SAXON ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY, Depositor SAXON MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Servicer and DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY Trustee POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of April 1, 2007 SAXON ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2007-2 MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED...
EXECUTION
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY,
Depositor
SAXON
MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.,
Servicer
and
DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
Trustee
_____________________________________________________
Dated
as
of April 1, 2007
_____________________________________________________
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2007-2
MORTGAGE
LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS
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6
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Section
1.1
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Defined
Terms
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6
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ARTICLE
2 CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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41
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Section
2.1
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Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans.
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41
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Section
2.2
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Acceptance
by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
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44
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Section
2.3
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Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor and the
Servicer.
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46
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Section
2.4
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Delivery
of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions.
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50
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Section
2.5
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Execution
and Delivery of Certificates.
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51
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ARTICLE
3 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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51
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Section
3.1
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Servicer
to Service Mortgage Loans.
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51
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Section
3.2
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Subservicing;
Enforcement of the Obligations of Servicers.
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52
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Section
3.3
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Rights
of the Trustee in Respect of the Servicer.
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53
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Section
3.4
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Trustee
to Act as Servicer.
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53
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Section
3.5
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Collection
of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account; Distribution
Account.
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53
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Section
3.6
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Collection
of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.
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56
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Section
3.7
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Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans.
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57
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Section
3.8
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Permitted
Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Distribution
Account.
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57
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Section
3.9
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Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary Insurance
Policies.
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58
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Section
3.10
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Enforcement
of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
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60
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Section
3.11
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Realization
Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of Certain Mortgage
Loans.
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61
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Section
3.12
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Trustee
to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
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64
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Section
3.13
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Documents
Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to be Held for the
Trustee.
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65
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Section
3.14
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Servicing
Compensation.
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66
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Section
3.15
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Access
to Certain Documentation.
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66
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Section
3.16
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
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66
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Section
3.17
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Annual
Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Statement.
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67
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Section
3.18
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Errors
and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
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67
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Section
3.19
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Advances.
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68
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Section
3.20
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Advance
Facility.
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68
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Section
3.21
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Prepayment
Penalties.
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69
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ARTICLE
4 DISTRIBUTIONS
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69
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Section
4.1
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Priorities
of Distribution.
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69
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Section
4.2
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Method
of Distribution.
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74
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Section
4.3
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Allocation
of Losses.
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75
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Section
4.4
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Reports
to the Depositor and the Trustee.
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76
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Section
4.5
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Reports
by or on Behalf of the Servicer.
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77
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Section
4.6
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The
Calculation Agent.
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79
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Section
4.7
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The
Excess Reserve Fund Account.
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79
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Section
4.8
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The
Supplemental Interest Trust.
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79
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ARTICLE
5 THE CERTIFICATES
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82
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Section
5.1
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The
Certificates.
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82
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Section
5.2
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Certificate
Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
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83
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Section
5.3
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
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88
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Section
5.4
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Persons
Deemed Owners.
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88
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Section
5.5
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Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses.
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88
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Section
5.6
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
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89
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ARTICLE
6 THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
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89
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Section
6.1
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Respective
Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer.
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89
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Section
6.2
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Merger
or Consolidation of the Depositor and Servicer.
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89
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Section
6.3
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Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and Others.
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89
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Section
6.4
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Limitation
on Resignation of Servicer.
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90
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Section
6.5
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
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90
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Section
6.6
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Annual
Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Statement.
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91
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ARTICLE
7 SERVICER DEFAULT
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91
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Section
7.1
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Events
of Default.
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91
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Section
7.2
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Notification
to Certificateholders.
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93
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ARTICLE
8 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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93
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Section
8.1
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Duties
of Trustee.
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93
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Section
8.2
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Certain
Matters Affecting the Trustee.
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95
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Section
8.3
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Trustee
Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
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97
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Section
8.4
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Trustee
May Own Certificates.
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97
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Section
8.5
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Trustee’s
Fees and Expenses.
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97
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Section
8.6
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Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee.
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98
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Section
8.7
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Resignation
and Removal of Trustee.
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98
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Section
8.8
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Successor
Trustee.
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99
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Section
8.9
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Merger
or Consolidation of Trustee.
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99
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Section
8.10
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Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
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99
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Section
8.11
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Tax
Matters.
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101
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Section
8.12
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Trustee
Exchange Act Reporting Requirements.
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102
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Section
8.13
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Reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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103
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ARTICLE
9 TERMINATION
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106
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Section
9.1
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Termination
upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage Loans.
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106
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Section
9.2
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Final
Distribution on the Certificates.
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107
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Section
9.3
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Additional
Termination Requirements.
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108
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ARTICLE
10 [RESERVED]
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109
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ARTICLE
11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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109
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Section
11.1
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Amendment.
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109
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Section
11.2
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Recordation
of Agreement; Counterparts.
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111
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Section
11.3
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Governing
Law.
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111
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Section
11.4
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Intention
of Parties.
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111
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Section
11.5
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Notices.
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112
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Section
11.6
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Severability
of Provisions.
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113
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Section
11.7
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Assignment.
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113
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Section
11.8
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Limitation
on Rights of Certificateholders.
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113
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Section
11.9
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Inspection
and Audit Rights.
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114
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Section
11.10
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Certificates
Nonassessable and Fully Paid
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114
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Section
11.11
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Limitations
on Actions; No Proceedings.
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114
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Section
11.12
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Mortgage
Data.
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115
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Section
11.13
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Third
Party Beneficiary
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115
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Section
11.14
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Replacement
of Swap Counterparty
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115
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
I:
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Mortgage
Loan Schedule (By Group)
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S-I-1
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Schedule
IA:
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[Reserved]
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S-IA-1
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Schedule
IB:
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[Reserved]
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S-IB-1
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Schedule
II:
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Pass-Through
Rate Schedule
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S-II-1
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Schedule
III:
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REMIC
Structure
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S-III-1
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A:
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Form
of Senior Certificates
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A-1
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Exhibit
B:
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Form
of Subordinate Certificates
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B-1
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Exhibit
C:
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Form
of Initial Certification of Trustee
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C-1
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Exhibit
D:
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Form
of Final Certification of Trustee
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D-1
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Exhibit
E:
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U.S.
Person Affidavit
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E-1
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Exhibit
F:
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Form
of Transferor Certificate
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F-1
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Exhibit
G-1:
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Form
of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
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G-1-1
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Exhibit
G-2:
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Benefit
Plan Affidavit
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G-2-1
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Exhibit
H:
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Form
of Rule 144A Letter - QIB Certification
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H-1
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Exhibit
I:
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Request
for Release of Documents and Receipt
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I-1
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Exhibit
J:
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[Reserved]
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J-1
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Exhibit
K:
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Form
of Remittance Agency Agreement
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K-1
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Exhibit
L:
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Form
of Security Release Certification
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L-1
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Exhibit
M-1:
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[Reserved]
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M-1-1
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Exhibit
M-2:
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[Reserved]
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M-2-1
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Exhibit
N:
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[Reserved]
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N-1
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Exhibit
O:
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Form
of Certification to be Provided to the Depositor by the
Trustee
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O-1
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Exhibit
P:
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Form
of Certification to be Provided to the Depositor by the
Servicer
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P-1
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Exhibit
Q:
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Interest
Rate Swap Agreement
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Q-1
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Exhibit
R:
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Interest
Rate Cap Agreement
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R-1
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Exhibit
S:
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Form
10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K Reporting Responsibility
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S-1
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Exhibit
T:
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Servicing
Criteria to be Addressed in Trustee Assessment of Compliance
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T-1
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THIS
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of April 1, 2007 (this “Agreement”)
among SAXON ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, as depositor
(the
“Depositor”), SAXON MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., a Texas corporation, as servicer
(the “Servicer”), and DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a national banking
association, as trustee (the “Trustee”),
WITNESSETH
THAT
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
The
Depositor is the owner of the assets that are hereby conveyed to the Trustee
in
return for the Certificates. For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund
shall comprise multiple REMICs organized in a tiered REMIC structure in the
manner set forth in Schedule III hereto. The Certificates will represent the
entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund.
This
Preliminary Statement includes definitions of principal terms of the
Certificates. In addition, the following table sets forth the initial Class
Principal Balances of the Certificates and the minimum denominations (or
Percentage Interests) and integral multiples in excess thereof in which such
Classes shall be issuable (except that one Certificate of each Class of
Certificates may be issued in a different amount):
Class
Designation
|
Initial
Class
Principal
Balance
|
Minimum
Percentage
Interest/Denomination
|
Integral
Multiples in
Excess
Minimum
|
Class
A-1
|
$192,705,000
|
$
25,000
|
$1,000
|
Class
A-2a
|
$232,270,000
|
25,000
|
1,000
|
Class
A-2b
|
$
79,670,000
|
25,000
|
1,000
|
Class
A-2c
|
$
97,480,000
|
25,000
|
1,000
|
Class
A-2d
|
$
62,220,000
|
25,000
|
1,000
|
Class
M-1
|
$
32,651,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
M-2
|
$
30,039,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
M-3
|
$
18,285,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
M-4
|
$
16,108,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
M-5
|
$
15,237,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
M-6
|
$
13,931,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
B-1
|
$
13,931,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
B-2
|
$
12,190,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
B-3
|
$
11,319,000
|
100,000
|
1,000
|
Class
OC
|
$ 42,667,726
|
100%
|
N/A
|
Class
P
|
$
1,000
|
100%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
N/A
|
100%
|
N/A
|
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For
purposes of this Agreement (and construction of the applicable terms and
provisions hereof), the Class A-1 Certificates “relate” to Group 1; the Class
A-2a, Class A-2b, Class A-2c, Class A-2d “relate” to Group 2, Class M and Class
B Certificates “relate” to Group 1 and Group 2.
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Defined
Terms
Whenever
used in this Agreement, in addition to any capitalized terms defined in the
Preliminary Statement, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accepted
Servicing Practices:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, those mortgage servicing practices set forth
in
Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
Account
Designation:
Saxon
Asset Securities Trust 2007-2 Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series
2007-2.
Advance:
Each
P&I Advance and Servicing Advance.
Adverse
REMIC Event:
Either
(i) loss of status as a REMIC, within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code,
for any group of assets identified as a REMIC in Schedule III of this Agreement,
or (ii) imposition of any tax, including the tax imposed under Section
860F(a)(1) on prohibited transactions, and the tax imposed under Section 860G(d)
on certain contributions to a REMIC, on any REMIC created
hereunder.
Aggregate
Net WAC Cap
With
respect to the Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per annum
rate
equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average
of
the Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their relative
Stated Principal Balances as of the first day of the related Due Period,
adjusted to reflect prepayments received after the first Day of the related
Due
Period that were distributed on the immediately preceding Distribution Date,
over (b) the Swap Payment Rate for such Distribution Date, multiplied by (ii)
the quotient of 30 divided by the actual number of days in the Interest Accrual
Period.
Agreement:
This
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments or supplements
hereto.
Available
Distribution Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts:
(1) the
total
amount of all cash received by or on behalf of the Servicer with respect to
the
Mortgage Loans serviced by it and received by the Trustee by the related
Servicer Remittance Date and not previously distributed (including Liquidation
Proceeds, condemnation proceeds and Insurance Proceeds), except:
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(a) all
scheduled payments of principal and related interest collected on the Mortgage
Loans but due on a date after the related Due Date;
(b) all
partial Principal Prepayments received with respect to the Mortgage Loans after
the related Prepayment Period, together with all related interest accrued on
such Mortgage Loans;
(c) all
Prepayment Penalties received in connection with the Mortgage
Loans;
(d) all
Principal Prepayments in full received with respect to the Mortgage Loans after
the related Prepayment Period, together with all related interest accrued on
such Mortgage Loans;
(e) Liquidation
Proceeds, condemnation proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries
received on such Mortgage Loans after the previous calendar month;
(d) all
amounts reimbursable to the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or
to the Trustee and/or the Custodian pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or
the Custodial Agreement, in each case with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
otherwise allocable to the Certificates;
(e) reinvestment
income on the balance of funds, if any, in the Collection Account or the
Distribution Account; and
(f) amounts
as to which the Servicer is entitled to reimbursement from the Collection
Account pursuant to this Agreement (including Servicing Fees), and as to which
the Trustee and/or the Custodian, as applicable, are entitled with respect
to
the Mortgage Loans or otherwise allocable to the Certificates to be reimbursed
from the Distribution Account or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement or the
Custodial Agreement, as applicable (including the Trustee Fee);
(2) all
Advances on the Mortgage Loans made by the Servicer (or any successor servicer)
for that Distribution Date;
(3) any
amounts paid as Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans by
the
Servicer for that Distribution Date;
(4)
the
total
amount of any cash deposited in the Distribution Account in connection with
the
repurchase of any Mortgage Loans by the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement
and
the Seller pursuant to the Sales Agreement; and
(5) all
Subsequent Recoveries received with respect to the Mortgage Loans during the
related Prepayment Period.
Basic
Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
excess of
the
Principal Remittance Amount over
the
Excess Subordinate Amount.
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Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amount:
With
respect to the Group 1 Senior Certificates, the Group 1 Senior Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amount, with respect to the Group 2 Senior Certificates, the Group
2
Senior Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount, and with respect to the Subordinate
Certificates, the Subordinate Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount.
Basis
Risk Payment:
For any
Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts, for
that date. With respect to any Distribution Date, the Basis Risk Payment cannot
exceed the sum of (i) the amount otherwise distributable on the Class OC
Certificates (other than amounts received by the holder of the Class OC
Certificates in respect of Interest Rate Cap Payments and Net Swap Receipts),
(ii) Interest Rate Cap Payments and (iii) amounts payable from Net Swap
Receipts.
Bankruptcy
Code:
The
United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended.
Blanket
Mortgage:
The
mortgage or mortgages encumbering a Cooperative Property.
Book-Entry
Certificates:
All
Classes of Certificates other than the Physical Certificates.
Business
Day:
Any day
other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in New York City or the city in which any of the Custodian, the
Servicer, or the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Calculation
Agent:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking association, and its
successors and assigns in such capacity under this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Cap
Agreement:
The
interest rate cap agreement documented pursuant to the 1992 ISDA Master
Agreement, together with a schedule, credit support annex and confirmation
entered into with Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Services Inc., attached hereto as
Exhibit R.
Cap
Counterparty:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Capital Services Inc.
Certificate:
Any one
of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in substantially the forms attached
hereto as exhibits.
Certificate
Owner:
With
respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner
of
such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate
Principal Balance:
With
respect to any Certificate other than the Class P Certificate and as of any
Distribution Date, the Certificate Principal Balance on the date of the initial
issuance of such Certificate as set forth on the face thereof, as reduced
by:
(i)
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all
amounts distributed on previous Distribution Dates on such Certificate
in
reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof;
and
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(ii)
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with
respect to the Subordinate Certificates only, the amount of Realized
Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to such
Certificate;
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provided,
however, that the Certificate Principal Balance of each Subordinate Certificate
to which Realized Losses have been allocated will be increased, sequentially
in
the order of payment priority, by the amount of Subsequent Recoveries on the
Mortgage Loans distributed as principal to any Certificate, but not by more
than
the amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to reduce the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificate.
Any
amounts distributed to a Class of Subordinate Certificates in respect of any
Unpaid Realized Loss Amount will not further reduce the Certificate Principal
Balance of that Class.
Certificate
Register:
The
register maintained pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof.
Certificateholder
or Holder:
The
person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register,
except that, solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this
Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or any
affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in
determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary
to
effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however, that if any such
Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced
by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the consent of the Holders
of
Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action
hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification
of
the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which
Certificates are registered in the name of an affiliate of the
Depositor.
Class:
All
Certificates bearing the same class designation as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement.
Class
A Certificates:
All
Certificates which include an “A” in their class designation.
Class
A Principal Allocation Percentage:
With
respect to each of the Group 1 Senior Certificates and the Group 2 Senior
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
determined as follows: (i) in the case of the Group 1 Senior Certificates the
numerator of which is (x) the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount for
such Distribution Date that is attributable to principal received or advanced
on
the Group 1 Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is (y) the Principal
Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) in the case of the Group
2
Senior Certificates the numerator of which is (x) the portion of the Principal
Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date that is attributable to principal
received or advanced on the Group 2 Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of
which
is (y) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.
Class
B Certificates:
All
Certificates which include a “B” in their class designation.
Class
B-1 Principal Distribution Amount:
with
respect to the Class B-1 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-5
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount
or
(ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for
the
Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
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(i)
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining
after
distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-1
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount
and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount; and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class B-1 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates
and the
Class M Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Senior,
Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5 and Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amounts for such Distribution Date) over (B)
the
lesser of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period multiplied by approximately
84.80% and (ii) the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related
Due Period exceeds (y) the Overcollateralization
Floor.
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Class
B-2 Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Class B-2 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-5
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount
and
the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount or (ii) on or after the Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for the Offered Certificates for that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i)
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the
sum of the Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
remaining after distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount,
the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount,
the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount
and the
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount; and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class B-2 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates,
the
Class M Certificates and the Class B-1 Certificates (after taking
into
account the payment of the Senior, Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3,
Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amounts
for
such Distribution Date) over (B) the lesser of (i) the aggregate
Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related
Due Period multiplied by approximately 87.60% and (ii) the amount,
if any,
by which (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period exceeds (y) the
Overcollateralization Floor.
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Class
B-3 Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Class B-3 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-5
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount,
the
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount or (ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the lesser
of:
(i)
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining
after
distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-1
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class B-1
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount; and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates,
the
Class M Certificates and the Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates
(after
taking into account the payment of the Senior, Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0,
Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Principal
Distribution Amounts for such Distribution Date) over (B) the lesser
of
(i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the
last day of the related Due Period multiplied by approximately 90.20%
and
(ii) the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period
exceeds (y) the Overcollateralization
Floor.
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Class
M Certificates:
All
Certificates which include an “M” in their class designation.
Class
M-1 Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount or (ii) on or after the Stepdown Date
if a Trigger Event is not in effect for the Offered Certificates for that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
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(i)
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining
after
distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount;
and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates
(after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date) over (B) the lesser of (i) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last
day of the related Due Period multiplied by approximately 60.10%
and (ii)
the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of
the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period exceeds
(y) the Overcollateralization
Floor.
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Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Class M-2 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount or (ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event
is
not in effect for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the
lesser of:
(i)
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining
after
distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the
Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount; and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates
and the
Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the
Senior and Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amounts for such Distribution
Date) over (B) the lesser of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of
the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period multiplied
by approximately 67.00% and (ii) the amount, if any, by which (x)
the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last
day of the related Due Period exceeds (y) the Overcollateralization
Floor.
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Class
M-3 Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Class M-3 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount and the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount or (ii) on or after
the
Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for the Offered Certificates
for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
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(i)
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining
after
distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-1
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount; and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates
and the
Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the
payment of the Senior, Class M-1 and Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amounts for such Distribution Date) over (B) the lesser of (i) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last
day of the related Due Period multiplied by approximately 71.20%
and (ii)
the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of
the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period exceeds
(y) the Overcollateralization
Floor.
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Class
M-4 Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Class M-4 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount or (ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event
is
not in effect for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the
lesser of:
(i)
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining
after
distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-1
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount
and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount; and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class M-4 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates
and the
Class M Senior Certificates (after taking into account the payment
of the
Senior, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amounts
for such Distribution Date) over (B) the lesser of (i) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the
related Due Period multiplied by approximately 74.90% and (ii) the
amount,
if any, by which (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period exceeds
(y)
the Overcollateralization Floor.
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Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Class M-5 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount or (ii)
on
or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for the Offered
Certificates for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
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(i)
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining
after
distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-1
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class
M-4
Principal Distribution Amount; and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates,
the
Class M Senior Certificates and the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking
into account the payment of the Senior, Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class
M-3
and Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amounts for such Distribution
Date)
over (B) the lesser of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period multiplied
by
approximately 78.40% and (ii) the amount, if any, by which (x) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last
day of the related Due Period exceeds (y) the Overcollateralization
Floor.
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Class
M-6 Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Class M-6 Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to
the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect
for the Offered Certificates for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining after distribution
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount or (ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if
a
Trigger Event is not in effect for the Offered Certificates for that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i)
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date remaining
after
distribution of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, the Class
M-1
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount; and
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(ii)
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Class Principal Balance
of the
Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date
and (2)
the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates,
the
Class M Senior Certificates and the Class M-4 and Class M-5 Certificates
(after taking into account the payment of the Senior, Class X-0,
Xxxxx
X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4 and Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amounts
for
such Distribution Date) over (B) the lesser of (i) the aggregate
Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related
Due Period multiplied by approximately 81.60% and (ii) the amount,
if any,
by which (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period exceeds (y) the
Overcollateralization Floor.
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Class
M Senior Certificates:
The
Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Certificates.
Class
OC Distributable Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and the Class OC Certificates, the excess,
if
any, of (x) the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued during the related
Interest Accrual Period at the related Pass-Through Rate on the Class Principal
Balance for such Distribution Date and not included in the Extra Principal
Distribution Amount on that Distribution Date and (ii) the Overcollateralization
Release Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date, over (y) the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount and the amount of any Swap Termination
Payment, if any, for such Distribution Date.
Class
P Distribution Amount:
With
respect to each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the total of all
Prepayment Penalties received on the Mortgage Loans in the prior Due Period.
Class
Principal Balance:
With
respect to any Class of Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Certificate Principal Balances of all Certificates of such
Class as of such date.
Closing
Date:
April
30, 2007.
Code:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or amendatory
provisions.
Collection
Account:
The
separate Eligible Account or Accounts created and maintained by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof with a depository institution for the benefit
of
the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and designated with the applicable
Account Designation.
Commission:
As
defined in Section 8.12 hereof.
Compensating
Interest:
As to
any Distribution Date and any Principal Prepayment in Full in respect of a
Mortgage Loan that is received during the period from the eighteenth day of
the
month prior to the month of such Distribution Date through the last day of
such
month, an additional payment made by the Servicer to the extent funds are
available from the total Servicing Fee payable for such Distribution Date,
equal
to the amount of interest at the Mortgage Rate (less the applicable Servicing
Fee Rate) for that Mortgage Loan from the date of the prepayment through the
last day of the month of such Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt,
no
Compensating Interest payment shall be required in connection with any
shortfalls resulting from Principal Prepayments in part or the application
of
the Relief Act.
Cooperative
Corporation:
The
entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable leasehold estate) to the real
property and improvements constituting the Cooperative Property and which
governs the Cooperative Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify
as
a Cooperative Housing Corporation under Section 216 of the Code.
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Coop
Shares:
Shares
issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative
Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan secured by Coop Shares and a Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative
Property:
The
real property and improvements owned by the Cooperative Corporation, including
the allocation of individual dwelling units to the holders of the Coop Shares
of
the Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative
Unit:
A
single-family dwelling located in a Cooperative Property.
Corporate
Trust Office:
The
designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate
trust business with respect to this Agreement shall be
administered.
Cumulative
Loss Trigger Event:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the circumstances in which the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans incurred since the Cut-off
Date
through the last day of the related Due Period divided by the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date
exceeds the applicable percentages set forth below with respect to such
Distribution Date:
Distribution
Date
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Percentage
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May
2009 — April 2010
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1.60%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 1.95% for each
month
thereafter
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May
2010 — April 2011
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3.55%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 2.10% for each
month
thereafter
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May
2011 — April 2012
|
5.65%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 1.65% for each
month
thereafter
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May
2012 — April 2013
|
7.30%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 0.95% for each
month
thereafter
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May
2013 — April 2014
|
8.25%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 0.10% for each
month
thereafter
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May
2014 and thereafter
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8.35%
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Custodial
Agreement:
The
Custodial Agreement between the Custodian and Trustee dated as of April 1,
2007.
Custodian:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, and its successors and assigns in such
capacity.
Cut-off
Date:
April
1, 2007.
Debt
Service Reduction:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction
in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such
Mortgage Loan which became final and non-appealable, except such a reduction
resulting from a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a
permanent forgiveness of principal.
Defaulted
Swap Termination Payment:
Any
termination payment required to be made by the Supplemental Interest Trust
to
the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the Swap Agreement as a result of an event
of
default under the Swap Agreement with respect to which the Swap Counterparty
is
the defaulting party or a termination event under that agreement (other than
illegality or a tax event of the Swap Counterparty) with respect to which the
Swap Counterparty is the sole affected party.
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Defective
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan which is required to be repurchased pursuant to Section 2.2 or
2.3.
Deficient
Valuation:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction
of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the then-outstanding
indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in the amount of
principal to be paid in connection with any Scheduled Payment that results
in a
permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction results from
an
order of such court which is final and non-appealable in a proceeding under
the
Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive
Certificates:
Any
Certificate evidenced by a Physical Certificate and any Certificate issued
in
lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate pursuant to Section 5.2(e).
Delay
Certificates:
All
interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other than the Non-Delay
Certificates.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan:
As
defined in Section 2.3(d) hereof.
Delinquency
Loss Trigger Event:
(1) with respect to any Distribution Date until the aggregate Class
Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates has been reduced to zero, the
circumstances in which the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the
Three Month Rolling Average and (y) the aggregate unpaid principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans, as of the last day of the related Due Period, equals
or
exceeds (z) 32.65% of the prior period’s Senior Enhancement Percentage and
(2) with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date
on which the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the circumstances in which the quotient (expressed as
a
percentage) of (x) the Three Month Rolling Average and (y) the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loans, as of the last day
of
the related Due Period, equals or exceeds (z) 38.83% of the prior period’s
M-1 Enhancement Percentage.
Delinquent:
A
Mortgage Loan is “Delinquent” if any payment due thereon is not made by the
close of business on the Determination Date immediately following the day such
payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is “30 days Delinquent” if such
payment has not been received by the close of business on the Determination
Date
immediately succeeding the Determination Date on which such payment was
categorized as “Delinquent.” Similarly for “60 days Delinquent,” “90 days
Delinquent” and so on.
Denomination:
With
respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the face thereof as the
“Initial Principal Balance of this Certificate” or the Percentage Interest
appearing on the face thereof.
Depositor:
Saxon
Asset Securities Company, a Virginia corporation, or its successor in
interest.
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Depository:
The
initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, the nominee of which
is Cede & Co., as the registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The
Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section
8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York.
Depository
Institution:
The
Trustee or any depository institution or trust company that (a) is
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State
thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and examination by federal or state
banking authorities and (c) has outstanding unsecured commercial paper or
other short-term unsecured debt obligations that are rated “P-1” by Moody’s,
“F1+” by Fitch and “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s (to the extent they are Rating
Agencies hereunder).
Depository
Participant:
A
broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for whom
from time to time a Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination
Date:
As to
any Distribution Date, the earlier of (i) the 17th
day of
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, or (ii) if such day is not
a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Distribution
Account:
The
separate Eligible Account created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.5(c) in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and designated with the applicable Account Designation.
Distribution
Account Deposit Date:
As to
any Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date.
Distribution
Date:
The
25th day of each calendar month after the initial issuance of the Certificates,
or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day,
commencing on the Initial Distribution Date.
Due
Date:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, the day of the month
in
which each Distribution Date occurs on which the related mortgage payment is
due
(or, in the case of an Odd Due Date Mortgage Loan, such day in the preceding
month).
Due
Period:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the period from and including the second
day
of each month through and including the first day of the following
month.
Eligible
Account:
Any of
(i) an account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust
company that is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt
obligations of such holding company) have the highest short-term ratings of
each
Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein, or (ii)
an
account or accounts in a depository institution or trust company in which such
accounts are insured by the FDIC or the SAIF (to the limits established by
the
FDIC or the SAIF, as applicable) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts
are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered
to the Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim
with respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first priority security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution or trust company in which
such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained
with
(a) the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution
or (b) a trust company, acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other
account acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest,
and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts
maintained with the Trustee.
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ERISA:
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates:
On the
Closing Date, each of the Class P, Class OC and Class R Certificates;
thereafter, the Class P, Class OC and Class R Certificates and any Class of
Certificates that no longer satisfies the applicable ratings requirement under
the Underwriter’s Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted
Swap Certificates:
Any of
the Offered Certificates.
ERISA
Qualifying Underwriting:
A best
efforts or firm commitment underwriting that meets the requirements of the
Underwriter’s Exemption.
Escrow
Account:
The
Eligible Account or Accounts established and maintained pursuant to Section
3.6(a) hereof.
Event
of Default:
As
defined in Section 7.1 hereof.
Excess
Reserve Fund Account:
The
separate Eligible Account created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.7 in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and designated “Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, in
trust for registered Holders of Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2007-2, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-2.” Funds in the Excess Reserve Fund
Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement. All investments made in respect of funds
on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall only be made in Permitted
Investments.
Excess
Proceeds:
With
respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which the sum
of
any Liquidation Proceeds of such Mortgage Loan received during the Prepayment
Period in which such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, net of
any
amounts previously reimbursed to the Servicer as Nonrecoverable Advance(s)
with
respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.8(a)(iii), exceeds (i)
the
unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date
in
the month in which such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus
(ii) accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which
interest was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders
up
to the Due Date applicable to the Distribution Date immediately following the
Prepayment Period during which such liquidation occurred. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Excess Proceeds with respect to any Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan
shall be equal to the amount, if any, by which Subsequent Recoveries with
respect to such Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan exceed the Realized Loss with
respect thereto.
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Excess
Subordinate Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and the Offered Certificates, the excess,
if any,
of (i) the Overcollateralized Amount on that Distribution Date (calculated
for
this purpose only after assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount
on
that Distribution Date has been distributed) over
(ii) the
Overcollateralization Target Amount for such Distribution Date.
Exchange
Act:
As
defined in Section 8.12 hereof.
Extra
Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date will be the lesser
of (i) the excess of (x) the Interest Remittance Amount, over (y) the sum of
(a)
the Senior Interest Distribution Amount, (b) the Subordinate Interest
Distribution Amount and (c) any Net Swap Payments and any Swap Termination
Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, but not including any Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, if any, in each case, on
such
Distribution Date and (ii) the Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such
Distribution Date.
Xxxxxx
Xxx:
The
entity formally known as the Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally
chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor
thereto.
FDIC:
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto.
FIRREA:
The
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of
1989.
Fiscal
Quarter:
December 1 to February 29 (or the last day in such month), March 1 to May 31,
June 1 to August 31, or September 1 to November 30, as applicable.
Fitch:
Fitch,
Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is designated as a Rating Agency in
the
Preliminary Statement, the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc.,
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential
Mortgage Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Servicer.
Xxxxxxx
Mac:
The
entity formally known as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of
the
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor
thereto.
Group:
The
Group 1 Mortgage Loans or the Group 2 Mortgage Loans, as the context
requires.
Group
1 Mortgage Loans:
The
pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having been
assigned to Group 1 and any Substitute Mortgage Loans delivered in replacement
of any Mortgage Loan.
Group
1 Senior Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount:
With
respect to any Class of Group 1 Senior Certificates and any Distribution Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of
interest such Class of Group 1 Senior Certificates would have been entitled
to
receive on such Distribution Date if neither the Aggregate Net WAC Cap nor
the
Group 1 WAC Cap had been applicable to such Class on such Distribution Date
over
(y) the amount of interest accrued on such Distribution Date at the lesser
of:
(a) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap and (b) the Group 1 WAC Cap and (ii) the related
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for previous Distribution Dates remaining unpaid
together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the related Pass-Through
Rate
(without regard to the Net WAC Cap) for such Class of Group 1 Senior
Certificates for the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period.
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Group
1 Senior Certificates:
The
Class A-1 Certificates.
Group
1 Senior Principal Allocation Amount:
With
respect to the Group 1 Senior Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
product of the Class A Principal Allocation Percentage for the Group 1 Senior
Certificates for that Distribution Date and the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date.
Group
1 WAC Cap:
With
respect to the Group 1 Senior Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Group 1 Mortgage Loans weighted based
on their relative Stated Principal Balances as of the first day of the related
Due Period, adjusted to reflect prepayments received after the first Day of
the
related Due Period that were distributed on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date, over (b) the Swap Payment Rate for such Distribution Date,
multiplied by (ii) the quotient of 30 divided by the actual number of days
in
the Interest Accrual Period.
Group
2 Mortgage Loans:
The
pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having been
assigned to Group 2 and any Substitute Mortgage Loans delivered in replacement
of any Mortgage Loan.
