants, delivered and
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer.
Accrual
Period:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the period from and including the
preceding Due Date to but not including such Due Date.
Additional
Designated Information:
As
defined in Section 10.02.
Additional
Balance:
As to
any Mortgage Loan and day, the aggregate amount of all Draws conveyed to the
Trust pursuant to Section 2.01.
Administration
Agreement:
The
Administration Agreement dated as of November 21, 2006 by and among the
Indenture Trustee, the Seller, the Trust and The Bank of New York, as
administrator, including any amendments and supplements thereto in accordance
with the terms thereof.
Affiliate:
With
respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”
means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly
or
indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise and “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to
the foregoing.
Agreement:
This
Sale and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements
hereto.
Applicable
Law:
Any
domestic, federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, rule, administrative
interpretation, regulation, order, writ, injunction, directive, judgment, decree
or other requirement of any governmental authority applicable to the Seller
or
the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans, as originated or
serviced.
Appraised
Value:
The
appraised value of a Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made by or
for
the related originator, which appraisal may be obtained using an automated
valuation model, in compliance with the Seller’s underwriting criteria, in each
case at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan or, if new
appraisals are obtained, the appraised value based upon the most recent
appraisal, which appraisal may also be obtained using an automated valuation
model.
Assignment
Event:
(i) The
long-term senior unsecured debt rating of the Seller being rated below “BBB” by
Standard & Poor’s or “Baa2” by Moody’s, or (ii) the occurrence of an Event
of Servicing Termination.
Assignment
of Mortgage:
With
respect to any Mortgage, an assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent
instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction
in
which the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the sale of the
Mortgage to the Trust, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent
instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering the
Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same
jurisdiction.
Available
Funds Rate:
With
respect to any Payment Date the product of (i) the average of the Net Loan
Rates
applicable to the accrual of interest to be paid, weighted on the basis of
the
related Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan at the beginning of the related
Due Period and converted to a rate based on actual days/360, multiplied by
(ii)
a fraction the numerator of which is the Invested Amount for the previous
Payment Date and the denominator of which is the Note Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Payment Date.
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Base
O/C Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date on or after the Payment Date occurring in March
2007, the product of the Base O/C Percentage and the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance.
Base
O/C Percentage:
1.45%.
BIF:
The
Bank Insurance Fund, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enhancement Act of 1989, or if
at
any time after the execution of this instrument the Bank Insurance Fund is
not
existing and performing duties now assigned to it, the body performing such
duties on such date.
Book-Entry
Note:
Any
Note registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, ownership of
a
security entitlement with respect to which is reflected on the books of the
Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such
Depository (directly or as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules
of such Depository).
Business
Day:
Any day
other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking institutions
in the States of Delaware, New York, Tennessee, Texas or the city in which
the
Corporate Trust Office or the office of the Insurer is located are required
or
authorized by law to be closed.
Certification
Party:
As
defined in Section 10.05.
Certifying
Person:
As
defined in Section 10.05.
Charged-Off
Mortgage Loan:
As to
any Payment Date, (i) any Mortgage Loan in respect of which the Master Servicer
has written down all or a portion of the Principal Balance on the Master
Servicer’s servicing system, in accordance with the FFIEC Charge-Off Policy and
Accepted Servicing Practices and (ii) any Mortgage Loan that is 180 days or
more
delinquent (without duplication).
Charge-Off
Amount:
With
respect to any Charged-Off Mortgage Loan and Payment Date, the amount by which
the related Principal Balance was written down during the related Due Period
on
the Master Servicer’s servicing system in accordance with the FFIEC Charge-Off
Policy and Accepted Servicing Practices.
Closing
Date:
November 21, 2006.
Code:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.
Collection
Account:
The
custodial account or accounts created and maintained for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the Transferor Interest and the Insurer pursuant to Section
3.02(b).
Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio
or
CLTV:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Credit Limit of such Mortgage
Loan
at the time such Mortgage Loan was originated or at the time such Mortgage
Loan
is modified pursuant to Section 3.01(h) and the outstanding principal balance
of
the Senior Lien(s), if any, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan,
divided by the Appraised Value.
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Corporate
Trust Office:
The
principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate business shall be administered, which office on the Closing Date
is
located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust Mortgage Backed Securities Group, First Horizon ABS Trust
2006-HE2.
Credit
Limit:
As to
any Mortgage Loan the maximum Principal Balance permitted under the terms of
the
related Mortgage Note.
Cumulative
Charge-Off Step-Down Test:
With
respect to each Payment Date, a test that is satisfied on such Payment Date
if,
with respect to such Payment Date, the aggregate Charge-Off Amounts as of such
Payment Date, calculated as a percentage of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance is equal to or less than the applicable percentage specified
below:
Month
of Payment Date
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Cumulative
Charge Offs as a Percentage of the Cut Off Date Pool Principal
Balance
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June
2009 - October 2010
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1.50%
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November
2010 - October 2011
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2.25%
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November
2011 and thereafter
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2.75%
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Custodian:
First
Tennessee Bank National Association as Custodian, or any successor hereunder
appointed in accordance with the terms hereof.
Cut-Off
Date:
November 1, 2006.
Cut-Off
Date Principal Balance:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance thereof as of the
Cut-Off Date (or as of the applicable date of substitution with respect to
an
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 or
2.06).
Cut-Off
Date Pool Principal Balance:
$355,064,595.40.
Defective
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan subject to repurchase or substitution by the Seller pursuant
to
Section 2.02 or 2.04.
Definitive
Notes:
As
defined in the Indenture.
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Delinquency
Step-Down Test:
With
respect to each Payment Date, a test that is satisfied on such Payment Date
if,
with respect to such Payment Date, the Three Month Rolling Average of 60+ Day
Delinquent Mortgage Loans on such Payment Date is equal to or less than
8.00%.
Delinquent
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan is delinquent if the Monthly Payment due thereon is not received
by the close of business on the day the related Monthly Payment is scheduled
to
be made, after taking into account any applicable grace period, in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and until such delinquency is
subsequently cured.
Deposit
Event:
Either
(i) The short-term debt obligations of the Master Servicer not being rated
at
least “A-1” by Standards & Poor’s and “P-1” by Moody’s or (ii) the
occurrence of an Event of Servicing Termination.
Depositor:
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Depository:
The
initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, the nominee of which
is Cede & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation”
as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC of the State of New
York.
Depository
Participant:
A
broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for whom
from time to time the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination
Date:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the earlier of (a) the third Business Day after
the
15th
day of
the month in which such Payment Date occurs, and (b) the third Business Day
preceding such Payment Date.
Distributable
Excess Spread:
As to
any Payment Date, the lesser of (i) the Excess Spread for such Payment Date
or
(ii) the excess, if any, of the Specified O/C Amount for such Payment Date
over
the O/C Amount on such date after giving effect to the distribution of the
Noteholder Principal Distribution Amount and the amount to be distributed
pursuant to Section 5.01 (a)I(vii).
Distribution
Account:
The
account established by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
5.05.
Draw:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, an additional borrowing by the related Mortgagor
subsequent to the Cut-Off Date in accordance with the related Mortgage
Note.
Draw
Period:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the period during which the related Mortgagor
is
permitted to make Draws.
Due
Date:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Monthly Payment, the date on which such
Monthly Payment is due from the related Mortgagor.
Due
Period:
As to
any Determination Date or Payment Date, the calendar month immediately preceding
such Determination Date or Payment Date.
5
XXXXX:
The
SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.
Eligible
Account:
An
account maintained at an Eligible Institution.
Eligible
Institution:
Shall
mean (1) a depository institution (which may be the Seller) organized under
the
laws of the United States or any one of the States thereof, including the
District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) which at all
times (a) has a short-term unsecured debt rating of “P-1” by Moody’s, (b) has a
short-term unsecured debt rating of “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and (c) has
its accounts fully insured by the FDIC or maintains trust accounts in a
fiduciary capacity, or (2) any other institution that is acceptable to each
Rating Agency and the Insurer. If so qualified, the Indenture Trustee or the
Master Servicer may be considered an Eligible Institution for the purposes
of
this definition.
Eligible
Investments:
One or
more of the following (excluding any callable investments purchased at a
premium) without options and with maturities no later than the expected Payment
Date:
(i)
direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment
of
principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof, provided
that
such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii)
repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (i) maturing not more
than three months from the date of acquisition thereof, provided
that the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such
obligations are at the time rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
short-term rating category (which is “A 1+” for Standard & Poor’s and “P-1”
for Moody’s);
(iii)
certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances (which shall
each have an original maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the case of
bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than
365 days) of any U.S. depository institution or trust company incorporated
under
the laws of the United States or any state thereof and subject to supervision
and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities, provided
that the
unsecured short-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust
company at the date of acquisition thereof have been rated by Moody’s and
Standard & Poor’s in their highest unsecured short-term debt rating
category;
(iv)
commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 90 days) of any
corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof which on the date of acquisition has been rated by Standard & Poor’s
and Moody’s in their highest short term rating categories;
(v)
short
term investment funds (“STIFS”) sponsored by any trust company or national
banking association incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof which on the date of acquisition has been rated by Standard &
Poor’s or Moody’s in their respective highest rating category of long term
unsecured debt;
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(vi)
interests in any money market fund which at the date of acquisition of the
interests in such fund and throughout the time that the interest is held in
such
fund has a rating of “Aaa” by Moody’s or either “AAAm” or “AAAm-G” by Standard
& Poor’s; and
(vii)
other obligations or securities that are acceptable to each Rating Agency and
the Insurer as an Eligible Investment hereunder and will not result in a
reduction in the then current rating of the Notes, as evidenced by a letter
to
such effect from such Rating Agency and the Insurer and with respect to which
the Master Servicer has received confirmation that, for tax purposes, the
investment complies with each proviso set forth below in the last clause of
this
definition;
provided
that no
instrument described hereunder shall evidence either the right to receive (a)
only interest with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument or
(b)
both principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such
instrument and the interest and principal payments with respect to such
instrument provided a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield
to
maturity at par of the underlying obligations; and provided, further, that
no
instrument described hereunder may be purchased at a price greater than par
if
such instrument may be prepaid or called at a price less than its purchase
price
prior to its stated maturity and is in accordance with accounting literature in
effect as of the Closing Date.
Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller for a Defective Mortgage Loan which
must, on the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding Principal
Balance (or in the case of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan for
a
Defective Mortgage Loan, an aggregate Principal Balance), that is approximately
equal to the Principal Balance of such Defective Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a
Credit Limit that is not greater than that of the Defective Mortgage Loan;
(iii)
have a Loan Rate not less than the Loan Rate of the Defective Mortgage Loan
and
not more than 1% in excess of the Loan Rate of such Defective Mortgage Loan;
(iv) have a rate cap that is equal to or less than the Loan Rate Cap; (v) have
a
Margin that is not less than the Margin of the Defective Mortgage Loan and
not
more than 1% higher than the Margin for the Defective Loan; (vi) have a Mortgage
of the same or higher level of priority as the Mortgage relating to the
Defective Mortgage Loan at the time such Mortgage was transferred to the Trust;
(vii) have a maturity not later than the Final Payment Date; (viii) comply
with
each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.04 (deemed to be made
as
of the date of substitution); and (ix) have an original Combined Loan-to-Value
Ratio not greater than that of the Defective Mortgage Loan. More than one
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan may be substituted for a Defective Mortgage
Loan if such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans meet the foregoing attributes
in
the aggregate and such substitution is approved in writing in advance by the
Insurer.
ERISA:
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Event
of Servicing Termination:
As
defined in Section 7.01.
Excess
O/C Amount:
As to
any Payment Date, the amount by which (i) the O/C Amount for such Payment Date
exceeds (ii) the Specified O/C Amount for such Payment Date; provided, however,
that following the occurrence of a Rapid Amortization Event, the Excess O/C
Amount shall be zero.
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Excess
Spread:
With
respect to each Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Noteholder Interest
Collections for such Payment Date over (b) the aggregate of amounts required
to
be distributed pursuant to subclauses (i) through (vi) of Section 5.01(a)I
herein on such Payment Date.
Excess
Spread Step-Up Event:
With
respect to each Payment Date, an event that occurs if the Three Month Rolling
Average of Excess Spread is (a) less than 1.25% but equal to or greater than
1.00% or (b) less than 1.00%.
Exchange
Act:
The
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange
Act Reports:
Any
reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K required to be filed by the
Depositor with respect to the Trust under the Exchange Act.
FDIC:
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any successor thereto.
FFIEC
Charge-Off Policy:
The
Uniform Retail Credit Classification and Account Management Policy issued
jointly by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, the Federal
Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of Thrift Supervision, as the
same
may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Fidelity
Bond:
As
defined in Section 3.06.
Final
Payment Date:
The
Payment Date in October 2026.
Fiscal
Agent:
As
defined in the Insurance Policy.
Fixed
Loan Rate Balances:
The
aggregate Principal Balance of all Locked Balances.
Floating
Allocation Percentage:
With
respect to any Payment Date is the percentage equivalent of a fraction with
a
numerator equal to the Invested Amount for the previous Payment Date (in the
case of the first Payment Date, the Invested Amount as of the Closing Date)
and
a denominator equal to the Pool Balance at the beginning of the related Due
Period (in the case of the first Payment Date, the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance).
Foreclosure
Profit:
With
respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which (i) the
related aggregate Net Recoveries exceed (ii) the related Principal Balance
(without giving effect to any reduction thereto in respect of any prior
Charge-Off Amounts) immediately prior to receipt of the final Recoveries plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Loan Rate from the date
interest was last paid through the date of receipt of the final
Recoveries.
Form
10-D Disclosure Item:
With
respect to any Person, any material litigation or governmental proceedings
pending against such Person, or against any of the Trust, the Depositor, the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer or any Subservicer,
if
such Person has actual knowledge thereof.
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Form
10-K Disclosure Item:
With
respect to any Person, (a) any Form 10-D Disclosure Item, and (b) any
affiliations or relationships between such Person and any Item 1119
Party.
Grant:
As
defined in the Indenture.
HELOC
Balance:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the portion, if any, of the principal balance
thereof subject to a variable loan rate.
Increased
Senior Lien Limitation:
As
defined in Section 3.01(h).
Indemnification
Agreement:
The
Indemnification Agreement dated as of November 15, 2006 by and among the
Insurer, the Seller, the Depositor and the Trust.
Indenture:
The
Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2006, between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee.
Indenture
Trustee:
The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Indenture Trustee under
the
Indenture or any successor indenture trustee under the Indenture appointed
in
accordance with such agreement.
Indenture
Trustee Fee:
With
respect to any Payment Date, an amount no greater than the product of the
Indenture Trustee Fee Rate and the outstanding amount of Notes on the first
day
of the related Interest Accrual Period.
Indenture
Trustee Fee Rate:
0.006%
per annum.
Indenture
Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders:
As
defined in Section 5.03.
Index:
With
respect to each Interest Rate Adjustment Date for a Mortgage Loan, the highest
“prime rate” as published in the Wall Street Journal. If the “prime rate” is no
longer published, then the Index will be a comparable independent index selected
by the Seller.
Insurance
and Indemnity Agreement:
The
Insurance and Indemnity Agreement dated as of November 21, 2006 among the
Issuer, the Seller, the Depositor and the Insurer, including any amendments
and
supplements thereto in accordance with the terms thereof.
Insurance
Policy:
The
financial guaranty insurance policy (No. 51778-N) with respect to the Notes
and
all endorsements thereto, if any, dated the Closing Date, issued by the Insurer
for the benefit of the Noteholders, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit
F.
Insurance
Policy Draw Amount:
For any
Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of (a) the aggregate amount of
Scheduled Payments due on such Payment Date, over (b) the sum of all amounts
on
deposit in the Collection Account and available for distribution to the
Noteholders on such Payment Date.
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Insurer:
Financial Security Assurance Inc., a stock insurance company organized and
created under the laws of the State of New York, or any successor
thereto.
Insurer
Default:
The
failure by the Insurer to make a payment required under the Insurance Policy
in
accordance with its terms.
Interest
Carryover Shortfall:
With
respect to any Payment Date and the Notes, the amount by which the related
Interest Distribution for such Notes for the preceding Payment Date exceeded
the
amount of interest that was actually distributed to such Notes on such preceding
Payment Date.
Interest
Collections:
With
respect to each Payment Date, the sum of (i) the amount collected during the
related Due Period in respect of the Mortgage Loans and allocated to interest
in
accordance with the related Mortgage Note including any portion thereof included
in any Purchase Price or Substitution Adjustment Amount or Transferor Deposit
Amount paid during the related Due Period and (ii) Net Recoveries received
during the related Due Period.
Interest
Distribution:
With
respect to any Payment Date and the Notes, the sum of (a) the related Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for such Notes for such Payment Date, and (b)
any
related Outstanding Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Notes for such Payment
Date.
Interest
Accrual Period:
With
respect to each Payment Date other than the first Payment Date and the Notes,
the period from the Payment Date in the month preceding the month of such
Payment Date through the day before such Payment Date, and with respect to
the
first Payment Date the period from the Closing Date through December 25,
2006.
Interest
Rate Adjustment Date:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date on which the related Loan Rate is
adjusted in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Invested
Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the Original Invested Amount minus (i) the
aggregate of the Noteholder Principal Distribution Amounts, before taking into
account O/C Reduction Amounts, up to and including the related Payment Date
and
(ii) the aggregate of Noteholder Charge-Off Amounts since the Cut-Off Date
including the Noteholder Charge-Off Amount for such Payment Date. The Invested
Amount on the Closing Date will be the Original Invested Amount.
Issuer:
First
Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE2.
Item
1119 Party:
The
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer, any
Subservicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, any originator identified
in the Prospectus Supplement and any other material transaction party, as
identified in Exhibit J hereto, as updated pursuant to Section
10.04.
LIBOR:
For any
LIBOR Determination Date and for each Interest Accrual Period, other than the
first Interest Accrual Period, the rate for deposits in United States dollars
for a period of one month which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time on that date and (ii) for the first Interest Accrual Period, will
be
an interpolated 50-day LIBOR rate. If the rate does not appear on Telerate
Page
3750, the rate for the LIBOR Determination Date will be determined on the basis
of the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the
Reference Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that date to prime
banks in the London interbank market for a period of one month. The Indenture
Trustee will request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks
to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are
provided, the rate for that LIBOR Determination Date will be the arithmetic
mean
of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested,
the
rate for that LIBOR Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted by the Reference Banks, selected by the Master Servicer, at approximately
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that day for loans in United States dollars
to leading European banks for a period of one month.
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LIBOR
Business Day:
Any day
other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday and (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York or in the city of London, England are
required or authorized by law to be closed.
LIBOR
Carryover Interest Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date the excess of the amount of interest that would
have
been due to Noteholders if interest for such Payment Date had been calculated
pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Note Rate, with interest thereon
at
the Note Rate, over the amount of interest calculated at the Available Funds
Rate, but subject to the Maximum Rate.
LIBOR
Carryover Interest Shortfall:
With
respect to any Payment Date the amount of LIBOR Carryover Interest Amounts
for
prior Payment Dates that remain unpaid.
LIBOR
Determination Date:
With
respect to any Interest Accrual Period the second LIBOR Business Day preceding
the first day of such period.
Lien:
Any
lien, charge, mortgage, claim, participation interest, equity, pledge or
security interest of any nature, encumbrances or right of others.
Limited
Exchange Act Reporting Obligations:
The
obligations of the Master Servicer under Section 7.01 with respect to notice
and
information to be provided to the Depositor and Article X (except Section
10.07(a)(i) and (ii).
Liquidated
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer has determined that all Recoveries
which it expects to recover in connection with the disposition of such Mortgage
Loan or related REO Property have been recovered.
Loan
Rate:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any day, the variable interest rate
applicable under the related Mortgage Note, provided, that if the Lock Feature
has been exercised with respect to a Mortgage Loan or any portion thereof,
the
Loan Rate for such Mortgage Loan or portion thereof shall be the resulting
fixed
interest rate.
Loan
Rate Cap:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, 21% per annum.
Lock
Feature:
An
option available to a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan that permits the Mortgagor
to convert either the entire outstanding balance due or any portion thereof
to a
fixed rate closed-end loan.
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Locked
Balance:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Lock Feature has been exercised,
the portion of the Principal Balance thereof subject to a fixed Loan
Rate.
Locked
Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgagor exercises the Lock
Feature.
Lost
Note Affidavit:
An
affidavit in the form of Exhibit
G.
Majority
Noteholder:
The
Holder or Holders of Notes representing at least 51% of the aggregate Note
Principal Balance.
Margin:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than the Locked Balance of any Mortgage
Loan as to which the Lock Feature has been exercised), the spread over the
applicable Index, as specified in the related Mortgage Note.
Master
Servicer:
First
Tennessee Bank National Association as Master Servicer, or any successor
hereunder appointed in accordance with the terms hereof.
Master
Servicer Employees:
As
defined in Section 3.06.
Master
Servicing Fee:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the product of (i) the Master Servicing Fee Rate
and (ii) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the opening
of business on the first day of the related Due Period (or at the Cut-Off Date
with respect to the first Payment Date).
Master
Servicing Fee Rate:
0.50%
per annum.
Maximum
Rate:
18% per
annum.
Minimum
Transferor Interest:
Zero.
Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount:
As to
any Payment Date and the Notes, interest at the Note Rate that accrued, on
the
basis of the actual number of days in the Interest Accrual Period and a 360
day
year, during the related Interest Accrual Period on the Note Principal Balance
thereof immediately prior to such Payment Date.
Monthly
Payment:
With
respect to a Mortgage Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of principal and/or
interest required to be made by a Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loan.
Moody’s:
Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
Mortgage:
The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first or second lien
on
an estate in fee simple interest in real property securing a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage
File:
The
mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01(b)(i) and (ii), pertaining to a
particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added
to
the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
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Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement:
The
mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of November 21, 2006, between the
Depositor, as purchaser, and First Tennessee Bank National Association, as
seller, relating to the sale of the Mortgage Loans from First Tennessee Bank
National Association to the Depositor.
Mortgage
Loan Schedule:
The
schedule of Mortgage Loans constituting assets of the Trust and thereafter
as
amended or supplemented pursuant to the terms hereof. The Mortgage Loan Schedule
is the schedule set forth herein as Exhibit
A,
which
schedule sets forth as to each Mortgage Loan (i) the Cut-Off Date Principal
Balance, separately indicating any Locked Balance and any HELOC Balance, (ii)
the account number, (iii) the Credit Limit, (iv) the CLTV as of the date of
the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan, (v) occupancy and loan purpose, (vi)
the Loan Rate as of the Cut-Off Date, separately indicating the Loan Rate
applicable to any Locked Balance and any HELOC Balance, (vii) the Margin, (viii)
the type of property, (ix) the debt-to-income ratio, and (x) the FICO
score.
Mortgage
Loan:
A home
equity line of credit that is conveyed to the Trust on the Closing Date pursuant
to Section 2.01, together with the Related Documents, exclusive of (i) a
Mortgage Loan that is transferred to the Seller, from time to time pursuant
to
Section 2.02 and (ii) a Charged-Off Mortgage Loan with respect to which (a)
the
Charged-Off Amount is equal to the Principal Balance of such Charged-Off
Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such charge-off and (b) the related loan
number has been deleted from the Master Servicer’s Recovery - Management System,
as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust, such Mortgage Loans
originally so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered
on
the Closing Date and thereafter on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as amended or
supplemented pursuant to the terms hereof.
Mortgage
Note:
With
respect to a Mortgage Loan, the related credit line account agreement executed
by the related Mortgager and any amendment or modification thereof.
Mortgaged
Property:
The
underlying property, including any real property and improvements thereon,
securing a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgagee:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date of determination, the holder of
the
related Mortgage Note and any related Mortgage as of such date.
Mortgagor:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the obligor or obligors under the related Mortgage
Note.
Net
Interest Collections:
With
respect to each Payment Date, Interest Collections for such Payment Date reduced
by the Master Servicing Fee for such Payment Date.
Net
Advance Amount:
As of
any date of determination, the aggregate amount advanced by the Transferor
to
the Trust for the purchase of Additional Balances pursuant to Section 3.3 of
the
Trust Agreement, less (i) any such amounts reimbursed to the Transferor pursuant
to Section 3.3 of the Trust Agreement, and (ii) the aggregate Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans that have been removed from the Trust by the Transferor
pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Agreement.
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Net
Loan Rate:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan on any day, the Loan Rate less (i) the Master
Servicing Fee Rate, (ii) the per annum rate at which the Premium Amount is
calculated, (iii) the Indenture Trustee Fee Rate, and (iv) 0.25% per
annum.
Net
Recoveries:
With
respect to any Charged-Off Mortgage Loan, Recoveries net of unreimbursed Master
Servicing Fees with respect thereto.
Note:
Any
Note executed by the Trust and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee
substantially in the form set forth in the Indenture.
Note
Owner:
The
Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry Note.
Note
Principal Balance:
With
respect to any date of determination, (a) the Original Note Principal Balance
less (b) the aggregate of amounts previously distributed as principal to the
Noteholders; provided, however, exclusively for the purpose of determining
any
subrogation rights of the Insurer, the “Note Principal Balance” of the Notes is
not reduced by the amount of any payments made by the Insurer in respect of
principal on the Notes under the Policy, except to the extent the payment has
been reimbursed to the Insurer pursuant to the provisions hereof.
Note
Rate:
For any
Payment Date, the least of (a) a per annum rate equal to LIBOR plus 0.13%,
(b)
the Available Funds Rate and (c) the Maximum Rate.
Note
Register and Note Registrar:
As
defined in the Indenture.
