SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of March 1, 2006 among FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Seller, Master Servicer and Custodian) FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC. (Depositor) FIRST HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE1 (Trust) and THE BANK OF NEW...
Dated
as
of March 1, 2006
among
FIRST
TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Seller,
Master Servicer and Custodian)
FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
(Depositor)
FIRST
HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE1
(Trust)
and
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
(Indenture
Trustee)
First
Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE1
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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30
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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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31
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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
2.07
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Tax
Treatment
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44
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Section
2.08
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Covenants
of the Depositor
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45
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Section
2.09
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Transfers
of Mortgage Loans at Election of Transferor
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45
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Section
2.10
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Transfers
of Mortgage Loans with Locked Balances
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46
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ARTICLE
III. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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47
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Section
3.01
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The
Master Servicer
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47
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Section
3.02
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Collection
of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments
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51
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Section
3.03
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Withdrawals
from the Collection Account
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53
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Section
3.04
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Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance; Property Protection Expenses
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54
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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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55
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Section
3.07
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Management
and Realization Upon Charged-Off Mortgage Loans
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55
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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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57
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Section
3.10
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance
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57
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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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58
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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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58
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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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59
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ARTICLE
IV. INSURER
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Section
4.01
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Claims
upon the Insurance Policy
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59
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Section
4.02
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Effect
of Payments by the Insurer; Subrogation
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60
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Section
4.03
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Replacement
Insurance Policy
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61
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ARTICLE
V. PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS; RIGHTS OF
NOTEHOLDERS
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61
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Section
5.01
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Distributions
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61
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Section
5.02
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Calculation
of the Class A Note Rate
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63
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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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68
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Section
5.05
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Distribution
Account
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68
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Section
5.06
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Investment
of Accounts
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69
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Section
5.07
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Rapid
Amortization Event
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70
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ARTICLE
VI. THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR
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71
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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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71
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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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71
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Section
6.03
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Limitation
on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others
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72
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Section
6.04
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Master
Servicer Not to Resign
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72
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Section
6.05
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Delegation
of Duties
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73
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Section
6.06
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Indemnification
of the Trust by the Master Servicer
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73
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ARTICLE
VII. SERVICING TERMINATION
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73
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Section
7.01
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Events
of Servicing Termination
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73
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Section
7.02
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Indenture
Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor
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76
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Section
7.03
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Waiver
of Defaults
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77
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Section
7.04
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Notification
to Class A Noteholders
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78
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Section
7.05
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Successor
Master Servicer
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78
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ARTICLE
VIII. TERMINATION
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79
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Section
8.01
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Termination
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79
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ARTICLE
IX. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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81
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Section
9.01
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Amendment
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81
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Section
9.02
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Recordation
of Agreement
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83
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Section
9.03
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Duration
of Agreement
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83
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Section
9.04
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Governing
Law
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83
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Section
9.05
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Notices
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83
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Section
9.06
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Severability
of Provisions
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84
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Section
9.07
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No
Partnership
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84
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Section
9.08
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Counterparts
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84
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Section
9.09
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Successors
and Assigns
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84
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Section
9.10
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Headings
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84
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Section
9.11
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Indenture
Trustee
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84
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Section
9.12
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Reports
to Rating Agencies
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84
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Section
9.13
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Inconsistencies
Among Transaction Documents
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85
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Section
9.14
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Rights
of the Insurer to Exercise Rights of Class A Noteholders
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85
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Section
9.15
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Reports
to Insurer
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85
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Section
9.16
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Matters
Regarding the Owner Trustee
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85
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ARTICLE
X. EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
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86
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Section
10.01
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Filing
Obligations
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86
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Section
10.02
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Form
10-D Filings
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86
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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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87
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Section
10.05
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification
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88
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Section
10.06
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Form
15 Filing
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89
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Section
10.07
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Report
on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation
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89
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Section
10.08
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Use
of Subservicers and Subcontractors
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90
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Section
10.09
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Amendments
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91
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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 March
1, 2006, among FIRST HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE1, 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 Class A 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 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 March 30, 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.
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 and “Baa3” 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 Class A Note Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Payment Date.
Base
O/C Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date on or after the Payment Date occurring in May 2006,
the product of the Base O/C Percentage and the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance.