Group
2 Senior Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount:
With
respect to any Class of Group 2 Senior Certificates and any Distribution Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of
interest such Class of Group 2 Senior Certificates would have been entitled
to
receive on such Distribution Date if neither the Aggregate Net WAC Cap nor
the
Group 2 WAC Cap had been applicable to such Class on such Distribution Date
over
(y) the amount of interest accrued on such Distribution Date at the lesser
of:
(a) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap and (b) the Group 2 WAC Cap and (ii) the related
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for previous Distribution Dates remaining unpaid
together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the related Pass-Through
Rate
(without regard to the Net WAC Cap) for such Class of Group 2 Senior
Certificates for the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period.
Group
2 Senior Certificates:
The
Class A-2a, Class A-2b, Class A-2c and Class A-2d Certificates.
Group
2 Senior Principal Allocation Amount:
With
respect to the Group 2 Senior Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
product of the Class A Principal Allocation Percentage for the Group 2 Senior
Certificates for that Distribution Date and the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date.
Group
2 WAC Cap:
With
respect to the Group 2 Senior Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Group 2 Mortgage Loans weighted based
on their relative Stated Principal Balances as of the first day of the related
Due Period, adjusted to reflect prepayments received after the first Day of
the
related Due Period that were distributed on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date, over (b) the Swap Payment Rate for such Distribution Date,
multiplied by (ii) the quotient of 30 divided by the actual number of days
in
the Interest Accrual Period.
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Indirect
Participant:
A
broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person that clears
through or maintains a custodial relationship with a Depository
Participant.
Initial
Distribution Date:
May 25,
2007.
Initial
Optional Termination Date:
The
first Distribution Date on or after which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans is less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
thereof as of the Cut-off Date.
Insurance
Policy:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy,
including all riders and endorsements thereto in effect, including any
replacement policy or policies for any Insurance Policies.
Insurance
Proceeds:
Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to any Insurance Policy, in each case
other
than any amount included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured
Expenses.
Insured
Expenses:
Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other insurance policy with
respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest
Accrual Period:
For any
Class of Offered Certificates and the May 2007 Distribution Date will be the
25-day period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the day immediately
preceding that Distribution Date. The Interest Accrual Period for any
Distribution Date thereafter and any Class of Offered Certificates shall be
the
one-month period commencing on the Distribution Date in the month prior to
the
month in which that Distribution Date occurs and ending on the day immediately
preceding that Distribution Date. With respect to each Class of Offered
Certificates, interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and
the
actual number of days that elapsed in the related Interest Accrual
Period.
Interest
Carry Forward Amount:
With
respect to any Class of Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
amount, if any, by which the Interest Distribution Amount for that Class of
Offered Certificates for the immediately preceding Distribution Date exceeded
the actual amount distributed on such Class in respect of interest on the
immediately preceding Distribution Date, together with any Interest Carry
Forward Amount with respect to such Class remaining unpaid from previous
Distribution Dates, plus interest accrued thereon at the related Pass-Through
Rate for the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period.
Interest
Distribution Amount:
For the
Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date will be the aggregate of the
Senior and Subordinate Interest Distribution Amounts for that Distribution
Date.
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Interest
Determination Date:
With
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period, April
30,
2007,
and with respect to any subsequent Interest Accrual Period, the second London
Business Day preceding such Interest Accrual Period.
Interest
Rate Cap Payment:
With
respect to the Distribution Date, the payment, if any, required to be made
by
the Cap Counterparty under the Cap Agreement with respect to such Distribution
Date.
Interest
Remittance Amount:
For the
Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date will be that portion of the
Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date that represents
interest received or advanced on the Mortgage Loans.
Last
Endorsee:
As
defined in Section 2.1(b).
Latest
Possible Maturity Date:
The
Distribution Date following the third anniversary of the scheduled maturity
date
of the Mortgage Loan having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off
Date.
Liquidated
Mortgage Loan:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any
REO
Property) which was liquidated by the Servicer in any manner, including but
not
limited to a disposition pursuant to Section 3.11(i), in the Prepayment Period
for such Distribution Date and as to which the Servicer has determined (in
accordance with this Agreement) that it has received all amounts it expects
to
receive in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan, including
the
final disposition of an REO Property.
Liquidation
Proceeds:
Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received by the Servicer in connection
with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted Mortgage Loans, whether
through trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, disposition pursuant to Section
3.11(i), or otherwise or amounts received in connection with any condemnation
or
partial release of a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds received in
connection with an REO Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Servicing
Fees, Servicing Advances and P&I Advances.
Loan-to-Value
Ratio:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan and as to any date of determination, the fraction
(expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the principal balance
of
the related Mortgage Loan at such date of determination and the denominator
of
which is the lesser of the purchase price of the related Mortgaged Property
and
the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property.
London
Business Day:
A day
on which banks are open for dealing in foreign currency and exchange in London
and New York City.
Lost
Mortgage Note:
Any
Mortgage Note the original of which was permanently lost or destroyed and has
not been replaced.
Lower-Tier
Interest:
Any
interest created in REMIC 1 or REMIC 2.
M-1
Enhancement Percentage:
For any
Distribution Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate Class
Principal Balance of the Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class
M-6,
Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates (together with the
Overcollateralized Amount and taking into account the distributions of the
Principal Distribution Amount and all payments of principal from the Swap
Account, if any, for such Distribution Date) by (y) the aggregate principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period.
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Maintenance:
With
respect to any Cooperative Unit, the rent paid by the Mortgagor to the
Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the Proprietary Lease.
Majority
in Interest:
As to
any Class of Regular Certificates, the Holders of Certificates of such Class
evidencing, in the aggregate, at least 51% of the Percentage Interests evidenced
by all Certificates of such Class.
MERS:
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
any
successor in interest thereto.
MERS
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgage, or an assignment of Mortgage,
has been or will be recorded in the name of MERS, as nominee for the holder
from
time to time of the Mortgage Note.
Monthly
Statement:
The
statement delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to
Section 4.5.
Moody’s:
Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Xxxxx’x is designated as a
Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, the address for notices to Moody’s
shall be Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Residential Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other address
as
Moody’s may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or the Servicer.
Mortgage:
The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first or second lien
on
an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real property securing a
Mortgage Note.
Mortgage
Loan Document Requirements:
As
defined in Section 2.2 hereof.
Mortgage
File:
The
mortgage documents listed in Section 2.1 hereof pertaining to a particular
Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered to the Trustee to be added
to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage
Loan Documents:
As
defined in Section 2.1 hereof.
Mortgage
Loans:
Such of
the mortgage loans transferred and assigned pursuant to the provisions hereof
as
from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Fund (including any REO
Property), the mortgage loans so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or other acquisition of title of the
related Mortgaged Property.
Mortgage
Loan Schedule:
The
list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time amended by the Servicer to reflect
the addition of Substitute Mortgage Loans and the deletion of Deleted Mortgage
Loans pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee
as part of the Trust Fund and from time to time subject to this Agreement,
attached hereto as Schedule I, setting forth the following information with
respect to each Mortgage Loan:
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(i)
|
the
loan number;
|
(ii)
|
the
Mortgagor’s name;
|
(iii)
|
the
original principal balance;
|
(iv)
|
the
Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date;
|
(v)
|
the
Mortgage Rate;
|
(vi)
|
Servicing
Fee; and
|
(vii)
|
the
related Group.
|
Mortgage
Note:
The
original executed mortgage note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing
the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage
Rate:
The
annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note from time to time.
Mortgaged
Property:
The
underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan, which, in the case of a
Cooperative Loan, is the related Coop Shares and Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor:
Any
obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Net
Monthly Excess Cashflow:
For the
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Available
Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date over (y) the sum of (1) the
aggregate of the Senior Interest Distribution Amounts payable to the holders
of
the Senior Certificates, the Subordinate Interest Distribution Amounts payable
to the holders of the Subordinate Certificates, the Principal Distribution
Amount and (2) the aggregate of all Net Swap Payments and any Swap Termination
Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, including, without limitation, any Senior
Defaulted Swap Termination Payment, but not including any other Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, if any.
Net
Mortgage Rate:
For
each Mortgage Loan, the mortgage interest rate thereon less the Servicing Fee
Rate and the Trustee Fee Rate.
Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfall:
As to
any Distribution Date and Group, the amount by which the aggregate of Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls during the related Prepayment Period exceeds an amount
equal
to the Compensating Interest, if any, for such Distribution Date.
Net
Swap Payment:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, any net payment (other than a Swap Termination
Payment) payable by the Trust to the Swap Provider on the related Fixed Rate
Payer Payment Date (as defined in the Swap Agreement).
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Net
Swap Receipt:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, any net payment (other than a Swap Termination
Payment) made by the Swap Provider to the Trust on the related Floating Rate
Payer Payment Date (as defined in the Swap Agreement).
Net
WAC Cap:
The
Aggregate Net WAC Cap, the Group 1 WAC Cap or the Group 2 WAC Cap, as the
context requires.
Non-MERS
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan other than a MERS Mortgage Loan.
Nonrecoverable
Advance:
Any
portion of any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance previously made or proposed
to be made by the Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of the advancing
party, will not be ultimately recoverable by such advancing party from the
related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Nonrecoverable
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan that has been determined to be a Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 3.11(f) hereof and is identified in an Officer’s Certificate
signed by a Servicing Officer delivered to the Servicer pursuant to Section
3.11(f) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Mortgage Loans represented by REO
Property shall not constitute Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loans.
Nonrecoverable
Mortgage Loan Purchase Price:
As to
any Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
Projected Net Liquidation Value thereof on the date of purchase of such loan
pursuant to this Agreement; and (ii) any accrued interest at the applicable
Mortgage Rate from the date through which interest was last paid by the
Mortgagor to the Due Date occurring in the Due Period immediately preceding
the
Distribution Date on which the Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan Purchase Price
is to
be distributed to Certificateholders.
Notice
Address:
For
purposes hereof, the addresses of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee,
are as follows:
(i) If
to the
Depositor:
Saxon
Asset Securities Company
0000
Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
(ii) If
to the
Trustee:
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company
0000
Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
SX 0702
(iii) If
to the
Servicer:
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Saxon
Mortgage Services, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxx, Chief Executive Officer and President
Notice
of Final Distribution:
The
notice to be provided pursuant to Section 9.2 to the effect that final
distribution on any of the Certificates shall be made only upon presentation
and
surrender thereof.
Odd
Due Date Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan whose monthly payments are due on a day other than the first
day
of the month.
Offered
Certificates:
The
Class
X-0, Xxxxx X-0x, Xxxxx X-0x, Class A-2c, Class A-2d, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates.
Officer’s
Certificate:
A
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board,
the President, a Managing Director, a Vice President (however denominated),
an
Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant
Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the entity required by the terms of
this
Agreement to deliver such certificate, or by such officer of such entity as
may
be required to sign such certificate by the terms of this Agreement relating
to
such particular certificate.
One-Month
LIBOR:
As of
any Interest Determination Date, the rate for one-month U.S. dollar deposits
which appears in the Reuters Screen LIBOR01, as of 11:00 a.m., London time,
on
such Interest Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen
LIBOR01, the rate for that day 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 day to prime banks in the London
interbank market for a period equal to the relevant Interest Accrual Period
(commencing on the first day of such Interest Accrual Period). The Calculation
Agent, as agent for the Servicer, 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 day will be the arithmetic-
mean
of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested,
the
rate for that day will be the arithmetic-mean of the rates quoted by major
banks
in New York City, selected by the 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 equal to the relevant Interest Accrual Period
(commencing on the first day of such Interest Accrual Period). The Calculation
Agent, as agent for the Servicer, shall review Reuters Screen LIBOR01 as of
the
required time, make the required requests to the principal offices of the
Reference Banks and selections of major banks in New York City and shall
determine the rate which constitutes One-Month LIBOR for each Interest
Determination Date.
Opinion
of Counsel:
A
written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Depositor or the
Servicer, including in-house counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Optional
Termination:
The
termination of the trust created hereunder in connection with the purchase
of
the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof.
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OTS:
The
Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outstanding:
With
respect to the Certificates as of any date of determination, all Certificates
theretofore executed and authenticated under this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates
in exchange for which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed
and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding
Mortgage Loan:
As of
any Determination Date, a Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater
than zero which was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full prior
to
such Determination Date and which did not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan
prior to such Determination Date.
Overcollateralized
Amount:
With
respect to the Offered Certificates as of the Closing Date will be an amount
equal to approximately $47,667,726. With respect to any Distribution Date
following the Closing Date, the Overcollateralized Amount is the amount by
which
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last
day
of the related Due Period exceeds the aggregate Class Principal Balance of
the
Offered Certificates after taking into account all payments of principal on
such
Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization
Increase Amount:
With
respect to the Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date, the amount,
if
any, by which the Overcollateralization Target Amount exceeds the
Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date (calculated for this
purpose only after assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount on
such
Distribution Date has been distributed).
Overcollateralization
Target Amount:
For the
Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to the Stepdown Date,
the product of (x) 4.90% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, (ii) on and after the Stepdown Date,
provided that a Trigger Event is not in effect, the lesser of (a) the product
of
(x) 9.80% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period and (b) the product of (x) 4.90%
and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the
Cut-off Date and (iii) on and after the Stepdown Date, if a Trigger Event is
in
effect, the Overcollateralization Target Amount for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date; provided, however, that on each Distribution Date the
Overcollateralization Target Amount shall not be lower than the applicable
Overcollateralization Floor.
Overcollateralization
Floor:
Prior
to the Distribution Date in May 2027, 0.50% of the aggregate principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. On that date and thereafter,
the
Overcollateralization Floor will be equal to the greater of (i) 0.50% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, and
(ii) the sum of (a) 0.10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and (b) the aggregate principal balance, as of
the
last day of the related Due Period, of all outstanding Mortgage Loans having
original terms to maturity of 40 years.
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Ownership
Interest:
As to
any Residual Certificate, any ownership interest in such Certificate including
any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest
therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial.
P&I
Advance:
The
payment required to be made by the Servicer with respect to any Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 3.19, the amount of any such payment being equal to
the
aggregate of payments of principal and interest (net of the related Servicing
Fee and any net income in the case of any REO Property) on the Mortgage Loans
that were due during the related Due Period and not received as of the close
of
business on the related Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of any
such delinquent payments that the Servicer has determined would constitute
a
Nonrecoverable Advance if advanced.
Pass-Through
Rate:
For any
Class of Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date, the rate described
in
the Pass-Through Rate Schedule.
Pass-Through
Rate Schedule:
The
Schedule setting forth the Pass-Through Rates of the Certificates, attached
as
Schedule II hereto.
Paying
Agent:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a New York banking corporation, and its
successors and assigns in such capacity.
Percentage
Interest:
As to
any Certificate, the percentage interest evidenced thereby in distributions
required to be made on the related Class, such percentage interest being set
forth on the face thereof or equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the
Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the Denominations of all
Certificates of the same Class.
Permitted
Investments:
Any one
or more of the following obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price
of not greater than par, regardless of whether issued by the Servicer, the
Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates:
(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 such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of
the United States;
(ii) demand
and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, or 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 or a remaining maturity of more than 30 days) denominated
in
United States dollars and issued by, any Depository Institution and rated “P-1”
by Moody’s, “F1+” by Fitch and “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s (to the extent
they are Rating Agencies hereunder and are so rated by such Rating
Agency);
(iii) repurchase
obligations with respect to any security described in clause (i) above
entered into with a Depository Institution (acting as
principal);
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(iv) securities
bearing interest or sold at a discount that are issued by any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof
and that are rated by each Rating Agency that rates such securities in its
highest long-term unsecured rating categories at the time of such investment
or
contractual commitment providing for such investment;
(v) commercial
paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount obligations and
interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more
than 30 days after the date of acquisition thereof) that is rated by each Rating
Agency that rates such securities in its highest short-term unsecured debt
rating available at the time of such investment;
(vi) units
of
money market funds, including money market funds advised by the Depositor,
the
Trustee or an Affiliate thereof, that have been rated “Aaa” by Moody’s, “AAA” by
Standard & Poor’s and at least “AA” by Fitch (to the extent they are Rating
Agencies hereunder and such funds are so rated by such Rating Agency);
and
(vii) if
previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee, any other demand, money market
or time deposit, or any other obligation, security or investment, as may be
acceptable to the Rating Agencies as a permitted investment of funds backing
“Aaa” and “AAA” rated securities;
provided,
however,
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 provide a yield to maturity at par greater
than
120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
Permitted
Transferee:
Any
person other than a “disqualified organization” as defined in section
860E(e)(5).
Person:
Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Physical
Certificates:
The
Private Certificates.
Prepayment
Interest Excess:
As to
any Principal Prepayment in Full received by the Servicer from the first day
through the seventeenth day of any calendar month (other than the calendar
month
in which the Cut-off Date occurs), all amounts paid by the related Mortgagor
in
respect of interest on such Principal Prepayment. All Prepayment Interest Excess
shall be paid to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall:
As to
any Distribution Date, Mortgage Loan and Principal Prepayment received (a)
during the period from the eighteenth day of the month preceding the month
of
such Distribution Date through the last day of such month, in the case of a
Principal Prepayment in Full, or (b) during the month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date, in the case of a partial Principal Prepayment, the
amount, if any, by which one month’s interest at the related Mortgage Rate (less
the related Servicing Fee) on such Principal Prepayment exceeds the amount
of
interest actually paid by the Mortgagor in connection with such Principal
Prepayment.
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Prepayment
Penalty:
With
respect to any Prepayment Period, any prepayment premium, penalty or charge
collected by the Servicer from a Mortgagor pursuant to the terms of the related
Mortgage Note.
Prepayment
Period:
As to
each Distribution Date, the period from but excluding the Cut-off Date to and
including the 17th
day of
the month in which the first Determination Date occurs and each period
thereafter from and including the 18th
day of a
month to and including the Determination Date occurring in the following
month.
Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy:
Any
mortgage guaranty insurance, if any, on an individual Mortgage Loan, as
evidenced by a policy or certificate, whether such policy is obtained by the
originator, the lender, the borrower or the Seller on behalf of the Trust
Fund.
Principal
Distribution Amount:
For the
Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date will be the
sum of
the
Basic Principal Distribution Amount and the Extra Principal Distribution Amount,
in each case for that Distribution Date.
Principal
Remittance Amount:
For the
Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
sum of
(i)
the
principal portion of all Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans due during
the
related Due Period, whether or not received on or prior to the related
Determination Date;
(ii)
the
principal portion of all proceeds received in respect of the repurchase of
a
mortgage loan (or, in the case of a substitution, certain amounts representing
a
principal adjustment as required by this Agreement) during the related
Prepayment Period; and
(iii)
the
principal portion of all other unscheduled collections, including Insurance
Proceeds, condemnation proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, to the extent applied
as
recoveries of principal on the Mortgage Loans, and all full and partial
Principal Prepayments, received during the related Prepayment Period.
In
no
event will the Principal Remittance Amount with respect to any Distribution
Date
be (x) less than zero or (y) greater than the then outstanding aggregate Class
Principal Balance of the Offered Certificates.
Principal
Prepayment:
Any
payment of principal by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan that is received in
advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an amount
representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial Principal Prepayments shall
be
applied by the Servicer in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.
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Principal
Prepayment in Full:
Any
Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of
a
Mortgage Loan.
Private
Certificates:
Any
Class OC, Class P or Class R Certificate.
Projected
Net Liquidation Value:
With
respect to any Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan, the amount, set forth in an
Officer’s Certificate signed by a Servicing Officer in a form acceptable to the
Trustee, equal to (i) the fair market value of the related Mortgaged Property
as
determined by a real estate broker meeting the qualifications, and applying
broker’s price opinion methodology generally acceptable to, residential mortgage
servicers, or other property valuation opinion methodology customarily used
by
residential mortgage servicers with respect to defaulted loans, less (ii) the
Servicer’s good faith estimate of the total of all related costs of liquidation,
Servicing Fees, and Advances reasonably expected to be incurred in the event
the
Mortgaged Property were the subject of foreclosure or otherwise converted to,
and sold as, REO Property.
Proprietary
Lease:
With
respect to any Cooperative Unit, a lease or occupancy agreement between a
Cooperative Corporation and a holder of related Coop Shares.
PUD:
Planned
Unit Development.
Purchase
Price:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase,
(ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate from the date
through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the Due Date occurring
in the Due Period immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which the
Purchase Price is to be distributed to Certificateholders and (iii) any costs
and damages incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation by such
Mortgage Loan of any predatory- or abusive-lending law.
Rating
Agency:
Each of
S&P and Xxxxx’x. If any such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, “Rating Agency” shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References
herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such rating
category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Realized
Loss:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (other than a
Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan) that became a Liquidated Loan during the related
Prepayment Period will be the sum of (i) the principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan remaining outstanding (after all recoveries of principal have been applied
thereto) and the principal portion of P&I Advances made by the Servicer with
respect to such Mortgage Loan which have been reimbursed from Liquidation
Proceeds, and (ii) the accrued interest on such Mortgage Loan remaining unpaid
and the interest portion of P&I Advances made by the Servicer with respect
to such Mortgage Loan which have been reimbursed from Liquidation Proceeds.
The
amounts set forth in clause (i) are the principal portion of Realized Losses
and
the amounts set forth in clause (ii) are the interest portion of Realized
Losses. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Liquidated Loan, the
amount of any Debt Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation incurred with
respect to such Mortgage Loan as of the related Due Date will be treated as
a
Realized Loss. With respect to any Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan, the sum of
(i)
the amount by which the unpaid principal balance thereof exceeds the Projected
Net Liquidation Value thereof and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the
Projected Net Liquidation Value thereof exceeds Liquidation Proceeds received
in
respect thereof. The Realized Loss in respect of any Nonrecoverable Mortgage
Loan calculated pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence shall be given
effect as of the Prepayment Period during which the Servicer classifies such
loan as a Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan.
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Recognition
Agreement:
With
respect to any Cooperative Loan, an agreement between the Cooperative
Corporation and the originator of such Mortgage Loan which establishes the
rights of such originator in the Cooperative Property.
Record
Date:
The
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date.
Reference
Bank:
Leading
banks selected by the Servicer and engaged in transactions in U.S. dollar
deposits in the London interbank market.
Refinancing
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan originated in connection with the refinancing of an existing
mortgage loan.
Regular
Certificates:
Any of
the Offered Certificates and the Class OC Certificates.
Regulation
AB:
Regulation AB promulgated under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as
the
same may be amended from time to time; and all references to any rule, item,
section or subsection of, or definition or term contained in, Regulation AB
mean
such rule, item, section, subsection, definition or term, as the case may be,
or
any successor thereto, in each case as the same may be amended from time to
time.
Relief
Act:
The
Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act, as amended.
Relief
Act Interest Shortfall:
For any
Distribution Date and a Mortgage Loan will be the reduction in the amount of
interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar
month immediately preceding the related Distribution Date as a result of the
application of the Relief Act or similar state laws.
REMIC:
A “real
estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of section 860D of the
Code.
REMIC
Change of Law:
Any
proposed, temporary or final regulation, revenue ruling, revenue procedure
or
other official announcement or interpretation relating to REMICs and the REMIC
Provisions issued after the Closing Date.
REMIC
Provisions:
Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage
investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A through 860G of subchapter
M
of chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
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Remittance
Agency Agreement:
As
defined in Section 2.2 hereof.
REO
Disposition:
The
final sale by the applicable Servicer of any REO Property.
REO
Property:
A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through foreclosure or
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage
Loan.
Replacement
Swap Provider Payment:
Any
payments that have been received by the Trust as a result of entering into
a
replacement interest rate swap agreement.
Request
for Release:
The
Request for Release submitted by the Servicer to the Trustee, substantially
in
the form of Exhibit I.
Required
Recordation States:
The
states of Florida and Mississippi.
Residual
Certificates:
The
Class R Certificates.
Responsible
Officer:
When
used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice
President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, Managing Director, Director,
Associate or any other officer of the 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 to
whom,
with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Reuters
Screen LOBIR01:
The
display page designated as the "LIBOR01" page on Reuters (or such other page
as
may replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying London
inter-bank offered rates or prices of major banks).
Sales
Agreement:
The
Sales Agreement between the Depositor and Saxon Funding Management LLC regarding
the sale of the Mortgage Loans, dated as of the Closing Date.
S&P:
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc. If S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement,
the address for notices to S&P shall be Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage
Surveillance Monitoring, or such other address as S&P may hereafter furnish
to the Depositor and the Servicer.
Scheduled
Notional Amount:
For any
Distribution Date and the Swap Agreement, the notional amount with respect
to
which payments under the Swap Agreement will be calculated.
Scheduled
Payment:
The
scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due on any Due Date allocable
to
principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall give effect to any related Debt Service Reduction and
any Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the monthly payment due
on
such Mortgage Loan.
SEC
Rules:
Any
rules promulgated by the Commission, and any interpretations thereof by the
staff of the Commission.
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Securities
Act:
The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security
Release Certification:
As
defined in Section 2.2 hereof.
Seller:
SFM.
Senior
Certificates:
The
Group 1 Senior Certificates and the Group 2 Senior Certificates.
Senior
Enhancement Percentage:
For any
Distribution Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate Class
Principal Balance of the Subordinate Certificates (together with the
Overcollateralized Amount and taking into account the distributions of the
Principal Distribution Amount and all payments of principal from the Swap
Account, if any, for such Distribution Date) by (y) the aggregate principal
balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period.
Senior
Interest Distribution Amount:
With
respect to any Class of Senior Certificates and any Distribution Date, interest
accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period on the related Class
Principal Balance of that Class immediately prior to the Distribution Date
at
the Pass-Through Rate for that Class reduced (to an amount not less than zero),
in the case of such Class, by the allocable share, if any, for that Class of
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to the extent not covered by Compensating
Interest paid by the Servicer and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls, together
with
the Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date for such
Class of Senior Certificates.
Senior
Principal Distribution Amount:
With
respect to the Senior Certificates and any Distribution Date (i) prior to the
Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is in effect,
the Principal Distribution Amount or (ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if
a
Trigger Event is not in effect for the Offered Certificates for that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
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the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date; and
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the
excess (if any) of (A) the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the
Senior
Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B)
the
lesser of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the mortgage
loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period multiplied by approximately
52.60% and (ii) the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related
Due Period exceeds (y) the Overcollateralization
Floor.
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Servicer:
Saxon
Mortgage Services, Inc. and its permitted successors and assigns.
Servicing
Advances:
All
customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses incurred
in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations hereunder,
including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation, restoration
and
protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any expenses reimbursable to the
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 and any enforcement or judicial proceedings,
including foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of any REO Property
(including reasonable fees paid to any independent contractor in connection
therewith) and (iv) compliance with the obligations under Section 3.1 and
Section 3.9.
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Servicing
Criteria:
The
“servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be
amended from time to time.
Servicing
Fee:
As to
each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an amount payable out of each
full
payment of interest received on such Mortgage Loan and equal to one-twelfth
of
the Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month prior to the month of such
Distribution Date (or, in the case of an Odd Due Date Mortgage Loan, the Due
Date occurring in the second month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date).
Servicing
Fee Rate:
0.50%
per annum.
Servicing
Officer:
Any of
the President, any Vice President (however denominated), or Assistant Vice
President of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration
and servicing of one or more Mortgage Loans at the time of performance of the
relevant activity of the Servicer.
SFM:
Saxon
Funding Management LLC, and its successor and assigns.
SMS:
Saxon
Mortgage Services, Inc., a Texas corporation.
Startup
Day:
The
Closing Date.
Stated
Principal Balance:
For any
Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
as
of that Due Date, as specified in its amortization schedule at that time (before
any adjustment to the amortization schedule for any moratorium or similar waiver
or grace period), after giving effect to (i) the payment of principal due on
that Due Date, irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related
mortgagor, and (ii) prepayments of principal and the principal portion of
Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to that mortgage loan through the
last day of the related Prepayment Period.
Stepdown
Date:
With
respect to the Certificates, the later
to occur
of:
(1) the
earlier
to occur
of
(x) the
Distribution Date in May 2010, and
(y) the
Distribution Date immediately following the Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates is reduced to
zero;
and
(2) the
first
Distribution Date on which the Senior Enhancement Percentage (calculated for
this purpose only after taking into account distributions of principal on the
Mortgage Loans, but prior to any distribution of the Principal Distribution
Amount to the holders of the Offered Certificates then entitled to distributions
of principal on the Distribution Date) is greater than or equal to approximately
47.40%.
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Subcontractor:
Any
vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall
servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the
mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more
discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect
to
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Servicer or a
Subservicer.
Subordinate
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount:
With
respect to any Class of Subordinate Certificates and any Distribution Date,
an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of interest
such Class of Subordinate Certificates would have been entitled to receive
on
such Distribution Date if the Aggregate Net WAC Cap had not been applicable
to
such Class on such Distribution Date over (y) the amount of interest accrued
on
such Distribution Date at the Aggregate Net WAC Cap and (ii) the related Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amount for previous Distribution Dates remaining unpaid
together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the related Pass-Through
Rate
for such Class of Subordinate Certificates for the most recently ended Interest
Accrual Period.
Subordinate
Certificates:
The
Class M Certificates and the Class B Certificates.
Subordinate
Interest Distribution Amount:
With
respect to any Class of Subordinate Certificates and any Distribution Date,
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period on the related
Class
Principal Balance of that Class immediately prior to the Distribution Date
at
the Pass-Through Rate for that Class reduced (to an amount not less than zero),
in the case of such Class, by the allocable share, if any, for that Class of
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to the extent not covered by Compensating
Interest paid by the Servicer and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
Subservicer:
Any
Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Servicer or any
Subservicer, performing the substantial majority of the material functions
required to be performed by the Servicer under this Agreement that are
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Subservicing
Agreement:
Any
written contract for the subservicing of the Mortgage Loans between the Servicer
and a Subservicer.
Subsequent
Recoveries:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan,
unexpected recoveries, net of reimbursable expenses, received by the Servicer
and remitted by it to the Trustee, with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan
that resulted in a Realized Loss in a month prior to the month of receipt of
such recoveries. As to any Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan, the excess of (i)
any
net Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such loan; over (ii) the
Projected Net Liquidation Value thereof.
Substitute
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan substituted by the Depositor or Servicer for a Deleted Mortgage
Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, as confirmed in a Request
for
Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, (i) have a Stated Principal
Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the Scheduled Payment
due
in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not more than 10% less
than
the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) accrue interest
on the same basis as the Deleted Mortgage Loan and be accruing interest at
a
rate no lower than and not more than 1% per annum higher than, that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that
of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted
Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan; (v) be covered by a Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy if the Deleted Mortgage Loan was so covered; and (vi) comply
with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.3 hereof. Any
of
the characteristics described above may be satisfied in the aggregate by one
or
more Substitute Mortgage Loans.
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Substitution
Adjustment Amount:
The
meaning ascribed to such term pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof.
Supplemental
Interest Trust:
The
corpus of a trust created pursuant to Section 4.8 of this Agreement and
designated as the “Supplemental Interest Trust” or the “Saxon Asset Securities
2007-2 Supplemental Interest Trust,” consisting of the Swap Agreement, the Swap
Account, the Cap Agreement and the Excess Reserve Fund Account.
Swap
Account:
The
meaning ascribed to such term pursuant to Section 4.8 hereof.
Swap
Agreement:
The
interest rate swap agreement documented pursuant to the 1992 ISDA Master
Agreement, together with a schedule, credit support annex and confirmation,
between the Trustee, on behalf of the Supplemental Interest Trust, and the
Swap
Counterparty attached hereto as Exhibit Q.
Swap
Counterparty:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Capital Services Inc.
and any
permitted successor thereto.
Swap
Payment Allocation:
For any
Class of Certificates and any Distribution Date, that Class’s pro rata share of
the Net Swap Receipts, if any, for that Distribution Date, based on the Class
Principal Balances at the beginning of the related Due Period of the Classes
of
Certificates.
Swap
Payment Rate:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the quotient of
(i)
the product of (a) Net Swap Payment or Swap Termination Payment (other than
a
Defaulted Swap Termination Payment) owed to the Swap Counterparty for such
Distribution Date multiplied by (b) 12, divided by (ii) the aggregate of the
Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the
related Due Period, adjusted to reflect prepayments received after the first
Day
of the related Due Period that were distributed on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date.
Swap
Termination Payment:
Any
payment payable by the Trust or the Swap Counterparty upon termination of the
Swap Agreement as a result of an Event of Default (as defined in the Swap
Agreement) or a Termination Event (as defined in the Swap Agreement);
provided that
a Swap
Termination Payment shall not include any such amount to the extent already
received by the Swap Counterparty as a Replacement Swap Provider
Payment.