Noteholder
or Holder:
The
Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register, except that,
solely for the purpose of giving any consent, direction, waiver or request
pursuant to this Agreement, (x) any Note registered in the name of the Seller
or
the Depositor, or any Person actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee to be an Affiliate of the Seller or the Depositor, and any
Note for which the Seller or the Depositor, or any Person actually known to
a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee to be an Affiliate of the Seller
or
the Depositor, is the Note Owner, shall be deemed not to be outstanding (unless
to the actual knowledge of such Responsible Officer (i) the Seller or the
Depositor, or such Affiliate, is acting as trustee or nominee for a Person
who
is not an Affiliate of the Seller or the Depositor and who makes the voting
decision with respect to such Note or (ii) the Seller or the Depositor, or
such
Affiliate, is the Note Owner of all the Notes) and the Percentage Interest
evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the
requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary to effect any such consent,
direction, waiver or request has been obtained, and (y) the Insurer shall be
deemed to be the owner of 100% of the Notes so long as no Insurer Default is
then continuing.
Noteholder
Charge-Off Amount:
For any
Payment Date the Floating Allocation Percentage of the Charge-Off Amounts
incurred during the related Due Period.
Noteholder
Interest Collections:
For any
Payment Date the Floating Allocation Percentage of Net Interest Collections
for
the related Due Period.
Noteholder
Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date during (a) the Revolving Period, an amount equal
to
the positive difference between the Principal Collections received during the
related Due Period minus
Additional Balances created during the related Due Period and (b) the Rapid
Amortization Period, an amount equal to Principal Collections received during
the related Due Period, in each case as reduced by the O/C Reduction Amount,
if
any, for such Payment Date.
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O/C
Amount:
As to
any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Invested Amount as of the
close
of business on the last day of the related Due Period over (b) the Note
Principal Balance (after giving effect to the distribution of the Noteholder
Principal Distribution Amount and amounts pursuant to Section 5.01(a)I(iv)
and
(v) for such Payment Date, but before taking into account the O/C Reduction
Amount, if any).
O/C
Reduction Amount:
As to
any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Excess O/C Amount
for
such Payment Date and (ii) the Noteholder Principal Distribution Amount for
such
Payment Date, before taking into account the O/C Reduction Amount.
Officer’s
Certificate:
A
certificate signed by the President, an Executive Vice President, a Senior
Vice
President, a Vice President, an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer,
Assistant Treasurer, Controller or Assistant Controller of the Master Servicer,
the Seller or the Depositor, as the case may be, and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer.
Operative
Agreements:
The
Trust Agreement, the Certificate of Trust of the Issuer, this Agreement, the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Custodial Agreement, the
Depository Agreement, the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement and each other
document contemplated by any of the foregoing to which the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the
Issuer is a party.
Opinion
of Counsel:
A
written opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee,
who
may be in-house counsel for the Master Servicer (or its affiliate) or the Seller
(or its affiliate)(except that any opinion pursuant to Section 2.01 or 6.04
or
relating to taxation or otherwise as required by the Insurer must be an opinion
of independent outside counsel) and who, in the case of opinions delivered
to
the Insurer and the Rating Agency, is reasonably acceptable to each of
them.
Optional
Termination Date:
Any
Payment Date on or after the Note Principal Balance has been reduced to an
amount less than or equal to 10% of the Original Note Principal
Balance.
Original
Note Principal Balance:
$355,000,000.
Original
Invested Amount:
$355,064,595.40.
Outstanding
Interest Carryover Shortfall:
With
respect to any Payment Date and the Notes, the amount of related Interest
Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date and the Notes, plus one month’s
interest thereon at the Note Rate, to the extent permitted by law.
Owner
Trustee:
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual
capacity but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement, and any
successor owner trustee under the Trust Agreement appointed in accordance with
the terms thereof.
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Paying
Agent:
Any
paying agent appointed pursuant to the Indenture.
Payment
Date:
The
25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next
Business Day, beginning in December 2006.
Percentage
Interest:
As to
any Note and any date of determination, the percentage obtained by dividing
the
principal denomination of such Note by the aggregate of the principal
denominations of all Notes.
Performance
Certification:
As
defined in Section 10.05.
Permitted
Activities:
The
activities allowed under Section 35 of SFAS 140.
Person:
Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Policy
Payments Account:
The
account established by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
5.04.
Pool
Factor:
With
respect to the Notes and to any Payment Date, the percentage, carried to seven
places, obtained by dividing the Note Principal Balance for such Payment Date
by
the Original Note Principal Balance.
Pool
Principal Balance:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate of the Principal Balance of all
Mortgage Loans as of the opening of business on the first day of the month
in
which such Payment Date occurs.
Preference
Event:
As
defined in Section 4.01(c).
Premium
Amount:
The
premium payable to the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance and Indemnity
Agreement.
Premium
Letter:
The
letter agreement dated as of November 15, 2006 by and among the Insurer, the
Seller, the Depositor and the Trust with respect to the premium and other
amounts payable in respect of the Insurance Policy.
Principal
Balance:
As to
any Mortgage Loan on any day, the Cut-Off Date Principal Balance, plus any
Additional Balances in respect of such Mortgage Loans minus
all
collections credited against the Principal Balance of any such Mortgage Loan
in
accordance with the related Mortgage Note and minus all prior related Charge-Off
Amounts.
Principal
Collections:
With
respect to each Payment Date, the amount collected during the related Due Period
in respect of the Mortgage Loans and allocated to principal in accordance with
the terms of the related Mortgage Note, including any portion thereof included
in any Purchase Price or Substitution Adjustment Amount or Transferor Deposit
Amount paid during the related Due Period, but excluding any portion of
Recoveries.
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Prospectus:
The
base prospectus of the Depositor dated April 20, 2006.
Prospectus
Supplement:
The
prospectus supplement dated November 15, 2006, relating to the offering of
the
Notes.
Purchase
Price:
As to
any Mortgage Loan repurchased or purchased on any date pursuant to Section
2.02,
2.04, 2.10 or 2.11, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid Principal
Balance thereof, (ii) the greater of (a) all unpaid accrued interest thereon
to
the end of the Due Period preceding the Payment Date on which such Purchase
Price will be included in Interest Collections and Principal Collections and
(b)
30 days’ interest thereon, computed at the applicable Loan Rate; provided,
however,
that if
at the time of repurchase the Seller is the Master Servicer, the amount
described in clause (ii) shall be computed at the Loan Rate net of the Master
Servicing Fee Rate, (iii) (x) if the Master Servicer is not the Seller, any
unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (y)
expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer or the
Indenture Trustee in respect of the breach or defect giving rise to the purchase
obligation and (iv) the amount of any penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal
fees
and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred
by
or imposed on the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or the Trust
or
with respect to which any of them are liable arising from a breach by the Seller
of its representations and warranties in Section 2.04 (including any costs
and
any applicable damages incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation
by
such Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending laws).
Purchaser:
The
Depositor in its capacity as purchaser under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
Qualifying
SPE:
As set
forth in SFAS 140.
Rapid
Amortization Event:
As
defined in Section 5.07.
Rapid
Amortization Period:
The
period commencing on the day immediately following the end of the Revolving
Period and continuing until the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section
8.01.
Rating
Agency:
Any
statistical credit rating agency, or its successor, that rated the Notes at
the
request of the Master Servicer at the time of the initial issuance of the Notes.
If such agency or a successor is no longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall
be such statistical credit rating agency, or other comparable Person, designated
by the Master Servicer and the Insurer, notice of which designation shall be
given to the Indenture Trustee. References herein to the highest short term
unsecured rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean “A-1+” or better in the
case of Standard & Poor’s and “P-1” or better in the case of Moody’s and in
the case of any other Rating Agency shall mean the ratings such other Rating
Agency deems equivalent to the foregoing ratings. References herein to the
highest long-term rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean “AAA” in the
case of Standard & Poor’s and “Aaa” in the case of Moody’s and in the case
of any other Rating Agency, the rating such other Rating Agency deems equivalent
to the foregoing ratings.
Ratings:
The
ratings initially assigned to the Notes by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced
by
letters from the Rating Agencies.
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Recalculated
Weighted Average Margin:
With
respect to any date of determination, a weighted average calculated as (I)
the
sum of (a) the weighted average Margin of the HELOC Balances as of such date
multiplied by the aggregate outstanding HELOC Balances, plus (b) the product
of
(i) the weighted average Loan Rate on all Fixed Loan Rate Balances as of such
date multiplied by (ii) the aggregate outstanding Fixed Loan Rate Balances
divided by (II) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
such
date.
Record
Date:
The
Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date; provided, however, that
if
any Note becomes a Definitive Note, the record date for such Notes will be
the
last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the
related Payment Date occurs.
Recoveries:
With
respect to a Charged-Off Mortgage Loan, the proceeds (including Released
Mortgaged Property Proceeds but not including amounts drawn under the Insurance
Policy) received by the Master Servicer in connection with any Charged-Off
Mortgage Loan minus related Servicing Advances.
Reference
Banks:
Three
major banks that are engaged in the London interbank market, selected by the
Master Servicer and identified in writing to the Indenture Trustee.
Regulation
AB:
Subpart
229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to
such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the SEC in the
adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518,
70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the SEC, or as
may
be provided by the SEC or its staff from time to time.
Related
Documents:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the documents listed in Section 2.01(b)(ii)(B)
through (F).
Released
Mortgaged Property Proceeds:
As to
any Mortgage Loan, proceeds received by the Master Servicer in connection with
(a) a taking of an entire Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent
domain or condemnation or (b) any release of part of the Mortgaged Property
from
the lien of the related Mortgage, whether by partial condemnation, sale or
otherwise, which are not released to the Mortgagor in accordance with (i)
applicable law, (ii) mortgage servicing standards employed by the Master
Servicer in servicing mortgage loans for its own account and (iii) the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement.
REO
Property:
A
Mortgaged Property that is acquired by the Trust in foreclosure or by deed
in
lieu of foreclosure.
Reportable
Event:
Reportable Event: Any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any
event, the following:
(a)
entry
into a definitive agreement related to the Trust, the Notes or the Mortgage
Loans, or an amendment to an Operative Agreement, even if the Depositor is
not a
party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer
contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
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(b)
termination of an Operative Agreement or any other document entered into in
connection with the Trust, the Notes or the Mortgage Loans (other than by
expiration of the applicable agreement on its stated termination date or as
a
result of all parties completing their obligations under such agreement), even
if the Depositor is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement
with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(c)
with
respect to the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer becomes aware of
any
bankruptcy or receivership with respect to the Seller, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, any Subservicer, the Indenture Trustee, any enhancement or support
provider contemplated by Items 1114(b) or 1115 of Regulation AB, or any other
material party contemplated by Item 1101(d)(1) of Regulation AB;
(d)
with
respect to the Trust Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor only,
the occurrence of an early amortization, performance trigger or other event,
including an event of default under this Agreement;
(e)
any
amendment to this Agreement;
(f)
the
resignation, removal, replacement, substitution of the Master Servicer, any
Subservicer or the Indenture Trustee;
(g)
with
respect to the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer becomes aware that
(i) any material enhancement or support specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through
(3)
of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB that was previously applicable
regarding one or more classes of the Notes has terminated other than by
expiration of the contract on its stated termination date or as a result of
all
parties completing their obligations under such agreement; (ii) any material
enhancement specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item
1115 of Regulation AB has been added with respect to one or more classes of
the
Notes; or (iii) any existing material enhancement or support specified in Item
1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB with
respect to one or more classes of the Notes has been materially amended or
modified; and
(h)
with
respect to the Master Servicer and the Depositor only, a required distribution
to the Noteholders is not made as of the required Payment Date under this
Agreement.
Reporting
Subcontractor:
With
respect to the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, or any Subcontractor
determined by such Person pursuant to Section 10.08(b) to be “participating in
the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
References to a Reporting Subcontractor shall refer only to the Subcontractor
of
such Person and shall not refer to Subcontractors generally.
Request
for Release:
As
defined in Section 3.08.
Responsible
Officer:
With
respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer assigned to the corporate trust
group (or any successor thereto), including any vice president, assistant vice
president, trust officer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the
Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by
any of the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. When used with respect
to the Seller or Master Servicer, the President or any Vice President, Assistant
Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or any Secretary or Assistant
Secretary.
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Revolving
Period:
The
period from the Cut-Off Date to the earlier of (a) the Payment Date in November
2011 and (b) the occurrence of a Rapid Amortization Event.
SAIF:
The
Savings Association Insurance Fund, as from time to time constituted, created
under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989,
or if at any time after the execution of this instrument the Savings Association
Insurance Fund is not existing and performing duties now assigned to it, the
body performing such duties on such date.
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification:
As
defined in Section 10.05.
Scheduled
Payments:
As
defined in the Insurance Policy.
SEC:
The
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities
Act:
The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller:
First
Tennessee Bank National Association, as Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
Senior
Lien:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a second priority lien, the mortgage loan
or mortgage loans relating to the corresponding Mortgaged Property having
priority senior to that of such Mortgage Loan.
Servicing
Advances:
All
reasonable and customary unanticipated “out of pocket” costs and expenses
incurred in the performance by the Master Servicer of its servicing obligations,
including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation, restoration
and
protection of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial
proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of
the
REO Property, including reasonable fees paid to any independent contractor
in
connection therewith, and (iv) compliance with the obligations under Sections
3.04, 3.07 or 3.14 hereunder.
Servicing
Certificate:
A
certificate completed and executed by a Servicing Officer on behalf of the
Master Servicer.
Servicing
Criteria:
The
“servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Servicing
Officer:
Any
officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the
administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and specimen
signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Indenture
Trustee (with a copy to the Insurer) by the Master Servicer on the Closing
Date,
as such list may be amended from time to time, initially set forth in Exhibit
B.
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SFAS
140:
Statement of Accounting Standards No. 140 of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, as in effect on the date hereof.
60+Day
Delinquent Mortgage Loan:
For any
Due Period, any Mortgage Loan that is (i) 60 or more days delinquent, (ii)
for
which the related borrower has filed for bankruptcy protection, (iii) that
is in
foreclosure, or (iv) with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property is
characterized as REO Property as of the end of such Due Period.
Specified
O/C Amount:
With
respect to each Payment Date:
(a)
prior
to the Payment Date occurring in June 2009, the sum of (i) the Base O/C Amount
and (ii) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 180
or
more days delinquent, in foreclosure, REO Property or in
bankruptcy;
(b)
on
and after the Payment Date occurring in June 2009 up to but not including the
Step-Down Date:
(1)
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if
an Excess Spread Step-Up Event has not occurred on such Payment
Date, the
sum of (i) the Base O/C Amount and (ii) the aggregate Principal
Balance of
the Mortgage Loans that are 180 or more days delinquent, in foreclosure,
REO Property or in bankruptcy; or
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(2)
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if
an Excess Spread Step-Up Event has occurred on such Payment Date,
the
Step-Up Base O/C Amount, or
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(c)
on
and after the Step Down Date
(1)
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if
an Excess Spread Step-Up Event has not occurred on such Payment
Date,
either:
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(A)
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if
both of the Step-Down Tests are satisfied on such Payment Date,
the Step
Down Base O/C Amount; or
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(B)
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if
either of the Step-Down Tests is not satisfied on such Payment
Date, the
sum of (i) the Base O/C Amount and (ii) the aggregate Principal
Balance of
the Mortgage Loans that are 180 or more days delinquent, in foreclosure,
REO Property or in bankruptcy; or
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(2)
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if
an Excess Spread Step-Up Event has occurred on such Payment Date,
the
Step-Up Base O/C Amount,
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provided
that with respect to any Payment Date occurring on or after the Step Down Date,
the Insurer may reduce the Specified O/C Amount so long as such reduction will
not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then current
ratings of the Notes, without regard to the Insurance Policy, as evidenced
in
writing by each Rating Agency.
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Standard
& Poor’s:
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc., or any successor thereto.
Step-Down
Date:
The
later to occur of (a) the Payment Date occurring in June 2009 and (b) the
Payment Date on which the Pool Principal Balance as of the last day of the
related Due Period is equal to or less than 50% of the Cut-Off Date Pool
Principal Balance.
Step-Down
Base O/C Amount:
With
respect to each Payment Date, the sum of (a) the lesser of (i) the Base O/C
Amount, and (ii) 2.90% of the Pool Principal Balance as of the last day of
the
related Due Period and (b) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans
that are 180 or more days delinquent, in foreclosure, REO Property or in
bankruptcy; provided that in no event will the Step-Down Base O/C Amount be
less
than the sum of (x) 0.50% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal Balance and (y)
the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 180 or more days
delinquent, in foreclosure, REO Property or in bankruptcy.
Step-Down
Test:
With
respect to any Payment Date either the Delinquency Step-Down Test or the
Cumulative Charge-Off Step-Down Test.
Step-Up
Base O/C Amount:
With
respect to each Payment Date (A) if clause (a) of the definition Excess Spread
Step-Up Event has occurred as of such Payment Date, the sum of (x) the lesser
of
(i) 2.50% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal Balance and (ii) 5.00% of the
Pool
Principal Balance as of the last day of the related Due Period and (y) the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 180 or more days
delinquent, in foreclosure, REO Property or in bankruptcy; or (B) if clause
(b)
of the definition Excess Spread Step-Up Event has occurred as of such Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the lesser of (i) 3.25% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance and (ii) 6.50% of the Pool Principal Balance as of the last day of
the
related Due Period and(y) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
that are 180 or more days delinquent, in foreclosure, REO Property or in
bankruptcy; provided that in the case of each of (A) and (B) the amount will
not
be less than the sum of (x) 0.50% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal Balance
and
(y) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 180 or more
days delinquent, in foreclosure, REO Property or in bankruptcy.
Subservicer:
Any
Person with whom the Master Servicer has entered into a Subservicing Agreement
and who satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 3.01(a) in respect
of
the qualification of a Subservicer.
Subservicing
Agreement:
Any
agreement between the Master Servicer and any Subservicer relating to
subservicing and/or administration of certain Mortgage Loans as provided in
Section 3.01, a copy of which shall be delivered, along with any modifications
thereto, to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer.
Substitution
Adjustment:
As to
any date on which a substitution occurs pursuant to Section 2.06, the sum of
(a)
the excess of (i) the aggregate Principal Balances of all Defective Mortgage
Loans to be replaced by Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans (after application
of
principal payments received on or before the date of substitution of any
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution) over (ii)
the
Principal Balance of such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans and (b) the greater
of (x) accrued and unpaid interest (accruing at the Loan Rate for such Defective
Mortgage Loan) on such excess through the Due Period relating to the Payment
Date for which such Substitution Adjustment will be included as part of Interest
Collections and Principal Collections and (y) 30 days’ interest on such excess
calculated on a 360-day year in each case at the Loan Rate (or Loan Rate net
of
the Master Servicing Fee Rate if the Seller is the Master Servicer) and (c)
if
the Master Servicer is not the Seller, the amount of any unreimbursed Servicing
Advances made by the Master Servicer with respect to such Defective Mortgage
Loan and (d) the amounts referred to in clauses (iii)(y) and (iv) of the
definition of Purchase Price in respect of such Defective Mortgage
Loan.
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Supplemental
Mortgage Loan Schedule:
As
defined in Section 2.06(b).
Telerate
Screen Page 3750:
The
display designated as page 3750 on the Telerate Service (or such other page
as
may replace page 3750 on that service for the purpose of displaying London
interbank offered rates of major banks).
Termination
Price:
As
defined in Section 8.01(b).
Three
Month Rolling Average of 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans:
With
respect to each Payment Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage the numerator
of which is (a) the average of the Principal Balances of 60+ Day Delinquent
Mortgage Loans for the related and the two preceding Due Periods and the
denominator of which is (b) the average of the Pool Principal Balance for the
related and two preceding Due Periods, in each case on the last day of those
Due
Periods.
Three
Month Rolling Average of Excess Spread:
With
respect to each Payment Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage the numerator
of which is (a) the average of the amount of Excess Spread on the current and
each of the two immediately preceding Payment Dates and the denominator of
which
is (b) the average of the Invested Amount for the related and two preceding
Due
Periods, in each case on the last day of those Due Periods.
Transaction
Documents:
This
Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Insurance and Indemnity
Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Premium Letter, the Administration
Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Indenture.
Transfer
Date:
As
defined in Section 2.09.
Transfer
Notice Date:
As
defined in Section 2.09.
Transferor:
The
owner of the Transferor Interest as shown on the Transferor Interest
Register.
Transferor
Deposit Amount:
As
defined in Section 2.04.
Transferor
Interest:
As
defined in the Trust Agreement.
Transferor
Interest Collections:
With
respect to any Payment Date, Interest Collections for the related Due Period
minus Noteholder Interest Collections for such Payment Date.
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Transferor
Interest Principal Balance:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the amount by which the Pool Principal Balance
exceeds the Invested Amount, in each case at the end of the related Due
Period.
Transferor
Interest Register:
As
defined in the Trust Agreement.
Transferor
Percentage:
For any
Payment Date, 100% minus the Floating Allocation Percentage for such Payment
Date.
Trust:
First
Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE2, a Delaware statutory trust, which is governed by
the
Trust Agreement, the corpus of which consists of (i) each Mortgage Loan and
the
related Mortgage File, including its Cut-Off Date Principal Balance (including
all Additional Balances resulting from Draws made pursuant to the related
Mortgage Note prior to the termination of the Trust) and all collections in
respect of interest and principal received after the related Cut-Off Date;
(ii)
property that secured a Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure
or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) its rights under any insurance policies
maintained in respect of the Mortgage Loans (including any insurance proceeds);
(iv) the Collection Account, the Distribution Account and all funds and other
property on deposit from time to time therein; (v) its rights under the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement (excluding its rights to indemnification under the
indemnification provisions thereof); (vi) all other assets included or to be
included in the Trust for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Transferor and
the
Insurer (provided, however, that neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust assumes
any obligation under any Mortgage Note for the funding of future Draws to the
Mortgagor thereunder, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust will be
obligated or permitted to fund any such future Draws); and (vii) any and all
proceeds of the foregoing.
Trust
Agreement:
The
Trust Agreement dated as of November 14, 2006, among First Tennessee Bank
National Association, as seller, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, as amended
and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as
of
November 21, 2006, among First Tennessee Bank National Association, as seller,
the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
Trust
Estate:
As
defined in the Trust Agreement.
UCC:
The
Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the applicable
jurisdiction.
Underwriter:
FTN
Financial Securities Corp., as underwriter of the First Horizon HELOC Notes,
Series 2006-HE2.
Section
1.02 Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a)
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture and the Trust Agreement, as
applicable.
(b)
All
terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in
any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
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(c)
As
used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document
to
the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions
of
accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document
are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted
accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any
such certificate or other document shall control.
(d)
The
words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement; Article, Section, Schedule and Exhibit
references contained in this Agreement are references to Articles, Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified;
and
the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation.”
(e)
The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well
as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the
feminine genders of such terms.
(f)
Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented
and
includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person
are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
Section
1.03 Interest
Calculations.
The
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount in respect of the Notes shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed
in the related Interest Accrual Period. The calculation of the Premium Amount,
the Master Servicing Fee and the Indenture Trustee Fee shall be made on the
basis of twelve 30-day months divided by 360. All dollar amounts calculated
hereunder shall be rounded to the nearest xxxxx with one-half of one xxxxx
being
rounded up.
ARTICLE
II.
CONVEYANCE
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
2.01 Conveyance
of the Mortgage Loans.
(a)
The
Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust without
recourse (subject to Sections 2.02 and 2.04) all of its right, title and
interest in and to (i) each Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage File,
including its Cut-Off Date Principal Balance (including all Additional Balances
resulting from Draws made pursuant to the related Mortgage Note prior to the
termination of the Trust) and all collections in respect of interest and
principal received after the related Cut-Off Date; (ii) property that secured
a
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure; (iii) any insurance policies maintained in respect of the Mortgage
Loans (including any insurance proceeds); (iv) the Collection Account, the
Distribution Account and all funds and other property on deposit from time
to
time therein; (v) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (excluding its rights
to
indemnification under the indemnification provisions thereof); (vi) all other
assets included or to be included in the Trust for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the Transferor and the Insurer (provided, however, that neither
the
Owner Trustee nor the Trust assumes any obligation under any Mortgage Note
for
the funding of future Draws to the Mortgagor thereunder, and neither the Owner
Trustee nor the Trust will be obligated or permitted to fund any such future
Draws); and (vii) any and all proceeds of the foregoing. Additional Balances
shall be included in the related Principal Balance transferred to the Trust
pursuant to this Section 2.01 and therefore will be part of the corpus of the
Trust.
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The
Seller and the Depositor agree to take or cause to be taken such actions
(including without limitation (i) the filing of the UCC-1 financing statements
with the Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee, in the case of the
Seller, and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in the case of
the
Depositor and the Trust, in each case by no later than 10 days after the Closing
Date, describing the Cut-Off Date Principal Balances and Additional Balances
related to the Mortgage Loans and (x) naming the Seller as debtor and the
Depositor as secured party, in the case of the UCC-1 financing statement for
the
Seller, (y) naming the Depositor as debtor and the Trust as secured party,
in
the case of the UCC-1 financing statement for the Depositor, and (z) naming
the
Trust as debtor and the Indenture Trustee as secured party, in the case of
the
UCC-1 financing statement for the Trust, and (ii) the filing of any amendments
to such UCC-1 financing statements required to reflect a change in the name
or
jurisdiction of organization of the Seller, the Depositor or the Trust, as
the
case may be, within 30 days of any event necessitating such filing) as are
necessary to perfect and protect the Depositor’s interest, in the case of the
Seller, the Trust’s interest, in the case of the Depositor, and the
Noteholders’, the Indenture Trustee’s and the Insurer’s interests, in the case
of the Trust, in each Cut-Off Date Principal Balance and Additional Balances
related to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. In addition, the Master
Servicer agrees to file or cause to be filed continuation statements with
respect to such financing statements as required and for as long as this
Agreement and the Indenture remain outstanding.
In
the
event any loss is suffered by the Insurer or the Indenture Trustee, on behalf
of
the Noteholders in respect of any Mortgage Loan as a result of a failure by
the
Seller or the Depositor to file on or prior to the Closing Date the UCC-1
financing statements referred to in this Section 2.01, the Seller shall on
the
Business Day next preceding the Payment Date in the month following the Due
Period during which such loss occurred purchase such Mortgage Loan. Such
purchase shall be accomplished in the same manner as set forth in Section
2.02.
