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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated April 27, 2007,
between Residential Funding
Company, LLC, a Delaware corporation ("RFC"), and Residential
Accredit Loans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company").
Recitals
A. RFC has entered into contracts ("Seller Contracts") with
various seller/servicers, pursuant
to which such seller/servicers sell to RFC mortgage loans.
B. The Company wishes to purchase from RFC certain Mortgage
Loans (as hereinafter defined)
sold to RFC pursuant to the Seller Contracts.
C. The Company, RFC, as master servicer, and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as trustee
(the "Trustee"), are entering into a Series Supplement, dated as
of April 1, 2007 (the "Series Supplement"), and
the Standard Terms of Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of December 1, 2006 (collectively, the "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company
proposes to issue Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2007-QS6 (the "Certificates") consisting of
one hundred and twenty-one classes designated as
Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class
A-6, Class A-7, Class A-8, Class A-9, Class A-10,
Class A-11, Class A-12, Class A-13, Class A-14, Class A-15,
Class A-16, Class A-17, Class A-18, Class A-19, Class
A-20, Class A-21, Class A-22, Class A-23, Class A-24, Class
A-25, Class A-26, Class A-27, Class A-28, Class A-29,
Class A-30, Class A-31, Class A-32, Class A-33, Class A-34,
Class A-35, Class A-36, Class A-37, Class A-38, Class
A-39, Class A-40, Class A-41, Class A-42, Class A-43, Class
A-44, Class A-45, Class A-46, Class A-47, Class A-48,
Class A-49, Class A-50, Class A-51, Class A-52, Class A-53,
Class A-54, Class A-55, Class A-56, Class A-57, Class
A-58, Class A-59, Class A-60, Class A-61, Class A-62, Class
A-63, Class A-64, Class A-65, Class A-66, Class A-67,
Class A-68, Class A-69, Class A-70, Class A-71, Class A-72,
Class A-73, Class A-74, Class A-75, Class A-76, Class
A-77, Class A-78, Class A-79, Class A-80, Class A-81, Class
A-82, Class A-83, Class A-84, Class A-85, Class A-86,
Class A-87, Class A-88, Class A-89, Class A-90, Class A-91,
Class A-92, Class A-93, Class A-94, Class A-95, Class
A-96, Class A-97, Class A-98, Class A-99, Class A-100, Class
A-101, Class A-102, Class A-103, Class A-104, Class
A-105, Class A-106, Class A-107, Class A-108, Class A-109, Class
A-110, Class A-111, Class A-112, Class A-113,
Class A-114, Class A-115, Class A-116, Class P, Class A-P, Class
A-V, Class R-I and Class R-II Certificates; and
six classes designated as Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3
(collectively the "Class M Certificates"), Class B-1,
Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates (collectively the "Class B
Certificates") representing beneficial ownership
interests in a trust fund consisting primarily of a pool of
Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit One to the
Series Supplement (the "Mortgage Loans").
D. In connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, the
Company will assign to RFC the
Class P Certificates, Class A-P Certificates, Class A-V
Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates
and a de minimis portion of each of the Class R-I and Class R-II
Certificates.
E. In connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the
issuance of the Certificates,
RFC wishes to make certain representations and warranties to the
Company.
F. The Company and RFC intend that the conveyance by RFC to the
Company of all its right,
title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale
and not a loan.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals and the mutual
promises herein and other good
and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:
1. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned thereto
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
2. Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, RFC
hereby assigns to the Company
without recourse all of its right, title and interest in and to
the Mortgage Loans, including all interest and
principal, and with respect to the Sharia Mortgage Loans, all
amounts in respect of profit payments and
acquisition payments, received on or with respect to the
Mortgage Loans after March 1, 2006 (other than payments
of principal and interest, and with respect to the Sharia
Mortgage Loans, all amounts in respect of profit
payments and acquisition payments due on the Mortgage Loans on
or before April 30, 2007). In consideration of
such assignment, RFC or its designee will receive from the
Company in immediately available funds an amount equal
to $759,127,083.52, the Class P Certificates, Class M
Certificates, Class B Certificates, the Class A-P
Certificates, the Class A-V Certificates and a de minimis
portion of each of the Class R-I and Class R-II
Certificates. In connection with such assignment and at the
Company's direction, RFC has in respect of each
Mortgage Loan endorsed the related Mortgage Note (other than any
Destroyed Mortgage Note) to the order of the
Trustee and delivered an assignment of mortgage or security
instrument, as applicable, in recordable form to the
Trustee or its agent.