Transfer:
Any
direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate.
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Three
Month Rolling Average:
With
respect to the Mortgage Loans and the end of the Due Period related to any
Distribution Date, the rolling 3 month average percentage of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 60 or more days
delinquent (including mortgage loans in foreclosure, REO Properties and mortgage
loans discharged in bankruptcy).
Trigger
Event:
either
a Cumulative Loss Trigger Event or a Delinquency Loss Trigger
Event.
Trustee:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and its successors and, if a successor
trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee
Fee:
As to
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate
multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance with respect to such Distribution
Date.
Trustee
Fee Rate:
0.0042%
per annum.
Trust
Fund:
As
described in Section 2.1 hereof.
Underwriter:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated.
Underwriter’s
Exemption:
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2007-5, 72 Fed. Reg. 13130 (2007), as amended
(or any successor thereto), or any substantially similar administrative
exemption granted by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Underwritten
Certificates:
The
Certificates purchased by the Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
by and among SFM, Saxon Asset Securities Company and the
Underwriter.
Unpaid
Interest Shortfall Amount
For any
Class of Offered Certificates, the sum of Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and
net
prepayment interest shortfalls on the mortgage loans allocated to such Class
of
Offered Certificates on that Distribution Date and such amounts from any prior
Distribution Date remaining unpaid.
Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount
For any
Class of Certificates, the portion of any Realized Losses previously allocated
to that Class remaining unpaid from prior Distribution Dates.
Upper-Tier
REMIC:
REMIC
3.
Voting
Rights:
The
voting rights of the trust will be allocated as follows:
(i) 1%
to
each of the Class OC, Class P and Class R Certificates; and
(ii) the
remainder to the Classes of Offered Certificates in proportion to their
respective outstanding Class Principal Balances.
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ARTICLE
2
CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section
2.1
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Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans.
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(a)
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To
provide for the distribution of the principal of and interest on
the
Certificates in accordance with their terms, the distribution of
all other
sums distributable hereunder with respect to the Certificates and
the
performance of the covenants contained herein, the Depositor hereby
bargains, sells, conveys, assigns and transfers to the Trustee, in
trust,
without recourse and for the exclusive benefit of the Certificateholders
as their interests may appear, all the Depositor’s right, title and
interest in and to any and all benefits accruing to the Depositor
from:
(i) the Mortgage Loans, which the Depositor is causing to be
delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian) herewith (and all Substitute
Mortgage Loans substituted therefor), together in each case with
the
related Mortgage Files and the Depositor’s interest in any collateral that
secured a Mortgage Loan but that is acquired by foreclosure or
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure after the Closing Date, and all Scheduled
Payments due after the Cut-off Date and all principal prepayments
received
with respect to the Mortgage Loans paid by the borrower after the
Cut-off
Date and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
the
foregoing; (ii) the Sales Agreement; (iii) the Swap
Agreement, (iv) the Cap Agreement; and (v) all proceeds of any
of the foregoing (including, but not limited to, all proceeds of
any
mortgage insurance, hazard insurance, or title insurance policy relating
to the Mortgage Loans, cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable,
notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts,
rights to payment of any and every kind, and other forms of obligations
and receivables, which at any time constitute all or part or are
included
in the proceeds of any of the foregoing) to pay the Certificates
as
specified herein (items (i) through (v) above collectively, the
“Trust Fund”). The Trustee is hereby authorized to enter into the Cap
Agreement and the Swap Agreement on behalf of the Supplemental Interest
Trust.
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(b)
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In
connection with the transfer set forth in clause (a) above, the Depositor
has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian
on
its behalf for the benefit of the Certificateholders the following
documents or instruments (collectively, the “Mortgage Loan Documents”)
with respect to each Mortgage Loan so
transferred:
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(i) (A)
the
original Mortgage Note endorsed by manual or facsimile signature to the Trustee
or the Custodian or in blank, without recourse, with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to
the
Person endorsing the Mortgage Note (the “Last Endorsee”) (each such endorsement
being sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the party so
endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note);
or
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(B)
with
respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit from the Depositor
stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with
a
copy of such Mortgage Note;
(ii) except
with respect to any Cooperative Loan, the original recorded Mortgage or a copy
of such Mortgage certified by the Depositor, the originating lender, settlement
agent, or escrow company as being a true and complete copy of the
Mortgage;
(iii) except
with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which the related Mortgage names the
Custodian as nominee for the originating lender (or similar designation
satisfactory to the Custodian), as beneficiary or mortgagee, either (A) a duly
executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank, or (B) an original recorded
assignment of the Mortgage from the Last Endorsee to the Custodian or a copy
of
such assignment of Mortgage certified by the Depositor, the originating lender,
settlement agent, or escrow company as being a true and complete copy thereof
which in either case may be included in a blanket assignment or assignments;
(iv) each
interim recorded assignment of such Mortgage, or a copy of each such interim
recorded assignment of Mortgage certified by the Depositor, the originating
lender, settlement agent, or escrow company as being a true and complete copy
thereof;
(v) the
original or copies of each assumption, modification, written assurance or
substitution agreement, if any;
(vi) except
as
to any second lien Mortgage Loan in the original principal amount of $50,000.00
or less, either the original or duplicate original title policy (including
all
riders thereto) with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, if available,
provided that the title policy (including all riders thereto) will be delivered
as soon as it becomes available, and if the title policy is not available,
and
to the extent required pursuant to the second paragraph below or otherwise
in
connection with the rating of the Certificates, a written commitment or interim
binder or preliminary report of the title issued by the title insurance or
escrow company with respect to the Mortgaged Property; and
(vii) in
the
case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of the following documents or
instruments:
(a)
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The
Coop Shares, together with a stock power in
blank;
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(b)
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The
executed Security Agreement;
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(c)
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The
executed Proprietary Lease;
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(d)
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The
executed Recognition Agreement;
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(e)
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The
executed UCC1 financing statement with evidence of recording thereon
which
have been filed in all places required to perfect the Depositor’s interest
in the Coop Shares and the Proprietary Lease;
and
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(f)
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Executed
UCC3 financing statements or other appropriate UCC financing statements
required by state law, evidencing a complete and unbroken line from
the
mortgagee to the Trustee with evidence of recording thereon (or in
a form
suitable for recordation).
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(viii) the
original Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or certificate or, an electronic
certification evidencing the existence of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
or certificate, if private mortgage guaranty insurance is required;
In
the
event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan the Depositor cannot deliver
(a)
the original recorded Mortgage or (b) any recorded assignments or interim
assignments satisfying the requirements of clause (iii) or (iv) above,
respectively, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof because such
document or documents have not been returned from the applicable public
recording office, the Depositor shall deliver such documents to the Trustee
or
the Custodian on its behalf as promptly as possible upon receipt thereof and,
in
any event, within 720 days following the Closing Date. The Depositor or Servicer
shall forward or cause to be forwarded to the Trustee or the Custodian on its
behalf (a) from time to time additional original documents evidencing an
assumption or modification of a Mortgage Loan and (b) any other documents
required to be delivered by the Depositor or the Servicer to the Trustee. In
the
case where a public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage
or
in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public recording
office, the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of such Mortgage
certified (to the extent such certification is reasonably obtainable) by such
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage.
In
addition, in the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan the Depositor
cannot deliver the original or duplicate original lender’s title policy
(together with all riders thereto), satisfying the requirements of clause (vi)
above, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof because the related
Mortgage or a related assignment has not been returned from the applicable
public recording office, the Depositor shall promptly deliver to the Trustee
or
the Custodian on its behalf such original or duplicate original lender’s title
policy (together with all riders thereto) upon receipt thereof from the
applicable title insurer, and in any event, within 720 days following the
Closing Date.
Subject
to the immediately following sentence, as promptly as practicable subsequent
to
the transfer set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2.1, and in any event,
within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Servicer shall as to any Mortgage Loan
with respect to which the Depositor delivers an assignment of the Mortgage
in
blank pursuant to clause (b)(iii)(A) of this Section 2.1, (i) complete each
such
assignment of Mortgage to conform to clause (b)(iii)(B) of this Section 2.1,
(ii) cause such assignment to be in proper form for recording in the appropriate
public office for real property records, and (iii) cause to be delivered for
recording in the appropriate public office for real property records each such
assignment of the Mortgages, except that, with respect to any assignments of
Mortgage as to which the Servicer has not received the information required
to
prepare such assignments in recordable form, the Servicer’s obligation to do so
and to deliver the same for such recording shall be as soon as practicable
after
receipt of such information and in any event within thirty (30) days after
receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer need not cause
to
be recorded any assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan in any state other
than the Required Recordation States; however
with
respect to each MERS Mortgage Loan, the Servicer, at the expense of the
Depositor, shall take such actions as are necessary to cause the Trustee to
be
clearly identified as the owner of each such Mortgage Loan on the record of
MERS
for purposes of the system of recording transfers of beneficial ownership of
mortgages maintained by MERS.
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In
the
case of Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid in full as of the Closing Date,
the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents to the Trustee or
the
Custodian on its behalf, will deposit in the Collection Account the portion
of
such payment that is required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant
to Section 3.8 hereof.
(c)
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It
is agreed and understood by the Depositor (and the Depositor so represents
and recognizes) that it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan to
be
included in the Trust Fund be (i) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in
the New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003, (ii)
a
“High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection
Act effective January 1, 2004, (iii) a
“High-Cost Home Mortgage Loan” as defined in the Massachusetts Predatory
Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004 or (iv) a “High Cost
Home Loan” as defined in the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act effective
January 1, 2005.
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Section
2.2 Acceptance
by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
The
Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee acknowledges receipt of
the
documents identified in the initial certification in the form annexed hereto
as
Exhibit C (the “Initial Certification”) and declares that it or the Custodian
holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it
constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it or the Custodian holds or will
hold
such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive
use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
The
Trustee agrees to execute and deliver or to cause the Custodian to execute
and
deliver on the Closing Date to the Depositor and the Servicer an Initial
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C. Based on its or the
Custodian’s review and examination, and only as to the documents identified in
such Initial Certification, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee acknowledges
that such documents appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage
Loan. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodian shall be under any duty or
obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable
or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have actually been
recorded in the real estate records or that they are other than what they
purport to be on their face.
Not
later
than 360 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver or shall cause
the Custodian to deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer a Final Certification
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the
event
there are exceptions to the Final Certification, the Trustee may transmit such
exceptions electronically (via email) to the Depositor and the Servicer, subject
to the prior approval of the Depositor and the Servicer.
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If,
in
the course of such review, the Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee finds any document constituting a part of a Mortgage File which does
not
meet the requirements of Section 2.1 hereof (the “Mortgage Loan Document
Requirements”), the Trustee shall list or shall cause the Custodian to list such
as an exception in the Final Certification; provided, however that neither
the
Trustee nor the Custodian shall make any determination as to whether (i) any
endorsement is sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the
party
so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note
or
(ii) any assignment is in recordable form or is sufficient to effect the
assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof under the mortgage to which
the assignment relates. SFM shall promptly correct or cure such defect within
90
days from the date it was so notified of such defect and, if SFM does not
correct or cure such defect within such period, SFM shall either (a) substitute
for the related Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution
shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth
in
Section 2.3 hereof, or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within
90 days from the date SFM was notified of such defect in writing at the Purchase
Price of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall such
substitution or purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date, except
that if the substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this
provision is required by reason of a delay in delivery of any documents by
the
appropriate recording office, and there is a dispute between either the Servicer
or SFM and the Trustee over the location or status of the recorded document,
then such substitution or purchase shall occur within 720 days from the Closing
Date. Any such substitution pursuant to (a) above shall not be effected prior
to
the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.4
hereof, if any, and any substitution pursuant to (a) above shall not be effected
prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release
substantially in the form of Exhibit I. No substitution is permitted to be
made
in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. The Purchase
Price for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by SFM in the Collection
Account on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the
Distribution Date in the month following the month of repurchase and, upon
receipt of such deposit and certification with respect thereto in the form
of
Exhibit I hereto, the Trustee shall cause the Custodian to release the related
Mortgage File to SFM and shall execute and deliver at SFM’s request such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by SFM, in each case without
recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in SFM, or a designee, the Trustee’s
interest in any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
As
soon
as practicable after the delivery of a Substitute Mortgage Loan under Section
2.3 hereof, the Servicer, at the expense of the Depositor, shall (i) with
respect to a Substitute Mortgage Loan that is a Non-MERS Mortgage Loan, cause
the assignment of mortgage to be recorded by the Servicer if required pursuant
to Section 2.1 hereof or (ii) with respect to a Substitute Mortgage Loan that
is
a MERS Mortgage Loan, cause to be taken such actions as are necessary to cause
the Trustee to be clearly identified as the owner of each such Mortgage Loan
on
the records of MERS if required pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.
The
Trustee shall retain or shall cause the Custodian to retain possession and
custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein. The Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee
or the Custodian on its behalf, upon the execution or receipt thereof, the
originals of such other documents or instruments constituting the Mortgage
File
as come into the possession of the Servicer from time to time.
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It
is
understood and agreed that the obligation of SFM to substitute for or to
purchase any Mortgage Loan which does not meet the requirements of Section
2.1
hereof shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such defect available to
the
Trustee and any Certificateholder against the Depositor or SFM.
In
order
to facilitate sales and deliveries of Mortgage Loans to the Trust Fund, the
Trustee may execute and deliver one or more remittance agency agreements in
substantially the form of Exhibit K hereto (each, a "Remittance Agency
Agreement"), and in such event the Trustee: (i) shall perform the duties of
Remittance Agent (as that term is defined in the related Remittance Agency
Agreement); and (ii) may accept as conclusive evidence of the release of the
related security interests one or more security release certifications in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit L hereto (each, a "Security Release
Certification").
Section
2.3 Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor and the Servicer.
(a) The
Servicer represents and warrants to the Trustee and the Swap Counterparty that,
as of the Closing Date:
(i) the
Servicer is a corporation licensed as a mortgage servicer duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its
incorporation and has, and had at all relevant times, full corporate power
to
service the Mortgage Loans, to own its property, to carry on its business as
presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement. The Servicer has all necessary licenses and is qualified to transact
business in and is in good standing under the laws of each state where any
Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise exempt under applicable law from
such qualification or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect
such qualification and no demand for such qualification has been made upon
the
Servicer by any state having jurisdiction;
(ii) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Servicer and the performance
by
it of and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not (A) violate
the
Servicer's articles of incorporation or by-laws or constitute a default (or
an
event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default)
under, or result in the breach or acceleration of, any material contract,
agreement or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or which may
be
applicable to the Servicer or any of its assets or (B) result in the creation
or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its properties
pursuant to the terms of any such contract, agreement or other
instrument;
(iii) the
Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated by it, has duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has
duly executed and delivered this Agreement. This Agreement, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes
a
valid, legal and binding obligation of the Servicer, enforceable against it
in
accordance with the terms hereof, except as such enforcement may be limited
by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and
by
general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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(iv) the
Servicer is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Servicer and the performance by it 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, which violation would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Servicer or any of its properties or materially and adversely
affect the performance of any of its duties hereunder; and
(v) there
are
no actions or proceedings against, or investigations of, the Servicer pending
or, to the knowledge of the Servicer, threatened, before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal (A) that, if determined adversely,
would
prohibit its 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 performance by the Servicer of any of its obligations under, or the validity
or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(b) The
Depositor represents and warrants to the Trustee and the Swap Counterparty
that,
as of the Closing Date:
(i) the
Depositor is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation and has, and had
at
all relevant times, full corporate power to own its property, to carry on its
business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations
under this Agreement;
(ii) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Depositor and the performance
by
it of and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not (A) violate
the
Depositor's articles of incorporation or by-laws or constitute a default (or
an
event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default)
under, or result in the breach or acceleration of, any material contract,
agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or which may
be
applicable to the Depositor or any of its assets or (B) result in the creation
or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its properties
pursuant to the terms of any such contract, agreement or other
instrument;
(iii) the
Depositor has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated by it, has duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has
duly executed and delivered this Agreement. This Agreement, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes
a
valid, legal and binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against it
in
accordance with the terms hereof, except as such enforcement may be limited
by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and
by
general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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(iv) the
Depositor is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Depositor and the performance by it 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, which violation would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Depositor or any of its properties or materially and adversely
affect the performance of any of its duties hereunder; and
(v) there
are
no actions or proceedings against, or investigations of, the Depositor pending
or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened, before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal (A) that, if determined adversely,
would
prohibit its 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 performance by the Depositor of any of its obligations under, or the
validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(c) Pursuant
to Section 2.1(a)(iii) hereof, the Depositor has assigned to the Trustee, for
the benefit of Certificateholders, its rights under each Sales Agreement,
including each representation and warranty applicable to the Mortgage Loans
(and
the applicable remedies) set forth in such Sales Agreement in respect of the
Mortgage Loans. Each Sales Agreement provides remedies against SFM directly
to
the Depositor.
Upon
discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a representation or
warranty made by the Seller in respect of the Mortgage Loans that (i) materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any such
Mortgage Loan or (ii) is set forth in subsections (B) or (C) of Exhibit B to
the
Sales Agreement between the Depositor and SFM, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties. SFM hereby covenants
that
within 90 days of the earlier of its discovery or its receipt of written notice
from any party of a breach such of any representation or warranty which (x)
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in
any
Mortgage Loan (it being understood that any such breach shall be deemed to
materially and adversely affect the value of such Mortgage Loan or the interest
of the Trust Fund therein, if the Trust Fund incurs a loss as the result of
such
breach) or (y) is set forth in subsections (B) or (C) of Exhibit B to the Sales
Agreement between the Depositor and SFM, it shall cure such breach in all
material respects, and if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if such 90-day
period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove
such
Mortgage Loan (a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) from the Trust Fund and substitute in
its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage
Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the manner
set
forth below; provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant to (i)
above
shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of
Counsel required by Section 2.4(a) hereof, if any, and any such substitution
pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery
to
the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf of a Request for Release
substantially in the form of Exhibit I and the Mortgage File for any such
Substitute Mortgage Loan. SFM shall promptly reimburse the Servicer and the
Trustee for any expenses reasonably incurred by the Servicer or the Trustee
in
respect of enforcing the remedies against the Seller. With respect to the
representations and warranties described in this Section which are made to
the
best of SFM’s knowledge, if it is discovered by either the Servicer or the
Trustee that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate
(if
required to impose the obligations described above on SFM) and such inaccuracy
materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or
the
interests of the Certificateholders therein, notwithstanding SFM’s lack of
knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation or warranty,
such
inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation or
warranty.
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With
respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan, SFM shall deliver to the Trustee or
the
Custodian on its behalf for the benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and such other
documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.1, with the Mortgage
Note
endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.1. No substitution
is permitted to be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date
for
such month. Scheduled Payments due with respect to Substitute Mortgage Loans
in
the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be
retained by SFM on the next succeeding Distribution Date. For the month of
substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will include the monthly
payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for such month and thereafter SFM
shall
be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan. The Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of
the
Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and
the
substitution of the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Servicer shall
deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such
substitution, the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the
terms of this Agreement in all respects, and SFM shall be deemed to have made
with respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of
substitution, the representations and warranties made by SFM pursuant to the
Sales Agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution
and the deposit to the Collection Account of the amount required to be deposited
therein in connection with such substitution as described in the following
paragraph, the Trustee shall release or shall cause the Custodian to release
the
Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such
Deleted Mortgage Loan to SFM and shall execute and deliver at SFM’s direction
such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by SFM , in each case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in SFM, or its designee,
the Trustee’s interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to
this Section 2.3.
For
any
month in which SFM substitutes one or more Substitute Mortgage Loans for one
or
more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount (if any)
by
which the aggregate principal balance of all such Substitute Mortgage Loans
as
of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal
portion of the monthly payments due in the month of substitution). The amount
of
such shortage (the “Substitution Adjustment Amount”) plus an amount equal to the
sum of (i) the aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances with respect to such
Deleted Mortgage Loans and (ii) any costs and damages actually incurred and
paid
by or on behalf of the Trust in connection with any breach of the representation
and warranty resulting from a violation of a predatory or abusive lending law
applicable to such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Collection Account
by
SFM on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution
Date
in the month succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage
Loan became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.
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In
the
event that SFM shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price
therefor shall be deposited in the Collection Account on or prior to the
Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month
following the month during which SFM became obligated hereunder to repurchase
or
replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the
delivery of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.4 hereof and receipt
of
a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit I hereto, the Trustee shall release
or shall cause the Custodian to release the related Mortgage File held for
the
benefit of the Certificateholders to SFM, and the Trustee shall execute and
deliver or shall cause the Custodian to execute and deliver at SFM’s direction
such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each
case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee.
It
is understood and agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of each Seller
to cure, repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such
breach available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on their
behalf.
The
representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.3 (and the
representations and warranties with respect to the Mortgage Loans made in each
Sales Agreement) shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to
the
Trustee or the Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
(d) Upon
discovery by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan
does not constitute a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall promptly (and
in
any event within five (5) Business Days of discovery) give written notice
thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require
SFM, at SFM’s option, to either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section
2.3(d) with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Substitute Mortgage Loan
for the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan
within 90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage
Loan
for a breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to this Section 2.3.
The Trustee shall reconvey or shall cause the Custodian to reconvey to SFM
the
Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the
same
terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of
a
representation or warranty contained in this Section 2.3.
Section
2.4 Delivery
of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions.
Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, no substitution pursuant to Section
2.2 or Section 2.3 shall be made more than 90 days after the Closing Date unless
the Depositor or SFM delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of either the Trustee or the
Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that such substitution
will
not result in an Adverse REMIC Event.
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Section
2.5 Execution
and Delivery of Certificates.
The
Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust Fund and,
concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and delivered
to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized denominations
evidencing directly or indirectly the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. The
Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to above
for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates and to
perform the duties set forth in this Agreement to the best of its ability,
to
the end that the interests of the Holders of the Certificates may be adequately
and effectively protected.
ARTICLE
3
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
3.1 Servicer
to Service Mortgage Loans.
For
and
on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Servicer shall service and administer
the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and customary
and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage loan servicers. In
connection with such servicing and administration, the Servicer shall have
full
power and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers as provided in
Section 3.2 hereof, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may
deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and
administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject
to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged
Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only
in the manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance
Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure
or
other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any
Mortgage Loan; provided that the Servicer shall not take any action that is
inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and interests of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. The
Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Trust Fund in the
same
manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio
in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan, provided,
however, that unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the
Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, imminent
or
(y) in the absence of default or imminent default, any such waiver,
modification, postponement or indulgence would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event,
the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own
name
or in the name of the Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby authorized and
empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it
appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all
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 held for the benefit of
the
Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor
and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by either
or
both of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service
and administer the Mortgage Loans to the extent that the Servicer is not
permitted to execute and deliver such documents pursuant to the preceding
sentence. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee
shall
promptly execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer.
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In
accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Servicer shall
make Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment
of
taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be
reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors
pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof, and further as provided in Section 3.8 hereof.
The costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the timely payments
of
taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums
shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the
Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balances of the related
Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so
permit.
Upon
request of the Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall furnish the
Servicer with any powers of attorney necessary or appropriate to enable the
Servicer to execute in the name of the Trustee or the Custodian, as applicable,
all documents reasonably required to perform the servicing functions described
in this Article 3.
Section
3.2 Subservicing;
Enforcement of the Obligations of Servicers.
(a) The
Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan by a Subservicer
pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement; provided, however, that such subservicing
arrangement and the terms of the related Subservicing Agreement must provide
for
the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner consistent with the servicing
arrangements contemplated hereunder. Unless the context otherwise requires,
references in this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Servicer
in
servicing the Mortgage Loans include actions taken or to be taken by a
Subservicer on behalf of the Servicer. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference
to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders
for the servicing and administration 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 Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed
pursuant to the related Subservicing Agreement shall be performed as an agent
of
the Servicer with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the
Servicer.
(b) For
purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received any
collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
are
received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such payments are remitted
by
the Subservicer to the Servicer.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, as a condition to the utilization
of
any Subservicer or Subcontractor determined to be “participating in the
servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 with respect to more than 5
percent of the pool assets, the Servicer shall obtain from any such Subservicer
or Subcontractor used by the Servicer for the benefit of the Depositor a written
agreement from such Subservicer or Subcontractor (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Depositor) to comply with the provisions of Sections 3.16
and 3.17 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer or
Subcontractor were the Servicer.
Section
3.3 Rights
of the Trustee in Respect of the Servicer.
The
Trustee shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure
to act by the Servicer nor shall the Trustee be obligated to supervise the
performance of the Servicer hereunder or otherwise.
Section
3.4 Trustee
to Act as Servicer.
In
the
event that the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer hereunder
(including by reason of an Event of Default), the Successor Servicer shall
thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder
arising thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses
of the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.9 hereof or any acts or omissions of
the
predecessor Servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is
prohibited from doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate
repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder including, but not
limited to, repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
2.2 or 2.3 hereof, (iv) responsible for expenses of the Servicer pursuant to
Section 2.3 hereof or (v) deemed to have made any representations and warranties
of the Servicer hereunder). If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer
be
the Servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default), the Successor
Servicer shall succeed to any rights and obligations of the Servicer under
this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The
Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the expense of the Servicer,
deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to the
Servicing Agreement or substitute servicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans
then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected or held
by
it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
transfer of the substitute Servicing Agreement to the assuming
party.
Section
3.5 Collection
of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account; Distribution
Account.
(a) The
Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with the customary and
usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage servicers to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans to
the
extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement. Consistent
with
the foregoing, and subject to the provisions of Section 3.1 hereof, the Servicer
may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or penalty interest
and
(ii) extend the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period
not
greater than 180 days; provided, however, that the Servicer cannot extend the
maturity of any such Mortgage Loan past the date on which the final payment
is
due on the latest maturing Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date. In the event
of
any such arrangement, any P&I Advance required to be made by the Servicer on
the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions hereof (i) with
respect to the Prepayment Period in which such arrangement became effective
shall be made in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage
Loan
without giving effect to the modification thereof by reason of such arrangements
and (ii) with respect to any Prepayment Period thereafter shall be made in
accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan as so modified.
The Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in litigation with
respect to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note
or
otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with respect to a
taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision
of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment is required
is prohibited by applicable law.
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The
Servicer shall comply with the provisions of Section 3.21 hereof with respect
to
each Prepayment Penalty related to the Mortgage Loans.
(b) The
Servicer shall establish and maintain a Collection Account into which the
Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited as soon as practicable following
receipt but in no event no later than two Business Days after receipt, except
as
otherwise specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections
remitted by Subservicers or received by it in respect of Mortgage Loans
subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest
due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date) and the following
amounts required to be deposited hereunder:
(i) all
payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans, including Principal
Prepayments;
(ii) all
payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans, net of the related
Servicing Fee and any Prepayment Interest Excess;
(iii) each
Prepayment Penalty required to be deposited by the Servicer
hereunder;
(iv) all
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, other than proceeds to be applied
to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer’s normal servicing
procedures;
(v) any
amount required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.5(d)
in
connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;
(vi) any
amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.9(b)
and
(d) hereof, and in respect of net monthly rental income from REO Property
pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof;
(vii) any
amounts required to be deposited pursuant to this Agreement in connection with
the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan by SFM;
(viii) all
Substitution Adjustment Amounts;
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(ix) all
P&I Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.19 hereof;
and
(x) the
amount of any Subsequent Recoveries.
In
addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a buydown
agreement, on each Due Date for such Mortgage Loan, in addition to the monthly
payment remitted by the Mortgagor, the Servicer shall cause funds to be
deposited into the Collection Account in an amount required to cause an amount
of interest to be paid with respect to such Mortgage Loan equal to the amount
of
interest that has accrued on such Mortgage Loan from the preceding Due Date
at
the related Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) on such
date.
The
foregoing requirements for remittance by the Servicer shall be exclusive, it
being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges, assumption fees
or
amounts attributable to reimbursements of Advances, if collected, need not
be
remitted by the Servicer. In the event that the Servicer shall remit any amount
not required to be remitted, it may at any time withdraw or direct the
institution maintaining the Collection Account to withdraw such amount from
the
Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Such
withdrawal or direction may be accomplished by delivering written notice thereof
to the Trustee or such other institution maintaining the Collection Account
which describes the amounts deposited in error in the Collection Account. The
Servicer shall maintain adequate records with respect to all withdrawals made
pursuant to this Section. All funds deposited in the Collection Account shall
be
held in trust for the Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with
Section 3.8.
(c) The
Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of Certificateholders, the
Distribution Account. On each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Servicer
shall remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account the Available
Distribution Amount for such date. In addition, the Trustee shall deposit any
amounts received from the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.5(d) in connection
with
losses on Permitted Investments in the Distribution Account.
In
the
event that the Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be remitted,
it
may at any time direct the Trustee to withdraw such amount from the Distribution
Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Such direction
may be accomplished by delivering an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee which
describes the amounts deposited in error in the Distribution Account. All funds
deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by the Trustee in trust
for
the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or
withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.8. In no event shall the Trustee incur
liability for withdrawals from the Distribution Account at the direction of
the
Servicer.
(d) The
institutions at which the Collection Account and Distribution Account are
maintained shall invest funds as directed by the Servicer in Permitted
Investments which in each case shall mature not later than (i) in the case
of
the Collection Account, the second Business Day immediately preceding the
related Distribution Account Deposit Date (except that if such Permitted
Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains such account,
then
such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the Business Day next
preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date) and (ii) in the case of the
Distribution Account, the Business Day next preceding the related Distribution
Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the
institution that maintains such fund or account, then such Permitted Investment
shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and, in each case, shall
not
be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted Investments
shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. All income and gain net of any losses realized from any
such
investment of funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall be for the
benefit of the Servicer as servicing compensation and all income and gain net
of
any losses realized from any such investment of funds on deposit in the
Distribution Account shall be for the benefit of the Servicer. The amount of
any
realized losses in the Collection Account or the Distribution Account in respect
of any such investments shall promptly be deposited by the Servicer in the
Collection Account or the Distribution Account, respectively. The Trustee in
its
fiduciary capacity shall not be liable for the amount of any loss incurred
in
respect of any investment or lack of investment of funds held in the Collection
Account and made in accordance with this Section 3.5.
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(e) In
order
to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from
time
to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the
funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), the
Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating
to
individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the
Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to the Trustee
upon
its request from time to time such identifying information and documentation
as
may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee to comply with
Applicable Law.
Section
3.6 Collection
of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.
(a) To
the
extent required by the related Mortgage Note and not violative of current law,
the Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (each, an “Escrow
Account”) and deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or
advances by the Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard
insurance premiums or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors.
Nothing herein shall require the Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish
an
Escrow Account in violation of applicable law.
(b) Withdrawals
of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be made only to effect
timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, condominium
or
PUD association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse the Servicer out of
related collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections 3.1 hereof (with
respect to taxes and assessments and insurance premiums) and 3.9 hereof (with
respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums determined
to
be overages, to pay interest, if required by law or the terms of the related
Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account
or to
clear and terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement
in
accordance with Section 9.1 hereof. The Escrow Accounts shall not be a part
of
the Trust Fund.
(c) The
Servicer shall advance, as Servicing Advances, any payments referred to in
Section 3.6(a) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors on the date when
the
tax, premium or other cost for which such payment is intended is due, provided,
however that the Servicer shall not be required to make any such advance if
such
advance, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, would constitute a
Nonrecoverable Advance.
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Section
3.7 Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans.
The
Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the Trustee reasonable access to all
records and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans and all accounts,
insurance information and other matters relating to this Agreement, such access
being afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during
normal business hours at the office designated by the Servicer.
Upon
reasonable advance notice in writing, the Servicer will provide to each
Certificateholder which is a savings and loan association, bank or insurance
company certain reports and reasonable access to information and documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to
comply with applicable regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities
with respect to investment in the Certificates; provided that the Servicer
shall
be entitled to be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses
incurred by the Servicer in providing such reports and access.
Section
3.8 Permitted
Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Distribution Account.