In
addition, on or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall cause the Insurer
to
deliver the Insurance Policy to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders.
(b)
(i)
In connection with such transfer, assignment, sale and conveyance by the
Depositor, the Depositor shall cause the Seller to deliver or have delivered
to,
and deposit with, the Indenture Trustee (or its designee), on or before the
Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Schedule in computer readable
format.
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(i)
In
connection with such transfer, assignment, sale and conveyance by the Depositor,
the Depositor shall cause the Seller to deliver to and deposit with the
Custodian, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, the
following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so
assigned:
(A)
the
original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank, or a copy of such original Mortgage
Note with an accompanying Lost Note Affidavit;
(B)
the
original Assignment of Mortgage, from the Seller or an Affiliate to “First
Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE2, The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee” which
assignment shall be in form and substance acceptable for recording;
(C)
the
original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such recorded Mortgage, certified by
the
Seller as being a true and complete copy thereof; provided that if the original
Mortgage has been delivered for recording to the appropriate public recording
office of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located but has
not yet been returned to the Seller by such recording office, the Seller shall
deliver to the Custodian a copy of such original Mortgage, certified by the
Seller as being a true and complete copy thereof and certifying that such
original Mortgage has been so delivered to such recording office; in all such
instances, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian
the original recorded Mortgage, or a copy thereof, certified by the Seller
as
being a true and complete copy thereof, promptly upon its receipt
thereof;
(D)
(i)
if the Credit Limit for such Mortgage Loan is greater than $500,000, the
original attorney’s opinion of title or the original policy of title insurance,
or a copy of the original attorney’s opinion of title or the original policy of
title insurance, certified by the Seller as being a true and complete copy
thereof; or (ii) if the Credit Limit for such Mortgage Loan is equal to or
less
than $500,000, the Seller may deliver to the Custodian an original lender’s
policy of title insurance or a copy of the original lender’s policy of title
insurance, certified by the Seller as being a true and complete copy thereof,
or, if the Mortgage Loan is insured by alternative title protection evidenced
by
a certificate of lien protection policy, the Seller may delivery to the
Custodian an original lien protection certificate or a copy of the original
lien
protection certificate, certified by the Seller as being a true and complete
copy thereof; or (iii) if the Mortgage Loan is a “combo loan” pursuant to which
the Seller has also originated the related Senior Lien, the Seller may deliver
to the Custodian a copy of the original attorney’s opinion of title or the
original policy of title insurance for the first lien mortgage
loan;
(E)
all
original intervening recorded assignments, or copies of such intervening
assignments certified by the Seller as being true and complete copies of the
interim assignments (each such assignment, when duly and validly completed,
to
be in recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer
to
the assignee thereof, under the related Mortgage); provided that if the related
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable public recording office,
such
assignment of the Mortgage may exclude the information to be provided by the
recording office; and
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(F)
originals of all assumption and modification agreements, if any, or copies
thereof, certified by the Seller as being true and complete copies
thereof,
provided,
however,
that as
to any Mortgage Loan, if as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to
and
in form and substance satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee,
the
Insurer, and the Rating Agencies (x) an optical image or other representation
of
the related document specified in clause (b)(ii)(C) above is enforceable in
the
relevant jurisdictions to the same extent as the original of such document
and
(y) such optical image or other representation does not impair the ability
of an
owner of such Mortgage Loan to transfer or perfect its interest in such Mortgage
Loan, such optical image or other representation may be delivered as required
in
clause (b)(ii).
The
Seller hereby confirms to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer
that
it has made the appropriate entries in its general accounting records, to
indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been sold to the Depositor by the Seller,
sold by the Depositor to the Trust and pledged by the Trust to the Indenture
Trustee. The Master Servicer hereby confirms to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer that it has clearly and unambiguously made appropriate
entries in its general accounting records indicating that such Mortgage Loans
constitute part of the Trust and are serviced by it on behalf of the Trust
in
accordance with the terms hereof.
The
Custodian shall, as custodian and bailee for the benefit of the Trust, the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Insurer, be entitled to maintain,
in
accordance with clause (b)(ii) above, possession of the documents and
instruments listed in subclauses (A) and (C) through (F) of clause (b)(ii)
above, it being understood that the Custodian shall have no obligation to
prepare the Assignments referenced in subclause (B) of clause (b)(ii) above
unless an Assignment Event shall have occurred. The Custodian shall maintain
possession of such documents either through itself or through an Affiliate
at
its offices in Memphis, Tennessee and/or Irving, Texas or, upon written notice
to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, at such other location that the
Custodian conducts its business. In the event, however, that possession of
any
such documents or instruments that the Custodian is entitled to hold pursuant
to
Section 2.01(b) is required by the Master Servicer in order to carry out the
duties of the Master Servicer hereunder, then the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to request delivery at the expense of the Custodian of such documents
or instruments by the Custodian and to retain such documents or instruments
for
servicing purposes; provided that the Indenture Trustee or such successor Master
Servicer shall maintain such documents at such offices as may be required by
any
regulatory body having jurisdiction over such Mortgage Loan.
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Within
90
days following the occurrence of an Assignment Event specified in clause (i)
of
the definition thereof, the Custodian will (i) segregate (a) the Mortgage Files
from documents and instruments relating to mortgage loans that are not Mortgage
Loans and (b) the Mortgage Note from the Related Documents for each Mortgage
Loan and shall assemble and maintain the Mortgage Notes together (separate
and
apart from the Related Documents), (ii) deliver the Mortgage Notes to the
Indenture Trustee, and (iii) prepare an Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage
Loan as contemplated by Section 2.01(b)(ii)(B). The Assignments of Mortgage
will
be held by the Custodian in the same manner, subject to the conditions provided
in the immediately following paragraph.
Within
90
days following the occurrence of an Assignment Event specified in clause (ii)
of
the definition thereof, the Custodian, at its expense, will (a) deliver the
Mortgage Files then remaining in its possession to the Indenture Trustee, and
(b) submit to the appropriate recording offices Assignments of Mortgage to
the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Trust, which may be blanket assignments
if
permitted by applicable law, for the Mortgage Loans. In lieu of recording any
such Assignments of Mortgage, the Custodian, at its expense, may provide to
the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and Opinion of Counsel in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, to the effect that
recordation of an Assignment of Mortgage in one or more states where the related
Mortgaged Properties are located is not necessary to protect the interests
of
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or the Noteholders in
the
related Mortgage Loans. In the event that any such Assignment of Mortgage
submitted in accordance with this paragraph is lost or returned unrecorded
because of a defect therein, the Custodian, at its own expense, shall promptly
prepare a substitute Assignment of Mortgage or cure such defect, as the case
may
be, and thereafter the Custodian shall be required to submit each such
Assignment of Mortgage to the appropriate recording office for recording. Any
failure of the Custodian to comply with this Section shall result in the
obligation of the Seller to purchase such Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.04 or substitute for the related Mortgage Loans pursuant
to the provisions of Section 2.06.
(c)
It is
the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Mortgage
Loans and the other property described above by the Depositor to the Trust,
as
provided in this Agreement, be, and be construed as, a sale of all of the
Depositor’s right, title and interest in the Mortgage Loans and the other
property described above by the Depositor to the Trust. It is, further, not
the
intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage
Loans and the other property described above by the Depositor to the Trust
to
secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans and the other
property described above are held to be property of the Depositor, or if for
any
reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in the
Mortgage Loans and the other property described above, then, (x) this Agreement
shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles
8
and 9 of the UCC, and (y) the Depositor hereby grants to the Trust a security
interest in and to all of the Depositor’s right, title, and interest, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, in and to the corpus of the
Trust.
The
possession by the Indenture Trustee, or its designee, of Mortgage Files,
including the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages and such other goods, letters
of
credit, advices of credit, instruments, money, documents, chattel paper
(tangible and electronic) or certificated securities shall be deemed to be
“possession by the secured party,” or possession by a purchaser or a person
designated by him or her, for purposes of perfecting the security interest
pursuant to the UCC (including, without limitation, Sections 9-312, 9-313 and
8-106 thereof); and notifications to persons holding such property, and
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property,
shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents of, or persons
holding for, the Indenture Trustee or its designee, as applicable, for the
purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Seller,
the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee, shall, to the
extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary
to
ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in
the
Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, such security interest would be deemed
to be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law
and
will be maintained as such throughout the term of the Agreement. In connection
herewith, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders
and
the Insurer shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party and
creditor under the UCC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in taking such actions
as
may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a
security interest in the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
under applicable law, and maintaining such throughout the term of this
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may rely upon the Opinion of Counsel delivered
to it pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Indenture.
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(d)
The
Indenture Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Insurer,
within 60 days after (x) the occurrence of an Assignment Event described in
clause (i) of the definition thereof, to review the Mortgage Notes, and (y)
the
occurrence of an Assignment Event described in clause (ii) of the definition
thereof, to review the Mortgage Notes and the Related Documents to ascertain
that all documents required to be delivered on such delivery date have been
executed and received, and that such documents related to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and that the Assignments of Mortgage
(if required to be delivered) have been endorsed as set forth in Section
2.01(b)(ii)(B), and in so doing the Indenture Trustee may rely on the purported
due execution and genuineness of any signature thereon. If within the related
60-day period the Indenture Trustee finds any document constituting a part
of a
Mortgage File required to be reviewed by it not to have been executed or
received or to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in said Mortgage
Loan Schedule or, if in the course of its review, the Indenture Trustee
determines such part of the Mortgage File is otherwise defective in any material
respect, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Seller, the Depositor and the
Insurer in accordance with the second paragraph of this Section 2.01(d), and
the
Seller shall have a period of 90 days after such notice within which to correct
or cure any such defect; provided, however, that if such defect shall not have
been corrected or cured within such 90-day period due primarily to the failure
of the related office of real property or other records to return any document
constituting a part of a Mortgage File, the Seller shall so notify the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer in writing and the period during which such defect
may
be corrected or cured shall be extended until such time as any such documents
are returned from such related office (in no event, however, will such period
extend beyond one (1) year from the date of discovery of such defect); provided,
further, that prior to any such extension the Seller shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee a true copy of such document certified by the Seller to be
a
true and correct copy, the original of which has been transmitted for
recordation.
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On
or
prior to the end of the 60 day period described in the first sentence of this
Section 2.01(d), the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Seller, the
Depositor and the Insurer, an initial certification, and for a period of 90
days
thereafter updates every 30 days, in a form acceptable to the Depositor and
the
Insurer, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, to the effect
that it has reviewed the Mortgage Files pursuant to this Section and has
determined that all documents required to be delivered have been executed and
received by the Indenture Trustee, subject to any exceptions identified in
such
certification. Promptly at the end of the 90-day period described in this
paragraph, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Seller, the Depositor
and
the Insurer, a final certification as to any remaining document deficiencies,
whereupon the Depositor shall repurchase any related Defective Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 2.02(b).
(e)
The
Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility for reviewing any Mortgage File
except as expressly provided in this Section 2.01. In reviewing any Mortgage
File pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall have no
responsibility for determining whether any document is valid and binding,
whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable
form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Indenture Trustee is the
assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been recorded in accordance
with
the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, or whether a blanket assignment
is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction, whether any Person executing any
document is authorized to do so or whether any signature thereon is genuine,
but
shall only be required to determine whether a document has been executed, that
it appears to be what it purports to be, and, where applicable, that it purports
to be recorded.
Section
2.02 Acceptance
by Indenture Trustee.
(a)
The
Indenture Trustee hereby acknowledges its receipt of the Insurance Policy and
the sale and assignment of the Mortgage Loans and, subject to the review
provided for in Section 2.01, declares that, when delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, or the Custodian on its behalf, in accordance with Section 2.01(b),
the
Indenture Trustee, or the Custodian on its behalf will hold the documents
constituting the Mortgage Files, and that all amounts received by it under
the
Indenture in trust, upon the terms herein set forth, for the use and benefit
of
all present and future Noteholders and the Insurer.
(b)
If
the Seller is given notice under Section 2.01(d) and if the Seller does not
correct or cure such omission or defect within the 90-day period specified
in
Section 2.01(d), the Seller shall purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust
or
substitute an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, as provided in Section 2.06,
for such Mortgage Loan. Any such purchase by the Seller shall be at the Purchase
Price and in each case shall be accomplished in the manner set forth in Section
2.04. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to purchase
any Mortgage Loan or substitute an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan for such
Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in or omission of a constituent
document exists shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting
such defect or omission available to the Insurer, the Noteholders, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Transferor.
The
Master Servicer, promptly following the transfer of (i) a Defective Mortgage
Loan from or (ii) an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan to the Trust pursuant
to
this Section and Section 2.06, as the case may be, shall amend the Mortgage
Loan
Schedule and make appropriate entries in its general account records to reflect
such transfer and the addition of any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, if
applicable.
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Section
2.03 Representations
and Warranties Regarding the Seller and the Master Servicer.
(a)
The
Seller and Master Servicer, each as to itself, hereby represents and warrants
to
the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Noteholders, that, as of the Closing
Date:
(i)
Each
of the Seller and the Master Servicer is a national banking association, duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States and has
all
licenses necessary to carry on its business now being conducted and is licensed,
qualified and in good standing under the laws of each state where a Mortgaged
Property is located or is otherwise exempt under Applicable Law from such
qualification or is otherwise not required under Applicable Law to effect such
qualification; no demand for such qualification has been made upon the Seller
or
the Master Servicer by any state having jurisdiction and in any event each
of
the Seller and the Master Servicer is or will be in material compliance with
the
laws of any such state to the extent necessary to enforce each Mortgage Loan
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(ii)
Each
of the Seller and the Master Servicer has the power and authority and to make,
execute, deliver and perform its respective obligations under this Agreement
and
to consummate all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and
has
taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute
its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency,
moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally
or the rights of creditors to banks and to general principles of equity (whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
(iii)
Neither the Seller nor the Master Servicer is required under Applicable Law
to
obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or
authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental
authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery,
performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except for such
consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations, or registrations or
declarations, as shall have been obtained or filed, as the case may be, prior
to
the Closing Date;
(iv)
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it will not conflict
with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any provision
of
any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court applicable
to
the Seller or the Master Servicer or any of its properties or any provision
of
its articles of incorporation or bylaws or other formation documents, or
constitute a material breach of, or result in the creation or imposition of
any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its properties pursuant to, any
mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which it is a party or
by
which it may be bound;
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(v)
No
certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered
pursuant to the terms hereof by the Seller or the Master Servicer contains
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the certificate, statement or report not
misleading;
(vi)
The
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of the
Seller’s and the Master Servicer’s business;
(vii)
Neither the Seller nor the Master Servicer is insolvent, nor will the Seller
or
the Master Servicer be made insolvent by the transfer of the Mortgage Loans,
nor
is the Seller or the Master Servicer aware of any pending
insolvency;
(viii)
Neither the Seller nor the Master Servicer is in violation of, and the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by it and its performance and compliance with
the
terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any
order or decree of any court or any order or regulation of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Seller or the
Master Servicer, which violation would materially and adversely affect the
Seller’s or the Master Servicer’s condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations or any of the Seller’s or the Master Servicer’s properties or
materially and adversely affect the performance of any of its duties
hereunder;
(ix)
There are no actions or proceedings against, or investigations of it, pending
or, to its knowledge, threatened, before any court, administrative agency or
other tribunal (A) that, if determined adversely, would prohibit the Seller
or
the Master Servicer from entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or
(C) that, if determined adversely, would prohibit or materially and adversely
affect the Seller’s and the Master Servicer’s performance of any of their
respective obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement;
(x)
The
Master Servicer represents and warrants that the collection practices used
by
the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans have been, in all
material respects, legal, proper, prudent and customary in the home equity
mortgage servicing business and in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices;
(xi)
The
Master Servicer represents and warrants that it believes that the Master
Servicing Fee Rate provides a reasonable level of base compensation to the
Master Servicer for servicing the Mortgage Loans on the terms set forth
herein;
(xii)
The
Seller represents and warrants that it did not sell the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor as Purchaser under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with any
intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors; and the Seller will
not
be rendered insolvent as a result of the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor as Purchaser under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;
(xiii)
The Seller represents and warrants that it acquired title to the Mortgage Loans
in good faith, without notice of any adverse claim;
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(xiv)
The
Seller represents and warrants that the transfer, assignment and conveyance
of
the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage
Loan
Purchase Agreement and this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer
laws
or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction;
(xv)
The
Seller represents, warrants and covenants that so long as the Notes remain
outstanding, this Agreement shall be treated as an official record of the Seller
within the meaning of Section 13(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. Section 1823(e));
(xvi)
The
Seller represents and warrants that the Seller received adequate consideration
for the sale of the Mortgage Loans at the time of the transfer;
(xvii)
The Seller represents and warrants that the Seller and the Depositor intended
that the transfer constitute a sale for all purposes other than tax purposes,
and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement reflects such intentions;
and
(xviii)
The Seller represents and warrants that the Mortgage Loans were not transferred
fraudulently, in contemplation of the Seller’s insolvency, or with the intent to
hinder, delay, or defraud the Seller or its creditors.
(b)
The
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 shall survive
the
sale and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust. Upon discovery of a
breach of any representations and warranties which materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or the Insurer,
the Person discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other
parties and to the Insurer. Within 60 days of its discovery or its receipt
of
notice of breach, or, with the prior written consent of a Responsible Officer
of
the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, such longer period specified in such
consent, the Seller or the Master Servicer, as appropriate, shall cure such
breach in all material respects.
Section
2.04 Representations
and Warranties of the Seller Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
The
Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders and the Insurer as follows as of (x) the Cut-Off
Date
with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and (y) as of the date of such substitution
with respect to each Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan (and to the extent
expressly stated therein as of such other time), unless otherwise specifically
set forth herein:
(i)
The
information with respect to each Mortgage Loan set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule is complete, true and correct in all material respects as of the
Cut-Off Date;
(ii)
As
of the Closing Date, the related Mortgage File contains the documents and
instruments referred to in Section 2.01(b) other than the Assignment of Mortgage
referred to in Section 2.01(b)(ii)(B);
(iii)
As
of the Closing Date, each Mortgaged Property is improved by a residential
dwelling, which does not include cooperatives or mobile homes and does not
constitute other than real property under state law;
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(iv)
As
of the Closing Date, each Mortgage Loan is being serviced by the Master Servicer
or one or more Subservicers according to Accepted Servicing
Practices;
(v)
As of
the Closing Date, each Mortgage Loan is a revolving home equity loan. Each
Mortgage Note provides for Monthly Payments which (a) during the related Draw
Periods are at least equal to accrued interest during such Accrual Period and
(b) after the end of the related Draw Period, if timely paid on the Due Date
therefor, are sufficient to fully amortize the principal balance of such
Mortgage Note on or before its maturity date;
(vi)
As
of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note related to each such Mortgage Loan bears
a variable Loan Rate (except with respect to those Mortgage Loans for which
the
Lock Feature has been exercised) and there is only one original of each Mortgage
Note;
(vii)
As
of the Closing Date, each Mortgage is a valid and subsisting first or second
lien of record on the Mortgaged Property subject, in the case of any second
lien
Mortgage Loan, only to a Senior Lien or Senior Liens on such Mortgaged Property
and subject in all cases to the exceptions to title set forth in the title
insurance policy, if any, or alternative title protection, with respect to
the
related Mortgage Loan, which exceptions are generally acceptable to second
mortgage lending companies, and such other exceptions to which similar
properties are commonly subject and which do not individually, or in the
aggregate, materially and adversely affect the benefits of the security intended
to be provided by such Mortgage;
(viii)
As
of the Closing Date, no Mortgage Note and related Mortgage has been assigned
or
pledged and immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated, the Seller held good, marketable and indefeasible title to, and
was the sole owner and holder of, each Mortgage Loan subject to no Liens; the
Seller has full right and authority under all governmental and regulatory bodies
having jurisdiction over the Seller, subject to no interest or participation
of,
or agreement with, any party, to sell and assign the same pursuant to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; and immediately upon the transfer and
assignment therein contemplated, the Seller shall have transferred all of its
right, title and interest in and to each Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser (or
its
assignee) and the Purchaser (or its assignee) will hold good, equitable, and
when recorded marketable, title, to, and be the sole owner of, each Mortgage
Loan subject to no Liens;
(ix)
None
of the Mortgage Loans was 30 or more days delinquent as of the Cut-Off Date
and
to the best of the Sellers knowledge, none of the Mortgage Loans is subject
to a
bankruptcy proceeding;
(x)
As of
the Closing Date, no Mortgage Loan is subject to any right of rescission, set
off, material counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, nor
will
the operation of any of the terms of any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, or the
exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage unenforceable in whole or in part, or subject to any right of
rescission, set off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury,
and no such right of rescission, set off, counterclaim or defense has been
asserted with respect thereto;
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(xi)
As
of the Closing Date, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, there is no
mechanics’ lien or claim for work, labor or material affecting any Mortgaged
Property which is or may be a lien prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the
lien of the related Mortgage, and no rights are outstanding that under law
could
give rise to such a lien except those which are insured against by the title
insurance policy referred to in paragraph (xiii) below;
(xii)
Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made or as of the Closing Date, complied
with, and each Mortgage Loan at all times was serviced in compliance with,
in
each case, in all material respects, applicable state, local and federal laws
and regulations, including, without limitation, applicable predatory and abusive
lending laws, and usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures,
consumer credit protection and equal credit opportunity laws and
regulations;
(xiii)
With respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Credit Limit of more than $500,000,
either (a) a lender’s title insurance policy, issued in standard American Land
Title Association or California Land Title Association form, or other form
acceptable in a particular jurisdiction, by a title insurance company authorized
to transact business in the state in which the related Mortgaged Property is
situated, together with a condominium endorsement, if applicable, in an amount
at least equal to the original principal balance of such Mortgage Loan insuring
the Seller and its successor’s and assignees’ interest under the related
Mortgage Loan as the holder of a valid first or second mortgage lien of record
on the real property described in the Mortgage, subject only to the exceptions
of the character referred to in paragraph (vii) above, was valid and in full
force and effect on the date of the origination of such Mortgage Loan or (b)
an
attorney’s opinion of title or title search was prepared, or lien protection
coverage was obtained, in connection with the origination of such Mortgage
Loan;
(xiv)
As
of the Closing Date, the improvements upon each Mortgaged Property are covered
by a valid and existing hazard insurance policy with a generally acceptable
carrier that provides for fire and extended coverage representing coverage
described in Sections 3.04 and 3.05;
(xv)
As
of the Closing Date, a flood insurance policy is in effect with respect to
each
Mortgaged Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing
coverage described in Sections 3.04 or 3.05, if and to the extent required
by
Sections 3.04 or 3.05;
(xvi)
As
of the Closing Date, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, each Mortgage and
Mortgage Note is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related
Mortgagor and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except only as such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally
and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or
action in equity or at law), and all parties to each Mortgage Loan and the
Mortgagee had full legal capacity to execute all Mortgage Loan documents and
to
convey the estate therein purported to be conveyed. The Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by the parties thereto. No fraud,
error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence with
respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the Seller or the
Mortgagor or to the Seller’s knowledge, on the part of any other party involved
in the origination of the Mortgage Loan;
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(xvii)
As
of the Cut-Off Date, no more than 0.46% of the Mortgage Loans (by the Cut-Off
Date Pool Principal Balance) are secured by Mortgaged Properties located within
any single zip code area. As of the Cut-Off Date, at least 96.26% of the Cut-Off
Date Pool Principal Balance is secured by Mortgaged Properties that are
owner-occupied residences, based on representations by the related Mortgagors.
The Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law;
(xviii)
As of the Closing Date, the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have
not
been impaired, altered or modified in any material respect, except by a written
instrument which has been recorded or is in the process of being recorded,
if
required by applicable law, and which has been or will be held by the Seller
or
delivered to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. The substance of any such alteration or modification is reflected
on
the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and was approved, if required, by the related
primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if any. Each original Mortgage was recorded,
and all subsequent assignments of the original Mortgage have been recorded
in
the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect
the lien thereof as against creditors of the Seller, or are in the process
of
being recorded;
(xix)
As
of the Closing Date, no instrument of release or waiver has been executed in
connection with any Mortgage Loan, and no Mortgage has been released in whole
or
in part, in either case, that would have a material adverse affect on the
related Mortgage Loan;
(xx)
As
of the Closing Date, there are no defaults under the terms of any
Mortgage;
(xxi)
As
of the Closing Date, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge (i) there is no
proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of any
Mortgaged Property, nor is such a proceeding currently occurring, and (ii)
each
Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement,
flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to affect adversely the value of the
Mortgaged Property as security for the related Mortgage Loan or the use for
which the premises were intended;
(xxii)
As
of the Closing Date, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, all of the
improvements which were included for the purpose of determining the appraised
value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building
restriction lines of such property, and no improvements on adjoining properties
encroach upon the Mortgaged Property;
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(xxiii)
As of the Closing Date, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no improvement
located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any
applicable zoning law or regulation. All inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the
Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same,
including but not limited to certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting
certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities and
the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law;
(xxiv)
All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing or recording the
Mortgage Loans were paid, and no Mortgagor is entitled to any refund of any
such
amount paid or due under the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note;
(xxv)
As
of the Closing Date, no Mortgage Note is or was secured by any collateral,
pledged account or other security except the lien of the corresponding
Mortgage;
(xxvi)
As
of the Closing Date, there is no obligation on the part of the Seller or any
other party to make payments in addition to those made by the
Mortgagor;
(xxvii)
As of the Closing Date, with respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of
trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has
been
properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage,
and
no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Trust, the Indenture
Trustee or the Noteholders to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in
connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor;
(xxviii)
As of the Closing Date, no Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature,
or
other contingent interest feature;
(xxix)
As
of the Closing Date, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, there is no
delinquent tax or assessment lien on any Mortgaged Property, and each Mortgaged
Property is free of substantial damage and is in good repair;
(xxx)
As
of the Closing Date, each Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions
which, subject to clause (xvi) above, render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the related Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security, including (A) in the case of a
Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale and (B) otherwise by
judicial foreclosure. There is no homestead or other exemption available which
materially interferes with the right to sell the related Mortgaged Property
at a
trustee’s sale or the right to foreclose the related Mortgage;
(xxxi)
As
of the Closing Date, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, there does not exist
on any Mortgaged Property any hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or solid
wastes, as such terms are defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976, or other federal, state or local environmental legislation, except
as ordinarily used or generated in residences and in compliance with applicable
law;
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(xxxii)
As of the Closing Date, all parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage
Loan, whether as originator, mortgagee, assignee, pledgee, servicer or
otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such
interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing
requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located,
and (2)(A) organized under the laws of such state, or (B) qualified to do
business in such state, or (C) federal savings and loan associations or national
banks having principal offices in such state, or (D) not doing business in
such
state so as to require qualification or licensing;
(xxxiii)
As of the Closing Date, the Mortgage contains a customary provision for the
acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan
in the event the related security for the Mortgage Loan is sold without the
prior consent of the mortgagee thereunder;
(xxxiv)
As of the Closing Date, except as set forth in clause (x) above, there is no
default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under any Mortgage
or the related Mortgage Note and no event which, with notice and the expiration
of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation
or
event of acceleration; and the Seller has not waived any default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration;
(xxxv)
All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to execute
the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have
been
duly and properly executed by such parties;
(xxxvi)
All of the Mortgage Loans were originated in accordance with the underwriting
criteria in effect at the time of origination;
(xxxvii)
Each Mortgage Loan conforms, and all such Mortgage Loans in the aggregate
conform in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the
Prospectus; each Mortgage Note and Mortgage is in substantially one of the
forms
attached as Exhibit D and Exhibit E;
(xxxviii)
The Mortgage Loans were not selected by the Seller for inclusion in the Trust
on
any basis intended to adversely affect the Trust, the Noteholders or the
Insurer;
(xxxix)
As of the Cut-Off Date, no Mortgage Loan had a Combined Loan to Value Ratio
at
the time of origination of more than 100%;
(xl)
Each
Mortgage Loan was originated by or for the Seller;
(xli)
As
of the Closing Date, the Seller has not received a notice of default of a Senior
Lien which has not been cured;
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(xlii)
Each of the documents and instruments included in a Mortgage File referred
to in
Section 2.01(b)(ii)(A) and (C) through (F) is, and at such time as Assignments
of Mortgage are required to have been prepared, such Assignments of Mortgage
will have been, duly executed and in due and proper form and each such document
or instrument is or will be in a form generally acceptable to prudent
institutional mortgage lenders that regularly originate or purchase mortgage
loans similar to the Mortgage Loans;
(xliii)
The Mortgage Loans constitute either “promissory notes” or “general intangibles”
within the meaning of the New York UCC;
(xliv)
As
of the Closing Date, all consents and approvals required by the terms of each
Mortgage Loan to the sale of such Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement have been obtained;
(xlv)
This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined
in
the UCC) in the Trust Estate in favor of the Trust for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the Insurer, which security interest is prior to all other
Liens
and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the
Seller;
(xlvi)
The Seller has caused or will cause, within 10 days after the Closing Date,
the
filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office
in
the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect (A)
the
security interest in the Mortgage Loans granted by the Seller to the Purchaser
under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (B) the security interest in the
Trust Estate granted by the Depositor to the Trust under this Agreement, and
(C)
the security interest in the Collateral granted by the Trust to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture;
(xlvii)
As of the Closing Date, other than the security interest granted by the Seller
to the Purchaser pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller
has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise
conveyed any of the Mortgage Loans. The Seller has not authorized the filing
of
and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that include
a
description of collateral covering the Mortgage Loans other than any financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the Purchaser under
the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or
tax
lien filings against the Seller;
(xlviii)
As of the Closing Date, the Seller has in its possession all original or
certified copies of the Mortgage Notes that constitute or evidence the Mortgage
Loans. The Mortgage Notes that constitute or evidence the Mortgage Loans do
not
have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned
or
otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Purchaser. All financing
statements filed or to be filed in favor of the Purchaser in connection herewith
describing the Mortgage Loans contain a statement to the following effect:
“A
purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing
statement will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee;”
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(xlix)
All Mortgage Loans originated in, or on properties located in the State of
Texas
were made in compliance with the Constitution of the State of
Texas;
(l)
No
Mortgage Loan is a “high cost loan” as defined by the applicable local, state or
federal predatory and abusive lending laws. All Mortgage Loans were originated
in compliance with applicable anti-predatory and abusive lending laws (as such
terms are defined in the then current Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary
which is now Version 5.7 Revised, Appendix E) and no Mortgage Loan originated
on
or after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003 is governed by the Georgia Fair
Lending Act.
The
representations and warranties set forth above in paragraphs (xlv), (xlvi),
(xlvii) and (xlviii) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and may
not
be waived in whole or in part.
With
respect to the representations and warranties set forth in this Section that
(i)
are made to the best of the Seller’s knowledge or as to which the Seller has no
knowledge, or (ii) refer to a material counterclaim or defense or a material
disclosure, if it is discovered by the Depositor, the Seller, the Owner Trustee,
the Master Servicer, the Insurer or the Indenture Trustee that the substance
of
such representation and warranty is inaccurate without, in the case of (ii)
above, determining whether the defense, counterclaim or disclosure was
“material,” and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of
the related Mortgage Loan then, notwithstanding (i) the Seller’s lack of
knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and warranty
being inaccurate at the time the representation or warranty was made, or (ii)
whether such defense, counterclaim or disclosure is or is not material, such
inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation or warranty
and with respect to any breach of such representation or warranty or of any
other representation or warranty, the Seller shall cure, repurchase or
substitute in accordance with this Agreement.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
this
Section shall survive the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust and the
termination of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 6.04 or 7.01 herein. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee of
a
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, without regard
to
any limitation set forth therein concerning materiality or the knowledge of
the
Seller as to the facts stated therein, which materially and adversely affects
the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Trust, the
Noteholders or the Insurer in the related Mortgage Loan, the party discovering
such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties and the
Insurer. Within 90 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach,
the
Seller shall use all reasonable efforts to cure such breach in all material
respects and if such breach is not cured by the end of such 90-day period,
the
Seller shall purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust or substitute an
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan for such Mortgage Loan on the Determination
Date in the month following the month in which such 90-day period expired at
the
Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan or, in the case of a substitution, in
accordance with Section 2.06; provided, however, that, in the event such breach
is not cured within such 90-day period, with the consent of the Insurer, the
Seller will not be required to repurchase such Mortgage Loan or substitute
an
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan until the earlier of (i) such time as such
Mortgage Loan becomes and remains delinquent in payment for a period of 90
consecutive days and (ii) commencement of any litigation, the subject of which
relates to the Mortgage Loan. In connection with any purchase pursuant to this
paragraph, such purchase may be made by reducing the Transferor Interest by
the
lesser of (x) the amount of the Transferor Interest in excess of the Minimum
Transferor Interest and (y) the amount specified in clause (i) and (ii) of
the
definition of Purchase Price and by remitting to the Master Servicer for deposit
to the Collection Account the balance of the Purchase Price as set forth below
(any such balance is referred to as the “Transferor Deposit Amount”). In all
other cases the Purchase Price and any Substitution Adjustments for the
purchased Mortgage Loan shall be remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit
in
the Collection Account on the Determination Date immediately following such
90-day period; provided that the Indenture Trustee shall remit to the Depositor
or the Insurer, as applicable, the portion of the amount, if any, of the
Purchase Price referred to in clause (iv) of the definition thereof to the
extent such amount is incurred by or imposed on the Depositor or the Insurer.
It
is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to purchase any
Mortgage Loan or substitute an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan for such
Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in or omission of a constituent
document exists shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting
such defect or omission available to the Insurer, the Noteholders, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Transferor.
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The
Master Servicer, promptly following the transfer of (i) a Defective Mortgage
Loan from or (ii) an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan to the Trust pursuant
to
this Section and Section 2.06, as the case may be, shall amend the Mortgage
Loan
Schedule and make appropriate entries in its general account records to reflect
such transfer and the addition of any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, if
applicable. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to
cure, substitute or purchase any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred
and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting
such breach available to Noteholders, the Owner Trustee, the Insurer and the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of Noteholders and the Transferor in respect of
the
Transferor Interest.
Section
2.05 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor.
The
Depositor represents and warrants to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders and the Insurer as follows:
(i)
This
Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor,
enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);
(ii)
Immediately prior to the transfer by the Depositor to the Trust of each Mortgage
Loan, the Depositor had good and equitable title to each Mortgage Loan (insofar
as such title was conveyed to it by the Seller) subject to no prior lien, claim,
participation interest, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or other
encumbrance or other interest of any nature;
(iii)
As
of the Closing Date, the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest
in the Mortgage Loans to the Trust;
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(iv)
The
Depositor has not transferred the Mortgage Loans to the Trust with any intent
to
hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors;
(v)
The
Depositor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation
in
good standing under the laws of Delaware, with full power and authority to
own
its assets and conduct its business as presently being conducted;
(vi)
The
Mortgage Loans constitute either “promissory notes” or “general intangibles”
within the meaning of the applicable UCC;
(vii)
All
consents and approvals required by the terms of each Mortgage Loan to the sale
of such Mortgage Loan hereunder to the Indenture Trustee have been
obtained;
(viii)
The Depositor has caused or will have caused, within 10 days, the filing of
all
appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest
in
the Mortgage Loans granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(ix)
Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to
the Indenture, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security
interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Mortgage Loans. The Depositor
has
not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements
against the Depositor that include a description of collateral covering the
Mortgage Loans other than any financing statement relating to the security
interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated.
The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the
Depositor; and
(x)
The
Mortgage Notes that constitute or evidence the Mortgage Loans do not have any
marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise
conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. All financing
statements filed or to be filed in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection
herewith describing the Mortgage Loans contain a statement to the following
effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this
financing statement will violate the rights of the Indenture
Trustee.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
(i)
through (xi) above shall survive the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the
Trust.
Section
2.06 Substitution
of Mortgage Loans.
Section
2.07 On a Determination Date which is on or before the date on which the Seller
would otherwise be required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan under Sections 2.02,
2.04 or 2.10, the Seller may deliver to the Trust one or more Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loans in substitution for any one or more of the Defective
Mortgage Loans or Locked Loans which the Seller would otherwise be required
to
repurchase pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.04 or 2.10. In connection with any
such
substitution, the Seller shall calculate the Substitution Adjustment, if any,
and shall deposit such amount to the Collection Account by 12:00 p.m. New York
City time on the third Business Day prior to the Payment Date in the month
succeeding the calendar month in which the related cure period
expired.
(a)
The
Seller shall notify the Master Servicer, the Insurer and the Indenture Trustee
in writing not less than five Business Days before the related Determination
Date which is on or before the date on which the Seller would otherwise be
required to repurchase such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.04 or
2.10 of its intention to effect a substitution under this Section 2.06. On
such
Determination Date (the “Substitution Date”), the Seller shall deliver to the
Insurer and the Indenture Trustee (1) the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans
to
be substituted for the Defective Mortgage Loans, (2) a list of the Defective
Mortgage Loans to be substituted for by such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans,
(3) an Officer’s Certificate (A) stating that no Event of Servicing Termination
shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) stating that all conditions precedent
to such substitution specified in subsection (a) have been satisfied and
attaching as an exhibit a supplemental Mortgage Loan schedule (the “Supplemental
Mortgage Loan Schedule”) setting forth the same type of information as appears
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and representing as to the accuracy thereof and
(C) confirming that the representations and warranties contained in Section
2.04
are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loans on and as of such Determination Date, provided that
remedies for the inaccuracy of such representations are limited as set forth
in
Sections 2.02, 2.04, 2.10 and this Section 2.06 and (4) a certificate stating
that cash in the amount of the related Substitution Adjustment, if any, has
been
deposited to the Collection Account; provided that the Indenture Trustee shall
remit to the Depositor or the Insurer, as applicable, the portion of the amount,
if any, of the Substitution Adjustment referred to in clause (d) of the
definition thereof to the extent such amount is incurred by or imposed on the
Depositor or the Insurer. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Trust shall release
such Defective Mortgage Loans to the Seller without recourse, representation
or
warranty.
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(b)
Concurrently with the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections
2.06(a) above and the transfer of such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans to
the
Trust pursuant to Section 2.06(a), Exhibit
A
to this
Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to exclude all Mortgage Loans being
replaced by such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans and to include the
information set forth on the Supplemental Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect
to
such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans, and all references in this Agreement
to
Mortgage Loans shall include such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans and be
deemed to be made on or after the related substitution date, as the case may
be,
as to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans.
(c)
As to
any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller shall cause to be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee with respect to such Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans such documents and agreements as are required to be
held
by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 2.01. For any Due Period
during which the Seller purchases one or more Defective Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer shall determine the amount that shall be deposited by the Seller
in the Collection Account at the time of substitution. Any amounts received
in
respect of the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans during the Due Period
in which the circumstances giving rise to such substitution occur shall not
be a
part of the Trust and shall not be deposited by the Master Servicer in the
Collection Account. All amounts received by the Master Servicer during the
Due
Period in which the circumstances giving rise to such substitution occur in
respect of any Defective Mortgage Loan so removed by the Indenture Trustee
shall
be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account. Upon such
substitution, the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject
to
the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed
to
have made with respect to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans,
as of
the date of substitution, the covenants, representations and warranties set
forth in Section 2.04. The procedures applied by the Seller in selecting each
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan shall not be materially adverse to the
interests of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or the Insurer.
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Section
2.08 Tax
Treatment.
It is
the intention of the Seller and the Noteholders that the Notes will be
indebtedness for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise
tax purposes and for purposes of any other tax imposed on or measured by income.
The terms of this Agreement shall be interpreted to further the intent of the
parties hereto. The Seller, the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder (or Note
Owner) by acceptance of its Note (or, in the case of a Note Owner, by virtue
of
such Note Owner’s acquisition of a beneficial interest therein) agrees to treat
the Note (or beneficial interest therein), for purposes of federal, state and
local income, single business and franchise taxes and any other tax imposed
on
or measured by income, as indebtedness secured by the Trust Estate and to report
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on all applicable tax returns
in
a manner consistent with such treatment. Each Noteholder agrees that it will
cause any Note Owner acquiring an interest in a Note through it to comply with
this Agreement as to treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for federal, state
and local income and franchise tax purposes and for purposes of any other tax
imposed on or measured by income.
Section
2.09 Covenants
of the Depositor.
The
Depositor covenants that:
(a)
Except for the transfer under this Agreement, the Depositor will not transfer
any Mortgage Loan to any other person, or create or suffer to exist any Lien
on
any Mortgage Loan or any interest in one, whether existing now or in the future;
the Depositor will notify the Indenture Trustee of the existence of any Lien
on
any Mortgage Loan immediately on its discovery; and the Depositor will defend
the right, title, and interest of the Trust in the Mortgage Loans, whether
existing now or in the future, against all claims of third parties claiming
through the Depositor.
(b)
The
Depositor shall not transfer, assign, exchange, pledge, finance, hypothecate
or
grant a security interest in the Transferor Interest except in accordance with
Section 3.13 of the Trust Agreement.
(c)
So
long as the Notes are outstanding the Depositor will not incur any debt other
than debt that (i) is non-recourse to the assets of the Depositor other than
the
mortgage loans specifically pledged as security for the debt, or (ii) is
subordinated in right of payment to the rights of the Noteholders, or (iii)
is
assigned a rating by each of the Rating Agencies that is the same as the then
current rating of the Notes.
(d)
The
Depositor will not engage in any activity that would result in a downgrading
of
the Notes without regard to the Insurance Policy.
(e)
The
Depositor will not amend its certificate of formation or limited liability
company agreement without prior notice to the Rating Agencies, the Indenture
Trustee, and the Insurer.
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(f)
The
Depositor is organized under the laws of Delaware and it will not change its
principal place of business or its jurisdiction of organization without prior
notice to the Rating Agencies, the Indenture Trustee, and the
Insurer.
Section
2.10 Transfers
of Mortgage Loans at Election of Transferor.
Subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, at its election, the
Transferor may cause the Trust to transfer, and the Transferor will accept
the
transfer of, Mortgage Loans from the Trust to the Transferor as of the close
of
business on a Payment Date (the “Transfer Date”). In connection with any
transfer, the Transferor Interest shall be reduced by the aggregate Principal
Balances as of their Transfer Date of the Mortgage Loans transferred. No later
than the fifth Business Day (the “Transfer Notice Date”) before the Transfer
Date designated in the notice, the Transferor shall give the Owner Trustee,
the
Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, and the Insurer a notice of the proposed
transfer that contains a list of randomly selected Mortgage Loans to be
transferred. The aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans so
transferred on any Transfer Date shall be limited to the Net Advance Amount
and
shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i)
No
Rapid Amortization Event has occurred.
(ii)
After giving effect to the removal of the Mortgage Loans proposed to be
transferred on such Transfer Date (a) the Transferor Interest Principal Balance
shall exceed the Minimum Transferor Interest, and (b) the O/C Amount shall
exceed the Specified O/C Amount.
(iii)
The
transfer of any Mortgage Loans on any Transfer Date during the Revolving Period
shall not, in the reasonable belief of the Transferor, cause a Rapid
Amortization Event to occur or an event that with notice or lapse of time or
both would constitute a Rapid Amortization Event.
(iv)
By
the Transfer Date, the Transferor shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
a revised Mortgage Loan Schedule, reflecting the proposed transfer and the
Transfer Date, and the Master Servicer shall have marked on its general
accounting records to show that the Mortgage Loans transferred to the Transferor
are no longer owned by the Trust.
(v)
The
Transferor shall represent and warrant to the Indenture Trustee that no
selection procedures reasonably believed by the Transferor to be adverse to
the
interests of the Noteholders or the Insurer were used in selecting the Mortgage
Loans to be removed from the Trust.
(vi)
In
connection with each transfer of Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Section, each
Rating Agency and the Insurer shall have received by the related Transfer Notice
Date notice of the proposed transfer of Mortgage Loans and, before the Transfer
Date, each Rating Agency shall have notified the Transferor, the Indenture
Trustee, and the Insurer that the transfer of Mortgage Loans would not result
in
a reduction or withdrawal of its then current rating of the Notes without regard
to the Insurance Policy.
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(vii)
The
Transferor must have held the Transferor Interest for a minimum period of one
(1) year prior to initial Transfer Date.
(viii)
The Transfer Date may occur no more than once per calendar quarter.
(ix)
The
aggregate outstanding Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans to be transferred
to the Transferor on a Transfer Date must exceed $1,000,000.
(x)
The
Transferor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
and
the Insurer an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the items in subparagraphs
(i) through (ix), inclusive, have been performed or are true, as the case may
be. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on the
Officer’s Certificate, shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the
matters in it, and shall incur no liability in so relying.
Upon
receiving the requisite information from the Transferor, the Master Servicer
shall perform in a timely manner those acts required of it, as specified above.
Upon satisfaction of the above conditions, on the Transfer Date each of the
Indenture Trustee and the Seller shall effect delivery to the Transferor of
the
portion of the Mortgage File in its possession for each Mortgage Loan being
so
transferred, and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the
Transferor any other documents prepared by the Transferor reasonably necessary
to transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Transferor. This transfer of the Trust’s
interest in Mortgage Loans shall be without recourse, representation, or
warranty by the Indenture Trustee or the Trust to the Transferor.
Section
2.11 Transfers
of Mortgage Loans with Locked Balances.
(a)
In
the event that the aggregate amount of Locked Balances exceeds 10% of the total
outstanding Pool Principal Balance as of the end of any Due Period the Seller
will (i) accept a retransfer of related Mortgage Loans with Locked Balances
in
an amount equal to the amount necessary to reduce the aggregate amount of Locked
Balances to an amount equal to or less than 10% of the total outstanding Pool
Principal Balance at the end of the related Due Period, and (ii) on the Business
Day prior to the related Payment Date following the end of such Due Period,
deposit to the Payment Account cash equal to the aggregate Purchase Prices
of
such Mortgage Loans. In the alternative, the Seller may follow the procedures
set forth in Section 2.06 for replacement of Locked Loans. Such retransfer
or
replacement will be accomplished in accordance with the procedures in the last
paragraph of Section 2.09 and the Mortgage Loans subject to retransfer or
replacement will be selected randomly.
Section
2.12 Optional
Purchase of Mortgage Loans at Election of Master Servicer.
The
Master Servicer shall have the right, but not the obligation, on any one Payment
Date, to purchase up to 1% of the Mortgage Loans, by aggregate Principal Balance
as of such date. If the Master Servicer elects to exercise this option, the
Master Servicer will select the Mortgage Loans to be so purchased in its sole
discretion. The purchase price for such Mortgage Loans will be an amount that
is
not less than the aggregate Principal Balance of such purchased Mortgage Loans.
To exercise such option, the Master Servicer shall (subject to the proviso
below) deposit the Purchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loans into the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.02(b)(iv) and shall succeed to all
interests in and of the Trust in such purchased Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt
of
the Purchase Price for such purchased Mortgage Loans and written instructions
from the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall release to the Master
Servicer or its designee the related Mortgage Files and shall execute and
deliver all reasonable instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse,
as are prepared by the Master Servicer and delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and necessary to vest in the Master Servicer or such designee title to the
purchased Mortgage Loans.
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ARTICLE
III.
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
3.01 The
Master Servicer.
(a)
The
Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans and shall have
full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection
with such servicing and administration which the Master Servicer may deem
necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The
Master Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and
administration of Mortgage Loans with any institution which (i) is in compliance
with the laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations
under such Subservicing Agreement, (ii) (x) has been designated an approved
Seller-Master Servicer by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”)
or the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) for first and second
mortgage loans, (y) is an affiliate of the Master Servicer or (z) is otherwise
approved by the Insurer. The Master Servicer shall give written notice to the
Insurer and the Indenture Trustee prior to the appointment of any Subservicer.
Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the
provisions of this Agreement and shall be in form and substance acceptable
to
the Insurer. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing
Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing
Agreement and either itself directly service the related Mortgage Loans or
enter
into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies
hereunder.
(b)
Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement or any of the provisions of this
Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer
and
a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise,
the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable for the
servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability
by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of
indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same
terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Mortgage Loans when the
Subservicer has received such payments. The Master Servicer shall be entitled
to
enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Master
Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall
be
deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
(c)
Any
Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services
relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such
and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and
the
Master Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee
and Noteholders and the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest shall
not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations,
duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in
Section 3.01(d) herein, as applicable. The Master Servicer shall be solely
liable for all fees owed by it to any Subservicer irrespective of whether the
Master Servicer’s compensation pursuant to this Agreement is sufficient to pay
such fees.
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(d)
In
the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Master
Servicer (including by reason of an Event of Servicing Termination), the
Indenture Trustee or its designee approved by the Insurer or a successor Master
Servicer under Section 7.02(a) shall thereupon assume all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the
Master Servicer may have entered into, unless the Indenture Trustee or designee
approved by the Insurer or any successor Master Servicer under Section 7.02(a)
elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
of
such Subservicing Agreement. Each Subservicing Agreement shall include the
provision that such agreement may be immediately terminated by the Insurer,
the
Indenture Trustee or any successor Master Servicer in the event that the Master
Servicer shall, for any reason, no longer be the Master Servicer (including
termination due to an Event of Servicing Termination). In no event shall any
Subservicing Agreement require the Insurer or the Indenture Trustee as successor
Master Servicer to pay compensation to a Subservicer or order the termination
of
such Subservicer without the payment of any termination fee. Any fee payable
or
expense incurred in connection with such a termination will be payable by the
outgoing Master Servicer. If the Indenture Trustee does not terminate a
Subservicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee, its designee (approved by the
Insurer) or a successor Master Servicer under Section 7.02(a) shall be deemed
to
have assumed all of the Master Servicer’s interest therein and to have replaced
the Master Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent
as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party,
except that the Master Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability
or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements with regard to events that
occurred prior to the date the Master Servicer ceased to be the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Master Servicer, at its expense and without right of
reimbursement therefor, shall, upon the request of the Indenture Trustee,
deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each
Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing
Agreements to the assuming party.
(e)
No
costs incurred by the Master Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing
Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Noteholders, be added
to
the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall continue, and is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust and
each
Noteholder, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial
or
full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments with respect to
the
Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably
required by the Master Servicer and requested in writing, the Trust and/or
the
Indenture Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer and, if directed by the
Master Servicer, any Subservicer with any limited powers of attorney and other
documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any such
Subservicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Master Servicer, in servicing
and
administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed
procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO management procedures)
and
exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing
and administering home equity line of credit mortgage loans for its own account,
in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and giving due consideration
to
the Insurer’s, the Noteholders’ and the Trust’s reliance on the Master Servicer.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Master Servicer is authorized to commence
loss mitigation procedures with respect to any Mortgage Loan if the Master
Servicer, in its judgment and consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices,
determines that a default with respect to such Mortgage Loan is
imminent.
(f)
On
and after such time as the Indenture Trustee receives the resignation of, or
notice of the removal of, the Master Servicer from its rights and obligations
under this Agreement, and with respect to resignation pursuant to Section 6.04
herein, after receipt by the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer of the Opinion
of
Counsel required pursuant to Section 6.04, the Indenture Trustee, if it so
elects, and with the consent of the Insurer, shall assume all of the rights
and
obligations of the Master Servicer, subject to Section 7.02 herein. The Master
Servicer shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, but at the expense of
the
Master Servicer, deliver to the Indenture Trustee, all documents and records
relating to the Mortgage Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held
by the Master Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly
and efficient transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming
party.
(g)
The
Master Servicer shall deliver a list of Servicing Officers to the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer on or before the Closing Date and shall revise such
list
from time to time, as appropriate, and shall deliver all revisions promptly
to
the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer.
(h)
Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may execute
and
deliver, on behalf of itself, the Noteholders, and the Trust, or any of them,
any instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release
or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage
Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties.