Base
O/C Percentage:
1.90%.
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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
Class A 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 New York, Tennessee or 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 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 Accepted Servicing
Practices. In the case of any Mortgage Loan that is 180 days or more delinquent,
the charge-off amount shall be 100% of the outstanding Principal Balance of
such
Mortgage Loan.
Class
A Charge-Off Amount:
For any
Payment Date the Floating Allocation Percentage of the Charge-Off Amounts
incurred during the related Due Period.
Class
A Interest Collections:
For any
Payment Date the Floating Allocation Percentage of Net Interest Collections
for
the related Due Period.
Class
A Note:
Any
Class A Note executed by the Trust and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee
substantially in the form set forth in the Indenture.
Class
A Note Owner:
The
Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry Note.
Class
A Note Principal Balance:
With
respect to any date of determination, (a) the Original Class A Note
Principal Balance less
(b) the aggregate of amounts previously distributed as principal to the
Class A Noteholders; provided, however, exclusively for the purpose of
determining any subrogation rights of the Insurer, the “Class A Note Principal
Balance” of the Class A Notes is not reduced by the amount of any payments made
by the Insurer in respect of principal on the Class A Notes under the Policy,
except to the extent the payment has been reimbursed to the Insurer pursuant
to
the provisions hereof.
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Class
A Note Rate:
For any
Payment Date, the least of (a) a per annum rate equal to LIBOR plus 0.16%,
(b) the Available Funds Rate and (c) the Maximum Rate.
Class
A Noteholder or Holder:
The
Person in whose name a Class 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 Class A 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, (y) any Class A 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 Class A 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 Class
A
Note or (ii) the Seller or the Depositor, or such Affiliate, is the Class A
Note Owner of all the Class A 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 (z) the Insurer shall be deemed to
be
the owner of 100% of the Class A Notes so long as no Insurer Default is then
continuing.
Class
A Principal Collections:
With
respect to any Payment Date all Principal Collections received during the
related Due Period.
Class
A Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date during (a) the Managed Amortization Period, an
amount equal to the positive difference between the Class A 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 Class A 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.
Closing
Date:
March
30, 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
Class A 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.
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-HE1.
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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, cumulative Charge-Offs 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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October
2008 - February 2010
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1.50%
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March
2010 - February 2011
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2.25%
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March
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:
March
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:
$299,803,477.46.
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.
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.
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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 18th
day of
the month in which such Payment Date occurs, or if such day is not a Business
Day, then the preceding Business Day.
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 Class A 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.
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.
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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;
(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 Class A 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.
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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
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;
(iii) have a rate cap that is equal to or less than the Loan Rate Cap;
(iv) 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; (v) 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; (vi) have a maturity not later than the Final
Payment Date; (vii) comply with each representation and warranty set forth
in Section 2.04 (deemed to be made as of the date of substitution); and
(viii) 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.
Excess
Spread:
With
respect to each Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Class A 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.
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FDIC:
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any successor thereto.
Fidelity
Bond:
As
defined in Section 3.06.
Final
Payment Date:
The
Payment Date in October 2034.
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.
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.
Guaranteed
Principal Distribution Amount:
As
defined in the Insurance Policy.
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).
Indenture:
The
Indenture, dated as of March 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.
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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 Class A Notes on
the
first day of the related Interest 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 March 30, 2006 among the Indenture
Trustee, the Seller, the Master Servicer, 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. 06030038)
with respect to the Class A Notes and all endorsements thereto, if any, dated
the Closing Date, issued by the Insurer for the benefit of the Class A
Noteholders, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
F.
Insurance
Policy Draw Amount:
As
defined in the Insurance Policy.
Insured
Payment:
With
respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
Guaranteed Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and
(ii) excess of the Interest Distribution for such Payment Date over Class A
Interest Collections for such Payment Date.
Insurer:
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, a stock insurance company organized
and
created under the laws of the State of New York, or any successor
thereto.