(a) The
Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from the Collection Account
for
the following purposes:
(i) to
the
extent not previously retained by the Servicer, to pay to the Servicer the
servicing compensation to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.14, and
earnings on or investment income with respect to funds in or credited to the
Collection Account as additional servicing compensation;
(ii) to
the
extent not previously retained by the Servicer, to reimburse the Servicer for
unreimbursed Advances made by it, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this
subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on the Mortgage Loan(s) in
respect of which any such Advance was made;
(iii) to
reimburse the Servicer for any Nonrecoverable Advance previously
made;
(iv) to
reimburse the Servicer for Insured Expenses from the related Insurance
Proceeds;
(v) to
reimburse the Servicer for unpaid Servicing Fees as provided in Section 3.11
hereof;
(vi) to
pay to
the purchaser, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in
respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant to Section 2.2, 2.3 or 3.11,
all amounts received thereon after the date of such purchase;
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(vii) to
reimburse the Servicer or the Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them
and
reimbursable pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof;
(viii) to
withdraw any amount deposited in the Collection Account and not required to
be
deposited therein;
(ix) on
or
prior to the Distribution Account Deposit Date, to withdraw an amount equal
to
the Available Distribution Amount and remit such amount to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account; and
(x) to
clear
and terminate the Collection Account upon termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 9.1 hereof.
The
Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by
Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the
Collection Account pursuant to such subclauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi).
Prior to making any withdrawal from the Collection Account pursuant to subclause
(iii), the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of a
Servicing Officer indicating the amount of any previous Advance determined
by
the Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance and identifying the related Mortgage
Loan(s), and their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable
Advance.
(b) The
Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Distribution Account for distributions
to
Certificateholders in the manner specified in this Agreement. In addition,
the
Trustee may prior to making the distribution pursuant to Section 4.1 from time
to time make withdrawals from the Distribution Account for the following
purposes:
(i) to
pay to
itself the Trustee Fee and reimburse itself for reasonable expenses for the
related Distribution Date (allocated pro rata by Group, if
applicable);
(ii) to
the
extent not previously retained by the Servicer, to pay to the Servicer the
servicing compensation to which it is entitled pursuant to Section
3.14;
(iii) to
pay to
the Servicer earnings on or investment income with respect to funds in the
Distribution Account;
(iv) to
withdraw and return to the Servicer any amount deposited in the Distribution
Account and not required to be deposited therein, including any amounts owed
to
the Servicer as part of the Servicing Fee in accordance with the terms
hereunder; and
(v) to
clear
and terminate the Distribution Account upon termination of the Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof.
Section
3.9 Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary Insurance Policies.
(a) The
Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage Loan, hazard insurance
with extended coverage in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of
(i)
the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan;
(ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (iii) the
maximum amount available in the locality of the related Mortgaged Property
from
insurers generally acceptable to institutional residential mortgage lenders
without payment of extraordinary premium. Each such policy of standard hazard
insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains,
a
standard mortgagee clause. Any amounts collected by the Servicer under any
such
policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair
of
the related Mortgaged Property or amounts released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Servicer’s normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited
in the Collection Account. Any cost incurred by the Servicer in maintaining
any
such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions
to the Certificateholders or remittances to the Trustee for their benefit,
be
added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the
terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the
Servicer as Servicing Advances or, if applicable, as Nonrecoverable Advances.
It
is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is
to
be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect
of a
Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall
at
any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the
Mortgaged Property is located at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan
in
a federally designated special flood hazard area and such area is participating
in the national flood insurance program, the Servicer shall cause flood
insurance to be maintained with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Such flood
insurance shall be in an amount equal to the least of (i) the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the replacement value of the
improvements which are part of such Mortgaged Property, and (iii) the maximum
amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under
the
national flood insurance program.
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(b) In
the
event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy insuring
against hazard losses on any or all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively
be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the first sentence
of this Section with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans so covered, it being
understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause on terms
substantially equivalent to those commercially available and maintained by
comparable servicers. If such policy contains a deductible clause, the Servicer
shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related
Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first sentence of this Section,
and there shall have been a loss that would have been covered by such policy,
deposit in the Collection Account the amount not otherwise payable under the
blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In connection with its
activities as Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present,
on
behalf of itself, the Depositor, and the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy.
(c) The
Servicer shall not take any action which would result in non-coverage under
any
applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions
of
the Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. The Servicer shall not cancel
or refuse to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy that is in effect at the
date of the initial issuance of the Certificates and is required to be kept
in
force hereunder unless the replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such
canceled or non-renewed policy is maintained with a Qualified
Insurer.
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The
Servicer shall not be required to maintain any Primary Insurance Policy (i)
with
respect to any Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio less than or equal
to
80% (or such lower Loan-to-Value Ratio as may be provided by applicable law)
as
of any date of determination or, based on a new appraisal, the principal balance
of such Mortgage Loan represents 80% or less of the new appraised value (or
other method of determination as may be provided by applicable law) or (ii)
if
maintaining such Primary Insurance Policy is otherwise prohibited by applicable
law.
The
Servicer agrees to effect the timely payment of the premiums on each Primary
Insurance Policy, and such costs not otherwise recoverable shall be recoverable
by the Servicer as Servicing Advances or, if applicable, as Nonrecoverable
Advances.
(d) In
connection with its activities as Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer
agrees to present on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders,
claims to the insurer under any Primary Insurance Policies and, in this regard,
to take such reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under
any Primary Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Any amounts
collected by the Servicer under any Primary Insurance Policies shall be
deposited in the Collection Account.
Section
3.10 Enforcement
of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
(a) Except
as
otherwise provided in this Section, when any property subject to a Mortgage
has
been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Servicer shall to the extent that it has
knowledge of such conveyance enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent, in the Servicer’s reasonable judgment,
enforcement is permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer is not required to exercise such
rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed satisfies
the
terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto
and the consent of the mortgagee under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not
otherwise so required under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to
such transfer. In the event that the Servicer is prohibited by law from
enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if nonenforcement is otherwise
permitted hereunder, the Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.10(b),
to
take or enter into an assumption and modification agreement from or with the
person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant
to
which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited
by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that
the
Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered (if so covered before the Servicer
enters such agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies. The
Servicer, subject to Section 3.10(b), is also authorized with the prior approval
of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a
substitution of liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is substituted
as
Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section
by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Servicer reasonably believes
it is restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
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(b) Subject
to the Servicer’s duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause to the extent set forth
in Section 3.10(a) hereof, in any case in which a Mortgaged Property has been
conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into an
assumption agreement or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage
Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an instrument
of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor from
liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause
to be prepared and delivered to the Trustee for signature and shall direct,
in
writing, the Trustee to execute the assumption agreement with the Person to
whom
the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such modification agreement or
supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments as are
reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage
or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the
transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person. In connection with any such
assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note may be changed. In addition,
the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property must be acceptable to the
Servicer in accordance with its underwriting standards as then in effect.
Together with each such substitution, assumption or other agreement or
instrument delivered to the Trustee for execution by it, the Servicer shall
deliver an Officer’s Certificate signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the
requirements of this subsection have been met in connection therewith. The
Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such substitution or assumption
agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the original of such
substitution or assumption agreement, which in the case of the original shall
be
added 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. Any fee collected by the Servicer
for
entering into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be
retained by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Section
3.11 Realization
Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of Certain Mortgage
Loans.
(a) The
Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with Accepted Servicing
Practices, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include
an acquisition of REO Property) the ownership of properties securing such of
the
Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments
pursuant to Section 3.5, and which are not released from this Agreement pursuant
to any other provision hereof. The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to
realize upon such defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will maximize
the
receipt of principal and interest by the Trustee, taking into account, among
other things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings. The foregoing is subject
to
the provisions that, in any case in which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered
damage from an uninsured cause, the Servicer shall not be required to expend
its
own funds toward the restoration of such property unless it shall determine
in
its sole discretion (i) that such restoration will increase the net proceeds
of
liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan to the Trustee, after reimbursement
to
itself for such expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable by
such Servicer as contemplated in Section 3.8. The Servicer shall be responsible
for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings;
provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from
the
related Mortgage Loan, as contemplated in Section 3.8.
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(b) If
the
Servicer has actual knowledge that a Mortgaged Property which the Servicer
is
contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is
located within a one mile radius of any site with material environmental or
hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to
acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and shall proceed with
such in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure only if the Servicer
reasonably determines that doing so shall more like than not be in the best
interests of the Trust Fund, considering all relevant factors including such
environmental matters. For the purpose of this Section, actual knowledge of
the
Servicer means actual knowledge of a Servicing Officer involved in the servicing
of the relevant Mortgage Loan at the time such knowledge was acquired. Actual
knowledge of the Servicer does not include knowledge imputable by virtue of
the
availability of or accessibility to information relating to environmental or
hazardous waste sites or the locations thereof.
(c) With
respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken
in
the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, or its
nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, provided that the Servicer may
cause title to be placed in the name of the Custodian or the Servicer if the
Servicer reasonably determines that such manner of holding title is required
or
advisable in order to facilitate the foreclosure process as to any one or more
particular Mortgage Loans. The Trustee’s name shall be placed on the title to
such REO Property solely as the Trustee hereunder and not in its individual
capacity. The Servicer shall ensure that the title to such REO Property
references this Agreement and the Trustee’s capacity thereunder. The Servicer
shall use its reasonable best efforts, to sell, or cause its Subservicer to
sell, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, any REO Property serviced
by the Servicer or Subservicer as soon as possible, but in no event later than
the conclusion of the third calendar year beginning after the year of its
acquisition by REMIC 1 unless (i) the Servicer applies for and receives an
extension of such period from the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the
REMIC
Provisions and Code Section 856(e)(3), in which event such REO Property shall
be
sold within the applicable extension period, or (ii) the Servicer obtains an
Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer,
to
the effect that the holding by REMIC 1 of such REO Property subsequent to such
period will not result in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited transactions”
as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause any REMIC to fail to qualify
as
a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or comparable provisions of relevant state
laws at any time. The Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate
each
REO Property serviced by the Servicer for the Trustee solely for the purpose
of
its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not cause such REO
Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) or result in the receipt by REMIC 1 of any “income from non
permitted assets” within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any
“net income from foreclosure property” which is subject to taxation under
Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO
Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by
the
Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such
extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and
may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as
the
Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property;
provided, however, that any rent received or accrued with respect to such REO
Property qualifies as “rents from real property” as defined in Section 856(d) of
the Code. An independent contractor, as the agent of the Servicer, may be
retained by the Servicer to perform functions relating to the title, management
and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall be responsible for such
independent contractor’s fees and expenses relating to an REO Property and shall
be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the Liquidation Proceeds with respect
to the related Mortgaged Property, as Servicing Advances or, if applicable,
as
Nonrecoverable Advances. The Servicer shall prepare for and deliver to the
Trustee a statement with respect to any REO Property that has been rented
showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in
connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such
times as is necessary to enable the Trustee to comply with the reporting
requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any,
from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later
than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall
perform the tax reporting and withholding required by Sections 1445 and 6050J
of
the Code with respect to foreclosures and abandonments, the tax reporting
required by Section 6050H of the Code with respect to the receipt of mortgage
interest from individuals and any tax reporting required by Section 6050P of
the
Code with respect to the cancellation of indebtedness by certain financial
entities, by preparing such tax and information returns as may be required,
in
the form required, and delivering the same to the Trustee for
filing.
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(d) Reserved.
(e) In
the
event of a default on a Mortgage Loan one or more of whose obligors is not
a
“United States person,” as that term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code, in connection with any foreclosure or acquisition of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure (together, “foreclosure”) in respect of such Mortgage Loan, the
Servicer will cause compliance with the provisions of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor thereto) necessary to assure that
no
withholding tax obligation arises with respect to the proceeds of such
foreclosure except to the extent, if any, that proceeds of such foreclosure
are
required to be remitted to the obligor on such Mortgage Loan.
(f) Promptly
upon making any determination not to foreclose, or to discontinue the
foreclosure process, as to any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall deliver to
the
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate signed by a Servicing Officer identifying the
Mortgage Loans as to which such determination has been made (each such Mortgage
Loan, a “Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan”) setting forth the basis for such
determination.
(g) The
income earned from the management of any REO Properties, net of reimbursement
to
the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes)
in
connection with such management, Advances and Servicing Advances, shall be
applied to the payment of principal of and interest on the related defaulted
Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still
current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this
Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related
Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent
the net income received during any calendar month is in excess of the amount
attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related
Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan for such calendar month, such excess
shall be considered to be a partial prepayment of principal of the related
Mortgage Loan.
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(h) The
proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, as well as any income from
an
REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and
Servicing Fees; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances;
third, to reimburse the Collection Account for any Nonrecoverable Advances
(or
portions thereof) that were previously withdrawn by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.8(a)(iii) that related to such Mortgage Loan; fourth, to accrued
and
unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount or
any
such Advance has been reimbursed) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property,
at the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) to the Due Date occurring
in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fifth,
as
a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. Excess Proceeds, if any, from
the
liquidation of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan will be retained by the Servicer
as
additional servicing compensation pursuant to Section 3.14.
(i) The
Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each related REO Property
for the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale.
The
Servicer, either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer, shall
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 Servicer shall attempt to sell the same
(and
may temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than one year, except
as
otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as such Servicer deems
to
be in the best interest of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no obligations
with respect to any REO Dispositions.
(j) The
Servicer shall have the right to purchase any Mortgage Loan which as of the
first day of a Fiscal Quarter is 90 days or more Delinquent from the Trust
at a
price equal to the Purchase Price; provided, however, that (i) such Mortgage
Loan is still 90 days or more Delinquent as of the date of such purchase and
(ii) this purchase option, if not theretofore exercised, shall terminate on
the
day prior to the last day of the related Fiscal Quarter. This purchase option,
if not exercised, shall not be thereafter reinstated unless the delinquency
is
cured and the Mortgage Loan thereafter becomes 90 days or more Delinquent again,
in which case the option shall again become exercisable as of the first day
of
the related Fiscal Quarter. For any such Mortgage Loan that is a Nonrecoverable
Mortgage Loan, such purchase shall be at a price equal to the Nonrecoverable
Mortgage Loan Purchase Price, and provided further that any REO Property may
be
disposed of pursuant to the preceding Section 3.11(i). The total price
calculated pursuant to the preceding sentence for any Mortgage Loan purchased
hereunder shall be deposited in the Collection Account and the Trustee, upon
receipt of the Request for Release from the Servicer in the form of Exhibit
I
hereto, shall release or cause to be released to the purchaser of such Mortgage
Loan the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments
of
transfer or assignment prepared by the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan, in
each
case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the purchaser of such
Mortgage Loan any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and the purchaser
of
such Mortgage Loan shall succeed to all the Trustee’s right, title and interest
in and to such Mortgage Loan and all security and documents related thereto.
Such assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security. The
purchaser of such Mortgage Loan shall thereupon own such Mortgage Loan, and
all
security and documents, free of any further obligation to the Trustee or the
Certificateholders with respect thereto.
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Section
3.12 Trustee
to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon
the
payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Servicer of a
notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for
such purposes, the Servicer will immediately notify the Trustee by delivering,
or causing to be delivered a Request for Release substantially in the form
of
Exhibit I. Upon receipt of such request, the Trustee shall or shall cause the
Custodian to promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer, and
the
Trustee shall at the Servicer’s direction execute and deliver to the Servicer
the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction
of
mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage, in each case
as
provided by the Servicer, together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence
of cancellation thereon. In lieu of the document execution process described
in
the preceding two sentences, the Servicer shall be authorized to execute each
such Request for Release, request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance, and
release, satisfaction of mortgage, or such instrument releasing the lien of
the
Mortgage as attorney in fact for the Trustee (or the Custodian, if applicable)
pursuant to the powers of attorney described in Section 3.1. Expenses incurred
in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall
be chargeable to the related Mortgagor.
From
time
to time and as shall be appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan, including for such purpose, collection under any policy of flood
insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions policy, or for the purposes
of effecting a partial release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the
Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage
or any of the other documents included in the Mortgage File, the Trustee shall,
upon delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit
I
signed by a Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to the Servicer.
Subject to the further limitations set forth below, the Servicer shall cause
the
Mortgage File or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee or its
Custodian when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists.
If
the
Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure proceeding in respect
of
any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this Agreement, the Servicer shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, for signature, as appropriate,
any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to
effectuate such foreclosure or any legal action brought to obtain judgment
against the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or to obtain a
deficiency judgment or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by
the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in
equity.
Section
3.13 Documents
Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to be Held for the
Trustee.
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement, the Servicer shall transmit to the
Trustee, or the Custodian on its behalf, all documents and instruments described
in Section 2.1(b), and shall hold as Servicer and agent of the Trustee all
other
documents, in respect of a Mortgage Loan coming into the possession of the
Servicer from time to time and shall account fully to the Trustee for any funds
received by the Servicer or which otherwise are collected by the Servicer as
Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan.
All
Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control of, the
Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of
principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, including but
not
limited to, any funds on deposit in the Collection Account, shall be held by
the
Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole
and
exclusive property of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of
this
Agreement. The Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or subject
any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the Collection Account,
Distribution Account or any Escrow Account, or any funds that otherwise are
or
may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy,
writ
of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise
any
claim or right of setoff against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on,
or
in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Servicer shall
be
entitled to set off against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that
are
properly due and payable to the Servicer under this Agreement.
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Section
3.14 Servicing
Compensation.
As
compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to
retain or withdraw from the Collection Account an amount equal to the Servicing
Fee for each Mortgage Loan, provided that the aggregate Servicing Fee with
respect to any Distribution Date shall be reduced (i) by the amount of any
Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer with respect to such Distribution
Date, and (ii) with respect to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal
to
any amount to be deposited into the Distribution Account by the Depositor
pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and not so deposited.
Additional
servicing compensation in the form of (i) Prepayment Interest Excess and all
income and gain net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments and (ii)
assumption fees, late payment charges, and other receipts not required to be
deposited to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof, including
any Excess Proceeds, shall be retained by the Servicer as additional servicing
compensation. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by
them respectively in connection with their respective activities hereunder
to
the extent such expenses do not constitute Advances or Nonrecoverable Advances
as defined in this Agreement and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor
except as specifically provided in this Agreement.
Section
3.15 Access
to Certain Documentation.
The
Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to comparable regulatory
authorities supervising Holders of Subordinate Certificates and the examiners
and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and such other authorities, access
to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access shall be afforded without
charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request and during normal
business hours at the offices designated by the Servicer. Nothing in this
Section shall limit the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable
law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors and the failure
of the Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section as a result of
such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
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Section
3.16 Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
Commencing
in 2008, the Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee on or
before March 15 of each applicable calendar year (or March 24 if there is no
requirement to file a Form 10-K in that calendar year) an Officer’s Certificate
stating, as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding fiscal year and of the performance of the Servicer
under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to
the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled all of its material obligations under this Agreement throughout such
year, or, if there has been a material default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature
and status thereof. Upon request, the Trustee shall forward a copy of each
such
statement to each Rating Agency and each Underwriter.
Commencing
in 2008, on or before March 15 of each calendar year (or March 24 if there
is no
requirement to file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), the Servicer shall
deliver to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee a report regarding its
assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria specified in paragraph
(d)
of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(d)), as of and for the period ending
the end of each fiscal year, with respect to asset-backed security transactions
taken as a whole involving the Servicer, and that are backed by the same asset
type as the Mortgage Loans. Each such report shall include all of the statements
required under paragraph (a) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (§
229.1122(a)).
Copies
of
such statements shall be provided to any Securityholder upon request, by the
Servicer or by the Trustee at the Servicer’s expense if the Servicer failed to
provide such copies (unless (i) the Servicer shall have failed to provide the
Trustee with such statement or (ii) the Trustee shall be unaware of the
Servicer’s failure to provide such statement).
The
Servicer shall promptly notify the Depositor and the Trustee (i) of any legal
proceedings pending against the Servicer of the type described in Item 1117
(§
229.1117) of Regulation AB and (ii) if the Servicer shall become (but only
to
the extent not previously disclosed to the Trustee and the Depositor) at any
time an affiliate of any of the Seller, the Trustee or any Servicer,
Subservicer, Subcontractor or “Originator” contemplated by Item 1110 (§
229.1110) of Regulation AB, any significant obligor contemplated by Item 1112
(§
229.1112) of Regulation AB, any enhancement or support provider contemplated
by
Items 1114 or 1115 (§§ 229.1114-1115) of Regulation AB or any other material
party to the Trust Fund contemplated by Item 1100(d)(1) (§ 229.1100(d)(1)) of
Regulation AB.
Section
3.17 Annual
Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Statement.
Commencing
in 2008, on or before March 15 of each calendar year (or March 24 if there
is no
requirement to file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), the Servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor a report by a registered public
accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by the
Servicer pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.16. Such report shall
be
made in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted
by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
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Section
3.18 Errors
and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
The
Servicer shall for so long as it acts as Servicer under this Agreement, obtain
and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of insurance covering errors
and
omissions in the performance of its obligations as Servicer hereunder and (b)
a
fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees and agents. Each such policy
or policies and bond shall, together, comply with the requirements from time
to
time of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac for persons performing servicing for mortgage
loans purchased by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. In the event that any such policy
or bond ceases to be in effect, the Servicer shall obtain a comparable
replacement policy or bond from an insurer or issuer, meeting the requirements
set forth above as of the date of such replacement.
Section
3.19 Advances.
The
Servicer shall determine on or before each Determination Date whether it is
required to make a P&I Advance pursuant to the definition thereof. If the
Servicer determines it is required to make a P&I Advance, it shall, before
the Distribution Account Deposit Date, deposit into the Distribution Account
an
amount equal to the P&I Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for all P&I Advances of its own funds made pursuant to this
Section as provided in Section 3.8 hereof. The obligation to make P&I
Advances with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue if such Mortgage
Loan
has been foreclosed or otherwise terminated and the related Mortgaged Property
has not been liquidated, provided that in no event shall the Servicer be
required to make any proposed Advance that, if made, would in the good faith
judgment of the Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance.
The
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee on the related Distribution Account
Deposit Date an Officer’s Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the
amount of any proposed Advance that, if made, would in the good faith judgment
of the Servicer be a Nonrecoverable Advance.
Section
3.20 Advance
Facility.
The
Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into any facility with any Person (any
such Person, an “Advance Facility Counterparty”) which provides that the
Servicer may pledge or sell its rights to receive reimbursement of Advances
pursuant to this Agreement (“Advance Reimbursement Rights”) pursuant to credit
facilities, repurchase facilities, or similar facilities providing liquidity
for
the funding of Advances, including facilities providing that such Advance
Facility Counterparty may make all or a portion of the Advances (any such
facility, an “Advance Facility”), although no Advance Facility shall reduce or
otherwise affect the Servicer’s obligations to fund such Advances. If so
required pursuant to the terms of an Advance Facility, to the extent that an
Advance Facility Counterparty makes all or a portion of any Advance and the
Advance Facility Counterparty and the Servicer provide the Trustee with notice
acknowledged by the Servicer that such Advance Facility Counterparty is entitled
to reimbursement, such Advance Facility Counterparty shall be entitled to
receive reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement for such amount to the extent
provided. Such notice from the Advance Facility Counterparty and the Servicer
must specify the amount of the reimbursement and must specify which Section
of
this Agreement permits the Advance to be reimbursed. The Trustee shall be
entitled to conclusively rely without independent investigation on the Advance
Facility Counterparty’s statement with respect to the amount of any
reimbursement pursuant to this Section 3.20 and with respect to the Advance
Facility Counterparty’s statement with respect to the Section of this Agreement
permits the Advance to be reimbursed. An Advance Facility Counterparty whose
obligations are limited to the making of Advances will not be deemed to be
a
Subservicer under this Agreement.
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(b) If
so
required pursuant to the terms of an Advance Facility, the Servicer may direct,
and if so directed in writing the Trustee is hereby authorized to and shall
pay
to the Advance Facility Counterparty (i) reimbursements for Advances; and (ii)
all or such portion of the Servicing Fee as may be so specified in the Advance
Facility, that would otherwise be payable to the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement or the Servicing Agreement.
(c) Upon
request of the Servicer, the Trustee agrees to execute such acknowledgments
recognizing the interests of any Advance Facility Counterparty in such Advance
Reimbursement Rights and Servicing Fees as the Servicer may cause to be made
subject to Advance Facilities pursuant to this Section 3.20, and such other
documents in connection with such Advance Facilities as may be reasonably
requested from time to time by any Advance Facility Counterparty. The
implementation of the arrangement described in this Section shall not require
the consent of Certificateholders or the Trustee.
Section
3.21 Prepayment
Penalties.
The
Servicer will not waive any Prepayment Penalty or part of a Prepayment Penalty
unless (i) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default
and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of
total net proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Penalty
and
related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a
refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a
default or a reasonably foreseeable default; (ii) the related Mortgage Loan
indebtedness has been accelerated; or (iii) the Servicer obtains an Opinion
of
Counsel, which may be in-house counsel for the Servicer, opining that the
Prepayment Penalty is not legally enforceable in the circumstances under which
the related prepayment occurs. In no event will the Servicer waive a Prepayment
Penalty in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related
to a default or a reasonably foreseen default.
ARTICLE
4
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section
4.1 Priorities
of Distribution.
(a) On
each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following distributions from
the
Distribution Account, net of the Trustee Fee and Trustee’s expenses, of an
amount equal to the Interest Remittance Amount in the following order of
priority:
(i) to
the
Swap Account, the sum of (x) all Net Swap Payments and (y) any Swap Termination
Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, but not including any Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, if any;
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(ii) concurrently,
(1) from the remaining portion of the Interest Remittance Amount related to
the
Group 1 Mortgage Loans, to the Class A-1 Certificates, their Senior Interest
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, and (2) from the remaining
portion of the Interest Remittance Amount related to the Group 2 Mortgage Loans,
concurrently, to the Group 2 Senior Certificates, their respective Senior
Interest Distribution Amounts for such Distribution Date, pro rata based on
their respective Senior Interest Distribution Amounts for such Distribution
Date;
(iii) concurrently,
(1) from the remaining portion of the Interest Remittance Amount related to
the
Group 1 Mortgage Loans, concurrently, to the Group 2 Senior Certificates, their
respective Senior Interest Distribution Amounts for such Distribution Date
remaining unpaid after clause second above, pro rata based on their respective
Senior Interest Distribution Amounts for such Distribution Date, and (2) from
the remaining portion of the Interest Remittance Amount related to the Group
2
Mortgage Loans, to the Class A-1 Certificates, their Senior Interest
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date remaining unpaid after clause
second above;
(iv) sequentially,
to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class
B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, their respective
Subordinate Interest Distribution Amounts, in each case, to the extent of the
Interest Remittance Amount remaining after distributions of interest to the
Classes of Certificates with a higher payment priority; and
(v) any
remaining Interest Remittance Amount on any Distribution Date will be
distributed as part of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow pursuant to Section 4.1(d)
below;
(b) On
each
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or (b) on which a Trigger
Event
is in effect, the holders of each Class of Certificates shall be entitled to
receive distributions in respect of principal from the Principal Distribution
Amount and the Swap Counterparty shall be entitled to the payments described
below, in each case to the extent of the Available Distribution Amount available
therefor after payment of the Interest Distribution Amount, in the following
order of priority:
(i) to
the
Swap Account, the sum of (x) all Net Swap Payments and (y) any Swap Termination
Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, but not including any Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, if any, remaining unpaid
on
that Distribution Date after distributions from the Interest Remittance Amount
for that Distribution Date;
(ii) to
the
Senior Certificates in accordance with Section 4.1(e);
(iii) sequentially,
to the holders of the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5,
Class M-6, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order,
until
their respective Class Principal Balances are reduced to zero; and
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(iv) any
remaining Principal Distribution Amount on any Distribution Date will be
distributed as part of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow pursuant to Section 4.1(d)
below;
(c) On
each
Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown Date and (b) on which a Trigger
Event is not in effect, the holders of each Class of Certificates and the Swap
Counterparty shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Principal
Distribution Amount, in each case to the extent of the Available Distribution
Amount available therefore after payment of the Interest Remittance Amount,
in
the following order of priority:
(i) to
the
Swap Account, the sum of (x) all Net Swap Payments and (y) any Swap Termination
Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, but not including any Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty, if any, remaining unpaid
on
that Distribution Date after distributions from the Interest Remittance Amount
for that Distribution Date;
(ii) to
the
holders of the Senior Certificates, in an amount up to the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount, in accordance with Section 4.1(e), until their respective
Class Principal Balances are reduced to zero;
(iii) to
the
Class M-1 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(iv) to
the
Class M-2 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(v) to
the
Class M-3 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(vi) to
the
Class M-4 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(vii) to
the
Class M-5 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(viii) to
the
Class M-6 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class M-6 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(ix) to
the
Class B-1 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(x) to
the
Class B-2 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(xi) to
the
Class B-3 Certificates, in an amount up to the Class B-3 Principal Distribution
Amount, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
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(xii) any
remaining Principal Distribution Amount on any Distribution Date will be
distributed as part of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow pursuant to Section 4.1(d)
below;
(d) On
each
Distribution Date, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and, for purposes of making
distributions at priorities (i), and (xxi) through (xxv) below, from the Excess
Reserve Fund, will be distributed to the certificates and the Swap Counterparty
in the following order of priority:
(i) from
any
Interest Rate Cap Payment on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account with
respect to that Distribution Date, first, concurrently, to the Classes of
Offered Certificates then outstanding, first pro rata, based on their respective
Class Principal Balances, to the extent needed to pay any Interest Carry Forward
Amount for each such Class and then, pro rata, based on any Interest Carry
Forward Amount remaining for each such Class, in an amount up to the amount
of
any Interest Carry Forward Amount remaining unpaid for such Classes of
Certificates;
(ii) to
the
Class M-1 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
(iii) to
the
Class M-1 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(iv) to
the
Class M-2 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
(v) to
the
Class M-2 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(vi) to
the
Class M-3 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
(vii) to
the
Class M-3 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(viii) to
the
Class M-4 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
(ix) to
the
Class M-4 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(x) to
the
Class M-5 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
(xi) to
the
Class M-5 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(xii) to
the
Class M-6 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
(xiii) to
the
Class M-6 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(xiv) to
the
Class B-1 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
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(xv) to
the
Class B-1 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(xvi) to
the
Class B-2 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
(xvii) to
the
Class B-2 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(xviii) to
the
Class B-3 Certificates, the related Interest Carry Forward Amount;
(xix) to
the
Class B-3 Certificates, the related Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
(xx) to
the
Excess Reserve Fund Account, the amount of any Basis Risk Payment for that
Distribution Date;
(xxi) from
any
remaining Interest Rate Cap Payment on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund
Account with respect to that Distribution Date, first, concurrently, to the
Classes of Offered Certificates then outstanding, first pro rata, based on
their
respective Class Principal Balances, to the extent needed to pay any Basis
Risk
Carry Forward Amount for each such Class and then, pro rata, based on any Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amount remaining for each such Class, in an amount up to
the
amount of any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount remaining unpaid for such Classes
of Certificates;
(xxii) from
funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account (not including any Interest
Rate Cap Payment included in that account), sequentially, first (i)
concurrently, to the Classes of Senior Certificates currently outstanding,
first
pro rata, based on their respective Class Principal Balances, to the extent
needed to pay any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for each such Class and then,
pro rata, based on any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount remaining unpaid for
each
such Class, in an amount up to the amount of any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount
remaining unpaid for such Classes of Certificates and then (ii) sequentially,
to
the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class
B-1,
Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, in an amount up to the
amount of any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for such Classes of
Certificates;
(xxiii) from
all
remaining amounts (including remaining funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve
Fund Account), sequentially, first (i) concurrently, to the Senior Certificates,
first pro rata, based on their respective Class Principal Balances to the extent
needed to pay any Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for each such Class and
then,
pro rata, based on any Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount remaining unpaid for
each such Class, in an amount up to the amount of any Unpaid Interest Shortfall
Amount remaining unpaid for such Classes of Certificates and then (ii)
sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5,
Class M-6, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order,
in an
amount up to the amount of any Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for such Classes
of Certificates;
(xxiv) from
all
remaining amounts (including remaining funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve
Fund Account), to the Swap Account, the amount of any Defaulted Swap Termination
Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty;
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(xxv) from
all
remaining amounts (including remaining funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve
Fund Account), to the holders of the Class OC Certificates, the Class OC
Distributable Amount and any remaining Interest Rate Cap Payment;
and
(xxvi) to
the
holders of the Class R Certificates, any remaining amounts; provided that if
such Distribution Date is the Distribution Date immediately following the
expiration of the latest prepayment charge term with respect to the Mortgage
Loans or any Distribution Date thereafter, then any such remaining amounts,
together with the Class P Distribution Amount, will be distributed first, to
the
holders of the Class P Certificates, until the Class Principal Balance thereof
has been reduced to zero; and second, to the holders of the Class R
Certificates.