At
the
request of a Servicing Officer, the Trust shall furnish the Master Servicer
with
any powers of attorney and other documents appropriate to enable the Master
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement.
Consistent
with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer will consent to the
placing of a lien senior to that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged
Property; provided,
(i)
the
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the related Mortgage Loan immediately following
the modification is not greater than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such
Mortgage Loan as of the date such Mortgage Loan was originated; or
(ii)
in
the case of any such action that would result in an increase in the Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio over the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date such
Mortgage Loan was originated, the aggregate number of Mortgage Loans with
respect to which a new senior lien is consented to by the Master Servicer does
not exceed 5% of the number of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date;
and
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(x)
|
the
CLTV after giving effect to the modification does not exceed 100%;
and
|
(y)
|
the
related Margin will be increased if necessary to comply with the
Master
Servicer’s origination criteria in effect at the time taking into account
the CLTV after giving effect to the
modification.
|
For
purposes of this paragraph, the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio immediately
following such modification is assumed not to have changed from the related
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at the time the related Mortgage Loan was
originated if a new appraisal is not required to be obtained under the Master
Servicer’s customary servicing practices.
The
Master Servicer may also, without approval from the Rating Agencies or the
Insurer, increase the Credit Limit on a Mortgage Loan if such increase is
consistent with the Master Servicer’s underwriting policies and a new Appraised
Value is obtained and the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Mortgage Loan
after giving effect to the increase is less than or equal to the Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-Off Date.
In
addition, the Master Servicer may increase the Credit Limits on up to 10% of
the
number of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date if the increase in the Credit
Limit of any single Mortgage Loan does not cause the Combined Loan-to-Value
Ratio of such Mortgage Loan to exceed 100%.
Furthermore,
the Master Servicer, without prior approval from the Rating Agencies or the
Insurer, may solicit Mortgagors for a reduction in Margins, provided that the
cumulative impact of any such margin reductions shall not result in the
reduction of the weighted average Margin of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off
Date by more than 25 basis points taking into account any prior
reductions.
The
Master Servicer also may, without prior approval from the Rating Agencies or
the
Insurer, solicit or accept requests from Mortgagors for a reduction in Loan
Rates; provided that the aggregate of such reductions shall not cause the
difference between the weighted average Margin as of the Cut-Off Date and the
Recalculated Weighted Average Margin (determined as of the date of the
modification, immediately after giving effect to the modification) to exceed
0.25%.
In
addition, the Master Servicer may solicit or accept requests from Mortgagors
for
other changes in the terms of the related Mortgage Loans if the changes (i)
do
not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders, the
Transferor, the Indenture Trustee, or the Insurer and (ii) are consistent with
prudent and customary business practice as evidenced by a certificate signed
by
a Servicing Officer delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer. At
the
same time that the Master Servicer delivers the Indenture Trustee’s Certificate
and Statement to Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and the Insurer
a
certificate signed by a Servicing Officer to the effect that the conditions
of
this Section 3.01(h) have been complied with, with respect to changes made
to
the terms of any Mortgage Loan in reliance on this Section 3.01(h) during the
preceding Due Period. With the exception of a Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the
Master Servicer shall not modify the terms applicable to the principal balance
owned by the Trust with respect to any Mortgage Loan.
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In
no
event shall the Master Servicer modify the maturity of any Mortgage Loan to
a
maturity that is later than the Final Payment Date. Nothing in this Agreement
shall limit the right of the Master Servicer to solicit mortgagors with respect
to new loans (including mortgage loans) that are not Mortgage
Loans.
Section
3.02 Collection
of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.
(a)
The
Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called
for
under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans and shall, to the extent
such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement, follow such collection
procedures as it follows with respect to mortgage loans in its servicing
portfolio comparable to the Mortgage Loans. Consistent with the foregoing,
and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in
its
discretion (i) waive any prepayment charge or late payment charge or any
assumption fees or other fees which may be collected in the ordinary course
of
servicing such Mortgage Loan and (ii) arrange with a Mortgagor a schedule for
the payment of interest due and unpaid; provided that such arrangement is
consistent with the Master Servicer’s policies with respect to the mortgage
loans it owns or services; provided, further, that notwithstanding such
arrangement such Mortgage Loans will be included in the monthly information
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
5.03 herein.
(b)
The
Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a separate trust account (the
“Collection Account”) entitled “First Tennessee Bank National Association, in
trust for the registered holders of First Horizon ABS Notes and as Paying Agent
for the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest, as their interests
may
appear, Series 2006-HE2 Collection Account.” The Collection Account shall be an
Eligible Account. The Master Servicer shall deposit any amounts representing
payments on and any collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans received after
the Cut-Off Date and prior to the Closing Date, and thereafter, subject to
Section 3.02(d), deposit within two (2) Business Days following receipt thereof,
the following payments and collections received or made by it (without
duplication) to the Collection Account:
(i)
all
payments received after the Cut-Off Date on account of principal on the Mortgage
Loans;
(ii)
all
payments received after the Cut-Off Date on account of interest on the Mortgage
Loans, net of the Master Servicing Fee;
(iii)
all
Net Recoveries;
(iv)
the
Purchase Price of any Mortgage Loan and the amount of any Substitution
Adjustment and of any Transferor Deposit Amount or other amount paid by the
Seller or the Master Servicer during the related Due Period pursuant to Sections
2.02, 2.04, 2.10 or 2.11, as applicable;
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(v)
all
Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds;
(vi)
any
amounts received from the Transferor for the purchase of Additional Balances
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Trust Agreement; and
(vii)
any
amount required to be deposited therein pursuant to Sections 3.02(c), 3.12
and
5.06(e) herein.
The
foregoing requirements respecting deposits to the Collection Account are
exclusive, it being understood that, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Master Servicer need not deposit in the Collection Account
amounts representing fees (including annual fees) or late charge penalties
or
early termination fees payable by Mortgagors or amounts received by the Master
Servicer for the accounts of Mortgagors for application toward the payment
of
taxes, insurance premiums, assessments and similar items.
(c)
All
funds in the Collection Account shall be held (i) uninvested or (ii) invested
at
the direction of the Master Servicer in Eligible Investments. Any investments
of
funds in the Collection Account shall mature or be available for withdrawal
at
par on or prior to two Business Days preceding the immediately succeeding
Payment Date or if deposits are being made pursuant to paragraph (d) below,
on
the Business Day preceding the immediately succeeding Payment Date. Any
investment earnings on funds held in the Collection Account through the second
day preceding the day on which such funds are to be deposited in the
Distribution Account shall be for the account of the Master Servicer and may
be
withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Master Servicer at any time. Any
investment losses on funds held in the Collection Account through the second
day
preceding the day on which such funds are to be deposited in the Distribution
Account shall be for such account of the Master Servicer and promptly (and
in no
event later than the next Payment Date) upon the realization of such loss shall
be contributed by the Master Servicer to the Collection Account. Any references
herein to amounts on deposit in the Collection Account shall refer to amounts
net of such investment earnings.
(d)
Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 3.02(b) to the contrary, the
Master Servicer shall be permitted to remit the collections that would otherwise
be required to be deposited on a daily basis pursuant Section 3.02(b), net
of
any amount permitted to be withdrawn pursuant to Section 3.03(ii) through (viii)
hereof, to the Collection Account in immediately available funds no later than
12:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day prior to each Payment Date
but
only for so long as (a) the short-term deposit obligations of the Master
Servicer are rated at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and “P-1” by Moody’s,
and (b) no Event of Servicing Termination shall have occurred and be
continuing.
(e)
During the period that the Master Servicer is permitted to remit collections
as
contemplated by the preceding paragraph 3.02(d), the Master Servicer shall
establish and maintain for the Trust a Mortgage Loan Payment Record on which
the
payments and collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans for each of the
categories specified in Section 3.02(b) shall be recorded and on which each
of
the categories of withdrawal specified in Section 3.03 shall be recorded and
the
Master Servicer shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer in writing
as
promptly as practicable (but in any event not later than Determination Date
for
the next Payment Date) of the amounts so recorded for each of the categories
specified in such Section that are to be included in Interest Collections and
Principal Collections for the related Payment Date and of the amounts so
recorded which will constitute a part of Interest Collections and Principal
Collections for the second following Payment Date.
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(f)
If
(i) the written notification called for by the preceding paragraph is not
received by the Determination Date for the next Payment Date or (ii) such
notification indicates that Interest Collections and Principal Collections
for
such Payment Date are less than the Scheduled Payment for such Payment Date
or
(iii) the Master Servicer shall fail to make the deposit pursuant to Section
3.02(d), the Indenture Trustee shall immediately notify the Seller, the
Depositor and the Insurer.
Section
3.03 Withdrawals
from the Collection Account.
The
Master Servicer shall withdraw or cause to be withdrawn funds from the
Collection Account for the following purposes:
(i)
on
each Payment Date, to deposit the portion of the Interest Collections and
Principal Collections for the related Due Period then in the Collection Account
to the Distribution Account;
(ii)
to
reimburse the Master Servicer for any accrued and unpaid Master Servicing
Fees;
(iii)
to
withdraw any amount received from a Mortgagor that is recoverable and sought
to
be recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to
the
United States Bankruptcy Code in accordance with a final, nonappealable order
of
a court having competent jurisdiction;
(iv)
subject to Section 5.06 hereof, to make investments in Eligible Investments
and
to pay to the Master Servicer interest earned in respect of Eligible Investments
or on funds deposited in the Collection Account;
(v)
to
withdraw any funds deposited in the Collection Account that were not required
to
be deposited therein or were deposited therein in error and to pay such funds
to
the appropriate Person;
(vi)
to
pay the Master Servicer the servicing compensation for the related Due Period
that it is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 3.09 herein to the extent
not
retained or paid pursuant to Section 3.02(b) hereof;
(vii)
to
withdraw funds necessary for the conservation and disposition of REO Property
pursuant to Section 3.07 to the extent not advanced by the Master
Servicer;
(viii)
to
pay from Principal Collections the amounts provided for the purchase of
Additional Balances that are conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01;
and
(ix)
to
clear and terminate the Collection Account upon the termination of this
Agreement and to pay any amounts remaining therein to the
Transferor.
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Section
3.04 Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance; Property Protection Expenses.
The
Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire and
hazard insurance naming the Master Servicer or its designee as loss payee
thereunder providing extended coverage in an amount which is at least equal
to
the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing
such
Mortgage Loan from time to time, (ii) the combined principal balance owing
on
such Mortgage Loan and any mortgage loan senior to such Mortgage Loan and (iii)
the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement
cost basis. The Master Servicer shall also maintain on property acquired upon
foreclosure, or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, fire and hazard insurance with
extended coverage in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i)
the
maximum insurable value from time to time of the improvements which are a part
of such property, (ii) the combined principal balance owing on such Mortgage
Loan and any mortgage loan senior to such Mortgage Loan at the time of such
foreclosure, or deed in lieu of foreclosure plus accrued interest and the
good-faith estimate of the Master Servicer of related Servicing Advances to
be
incurred in connection therewith. Amounts collected by the Master Servicer
under
any such policies shall be deposited in the Collection Account to the extent
called for by Section 3.02. In cases in which any Mortgaged Property is located
in an area identified in a federally designated flood area, the hazard insurance
to be maintained for the related Mortgage Loan shall include flood insurance
to
the extent such flood insurance is available and the Master Servicer has
determined such insurance to be necessary in accordance with accepted mortgage
servicing practices of prudent lending institutions. All such flood insurance
shall be in amounts not less than the lesser of (A) the amount in clause (i)
above, (B) the amount in clause (ii) above and (C) the maximum amount of
insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994,
as
amended. The Master Servicer shall be under no obligation to require that any
Mortgagor maintain earthquake or other additional insurance and shall be under
no obligation itself to maintain any such additional insurance on property
acquired in respect of a Mortgage Loan, other than pursuant to such applicable
laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require
such
additional insurance.
Section
3.05 Maintenance
of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy.
In the
event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket insurance
policy consistent with prudent industry standards, insuring against fire and
hazards of extended coverage on all of the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent
such insurance policy names the Master Servicer or its designee as loss payee
and provides coverage in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal
balance on the Mortgage Loans without coinsurance, and otherwise complies with
the requirements of Section 3.04, the Master Servicer shall be deemed
conclusively to have satisfied its obligations with respect to fire and hazard
insurance coverage under Section 3.04. Upon the request of the Insurer or the
Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the
Insurer or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, a certified true copy
of
such insurance policy. Any such insurance policy may contain a deductible clause
on terms substantially equivalent to those commercially available and maintained
by comparable servicers. If such insurance policy contains a deductible clause,
the Master Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been
maintained on the related Mortgaged Property an insurance policy complying
with
the first sentence of this paragraph, and there shall have been a loss that
would have been covered by such insurance policy, deposit into the Collection
Account the amount not otherwise payable under such insurance policy because
of
such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as Master Servicer
of
the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf
of itself, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Trust, claims under any
such insurance policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such
insurance policy.
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Section
3.06 Maintenance
of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.
The
Master Servicer shall maintain with responsible companies, at its own expense,
a
blanket fidelity bond (“Fidelity Bond”) and an errors and omissions insurance
policy (“Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy”), with broad coverage on all
officers, employees or other persons acting in any capacity requiring such
persons to handle funds, money, documents or papers relating to the related
Mortgage Loans (“Master Servicer Employees”). Any such Fidelity Bond and Errors
and Omissions Insurance Policy shall be in the form of the Mortgage Banker’s
Blanket Bond and shall protect and insure the Master Servicer against losses,
including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and
negligent acts of the Master Servicer Employees. Such Fidelity Bond and Errors
and Omissions Insurance Policy also shall protect and insure the Master Servicer
against losses in connection with the release or satisfaction of a related
Mortgage Loan without having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness
secured thereby. No provision of this Section 3.06 requiring such Fidelity
Bond
and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall diminish or relieve the Master
Servicer from its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The
minimum coverage under any such bond and insurance policy shall be at least
equal to the corresponding amounts required by FNMA.
Section
3.07 Management
and Realization of REO Property.
The
Master Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property
for the Trust solely for the purpose of its prudent and prompt disposition
and
sale. The Master Servicer shall, either itself or through an agent selected
by
the Master Servicer, manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property
in
the same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other
foreclosed property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar
property in the same locality as the REO Property is managed. The Master
Servicer shall attempt to sell the same on such terms and conditions as the
Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Insurer, the Noteholders
and the Trust.
The
Master Servicer shall cause to be deposited, within the time period specified
in
Section 3.02(b) or 3.02(d), as applicable, in the Collection Account, all
revenues net of Servicing Advances received with respect to the related REO
Property and shall retain, or cause the Indenture Trustee to withdraw therefrom,
funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of the
REO
Property and the fees of any managing agent acting on behalf of the Master
Servicer.
The
disposition of REO Property shall be carried out by the Master Servicer for
cash
at such price, and upon such terms and conditions, as the Master Servicer deems
to be in the best interest of the Trust and, as soon as practicable thereafter,
the expenses of such sale shall be paid. The cash proceeds of the sale of the
REO Property shall be promptly deposited in the Collection Account, pursuant
to
Section 3.02(b) or 3.02(d), as applicable, net of any related unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, payable to the Master Servicer in accordance with Section
3.03, for distribution to the Noteholders in accordance with Section 5.01
herein.
The
Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert to
ownership Mortgaged Properties securing Charged-Off Mortgage Loans when no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments
pursuant to Section 3.01, subject to the provisions contained in the second
succeeding paragraph of this Section 3.07 and only if the Master Servicer
determines that there is sufficient equity in the related Mortgaged Property
to
justify such foreclosure. In connection with foreclosure or other conversion,
the Master Servicer will follow Accepted Servicing Practices, including the
practice that the Master Servicer will not be required to expend its own funds
in connection with foreclosure or other conversion, correction of default on
a
related senior mortgage loan or restoration of any Mortgaged Property unless,
in
its sole judgment, foreclosure, correction or restoration will increase net
liquidation proceeds.
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In
the
event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by
deed
in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the
Indenture Trustee or its nominee on behalf of the Trust and the
Insurer.
If
the
Master Servicer has actual knowledge that a Mortgaged Property which the Master
Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of
foreclosure is located within a one (1) mile radius of any site with
environmental or hazardous waste risks, the Master Servicer will notify the
Insurer prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property and shall not take any action
without prior written approval of the Insurer.
Section
3.08 Indenture
Trustee to Cooperate.
Upon
any principal prepayment in full of a Mortgage Loan following the end of the
related Draw Period, the Master Servicer is authorized to execute, pursuant
to
the authorization contained in Section 3.01(e), if the related Assignment of
Mortgage has been recorded as required hereunder, an instrument of satisfaction
regarding the related Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction shall be
recorded by the Master Servicer if required by applicable law and be delivered
to the Person entitled thereto. It is understood and agreed that no expenses
incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or transfer shall
be
reimbursed from amounts deposited in the Collection Account. If the Indenture
Trustee is holding any portion of the Mortgage Files, from time to time and
as
appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Indenture
Trustee shall, upon request of the Master Servicer and delivery to the Indenture
Trustee of a request for release, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H
(a
“Request for Release”), signed by a Servicing Officer, release the related
portion of the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee
shall execute such documents, at the expense of and in the forms provided by
the
Master Servicer, as shall be necessary for the prosecution of any such
proceedings or the taking of other servicing actions. Such request for release
shall obligate the Master Servicer to return the portion of the Mortgage File
released to it to the Indenture Trustee when the need therefor by the Master
Servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall be liquidated, in
which
case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer similar to that
hereinabove specified, a copy of the Request for Release shall be released
by
the Indenture Trustee to the Master Servicer.
In
order
to facilitate the foreclosure of the Mortgage securing any Mortgage Loan that
is
in default following recordation of the related Assignment of Mortgage in
accordance with the provisions hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall, if so
requested in writing by the Master Servicer execute an appropriate assignment
in
the form provided to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee by the Master Servicer
to assign such Mortgage Loan for the purpose of collection to the Master
Servicer (any such assignment shall unambiguously indicate that the assignment
is for the purpose of collection only) and, upon such assignment, such assignee
for collection will thereupon bring all required actions in its own name and
otherwise enforce the terms of the Mortgage Loan and deposit or credit the
Net
Recoveries received with respect thereto in the Collection Account. In the
event
that all delinquent payments due under any such Mortgage Loan are paid by the
Mortgagor and any other defaults are cured then the assignee for collection
shall promptly reassign such Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee and return
it to the place where the related Mortgage File was being
maintained.
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Section
3.09 Servicing
Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by Master Servicer.
The
Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain the Master Servicing Fee in
accordance with Section 3.02 as compensation for its services in connection
with
servicing the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, additional servicing compensation in
the
form of late payment charges, early termination fees or other receipts not
considered interest or principal payments under the Mortgage Notes, Foreclosure
Profits and, subject to Section 3.02(b) above (except as noted in Section
5.06(e) below), investment income on the Collection Account shall be retained
by
the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder (including payment
of
all other fees and expenses not expressly stated hereunder to be for the account
of the Trust) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as
specifically provided herein.
Section
3.10 Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
(a)
The
Master Servicer shall (and shall cause any subservicer to) deliver to the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Depositor no later than the 15th of
March
of each calendar year, commencing in March 2007, an Officer’s Certificate,
certifying that with respect to the period ending on the immediately preceding
December 31: (i) a review of the activities of such Person during the preceding
calendar year or portion thereof has been made under such Servicing Officer’s
supervision, (ii) to the best of such Servicing Officer’s knowledge, based on
such review, such Person has fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement
in
all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a failure
to
fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such
failure known to such Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof,
(iii)
nothing has come to the attention of such Servicing Officer to lead such
Servicing Officer to believe that the Master Servicer has failed to perform
any
of its duties, responsibilities and obligations set forth in Article III
hereunder in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been
a
material default in the performance or fulfillment of any such duties,
responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default known to such
Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof, and (iv) the Master
Servicer has received from any Subservicer that is a Reporting Subcontractor
an
annual certificate of compliance and a copy of such Subservicer’s 1122 Servicing
Criteria-Assessment, or, if any such certificate or report has not been received
by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer is using its best reasonable efforts
to obtain such certificate or report.
(b)
Copies of such statements shall be provided to any Noteholder upon request,
by
the Master Servicer or by the Indenture Trustee at the Master Servicer’s expense
if the Master Servicer failed to provide such copies (unless (i) the Master
Servicer shall have failed to provide the Indenture Trustee with such statement
or (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has no actual knowledge
of the Master Servicer’s failure to provide such statement).
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Section
3.11 Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans.
The
Master Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, Noteholders
which are federally insured savings and loan associations, the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of the Office
of
Thrift Supervision access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
required by applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision and
the
FDIC (acting as operator of the SAIF or the BIF), such access being afforded
without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business
hours
at the offices of the Master Servicer. Nothing in this Section 3.11 shall
derogate from the obligation of the Master Servicer to observe any applicable
law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors and the
failure of the Master Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section
3.11 as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this
Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer makes reasonable efforts to
provide such information without violation of law.
Section
3.12 Reports
of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Properties, Returns Relating
to
Mortgage Interest Received from Individuals and Returns Relating to Cancellation
of Indebtedness.
The
Master Servicer shall, beginning in 2007, make annual reports of foreclosures
and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property. The Master Servicer shall file
or
cause to be filed reports relating to each instance occurring during the
previous calendar year in which the Master Servicer (i) on behalf of the Trust
acquires an interest in any Mortgaged Property through foreclosure or other
comparable conversion in full or partial satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan or
(ii)
knows or has reason to know that any Mortgaged Property has been abandoned.
The
reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting
requirements imposed by Sections 6050J, 6050H and 6050P of the
Code.
Section
3.13 Assumption
Agreements.
When a
Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor, the
Master Servicer shall, to the extent it has knowledge of such conveyance or
prospective conveyance, exercise its right to accelerate the maturity of the
related Mortgage Loan under any “due-on-sale” clause contained in the related
Mortgage or Mortgage Note; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall
not
exercise any such right if the “due-on-sale” clause, in the reasonable belief of
the Master Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable law. In such event,
the
Master Servicer shall enter into an assumption and modification agreement with
the person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant
to which such person shall become liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless
prohibited by applicable law, the Mortgagor shall remain liable thereon. The
Master Servicer, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, is also
authorized to enter into a substitution of liability whereby such person is
substituted as mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. The Master
Servicer shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer in writing that
any
such substitution or assumption agreement has been completed, and add such
agreement to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be
considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other
documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. In connection with any
assumption or substitution agreement entered into pursuant to this Section
3.13,
the Master Servicer shall not change the Loan Rate or the Monthly Payment,
defer
or forgive the payment of principal or interest, reduce the outstanding
principal amount or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage
Loan.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any other violation
of
its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan by
operation of law or any assumption which the Master Servicer may be restricted
by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
Section
3.14 Payment
of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall not be required to
maintain records relating to payment of taxes or insurance (including hazard
insurance).
ARTICLE
IV.
INSURER
Section
4.01 Claims
upon the Insurance Policy.
(a) As
soon as possible, and in no event later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time
on
the second Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee shall furnish the Insurer, the Fiscal Agent and the Master Servicer
with
a completed notice in the form set forth as Exhibit A to the Insurance Policy
(the “Notice for Payment”) in the event that the Insurance Policy Draw Amount
for such Payment Date is an amount greater than zero. The Notice for Payment
shall specify the amount of the Insurance Policy Draw Amount and shall
constitute a claim for an Insurance Policy Draw Amount pursuant to the Insurance
Policy. Upon receipt of an Insurance Policy Draw Amount on behalf of the
Noteholders under the Insurance Policy, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit
such
Insurance Policy Draw Amount in the Distribution Account and shall distribute
such Insurance Policy Draw Amount pursuant to Section 5.01 (a)I(iv) and
(a)(II)(i), as applicable.
(a)
The
Indenture Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of the amount of
interest and principal paid in respect of the Notes from moneys received under
the Insurance Policy. The Insurer shall have the right to inspect such records
at reasonable times during normal business hours upon four Business Day’s prior
written notice to the Indenture Trustee.
(b)
If a
payment to the Noteholders which is guaranteed pursuant to the Insurance Policy
is voided (a “Preference Event”) under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law in an insolvency proceeding, and, as a result of
such a Preference Event, the Indenture Trustee is required to return such voided
payment, or any portion of such voided payment, made in respect of the Notes
(an
“Avoided Payment”), the Indenture Trustee shall furnish to the Insurer (A) a
certified copy of the order of the court or other governmental body that
exercised jurisdiction to the effect that the Noteholder is required to return
principal of or interest paid on the Notes during the term of the Insurance
Policy because such payments were Avoided Payments under applicable bankruptcy
law (the “Order”), (B) a certificate of the Noteholder that the Order has been
entered and is not subject to any stay and (C) an assignment duly executed
and
delivered by the Noteholder, in such form as is reasonably required by the
Insurer and provided to the Noteholder by the Insurer, irrevocably assigning
to
the Insurer all rights and claims of the Noteholder relating to or arising
under
the Notes against the estate of the Trust or otherwise with respect to such
preference payment. Such payment shall be disbursed to the receiver,
conservator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in the Order
and not to the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder directly (unless a Noteholder
has previously paid such amount to the receiver, conservator,
debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in the Order in which case
such payment shall be disbursed to the Indenture Trustee for distribution to
such Noteholder upon proof of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Insurer).
The Indenture Trustee is not permitted to make a claim on the Trust or on any
Noteholder for payments made to any Noteholder which are characterized as
preference payments by any bankruptcy court having jurisdiction over any
bankrupt Trust unless ordered to do so by such bankruptcy court.
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(c)
The
Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Insurer of either of the following
as to which it has actual knowledge: (i) the commencement of any proceeding
by
or against the Trust commenced under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any
other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, rehabilitation or similar
law (an "Insolvency Proceeding") and (ii) the making of any claim in connection
with any Insolvency Proceeding seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer
(a "Preference Claim") of any payment of principal of, or interest on, the
Notes. Each Holder, by its purchase of the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee
hereby agree that, so long as a Insurer Default shall not have occurred and
be
continuing, the Insurer may at any time during the continuation of an Insolvency
Proceeding direct all matters relating to such Insolvency Proceeding, including,
without limitation, (i) all matters relating to any Preference Claim, (ii)
the
direction of any appeal of any order relating to any Preference Claim at the
expense of the Insurer but subject to reimbursement as provided in the Insurance
Agreement and (iii) the posting of any surety, supersedeas or performance bond
pending any such appeal.