Insurer
Default:
(i) Any failure of the Insurer to make a payment required under the
Insurance Policy in accordance with its terms; (ii) the entry by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Insurer in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
United States federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, rehabilitation,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the
Insurer as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, arrangement, adjustment or composition
of or in respect of the Insurer under any applicable United States federal
or
state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, rehabilitator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Insurer
or of
any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation
of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief
or
any such other decree or order unstayed and in each case in effect for a
period
of 60 consecutive days; or (iii) the commencement by the Insurer of a
voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable United States federal or
state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other
case
or proceeding to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent
by the
Insurer to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Insurer
in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable United States federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to
the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the
Insurer, or the filing by the Insurer of a petition or answer or consent
seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable United States federal or state
law, or the consent by the Insurer to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or the taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Insurer or of
any
substantial part of its property, or the making by the Insurer of an assignment
for the benefit of its creditors, or the failure by the Insurer to pay debts
generally as they become due, or the admission by the Insurer in writing
of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of
corporate action by the Insurer in furtherance of any such action.
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Interest
Carryover Shortfall:
With
respect to any Payment Date and the Class A Notes, the amount by which the
related Interest Distribution for such Class A Notes for the preceding Payment
Date exceeded the amount of interest that was actually distributed to such
Class
A 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 Class A Notes, the sum of (a) the
related Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such Class A Notes for
such
Payment Date, and (b) any related Outstanding Interest Carryover Shortfall
for such Class A Notes for such Payment Date.
Interest
Period:
With
respect to each Payment Date other than the first Payment Date and the Class
A
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 April 24,
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 Class A Principal Distribution Amounts, before
taking into account O/C Reduction Amounts, up to and including the related
Payment Date and (ii) the aggregate of Class A Charge-Off Amounts since the
Cut-Off Date including the Class A 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-HE1.
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.
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LIBOR:
For any
LIBOR Determination Date and for each Interest Period, other than the first
Interest 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 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.
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 Class A Noteholders if interest for such Payment Date had been
calculated pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Class A Note Rate,
with interest thereon at the Class A 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 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.
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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.
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.
Managed
Amortization Period:
The
period from the Cut-Off Date to the earlier of (a) the Payment Date in
March 2011 and (b) the occurrence of a Rapid Amortization
Event.
Majority
Class A Noteholder:
The
Holder or Holders of Class A Notes representing at least 51% of the aggregate
Class A 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:
18.00%
per annum.
Minimum
Transferor Interest:
Zero.
Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount:
As to
any Payment Date and the Class A Notes, interest at the Class A Note Rate
that
accrued, on the basis of the actual number of days in the Interest Period
and a
360 day year, during the related Interest Period on the Class A 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.
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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.
Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement:
The
mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of March 30, 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.
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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
Register and Note Registrar:
As
defined in the Indenture.
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
Class A Note Principal Balance (after giving effect to the distribution of
the
Class A 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).
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 Class A 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 Class A Note Principal Balance has been reduced
to
an amount less than or equal to 10% of the Original Class A Note Principal
Balance.
Original
Class A Note Principal Balance:
$299,800,000.
Original
Invested Amount:
$299,803,477.46.
Outstanding
Interest Carryover Shortfall:
With
respect to any Payment Date and the Class A Notes, the amount of related
Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date and the Class A Notes,
plus
one month’s interest thereon at the Class A Note Rate, to the extent permitted
by law.
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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.
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 April 2006.
Percentage
Interest:
As to
any Class A Note and any date of determination, the percentage obtained by
dividing the principal denomination of such Class A Note by the aggregate
of the
principal denominations of all Class A 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.
Pool
Factor:
With
respect to the Class A Notes and to any Payment Date, the percentage, carried
to
seven places, obtained by dividing the Class A Note Principal Balance for
such
Payment Date by the Original Class A 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.
Principal
Balance:
As to
any Mortgage Loan and 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 July 29, 2005.
Prospectus
Supplement:
The
prospectus supplement dated March 27, 2006, relating to the offering of the
Class A 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 Managed
Amortization 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 Class
A Notes
at the request of the Master Servicer at the time of the initial issuance
of the
Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A Note becomes a Definitive Note, the record date for such Class
A
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 Class A 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 Class A 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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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.
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.
SFAS
140:
Statement of Accounting Standards No. 140 of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, as in effect on the date hereof.