(e) All
principal distributions to the holders of the Senior Certificates on any
Distribution Date will be allocated concurrently between the Group 1 Senior
Certificates and the Group 2 Senior Certificates, based on their respective
Class A Principal Allocation Percentages for that Distribution Date. Any
payments of principal to the Group 1 Senior Certificates will first be made
from
payments relating to the Group 1 Mortgage Loans and any payments of principal
to
the Group 2 Senior Certificates will first be made from payments relating to
the
Group 2 Mortgage Loans.
However,
commencing with the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Class Principal
Balance of either the Group 1 Senior Certificates or the Group 2 Senior
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the remaining principal distributions
distributable to the Senior Certificates on that Distribution Date and all
of
the principal distributions distributable to the Senior Certificates on all
subsequent Distribution Dates will be distributed to the holders of the
remaining Senior Certificates in accordance with the principal distribution
allocations described below, until their Class Principal Balances have been
reduced to zero (without regard to the Group 1 Senior Principal Allocation
Amount or Group 2 Senior Principal Allocation Amount).
Distributions
to the Group 1 Senior Certificates.
On each
Distribution Date, the Group 1 Senior Principal Allocation Amount will be
distributed to the Class A-1 Certificates, until its Class Principal Balance is
reduced to zero;
Distributions
to the Group 2 Senior Certificates.
On each
Distribution Date, the Group 2 Senior Principal Allocation Amount will be
distributed, sequentially, to the Class A-2a, Class A-2b, Class A-2c and Class
A-2d Certificates, in that order, until their respective Class Principal
Balances have been reduced to zero.
However,
from and after the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Class Principal
Balances of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4,
Class M-5, Class M-6, Class B-1, Class B-2 and
Class B-3 Certificates and the Class Principal Balance of the Class OC
Certificates have been reduced to zero, any principal distributions allocable
to
the Class A-2a, Class A-2b, Class A-2c and Class A-2d
Certificates are required to be distributed pro rata among those Classes, based
on their Class Principal Balances, until their Class Principal Balances have
been reduced to zero.
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(f) On
each
Distribution Date, the Class P Distribution Amount received during the related
Prepayment Period will be distributed to the holders of the Class P
Certificates.
Section
4.2 Method
of Distribution.
(a) All
distributions with respect to each Class of Certificates on each Distribution
Date shall be made pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class,
based on the Percentage Interest in such Class represented by each Certificate.
Payments to the Certificateholders on each Distribution Date shall be made
by
the Trustee to the Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date
by
check or money order mailed to a Certificateholder at the address appearing
in
the Certificate Register, or upon written request by such Certificateholder
to
the Trustee made not later than the applicable Record Date, by wire transfer
to
a U.S. depository institution acceptable to the Trustee, or by such other means
of payment as such Certificateholder and the Trustee shall agree.
(b) Each
distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate 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 Certificate Owners that it represents and to each financial intermediary
for
which it acts as agent. Each such financial intermediary shall be responsible
for disbursing funds to the Certificate Owners that it represents. All such
credits and disbursements with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate are to be
made by the Depository and the Depository Participants in accordance with the
provisions of the applicable Certificates. Neither the Trustee nor the Servicer
shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by
applicable law.
(c) The
Trustee shall withhold or cause to be withheld such amounts as it reasonably
determines are required by the Code (giving full effect to any exemptions from
withholding and related certifications required to be furnished by
Certificateholders or Certificate Owners and any reductions to withholding
by
virtue of any bilateral tax treaties and any applicable certification required
to be furnished by Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with respect
thereto) from distributions to be made to a “Foreign Person” as defined in
Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code.
Section
4.3 Allocation
of Losses.
(a) On
each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate any excess of the aggregate Class
Principal Balance of the Certificates over the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans to reduce the Class Principal Balances of the
Subordinate Certificates in the following order of priority:
(i) to
the
Class B-3 Certificates, until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced
to
zero;
(ii) to
the
Class B-2 Certificates, until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced
to
zero;
(iii) to
the
Class B-1 Certificates, until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced
to
zero;
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(iv) to
the
Class M-6 Certificates, until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced
to
zero;
(v) to
the
Class M-5 Certificates, until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced
to
zero;
(vi) to
the
Class M-4 Certificates until the Class Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(vii) to
the
Class M-3 Certificates until the Class Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(viii) to
the
Class M-2 Certificates until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced
to
zero; and
(ix) to
the
Class M-1 Certificates until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced
to
zero.
(b) Realized
Losses shall not be allocated to the Senior Certificates or the Class P
Certificates.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Class Principal Balance of a Class of Subordinate
Certificates that has been reduced because of allocations of Realized Losses
may
also be increased as a result of Subsequent Recoveries. If a final liquidation
of a Mortgage Loan resulted in a Realized Loss and thereafter the Servicer
receives a recovery specifically related to that Mortgage Loan, such recovery
(net of any reimbursable expenses) shall be distributed to the
Certificateholders on any Distribution Date in the same manner as prepayments
received in
the
related Prepayment Period. In addition, the Class Principal Balance of each
Class of Subordinate Certificates to which Realized Losses have been allocated,
shall be increased, sequentially in the order of payment priority, to the extent
that such Subsequent Recoveries are distributed as principal to any Class of
Subordinate Certificates to the extent that (i) the related Realized Loss was
allocated to any Class of Subordinate Certificates and (ii) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of immediately preceding Due Date
(after giving effect to unscheduled receipts of principal in the Prepayment
Period related to that prior Due Date) exceeds the aggregate Class Principal
Balance of the Senior Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date.
However, the Class Principal Balance of each such Class of Subordinate
Certificates will not be increased by more than the amount of Realized Losses
previously applied to reduce the Class Principal Balance of each such Class
of
Subordinate Certificates. Holders of Certificates whose Class Principal Balance
is increased in this manner shall not be entitled to interest on the increased
balance for any Interest Accrual Period preceding the Distribution Date on
which
the increase occurs. The foregoing provisions shall apply even if the Class
Principal Balance of a Class of Subordinate Certificates was previously reduced
to zero. Accordingly, each Class of Subordinate Certificates will be considered
to remain outstanding until the termination of the Trust Fund.
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Section
4.4 Reports
to the Depositor and the Trustee.
On
or
before the Business Day preceding each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall
notify, or cause to be notified, the Depositor and the Trustee of the following
information with respect to the next Distribution Date (which notification
may
be given by facsimile, electronic transmission or by telephone promptly
confirmed in writing):
(a)
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the
aggregate amount then on deposit in the Distribution Account and
the
source thereof (identified as interest, scheduled principal or unscheduled
principal);
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(b)
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the
amount of any Realized Losses and Unpaid Realized Loss
Amounts;
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(c)
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the
application of the amounts distributed on such Distribution Date
pursuant
to Section 4.1 hereof (including the distribution of any Subsequent
Recoveries);
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(d)
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whether
a Trigger Event has occurred; and
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Section
4.5 Reports
by or on Behalf of the Servicer.
(a) On
or as
soon as practicable following each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall report
or cause to be published on the Trustee’s website located at
xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/xxxx, or such other website designated by the Trustee
as
may be set forth in a notice provided to the Holder of each of the Certificates
and each Rating Agency, the following information:
(i) with
respect to each Class of Certificates (other than Class OC and Class R) (based
on a Certificate in the original principal amount of $1,000):
(A)
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the
amount of the aggregate distributions on such Distribution
Date;
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(B) |
the
amount of such distribution allocable to
interest;
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(C)
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the
amount of such distributions allocable to principal, separately
identifying the aggregate amount of any prepayments, Substitution
Adjustment Amounts, repurchase amounts pursuant to Article 2 or other
recoveries of principal included therein, any Extra Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date;
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(D)
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the
Class Principal Balance after giving effect to any distribution allocable
to principal; and
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(E)
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any
Interest Carry Forward Amount and any Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amount;
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(ii) the
Net
WAC Cap applicable to each Class of Certificates;
(iii) any
Subsequent Recoveries and Realized Losses for the period and since the Cut-off
Date;
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(iv) the
largest Mortgage Loan balance outstanding in each Group;
(v) Prepayment
Penalties collected and owed;
(vi) the
Servicing Fees allocable to each Group, and any fees paid to the Trustee or
the
Custodian;
(vii) One-Month
LIBOR on the most recent Interest Determination Date;
(viii) the
Pass-Through Rates for the Certificates for the current Interest Accrual Period
and whether such rates have been capped;
(ix) the
number and aggregate principal balances of Mortgage Loans in each Group (a)
30-59 days Delinquent, (b) 60-89 days Delinquent and (c) 90 or more days
Delinquent, as of the close of business as of the end of the related prepayment
period;
(x) the
percentage that each of the Stated Principal Balances set forth pursuant to
clauses (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph (ix) above represent with respect to
all
Mortgage Loans in each Group;
(xi) the
number and Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans in each Group in
foreclosure proceedings as of the close of business as of the end of the related
Prepayment Period and in the immediately preceding Prepayment
Period;
(xii) the
number of Mortgagors and the Stated Principal Balances of Mortgage Loans in
each
Group involved in bankruptcy proceedings as of the close of business as of
the
end of the related Prepayment Period;
(xiii) the
aggregate number and aggregate book value of any REO Property in each Group
as
of the close of business as of the end of the related Prepayment Period;
(xiv) the
number and amount by principal balance of 60+ Day Delinquent Loans in each
Group
as of the end of the related Prepayment Period;
(xv) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Rates
(in
incremental ranges), the Weighted Average Net Rate, the weighted average life
and the weighted average remaining term of the Mortgage Loans, at the beginning
and at the end of the related Prepayment Period;
(xvi) the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans whose Mortgage Rates adjust
on
the basis of six-month LIBOR at the end of the related Prepayment
Period;
(xvii) the
amount of cash flow received for such Distribution Date, and the sources
thereof;
(xviii) the
Realized Losses, if any, allocated to each Class of Certificates on that
Distribution Date;
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(xix) the
applicable Record Date, Interest Accrual Period and calculation date for each
Class of Certificates and such Distribution Date;
(xx) the
amount on deposit in the Distribution Account as of such Distribution Date
(after giving effect to distributions on such date) and as of the prior
Distribution Date; and
(xxi) the
amount of any payments under the Swap Agreement.
(b) All
allocations made by the Trustee shall be based on information the Trustee
receives from the Servicer which the Trustee shall be protected in relying
on.
In
addition to the information listed above, such report shall also include such
other information as is required by Form 10-D, including, but not limited to,
the information required by Item 1121 (§ 229.1121) of Regulation AB, to the
extent such information is provided to the Trustee on a timely basis by the
responsible party as set forth in Exhibit S.
Section
4.6 The
Calculation Agent.
(a) The
Calculation Agent, as agent for the Servicer, shall timely and accurately (i)
perform and provide to the Trustee calculations of all amounts of principal
and
interest required to be distributed on each Distribution Date pursuant to this
Article 4; and (ii) in connection with such calculations, determine the
appropriate One Month LIBOR with respect to each Interest Determination Date
in
accordance with the definition of “One Month LIBOR” set forth in Section 1.1.
The Calculation Agent shall not resign from its capacity as the Calculation
Agent on fewer than sixty (60) prior written days notice to the
Servicer.
(b) The
compensation of the Calculation Agent shall be the responsibility of the
Servicer, payable from the Servicing Fee.
(c) The
Servicer may terminate the Calculation Agent, in its capacity as the Calculation
Agent, at any time, with or without cause, upon thirty (30) days notice in
writing to the Calculation Agent. No fee shall be payable to the Calculation
Agent in connection with any such termination.
Section
4.7 The
Excess Reserve Fund Account.
(a) The
Trustee shall establish and maintain an Excess Reserve Fund Account to be held
in trust for the benefit of Holders of the Certificates. The Excess Reserve
Fund
Account shall at all times be an Eligible Account. On each Distribution Date,
the Trustee shall deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account all amounts
received on the Cap Agreement since the preceding Distribution Date. Amounts
on
deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be invested at the direction
of
the Depositor on behalf of the Holders of the Class OC Certificate. Investments
in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be limited to Permitted
Investments.
(b) The
Excess Reserve Fund Account shall not be an asset of any REMIC created pursuant
to this Agreement. For state and federal tax purposes, the Holder of the Class
OC Certificate shall be the beneficial owner of the Excess Reserve Fund
Account.
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Section
4.8 The
Supplemental Interest Trust.
(a) A
separate trust is hereby established (the “Supplemental Interest Trust” or the
“Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2007-2 Supplemental Interest Trust”), the corpus
of which shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. The Trustee shall be the trustee of the Supplemental
Interest Trust. The Trustee, as trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust,
shall establish an account (the “Swap Account”). The Swap Account shall be an
Eligible Account, and funds on deposit therein shall be held separate and apart
from, and shall not be commingled with, any other moneys, including, without
limitation, other moneys of the Trustee held pursuant to this Agreement. The
Supplemental Interest Trust will not be an asset of any REMIC
hereunder.
(b) On
each
Distribution Date, Swap Termination Payments, Net Swap Payments owed to the
Swap
Counterparty and Net Swap Receipts will be deposited into the Swap Account.
Funds in the Swap Account will be distributed in the following order of
priority:
(i) to
the
Swap Counterparty, all Net Swap Payments, if any, owed to the Swap Counterparty
for that Distribution Date;
(ii) to
the
Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payment, but not including any Defaulted
Swap Termination Payment, for that Distribution Date;
(iii) concurrently,
to the Senior Certificates, pro rata, any unpaid Senior Interest Distribution
Amount remaining unpaid after distribution of the Interest Remittance
Amount;
(iv) sequentially,
to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class
B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, any unpaid Subordinate
Interest Distribution Amount remaining unpaid after distribution of the Interest
Remittance Amount and any unpaid Interest Carry Forward Amounts remaining unpaid
after distribution of net Monthly Excess Cashflow;
(v) to
the
Offered Certificates in accordance with the principal distribution rules in
effect for such Distribution Date, in an amount equal to the amount necessary
to
meet the Overcollateralization Target for that Distribution Date (to the extent
remaining unpaid from the Available Distribution Amount);
(vi) concurrently,
to the Senior Certificates, pro rata, in an amount up to their respective Swap
Payment Allocations for that Distribution Date, any remaining Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts, to the extent unpaid from funds on deposit in the Excess
Reserve Fund Account;
(vii) sequentially,
to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class
B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, in an amount up to
their respective Swap Payment Allocations for that Distribution Date, any
remaining Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts, to the extent unpaid from funds
on
deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account;
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(viii) concurrently,
to the Offered Certificates, pro rata by need, any remaining Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts, to the extent unpaid;
(ix) sequentially
to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class
B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, any remaining Unpaid
Realized Loss Amounts;
(x) sequentially,
first (i) concurrently, to the Senior Certificates, first
pro
rata, based on their respective Class Principal Balances to the extent needed
to
pay any Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for each such Class and then,
pro
rata, based on any Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount remaining unpaid for each
such Class, in an amount up to the amount of any Unpaid Interest Shortfall
Amount remaining unpaid for such Classes of Certificates and then (ii)
sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5,
Class M-6, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order,
in an
amount up to the amount of any Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for such Classes
of Certificates;
(xi) to
the
Swap Counterparty, any Defaulted Swap Termination Payment owed to the Swap
Counterparty for that Distribution Date; and
(xii) all
remaining amounts to the holder of the Class OC Certificates.
If
the
Swap Counterparty should fail to perform any of its obligations under the Swap
Agreement or the Cap Agreement, or breach any of its representations and
warranties made pursuant to the Swap Agreement or the Cap Agreement,
the Trustee shall send any notices and make any demands, on behalf of the
Trust as are required under the Swap Agreement or the Cap Agreement, as
applicable. To the extent that the Swap Counterparty fails to make any payment
required under the terms of the Swap Agreement or the Cap Agreement,
the Trustee shall immediately demand that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, the guarantor of
the Swap Counterparty’s obligations under the guarantee of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
relating to the Swap Agreement and the Cap Agreement, make any and all payments
then required to be made by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx pursuant to such guarantee. In
addition, in the event a “Delivery Amount” (as defined in the credit support
annex to the Swap Agreement or the Cap Agreement, as applicable) payable but
not
delivered by the Swap Counterparty as required by the Swap Agreement or Cap
Agreement, as applicable, the Trustee shall deliver a notice of failure to
transfer collateral on the next Business Day following such failure, in
accordance with the terms of the credit support annex to the Swap Agreement
and
Cap Agreement.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that the Trust receives a Swap Termination Payment,
the Trustee shall use the Swap Termination Payment to enter into a replacement
interest rate swap agreement as directed by the Depositor with a successor
swap
counterparty (or its guarantor) meeting the ratings requirements set forth
in
the Swap Agreement being terminated on the same remaining terms as those in
the
Swap Agreement being terminated, so long as the Swap Termination Payment is
sufficient to obtain such replacement interest rate swap agreement. In the
event
that the Trust receives a Swap Termination Payment, and a successor swap
counterparty (or its guarantor) cannot be obtained, then the Trustee shall
be
required to deposit any Swap Termination Payment into the reserve account that
is a sub-account of the Swap Account. On each subsequent Distribution Date
(so
long as funds are available in such reserve account), the Trustee will be
required to withdraw from the reserve account and deposit into the Swap Account
an amount equal to the amount of any Net Swap Receipt due the trust (calculated
in accordance with the terms of the original Swap Agreement) and treat such
amount as a Net Swap Receipt for purposes of determining the distributions
from
the Swap Account. The remaining amount in the reserve account shall remain
in
that account and not treated as a Swap Termination Payment for purposes of
determining the distributions from the Swap Account until the final Distribution
Date.
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In
the
event that, upon the Supplemental Interest Trust entering into a replacement
interest rate swap, the Trust is entitled to receive a Replacement Swap
Counterparty Payment from a replacement swap provider, such replacement interest
rate swap shall provide that the replacement swap counterparty shall make such
Replacement Swap Counterparty Payment to the Swap Account, which obligation
shall be enforced by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of such replacement
interest rate swap. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Replacement Swap
Counterparty Payment shall be made from the Swap Account to the Swap
Counterparty immediately upon receipt of such payment, regardless of whether
the
date of receipt thereof is a Distribution Date. To the extent that any
Replacement Swap Counterparty Payment is made to an account other than the
Swap
Account, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, any Replacement Swap Counterparty Payment shall be paid to the Swap
Counterparty immediately upon receipt of such Replacement Swap Counterparty
Payment by the Trust, regardless of whether the date of receipt thereof is
a
Distribution Date and without regard to anything to the contrary contained
in
this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the Swap
Counterparty shall have first priority to any Replacement Swap Counterparty
Payment over the payment by the Trust to Certificateholders, any Servicer,
the
Custodian, the Trustee or any other Person. However, to the extent any
Replacement Swap Counterparty Payment received from a replacement swap
counterparty and paid to the Swap Counterparty being replaced is less than
the
full amount of a Swap Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty , any
remaining amount of the Swap Termination Payment shall be paid to the Swap
Counterparty on subsequent Distribution Dates in accordance with this Section
4.8 and Section 4.1 (unless the Replacement Swap Counterparty Payment is paid
to
the Swap Counterparty on a Distribution Date, in which case such remaining
amounts will be paid on such Distribution Date).
(c) Funds
in
the Swap Account shall be invested in Permitted Investments. Any earnings on
such amounts shall be added to the amounts distributed on each Distribution
Date
pursuant to Section 4.10(b). The Class OC Certificates shall evidence ownership
of the Swap Account for federal income tax purposes and the Depositor on behalf
of the Holder thereof shall direct the Trustee, in writing, as to investment
of
amounts on deposit therein. The Depositor shall be liable for any losses
incurred on such investments.
(d) Upon
termination of the Trust, any amounts remaining in the Swap Account shall be
distributed to the Class OC Certificates.
(e) It
is the
intention of the parties hereto that, for federal and state income and state
and
local franchise tax purposes, the Supplemental Interest Trust be disregarded
as
an entity separate from the holder of the Class OC Certificates unless and
until
the date when either (a) there is more than one Class OC Certificateholder
or (b) any Class of Certificates in addition to the Class OC Certificates
is recharacterized as an equity interest in the Supplemental Interest Trust
for
federal income tax purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any entity
level tax reporting for the Supplemental Interest Trust.
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To
the
extent that the Supplemental Interest Trust is determined to be a separate
legal
entity from the Trustee, any obligation of the Trustee under the Swap Agreement
shall be deemed to be an obligation of the Supplemental Interest
Trust.
ARTICLE
5
THE
CERTIFICATES
Section
5.1 The
Certificates.
The
Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached as exhibits hereto.
The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the minimum
denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof (except that one Certificate
in each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be in excess of
the
applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate denominations per Class set
forth
in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject
to Section 9.2 hereof respecting the final distribution on the Certificates,
on
each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to each
Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a
bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such Holder
has
so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the related Record
Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold (A) 100% of the Class Principal Balance
of
any Class of Certificates or (B) Certificates of any Class with aggregate
principal Denominations of not less than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed
by
first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such Holder
appearing in the Certificate Register.
The
Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of
the
Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were
affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the countersignature and delivery of such Certificates
or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No Certificate shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose,
unless countersigned by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only
evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered hereunder.
All Certificates shall be dated the date of their countersignature. On the
Closing Date, the Trustee shall countersign the Certificates to be issued at
the
direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The
Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee on a continuous
basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate
transfers.
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Section
5.2 Certificate
Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The
Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5.6 hereof, a Certificate Register for the Trust Fund
in
which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below and to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the
registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as
herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate,
the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class and aggregate
Percentage Interest.
At
the
option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever any Certificates
are
so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate, and
deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or
his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No
service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any registration
of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All
Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with the
Trustee’s customary procedures.
(b) No
Person
shall transfer a Private Certificate unless such transfer (i) is made pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws, or (ii) is exempt from the registration
requirements under said Act and such state securities laws. In the event that
a
transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act
and
such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws,
the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and such
Certificateholder’s prospective transferee shall each certify to the Trustee in
writing the facts surrounding the transfer in substantially the forms set forth
in Exhibit F (the “Transferor Certificate”) and (i) deliver a letter in
substantially the form of either Exhibit G-1 (the “Investment Letter”) or
Exhibit H (the “Rule 144A Letter”) or (ii) there shall be delivered to the
Trustee at the expense of the transferor an Opinion of Counsel that such
transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act. The
Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any
prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding
the
related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall
be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule
144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate without registration thereof
under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by
Rule
144A. The Trustee and the Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in
providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence,
including providing to the Depositor such information regarding the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the Trust Fund
as
the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its obligation under the
preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect
such
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the
Depositor, the Depositor and the Servicer against any liability that may result
if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal
and state laws.
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No
transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee
shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of such
Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee
(in the event such Certificate is a Private Certificate, such requirement is
satisfied only by the Trustee’s receipt of a representation letter from the
transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2), to the effect that such
transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section
406
of ERISA, as amended, or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, or a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement, or using
the
assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer (collectively
a
“Benefit Plan Investor”), (ii) if the purchaser is an insurance company, a
representation in the form of Exhibit G-2 that (a) the purchaser is an insurance
company which is purchasing such Certificates pursuant to an ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting with funds contained in an “insurance company general account” (as
such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
(“PTCE”) 95-60) and (b) all of the requirements of PTCE 95-60 are met, or (iii)
in the case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented for registration
in the name of a Benefit Plan Investor, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory
to
the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee to the effect that the
purchase or holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in
prohibited transactions under Title I of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code
and will not subject the Servicer, the Trustee or the Underwriter to any
obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer
of
an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to a Benefit Plan Investor without the above
representations or the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.
Any representations required to be made in subsection (i) and (ii) above in
the
case of ERISA-Restricted Certificates which are the Book-Entry-Certificates
shall be deemed to have been made by the acquisition of such
Certificates.
No
transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Swap Certificate prior to the termination of
the
Swap Agreement shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received a
representation letter from the transferee of such Certificate, substantially
in
the form set forth in Exhibit G-2, to the effect that either (i) such transferee
is not a Benefit Plan Investor or (ii) the acquisition and holding of the
ERISA-Restricted Swap Certificate are eligible for exemptive relief under the
statutory exemption for non-fiduciary service providers under Section 408(b)(17)
of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code, Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption (“PTCE”) 84-14, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 95-60 or PTCE 96-23 or
another applicable exemption. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Swap Certificate prior
to
the termination of the Swap Agreement to or on behalf of a Benefit Plan Investor
without the delivery to the Trustee of a representation letter as described
above shall be void and of no effect. If the ERISA-Restricted Swap Certificate
is a Book-Entry Certificate, the transferee will be deemed to have made a
representation as provided in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, as
applicable.
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If
any
ERISA-Restricted Swap Certificate, or any interest therein, is acquired or
held
in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the next preceding
permitted beneficial owner will be treated as the beneficial owner of that
Certificate, retroactive to the date of transfer to the purported beneficial
owner. Any purported beneficial owner whose acquisition or holding of an
ERISA-Restricted Swap Certificate, or interest therein, was effected in
violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall indemnify to the
extent permitted by law and hold harmless the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Servicer from and against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses
incurred by such parties as a result of such acquisition or
holding.
To
the
extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA),
the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration
of
transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate or ERISA-Restricted Swap
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 5.2(b) or for making
any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other
action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so
long as the transfer was registered by the Trustee in accordance with the
foregoing requirements.
No
transfer of any Private Certificate presented or surrendered for registration
of
transfer or exchange shall be made unless the transfer or exchange is
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and accompanied by IRS Form
W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8IMY (and all appropriate attachments) or W-9 duly executed
by
the Certificateholder or its representative or nominee duly authorized in
writing. The Trustee shall promptly forward any such IRS Form (other than with
respect to the Residual Certificates) received to the Swap Counterparty located
at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: NY ISD SPV Team, Fax:
(000) 000-0000. Each Holder of a Private Certificate and each transferee thereof
shall be deemed to have consented to the Trustee forwarding to the Swap
Counterparty any such tax certification form such Certificateholder or
transferee has provided and updated in accordance with these transfer
restrictions by its purchase of such Private Certificate. The Trustee shall
not
be liable for the completeness, accuracy, content or truthfulness of any such
tax certification provided to it.
(c) Each
Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest
to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly
subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each
Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall be a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be registered on the Closing
Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer
of any Residual Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required
to
be delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall
have
been furnished with an affidavit (a “Transfer Affidavit”) of the initial owner
or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
(iii) Each
Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom
such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such
Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of
a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
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(iv) Any
attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 5.2(c) shall be
absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported Transferee.
If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate
in
violation of the provisions of this Section 5.2(c), then the last preceding
Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted
by Section 5.2(b) and this Section 5.2(c) or for making any payments due on
such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer
was
registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter. The
Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a
Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time
it
became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted
Transferee, all payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either
such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The
Depositor shall make available, upon receipt of written request from the
Trustee, all information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section
860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted
Transferee.
The
restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this Section
5.2(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend on a
Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring after
delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall
not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer,
to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause an
Adverse REMIC Event. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in
a Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which,
based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary
(a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in,
a
Residual Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person
that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel
the
Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The
preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions referred to above
in
this Section 5.2 in connection with transfer shall be at the expense of the
parties to such transfers.
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(e) Except
as
provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered
in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (i) registration
of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another
Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect
to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such
Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and transfers of registration of the
Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by
applicable rules established by the Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect
its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository
Participants; (v) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository, Depository
Participants and indirect participating firms as representatives of the
Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising
the
rights of holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and
votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they
are
made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Trustee may
rely
and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the
Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons
shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect
Certificate Owners.
All
transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in
accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or
brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant
shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents
or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the
Depository’s normal procedures.
If
(x)
(i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable
to locate a qualified successor or (y) after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the Class Principal
Balance of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the
Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation
of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests
of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners,
through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the “Definitive
Certificates”) to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository, accompanied
by
the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue
the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Servicer, the Depositor nor the Trustee
shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and each may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
The Servicer shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of
certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates.
Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein to
obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed
to
be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with
respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder; provided
that the Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations
become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the
Depository.
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Section
5.3 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If
(a)
any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Servicer and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such Certificate has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall execute, countersign and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or
stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like Class, tenor and Percentage
Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 5.3, the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and
any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.3
shall
constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found
at any time.
Section
5.4 Persons
Deemed Owners.
The
Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose
of
receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section
5.5 Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses.
If
three
or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in writing from the
Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to communicate with
other
Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under
the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the communication which such
Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if the Depositor or Servicer shall
request such information in writing from the Trustee, then the Trustee shall,
within ten Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the
Depositor, the Servicer or such Certificateholders at such recipients’ expense
the most recent list of the Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the
Trustee, if any. The Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and
holding a Certificate, agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable
by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the
Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
Section
5.6 Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
The
Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an office or
offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates its
office DB Services Tennessee, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
00000-0000; Attention: Transfer Unit, for such purposes. The Trustee will give
prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location
of any such office or agency.
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ARTICLE
6
THE
DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
Section
6.1 Respective
Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer.
The
Depositor and Servicer shall each be liable in accordance herewith only to
the
extent of the obligations specifically and respectively imposed upon and
undertaken by them herein.
Section
6.2 Merger
or Consolidation of the Depositor and Servicer.
The
Depositor and Servicer will each keep in full effect its existence, rights
and
franchises as a corporation (or, in the case of the Servicer, a limited
partnership) under the laws of the United States or under the laws of one of
the
states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any
Person into which the Depositor or the Servicer may be merged or consolidated,
or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor
or the Servicer shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the business
of
the Depositor or the Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor or the
Servicer, 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
or
surviving Person to the Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage loans
to,
and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx
Mac.
Section
6.3 Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and Others.
None
of
the Depositor, the Servicer or any of the directors, officers, employees or
agents of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be under any liability to the
Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of
any
action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the
Servicer or any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties
made by it herein or protect the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person
from
any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason
of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the
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 Depositor, the Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the
Depositor or the Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held
harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with
any
audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing
authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the performance
thereof, or the Certificates, 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 willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason
of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. None of the Depositor
or
the Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any
legal action that is not incidental to its respective duties hereunder and
which
in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however,
that any of the Depositor or the Servicer may in its discretion undertake any
such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement
and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee
and
the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs
of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs
and
liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection Account.
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Section
6.4 Limitation
on Resignation of Servicer.
The
Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on
it
except (a) upon appointment of a successor servicer who is a member in good
standing of MERS and receipt by the Trustee of a letter from each Rating Agency
that such a resignation and appointment will not result in a downgrading of
the
rating of any of the Certificates, or (b) upon determination that its duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination
under clause (b) permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such
resignation shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer
shall have assumed the Servicer’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities and
obligations hereunder.
Section
6.5 Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
Commencing
in 2008, the Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee on or
before March 15 of each applicable calendar year, (or March 24 if there is
no
requirement to file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), an Officer’s Certificate
stating, as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding fiscal year and of the performance of the Servicer
under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to
the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled all of its material obligations under this Agreement throughout such
year, or, if there has been a material default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature
and status thereof. Upon request, the Trustee shall forward a copy of each
such
statement to each Rating Agency and each Underwriter.
Commencing
in 2008, on or before March 15 of each calendar year (or March 24 if there
is no
requirement to file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), the Servicer shall
deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee a report regarding its assessment
of
compliance with the servicing criteria specified in paragraph (d) of Item 1122
of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(d)), as of and for the period ending the end of
each fiscal year, with respect to asset-backed security transactions taken
as a
whole involving the Servicer, and that are backed by the same asset type as
the
Mortgage Loans. Each such report shall include all of the statements required
under paragraph (a) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(a)).
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Copies
of
such statements shall be provided to any Securityholder upon request, by the
Servicer or by the Trustee at the Servicer’s expense if the Servicer failed to
provide such copies (unless (i) the Servicer shall have failed to provide the
Trustee with such statement or (ii) the Trustee shall be unaware of the
Servicer’s failure to provide such statement.