(d)
Any
amounts received by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Insurance Policy
in
respect of the Notes shall be deposited to the Distribution
Account.
Section
4.02 Effect
of Payments by the Insurer; Subrogation.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment with respect to
principal of or interest on any of the Notes which are made with moneys received
pursuant to the terms of the Insurance Policy shall not be considered payment
of
such Notes, as applicable, from the Trust and shall not result in the payment
of
or the provision for the payment of the principal of or interest on such Notes,
as applicable, within the meaning of Section 5.01 herein. The Seller, the Master
Servicer and the Indenture Trustee acknowledge, and each Holder by its
acceptance of a Note agrees, that without the need for any further action on
the
part of the Insurer, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee
or
the Note Registrar (a) to the extent the Insurer makes payments, directly or
indirectly, on account of principal of or interest on any Notes to the Holders
of such Notes, the Insurer will be fully subrogated to and each Holder, the
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee hereby delegate and assign to the
Insurer, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights of such Holders
to
receive such principal and interest, as applicable, from the Trust and (b)
the
Insurer shall be paid such principal and interest but only from the sources
and
in the manner provided herein and in the Insurance Agreement for the payment
of
such principal and interest.
The
Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer shall cooperate in all respects with
any reasonable request by the Insurer for action to preserve or enforce the
Insurer’s rights or interests under this Agreement without limiting the rights
or affecting the interests of the Holders of the Notes as otherwise set forth
herein.
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Section
4.03 Replacement
Insurance Policy.
In the
event the Insurer fails to make a payment required under the Insurance Policy
and such failure continues for a period of more than ten (10) Business Days
after receipt by the Insurer of written notice of such failure (such event,
a
“Replacement Event”), the Seller may, in accordance with and upon satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in the Insurance Policy and the Insurance and
Indemnity Agreement, the payment in full of all amounts owed to the Insurer,
and
the receipt of a statement in writing from each Rating Agency stating that
the
substitution referred to below would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of the respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates (without regard
to
the Insurance Policy), but shall not be required to, substitute a new insurance
policy or insurance policies for the existing Insurance Policy, or may arrange
for any other form of credit enhancement; provided, however, that in each case
the Notes shall be rated no lower than the rating assigned by each Rating Agency
to the Notes immediately prior to such Replacement Event. It shall be a
condition to substitution of any new credit enhancement that there be delivered
to the Indenture Trustee (i) a legal opinion, acceptable in form and substance
to the Indenture Trustee, from counsel to the provider of such new credit
enhancement with respect to the enforceability thereof and such other matters
as
the Indenture Trustee may require and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such substitution would not have a materially adverse tax effect on the
Noteholders or the Trust. Upon receipt of the items referred to above and the
taking of physical possession of the new credit enhancement, the Indenture
Trustee shall, within five Business Days following receipt of such items and
such taking of physical possession, deliver the replaced Insurance Policy to
the
Insurer.
ARTICLE
V.
PRIORITY
OF DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO
NOTEHOLDERS;
RIGHTS OF NOTEHOLDERS
Section
5.01 Distributions.
(a)
Distributions
on the Notes.
Pursuant to Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, on each Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee, with respect to the Notes, and the Paying Agent, with respect to the
Transferor Interest, shall distribute out of the Distribution Account, the
following amounts and in the following order of priority to the following
Persons (based on the information set forth in the Indenture Trustee’s
Certificate and Statement to Noteholders):
I. Noteholder
Interest Collections applied as follows:
(i)
to
the extent not otherwise paid by the Master Servicer or if First Tennessee
Bank
National Association is not the Master Servicer, to the Indenture Trustee,
the
Indenture Trustee Fee;
(ii)
to
the Insurer, the Premium Amount for such Due Period;
(iii)
to
the holders of the Notes, an amount equal to the Interest Distribution for
the
Notes for such Payment Date;
(iv)
to
the holders of the Notes, as a payment of principal, Noteholder Charge-Off
Amounts for the related Due Period;
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(v)
to
the holders of Notes as a payment of principal, Noteholder Charge-Off Amounts
incurred during previous Due Periods that were not subsequently funded by either
Noteholder Interest Collections, Distributable Excess Spread or Insurance Policy
Draw Amounts;
(vi)
to
the Insurer, the amount owing under the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement as
reimbursement for prior draws made under the Insurance Policy;
(vii)
to
the Noteholders, as a payment of principal, the Distributable Excess Spread
for
such Payment Date;
(viii)
to
the Insurer any other amounts owed to the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance
and
Indemnity Agreement;
(ix)
to
the holders of Notes, any LIBOR Interest Carry Over Amount that remains
unpaid;
(x)
to
the Master Servicer or other person entitled thereto amounts required to be
paid
by the Trust pursuant to Section 6.03 (including any unpaid Indenture Trustee
expenses and indemnities); and
(xi)
to
the owner of the Transferor Interest, the balance, if any.
II. Principal
Collections applied as follows:
(i)
to
the Noteholders, the lesser of the Noteholder Principal Distribution Amount
and
the Note Principal Balance;
(ii)
to
the Insurer, as reimbursement for prior draws made under the Policy to the
extent not reimbursed pursuant to clauses I(vi) and (viii) above;
(iii)
to
the extent of such amounts remaining to be paid after application of funds
pursuant to clause I(x) above, to the Master Servicer or other person entitled
thereto amounts required to be paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 6.03;
and
(iv)
to
the owner of the Transferor Interest, the balance, if any.
(b)
Distributions
on the Transferor Interest.
Pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Trust Agreement, on each Payment Date the Paying
Agent shall pay the following amounts, from Transferor Interest Collections,
in
the following order of priority:
(i)
to
the extent not previously retained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.02(b), to the Master Servicer, the Transferor Percentage of the Master
Servicing Fee for the related Due Period; and
(ii)
to
the extent of such amounts remaining to be paid after application of funds
pursuant to (a)II(ii) above, to the Master Servicer or other person entitled
thereto amounts required to be paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 6.03;
and
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(iii)
to
the owner of the Transferor Interest, the balance, if any.
(c)
Method
of Distribution.
The
Indenture Trustee shall make distributions in respect of a Payment Date to
each
Noteholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in
Section 8.01 respecting the final distribution) by check or money order mailed
to such Noteholder at the address appearing in the Note Register, or upon
written request by a Noteholder delivered to the Indenture Trustee at least
five
Business Days prior to such Record Date, by wire transfer (but only if such
Noteholder is the Depository or such Noteholder owns of record one or more
Notes
having principal denominations aggregating at least $1,000,000), or by such
other means of payment as such Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee shall agree.
Distributions among Noteholders shall be made in proportion to the Percentage
Interests evidenced by the Notes held by such Noteholders.
(d)
Distributions
on Book-Entry Notes.
Each
distribution with respect to a Book Entry Note shall be paid to the Depository,
which shall credit the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its
Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each
Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution
to
the Note Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage
firm (a “brokerage firm” or “indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as
agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the
Note
Owners that it represents. All such credits and disbursements with respect
to a
Book Entry Note are to be made by the Depository and the Depository Participants
in accordance with the provisions of the Notes. None of the Indenture Trustee,
the Paying Agent, the Note Registrar, the Seller, the Insurer, the Trust or
the
Master Servicer shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise
provided by applicable law.
Section
5.02 Calculation
of the Note Rate.
With
respect to the Notes, on the second LIBOR Business Day immediately preceding
each Payment Date (or as of the second LIBOR Business Day prior to the Closing
Date, in the case of the first Payment Date), the Indenture Trustee shall
determine LIBOR for the Interest Accrual Period commencing on such Payment
Date
and inform the Master Servicer (at the facsimile number given to the Indenture
Trustee in writing) of such rates. On or prior to each Determination Date,
the
Indenture Trustee shall determine the applicable Note Rate for the related
Payment Date.
Section
5.03 Indenture
Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders.
Not
later than 12:00 noon, New York time, on each Determination Date, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee a computer tape in electronic
format containing the information agreed to by the Master Servicer and the
Indenture Trustee. Not later than 12:00 noon, New York time, on the related
Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Paying
Agent, the Transferor and the Insurer, a computer tape together with a hard
copy
thereof to be delivered on such Payment Date, a statement (the “Indenture
Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders”) containing the information
set forth below with respect to such Payment Date:
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First
Horizon ABS Trust
Indenture
Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders
Series
2006-HE2
CUSIP
# _________
LIBOR:
|
_________
|
LIBOR
Determination Date:
|
_________
|
Note
Rate:
|
_________
|
Due
Period:
|
_________
|
Interest
Accrual Period:
|
________
- _________
|
Payment
Date:
|
_________
|
Number
of days in
Interest
Accrual Period:
|
_________
|
I.
|
Pool
Balance:
|
||
A.
|
Cut-Off
Date Pool Principal Balance
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
Cumulative
Charge-Off Amounts
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
Pool
Principal Balance at beginning of Due Period
|
$_________
|
|
D.
|
Charge-Off
Amounts incurred during the related Due Period
|
$_________
|
|
E.
|
Aggregate
amount of Principal Collections received during the Due
Period
|
$_________
|
|
F.
|
Additional
Balances (Draws) conveyed to the Trust during the related Due
Period
|
$_________
|
|
G.
|
Pool
Principal Balance at end of Due Period (including separate identification
of HELOC Balances and Locked Balances)
|
$_________
|
|
H.
|
Number
of Mortgage Loans outstanding at beginning of related Due
Period
|
_________
|
|
I.
|
Number
of Mortgage Loans outstanding at end of related Due Period
|
_________
|
|
II.
|
Note
Balance:
|
||
A.
|
Original
Note Principal Balance
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
Note
Principal Balance at beginning of Due Period
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
Note
Principal Balance after all distributions on the Payment
Date
|
$_________
|
|
III.
|
Invested
Amount after all distributions on the Payment
Date:
|
$_________
|
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IV.
|
Collections:
|
||
A.
|
Aggregate
amount of Interest Collections received during the related Due
Period
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
Noteholder
Interest Collections received during the related Due
Period
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
Noteholder
Principal Distribution Amount received during the related Due
Period
|
$_________
|
|
D.
|
Net
Recoveries received during the related Due Period
|
$_________
|
|
E.
|
Insurance
Policy Draw Amount (x+y):
|
$_________
|
|
|
(x) Excess
of Interest Distribution for the Notes over Noteholder Interest
Collections
|
$_________
|
|
|
(y) Principal
Distribution Amount
|
$_________
|
|
V.
|
Distributions:
|
||
A.
|
Premium
Amount paid to the Insurer on the Payment Date
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
Interest
Distribution payable
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
Interest
Distribution for the Notes paid on the Payment Date
|
$_________
|
|
D.
|
Outstanding
Interest Carryover Shortfall remaining after all distributions on
the
Payment Date
|
$_________
|
|
E.
|
Excess
Spread
|
$_________
|
|
F.
|
Specified
O/C Amount
|
$_________
|
|
G.
|
O/C
Amount after all distributions on the Payment Date
|
$_________
|
|
H.
|
O/C
Reduction Amount
|
$_________
|
|
I.
|
Excess
O/C Amount
|
$_________
|
|
J.
|
Distributable
Excess Spread
|
$_________
|
|
K.
|
Any
other amounts paid to the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance
Agreement
|
$_________
|
|
L.
|
LIBOR
Carryover Interest Shortfall balance paid on the Payment
Date
|
$_________
|
|
M.
|
LIBOR
Carryover Interest Shortfall remaining
|
$_________
|
|
N.
|
Amount
paid to the Transferor in respect of the Transferor
Interest
|
$_________
|
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O.
|
Amount
actually distributed to Noteholders in respect of
principal
|
$_________
|
|
P.
|
Base
O/C Amount
|
$_________
|
|
Q.
|
Invested
Amount
|
$_________
|
|
R.
|
Three
Month Rolling Average of Excess Spread
|
$_________
|
|
VI.
|
Three
Month Rolling Average of 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage
Loans:
|
_________%
|
|
VII.
|
Modified
Loans:
|
||
A.
|
Aggregate
Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans modified after giving effect
to
modifications
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
Aggregate
Credit Limit of Mortgage Loans modified on a cumulative basis after
giving
effect to modifications
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
Weighted
average of Credit Limits at the end of Due Period after giving effect
to
modifications
|
$_________
|
|
D.
|
Number
of Mortgage Loans for which Credit Limits have been increased during
the
related Due Period
|
__________
|
|
E.
|
Aggregate
number of Mortgage Loans for which Credit Limits have been increased
since
the Cut-Off Date.
|
__________
|
|
F.
|
The
number set forth in item VII.E. above, expressed as a percentage
of the
aggregate number of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
|
__________
|
|
G.
|
Weighted
average Margin at the end of Due Period after giving effect to
modifications
|
_________%
|
|
VIII.
|
Replaced
Loans:
|
||
A.
|
Purchase
Prices
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
Substitution
Adjustment
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
Transferor
Deposit Amounts
|
$_________
|
|
IX.
|
Weighted
Averages:
|
||
A.
|
Weighted
average of the Loan Rates at end of related Due Period
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
Weighted
average of the Loan Rate Cap at end of related Due Period
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
Weighted
average Margin at end of related Due Period
|
$_________
|
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D.
|
Recalculated
Weighted Average Margin at end of related Due Period
|
$_________
|
|
X.
|
Delinquent
Accounts:
|
#
of Accounts
|
Principal
Balance
|
|||
A.
|
30-59
days delinquent
|
_________
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
60-89
days delinquent
|
_________
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
90+
days delinquent
|
_________
|
$_________
|
|
D.
|
180+
days delinquent
|
_________
|
$_________
|
|
E.
|
REO
Properties
|
_________
|
$_________
|
|
F.
|
Foreclosures
|
_________
|
$_________
|
|
G.
|
Bankruptcies
|
_________
|
$_________
|
|
H.
|
Three
Month Rolling Average of 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans
|
_________%
|
XI.
|
Rapid
Amortization:
|
||
A.
|
Has
a Rapid Amortization Event occurred?
|
_________
|
|
B.
|
What
was the Rapid Amortization Event?
|
_________
|
|
XII.
|
Allocations
to Certificateholders (for each $1,000 of original
principal):
|
||
A.
|
Aggregate
amount of Principal Collections received during the related Due
Period
|
$_________
|
|
B.
|
Amount
Actually Distributed to Noteholders in respect of
principal
|
$_________
|
|
C.
|
Interest
Distribution payable
|
$_________
|
|
D.
|
Interest
Distribution for the Notes paid on the Payment Date
|
$_________
|
|
E.
|
Note
Principal Balance after all distributions on the Payment
Date
|
$_________
|
In
addition, the Indenture Trustee shall make available on its website,
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, the Indenture Trustee’s Certificate and
Statement to Noteholders to each Noteholder, the Rating Agencies, Bloomberg,
Intex Solutions and the Underwriter on the related Payment Date. The Indenture
Trustee may fully and conclusively rely upon and shall have no liability with
respect to information provided by the Master Servicer.
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To
the
extent that there are inconsistencies between the telecopy of the Indenture
Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders and the hard copy thereof,
the Indenture Trustee may rely upon the latter.
(a)
The
Indenture Trustee shall prepare or cause to be prepared (in a manner consistent
with the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness of the Trust, or as may be
otherwise required by Section 3.12 herein) Internal Revenue Service Form 1099
(or any successor form) and any other tax forms required to be filed or
furnished to Noteholders in respect of distributions by the Indenture Trustee
(or the Paying Agent) on the Notes and shall file and distribute such forms
as
required by law.
(b)
The
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall furnish to each Noteholder
and
to the Insurer (if requested in writing), during the term of this Agreement,
such periodic, special or other reports or information, whether or not provided
for herein, as shall be necessary, reasonable or appropriate with respect to
the
Noteholder or the Insurer, as the case may be, or otherwise with respect to
the
purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or information to be provided
by
and in accordance with such applicable instructions and directions (if requested
in writing) as the Noteholder or the Insurer, as the case may be, may reasonably
require; provided that the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall
be
entitled to be reimbursed by such Noteholder or the Insurer, as the case may
be,
for their respective fees and actual expenses associated with providing such
reports, if such reports are not generally produced in the ordinary course
of
their respective businesses or readily obtainable.
(c)
Reports and computer tapes furnished by the Master Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement shall be deemed confidential and of a proprietary nature, and shall
not be copied or distributed except to the extent provided in this Agreement
and
the Underwriting Agreement and to the extent required by law or to the Rating
Agencies, the Depositor, the Insurer’s attorneys, reinsurers, parent,
regulators, liquidity providers and auditors and to the extent the Seller
instructs the Indenture Trustee in writing to furnish information regarding
the
Trust or the Mortgage Loans to third-party information providers. No Person
entitled to receive copies of such reports or tapes or lists of Noteholders
shall use the information therein for the purpose of soliciting the customers
of
the Seller or for any other purpose except as set forth in this Agreement and
the Underwriting Agreement.
Section
5.04 Policy
Payments Account.
The
Indenture Trustee shall establish a separate trust account (the “Policy Payments
Account”) titled “The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee, in trust for the
registered Holders of First Horizon ABS Notes Series 2006-HE2 and the Insurer,
and as Paying Agent for the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest,
as
their interests may appear, Series 2006-HE2 Policy Payments Account.” The Policy
Payments Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Indenture Trustee shall
deposit all Insurance Policy Draw Amounts received by it into the Policy
Payments Account immediately following receipt thereof. Amounts on deposit
in
the Policy Payments Account shall not be invested. On each Payment Date, the
Indenture Trustee will withdraw any amounts on deposit in the Policy Payments
Account and will deposit such amounts into the Distribution Account for
distribution on such Payment Date in accordance with Section 5.01(a)
above.
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Section
5.05 Distribution
Account.
The
Indenture Trustee shall establish a separate trust account (the “Distribution
Account”) titled “The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee, in trust for the
registered Holders of First Horizon ABS Notes Series 2006-HE2 and the Insurer,
and as Paying Agent for the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest,
as
their interests may appear, Series 2006-HE2 Distribution Account.” The
Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Indenture Trustee shall
deposit any amounts representing payments on and any collections in respect
of
the Mortgage Loans received by it immediately following receipt thereof to
the
Distribution Account including, without limitation, all amounts withdrawn by
the
Master Servicer from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.03 herein
for
deposit to the Distribution Account. Amounts on deposit in the Distribution
Account may be invested in Eligible Investments pursuant to Section 5.06
below.
Section
5.06 Investment
of Accounts.
(a)
So
long as no Event of Servicing Termination shall have occurred and be continuing,
and consistent with any requirements of the Code, all or a portion of the
Collection Account may be invested and reinvested by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.02(c) of this Agreement and all or a portion of the
Distribution Account may be invested and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee,
as
directed in writing by the Master Servicer, in one or more Eligible Investments
bearing interest or sold at a discount. If an Event of Servicing Termination
shall have occurred and be continuing or if the Master Servicer does not provide
investment directions, the Indenture Trustee shall invest all Accounts in
Eligible Investments described in paragraph (vi) of the definition of Eligible
Investments. No such investment in any Account shall mature later than the
Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date (except that (i) if
such Eligible Investment is (a) an investment described in item (vi) of Eligible
Investments if such Eligible Investments are held by the Indenture Trustee
or
(b) an obligation of the Indenture Trustee, then such Eligible Investment shall
mature not later than such Payment Date and (ii) or any other date prior to
such
Payment Date as may be approved by the Rating Agencies and the
Insurer).
(b)
If
any amounts are needed for disbursement from any Account held by the Indenture
Trustee and sufficient uninvested funds are not available to make such
disbursement, the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be sold or otherwise
converted to cash a sufficient amount of the investments in such
Account.
(c)
The
Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable for the selection of
Eligible Investments by the Master Servicer or by reason of any investment
loss
or charge or any insufficiency in the Collection Account held by the Indenture
Trustee resulting from any investment loss on any Eligible Investment included
therein unless the Indenture Trustee’s failure to perform in accordance with
this Section is the cause of such loss or charge (except to the extent that
the
Indenture Trustee is the obligor and has defaulted thereon or as provided in
subsection (b) of this Section). The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability
in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible
Investment made with funds on deposit in the Collection Account prior to its
stated maturity or the failure of the Master Servicer to provide timely written
investment direction. In the absence of written investment direction, the
Indenture Trustee shall invest funds in the Accounts in the Eligible Investment
described in clause (vi) of the definition thereof.
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(d)
The
Indenture Trustee may invest and reinvest funds in the Accounts held by the
Indenture Trustee (other than the Policy Payments Account), to the fullest
extent practicable, in such manner as the Master Servicer shall from time to
time direct as set forth in Section 5.06(a), but only in one or more Eligible
Investments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, funds in the Distribution Account
may remain uninvested for one Business Day.
(e)
All
net income and gain realized from investment of, and all earnings on, funds
deposited in the Collection Account through the second day preceding the day
on
which such funds are to be deposited in the Distribution Account shall be for
the benefit of the Master Servicer as servicing compensation (in addition to
the
Master Servicing Fee) and all net income and gain realized from investment
of,
and all earnings on, funds deposited (i) in the Collection Account from the
day
preceding the day on which such funds are to be deposited in the Distribution
Account and (ii) in the Distribution Account shall be for the benefit of the
Indenture Trustee, and shall be subject to withdrawal on or before the first
Business Day of the month following the month in which such income or gain
is
received. The Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account and the
Indenture Trustee shall deposit in the Distribution Account, as the case may
be,
the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any Eligible Investment held
therein which is in excess of the income and gain thereon immediately upon
realization of such loss from its own funds, without any right to reimbursement
therefore.
Section
5.07 Rapid
Amortization Event.
The
occurrence of any one of the following events (each, a “Rapid Amortization
Event”) during the Revolving Period:
(a)
Net
Interest Collections or Principal Collections for any Payment Date are not
enough to make any payment of principal or interest in each case that is due
on
the Notes, and the continuance of such failure for a period of five Business
Days;
(b)
any
of the Trust, the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall voluntarily or
involuntarily go into liquidation, consent to the appointment of a conservator
or receiver or liquidator or similar person in any insolvency, readjustment
of
debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
relating to the Trust, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or of or relating
to all or substantially all of its property, or a decree or order of a court
or
agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or similar person in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered against the Trust, the Depositor or the Master Servicer and
such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed
for a
period of 60 days; or the Trust, the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due,
file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization
statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or voluntarily
suspend payment of its obligations;
(c)
the
aggregate of Insurance Policy Draw Amounts exceeds 1% of the Cut-Off Pool
Principal Balance, whether or not previously reimbursed;
(d)
the
Trust becomes subject to regulation by the SEC as an investment company within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
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(e)
failure on the part of the Trust, the Depositor, the Seller or the Master
Servicer to perform any of its other material obligations under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement or the Indenture; or
(f)
the
occurrence of an Event of Servicing Termination.
In
the
case of any event described by clause (a), (e) or (f), after the applicable
grace period, if any set forth in such subparagraphs, either the Indenture
Trustee, the Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred
and
be continuing) or the Noteholders holding Notes evidencing not less than 51%
of
the aggregate Note Purchase Balance, by written notice to the Transferor, the
Depositor and the Master Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee, if given by
the
Insurer or the Noteholders as well as to the Insurer, if given by the Indenture
Trustee or the Noteholders) declare that a Rapid Amortization Event has
occurred. If any event described in clauses (b), (c) or (d) occurs, a Rapid
Amortization Event shall occur without any notice or other action on the part
of
the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or the Noteholders immediately on the
occurrence of such event.
ARTICLE
VI.
THE
SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR
Section
6.01 Liability
of the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
The
Seller and the Master Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only
to
the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the
Seller or Master Servicer, as the case may be, herein. The Depositor shall
be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
imposed upon and undertaken by the Depositor.
Section
6.02 Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Seller, the Master
Servicer or the Depositor.
Any
corporation into which the Seller, the Master Servicer or Depositor may be
merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Depositor
shall
be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Seller, the
Master Servicer or the Depositor shall be the successor of the Seller, the
Master Servicer or the Depositor, as the case may be, hereunder, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided,
however, that the successor Master Servicer shall satisfy all the requirements
of Section 7.02 with respect to the qualifications of a successor Master
Servicer, and shall have been approved by the Insurer (which approval shall
not
be unreasonably withheld).
As
a
condition to the effectiveness of any merger or consolidation, at least 15
calendar days prior to the effective date of any merger or consolidation of
the
Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall provide (x) written notice to the
Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and (y) in writing and
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information
reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting
obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K.
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Section
6.03 Limitation
on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others.
Neither
the Master Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents
of the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust or the
Noteholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action
by the Master Servicer in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors
in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Master
Servicer or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence
in
the performance of duties of the Master Servicer or by reason of its reckless
disregard of its obligations and duties of the Master Servicer hereunder;
provided, further, that this provision shall not be construed to entitle the
Master Servicer to indemnity in the event that amounts advanced by the Master
Servicer to retire any Senior Lien exceed Net Recoveries realized with respect
to the related Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer and any director or officer
or
employee or agent of the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document
of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting
any matters arising hereunder. The Master Servicer and any director or officer
or employee or agent of the Master Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust
and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection
with any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Notes, other than any
loss, liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage
Loans (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise
reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss, liability or expense
incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence
in
the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard
of
obligations and duties hereunder; and such amounts shall be payable only
pursuant to Section 5.01(a)I(x). The Master Servicer may with the consent of
the
Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) undertake any such
action which it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement,
and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the
Noteholders hereunder. In such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs
of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs
and
liabilities of the Trust and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed therefor only pursuant to Section 5.01(a)I(xii), (b)(ii) or
5.01(b)(ii). The Master Servicer’s right to indemnity or reimbursement pursuant
to this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any
resignation or termination of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04
or
7.01 below with respect to any losses, expenses, costs or liabilities arising
prior to such resignation or termination (or arising from events that occurred
prior to such resignation or termination). This paragraph shall apply to the
Master Servicer solely in its capacity as Master Servicer hereunder and in
no
other capacities.