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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 October 2008, the Base O/C Amount;
(b)
on
and after the Payment Date occurring in October 2008 up to but not including
the
Step-Down Date:
(1)
if an
Excess Spread Step-Up Event has not occurred on such Payment Date, the Base
O/C
Amount; or
(2)
if an
Excess Spread Step-Up Event has occurred on such Payment Date, the Step-Up
Base
O/C Amount, or
(c)
on
and after the Step Down Date
(1)
if an
Excess Spread Step-Up Event has not occurred on such Payment Date, either:
(A)
if
both of the Step-Down Tests are satisfied on such Payment Date, the Step
Down
Base O/C Amount; or
(B)
if
either of the Step-Down Tests is not satisfied on such Payment Date, the
Base
O/C Amount; or
(2)
if an
Excess Spread Step-Up Event has occurred on such Payment Date, the Step-Up
Base
O/C Amount,
provided;
however, 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 Class A Notes, without regard to the Insurance
Policy, as evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency.
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 October 2008 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 lesser of (i) the Base O/C Amount, or
(ii) 3.80% of the Pool Principal Balance as of the Pool Principal Balance
as of the last day of the related Due Period; provided that in no event will
the
amount in clause (ii) be less than 0.50% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance.
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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 lesser of
(i) 2.50% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal Balance or (ii) 5.00% of
the Pool Principal Balance as of the last day of the related Due Period and
(B) if clause (b) of the definition Excess Spread Step-Up Event has
occurred as of such Payment Date, 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; provided that in the case of each
of
(A) and (B) the amount will not be less than 0.50% of the Cut-Off Date
Pool Principal Balance.
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.
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.
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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 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 Class A Interest Collections for such Payment Date.
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-HE1, 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 Class A 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.
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Trust
Agreement:
The
Trust Agreement dated as of March 28, 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
March
30, 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-HE1.
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.
(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.
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(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 Class A Notes shall
be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed
in the related Interest 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 Class A 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.
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 Class A
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.
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In
the
event any loss is suffered by the Insurer or the Indenture Trustee, on behalf
of
the Class A 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
Class A 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.
(ii) 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-HE1, 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;
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(D) (i)
if
the Credit Limit for such Mortgage Loan is greater than $1,000,000, 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
$1,000,000, 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
of a copy thereof, certified by the Seller as being a true and complete copy
thereof, or appropriate evidence of lien protection coverage; 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
(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.
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The
Custodian shall, as custodian and bailee for the benefit of the Trust, the
Indenture Trustee, the Class A 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.
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) and (ii) 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, the Custodian, at its
expense, will 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 or the Class A 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.
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(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 Class A
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.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Class A 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 Class A Noteholders and the Insurer.
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(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 Class A 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.
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 Class A Noteholders, that, as
of the
Closing Date:
(i) Each
of
the Seller and the Master Servicer is a national banking association, duly
organized, validly existing under the laws of the United States and has the
power and authority to own its assets and to transact the business in which
it
is currently engaged. Each of the Seller and the Master Servicer is duly
qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such
qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material
adverse effect on (a) its business, properties, assets or condition
(financial or other), (b) its performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, (c) the value or marketability of the Mortgage Loans or
(d) the ability to foreclose on the related Mortgaged
Properties;
(ii) Each
of
the Seller and the Master Servicer has the power and authority to make, execute,
deliver and perform 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 bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable
remedies;
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(iii) Each
of
the Seller and the Master Servicer holds all necessary licenses, certificates
and permits from all government authorities necessary for conducting its
business as it is presently conducted. It is not required 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;
(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;
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(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;
(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 Class A 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 Class A 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.
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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 Class A 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;
(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 and there is only one original of each Mortgage Note (except
with respect to those Mortgage Loans for which the Lock Feature has been
exercised);
(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;
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(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;
(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, including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real
estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit
opportunity, material disclosures and predatory lending laws applicable to
the
Mortgage Loan;
(xiii) With
respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Credit Limit of more than $1,000,000,
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 was prepared, or lien protection
coverage was obtained, in connection with the origination of such Mortgage
Loan;
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(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;
(xvii) As
of the
Cut-Off Date, no more than 0.67% 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 96.80% 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;
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(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 in complying with 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;
(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
Class A Noteholders to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection
with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor;
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(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;
(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;
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(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 Class A 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;
(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 Class
A
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;
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(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;”
(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 5.6(d) 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.