The
Servicer shall promptly notify the Depositor and the Trustee (i) of any legal
proceedings pending against the Servicer of the type described in Item 1117
(§
229.1117) of Regulation AB and (ii) if the Servicer shall become (but only
to
the extent not previously disclosed to the Trustee and the Depositor) at any
time an affiliate of any of the Seller, the Trustee or any Servicer,
Subservicer, Subcontractor or “Originator” contemplated by Item 1110 (§
229.1110) of Regulation AB, any significant obligor contemplated by Item 1112
(§
229.1112) of Regulation AB, any enhancement or support provider contemplated
by
Items 1114 or 1115 (§§ 229.1114-1115) of Regulation AB or any other material
party to the Trust contemplated by Item 1100(d)(1) (§ 229.1100(d)(1)) of
Regulation AB.
Section
6.6 Annual
Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Statement.
Commencing
in 2008, on or before March 15 of each calendar year (or March 24 if there
is no
requirement to file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), the Servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor a report by a registered public
accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by the
Servicer pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 8.5. Such report shall
be
made in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted
by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
ARTICLE
7
SERVICER
DEFAULT
Section
7.1 Events
of Default.
“Event
of
Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events:
(i) any
failure by the Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account or remit to the
Trustee any payment required to be made under the terms of this Agreement,
which
failure shall continue unremedied for five days after the date upon which
written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer by the
Trustee or the Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having
not less than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates;
or
(ii) any
failure by the Servicer to observe or perform in any material respect any other
of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Servicer contained in this
Agreement, which failure materially affects the rights of Certificateholders,
which failure continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on
which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer
by
the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced
by
the Certificates; provided, however, that the 60-day cure period shall not
apply
to the initial delivery of the Mortgage File for Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans
nor the failure to substitute or repurchase in lieu thereof; or
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(iii) a
decree
or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction
in
the premises for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator 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 Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained
in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or
(iv) the
Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or all or substantially
all
of the property of the Servicer; or
(v) the
Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as
they
become due, file a petition to take advantage of, or commence a voluntary case
under, any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment
for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations.
Upon
its
obtaining actual knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee
shall promptly deliver to the Depositor, an Officer’s Certificate that an event
has occurred that may justify termination of the Servicer hereunder and
describing the circumstances surrounding such event. Upon the occurrence of
an
Event of Default, the Trustee may terminate the Servicer hereunder, if in its
judgment such termination is in the best interests of the Trust Fund. The
Trustee shall so terminate the Servicer if directed to do so by the Holders
of
Certificates evidencing not less than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced by
the
Certificates exercised in writing following delivery to such Holders by the
Trustee of notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default pursuant to Section
7.2(b).
Upon
any
such termination, the Trustee shall enter into a substitute servicing
arrangement with another mortgage loan servicing company acceptable to the
Trustee and Rating Agency under which such mortgage loan servicing company
shall
assume, satisfy, perform and carry out all liabilities, duties, responsibilities
and obligations that are to be, or otherwise were to have been, satisfied,
performed and carried out by the terminated Servicer hereunder. Until such
time
as the Trustee enters into a substitute servicing agreement with respect to
the
Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall assume, satisfy, perform and carry out all
obligations which otherwise were to have been satisfied, performed and carried
out by the terminated Servicer. As compensation to the Trustee for any servicing
obligations fulfilled or assumed by the Trustee, the Trustee shall be entitled
to any servicing compensation to which the terminated Servicer would have been
entitled if such Servicer had not been terminated.
Notwithstanding
any termination of the activities of the Servicer hereunder, the Servicer shall
be entitled to receive, out of any late collection of a Scheduled Payment on
a
Mortgage Loan which was due prior to the notice terminating such Servicer’s
rights and obligations as Servicer hereunder and received after such notice,
that portion thereof to which such Servicer would have been entitled pursuant
to
Sections 3.8(a)(i) through (vii), and any other amounts payable to such Servicer
hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the termination of its
activities hereunder.
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In
no
event shall the termination of the Servicer under this Agreement result in
any
diminution of the Servicer’s right to reimbursement for any outstanding Advances
due such Servicer at the time of termination. The successor Servicer shall
be
obligated to promptly reimburse the terminated Servicer for outstanding Advances
provided, however, that if the Trustee becomes the successor Servicer, such
reimbursement obligation shall be limited to the funds available in the
Collection Account for such purposes pursuant to Sections 3.8(a)(ii) and
3.8(iii) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, any such
reimbursement for outstanding Advances shall be made on a first in, first out
(“FIFO”) basis no later than the 18th
day
of
each month provided that the successor Servicer has received prior written
notice from the appropriate party, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
of
such reimbursement amount.
Section
7.2 Notification
to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon
any
termination of or appointment of a successor to the Servicer, the Trustee shall
give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders and to each Rating
Agency.
(b) Within
60
days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Trustee shall transmit
by
mail to all Certificateholders notice of each such Event of Default hereunder
known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived.
ARTICLE
8
CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE
Section
8.1 Duties
of Trustee.
The
Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge and after the curing of all Events
of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. In case an
Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge has occurred and remains uncured, the Trustee shall exercise such
of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree
of
care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use
under
the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
The
Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions,
reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee that
are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are in the form required
by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be responsible
for the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement,
opinion, report, document, order or other instrument. If any such instrument
is
found not to conform in any material respect to the requirements of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders of such instrument
in
the event that the Trustee, after so requesting, does not receive a
satisfactorily corrected instrument.
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No
provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its
own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) unless
an
Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge shall have occurred and be continuing, the duties and obligations
of
the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against
the
Trustee and the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates
or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Agreement which it believed in good faith to be genuine and to have been duly
executed by the proper authorities respecting any matters arising
hereunder;
(ii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by
a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall
be
finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of
Certificates relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement;
(iv) the
Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or the
exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not assured to it, and none of the provisions contained
in
this Agreement shall in any event require the Trustee to perform, or be
responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the
Servicer under this Agreement except during such time, if any, as the Trustee
shall be the successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers and
privileges of, the Servicer; and
(v) without
limiting the generality of this Section 8.1, the Trustee shall have no duty
(A)
to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of this Agreement or any
agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation
statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any
such recording or filing or deposit or to any rerecording, refiling or
redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see to any insurance, (C) to see to the
payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or
any
lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied
against, any part of the Trust Fund other than from funds available in the
Distribution Account (D) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or
certificates of the Servicer delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement
believed by the Trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by
the proper party or parties.
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(vi) The
Trustee shall deliver or cause to be delivered a correct, complete and duly
executed IRS Form W-9 of the Supplemental Interest Trust to the Swap
Counterparty no later than the first Payment Date under the Cap Agreement or
Swap Agreement, and, if requested by the Swap Counterparty an applicable IRS
Form W-8IMY.
Section
8.2 Certain
Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 8.1:
(i) the
Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, Officers’ Certificate, certificate of auditors
or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed
by
it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties and the Trustee shall have no responsibility to ascertain or confirm
the
genuineness of any signature of any such party or parties;
(ii) the
Trustee may consult with counsel, financial advisers or accountants and the
advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or accountants and any Opinion
of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of
any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(iv) the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document,
unless requested in writing so to do by Holders of Certificates evidencing
not
less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates;
provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee
of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making
of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not assured to the
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the
Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against such cost,
expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action.
(v) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, accountants or attorneys
and
the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the
part of such agent, accountant or attorney appointed by the Trustee with due
care;
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(vi) the
Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its own funds or otherwise
incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(vii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant
to
this Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment security);
(viii) the
Trustee or its Affiliates shall be permitted to receive additional compensation
that could be deemed to be in the Trustee’s economic self-interest for (i)
serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder servicing agent,
custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the Eligible Investments,
(ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain Eligible Investments
and
(iii) effecting transactions in certain Eligible Investments.
(ix) the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default until
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
and in the absence of such notice, the Trustee may conclusively assume that
there is no Event of Default;
(x) the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts, rights
or
powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any
litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction
of
any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(xi) the
right
of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement
shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for
other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such
act;
and
(xii) the
Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
execution of the Trust Fund created hereby or the powers granted
hereunder.
Section
8.3 Trustee
Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor, the Depositor or Servicer, as the case may be,
and
the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes
no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, the
Swap
Agreement, the Cap Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan
or
related document other than with respect to the Trustee’s execution and
counter-signature of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable
for
the use or application by the Depositor or the Servicer of any funds paid to
the
Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in
or
withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Depositor or the
Servicer.
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Section
8.4 Trustee
May Own Certificates.
The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the
Trustee.
Section
8.5 Trustee’s
Fees and Expenses.
The
Trustee, as compensation for its activities prior to making the distributions
pursuant to Section 4.1 hereunder, shall be entitled to deduct from the
Distribution Account on each Distribution Date an amount equal to the Trustee
Fee and reasonable expenses for such Distribution Date. SMS shall indemnify
and
hold harmless the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Custodian and any director,
officer, employee or agent thereof against any loss, liability or expense,
including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred in connection with or arising out
of or in connection with this Agreement, the Swap Agreement, the Cap Agreement,
any custodial agreement or the Certificates, including, but not limited to,
any
such loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action
against the Trust or the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Custodian or any
director, officer, employee or agent thereof, or the performance of any of
the
duties of the Trustee or the Paying Agent under this Agreement, the Swap
Agreement or the Cap Agreement, or the duties of the Custodian under any
custodial agreement (including, but not limited to, the execution and delivery
of documents in connection with a foreclosure sale, trustee’s sale, or deed in
lieu of foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including, but not, limited to, any
deed
of reconveyance, any substitution of trustee documents or any other documents
to
release, satisfy, cancel or discharge any Mortgage Loan) other than any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of the willful misfeasance, bad faith
or
negligence in the performance of the duties under this Agreement, the Swap
Agreement or the Cap Agreement or by reason of the willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence of the Custodian under any custodial agreement
(including specifically any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Custodian
by reason of simple negligence under any custodial agreement). The provisions
of
this Section 8.5 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee or
the
Paying Agent and the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or
removal of the Custodian under any custodial agreement. The Trustee may receive
an additional indemnity from a party acceptable to the Trustee.
Section
8.6 Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee.
The
Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized
and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of America,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to super-vision or
examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating which would
not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then current
ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such security from time to
time
as is sufficient to avoid such reduction). If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
the
purposes of this Section 8.6 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the
provisions of this Section 8.6, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.7 hereof. The entity serving
as Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor
and its affiliates or the Servicer and its affiliates; provided, however, that
such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Servicer other than the Trustee in
its
role as successor to the Servicer.
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Section
8.7 Resignation
and Removal of Trustee.
The
Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created
by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the Swap Counterparty,
the Cap Counterparty and the Servicer and each Rating Agency not less than
60
days before the date specified in such notice when, subject to Section 8.8,
such
resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in
accordance with Section 8.8 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section
8.6.
If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so appointed
and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice
or
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If
at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 8.6 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by
the
Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall become incapable of acting,
or
shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or
of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a tax is imposed with respect
to
the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located
and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a
different trustee, then the Depositor or the Servicer may remove the Trustee
and
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy
of
which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy of which shall
be
delivered to the Servicer and one copy to the successor trustee.
The
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights may at
any
time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument
or
instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact
duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered by
the
successor Trustee to the Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so removed
and one complete set to the successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of
the
Trustee shall be given to each Rating Agency by the Successor
Trustee.
Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.7 shall become effective
upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
8.8 hereof.
Section
8.8 Successor
Trustee.
Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.7 hereof shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor trustee and
the
Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of
its
predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee
herein. The Depositor, the Servicer and the predecessor trustee shall execute
and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be
required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor
trustee all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
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No
successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.8
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 8.6 hereof and its appointment shall not
adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section
8.8, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder
to all Holders of Certificates and the Swap Counterparty and the Cap
Counterparty. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall
cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
Section
8.9 Merger
or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions
of Section 8.6 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section
8.10 Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting
any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund
or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the time be located, the Servicer
and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and
deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee
to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate
trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to
vest
in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof, whichever
is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Servicer and the Trustee
may consider necessary or desirable. If the Servicer shall not have joined
in
such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request to do
so,
or in the case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee
or
separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility
as
a successor trustee under Section 8.6 and no notice to Certificateholders of
the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under
Section 8.8.
Every
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
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(i) To
the
extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section 8.10, all rights,
powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall
be
conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such
separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate
trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee
joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether
as
Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall
be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such
rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the
applicable Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall
be
exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but
solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No
trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason of any act or
omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall not, and
shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or co-trustee
as
agent of the Trustee;
(iii) The
Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee
or co-trustee; and
(iv) The
Servicer, and not the Trustee, shall be liable for the payment of reasonable
compensation, reimbursement and indemnification to any such separate trustee
or
co-trustee.
Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, when and as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to
the
Servicer and the Depositor.
Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee its
agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement
on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
Section
8.11 Tax
Matters.
It
is
intended that the assets with respect to which the REMIC elections are to be
made, as set forth in Schedule III, shall constitute, and that the conduct
of
matters relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such assets as
REMICs as defined in and in accordance with the
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REMIC
Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees
that it shall act as agent (and the Servicer is hereby appointed to act as
agent) on behalf of each such REMIC and that in such capacity it shall: (a)
prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a
U.S.
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any
successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file
or
cause to be prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable
state or local tax authorities income tax or information returns for each
taxable year with respect to each such REMIC, containing such information and
at
the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local
tax
laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in
such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the Closing
Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service, on
Forms
8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title, address,
and
telephone number of the person that the Holders of the Certificates may contact
for tax information relating thereto, together with such additional information
as may be required by such Form, and update such information at the time or
times in the manner required by the Code; (c) make or cause to be made REMIC
elections as directed in Schedule III on the federal tax returns for each such
REMIC’s first taxable year (and, if necessary, under applicable state law); (d)
prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the
Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state
tax authorities, all information returns and reports as and when required to
be
provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including without
limitation, the calculation of any original issue discount using the prepayment
assumption and any information returns due to payments from the Excess Reserve
Fund Account and the Supplemental Interest Trust; (e) provide information
necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Residual
Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent
(including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted Transferee,
or a pass-through entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is the record
holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing such
information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax); (f) to the
extent that they are under its control conduct matters relating to such assets
at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status
of each REMIC created hereunder under the REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly
or
intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause an
Adverse REMIC Event; (h) pay the amount of any federal, state or local tax,
including prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any such
REMIC prior to its termination when and as the same shall be due and payable
(but such obligation shall not prevent the Servicer or any other appropriate
Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not
prevent the Servicer from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by
law,
pending the outcome of such proceedings); (i) ensure that federal, state or
local income tax or information returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such
other person as may be required to sign such returns by the Code or state or
local laws, regulations or rules; (j) maintain records relating to any such
REMIC, including but not limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities
thereof and the fair market value and adjusted basis of the assets determined
at
such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare
the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information; and (k) as and
when
necessary and appropriate, represent any such REMIC in any administrative or
judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental
taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year
of
any such REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing
agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of any such
REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of any such REMIC in relation to any tax
matter or controversy involving it.
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To
enable
the Servicer to perform its duties as set forth herein, the Depositor shall
provide, or cause to be provided, to the Servicer within ten (10) days after
the
Closing Date all information or data that the Servicer requests in writing
and
determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices
of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment
assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans.
Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Servicer promptly upon written
request therefor, any such additional information or data that the Servicer
may,
from time to time, reasonably request in order to enable the Servicer to perform
its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the Servicer
for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Servicer arising
from any errors or miscalculations of the Servicer that result from any failure
of the Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate information
or
data to the Servicer on a timely basis.
The
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee covenant and agree that (i) they shall,
to the extent that they are under their control, conduct matters relating to
the
assets of the Trust Fund at all times that any Certificates are outstanding
so
as to maintain the status of each REMIC created hereunder under the REMIC
Provisions (and, with respect to matters that are under its control and which
are otherwise required to be performed by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, the Trustee shall maintain the treatment of the Excess Reserve Fund
Account and the rights with respect to payments from the Excess Reserve Fund
Account as provided in paragraph (b) below), and (ii) they shall not knowingly
or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause
an
Adverse REMIC Event.
Section
8.12 Trustee
Exchange Act Reporting Requirements.
(a) On
or
before March 15 of each calendar year (or March 24 if there is no requirement
to
file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), the Trustee shall deliver to the
Servicer and the Depositor a report regarding its assessment of compliance
with
the servicing criteria specified in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation
AB
(§ 229.1122(d)), as of and for the period ending the end of each fiscal year,
with respect to asset-backed security transactions taken as a whole involving
the Trustee and that are backed by the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans.
Each such report shall include all of the statements required to be provided
under paragraph (a) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(a)) as set forth
in Exhibit T hereto.
(b) On
or
before March 15 of each calendar year (or March 24 if there is no requirement
to
file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), the Trustee shall each deliver to
the
Servicer and the Depositor a report by a registered public accounting firm
that
attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by the Trustee pursuant to
subsection (a) above. Each such report shall be made in accordance with
standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
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(c) The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Servicer and the Depositor of any legal
proceedings pending against the Trustee of the type described in Item 1117
(§
229.1117) of Regulation AB.
(d) In
order
to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from
time
to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the
funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), the
Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating
to
individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the
Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to Trustee upon
its
request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as
may
be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee to comply with
Applicable Law.
Section
8.13 Reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(a) The
Trustee and the Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in
connection with the satisfaction of the reporting requirements under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Trustee
shall prepare on behalf of the Trust Fund any Forms 8-K, 10-D and 10-K as
provided in Section 8.13(b).
(b) The
Depositor shall prepare or cause to be prepared the initial current report
on
Form 8-K. Thereafter, within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee
shall, in accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via
the
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (XXXXX) filing requirements,
a
Form 10-D executed by the Depositor with (i) a copy of the Monthly Statement
for
such Distribution Date and (ii) such other information as is required by Form
10-D, including, but not limited to, the information required by Item 1121
(§229.1121) of Regulation AB (so long as such information is made available to
the Trustee in a format compatible with XXXXX filing requirements).
Any
disclosure in addition to the monthly statement required to be included on
the
Form 10-D (“Additional Form 10-Disclosure”) shall be determined and prepared by
the entity that is indicated in Exhibit S as the responsible entity for
providing that information. Any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure shall be
provided to the Trustee by email to XXXxx.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx within 5 calendar
days after the related Determination Date. Any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
shall clearly identify which item of Form 10-D the information relates to.
The
Depositor shall also be copied on any Additional Form 10-D
Disclosure.
The
Trustee shall compile the information provided to it, prepare the Form 10-D
and
forward the Form 10-D to the Depositor for review and verification. No later
than three Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the related
Distribution Date, an officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and
return such executed Form 10-D to the Trustee by email (with an original
executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail).
Prior
to
January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee is able to do so under
applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 Suspension Notice with respect
to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to (x) March 31, 2008 and (y) unless
and
until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, prior to March 31
of
each year thereafter, the Trustee shall prepare a Form 10-K with respect to
the
Trust Fund. The Trustee shall file each such Form 10-K by March 31 of the
applicable year. Such Form 10-K shall be signed by an appropriate officer of
the
Depositor by March 25, 2008 and shall include the certification required
pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended from time to time, and
any rules promulgated thereunder by the Commission (the “Form 10-K
Certification”), which certification shall be signed by an appropriate officer
of the Depositor. Such Form 10-K shall also include as exhibits (i) the annual
statement as to compliance and the assessments of compliance with servicing
criteria described in Section 3.16 and Section 6.5 of this Agreement, (ii)
the
public accounting firm attestation reports described in Section 3.17 and Section
6.6 of this Agreement, relating to the assessments of compliance with servicing
criteria described therein and (iii) the items described in (i) and (ii) above
with respect to any Subservicer or Subcontractor. If any party’s report on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria required by clause (i) in
the
immediately preceding sentence, or the related public accounting firm
attestation report required by clause (ii) in the immediately preceding
sentence, identifies any material instance of noncompliance with the servicing
criteria specified in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB
(§229.1122(d)), the Form 10-K shall identify the material instance of
noncompliance. If these items have not been delivered to the Trustee within
a
reasonable period of time before the Trustee files any Form 10-K, the Trustee
shall cooperate with the Depositor to file an amended Form 10-K including such
missing documents as exhibits reasonably promptly after receipt of such items
by
the Trustee.
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Prior
to
(x) March 1, 2008 and (y) unless an until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall
have
been filed, prior to March 1 of each year thereafter, each entity that is
indicated in Exhibit S as a responsible entity for providing any disclosure
or
information in addition that described in the preceding paragraph that is
required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”) shall
be required to provide to the Trustee by email to XXXxx.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx.
Any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure shall clearly identify which item of Form
10-K the information relates to. The Depositor shall also be copied on any
Additional Form 10-K Disclosure.
(c) The
Trustee shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
O)
for the benefit of the Depositor and its officers, directors and affiliates
(provided, however, that the Trustee shall not undertake an analysis of the
accountant’s report referred to in Section 3.17 and Section 6.5 of this
Agreement), and the Servicer shall sign a certification in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit P for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trust Fund, the
Trustee and their officers, directors and affiliates.
In
addition, (i) the Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and
its officers, and directors from and against losses, damages (except for
special, indirect or consequential loss or damage) penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments
and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon an intentional breach
by the Trustee of its obligations under this Section or the Trustee’s
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith, (ii) the
Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Trustee and each
of their respective officers, directors and affiliates from and against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal
fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out
of or
based upon a breach of the Servicer’s obligations under this Section or the
Servicer’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith
and (iii) the Depositor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and its
officers, directors and affiliates from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon
a
breach of the Depositor’s obligations under this Section or the Depositor’s
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith.
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(d) Within
four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure
on
Form 8-K (each such event, a “Reportable Event”), the Trustee shall prepare and
file on behalf of the Trust Fund any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange
Act,
provided that the Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with
the issuance of the Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to
a
Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form
8-K Disclosure Information”) shall be prepared by the party responsible for
preparing such disclosure as set forth on Exhibit S hereto and compiled by
the
Trustee pursuant to the following paragraph. Any Form 8-K Disclosure shall
be
forwarded to the Trustee by email to XXXxx.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx. The Depositor
shall be copied on any Form 8-K Disclosure. The Trustee will have no duty or
liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K
Disclosure Information or any Form 8-K, except as set forth in the next
paragraph.
As
set
forth on Exhibit S hereto, for so long as the Issuing Entity is subject to
the
Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than noon (Eastern Standard Time)
on the 2nd Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event, certain
parties to this Agreement shall be required to provide to the Depositor and
the
Trustee, to the extent known by such applicable parties, any Form 8-K Disclosure
Information, if applicable. The Trustee shall compile all such information
provided to it in a Form 8-K prepared by it.
After
preparing the Form 8-K, the Trustee shall forward electronically a draft copy
of
the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review, verification and execution by the
Depositor. No later than the end of the 3rd Business Day after the Reportable
Event, an officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 8-K and return an
electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an original executed hard
copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed
on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Trustee
will
cooperate with the Depositor to file an amendment.
(e) Upon
any
filing with the Commission, the Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Depositor
a copy of any executed report, statement or information.
(f) The
Trustee will have no duty to verify the accuracy or sufficiency of any
information not prepared by it included in any Form 10-D, Form 10-K or Form
8-K.
The Trustee shall have no liability with respect to any failure to properly
prepare or file any Form 10-D or Form 10-K resulting from or relating to the
Trustee’s inability or failure to obtain any information or signature in a
timely manner from the party responsible for delivery of such information or
signature, so long as any such failure does not result from the negligence
or
willful misconduct of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability with
respect to any failure to properly file any Form 10-D, Form 10-K or Form 8-K
resulting from or relating to the Depositor’s failure to timely comply with the
provisions of this section. Nothing herein shall be construed to require the
Trustee or any officer, director or Affiliate thereof to sign any Form 10-D,
Form 10-K or Form 8-K.
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ARTICLE
9
TERMINATION
Section
9.1 Termination
upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject
to Section 9.3, the obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the Trust Fund shall
terminate upon the earlier of:
(i) the
purchase by the Servicer or its designee of all Mortgage Loans (including REO
Properties not otherwise disposed of pursuant to Section 3.11(i)) remaining
in
the Trust Fund at a price equal to the sum of (A) 100% of the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan that is not a Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan; (B)
the Projected Net Liquidation Value of each Nonrecoverable Mortgage Loan (not
including any REO), (C) the lesser of (x) the appraised value of any REO
Property as determined by a real estate broker meeting the qualifications,
and
applying broker’s price opinion methodology, generally acceptable to residential
mortgage servicers, or other property valuation opinion methodology customarily
used by residential mortgage servicers with respect to defaulted loans and
(y)
the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan related to any REO Property
and (D) any Swap Termination Payments payable to the Swap Counterparty. In
addition, such purchase price shall include with respect to the Mortgage Loans
(including REO Properties) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable
Net Rate, except to the extent the Servicer was not or would not be required
to
make a P&I Advance hereunder; and
(ii) the
later
of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto)
of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the disposition of
all
REO Property and (B) the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts
required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement. In no event
shall
the trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration
of
21 years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s, living on
the date hereof, and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
The
right
to purchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to clause (i) above
shall be conditioned upon the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans, at the time of any such repurchase, aggregating less than ten percent
as
of the end of the related Due Period of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
(b) With
respect to any purchase pursuant to subsection (a), upon deposit of the price
determined pursuant to subsection (a)(i) in the Distribution Account, the
Trustee shall release or cause to be released to the purchaser of each such
Mortgage Loan the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the purchaser of such Mortgage
Loan (including appropriate instruments with respect to any REO Property),
in
each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the purchaser
of
such Mortgage Loan any Mortgage Loan sold pursuant hereto, and the purchaser
of
such Mortgage Loan shall succeed to all the Trustee’s right, title and interest
in and to such Mortgage Loan and all security and documents related thereto.
Such assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security. The
purchaser of such Mortgage Loan shall thereupon own such Mortgage Loan, and
all
security and documents, free of any further obligation to the Trustee or the
Certificateholders with respect thereto.
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(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer hereby agrees that
it
shall not exercise its right to purchase the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
paragraph (a) of this Section 9.1 for so long as any NIM securities are
outstanding. For purposes of this paragraph (c), “NIM securities” shall mean any
securities issued by a trust into which the Class C Certificates are
transferred.
Section
9.2 Final
Distribution on the Certificates.
If
on any
Determination Date, the Servicer determines that there are no Outstanding
Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other than the
funds in the Collection Account, the Servicer shall direct the Trustee promptly
to send a final distribution notice to each Certificateholder. If the Servicer
elects to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.1, at
least 20 days prior to the date notice is to be mailed to the affected
Certificateholders, the Servicer shall notify the Depositor, the Swap
Counterparty, the Cap Counterparty and the Trustee of the date the Servicer
intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable repurchase price
of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice
of
any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution Date on which
Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of the final
distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee by letter
to Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 10th day and no later than
the
15th day of the month next preceding the month of such final distribution.
Any
such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date upon which final
distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender
of
Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the amount of such final
distribution, (c) the location of the office or agency at which such
presentation and surrender must be made, and (d) that the Record Date otherwise
applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions being
made
only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office therein
specified. The Servicer will give such notice to each Rating Agency at the
time
such notice is given to Certificateholders.
In
the
event such notice is given, the Servicer shall cause all funds in the Collection
Account to be remitted to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account
on
the Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal
to
the final distribution in respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit
with respect to the Trust Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a Request
for
Release therefor, the Trustee shall promptly release to the Servicer the
Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loans.
Upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall cause to
be
distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class, in the order set forth
in
Section 4.2 hereof, on the final Distribution Date, in the case of the
Certificateholders, in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests,
with
respect to Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount equal to (i) as
to
each Class of Regular Certificates, the Class Principal Balance thereof plus
accrued interest thereon (or on their Notional Principal Balance, if applicable)
in the case of an interest bearing Certificate, and (ii) as to the Residual
Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on deposit in the Distribution
Account (other than the amounts retained to meet claims) after application
pursuant to clause (i) above.
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In
the
event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender Certificates
for
cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above mentioned
written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice to the remaining
Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive
the final distribution with respect thereto. If within six months after the
second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not have been surrendered
for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an
agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders
concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid
out of the funds and other assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If
within one year after the second notice all Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the holder of each of the Class R Certificates
shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets of the REMICs held
for
distribution to such Certificateholders, which remain subject
hereto.
Section
9.3 Additional
Termination Requirements.
(a) In
the
event the Servicer exercises its purchase option as provided in Section 9.1,
the
Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional
requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel,
at the expense of the Servicer, to the effect that the failure to comply with
the requirements of this Section 9.3 will not result in an Adverse REMIC
Event:
(i) The
Trustee shall sell all of the assets that constitute the Trust Fund for cash
as
provided in Section 9.01(a)(i), and, within 90 days of such sale, shall
distribute to (or credit to the account of) the Holders of the Certificates
the
proceeds of such sale together with other cash on hand (less amounts retained
to
meet claims) in complete liquidation of the Trust Fund and each REMIC created
hereunder;
(ii) The
Trustee shall attach a statement to the final federal income tax return for
each
REMIC created hereunder stating that pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.860F-1,
the first day of the 90-day liquidation period for each such REMIC was the
date
on which the Trustee sold the assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section
9.01(a)(i); and
(iii) If
the
Swap Agreement is still outstanding at the time of termination of the Trust
Fund, the Trustee shall notify the Swap Counterparty of such
termination.
(b) By
their
acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby authorize the Trustee
to undertake the above-described actions.
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ARTICLE
10
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE
11
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
11.1 Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, Servicer and the
Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders (i) to cure any
ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to cause the provisions herein to conform to or
be
consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made with respect to the
Certificates, the Trust Fund or this Agreement in any disclosure document
pursuant to which any Certificates were offered; to correct any defective
provision herein or to supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent
with any other provision herein, (iii) to add to the duties of the Depositor
or
the Servicer, (iv) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising hereunder or (v) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind
any of the terms or provisions contained in this Agreement; provided that any
action pursuant to clauses (iv) or (v) above shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee (which Opinion of Counsel shall
not
be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided, however,
that
the amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect
the interests of the Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment
obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned
to the Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such letter in
and
of itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such
amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
affecting any such rating. The Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer also
may
at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement without the consent
of
the Certificateholders to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions
to
such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the qualification
of each REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC under the Code, (ii) avoid or
minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any such REMIC pursuant to
the
Code that would be a claim at any time prior to the final redemption of the
Certificates or (iii) comply with any other requirements of the Code, provided
that the Trustee have been provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall
be an expense of the party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not
be
an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action
is
necessary or helpful to, as applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii)
avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply
with
any such requirements of the Code.
This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, Servicer
and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a Majority in Interest of each
Class of Certificates affected thereby 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 Holders of
Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in
any
manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to be
distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
the
Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in
(i),
without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing,
as
to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating 66%, or (iii) reduce the
aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all such
Certificates then outstanding and without the consent of the Swap Counterparty,
but only to the extent that the Swap Counterparty is adversely affected by
such
amendment.
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Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not consent to
any
amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion
of
Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust
Fund,
to the effect that such amendment will not cause an Adverse REMIC
Event.
The
Trustee shall provide the Swap Counterparty with at least ten (10) days prior
written notice of any proposed amendment of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
any
contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Swap Counterparty, consent to any amendment to this
Agreement that would (i) adversely affect its ability to perform, timely and
fully, its obligations under the Swap Agreement, (ii) adversely affect or change
the rights of the Swap Counterparty or the benefits accorded to it under this
Agreement or the Swap Agreement, (iii) adversely affect or change the
obligations of the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement or (iv) modify
the
meaning of any term used in the Swap Agreement and defined in this Agreement,
or
any component thereof.
Promptly
after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring the consent
of
Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the
substance or a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder, Swap
Counterparty and each Rating Agency.
It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 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 Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations
as
the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing
in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an amendment without
receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the Trustee that (i) such amendment
is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and that all requirements
for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and (ii) either (A) the
amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any
Certificateholder or the Swap Counterparty or (B) the conclusion set forth
in
the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant
to
this Section 11.1.
Section
11.2 Recordation
of Agreement; Counterparts.
This
Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real
property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which
any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in
any
other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to
be
effected by the Servicer at its expense, but only upon direction a majority
of
the Certificateholders to the effect that such recordation materially and
beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders. However, the
foregoing sentence notwithstanding, the Servicer may provide copies hereof
to
counsel, judicial officers, and government agencies, or may cause this Agreement
to be recorded, in any jurisdiction in which, in the Servicer’s judgment, such
disclosure or recording may facilitate foreclosure or other recovery with
respect to any one or more of the Mortgage Loans.