Section
6.04 Master
Servicer Not to Resign.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 6.02 above, the Master Servicer shall not resign
from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon
determination that the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder are
no
longer permissible under applicable law or are in material conflict by reason
of
applicable law with any other activities carried on by it or its subsidiaries
or
Affiliates, the other activities of the Master Servicer so causing such a
conflict being of a type and nature carried on by the Master Servicer or its
subsidiaries or Affiliates at the date of this Agreement or (ii) upon
satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) the Master Servicer has proposed
a
successor servicer to the Indenture Trustee in writing and such proposed
successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee; (b) each
Rating Agency shall have delivered a letter to the Indenture Trustee prior
to
the appointment of the successor servicer stating that the proposed appointment
of such successor servicer as Master Servicer hereunder will not result in
the
reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes; and (c) such
proposed successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Insurer, as
evidenced by a letter to the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that no
such
resignation by the Master Servicer shall become effective until such successor
servicer or, in the case of (i) above, the Indenture Trustee shall have assumed
the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder or the
Indenture Trustee shall have designated a successor servicer in accordance
with
Section 7.02 below. Any such resignation shall not relieve the Master Servicer
of responsibility for any of the obligations specified in Sections 7.01 and
7.02
below as obligations that survive the resignation or termination of the Master
Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master
Servicer pursuant to clause (i) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to such effect delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer.
As a
condition to the effectiveness of any such resignation, at least 15 calendar
days prior to the effective date of such resignation, the Master Servicer shall
provide (x) written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this
Section and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order
to
comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect
to
a successor master servicer. Notice of such resignation shall be given promptly
by the Master Servicer and the Depositor to the Indenture Trustee.
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Section
6.05 Delegation
of Duties.
In the
ordinary course of business, the Master Servicer at any time may delegate any
of
its duties hereunder to any Person, including any of its Affiliates, who agrees
to conduct such duties in accordance with standards comparable to those set
forth in Section 3.01 herein. Such delegation shall not relieve the Master
Servicer of its liabilities and responsibilities with respect to such duties
and
shall not constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 6.04 above.
The
Master Servicer shall provide the Insurer and the Indenture Trustee with written
notice prior to the delegation of any of its duties to any Person other than
any
of the Master Servicer’s Affiliates or their respective successors and assigns,
and the Insurer shall have consented to the appointment of any Subservicer
(which consent shall not have been unreasonably withheld).
Section
6.06 Indemnification
of the Trust by the Master Servicer.
The
Master Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, the Trust
and the Indenture Trustee and its officers, directors, agents and employees
from
and against any loss, liability, expense, damage or injury suffered or sustained
by reason of the Master Servicer’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of its activities in servicing or administering
the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to,
any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable fees of, counsel of its selection
and other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any
actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim related to the Master
Servicer’s misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. Any such indemnification
shall not be payable from the assets of the Trust. The provisions of this
indemnity shall run directly to and be enforceable by an injured party subject
to the limitations hereof. The provisions of this Section 6.06 shall survive
termination of the Agreement or the earlier of the resignation or removal of
the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be. In addition, the
Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
6.7 of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE
VII.
SERVICING
TERMINATION
Section
7.01 Events
of Servicing Termination.
If
any
one of the following events (“Events of Servicing Termination”) shall occur and
be continuing:
(i)
any
failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account or the
Distribution Account any deposit required to be made under the terms of this
Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for (A) two Business Days after
the giving of written notice of any such failure to the Master Servicer by
a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee with knowledge thereof, or to
the
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the Insurer or the Holders of
Notes
evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the aggregate
Note Principal Balance or (B) for a period of five Business Days after the
date
upon which such deposit was required to be made, irrespective of whether the
notice described in Clause (A) was provided; or
(ii)
(A)
the failure by the Master Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance which
failure continues unremedied for a period of 5 days, or, (B) except as otherwise
described in subclause (v) below, the failure by the Master Servicer duly to
observe or perform, in any material respect, any other covenants, obligations
or
agreements of the Master Servicer as set forth in this Agreement (except with
respect to a failure related to a Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligation),
which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders
or the Insurer and continues unremedied for a period of five (5) days after
the
date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied,
shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or to
the
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the Insurer or by the Holders
of
Notes representing not less than 25% of the aggregate Note Principal Balance;
or
(iii)
failure by the Master Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material
respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Master
Servicer set forth in this Agreement (except with respect to a failure related
to a Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligation) which continues unremedied
for a
period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer
by the Master Servicer; provided that the thirty-day cure period shall not
apply
to the failure to comply with the requirements set forth in Section 6.02,
Section 6.04, Section 7.02 or Article X, for which the grace period shall not
exceed the lesser of ten (10) calendar days or such period in which the
applicable Exchange Act Report can be filed timely (without taking into account
any extensions); or
(iv)
the
entry against the Master Servicer of a decree or order by a court or agency
or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment
of
a trustee, conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
conservatorship, receivership, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets
and
liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of
its
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect
for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
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(v)
the
Master Servicer shall voluntarily go into liquidation, consent to the
appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or similar person in
any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or of or relating
to
all or substantially all of its property, or a decree or order of a court or
agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or similar person in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered against the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall
have remained in force undischarged, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 60
days; or the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations;
or
(vi)
so
long as the Seller is the Master Servicer, any failure of the Seller to
repurchase or substitute Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for Defective
Mortgage Loans as required pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
or
this Agreement; or
(vii)
any
breach by the Master Servicer of a representation or warranty made in Section
2.03 herein, which breach materially and adversely affects the interests of
the
Noteholders or the Insurer and continues unremedied for a period of 30 days
after the giving of written notice of such failure to the Master Servicer by
the
Indenture Trustee, or to the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the
Insurer or Holders of Notes evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not
less
than 25% of the aggregate Note Principal Balance (or such longer period, with
the consent of the Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
as may be reasonably necessary to remedy such breach, provided that the Master
Servicer has commenced and diligently pursues such remedy to
completion);
(viii)
the occurrence of a draw under the Insurance Policy that remains unreimbursed
for a period of 90 days; or
(ix)
the
Master Servicer is not rated at least investment grade by either Standard &
Poor’s or Xxxxx’x; then, and in each and every such case, so long as an Event of
Servicing Termination shall not have been remedied within the applicable grace
period, (x) subject to the succeeding paragraph, the Indenture Trustee shall,
at
the direction of the Insurer or the Holders of Notes representing not less
than
51% of the Note Principal Balance (with the consent of the Insurer, so long
as
no Insurer Default exists), by notice then given in writing to the Master
Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by Holders of Notes), terminate
all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer as servicer under
this
Agreement. Any such notice to the Master Servicer shall also be given to each
Rating Agency, the Depositor, the Trust and the Insurer. On or after the receipt
by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes or
the
Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to and under this Section 7.01; and, without limitation, the
Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver,
on
behalf of the Master Servicer, as attorney-in fact or otherwise, any and all
documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of each Mortgage
Loan and related documents or otherwise. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate
with the Indenture Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities
and rights of the Master Servicer hereunder, including, without limitation,
the
transfer to the Indenture Trustee for the administration by it of all cash
amounts that shall at the time be held by the Master Servicer and to be
deposited by it in the Collection Account, or that have been deposited by the
Master Servicer in the Collection Account or thereafter received by the Master
Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans. All reasonable costs and expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with transferring the
Mortgage Files to the successor Master Servicer and amending this Agreement
to
reflect such succession as Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall
be paid by the predecessor Master Servicer (or if the predecessor Master
Servicer is the Indenture Trustee, the initial Master Servicer) upon
presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and
expenses.
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In
addition, if during the period that the Depositor is required to file Exchange
Act Reports with respect to the Trust, the Master Servicer shall fail to observe
or perform any of the obligations that constitute a Limited Exchange Act
Reporting Obligation or the obligations set forth in Section 3.10, Section
7.05
or Section 10.01(a)(i) and (ii), and such failure continues for the lesser
of 10
calendar days or such period in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can
be
filed timely (without taking into account any extensions), so long as such
failure shall not have been remedied, the Indenture Trustee shall, but only
at
the direction of the Depositor and with the written consent of the Insurer,
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other
than
its rights as a Noteholder hereunder. The Depositor shall not be entitled to
terminate the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer pursuant to
subparagraph (iii) if a failure of the Master Servicer to identify a
Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of
Item 1122 of Regulation AB was attributable solely to the role or functions
of
such Subcontractor with respect to mortgage loans other than the Mortgage
Loans.
Section
7.02 Indenture
Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a)
On
and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant
to Section 7.01 or resigns pursuant to 6.04 herein, the Indenture Trustee or
a
previously agreed upon successor Master Servicer shall be the successor in
all
respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement
and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject
to
all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on
the
Master Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof. As compensation therefor,
the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation as the Master
Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if no such notice of termination
had been given. Notwithstanding the above, (i) if the Indenture Trustee is
unwilling to act as successor Master Servicer, or (ii) if the Indenture Trustee
is legally unable so to act, the Indenture Trustee may with the consent of
the
Insurer, and shall, at the direction of the Insurer, appoint or petition a
court
of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home finance
institution, bank or other mortgage loan or home equity loan servicer having
a
net worth of not less than $50,000,000 as the successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties
or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that any such
successor Master Servicer shall be acceptable to the Insurer, as evidenced
by
the Insurer’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld); and provided, further, that the appointment of any such successor
Master Servicer will not result in the qualification, reduction or withdrawal
of
the ratings assigned to the Notes by the Rating Agencies. Pending appointment
of
a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, unless the Indenture Trustee
is
prohibited by law from so acting, the Indenture Trustee shall act in such
capacity as hereinabove provided. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the
Indenture to the contrary, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee be held
liable for any Master Servicing Fee or for any differential in the amount
necessary to induce any successor servicer to act as successor servicer under
this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for therein. At least
15 calendar days prior to the effective date of any such appointment, (x) the
Master Servicer shall provide written notice to the Depositor of such successor
servicer and (y) such successor servicer shall provide to the Depositor in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor,
all
information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a successor
servicer. In the event that the Indenture Trustee assumes the duties of the
Master Servicer as set forth herein, the Indenture Trustee shall provide the
Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to
comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect
to
a Successor Master Servicer. In connection with such appointment and assumption,
the successor shall be entitled to receive compensation out of payments on
Mortgage Loans in an amount equal to the compensation which the Master Servicer
would otherwise have received pursuant to Section 3.09 herein (or such lesser
compensation as the Indenture Trustee and such successor shall agree). The
appointment of a successor Master Servicer shall not affect any liability of
the
predecessor Master Servicer which may have arisen under this Agreement prior
to
its termination as Master Servicer to pay any deductible under any insurance
policy obtained and maintained pursuant to Section 3.05 herein or to indemnify
the Trust and the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06), nor shall any
successor Master Servicer be liable for any acts or omissions of the predecessor
Master Servicer or for any breach by such Master Servicer of any of its
representations or warranties contained herein or in any related document or
agreement. The Indenture Trustee and such successor shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession.
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(b)
Any
successor, including the Indenture Trustee, to the Master Servicer as servicer
shall during the term of its service as servicer (i) continue to service and
administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Trust, and (ii) maintain
in
force an insurance policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions
in the performance of its obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and a
fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees and agents to the same
extent as the Master Servicer maintained as of the date hereof, as the same
may
have been increased from time to time. No successor servicer shall have the
right to retain and commingle payments on, and collections in respect of, the
Mortgage Loans with its own funds pursuant to Section 3.02(d) unless (i)
consented to in writing by the Insurer and (ii) such commingling will not result
in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then current ratings of
the
Notes, without regard to the Insurance Policy, as evidenced in writing by each
Rating Agency.
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Section
7.03 Waiver
of Defaults.
The
Insurer or the Majority Noteholders with the consent of the Insurer (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) may, on behalf of all Noteholders,
waive any events permitting removal of the Master Servicer as servicer pursuant
to this Article VII, provided, however, that the Majority Noteholders may not
waive a default in making a required payment on a Note without the consent
of
the Holder of such Note. Upon any waiver of a past default, such default shall
cease to exist and any Event of Servicing Termination arising therefrom shall
be
deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent
thereto except to the extent expressly so waived. Notice of any such waiver
shall be given by the Indenture Trustee to the Rating Agencies.
Section
7.04 Notification
to Noteholders.
Upon
any termination or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer pursuant
to
this Article VII or Section 6.04 above, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt
written notice thereof to the Noteholders at their respective addresses
appearing in the Note Register, the Insurer and each Rating Agency.
Section
7.05 Successor
Master Servicer.
The
Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee and any Successor
Master Servicer in effecting (1) the termination of the Master Servicer’s
responsibilities and rights hereunder including, without limitation, notifying
Mortgagors of the assignment of the servicing functions, if required, and
providing the Indenture Trustee and Successor’ Master Servicer, as applicable,
all documents and records in electronic or other form reasonably requested
by it
to enable it to perform the Master Servicer’s functions hereunder and (2) the
transfer to the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Master Servicer, as
applicable, of all amounts which shall at the time be or should have been
deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account and any other account
or fund maintained with respect to the Notes or thereafter received with respect
to the Mortgage Loans. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor any other Successor
Master Servicer shall be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any
failure to make, or any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any
portion thereof caused solely by (i) the failure of the Master Servicer to
deliver, or any delay in delivering, cash, documents or records to it, (ii)
the
failure of the Master Servicer to cooperate as required by this Indenture,
(iii)
the failure of the Master Servicer to deliver the Mortgage Loan data to the
Indenture Trustee as required by this Indenture or (iv) restrictions imposed
by
any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer; provided
that the Successor Master Servicer uses its commercially reasonable best efforts
(1) to have the predecessor Master Servicer deliver all items and perform all
obligations it is required to deliver and perform and (2) to perform the
servicing in light of the information and documents that have been delivered;
provided further that the Indenture Trustee or any other Successor Master
Servicer shall institute and prosecute legal actions against the predecessor
Master Servicer as and if directed by the Insurer, at the Insurer’s
expense.
The
Successor Master Servicer will not be responsible for delays attributable solely
to the Master Servicer’s failure to deliver information, defects in the
information supplied by the Master Servicer or other circumstances beyond the
control of the Successor Master Servicer; provided that the Successor Master
Servicer uses its commercially reasonable best efforts (1) to have the
predecessor Master Servicer deliver all items and perform all obligations it
is
required to deliver and perform and (2) to perform the servicing in light of
the
information and documents that have been delivered. The Successor Master
Servicer will make arrangements with the Master Servicer for the prompt and
safe
transfer of, and the Master Servicer shall provide to the Successor Master
Servicer, all necessary servicing files and records, including (as deemed
necessary by the Successor Master Servicer at such time): (i) microfiche loan
documentation, (ii) servicing system tapes, (iii) Mortgage Loan payment history,
(iv) collections history and (v) the trial balances, as of the close of business
on the day immediately preceding conversion to the Successor Master Servicer,
reflecting all applicable Mortgage Loan information.
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The
Successor Master Servicer shall have no responsibility and shall not be in
default hereunder nor incur any liability for any failure, error, malfunction
or
any delay in carrying out any of its duties under this Indenture if any such
failure or delay results solely from the Successor Master Servicer acting in
accordance with information prepared or supplied by the predecessor Master
Servicer (or the Indenture Trustee if the Successor Master Servicer is not
an
Affiliate of the Indenture Trustee) or the failure of the predecessor Master
Servicer (or the Indenture Trustee if the Successor Master Servicer is not
an
Affiliate of the Indenture Trustee) to prepare or provide such information.
The
Successor Master Servicer shall have no responsibility, shall not be in default
and shall incur no liability (i) for any act or failure to act by the
predecessor Master Servicer, the Issuer, or the Indenture Trustee (except to
the
extent any such Person is an Affiliate of the Successor Master Servicer), (ii)
for any inaccuracy or omission in a notice or communication received by the
Successor Master Servicer from the predecessor Master Servicer, the Issuer,
or
the Indenture Trustee (except to the extent any such Person is an Affiliate
of
the Successor Master Servicer), or (iii) which is solely due to or results
from
the invalidity or unenforceability of any Mortgage Loan under applicable law
or
the breach or the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made with respect
to any Mortgage Loan.
Any
such
Successor Master Servicer shall provide to the Depositor in writing and in
form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information
reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting
obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a successor
servicer.
ARTICLE
VIII.
TERMINATION
Section
8.01 Termination.
(a)
The
respective obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee created hereby (other
than
the obligation of the Indenture Trustee to make certain payments to Noteholders
after the Final Payment Date and the obligation of the Master Servicer to send
certain notices as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon notice to the
Indenture Trustee of the later of (A) payment in full of all amounts owing
to
the Insurer unless the Insurer shall otherwise consent and (B) the earliest
of
(i) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan remaining
in the Trust; (ii) the optional purchase by the Master Servicer of the Mortgage
Loans as described below and (iii) the Final Payment Date.
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(b)
The
Master Servicer may, at its option, terminate this Agreement on any Payment
Date
on or after the Optional Termination Date by purchasing, on the next succeeding
Payment Date, all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a
price equal to the sum of the outstanding Pool Principal Balance, accrued and
unpaid interest and thereon at the weighted average of the Loan Rates through
the end of the Due Period preceding the final Payment Date and any LIBOR
Carryover Interest Amount that remains unpaid, together with all amounts due
and
owing to the Insurer (the “Termination Price”).
In
connection with any such purchase pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the
Master Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account all amounts then
on
deposit in the Collection Account (less amounts permitted to be withdrawn by
the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.03), which deposit shall be deemed to
have
occurred immediately preceding such purchase.
Any
such
purchase shall be accomplished by deposit into the Distribution Account on
the
Determination Date before such Payment Date of the Termination
Price.
(c)
Notice of any termination, specifying the Payment Date (which shall be a date
that would otherwise be a Payment Date) upon which the Noteholders may surrender
their Notes to the Indenture Trustee for payment of the final distribution
and
cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Indenture Trustee (upon receipt
of
written directions from the Master Servicer, if the Master Servicer is
exercising its right to transfer of the Mortgage Loans, given not later than
the
first day of the month preceding the month of such final distribution) to the
Insurer and to the Master Servicer by letter to such parties not earlier than
the 15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the
month of such final distribution specifying (i) the Payment Date upon which
final distribution of the Notes will be made upon presentation and surrender
of
Notes at the office or agency of the Indenture Trustee therein designated,
(ii)
the amount of any such final distribution and (iii) that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to such Payment Date is not applicable, distributions
being
made only upon presentation and surrender of the Notes at the office or agency
of the Indenture Trustee therein specified.
(d)
Upon
presentation and surrender of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall cause
to be
distributed to the Holders of the Notes on the Payment Date for such final
distribution, in proportion to the Percentage Interests of their respective
Notes and to the extent that funds are available for such purpose, an amount
equal to the amount required to be distributed to Noteholders pursuant to
Section 5.01 for such Payment Date. On the final Payment Date prior to having
made the distributions called for above, the Indenture Trustee shall, based
upon
the information set forth in the Indenture Trustee’s Certificate and Statement
to Noteholders for such Payment Date, withdraw from the Distribution Account
and
remit to the Insurer the lesser of (x) the amount available for distribution
on
such final Payment Date, net of any portion thereof necessary to pay the
Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) and any amounts owing to the Indenture
Trustee in respect of the Indenture Trustee Fee and (y) the unpaid amounts
due
and owing to the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance Agreement.
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(e)
In
the event that all of the Noteholders shall not surrender their Notes for final
payment and cancellation on or before such final Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee shall promptly following such date cause all funds in the Distribution
Account not distributed in final distribution to Noteholders to be withdrawn
therefrom and credited to the remaining Noteholders by depositing such funds
in
a separate escrow account for the benefit of such Noteholders and the Master
Servicer (if the Master Servicer has exercised its right to purchase the
Mortgage Loans) or the Indenture Trustee (in any other case) shall give a second
written notice to the remaining Noteholders to surrender their Notes for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
nine months after the second notice all the Notes shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the owner of the Transferor Interest will be
entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets which remain subject hereto
and
the Indenture Trustee upon transfer of such funds shall be discharged of any
responsibility for such funds and the Noteholders shall look to the owner of
the
Transferor Interest for payment.
(f)
Upon
payment of all amounts owed under the Insurance Policy and cancellation of
the
Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall provide the Insurer notice of cancellation
of
the Notes and surrender the Insurance Policy to the Insurer.
ARTICLE
IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
9.01 Amendment.
(a)
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee by written agreement,
without the consent of any of the Noteholders, but only with the consent of
the
Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) (i) to cure any
ambiguity, (ii) to correct any defective provisions or to correct or supplement
any provisions herein that may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein,
(iii) to conform this Agreement to the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement
provided to investors in connection with the initial offering of the
Certificates, (iv) to add to the duties of the Master Servicer, (v) to modify,
alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained in
this
Agreement to comply with any rules or regulations promulgated by the SEC from
time to time, (vi) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement or the Insurance Policy, as the case
may
be, which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement,
(vii)
to add or amend any provisions of this Agreement as required by any Rating
Agency or any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency in order
to
maintain or improve any rating of the Notes (it being understood that, after
obtaining the ratings in effect on the Closing Date, neither the Indenture
Trustee, the Seller, the Depositor nor the Master Servicer is obligated to
obtain, maintain or improve any such rating), (viii) to amend the definition
of
Specified O/C Amount or (vii) to maintain QSPE status; provided, however, that
as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting
such amendment, but not at the expense of the Indenture Trustee) in each case
such action shall not, (1) have any material adverse tax consequence with
respect to any Noteholder, the Insurer or the Trust or (2) adversely affect
in
any material respect the interest of any Noteholder or the Insurer, provided,
further, that the amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Noteholders or the Insurer, and no Opinion
of Counsel to that effect shall be required by this clause (2) if (y) the Person
requesting the amendment obtains a letter from the Rating Agency stating that
the amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
respective ratings then assigned to the Notes without regard to the Insurance
Policy or (z) the amendment was made solely to conform this Agreement to the
Prospectus Supplement provided to investors in connection with the initial
offering of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
9.01(a), if at the time the parties hereto propose to enter into an amendment
under this Section 9.01(a) (except an amendment to cure any ambiguity or to
correct any provision of this Agreement) the Issuer is required to be a
Qualifying SPE in order for the Seller to continue to account for the transfer
of the Mortgage Loans under this Sale and Servicing Agreement as a sale under
SFAS 140 and the Seller desires to continue to account for such transfer as
a
sale, then prior to the time that the parties enter into such amendment the
Issuer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an
Accountant’s Opinion which states that such amendments would not “significantly
change” (within the meaning of SFAS 140) the Permitted Activities of the Issuer
so as to cause the Issuer to fail to qualify as a Qualifying SPE.
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(b)
This
Agreement also may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the Master
Servicer, the Depositor, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent
of the Holders of Notes representing not less than 51% of the Note Principal
Balance, and with the consent of the Insurer, for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders
or
the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest; provided, however, that
no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing
of, payments on the Notes or distributions or payments under the Insurance
Policy which are required to be made on the Notes without the consent of the
Holders of all Notes or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent
to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all Notes then
outstanding.
Prior
to
the execution of any such amendments described in (a) and (b) above, the
Indenture Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment to each Rating Agency. In addition, promptly after the execution
of
any such amendment made with the consent of the Noteholders, the Indenture
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment
to
each Noteholder and fully executed original counterparts of the instruments
effecting such amendment to the Insurer.
(c)
It
shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders under this Section 9.01
to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner
of
obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Noteholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as
the
Indenture Trustee may prescribe.
Prior
to
the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, each of the Indenture Trustee,
the Insurer and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively
rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment
is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and all conditions precedent to the
execution of such amendment have been met. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall
not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Indenture
Trustee’s own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under this
Agreement.
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Section
9.02 Recordation
of Agreement.
To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement, or a memorandum thereof
if
permitted under applicable law, is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all of the counties or other
comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are
situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere,
such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at the Master Servicer’s
expense on direction of the Indenture Trustee or the Majority Noteholders,
but
only when accompanied by an opinion of counsel to the effect that such
recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Noteholders
or is necessary for the administration or servicing of the Mortgage
Loans.
Section
9.03 Duration
of Agreement.
This
Agreement shall continue in existence and effect until terminated as herein
provided.
Section
9.04 Governing
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section
9.05 Notices.
All
demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by overnight
mail, certified mail or registered mail, postage prepaid, to: (i) in the case
of
the Seller or the Master Servicer, First Tennessee Bank National Association,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, (ii) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust
Office, (iii) in the case of the Insurer, 00 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Managing Director - Transaction Oversight, Re:
First Horizon HELOC Notes, Series 2006-HE2, Facsimile: (000) 000-0000,
Confirmation: (212) 826,0100 (in each case in which notice or other
communication to the Insurer refers to an Event of Default, a claim on the
Policy or with respect to which failure on the part of the Insurer to respond
shall be deemed to constitute consent or acceptance, then a copy of such notice
or other communication should also be sent to the attention of the general
counsel of the Insurer, in all cases, both any original and all copies shall
be
marked to indicate “URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED”, (iv) in the case of Moody’s, 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Residential
Mortgage Monitoring, (v) in the case of Standard & Poor’s, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, (vi) in the case of the Depositor, First Horizon
Asset
Securities Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx,
(vii) in the case of the Noteholders, as set forth in the Note Register and
(viii) in the case of the Trust, to First Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE2, c/o
Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration. Any such notices shall be deemed to be effective with respect
to
any party hereto upon the receipt of such notice by such party, except that
notices to the Noteholders shall be effective upon mailing or personal
delivery.
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Section
9.06 Severability
of Provisions.
If
any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, then such covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no
way
affect the validity or enforceability of the other covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement.
Section
9.07 No
Partnership.
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create any partnership or
joint
venture between the parties hereto and the services of the Master Servicer
shall
be rendered as an independent contractor.
Section
9.08 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall
be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall constitute
one
and the same Agreement.