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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
Class
A 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 Class A
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. 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 Class A Noteholders, the Owner
Trustee, the Insurer and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of Class A Noteholders
and the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest.
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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 Class A 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;
(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 limited liability
company 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
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(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. (a)
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.
(b) 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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(c) 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.
(d) 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 Class A Noteholders or the
Insurer.
Section
2.07 Tax
Treatment.
It is
the intention of the Seller and the Class A Noteholders that the Class A
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
Class A
Noteholder (or Class A Note Owner) by acceptance of its Class A Note (or,
in the
case of a Class A Note Owner, by virtue of such Class A Note Owner’s acquisition
of a beneficial interest therein) agrees to treat the Class A 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 Class A Noteholder agrees that
it
will cause any Class A Note Owner acquiring an interest in a Class A Note
through it to comply with this Agreement as to treatment of the Class A 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.
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Section
2.08 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 Class A 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 Class A
Noteholders, or (iii) is assigned a rating by each of the Rating Agencies
that is the same as the then current rating of the Class A Notes.
(d) The
Depositor will not engage in any activity that would result in a downgrading
of
the Class A 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.
(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
2.09 Transfers
of Mortgage Loans at Election of Transferor.
Subject
to the conditions 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. On 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. These transfers of Mortgage Loans
shall be limited to the amount of the Transferor Interest on the Transfer
Date
and permitted if the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) No
Rapid
Amortization Event has occurred.
(ii) On
the
Transfer Date the Transferor Interest Principal Balance (after giving effect
to
the removal of the Mortgage Loans proposed to be transferred) exceeds the
Minimum Transferor Interest.
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(iii) The
transfer of any Mortgage Loans on any Transfer Date during the Managed
Amortization 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 that no selection procedures reasonably
believed by the Transferor to be adverse to the interests of the Class A
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 Class A Notes
without regard to the Insurance Policy.
(vii) 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 (vi), 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
2.10 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.
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Section
2.11 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.
ARTICLE
III.
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
3.01 The
Master Servicer.
(a) The
Master Servicer, as independent contract 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.
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(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 Class A 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.
(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.
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(e) No
costs
incurred by the Master Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing
Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Class A 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
Class A 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.
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 Class A 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.
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(h) Consistent
with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may execute and deliver,
on behalf of itself, the Class A 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
(x)
|
the
CLTV after giving effect to the modification does not exceed 100%;
and
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(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%.
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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 Class A 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.
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.
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(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-HE1 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;
(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
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.
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(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.
(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 Guaranteed Principal Distribution Amount and the Interest
Distribution 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;
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(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.
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.
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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.
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 Upon Charged-Off Mortgage Loans.
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 Class
A
Noteholders and the Trust.
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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 Class A Noteholders in accordance with Section
5.01 herein.
The
Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert to
ownership Mortgaged Properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come
into
and continue in default 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.
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 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.
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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.
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 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.
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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).
Section
3.11 Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans.
The
Master Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, Class
A
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 2006, 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.
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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.
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
Class A
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.
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(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of the amount
of
interest and principal paid in respect of the Class A 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.
(c) If
a
payment to the Class A 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 (as such
term is used in the Insurance Policy), 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 Class A Notes (an
“Avoided Payment”), the Indenture Trustee shall furnish to the Insurer (w) a
certified copy of a final order of a court exercising jurisdiction in such
Insolvency Proceeding to the effect that the Indenture Trustee is required
to
return any such payment or portion thereof during the term of the Insurance
Policy because such payment was voided under applicable law, with respect
to
which order the appeal period has expired without an appeal having been filed
(the “Final Order”), (x) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Insurer that
such order is final and not subject to appeal, (y) an assignment, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Insurer, irrevocably assigning to the Insurer
all
rights and claims of the Indenture Trustee relating to or arising under such
Avoided Payment and (z) a Notice for Payment appropriately completed and
executed by the Indenture Trustee. Such payment shall be disbursed to the
receiver, conservator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named
in
the Final Order and not to the Indenture Trustee directly (unless a Class
A
Noteholder has previously paid such amount to the receiver, conservator,
debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in the Final Order in
which
case such payment shall be disbursed to the Indenture Trustee for distribution
to such Class A 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 Class A Noteholder for payments made to any Class A Noteholder which
are
characterized as preference payments by any bankruptcy court having jurisdiction
over any bankrupt Mortgagor unless ordered to do so by such bankruptcy
court.