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For
the
purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided
and
for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed (by facsimile or otherwise)
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one
and
the same instrument.
Section
11.3 Governing
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
Section
11.4 Intention
of Parties.
It
is the
express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Trust Fund
by
the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, absolute sales thereof
to
the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such
conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof by the Depositor to the Trustee. However,
in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are
held to be the property of the Depositor, or if for any other reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in such assets, then
(i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning
of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance
provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant
by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
of a
security interest in all of the assets that constitute the Trust Fund, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired.
The
Depositor, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, 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 Trust
Fund, 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. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform
Commercial Code continuation statements in connection with any security interest
granted or assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
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Section
11.5 Notices.
(a) The
Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice to each Rating
Agency and Swap Counterparty and Cap Counterparty with respect to each of the
following of which it has actual knowledge:
1. |
any
material change or amendment to this
Agreement;
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2. |
the
occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
cured;
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3.
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the
resignation or termination of the Servicer or the Trustee and the
appointment of any successor;
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4.
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the
repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
2.3
hereof;
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5. |
the
final payment to Certificateholders;
and
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6. |
any
rating action involving the long-term credit rating of the Servicer,
which
notice shall be made by first-class mail within two Business Days
after
the Trustee gains actual knowledge
thereof.
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In
addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating Agency copies of
the
following:
1. |
Each
report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.5
hereof;
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2. |
Each
annual statement as to compliance described in Section 3.16
hereof;
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3.
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Each
annual independent public accountants’ servicing report described in
Section 3.17 hereof; and
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4.
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Any
notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.2,
2.3 or
3.11 hereof.
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(b)
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All
directions, demands, authorizations, consents, waivers, communications
and
notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been
duly given when delivered by first class mail, facsimile or courier
to the
applicable Notice Address, or in the case of the Rating Agencies,
the
address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the
name of
such Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed
given
when mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses
appearing in the Certificate
Register.
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Section
11.6 Severability
of Provisions.
If
any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, 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 provisions of this Agreement
or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
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Section
11.7 Assignment.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section 6.02,
this Agreement may not be assigned by the Servicer without the prior written
consent of the Trustee and Depositor. As a condition to the utilization of
any
Subservicer or Subcontractor determined to be “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122, the Servicer shall obtain from any
such Subservicer or Subcontractor used by the Servicer for the benefit of the
Depositor a written agreement from such Subservicer or Subcontractor (in form
and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) to comply with the provisions
of
Sections 6.5 and 6.6 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer
or Subcontractor were the Servicer.
Section
11.8 Limitation
on Rights of Certificateholders.
The
death
or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action
or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the trust
created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities
of
the parties hereto or any of them.
No
Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided herein)
or in
any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund,
or
the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth
or
contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to constitute
the
Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association;
nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third party by
reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any
provision hereof.
No
Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself of any
provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of an Event
of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided, and unless the
Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to the
Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as
it
may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein
or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute
any
such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself
or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or
seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce
any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement
of
the provisions of this Section 11.8, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
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Section
11.9 Inspection
and Audit Rights.
The
Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit and will cause
each Subservicer to permit any representative of the Depositor or the Trustee
during the Servicer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of
account, records, reports and other papers of the Servicer relating to the
Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books
to be
audited by independent certified public accountants selected by the Depositor
or
the Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts relating to the
Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees and independent public accountants
(and by this provision the Servicer hereby authorizes said accountants to
discuss with such representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all
at
such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any
out-of-pocket expense incident to the exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee
of any right under this Section 11.9 shall be borne by the party requesting
such
inspection; all other such expenses shall be borne by the Servicer or the
related Subservicer.
Section
11.10 Certificates
Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It
is the
intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully
paid.
Section
11.11 Limitations
on Actions; No Proceedings.
(a) Other
than pursuant to this Agreement, or in connection with or incidental to the
provisions or purposes of this Agreement, the trust created hereunder shall
not
(i) issue debt or otherwise borrow money, (ii) merge or consolidate with any
other entity reorganize, liquidate or transfer all or substantially all of
its
assets to any other entity, or (iii) otherwise engage in any activity or
exercise any power not provided for in this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
any prior termination of this Agreement, the Trustee, the Servicer, the
Depositor and the Swap Counterparty as a third-party beneficiary shall not,
prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this
Agreement, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause any Person to invoke
the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing
or sustaining a case against the Depositor or the Trust Fund under any federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Depositor or the Trust Fund or any substantial part of their respective
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Depositor or the Trust Fund.
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Section
11.12 Mortgage
Data.
The
Depositor hereby represents to S&P that, to the Depositor’s knowledge, the
information provided to such Rating Agency, including any loan level detail,
is
true and correct according to such Rating Agency’s requirements.
Section
11.13 Third
Party Beneficiary
The
Swap
Counterparty shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement to
the
same extent as if it were a party hereto and shall have the right to enforce
the
obligations of the Trustee regarding the Supplemental Interest Trust, the Swap
Agreement or otherwise relating to the Swap Counterparty. For the protection
and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, the Swap Counterparty shall
be
entitled to relief as can be given either at law or in equity subject to the
restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
Section
11.14 Replacement
of Swap Counterparty
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that a replacement
swap
agreement is not obtained within 30 days after receipt by the Trustee of the
Swap Termination Payment paid by the terminated Swap Counterparty, the Trustee
shall deposit such Swap Termination Payment into the Supplemental Interest
Account and the Trustee shall, on each Distribution Date, withdraw from such
Supplemental Interest Account, an amount equal to the Net Swap Payment, if
any,
that would have been paid to the Supplemental Interest
Trust
by
the original Swap Counterparty (computed in accordance with the terms of the
original Swap Agreement) and distribute such amount in accordance with Section
4.10(b) of this Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, Servicer and the Trustee, have caused their
names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the day and year first above written.
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY
By: /s/
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Executive Vice President
SAXON
MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and President
DEUTSCHE
BANK
NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Authorized Signer
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Schedule
I
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE (BY GROUP)
[On
file at the offices of Saxon
Asset Securities Company]
S-I-1
Schedule
II
PASS-THROUGH
RATE SCHEDULE
Set
forth
below are the Pass-Through Rates for each interest bearing Class of
Certificates:
Class
A-1 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the least of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.2000%, (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap and (iii) the Group
1
WAC Cap. Beginning with the Interest Accrual period related to the Distribution
Date immediately following the first related Initial Optional Termination Date,
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates will be a per annum rate
equal to the least of (i) one-month LIBOR + 0.4000%, (ii) the Aggregate Net
WAC
Cap and (iii) the Group 1 WAC Cap.
Class
A-2a Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2a Certificates for the Interest Accrual
Period related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the least of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.1000%, (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap and (iii) the Group
2
WAC Cap. Beginning with the Interest Accrual period related to the Distribution
Date immediately following the first related Initial Optional Termination Date,
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2a Certificates will be a per annum rate
equal to the least of (i) one-month LIBOR + 0.2000%, (ii) the Aggregate Net
WAC
Cap and (iii) the Group 2 WAC Cap.
Class
A-2b Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2b Certificates for the Interest Accrual
Period related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the least of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.1800%, (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap and (iii) the Group
2
WAC Cap. Beginning with the Interest Accrual period related to the Distribution
Date immediately following the first related Initial Optional Termination Date,
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2b Certificates will be a per annum rate
equal to the least of (i) one-month LIBOR + 0.3600%, (ii) the Aggregate Net
WAC
Cap and (iii) the Group 2 WAC Cap.
Class
A-2c Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2c Certificates for the Interest Accrual
Period related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the least of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.2400%, (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap and (iii) the Group
2
WAC Cap. Beginning with the Interest Accrual period related to the Distribution
Date immediately following the first related Initial Optional Termination Date,
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2c Certificates will be a per annum rate
equal to the least of (i) one-month LIBOR + 0.4800%, (ii) the Aggregate Net
WAC
Cap and (iii) the Group 2 WAC Cap.
S-II-1
Class
A-2d Pass-Through Rate: The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2d Certificates for the Interest Accrual
Period related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the least of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.3000%, (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap and (iii) the Group
2
WAC Cap. Beginning with the Interest Accrual period related to the Distribution
Date immediately following the first related Initial Optional Termination Date,
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2d Certificates will be a per annum rate
equal to the least of (i) one-month LIBOR + 0.6000%, (ii) the Aggregate Net
WAC
Cap and (iii) the Group 2 WAC Cap.
Class
B-1 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class B-1 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 2.2500% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
B-1 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 3.3750% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
Class
B-2 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class B-2 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 2.2500% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
B-2 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 3.3750% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
Class
B-3 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class B-3 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 2.2500% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
B-3 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 3.3750% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
Class
M-1 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class M-1 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.3600% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
M-1 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 0.5400% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
Class
M-2 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class M-2 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.4000% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
M-2 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 0.6000% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
S-II-2
Class
M-3 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class M-3 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.5500% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
M-3 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 0.8250% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
Class
M-4 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class M-4 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 0.9000% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
M-4 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 1.3500% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
Class
M-5 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class M-5 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 1.1500% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
M-5 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 1.7250% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
Class
M-6 Pass-Through Rate:
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class M-6 Certificates for the Interest Accrual Period
related to any Distribution Date on or prior to the first related Initial
Optional Termination Date will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)
one-month LIBOR + 1.6000% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap. Beginning with
the
Interest Accrual Period related to the Distribution Date immediately following
the first Initial Optional Termination Date, the Pass-Through Rate for the
Class
M-6 Certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month
LIBOR + 2.4000% and (ii) the Aggregate Net WAC Cap.
S-II-3
Schedule
III
The
Trustee shall make elections to treat each of the segregated groups of assets
described below as a real estate mortgage investment conduit (each a “REMIC” or,
in the alternative, “REMIC 1”, “REMIC 2”, and “REMIC 3,” REMIC 3 also being
referred to as the Upper-Tier REMIC). The Certificates, other than the Class
R
Certificate, represent ownership of the regular interests in the Upper-Tier
REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. In addition, the Offered
Certificates represent the right to receive payments in respect of Basis Risk
Carryforward Amounts, which right is not treated as an interest in any REMIC
created under this agreement. The Class R Certificate represents ownership
of
the sole class of residual interest in each of REMIC 1, REMIC 2, and the
Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
The
Upper-Tier REMIC shall hold as its assets the several classes of uncertificated
Lower-Tier Interests in REMIC 2, other than the Class LT2-R Interest, and each
such Lower-Tier Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC
2.
REMIC 2 shall hold as its assets the several classes of uncertificated
Lower-Tier Interests in REMIC 1, other than the Class LT1-R Interest, and each
such Lower-Tier Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC
1.
REMIC 1 shall hold as its assets the property of the Trust Fund other than
the
(i) Lower Tier Interests in REMIC 1 and REMIC 2, (ii) the Excess Reserve Fund
Account, (iii) the Cap Agreement (iv) the Swap Agreement, and (v) the
Supplemental Interest Trust.
The
startup day for each REMIC created hereby for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
is the Closing Date. In addition, for purposes of the REMIC Provisions, the
latest possible maturity date for each regular interest in each REMIC created
hereby is the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
Definitions
Capitalized
terms used in this Schedule III but not otherwise defined herein or in the
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth below:
Adjusted
Net Rate:
For any
Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period), a per annum rate equal
to
the product of (i) two and (ii) the REMIC 2 Net WAC, computed for this purpose
by subjecting the interest rate on the Class LT2-Q Interest to a cap equal
to 0%
and subjecting the interest rate on each of the other REMIC 2 Regular Interest
to a cap equal to the Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date on the
Corresponding Class of Certificates (each such Pass-Through Rate computed for
this purpose by substituting “REMIC 2 Net WAC for the applicable Net
WAC).
Class
SIO Shortfall:
For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Net Swap Payment or Swap
Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty on the Fixed Rate Payer
Payment Date (as defined in the Swap Agreement) related to such Distribution
Date over (ii) the amount distributable with respect to the UT-SIO Interest
in
REMIC 3 of such Distribution Date.
Corresponding
Class:
With
respect to any REMIC 2 Regular Interest or REMIC 3 Regular Interest, the Class
of Certificates having the same alphanumeric designation as described in the
tables set out in this Schedule III for REMIC 2 and REMIC 3,
respectively.
S-III-1
REMIC
1 Net WAC:
For any
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their relative Stated
Principal Balances as of the first day of the related Due Period, adjusted
to
reflect prepayments received after the first Day of the related Due Period
that
were distributed on the immediately preceding Distribution Date.
REMIC
2 Net WAC:
For any
Distribution Date, the weighted average of the interest rates on the REMIC
1
Regular Interests (other than the LT1-P Interest) for such Distribution Date.
REMIC
Swap Rate:
A per
annum rate of 9.82%.
Swap
LIBOR:
A per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) the Floating Rate Option (as defined
in
the Swap Agreement) for the Distribution Date, multiplied by (ii) two multiplied
by (iii) the quotient of the actual number of days in the Accrual Period divided
by 30.
REMIC
1
The
following table sets forth the designations, initial principal amounts, and
interest rates for each interest in REMIC 2, each of which (other than the
Class
LT2-R Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 1 (the “REMIC
1 Regular Interests”):
REMIC
1 Lower-
Tier
Designation
|
|
Initial
Principal
Amount
|
|
REMIC
1 Lower-
Tier
Interest
Rate
|
|
||
LT1-A
|
|
$
|
319,778,173.17
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
LT1-F1
|
|
$
|
10,981,899.94
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V1
|
|
$
|
10,981,899.94
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F2
|
|
$
|
10,744,957.14
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V2
|
|
$
|
10,744,957.14
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F3
|
|
$
|
10,419,825.01
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V3
|
|
$
|
10,419,825.01
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F4
|
|
$
|
10,028,291.32
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V4
|
|
$
|
10,028,291.32
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F5
|
|
$
|
9,612,120.72
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V5
|
|
$
|
9,612,120.72
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F6
|
|
$
|
9,212,023.58
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V6
|
|
$
|
9,212,023.58
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F7
|
|
$
|
8,828,743.34
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V7
|
|
$
|
8,828,743.34
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F8
|
|
$
|
8,461,566.78
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V8
|
|
$
|
8,461,566.78
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F9
|
|
$
|
8,291,663.18
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V9
|
|
$
|
8,291,663.18
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F10
|
|
$
|
9,727,158.78
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V10
|
|
$
|
9,727,158.78
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F11
|
|
$
|
31,823,676.50
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V11
|
|
$
|
31,823,676.50
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
S-III-2
REMIC
1 Lower-
Tier
Designation
|
Initial
Principal
Amount
|
REMIC
1 Lower-
Tier
Interest
Rate
|
|||||
LT1-F12
|
|
$
|
12,893,525.28
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V12
|
|
$
|
12,893,525.28
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F13
|
|
$
|
5,657,021.31
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V13
|
|
$
|
5,657,021.31
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F14
|
|
$
|
5,166,823.31
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V14
|
|
$
|
5,166,823.31
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F15
|
|
$
|
5,053,979.99
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V15
|
|
$
|
5,053,979.99
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F16
|
|
$
|
5,796,805.33
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V16
|
|
$
|
5,796,805.33
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F17
|
|
$
|
17,540,682.37
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V17
|
|
$
|
17,540,682.37
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F18
|
|
$
|
7,448,923.14
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V18
|
|
$
|
7,448,923.14
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F19
|
|
$
|
3,573,564.64
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V19
|
|
$
|
3,573,564.64
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F20
|
|
$
|
3,401,365.24
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V20
|
|
$
|
3,401,365.24
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F21
|
|
$
|
3,502,211.10
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V21
|
|
$
|
3,502,211.10
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F22
|
|
$
|
4,216,990.99
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V22
|
|
$
|
4,216,990.99
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F23
|
|
$
|
13,989,391.53
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V23
|
|
$
|
13,989,391.53
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F24
|
|
$
|
7,126,256.18
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V24
|
|
$
|
7,126,256.18
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F25
|
|
$
|
2,473,938.05
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V25
|
|
$
|
2,473,938.05
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F26
|
|
$
|
1,891,959.56
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V26
|
|
$
|
1,891,959.56
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F27
|
|
$
|
1,929,672.89
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V27
|
|
$
|
1,929,672.89
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F28
|
|
$
|
2,147,546.24
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V28
|
|
$
|
2,147,546.24
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F29
|
|
$
|
5,280,746.52
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V29
|
|
$
|
5,280,746.52
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F30
|
|
$
|
3,345,319.00
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V30
|
|
$
|
3,345,319.00
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F31
|
|
$
|
1,511,617.35
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V31
|
|
$
|
1,511,617.35
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F32
|
|
$
|
1,208,852.98
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V32
|
|
$
|
1,208,852.98
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F33
|
|
$
|
1,201,077.67
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
S-III-3
REMIC
1 Lower-
Tier
Designation
|
Initial
Principal
Amount
|
REMIC
1 Lower-
Tier
Interest
Rate
|
|||||
LT1-V33
|
|
$
|
1,201,077.67
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F34
|
|
$
|
1,252,853.65
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V34
|
|
$
|
1,252,853.65
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F35
|
|
$
|
2,255,778.54
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V35
|
|
$
|
2,255,778.54
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F36
|
|
$
|
1,606,411.58
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V36
|
|
$
|
1,606,411.58
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F37
|
|
$
|
991,290.25
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V37
|
|
$
|
991,290.25
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F38
|
|
$
|
869,534.82
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V38
|
|
$
|
869,534.82
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F39
|
|
$
|
839,415.58
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V39
|
|
$
|
839,415.58
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F40
|
|
$
|
810,329.35
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V40
|
|
$
|
810,329.35
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F41
|
|
$
|
782,241.09
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V41
|
|
$
|
782,241.09
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F42
|
|
$
|
755,116.94
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V42
|
|
$
|
755,116.94
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F43
|
|
$
|
728,924.16
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V43
|
|
$
|
728,924.16
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F44
|
|
$
|
703,631.14
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V44
|
|
$
|
703,631.14
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F45
|
|
$
|
679,206.69
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V45
|
|
$
|
679,206.69
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-F46
|
|
$
|
18,697,845.87
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
LT1-V46
|
|
$
|
18,697,845.87
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
LT1-P
|
|
$
|
1,000.00
|
|
|
0.00%
|
|
LT2-R
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
___________________________
(1)
|
For
any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) the interest
rate
for the LT1-A Interest shall equal the REMIC 1 Net
WAC.
|
(2)
|
For
any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) the interest
rate
for each of these REMIC 1 Regular Interests shall be the lesser of
(i) the
REMIC Swap Rate and (ii) the product of (a) two multiplied by (b)
the
REMIC 1 Net WAC.
|
(3)
|
For
any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) the interest
rate
for each of these REMIC 1 Regular Interests shall be the excess,
if any,
of (i) the product of (a) two multiplied by (b) the REMIC 1 Net WAC
over
(ii) the REMIC Swap Rate.
|
(4)
|
The
LT1-R Interest is the sole residual interest in REMIC 1. It does
not have
a principal amount or an interest
rate.
|
S-III-4
On
each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute interest with respect to each
of
the REMIC 1 Regular Interests based on the above-described interest
rates.
On
each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the principal with respect
to
the REMIC 1 Regular Interests in the following order of priority:
(i)
to
the Class LT1-A Interest until its principal balance is reduced to zero;
and
(ii)
then
sequentially, to the other REMIC 1 Regular Interests (other than the LT1-P
Interest) in ascending order of their numerical designation, and, with respect
to each pair of REMIC 1 Regular Interests having the same numerical designation,
in equal amounts to each such REMIC 1 Regular Interest, until the principal
balance of each such REMIC 1 Regular Interest is reduced to zero.
Realized
losses shall be allocated among the REMIC 1 Regular Interests in the same manner
that principal distributions are allocated.
On
each
Distribution Date, the Prepayment Penalties collected during the preceding
calendar month, shall be allocated to the LT1-P Interest, and, on the
Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the latest
Distribution Date upon which a Mortgage Loan would be subject to a Prepayment
Penalty upon prepayment, principal shall be distributed in respect of the LT1-P
Interest until its principal balance is reduced to zero.
REMIC
2
The
following table sets forth the designations, initial principal amounts, and
interest rates for each interest in REMIC 2, each of which (other than the
Class
LT2-R Interest) is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 2 (the
“REMIC 2 Regular Interests”):
REMIC
2
Lower
Tier
Designation
|
|
REMIC
2
Lower
Tier
Interest
Rate
|
|
Initial
Principal
Amount
|
|
Corresponding
Class of Certificate(s)
|
|
|||
LT2-A-1
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
96,352,500.00
|
|
A-1
|
|
||
LT2-A-2a
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
116,135,000.00
|
|
A-2a
|
|
||
LT2-A-2b
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
39,835,000.00
|
|
A-2b
|
|
||
LT2-A-2c
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
48,740,000.00
|
|
A-2c
|
|
||
LT2-A-2d
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
31,110,000.00
|
|
A-2d
|
|
||
LT2-M-1
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
16,325,500.00
|
|
M-1
|
|
||
LT2-M-2
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
15,019,500.00
|
|
M-2
|
|
||
LT2-M-3
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
9,142,500.00
|
|
M-3
|
|
||
LT2-M-4
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
8,054,000.00
|
|
M-4
|
|
||
LT2-M-5
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
7,618,500.00
|
|
M-5
|
|
||
LT2-M-6
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
6,965,500.00
|
|
M-6
|
|
||
LT2-B-1
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
6,965,500.00
|
|
B-1
|
|
||
LT2-B-2
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
6,095,000.00
|
|
B-2
|
|
||
LT2-B-3
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
5,659,500.00
|
|
B-3
|
|
||
LT2-P
|
|
0.00%
|
|
$
|
1,000.00
|
|
P
|
|
S-III-5
LT2-Q
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
456,685,726.25
|
|
N/A
|
|
||
LT2-SIO
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
OC
|
|
||
LT2-R
|
|
(3)
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
R
|
|
___________________________
(1)
|
For
any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) the interest
rate
for each of these REMIC 2 Regular Interests is a per annum rate equal
to
the weighted average of the interest rates on the REMIC 1 Regular
Interests for such Distribution Date, provided,
however, that
for any Distribution Date on which the Class LT2-SIO Interest is
entitled
to a portion of the interest accruals on a REMIC 1 Regular Interest
having
an “F” in its designation, as described in footnote (2) below, such
weighted average shall be computed by first subjecting the rate on
such
REMIC 1 Regular Interest to a cap equal to Swap LIBOR for such
Distribution Date.
|
(2) |
The
Class LT2-SIO Interest is an interest only REMIC 2 Regular Interest
that
does not have a principal balance. For only those Distribution Dates
listed in the first column in the table below, the Class LT2-SIO
Interest
shall be entitled to interest accrued on the REMIC 1 Regular Interests
listed in the second column in the table below at a per annum rate
equal
to the excess, if any, of (i) the interest rate for such REMIC 1
Regular
Interest for such Distribution Date over (ii) Swap LIBOR for such
Distribution Date.
|
Distribution
Dates
|
REMIC
1 Class Designation
|
12
|
LT1-F1
|
12-13
|
LT1-F2
|
12-14
|
LT1-F3
|
12-15
|
LT1-F4
|
12-16
|
LT1-F5
|
12-17
|
LT1-F6
|
12-18
|
LT1-F7
|
12-19
|
LT1-F8
|
12-20
|
LT1-F9
|
12-21
|
LT1-F10
|
12-22
|
LT1-F11
|
12-23
|
LT1-F12
|
12-24
|
LT1-F13
|
12-25
|
LT1-F14
|
12-26
|
LT1-F15
|
12-27
|
LT1-F16
|
12-28
|
LT1-F17
|
12-29
|
LT1-F18
|
12-30
|
LT1-F19
|
12-31
|
LT1-F20
|
12-32
|
LT1-F21
|
12-33
|
LT1-F22
|
12-34
|
LT1-F23
|
12-35
|
LT1-F24
|
12-36
|
LT1-F25
|
12-37
|
LT1-F26
|
12-38
|
LT1-F27
|
12-39
|
LT1-F28
|
12-40
|
LT1-F29
|
12-41
|
LT1-F30
|
S-III-6
12-42
|
LT1-F31
|
12-43
|
LT1-F32
|
12-44
|
LT1-F33
|
12-45
|
LT1-F34
|
12-46
|
LT1-F35
|
12-47
|
LT1-F36
|
12-48
|
LT1-F37
|
12-49
|
LT1-F38
|
12-50
|
LT1-F39
|
12-51
|
LT1-F40
|
12-52
|
LT1-F41
|
12-53
|
LT1-F42
|
12-54
|
LT1-F43
|
12-55
|
LT1-F44
|
12-56
|
LT1-F45
|
12-57
|
LT1-F46
|
(3)
|
The
Class LT2-R interest is the sole residual interests in REMIC 2. It
does
not have an interest rate or a principal
balance.
|
On
each
Distribution Date, interest shall be distributed on the REMIC 2 Regular
Interests based on the above-described interest rates,
provided, however,
that
interest that accrues on the LT2-Q Interest shall be deferred in an amount
equal
to one-half of the increase, if any, in the Overcollateralization Amount for
such Distribution Date. Any interest so deferred shall itself bear interest
at
the interest rate for the LT2-Q Interest. An amount equal to the interest so
deferred shall be distributed as additional principal on the other REMIC 2
Regular Interests that have a principal balance in the manner described under
priority first
below.
On
each
Distribution Date principal shall be distributed, and Realized Losses shall
be
allocated, among the REMIC 2 Regular Interests in the following order of
priority:
First,
to each
REMIC 2 Regular Interest for which there is a Corresponding Class of
Certificates until the principal balance of each such REMIC 2 Regular Interest
equals one-half of the Class Certificate Balance of the Corresponding Class
of
Certificates immediately after such Distribution Date; and
Second,
to the
Class LT2-Q Interests, any remaining amounts.
On
each
Distribution Date, all amounts distributable with respect to the LT1-P Interest
in REMIC 1 shall be passed through on the LT2-P Interest in REMIC
2.
REMIC
3
S-III-7
The
following table sets forth the designations, initial principal amounts, and
interest rates for each interest in REMIC 3, each of which (other than the
Class
UT-R Interest) is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 3(the “REMIC
3 Regular Interests”):
REMIC
3
Designation
|
|
REMIC
3
Interest
Rate
|
|
Initial
Principal Amount
|
|
Corresponding
Class of Certificates
|
|
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UT-A-1
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
192,705,000.00
|
|
A-1
|
|
||
UT-A-2a
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
232,270,000.00
|
|
A-2a
|
|
||
UT-A-2b
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
79,670,000.00
|
|
A-2b
|
|
||
UT-A-2c
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
97,480,000.00
|
|
A-2c
|
|
||
UT-A-2d
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
62,220,000.00
|
|
A-2d
|
|
||
UT-M-1
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
32,651,000.00
|
|
M-1
|
|
||
UT-M-2
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
30,039,000.00
|
|
M-2
|
|
||
UT-M-3
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
18,285,000.00
|
|
M-3
|
|
||
UT-M-4
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
16,108,000.00
|
|
M-4
|
|
||
UT-M-5
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
15,237,000.00
|
|
M-5
|
|
||
UT-M-6
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
13,931,000.00
|
|
M-6
|
|
||
UT-B-1
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
13,931,000.00
|
|
B-1
|
|
||
UT-B-2
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
12,190,000.00
|
|
B-2
|
|
||
UT-B-3
|
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
11,319,000.00
|
|
B-3
|
|
||
UT-P
|
|
0.00%
|
|
$
|
1,000.00
|
|
P
|
|
||
S-IO
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
OC
|
|
||
OC
|
|
(3)
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
OC
|
|
||
UT-R
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
R
|
|
(1)
|
For
any Distribution Date, the interest rate for each of these REMIC
3 Regular
Interests shall equal the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding
Class of
Certificates, provided, however, that references in the definition
of
Pass-Through Rate to the applicable Net WAC Cap shall be deemed,
for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions, to be references to a per annum
rate
equal to the product of (i) the REMIC 2 Net WAC multiplied by (ii)
the
quotient of 30 divided by the actual number of days in the related
Accrual
Period. If, on any Distribution Date, the interest rate on any of
these
REMIC 3 Regular Interests exceeds the Pass-Through Rate on the
Corresponding Class of Certificates, then the excess interest so
accrued
shall be treated as having been paid to the beneficial owner of the
affected Class of Certificates and then paid by such beneficial owner
to
(i) the Supplemental Interest Trust to the extent of any Class SIO
Shortfalls(such Class SIO Shortfalls to be apportioned ratably among
the
REMIC 3 Regular Interests in proportion to the amount of excess interest,
if any, accrued on each such REMIC 3 Regular Interest) , or (ii)
to the
Excess Reserve Fund Account, any additional excess. If for any REMIC
3
Regular Interest, the Pass-Through Rate on the Corresponding Class
of
Certificates exceeds the REMIC 2 Net WAC, interest distributions
in
respect of such excess shall be treated for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions as having been paid from the Excess Reserve Fund Account.
|
(2)
|
The
UT3-SIO Interest is any interest only interest; it does not have
a
principal amount. For each Distribution Date, the UT3-SIO Interest
shall
be entitled to all amounts distributed on such Distribution Date
with
respect to the LT2-SIO Interest. Ownership of the UT3-SIO shall be
evidenced by the Class OC Certificates.
|
(3)
|
For
purposes of the REMIC Provisions, the UT-OC Interest comprises two
components, a principal only component and an interest only component.
The
principal amount of the principal only component equals the
Overcollateralization Amount on the Closing Date. The interest only
component has a notional amount equal at al times to the sum of the
principal amounts of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests (other than the
LT2-P
and LT2-SIO Interests). For each Distribution Date (and the related
Accrual Period), the UT-OC Interest shall accrue interest at a per
annum
rate equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 2 Net WAC over
(ii) the
Adjusted Net Rate. Interest accrued on the UT-OC Interest during
each
Accrual Period shall be deferred to the extent it is applied to increase
the Overcollateralization Amount for the related Distribution Date.
Any
interest so deferred shall not itself bear interest. Ownership of
the
UT-OC Interest shall be evidenced by the Class OC Certificate.
|
S-III-8
(4)
|
The
UT-R Interest is the sole residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC.
It
does not have an interest rate or a principal balance. The Class
R
Certificate evidences ownership of the LT1-R, LT2-R, and UT-R
Interests.
|
For
any Distribution Date, distributions shall be made and Realized Losses shall
be
allocated among the REMIC 3 Regular Interests in the same manner in which such
amounts are allocated among the Corresponding Classes of Certificates as
provided in this Agreement.
S-III-9
EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF SENIOR CERTIFICATES
A-1
EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES
B-1
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
April
__,
2007
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee
0000
Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Saxon
Asset Securities Company
0000
Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
President
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY
MORTGAGE
LOAN ASSET BACKED
SECURITIES,
SERIES 2007-2
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
accordance with Section 2.3(a) of the Standard Terms of Custody Agreement (June
2000 Edition) (the “Standard Terms”) incorporated into the Custody Agreement,
dated as of April 1, 2007 (together with the Standard Terms, the “Custody
Agreement”), between Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the
“Trustee”), and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as custodian (the
“Custodian”), the Custodian hereby certifies that it has received and is holding
a Mortgage File with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage
Loan
listed on the schedule of exceptions attached hereto) listed on Schedule I
(a
copy of which is attached hereto) to the Custody Agreement.
In
connection therewith, the Custodian has examined each Mortgage File to confirm
that:
(i) no
Note,
on the face or the reverse side(s) thereof, contains evidence, except for the
endorsement to the Custodian, of any unsatisfied claims, liens, security
interests, encumbrances or restrictions on transfer;
(ii) the
Note
bears an endorsement that appears to be an original either in blank or to the
Custodian, as set forth substantially as follows “Without Recourse, pay to the
order of Bankers Trust Company or Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Custodian or Trustee”;
(iii) all
documents required to be contained in the Mortgage File are in its
possession;
(iv) such
documents have been reviewed by it and appear to relate to such Mortgage Loan
and are not torn or mutilated; and
C-1
(v) based
on
its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the mortgage information
set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with respect to the loan number,
mortgagor name, property address (including city, state and zip code),
origination date and maturity date, accurately reflects information set forth
in
the Mortgage File and each balance listed as the “Original Balance” on Schedule
I to the Custody Agreement is identical to the original principal amount of
the
corresponding Note (or, if applicable, the amount set forth in a lost note
affidavit).