Section
9.09 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Master Servicer,
the Seller, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders and their
respective successors and permitted assigns. The Insurer and its successors
and
assigns is an express third party beneficiary of this Agreement and shall be
entitled to rely upon and directly to enforce the provisions of this Agreement
so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
Section
9.10 Headings.
The
headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of this
Agreement.
Section
9.11 Indenture
Trustee.
All
privileges, rights and immunities given to the Indenture Trustee in the
Indenture are hereby extended to and applicable to the Indenture Trustee’s
obligations hereunder.
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Section
9.12 Reports
to Rating Agencies.
The
Indenture Trustee shall provide to each Rating Agency copies of statements,
reports and notices, to the extent received or prepared by the Master Servicer
hereunder, as follows:
(i)
copies of amendments to this Agreement;
(ii)
notice of any substitution or repurchase of any Mortgage Loans;
(iii)
notice of any termination, replacement, succession, merger or consolidation
of
either the Master Servicer or the Trust;
(iv)
notice of final payment on the Notes;
(v)
notice of any Event of Servicing Termination;
(vi)
copies of the annual independent auditor’s report delivered pursuant to Section
3.11 herein, and copies of any compliance reports delivered by the Master
Servicer hereunder including Section 3.10 herein; and
(vii)
copies of any Servicing Certificate pursuant to Section 5.03
herein.
Section
9.13 Inconsistencies
Among Transaction Documents.
In
the
event certain provisions of a Transaction Document (except for the Trust
Agreement) conflict with the provisions of this Agreement, the parties hereto
agree that the provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.
Section
9.14 Rights
of the Insurer to Exercise Rights of Noteholders.
By
accepting its Note, each Noteholder agrees that unless an Insurer Default
exists, the Insurer is an express third party beneficiary of this Agreement
and
shall have the right to exercise all rights of the Noteholders as specified
under this Agreement as if it were a party hereto without any further consent
of
the Noteholders. Any right conferred to the Insurer hereunder shall be suspended
and shall run to the benefit of the Noteholders during any period in which
there
exists an Insurer Default.
Section
9.15 Reports
to Insurer.
The
Seller, the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable shall
provide copies to the Insurer of all statements, reports, opinions, officer’s
certificates, requests for consent, requests for amendments to any document
related hereto and notices delivered under this Agreement to any other party
hereto, any Rating Agency or any Noteholder.
Section
9.16 Matters
Regarding the Owner Trustee.
It
is
expressly understood and agreed by the parties that (a) this Agreement is
executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust Company, not individually or
personally, but solely as Owner Trustee, in the exercise of the powers and
authority conferred and vested in it, pursuant to the Trust Agreement, (b)
each
of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part
of
the Trust is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings
and
agreements by Wilmington Trust Company but is made and intended for the purpose
for binding only the Trust, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed
as
creating any liability on Wilmington Trust Company, individually or personally,
to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such
liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any
person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, and (d) under no
circumstances shall Wilmington Trust Company be personally liable for the
payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach
or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or
undertaken by the Trust under this Agreement or any other related
documents.
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ARTICLE
X.
EXCHANGE
ACT REPORTING
Section
10.01 Filing
Obligations.
The
Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Seller shall
reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction
of
the Depositor’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act with respect to
the Trust. In addition to the information specified below, if so requested
by
the Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under
the
Exchange Act, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee
and
the Seller shall (and the Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer engaged
by it to) provide the Depositor with (a) such information which is available
to
such Person without unreasonable effort or expense and within such timeframe
as
may be reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with the Depositor’s
reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person
is a party (and the Depositor is not a party) to any agreement or amendment
requested of it by the Depositor and required to be filed, copies of such
agreement or amendment in XXXXX-compatible form.
Section
10.02 Form
10-D Filings.
(a)
Although the Depositor is responsible under Regulation AB for filing the Form
10-D, the Indenture Trustee hereby agrees that it shall prepare for filing
and
file within fifteen (15) days after each Payment Date (subject to permitted
extensions under the Exchange Act) with the SEC with respect to the Trust,
a
Form 10-D with copies of the Monthly Report and, to the extent delivered to
the
Indenture Trustee, no later than ten (10) days following the Payment Date,
such
other information identified by the Depositor or Master Servicer, in writing,
to
be filed with the SEC (such other information, the “Additional Designated
Information”). If the Depositor or Master Servicer directs that any Additional
Designated Information is to be filed with any Form 10-D, the Depositor or
Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall specify the Item on Form 10-D to
which such information is responsive and, with respect to any Exhibit to be
filed on Form 10-D, the Exhibit number. Any information to be filed on Form
10-D
shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in XXXXX-compatible form or as
otherwise agreed upon by the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, as the case may be, at the Master Servicer’s expense, and any
necessary conversion to XXXXX-compatible format will be at the Depositor’s
expense. At the reasonable request of, and in accordance with the reasonable
directions of, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, subject to the two
preceding sentences, the Indenture Trustee shall prepare for filing and file
an
amendment to any Form 10-D previously filed with the SEC with respect to the
Trust. The Master Servicer shall sign the Form 10-D filed on behalf of the
Trust.
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(b)
No
later than each Payment Date, each of the Master Servicer, the Owner Trustee
and
the Indenture Trustee shall notify (and the Master Servicer shall cause any
Subservicer engaged by it to notify) the Depositor and the Master Servicer
of
any Form 10-D Disclosure Item relating to it, together with a description of
any
such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to
the Depositor. In addition to such information as the Master Servicer and the
Indenture Trustee are obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of
this
Agreement, if so requested by the Depositor, each of the Master Servicer and
the
Indenture Trustee shall provide such information which is available to the
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, without unreasonable
effort or expense regarding the performance or servicing of the Mortgage Loans
(in the case of the Indenture Trustee, based upon the information provided
to it
by the Master Servicer) as is reasonably required of the Depositor to facilitate
preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation
AB. Such information shall be provided concurrently with the delivering of
the
reports specified in Section 5.03 in the case of the Master Servicer and the
Indenture Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders in the case of the
Indenture Trustee, commencing with the first such report due not less than
five
(5) Business Days following such request.
(c)
The
Indenture Trustee shall not have any responsibility to file any items (other
than those generated by it) that have not been received in a format suitable
(or
readily convertible into a format suitable) for electronic filing via the XXXXX
system and shall not have any responsibility to convert any such items to such
format (other than those items generated by it or that are readily convertible
to such format). The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability to the
Noteholders, the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Depositor with respect to
any
failure to properly prepare or file any of Form 10-D to the extent that such
failure is not the result of any negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
on
its part. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee shall have no
liability whatsoever under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Section
10.03 Form
8-K Filings.
The
Master Servicer shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K
required by the Exchange Act. Each Form 8-K must be signed by the Master
Servicer. Each of the Indenture Trustee the Owner Trustee and the Master
Servicer shall (and the Master Servicer shall cause any Subservicer engaged
by
it to) promptly notify the Depositor and the Master Servicer (if the notifying
party is not the Master Servicer), but in no event later than one (1) Business
Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event related to it of which it
has
actual knowledge. The Master Servicer shall notify the Depositor if any material
pool characteristic of the Mortgage Loans at the time of issuance of the Notes
differs by five percent (5%) or more (other than as a result of the Mortgage
Loans converting into cash in accordance with their terms) from the description
of the Mortgage Loans in the Prospectus Supplement.
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Section
10.04 Form
10-K Filings.
Prior
to
March 30th of each year, commencing in 2007 (or such earlier date as may be
required by the Exchange Act), the Depositor shall prepare and file on behalf
of
the Trust a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act.
A
senior officer in charge of the servicing function of the Master Servicer shall
sign each Form 10-K filed on behalf of the Trust. Such Form 10-K shall include
as exhibits each (i) annual compliance statement described under Section
3.10(a), (ii) annual report on assessments of compliance with servicing criteria
described under Section 10.07 and (iii) accountant’s report described under
Section 10.07. Each Form 10-K shall also include any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification required to be included therewith, as described in Section
10.05.
If
the
Item 1119 Parties listed on Exhibit J have changed since the Closing Date,
no
later than March 1 of each year, the Depositor shall provide each of the Master
Servicer (and the Master Servicer shall provide any Subservicer engaged by
it),
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with an updated Exhibit J setting
forth the Item 1119 Parties. No later than March 15th of each year, commencing
in 2007, the Master Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall
notify (and the Master Servicer shall cause any Subservicer engaged by it to
notify) the Depositor and the Master Servicer of any Form 10-K Disclosure Item
related to it, together with a description of any such Form 10-K Disclosure
Item
in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Depositor. Additionally,
each
of the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall provide to the Depositor,
and shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor retained by the Master Servicer
or
the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, and in the case of the Master Servicer
shall cause each Subservicer engaged by it that is a Reporting Subcontractor,
to
provide to the Depositor, the following information no later than March 15th
of
each year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed on behalf of the Trust:
(i) if such Person’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria
described under Section 10.07 or related registered public accounting firm
attestation report described under Section 10.07 identifies any material
instance of noncompliance, notification of such instance of noncompliance and
(ii) if any such Person’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing
criteria or related registered public accounting firm attestation report is
not
provided to be filed as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, information detailing
the
explanation why such report is not included.
Section
10.05 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification.
Each
Form
10-K shall include a certification (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification”) required
by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section
302
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the SEC’s
staff)). No later than March 15th of each year in which a Form 10-K is required
to be filed on behalf of the Trust, beginning in 2007, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer (unless such Person is the Certifying Person) and the Indenture Trustee
shall, and the Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer engaged by it to,
provide to the Person who signs the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification (the
“Certifying Person”) a certification (each, a “Performance Certification”),
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-1 (in the case of the
Master Servicer and any Subservicer) and Exhibit I-2 (in the case of the
Indenture Trustee), unless another form is mutually agreed upon, on which the
Certifying Person, the entity for which the Certifying Person acts as an
officer, and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with
the Certifying Person, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely. The senior
officer in charge of the servicing function of the Master Servicer shall serve
as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust. Neither the Master Servicer
nor
the Depositor will request delivery of a certification under this clause unless
the Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to file an annual report on
Form 10-K with respect to the Trust. In the event that prior to the filing
date
of the Form 10-K in March of each year, a Responsible Officer of the Master
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Depositor has actual knowledge of
information material to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification, the Master Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall promptly
notify the Master Servicer and the Depositor. The respective parties hereto
agree to cooperate with all reasonable requests made by any Certifying Person
or
Certification Party in connection with such Person’s attempt to conduct any due
diligence that such Person reasonably believes to be appropriate in order to
allow it to deliver any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification or portion thereof with
respect to the Trust.
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Section
10.06 Form
15 Filing.
Prior
to
January 31 of the first year in which the Depositor is able to do so under
applicable law, the Depositor shall file a Form 15 relating to the automatic
suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust under the Exchange
Act.
Section
10.07 Report
on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
(a)
On or
before March 15th of each calendar year in which a Form 10-K is required to
be
filed on behalf of the Trust, commencing in 2007:
(A)
Each
of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the
Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a
report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor)
regarding the Master Servicer’s, the Trust Administrator’s or the Indenture
Trustee’s, as applicable, assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria
during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18
and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report
shall
be signed by an authorized officer of such Person and shall address each of
the
Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit H hereto, unless another form is mutually agreed-upon, delivered to
the
Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement. To the extent
any
of the Servicing Criteria are not applicable to such Person, with respect to
asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Person
and
that are backed by the same asset type backing the Notes, such report shall
include such a statement to that effect. The Depositor and the Master Servicer,
and each of their respective officers and directors shall be entitled to rely
on
upon each such servicing criteria assessment.
(B)
Each
of the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor
and the Master Servicer a report of a registered public accounting firm
reasonably acceptable to the Depositor that attests to, and reports on, the
assessment of compliance made by the Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee,
as applicable, and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraphs. Such
attestation shall be in accordance with Rules1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without
limitation that in the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such
registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable
to express such an opinion. Such report must be available for general use and
not contain restricted use language. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria
are not applicable to such Person, with respect to asset-backed securities
transactions taken as a whole involving such Person and that are backed by
the
same asset type backing the Notes, such report shall include such a statement
to
that effect.
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(C)
The
Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer engaged by it that is a Reporting
Subcontractor to deliver to the Depositor an assessment of compliance and
accountants’ attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 10.7.
(D)
The
Indenture Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor engaged by it to
deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer an assessment of compliance
and
accountants’ attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 10.07.
(E)
Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Section
10.07(a)(iii) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto delivered to the
Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement or, in the case
of a
Subservicer subsequently appointed as such, on or prior to the date of such
appointment. An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant
to
Section 10.07(a)(iii) or (iv) need not address any elements of the Servicing
Criteria other than those specified by the Master Servicer or the Indenture
Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 10.07(a)(i).
Section
10.08 Use
of
Subservicers and Subcontractors.
(a)
The
Master Servicer shall cause any Subservicer that is a Reporting Subcontractor
used by the Master Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Section 3.10 and this Article X
to
the same extent as if such Subservicer were the Master Servicer (except with
respect to the Master Servicer’s duties with respect to preparing and filing any
Exchange Act Reports or as the Certifying Person). The Master Servicer shall
be
responsible for obtaining from each Subservicer that is a Reporting
Subcontractor and delivering to the Depositor any servicer compliance statement
required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section 3.10, any assessment
of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subservicer
under
Section 10.07 and any certification required to be delivered to the Certifying
Person under Section 10.05 as and when required to be delivered. As a condition
to the succession to any Subservicer as subservicer under this Agreement by
any
Person (i) into which such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii)
which may be appointed as a successor to any Subservicer, the Master Servicer
shall provide to the Depositor, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to
the
effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the
Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form
and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably
requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation
under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K.
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(b)
It
shall not be necessary for the Master Servicer, any Subservicer or the Indenture
Trustee to seek the consent of the Depositor or any other party hereto to the
utilization of any Subcontractor. The Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee,
as applicable, shall promptly upon request provide to the Depositor (or any
designee of the Depositor, such as the Master Servicer or administrator) a
written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of
the
role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by such Person (or in the
case
of the Master Servicer, any Subservicer), specifying (i) the identity of each
such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are
“participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be
addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor that
is a
Reporting Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this
paragraph.
As
a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be a Reporting
Subcontractor, the Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable,
shall cause any such Subcontractor used by such Person (or in the case of the
Master Servicer, any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Depositor to comply
with the provisions of Sections 10.07 and 10.09 of this Agreement to the same
extent as if such Subcontractor were the Master Servicer or the Indenture
Trustee, as applicable (except with respect to the Master Servicer’s duties with
respect to preparing and filing any Exchange Act Reports or as the Certifying
Person). The Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, shall
be
responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer, any assessment of compliance and attestation
required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 10.07, in each
case
as and when required to be delivered.
Section
10.09 Amendments.
In
the
event the parties to this Agreement desire to further clarify or amend any
provision of this Article X, this Agreement shall be amended to reflect the
new
agreement between the parties covering matters in this Article X pursuant to
Section 9.01, which amendment shall not require any Opinion of Counsel or Rating
Agency confirmations of the consent of any Certificateholder. If, during the
period that the Depositor is required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect
to the Trust, the Master Servicer is no longer an Affiliate of the Depositor,
the Depositor shall assume the obligations and responsibilities of the Master
Servicer in this Article X with respect to the preparation and filing of the
Exchange Act Reports and/or acting as the Certifying Person, if the Depositor
has received indemnity from such successor Master Servicer satisfactory to
the
Depositor, and such Master Servicer has agreed to provide a Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification to the Depositor substantially in the form of Exhibit
L.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the following have caused their names to be signed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first
above written, to this Sale and Servicing Agreement.
FIRST
HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE2,
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By:
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely
as
Owner Trustee
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By:____________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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FIRST
TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Seller and Master Servicer
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By:____________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.,
as
Depositor
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By:____________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Indenture
Trustee
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By:____________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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STATE
OF DELAWARE
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)
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)
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COUNTY
OF NEW CASTLE
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)
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BEFORE
ME, on November 21, 2006, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public, on this
day personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be a person and
officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged
to
me that the same was the act of the said WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY not in its
individual capacity but in its capacity as Owner Trustee of FIRST HORIZON ABS
TRUST 2006-HE2, as the Trust, and that s/he executed the same as the act of
such
Delaware statutory trust for the purpose and consideration therein expressed,
and in the capacity therein stated.
Notary
Public, State of
______________________
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STATE
OF TENNESSEE
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)
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)
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COUNTY
OF SHELBY
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)
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BEFORE
ME, on November 21, 2006, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public, on this
day personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be a person and
officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged
to
me that the same was the act of the said FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association as the Seller and the Master
Servicer, and that s/he executed the same as the act of such national banking
association for the purpose and consideration therein expressed, and in the
capacity therein stated.
Notary
Public, State of
______________________
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STATE
OF TEXAS
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)
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)
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COUNTY
OF DALLAS
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)
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BEFORE
ME, on November 21, 2006, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public, on this
day personally appeared ___________________, known to me to be a person and
officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged
to
me that the same was the act of the said FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.,
as
Depositor, and that s/he executed the same as the act of such corporation for
the purpose and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein
stated.
Notary
Public, State of
______________________
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Sale
and Servicing Agreement - FHASI 2006-HE2 - Signature
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STATE
OF NEW YORK
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COUNTY
OF WESTCHESTER
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BEFORE
ME, on November 21, 2006, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public, on this
day personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be the person
and
officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged
to
me that the same was the act of the said THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Indenture
Trustee, and that s/he executed the same as the act of such New York banking
corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the
capacity therein stated.
Notary
Public, State of
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Sale
and Servicing Agreement - FHASI 2006-HE2 - Signature
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EXHIBIT
A
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
A-1
EXHIBIT
B
LIST
OF
SERVICING OFFICERS
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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President,
Consumer Finance
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First
Horizon Equity Lending
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Vice
President Manager, Asset Securitization
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First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation
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EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
ANNUAL OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
FIRST
TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FIRST
HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE2
The
undersigned, a duly authorized representative of First Tennessee Bank National
Association (“FTBNA”), pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of
November 1, 2006 (the “Agreement”), among First Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE2, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), First Tennessee Bank National
Association, a national banking association, as seller (in such capacity, the
“Seller”) and as servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc., a Delaware limited liability company, as
depositor (the “Depositor”), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders (in such
capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”), does hereby certify that:
1.
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FTBNA
is, as of the date hereof, the Master Servicer under the Agreement.
Capitalized terms used in this Certificate have their respective
meanings
as set forth in the Agreement.
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2.
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The
undersigned is a Servicing Officer who is duly authorized pursuant
to the
Agreement to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Indenture
Trustee.
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3.
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A
review of the activities of the Master Servicer during the twelve
months
ended [DATE], and of its performance under the Agreement, was conducted
under my supervision.
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4.
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Based
on such review, the Master Servicer has, to the best of my knowledge,
performed in all material respects its obligations under the Agreement
throughout the twelve months ended [DATE], and no default in the
performance of such obligations has occurred or is continuing except
as
set forth in paragraph 5 below.
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5.
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The
following is a description of each default in the performance of
the
Master Servicer’s obligations under the provisions of the Agreement known
to me to have been made by the Master Servicer during the twelve
months
ended [DATE], which sets forth in detail (i) the nature of each such
default, (ii) the action taken by the Master Servicer, if any, to
remedy
each such default and (iii) the current status of each such
default.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate this ____
day of __________ 200_.
FIRST
TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Master Servicer,
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By:___________________________________________
[Name]:
[Title]:
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF
MORTGAGE NOTE
D-1
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
MORTGAGE
E-1
EXHIBIT
F
SPECIMEN
OF THE INSURANCE POLICY
F-1
EXHIBIT
G
FORM
OF
LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT
AFFIDAVIT
OF LOST NOTE
STATE
OF
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ss.:
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COUNTY
OF
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(name),
(address), being duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. that
he
is a __________________________ of assignor
2. that
(assignor)
is the
owner and holder of a (type of mortgage) loan in the present principal amount
of
securing
the premises known as (premises);
3. (a)
that
(assignor),
after
having conducted a diligent investigation in its records and files, has been
unable to locate the following original note and believes that said original
note has been lost, misfiled, misplaced or destroyed due to a clerical
error:
a
note in
the original sum of ___________________ made by
,
to
,
under
date of
;
(b)
this
affidavit is being delivered simultaneously with a copy of the original note
listed above;
4. that
said
note and the related mortgage have not been paid off, satisfied, assigned,
transferred, encumbered, endorsed, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise disposed
of;
5. that
no
other person, firm, corporation or other entity has any right, title, interest
or claim in said note except (assignor);
6. that
it
is the intention and understanding of (assignor)to
the
right, title and interest in the said assign note and mortgage to
;
7. that
(assignor)covenants
and agrees (a) promptly to deliver to (assignee)the
original note if it is subsequently found, and (b) to indemnify and hold
harmless (assignee) and its successors and assigns from and against any and
all
costs, expenses and monetary losses arising as a result of (assignor’s)failure
to deliver said original note to (assignee);
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8. that
this
Affidavit is made to induce to
accept
an assignment of the note and mortgage described herein.
Name:
Title:
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Sworn
to
before me this
____
day
of ____________, __________
G-2
EXHIBIT
H
FORM
OF
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
[DATE]
The
Bank
of New York
Corporate
Trust Administration
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Re:
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First
Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE2
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Gentlemen:
In
connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you as
Indenture Trustee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of November
1,
2006, among FIRST HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE2, a Delaware statutory trust (the
“Trust”), FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, as seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”) and as servicer (in such
capacity, the “Master Servicer”), FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC., a
Delaware limited liability company, as depositor (the “Depositor”), and you, as
Indenture Trustee (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), we hereby request a
release of the Mortgage File held by you as Indenture Trustee with respect
to
the following described Mortgage Loan for the reason indicated
below.
Loan
No.:
Reason
for requesting file:
1.
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Mortgage
Loan paid in full. (The Master Servicer hereby certifies that all
amounts
received in connection with the payment in full of the Mortgage Loan
which
are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement have been so
deposited).
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2.
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The
Mortgage Loan is being foreclosed.
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3.
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The
Mortgage Loan is being re financed by another depository institution.
(The
Master Servicer hereby certifies that all amounts received in connection
with the payment in full of the Mortgage Loan which are required
to be
deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement have been so deposited).
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4.
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Other
(Describe).
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The
undersigned acknowledges that the above Mortgage File will be held by the
undersigned in accordance with the provisions of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and will promptly be returned to the Indenture Trustee when the need
therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan has
been liquidated.
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Capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
[
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By:
Name:
Title:
Servicing Officer
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EXHIBIT
I-1
FORM
OF
PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(Master
Servicer/Subservicer)
I-1-1
EXHIBIT
I-2
FORM
OF
PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(Trust
Administration/Indenture Trustee/)
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EXHIBIT
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ITEM
1119
PARTY SCHEDULE
FIRST
HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE2
First
Horizon HELOC Notes,
Series
2006-HE2
Party
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Contact
Information
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EXHIBIT
K
FORM
OF
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
STATEMENT
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Master Servicer] [Indenture
Trustee] [Name of Subservicer] shall address, at a minimum, the criteria
identified as below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria”:
SERVICING
CRITERIA
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Reference
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Criteria
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Responsible
Party
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General
Servicing Considerations
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1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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Master
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
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1122(d)(1)(ii)
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If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
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Master
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
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1122(d)(1)(iii)
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Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer
for the mortgage loans are maintained.
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N/A
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1122(d)(1)(iv)
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A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the
party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting
period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with
the
terms of the transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
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Cash
Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i)
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Payments
on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank
accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business
days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer (Collection Account)
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1122(d)(2)(ii)
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Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
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Master
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
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*Unless
otherwise agreed to upon by the parties.
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1122(d)(2)(iii)
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Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(2)(iv)
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The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts
or
accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth
in the
transaction agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
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1122(d)(2)(v)
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Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes
of
this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to
a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution
that
meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange
Act.
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Indenture
Trustee (Distribution Account)*; Master/Sub Servicer (Collection
Account)
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1122(d)(2)(vi)
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Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
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N/A
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1122(d)(2)(vii)
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Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate;
(B)
prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff
date, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements;
(C)
reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared
the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.
These
reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original
identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
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Investor
Remittances and Reporting
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1122(d)(3)(i)
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Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared
in
accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with
the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with
the
Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree
with
investors’ or the Indenture Trustee’s records as to the total unpaid
principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the
Servicer.
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Trustee
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*Pending
further clarification from the SEC.
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1122(d)(3)(ii)
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Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in other terms set forth
in
the transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
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1122(d)(3)(iii)
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Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s
investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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Indenture
Trustee
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1122(d)(3)(iv)
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Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
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Indenture
Trustee
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Pool
Asset Administration
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1122(d)(4)(i)
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Collateral
or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction
agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(ii)
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Mortgage
loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction
agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(iii)
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Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made,
reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in
the
transaction agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(iv)
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Payments
on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with
the
related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor
records maintained no more than two business days after receipt,
or such
other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and
allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in
accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(v)
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The
Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved
by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
and
related pool asset documents.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(vii)
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Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications
and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance
with the
timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction
agreements
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(viii)
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Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a
mortgage
loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Such
records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other
period
specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s
activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for
example,
phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or
unemployment).
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(ix)
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Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable
rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan
documents.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(x)
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Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
(A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan
documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified
in
the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or
credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan
documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the
obligor
within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage
loans,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(xi)
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Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments)
are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated
on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such
support
has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior
to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(xii)
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Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made
on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(xiii)
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Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days
to the
obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(xiv)
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Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
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Master/Sub
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(xv)
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Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth
in
the transaction agreements.
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Indenture
Trustee*;
Master/Sub
Servicer
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[NAME
OF MASTER SERVICER] [NAME OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE] [NAME OF CO-TRUSTEE]
[SUBSERVICER]
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Date:
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By:________________________________________________
Name
______________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________________
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*Solely
with respect to disbursements to the enhancement provider required
by the
transaction documents.
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EXHIBIT
L
FORM
OF
XXXXXXXX-XXXXX CERTIFICATION
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