FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-2 TERMS AGREEMENT (to Underwriting Agreement, dated February 24, 2006 among the Company, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and the Underwriter)
EXECUTION
FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES
2007-2
(to
Underwriting Agreement,
dated
February 24, 2006
among
the
Company, First Horizon
Home
Loan
Corporation
and
the
Underwriter)
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New
York, New York
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March
26, 2007
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Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc.
(the
“Underwriter”) agrees, subject to the terms and provisions herein and of the
captioned Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), to purchase
such Classes of First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-2,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-2 Certificates specified in
Section 2(a) hereof (the “Offered Certificates”). This letter supplements and
modifies the Underwriting Agreement solely as it relates to the purchase and
sale of the Offered Certificates described below. The Series 2007-2 Certificates
are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission by means of an
effective Registration Statement (No. 333-137018). Capitalized terms used and
not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Underwriting
Agreement.
Section
1. The
Mortgage Pools:
The
Series 2007-2 Certificates shall evidence the entire beneficial ownership
interest in two pools (the “Mortgage Pools”) of conventional, fixed rate, first
lien, fully amortizing, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans (the
“Mortgage Loans”) having the following characteristics as of March 1, 2007 (the
“Cut-off Date”):
(a) Aggregate
Principal Amount of the Mortgage Pools:
Approximately $210,027,734 aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date,
subject to an upward or downward variance of up to 5%, the precise aggregate
principal balance to be determined by the Company.
(b) Original
Terms to Maturity:
The
original term to maturity of each Mortgage Loan shall range between 180 and
360
months.
Section
2. The
Certificates:
The
Offered Certificates shall be issued as follows:
(a) Classes:
The
Offered Certificates shall be issued with the following Class designations,
pass-through rates and principal balances, subject in the aggregate to the
variance referred to in Section 1(a) and, as to any particular Class, to an
upward or downward variance of up to 5%:
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Class
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Class
Principal
Balance
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Pass-Through
Rate
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Class
Purchase
Price
Percentage
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B-1
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$
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4,621,000.00
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Variable
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(1)
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4,588,508.59
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%
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B-2
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$
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1,050,000.00
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Variable
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(1)
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1,015,875.00
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%
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B-3
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$
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630,000.00
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Variable
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(1)
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581,765.63
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%
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The
pass-through rates for the Offered Certificates are variable and will
be
calculated as described in the Prospectus Supplement.
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(b) The
Offered Certificates shall have such other characteristics as described in
the
related Prospectus.
Section
3. Purchase
Price:
The
Purchase Price for each Class of the Offered Certificates shall be the Class
Purchase Price Percentage therefor (as set forth in Section 2(a) above) of
the
initial Class Principal Balance thereof plus accrued interest at the per annum
initial interest rate applicable thereto from and including the Cut-off Date
up
to, but not including, March 30, 2007 (the “Closing Date”).
Section
4. Required
Ratings:
The
Offered Certificates shall have received Required Ratings of at least (i) “AA”
from Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) in the case of the Class B-1 Certificates, “A” from
Fitch in the case of the B-2 Certificates and (iii) “BBB” from Fitch in the case
of the Class B-3 Certificates.
Section
5. Tax
Treatment:
One or
more elections will be made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a
REMIC.
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If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please
sign
and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and
your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among
the
Underwriter, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and the Company.
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Very
truly yours,
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XXXXXX
BROTHERS INC.
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Name: |
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The
foregoing Agreement is
hereby
confirmed and accepted
as
of the
date first above written.
| FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC. | |||
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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| FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION | |||
| By: | |||
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Name:
Xxxxx X. XxXxx
Title:
Executive Vice President
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