The
Custodian further certifies that the Custodian’s review of each Mortgage File
included each of the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Standard
Terms.
The
Custodian has not (1) inspected, reviewed or examined any such documents,
instruments, securities or other papers to determine that they or the signatures
thereon are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose,
any such documents, instruments, securities or other papers have actually been
recorded or that any document that appears to be an original is in fact an
original, or (2) determined whether any Mortgage File should include any surety
or guaranty, Note Assumption Rider, buydown agreement, assumption agreement,
modification agreement, written assurance or substitution
agreement.
Capitalized
words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to
them in the Custody Agreement.
DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
as Custodian
By:
_____________________________
Name:
___________________________
Title:
____________________________
C-2
EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
____
__,
____
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee
0000
Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Saxon
Asset Securities Company
0000
Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
President
Saxon
Mortgage Services, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
President
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY
MORTGAGE
LOAN ASSET BACKED
SECURITIES,
SERIES 2007-2
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
accordance with (i) Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
Saxon Asset Securities Company, as depositor, Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc.,
as
servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”)
and (ii) Section 2.3(a) of the Standard Terms of Custody Agreement (June 2000
Edition) (the “Standard Terms”) incorporated into the Custody Agreement, dated
as of April 1, 2007 (together with the Standard Terms, the “Custody Agreement”),
between the Trustee, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as custodian
(the
“Custodian”), the Custodian hereby certifies that it has received and is holding
a Mortgage File with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage
Loan
listed on the schedule of exceptions attached hereto) listed on Schedule I
(a
copy of which is attached hereto) to the Custody Agreement.
In
connection therewith, the Custodian has examined each Mortgage File to confirm
that:
(vi) no
Note,
on the face or the reverse side(s) thereof, contains evidence, except for the
endorsement to the Custodian, of any unsatisfied claims, liens, security
interests, encumbrances or restrictions on transfer;
D-1
(vii) the
Note
bears an endorsement that appears to be an original either in blank or to the
Custodian, as set forth substantially as follows “Without Recourse, pay to the
order of Bankers Trust Company or Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Custodian or Trustee”;
(viii) all
documents required to be contained in the Mortgage File are in its
possession;
(ix) such
documents have been reviewed by it and appear to relate to such Mortgage Loan
and are not torn or mutilated; and
(x) based
on
its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the mortgage information
set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with respect to the loan number,
mortgagor name, property address (including city, state and zip code),
origination date and maturity date, accurately reflects information set forth
in
the Mortgage File and each balance listed as the “Original Balance” on Schedule
I to the Custody Agreement is identical to the original principal amount of
the
corresponding Note (or, if applicable, the amount set forth in a lost note
affidavit).
The
Custodian further certifies that the Custodian’s review of each Mortgage File
included each of the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Standard
Terms.
The
Custodian has not (1) inspected, reviewed or examined any such documents,
instruments, securities or other papers to determine that they or the signatures
thereon are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose,
any such documents, instruments, securities or other papers have actually been
recorded or that any document that appears to be an original is in fact an
original, or (2) determined whether any Mortgage File should include any surety
or guaranty, Note Assumption Rider, buydown agreement, assumption agreement,
modification agreement, written assurance or substitution
agreement.
Capitalized
words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to
them in the Custody Agreement.
DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
as Custodian
By:
_____________________________
Name:
___________________________
Title:
____________________________
D-2
EXHIBIT
E
U.S.
PERSON AFFIDAVIT
PURSUANT
TO SECTIONS 860D(a)(6)(A) and 860E(e)(4)
OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
Re:
Saxon
Asset Securities Company
Series
2007-2 Trust (the “Trust”)
Mortgage
Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Class R
STATE
OF
[
]
|
|
ss:
|
|
CITY
OF
[
]
|
Under
penalties of perjury, I, the undersigned, declare that to the best of my
knowledge and belief, the following representations are true, correct and
complete:
1. I
am a
duly authorized officer of [ ], a [ ] (the “Transferee”) and on behalf of which
I have the authority to make this affidavit.
2. The
Transferee is acquiring all or a portion of the Class R Certificates (the
“Residual Certificates”), which represent a residual interest in one or more
real estate mortgage investment conduits (each, a “REMIC”) for which elections
are to be made under Section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”).
3. The
Transferee either is (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a
domestic partnership or corporation, (iii) an estate or trust that is subject
to
United States federal income tax regardless of the source of its income, or
(iv)
a foreign person who would be subject to United States income taxation on a
net
basis on income derived from the Residual Certificates (a “U.S.
Person”).
4. The
Transferee is not a “Disqualified Organization” (as defined below), and the
Transferee is not acquiring a Residual Certificate for the account of, or as
agent or nominee of, or with a view to the transfer of direct or indirect record
or beneficial ownership to, a Disqualified Organization. For the purposes
hereof, a Disqualified Organization is any of the following: (i) the United
States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign government,
any
international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing; (ii) any organization (other than a xxxxxx’x cooperative as defined
in section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from federal income taxation
(including taxation under the unrelated business taxable income provisions
of
the Code); (iii) any rural telephone or electrical service cooperative described
in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code; or (iv) any other entity so designated
by
Treasury rulings or regulations promulgated or otherwise in effect as of the
date hereof. In addition, a corporation will not be treated as an
instrumentality of the United States or of any state or political subdivision
thereof if all its activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of
the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors
is
not selected by such governmental unit.
E-1
5. The
Transferee agrees to consent to any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by Saxon (upon the advice of counsel
to
Saxon) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that no interest in
a
Residual Certificate will be owned directly or indirectly by a Disqualified
Organization.
6. The
Transferee acknowledges that Section 860E(e) of the Code would impose a
substantial tax on the transferor or, in certain circumstances, on an agent
for
the Transferee, with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Residual
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2007, by
and
among Saxon Asset Securities Company, the Servicer and the Trustee.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this instrument to be executed
by
its duly authorized representative as of the [__] day of [ ] 200[ ].
[NAME
OF
TRANSFEROR/TRANSFEREE]
By:
______________________
Name:
____________________
Title:
_____________________
Personally
appeared before me [_____________________], known or proved to me to be the
same
person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be a [____________________]
of the Transferee, and acknowledged to me that he or she executed the same
as
his or her free act and deed and as the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed
and sworn before me this [__] day of [ ] 200[ ].
Notary
Public
My
commission expires the [____] day of [________] 200[__].
E-2
EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
[date]
Saxon
Asset Securities Company
0000
Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company
0000
X. Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re:
|
Saxon
Asset Securities Trust 2007-2,
Mortgage
Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-2
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we certify that (a)
we
have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any
Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any
person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken any
other action which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act, (b)
to
the extent we are disposing of a Class ___ Certificate, we have no knowledge
the
Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and (c) no purpose of the proposed
disposition of a Class ___ Certificate is to impede the assessment or collection
of tax.
Very
truly yours,
[NAME
OF
TRANSFEROR]
By:
______________________________
F-1
EXHIBIT
G-1
FORM
OF INVESTMENT LETTER [NON-RULE 144A]
[date]
Saxon
Asset Securities Company
0000
Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company
0000
X. Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re:
|
Saxon
Asset Securities Trust 2007-2,
Mortgage
Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2007-2
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of the above-captioned Certificates, we certify
that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or any state securities laws and
are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an
“accredited investor”, as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates, (c)
we
have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) we are not an employee benefit plan that is
subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
or a
plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as
amended, nor are we acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of
any
such plan or arrangement, (e) we are acquiring the Certificates for investment
for our own account and not with a view to any distribution of such Certificates
(but without prejudice to our right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose
of
the Certificates in accordance with clause (g) below), (f) we have not offered
or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from,
any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect
thereto, or taken any other action which would result in a violation of Section
5 of the Act, and (g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
Certificates unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or is exempt
from
such registration requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that
such sale, transfer or other disposition may be made
G-1-1
pursuant
to an exemption from the Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such
Certificate has executed and delivered to you a certificate to substantially
the
same effect as this certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has
otherwise complied with any conditions for transfer set forth in the Pooling
and
Servicing Agreement.
Very
truly yours,
[NAME
OF
TRANSFEROR]
By:
______________________________
Authorized Officer
G-1-2
EXHIBIT
G-2
BENEFIT
PLAN AFFIDAVIT
Re:
|
[Trust
Information] ERISA-Restricted Certificates and ERISA-Restricted Swap
Certificates
|
STATE
OF [_________]
|
)
|
)ss:
|
|
COUNTY/CITY
OF [_______]
|
)
|
Under
penalties of perjury, I, the undersigned, declare that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, the following representations are true, correct, and
complete.
1. That
I am
a duly authorized officer of [Organization], a [State] corporation (the
“Purchaser”), whose taxpayer identification number is [____________], and on
behalf of which I have the authority to make this affidavit.
2. In
the
case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate, the Purchaser either (x) is not, and
on
__________________ [date of transfer] will not be, an employee benefit plan
or
other retirement arrangement subject to Section 406 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (collectively, a “Plan”)
or a person acting on behalf of any such Plan or investing the assets of any
such Plan to acquire a Certificate; (y) if the Certificate has been the subject
of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, is an insurance company that is purchasing
the Certificate with funds contained in an “insurance company general account”
as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”)
95-60 and the purchase and holding of the Certificate are covered under Sections
I and III of PTCE 95-60; or (z) herewith delivers to the Trustee an opinion
of
counsel (a “Benefit Plan Opinion”) satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which
the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor shall be entitled to rely, to the
effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate by the Investor will
not
result in any non-exempt prohibited transactions under Title I of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Servicer or any NIMS Insurer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken
by such entities in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which opinion of
counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or any of the above
parties.
3.
In
the
case of an ERISA-Restricted Swap Certificate prior to the termination of the
Swap Agreement, either (i) the Purchaser is neither a Plan nor a person acting
on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of any such Plan to effect such
transfer or (ii) the acquisition and holding of the ERISA-Restricted Swap
Certificate are eligible for exemptive relief under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA
and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 91-38, PTCE
95-60 or PTCE 96-23 or another applicable exemption.
G-2-1
Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to
such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [__________],
among [__________________].
[NAME
OF
PURCHASER]
By:________________________________
[TITLE]
G-2-2
EXHIBIT
H
FORM
OF RULE 144A AGREEMENT-QIB
CERTIFICATION
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY
MORTGAGE
LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2, CLASS _
[date]
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee
0000
Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as Certificate Registrar
0000
Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Saxon
Mortgage Services, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
President
Saxon
Asset Securities Company, as Depositor
0000
Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with the purchase on the date hereof of the captioned Certificates
(the “Purchased Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Transferee”) hereby
certifies and covenants to the transferor, Saxon, the Servicer, the Certificate
Registrar, the Trustee and the Trust as follows:
1.
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The
Transferee is a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is defined in
Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”) and has completed the form of certification
to that effect attached hereto as Annex A. The Transferee is aware
that
the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule
144A.
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2.
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The
Transferee understands that the Purchased Certificates have not been
registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under
any
state securities laws and that no transfer may be made unless the
Purchased Certificates are registered under the Securities Act and
under
applicable state law or unless an exemption from such registration
is
available. The Transferee further understands that neither Saxon,
the
Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Calculation
Agent, the Trustee nor the Trust is under any obligation to register
the
Purchased Certificates or make an exemption from such registration
available.
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H-1
3.
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The
Transferee is acquiring the Purchased Certificates for its own account
or
for the account of a “qualified institutional buyer,” and understands that
such Purchased Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred
only (a)
to a person reasonably believed to be such a qualified institutional
buyer
that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge
or
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (b) pursuant
to
another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and
under
applicable state securities laws. In addition, such transfer may
be
subject to additional restrictions, as set forth in Section 5.2 of
the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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4.
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The
Transferee has been furnished with all information that it requested
regarding (a) the Purchased Certificates and distributions thereon
and (b)
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to
below.
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5.
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If
applicable, the Transferee has complied or will comply in all material
respects with applicable regulatory guidelines relating to the ownership
of mortgage derivative products.
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All
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective
meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of
April 1, 2007, by and among Saxon Asset Securities Company, the Servicer, the
Certificate Registrar and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Purchased
Certificates were issued.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Rule 144A Agreement—QIB
Certification to be executed by a duly authorized representative this [__]
day
of [ ] 200[ ].
[NAME
OF TRANSFEREE]
By:______________________________
Title:____________________________
H-2
EXHIBIT
I
REQUEST
FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS AND RECEIPT
Date
[Addressed
to Trustee
or,
if
applicable, custodian]
In
connection with the administration of the mortgages held by you as Trustee
under
a certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2007, among
Saxon Asset Securities Company, as Depositor, Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc.,
as
Servicer, and you, as Trustee (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the
undersigned Servicer hereby requests a release of the Mortgage File held by
you
as Trustee with respect to the following described Mortgage Loan for the reason
indicated below.
Mortgagor’s
Name:
Address:
Loan
No.:
Reason
for requesting file:
1. Mortgage
Loan paid in full. (The Servicer hereby certifies that all amounts received
in
connection with the loan have been or will be credited to the Collection Account
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
2. The
Mortgage Loan is being foreclosed.
3. Mortgage
Loan substituted. (The Servicer hereby certifies that a Qualifying Substitute
Mortgage Loan has been assigned and delivered to you along with the related
Mortgage File pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
4. Mortgage
Loan repurchased. (The Servicer hereby certifies that the Purchase Price has
been credited to the Collection Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.)
5. Other.
(Describe)
6. California
Mortgage Loan expected to be paid in full.
The
undersigned acknowledges that the above Mortgage File will be held by the
undersigned in accordance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and will be returned to you within 10 days of our receipt of the
Mortgage File, except if the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, or repurchased
or substituted for a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan (in which case the
Mortgage File will be retained by us permanently) and except if the Mortgage
Loan is being foreclosed or is a California Mortgage Loan specified in #6 above
(in which case the Mortgage File will be returned when no longer required by
us
for such purpose).
I-1
Capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
_______________________________
[Name
of
Servicer]
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title: Servicing Officer
I-2
EXHIBIT
J
[RESERVED]
J-1
EXHIBIT
K
FORM
OF REMITTANCE AGENCY AGREEMENT
This
Remittance Agency Agreement, dated as of _____________,
20__,
is made by and among, Saxon Asset Securities Company, as buyer (the
“Counterparty”), Saxon Asset Securities Company (“SAXON”) and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company (the “Remittance Agent”).
The
Counterparty hereby appoints the Remittance Agent, and the Remittance Agent
hereby accepts its appointment as agent of the Counterparty in connection with
the receipt of $[ ]
(the
“Remitted Amount”) in connection with the sale of mortgage-backed securities by
Saxon Asset Securities Trust, Series 2007-2 in immediately available funds
on
the date hereof. The Counterparty delivers herewith to the Remittance Agent,
in
escrow pending wire transfer of the Remitted Amount as provided herein, a
security release certification (the “Security Release Certification”)
referencing the above-mentioned Saxon Asset Securities Trust, Series 2007-2.
Upon receipt by the Remittance Agent of the Remitted Amount on the
Counterparty’s behalf, the Counterparty hereby authorizes the Remittance Agent
to release the Counterparty’s right, title, interest or claim of any kind with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and the related collateral and assets identified
in the Security Release Certification by delivering the Security Release
Certification to SAXON and such other parties as SAXON may
designate.
The
Remittance Agent shall wire the Remitted Amounts promptly as reasonably possible
pursuant to the Counterparty’s wiring instructions set forth below:
[
]
Bank:
[
]
ABA:
[
]
Acct:
[
]
Re:
Saxon
Mortgage Services, Inc.
Attn:
[
]
In
no
event shall the Remitted Amount be remitted to SAXON, Saxon Mortgage Services,
Inc. or any party other than the Counterparty.
The
parties agree that if for reasons not arising from the Remittance Agent’s
negligence or willful misconduct, the Remittance Agent is unable to wire the
Remitted Amount, then the Remittance Agent shall incur no liability for any
reasonable delay; provided
that the
Remittance Agent shall make commercially reasonable efforts to invest such
funds
on the Counterparty’s behalf, and shall remit the Remitted Amount together with
any investment earnings thereof as soon as possible thereafter, and in any
event, within 1 Business Day.
In
consideration of the execution and delivery of this Remittance Agency Agreement
by the Counterparty, SAXON hereby represents and warrants to the Counterparty
that the Remitted Amount includes the total amount to which the Counterparty is
entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of any and all existing agreements
between the Counterparty and SAXON prior to delivering the release set forth
in
the Security Release Certification (such total amount, the “Required Amount”).
In the event that upon final audit by the Counterparty the Remitted Amount
is
determined to be less than the Required Amount, SAXON shall pay the difference
between the Remitted Amount and the Required Amount to the Counterparty in
immediately available funds within two Business Days following notice
thereof.
K-1
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Remittance Agent, the Counterparty and SAXON have caused
this Remittance Agency Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
as Remittance Agent
By____________________________
Name:_________________________
Title:__________________________
Telephone:
_____________________
By____________________________
Name:_________________________
Title:__________________________
Telephone:
_____________________
[ ]
as
Counterparty
By____________________________
Name:_________________________
Title:__________________________
Telephone:
_____________________
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY
By____________________________
Name:
_________________________
Title:
__________________________
Telephone:
_____________________
K-2
EXHIBIT
L
FORM
OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
Definitions.
As used
in this Security Release Certification, the term “Remittance Agency Agreement”
shall mean the Remittance Agency Agreement, dated as of _____________,
20__,
among the undersigned financial institution (the “Counterparty”), Saxon Asset
Securities Company (“SAXON”), and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (the
“Remittance Agent”) relating to Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2007-2. The term
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
among Saxon Asset Securities Company (“Saxon”), Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc.
(“Saxon”), as Servicer, and the Trustee named therein relating to the said Saxon
Asset Securities Trust.
Release.
Simultaneously with receipt by wire transfer of the Remitted Amount as defined
in the Remittance Agency Agreement, the Counterparty hereby, without further
act, releases any and all right, title, interest, or security interest in the
Mortgage Loans identified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together
with
all of the Counterparty’s rights and interests in and to the related loan files,
rights, assets of any kind, and proceeds thereof, related to the Mortgage Loans.
Until payment for such Mortgage Loans is received by the Remittance Agent,
the
Counterparty’s aforesaid ownership interest therein will remain in full force
and effect.
The
Counterparty agrees that upon receipt by the Remittance Agent of the Remitted
Amount it shall execute and deliver to SFM and such other parties as SFM may
designate such further release documents, and file with the appropriate filing
officials, as required, any and all documents appropriate to further evidence
such release and to reflect such release in appropriate public records.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Counterparty has caused this Security Release Certification
to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date
first
set forth above.
[ ]
By____________________________
Name:_________________________
Title:__________________________
Telephone:
_____________________
X-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
RESERVED
M-1-1
EXHIBIT
M-2
RESERVED
M-2-1
EXHIBIT
N
[RESERVED]
N-1
EXHIBIT
O
FORM
CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO
THE DEPOSITOR BY THE TRUSTEE
Re:
Saxon
Asset Securities Trust 2007-2
I,
[identify the certifying individual], a [title] of Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as Trustee, hereby certify to Saxon Asset Securities Company (the
“Depositor”), and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge
and intent that they will reply upon this certification that:
1. [I
have
reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K (including the exhibits provided by
the
Depositor to the Trustee for attachment thereto) for the fiscal year [____],
and
all reports on Form 10-D containing distribution reports filed in respect of
periods included in the year covered by that annual report, of the Depositor,
relating to the above-referenced trust;]
2. [Based
on
my actual knowledge, without independent investigation or inquiry, the
information provided by the Servicer in these distribution reports prepared
by
the Trustee, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made not
misleading as of the last day of the period covered by that annual report;
and]
3. [Based
on
my knowledge, the distribution information required to be provided by the
trustee under the pooling and servicing agreement is included in these
distribution reports.]
Date: _________________________________
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company,
as
Trustee
By:
____________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
O-1
EXHIBIT
P
FORM
CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED
TO THE DEPOSITOR BY THE SERVICER
Re:
Saxon
Asset Securities Trust 2007-2
I,
[identify the certifying individual], certify to Saxon Asset Securities Company
(the “Depositor”), and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification,
that:
1. [I
have
reviewed the servicing reports contained in the annual report on Form 10-K
for
the fiscal year [___], and the servicing reports contained in all reports on
Form 10-D containing such reports filed in respect of periods included in the
year covered by that annual report, of the Depositor relating to the
above-referenced trust;]
2. [Based
on
my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken as a whole, does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading as of the last day of the period
covered by that annual report;]
3. [Based
on
my knowledge, the servicing information required to be provided to the trustee
by the servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement is included in these
reports;]
4. [I
am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the servicer under the
pooling and servicing agreement and based upon the review required under the
pooling and servicing agreement, and except as disclosed in the report, the
servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the pooling and servicing
agreement; and]
5. [I
have
disclosed to the Depositor’s certified public accountants all significant
deficiencies relating to the servicer’s compliance with the minimum servicing
standards in accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard as set
forth
in the pooling and servicing agreement.]
_____________________________
_____________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
Date:
P-1
EXHIBIT
Q
INTEREST
RATE SWAP AGREEMENT
Q-1
EXHIBIT
R
INTEREST
RATE CAP AGREEMENT
R-1
EXHIBIT
S
FORM
10-D, FORM 8-K AND FORM 10-K
REPORTING
RESPONSIBILITY
As
to
each item described below, the entity indicated as the Responsible Entity shall
be primarily responsible for reporting the information to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 8.13(b). If the Trustee is indicated below as the Responsible Entity
as to any item, then the Trustee is primarily responsible for obtaining that
information.
Under
Item 1 of Form 10-D: a) items marked “4.5 statement” are required to be included
in the periodic Distribution Date statement under Section 4.5 of the Pooling
and
Servicing Agreement, provided by the Trustee based on information received
from
the Servicer; and b) items marked “Form 10-D report” are required to be in the
Form 10-D report but not the 4.5 statement, provided by the party indicated.
Information under all other Items of Form 10-D is to be included in the Form
10-D report.
Form
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Item
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Description
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Responsible
Entity
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10-D
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1
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Distribution
and Pool Performance Information
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Item
1121(a) - Distribution and Pool Performance Information
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(1)
Any
applicable record dates, accrual dates, determination dates for
calculating payments and actual payment dates for the payment
period.
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4.5
statement
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(2)
Cash
flows received and the sources thereof for payments, fees and
expenses.
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4.5
statement
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(3) Calculated
amounts and distribution of the flow of funds for the period itemized
by
type and priority of payment, including:
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4.5
statement
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(i) Fees
or expenses accrued and paid, with an identification of the general
purpose of such fees and the party receiving such fees or
expenses.
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4.5
statement
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(ii) Payments
accrued or paid with respect to enhancement or other support identified
in
Item 1114 of Regulation AB (such as insurance premiums or other
enhancement maintenance fees), with an identification of the general
purpose of such payments and the party receiving such
payments.
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4.5
statement
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(iii) Principal,
interest and other payments accrued and paid on the asset-backed
securities by type and by class or series and any principal or interest
shortfalls or carryovers.
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4.5
statement
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S-1
(iv) The
amount of excess cash flow or excess spread and the disposition of
excess
cash flow.
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4.5
statement
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(4) Beginning
and ending principal balances of the asset-backed
securities.
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4.5
statement
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(5)
Interest
rates applicable to the pool assets and the asset-backed securities,
as
applicable. Consider providing interest rate information for pool
assets
in appropriate distributional groups or incremental
ranges.
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4.5
statement
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(6)
Beginning
and ending balances of transaction accounts, such as reserve accounts,
and
material account activity during the period.
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4.5
statement
|
|||
(7)
Any
amounts drawn on any credit enhancement or other support identified
in
Item 1114 of Regulation AB, as applicable, and the amount of coverage
remaining under any such enhancement, if known and
applicable.
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4.5
statement
|
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(8)
Number
and amount of pool assets at the beginning and ending of each period,
and
updated pool composition information, such as weighted average coupon,
weighted average life, weighted average remaining term, pool factors
and
prepayment amounts.
|
4.5
statement
Updated
pool composition information filed to be as specified by Depositor
or
Servicer from time to time.
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(9)
Delinquency
and loss information for the period.
In
addition, describe any material changes to the information specified
in
Item 1100(b)(5) of Regulation AB regarding the pool
assets.
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4.5
statement
Form
10-D report; Depositor or Servicer
|
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(10) Information
on the amount, terms and general purpose of any advances made or
reimbursed during the period, including the general use of funds
advanced
and the general source of funds for reimbursements.
|
4.5
statement
|
S-2
(11) Any
material modifications, extensions or waivers to pool asset terms,
fees,
penalties or payments during the distribution period or that have
cumulatively become material over time.
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Form
10-D report; Servicer
|
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(12)
Material
breaches of pool asset representations or warranties or transaction
covenants.
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Form
10-D report; Servicer
|
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(13)
Information
on ratio, coverage or other tests used for determining any early
amortization, liquidation or other performance trigger and whether
the
trigger was met.
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4.5
statement
|
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(14)
Information
regarding any new issuance of asset-backed securities backed by the
same
asset pool, [information regarding] any pool asset changes (other
than in
connection with a pool asset converting into cash in accordance with
its
terms), such as additions or removals in connection with a prefunding
or
revolving period and pool asset substitutions and repurchases (and
purchase rates, if applicable), and cash flows available for future
purchases, such as the balances of any prefunding or revolving accounts,
if applicable. Disclose any material changes in the solicitation,
credit-granting, underwriting, origination, acquisition or pool selection
criteria or procedures, as applicable, used to originate, acquire
or
select the new pool assets.
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Form
10-D report: Depositor, Servicer
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2
|
Legal
Proceedings
|
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Item
1117 - Legal proceedings pending against the following entities,
or their
respective property, that is material to Certificateholders, including
proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental
authorities:
Seller
Depositor
Trustee
Issuing
entity
Servicer
Originator
Custodian
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Seller
Depositor
Trustee
Issuing
Entity
Servicer
Originator
Custodian
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S-3
3
|
Sales
of Securities and Use of Proceeds
|
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Information
from Item 2(a) of Part II of Form 10-Q:
With
respect to any sale of securities by the sponsor, depositor or issuing
entity, that are backed by the same asset pool or are otherwise issued
by
the issuing entity, whether or not registered, provide the sales
and use
of proceeds information in Item 701 of Regulation S-K. Pricing information
can be omitted if securities were not registered.
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Depositor
or Servicer
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4
|
Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
|
|||
Information
form Item 3 of Part II of Form 10-Q:
Report
the occurrence of any Event of Default (after expiration of any grace
period and provision of any required notice)
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N/A
|
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5
|
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
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Information
from Item 4 of Part II of Form 10-Q
|
Trustee
|
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6
|
Significant
Obligors of Pool Assets
|
|||
Item
1112(b) - Significant Obligor Financial Information*
*This
information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution
period in which updated information is required pursuant to the
Item
|
||||
7
|
Significant
Enhancement Provider Information
|
|||
Item
1114(b)(2) - Credit Enhancement Provider Financial
Information*
Determining
applicable disclosure threshold
|
N/A
N/A
|
S-4
Obtaining
required financial information or effecting incorporation by
reference
|
||||
Item
1115(b) - Derivative Counterparty Financial Information*
Determining
current maximum probable exposure
Determining
current significance percentage
Obtaining
required financial information or effecting incorporation by
reference
|
[TBD]
[TBD]
Depositor
|
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*This
information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution
period in which updated information is required pursuant to the
Items.
|
||||
8
|
Other
Information
|
|||
Disclose
any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the period
covered by the Form 10-D but not reported
|
The
Responsible Entity for the applicable Form 8-K item as indicated
below
|
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9
|
Exhibits
|
|||
Distribution
report
|
Trustee
|
|||
Exhibits
required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, such as material
agreements
|
Depositor
|
|||
8-K
|
||||
1.01
|
Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement
|
|||
Disclosure
is required regarding entry into or amendment of any definitive agreement
that is material to the securitization, even if depositor is not
a
party.
Examples:
servicing agreement, custodial agreement
|
Depositor
|
S-5
Note:
disclosure not required as to definitive agreements that are fully
disclosed in the prospectus
|
||||
1.02
|
Termination
of a Material Definitive Agreement
|
|||
Disclosure
is required regarding termination of any definitive agreement that
is
material to the securitization (other than expiration in accordance
with
its terms), even if depositor is not a party. Examples: servicing
agreement, custodial agreement.
|
Depositor
|
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1.03
|
Bankruptcy
or Receivership
|
|||
Disclosure
is required regarding the bankruptcy or receivership, if known to
the
Depositor or Servicer or Trustee, with respect to any of the
following:
Sponsor
(Seller), Depositor, Trustee, Swap Counterparty, Cap Counterparty,
Custodian
|
Depositor/Trustee
|
|||
2.04
|
Triggering
Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation
or an
Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement
|
|||
Includes
an early amortization, performance trigger or other event, including
event
of default, that would materially alter the payment priority/distribution
of cash flows/amortization schedule.
Disclosure
will be made of events other than waterfall triggers which are disclosed
in the 4.05 statement
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N/A
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3.03
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Material
Modification to Rights of Security Holders
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Disclosure
is required of any material modification to documents defining the
rights
of Certificateholders, including the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement
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Party
requesting material modification
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5.03
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Amendments
to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year
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S-6
Disclosure
is required of any amendment “to the governing documents of the issuing
entity”
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Depositor
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6.02
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Change
of Servicer or Trustee
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Requires
disclosure of any removal, replacement, substitution or addition
of any
servicer, affiliated servicer, other servicer servicing 10% or more
of
pool assets at time of report, other material servicers, certificate
administrator or trustee. Reg AB disclosure about any new servicer
or
trustee is also required.
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Trustee
or Servicer
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6.03
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Change
in Credit Enhancement or Other External Support
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Covers
termination of any enhancement in manner other than by its terms,
the
addition of an enhancement, or a material change in the enhancement
provided. Applies to external credit enhancements as well as derivatives.
Reg AB disclosure about any new enhancement provider is also
required.
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Depositor
or Servicer
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6.04
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Failure
to Make a Required Payment
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Trustee
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6.05
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Securities
Act Updating Disclosure
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If
any material pool characteristic differs by 5% or more at the time
of
issuance of the securities from the description in the final prospectus,
provide updated Reg AB disclosure about the actual asset
pool.
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Depositor
or Servicer
|
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If
there are any new servicers or originators required to be disclosed
under
Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing, provide the information
called
for in Items 1108 and 1110 respectively.
|
Depositor
or Servicer
|
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7.01
|
Regulation
FD Disclosure
|
Depositor
or Servicer
|
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8.01
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Other
Events
|
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Any
event, with respect to which information is not otherwise called
for in
Form 8-K, that the registrant deems of importance to security
holders.
|
Depositor
or Servicer
|
S-7
9.01
|
Financial
Statements and Exhibits
|
The
Responsible Entity applicable to reportable event
|
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10-K
|
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9B
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Other
Information
|
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Disclose
any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the fourth
quarter covered by the Form 10-K but not reported
|
The
Responsible Entity for the applicable Form 8-K item as indicated
above
|
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15
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
|
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Item
1112(b) - Significant Obligor Financial Information
|
N/A
|
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Item
1114(b)(2) - Credit Enhancement Provider Financial
Information
Determining
applicable disclosure threshold
Obtaining
required financial information or effecting incorporation by
reference
|
N/A
N/A
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Item
1115(b) - Derivative Counterparty
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S-8
EXHIBIT
T
SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Trustee shall address, at a
minimum, the criteria identified below:
Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
1122(d)(1)(i)
|
Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
|
1122(d)(1)(ii)
|
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.
|
1122(d)(2)(ii)
|
Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
|
1122(d)(2)(iv)
|
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 documents.
|
1122(d)(2)(v)
|
Each
custodial account is maintained by a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction documents.
|
1122(d)(2)(vi)
|
Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
|
1122(d)(2)(vii)
|
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 documents;
(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 day specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
T-1
1122(d)(3)(i)
|
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.
|
1122(d)(3)(ii)
|
Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with the
timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the
transaction agreements.
|
1122(d)(3)(iii)
|
Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the servicer's
investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction documents.
|
1122(d)(3)(iv)
|
Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other forms of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
|
1122(d)(4)(i)
|
Collateral
or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction
agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
|
1122(d)(4)(ii)
|
Mortgage
loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction
agreements.
|
T-2
1122(d)(4)(iii)
|
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.
|
1122(d)(4)(xv)
|
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.
|
T-3