(d) Any
amounts received by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Insurance Policy
in
respect of the Class A 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 Class A Notes which are made with
moneys
received pursuant to the terms of the Insurance Policy shall not be considered
payment of such Class A 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 Class A 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 Class 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 Class A Notes to the Holders of such Class
A
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.
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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 Class A Notes as otherwise
set
forth herein.
Section
4.03 Replacement
Insurance Policy.
In the
event of a default by the Insurer under the Insurance Policy or if the claims
paying ability rating of the Insurer is downgraded and such downgrade results
in
a downgrading of the then current rating of the Class A Notes (in each case,
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 Class A Notes shall be rated no lower than the rating assigned by each
Rating Agency to the Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A Notes.
Pursuant to Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, on each Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee, with respect to the Class A 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):
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I. Class
A
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 Class A Notes, an amount equal to the Interest Distribution
for
the Class A Notes for such Payment Date;
(iv) to
the
holders of the Class A Notes, as a payment of principal, Class A Charge-Off
Amounts for the related Due Period;
(v) to
the
holders of Class A Notes as a payment of principal, Class A Charge-Off Amounts
incurred during previous Due Periods that were not subsequently funded by
either
Class A 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
Class A 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 Class A 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. Class
A
Principal Collections applied as follows:
(i) to
the
Class A Noteholders, the lesser of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
and
the Class A 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
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(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
(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
Class A 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 Class A Noteholder at the address appearing in the Note Register,
or upon written request by a Class A Noteholder delivered to the Indenture
Trustee at least five Business Days prior to such Record Date, by wire transfer
(but only if such Class A Noteholder is the Depository or such Class A
Noteholder owns of record one or more Class A Notes having principal
denominations aggregating at least $1,000,000), or by such other means of
payment as such Class A Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee shall agree.
Distributions among Class A Noteholders shall be made in proportion to the
Percentage Interests evidenced by the Class A Notes held by such Class A
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 Class A 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 Class A 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
Class A
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 Class A Note Rate.
With
respect to the Class A 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 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 Class A Note Rate for the
related Payment Date.
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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:
First
Horizon ABS Trust
Indenture
Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders
Series
2006-HE1
CUSIP
# _________
LIBOR:
|
_________
|
LIBOR
Determination Date:
|
_________
|
Class
A Note Rate:
|
_________
|
Due
Period:
|
_________
|
Interest
Period:
|
________
- _________
|
Payment
Date:
|
_________
|
Number
of days in
Interest
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)
|
$_________
|
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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
Class A Note Principal Balance
|
$_________
|
|
B. Class
A Note Principal Balance at beginning of Due Period
|
$_________
|
|
C. Class
A Note Principal Balance after all distributions on the Payment
Date
|
$_________
|
|
III.
|
Invested
Amount after all distributions on the Payment
Date:
|
$_________
|
IV.
|
Collections:
|
|
A. Aggregate
amount of Interest Collections received during the related Due
Period
|
$_________
|
|
B. Class
A Interest Collections received during the related Due
Period
|
$_________
|
|
C. Class
A 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 Class A Notes over Class A Interest
Collections
|
$_________
|
|
(y) Guaranteed
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 Class A Notes paid on the Payment
Date
|
$_________
|
|
D. Outstanding
Interest Carryover Shortfall remaining after all distributions
on the
Payment Date
|
$_________
|
|
E. Excess
Spread
|
$_________
|
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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
|
$_________
|
|
O. Amount
actually distributed to Class A Noteholders in respect of
principal
|
$_________
|
|
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. 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
|
$_________
|
|
D. Recalculated
Weighted Average Margin at end of related Due Period
|
$_________
|
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X.
|
Delinquent
Accounts:
|
|||
#
of Accounts
|
Principal
Balance
|
|||
A. 30-59
days delinquent
|
_________
|
$_________
|
||
B. 60-89
days delinquent
|
_________
|
$_________
|
||
C. 90+
days delinquent
|
_________
|
$_________
|
||
D. REO
Properties
|
_________
|
$_________
|
||
E. Foreclosures
|
_________
|
$_________
|
||
F. Bankruptcies
|
_________
|
$_________
|
||
G. 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 Class A Noteholders in respect of
principal
|
$_________
|
|||
C. Interest
Distribution payable
|
$_________
|
|||
D. Interest
Distribution for the Class A Notes paid on the Payment
Date
|
$_________
|
|||
E. Class
A Note Principal Balance after all distributions on the Payment
Date
|
$_________
|
In
addition, the Indenture Trustee shall make available on its website,
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx,
the
Indenture Trustee’s Certificate and Statement to Noteholders to each Class A
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 Class A 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 Class A Noteholders in respect of distributions by the Indenture
Trustee (or the Paying Agent) on the Class A Notes and shall file and distribute
such forms as required by law.
(b) The
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall furnish to each Class A
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 Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A
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 [Reserved].
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-HE1 and the Insurer,
and as Paying Agent for the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest,
as
their interests may appear, Series 2006-HE1 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 (i) withdrawn
by
the Master Servicer from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.03
herein
for deposit to the Distribution Account, and (ii) drawn under the Insurance
Policy in respect of Insurance Policy Draw Amounts. Amounts on deposit in
the
Distribution Account may be invested in Eligible Investments pursuant to
Section
5.06 below.
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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.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee may invest and reinvest funds in the Accounts held by the
Indenture Trustee, 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.
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(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 Managed Amortization Period:
(a) Class
A
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 Class A 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;
(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; or
(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.
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In
the
case of any event described by clause (a) or (e), 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 Class A Noteholders holding Notes evidencing not less
than
51% of the aggregate Class A 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 Class A Noteholders as well as to the Insurer,
if
given by the Indenture Trustee or the Class A 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 Class A
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 Class
A
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 Class A 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
Class A
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 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 Class A 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.
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:
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(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
Class
A Notes evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of
the
aggregate Class A 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 Class
A
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 Class A Notes representing not less than 25% of the aggregate
Class A 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
(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
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(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
Class A 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 Class A Notes evidencing Percentage Interests
aggregating not less than 25% of the aggregate Class A 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 Class A Notes representing
not
less than 51% of the Class A 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
Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A 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
Class A Notes, without regard to the Insurance Policy, as evidenced in writing
by each Rating Agency.
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 Class A
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 Class
A
Note without the consent of the Holder of such Class A 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.
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Section
7.04 Notification
to Class A 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 Class A Noteholders at their respective addresses
appearing in the Class A 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 Class A 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 Class
A
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 Class A Noteholders may surrender
their Class A 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 Class A Notes will be made
upon presentation and surrender of Class A 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 Class A Notes at the office or agency of the Indenture Trustee
therein specified.
(d) Upon
presentation and surrender of the Class A Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to the Holders of the Class A Notes on the Payment
Date
for such final distribution, in proportion to the Percentage Interests of
their
respective Class A Notes and to the extent that funds are available for such
purpose, an amount equal to the amount required to be distributed to Class
A
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 Class A 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.
(e) In
the
event that all of the Class A Noteholders shall not surrender their Class
A
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 Class A
Noteholders to be withdrawn therefrom and credited to the remaining Class
A
Noteholders by depositing such funds in a separate escrow account for the
benefit of such Class A 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 Class A Noteholders to surrender their Class A Notes for cancellation
and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within nine months
after the second notice all the Class A 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 Class A Noteholders shall look to the owner of the
Transferor Interest for payment.
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(f) Upon
payment of all amounts owed under the Insurance Policy and cancellation of
the
Class A Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall provide the Insurer notice of
cancellation of the Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A Noteholder, the Insurer or the Trust
or
(2) adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Class A
Noteholder or the Insurer, provided, further, that the amendment shall be
deemed
not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Class
A
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
Class A
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 Class A 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 Class A Notes representing not less than 51% of the Class
A
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
Class A 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 Class A Notes or
distributions or payments under the Insurance Policy which are required to
be
made on the Class A Notes without the consent of the Holders of all Class
A
Notes or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to any
such
amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all Class A 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 Class A Noteholders, the
Indenture Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of
such
amendment to each Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A
Noteholders, but only when accompanied by an opinion of counsel to the effect
that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of
the
Class A 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, 000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Structured Finance
Surveillance, Re: First Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE1, Facsimile: (000) 000-0000,
Confirmation: (000) 000-0000, Email: XXXxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
(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 Class A Noteholders,
as
set forth in the Note Register and (viii) in the case of the Trust, to First
Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE1, 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 Class A 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 Class A 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.
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;
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(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 Class A 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 Class A Noteholders.
By
accepting its Class A Note, each Class A 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 Class
A
Noteholders as specified under this Agreement as if it were a party hereto
without any further consent of the Class A Noteholders. Any right conferred
to
the Insurer hereunder shall be suspended and shall run to the benefit of
the
Class A 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 Class A 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 and the Master Servicer shall cause
each related Subservicer 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 Jumber. Any information to be filed on Form
10-D
shall be delivered to the Trust Administrator 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 related
Subservicer 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 related Subservicer
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 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 related Subservicer),
the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with an updated Exhibit J setting
forth
the Item 1119 Parties. No later than March 15 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 related Subservicer to notify) the
Depositor and the Master Servicer of any Form 10-K Disclosure Item, 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 related Subservicer that is a Reporting Subcontractor, to provide
to
the Depositor, the following information no later than March 15 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 15 of each year, beginning in 2007, the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall (unless such Person is
the
Certifying Person), and the Master Servicer shall cause each related Subservicer
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, 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, 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 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 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-HE1, | ||
By:
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee |
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Name:
Title:
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FIRST
TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Seller and Master Servicer
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Name:
Title:
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FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.,as Depositor | |
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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Name:
Title:
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STATE
OF DELAWARE
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COUNTY
OF NEW CASTLE
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BEFORE
ME, on March 30, 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-HE1, 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 ____________ |
STATE
OF TENNESSEE
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COUNTY
OF SHELBY
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BEFORE
ME, on March 30, 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 ____________ |
STATE
OF TEXAS
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COUNTY
OF DALLAS
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BEFORE
ME, on March 30, 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 ____________ |
STATE
OF NEW YORK
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COUNTY
OF NEW YORK
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BEFORE
ME, on March 30, 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 national banking
association for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in
the
capacity therein stated.
______________________________ | |
Notary Public, State of ____________ |
EXHIBIT
A
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
A-1
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LIST
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SERVICING OFFICERS
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EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
ANNUAL OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
FIRST
TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FIRST
HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE1
The
undersigned, a duly authorized representative of First Tennessee Bank National
Association (“FTBNA”), pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of
March 1, 2006 (the “Agreement”), among First Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE1, 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 Class A Noteholders (in
such
capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”), does hereby certify that:
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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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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
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day of __________ 200_.
FIRST
TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Master Servicer,
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[Name]:
[Title]:
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EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
MORTGAGE NOTE
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EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
MORTGAGE
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EXHIBIT
F
SPECIMEN
OF THE INSURANCE POLICY
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EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT
AFFIDAVIT
OF LOST NOTE
STATE
OF
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COUNTY
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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.
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Name: | |
Title: |
Sworn
to
before me this
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day
of ____________, __________
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EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
[DATE]
The
Bank
of New York
Corporate
Trust Administration
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Re:
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First
Horizon ABS Trust 2006-HE1
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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 March
1,
2006, among FIRST HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE1, 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:
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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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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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Name:
Title:
Servicing Officer
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EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(Master
Servicer/Subservicer)
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EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(Trust
Administration/Indenture Trustee/)
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ITEM
1119
PARTY SCHEDULE
FIRST
HORIZON ABS TRUST 2006-HE1
First
Horizon HELOC Notes,
Series
2006-HE1
Party
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Contact
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EXHIBIT
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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1122(d)(2)(vi)
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Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
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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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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 trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Master
Servicer.
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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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1122(d)(3)(iii)
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Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the
Master
Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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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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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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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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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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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 Master Servicer’s
obligor records maintained no more than two business days after
receipt,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements,
and
allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow)
in
accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.
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1122(d)(4)(v)
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The
Master Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the
Master Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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[NAME OF MASTER SERVICER] [NAME OF TRUSTEE] [NAME OF CO-TRUSTEE] [SUBSERVICER] | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
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