RFC and the Company agree that the sale of each Pledged Asset
Loan pursuant to this Agreement will also
constitute the assignment, sale, setting-over, transfer and
conveyance to the Company, without recourse (but
subject to RFC's covenants, representations and warranties
specifically provided herein), of all of RFC's
obligations and all of RFC's right, title and interest in, to
and under, whether now existing or hereafter
acquired as owner of such Pledged Asset Loan with respect to any
and all money, securities, security
entitlements, accounts, general intangibles, payment
intangibles, instruments, documents, deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit, commodities contracts, and other
investment property and other property of whatever kind
or description consisting of, arising from or related, (i) the
Credit Support Pledge Agreement, the Funding and
Pledge Agreement among the Mortgagor or other Person pledging
the related Pledged Assets (the "Customer"),
Combined Collateral LLC and National Financial Services
Corporation, and the Additional Collateral Agreement
between GMAC Mortgage, LLC and the Customer (collectively, the
"Assigned Contracts"), (ii) all rights, powers and
remedies of RFC as owner of such Pledged Asset Loan under or in
connection with the Assigned Contracts, whether
arising under the terms of such Assigned Contracts, by statute,
at law or in equity, or otherwise arising out of
any default by the Mortgagor under or in connection with the
Assigned Contracts, including all rights to exercise
any election or option or to make any decision or determination
or to give or receive any notice, consent,
approval or waiver thereunder, (iii) the Pledged Amounts and all
money, securities, security entitlements,
accounts, general intangibles, payment intangibles, instruments,
documents, deposit accounts, certificates of
deposit, commodities contracts, and other investment property
and other property of whatever kind or description
and all cash and non-cash proceeds of the sale, exchange, or
redemption of, and all stock or conversion rights,
rights to subscribe, liquidation dividends or preferences, stock
dividends, rights to interest, dividends,
earnings, income, rents, issues, profits, interest payments or
other distributions of cash or other property that
secures a Pledged Asset Loan, (iv) all documents, books and
records concerning the foregoing (including all
computer programs, tapes, disks and related items containing any
such information) and (v) all insurance proceeds
(including proceeds from the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or the Securities Investor Protection
Corporation or any other insurance company) of any of the
foregoing or replacements thereof or substitutions
therefor, proceeds of proceeds and the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, of any thereof. The foregoing
transfer, sale, assignment and conveyance does not constitute
and is not intended to result in the creation, or
an assumption by the Company, of any obligation of RFC, or any
other Person in connection with the Pledged Assets
or under any agreement or instrument relating thereto, including
any obligation to the Mortgagor, other than as
owner of the Pledged Asset Loan.
The Company and RFC intend that the conveyance by RFC to the
Company of all its right, title and
interest in and to the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Section 2
shall be, and be construed as, a sale of the
Mortgage Loans by RFC to the Company. It is, further, not
intended that such conveyance be deemed to be a pledge
of the Mortgage Loans by RFC to the Company to secure a debt or
other obligation of RFC. Nonetheless, (a) this
Agreement is intended to be and hereby is a security agreement
within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the
Minnesota Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform Commercial
Code of any other applicable jurisdiction; (b) the
conveyance provided for in this Section shall be deemed to be,
and hereby is, a grant by RFC to the Company of a
security interest in all of RFC's right, title and interest,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to
any and all general intangibles, payment intangibles, accounts,
chattel paper, instruments, documents, money,
deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, goods, letters of
credit, advices of credit and investment property
consisting of, arising from or relating to any of the following:
(A) the Mortgage Loans, including (i) with
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the related Mortgage Note,
Security Agreement, Assignment of Proprietary Lease,
Cooperative Stock Certificate, Cooperative Lease, any insurance
policies and all other documents in the related
Mortgage File, (ii) with respect to each Sharia Mortgage Loan,
the related Sharia Mortgage Loan Security
Instrument, Sharia Mortgage Loan Co-Ownership Agreement,
Obligation to Pay, Assignment Agreement and Amendment of
Security Instrument, any insurance policies and all other
documents in the related Mortgage File and (iii) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan other than a Cooperative Loan or a
Sharia Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Note,
the Mortgage, any insurance policies and all other documents in
the related Mortgage File, (B) all monies due or
to become due pursuant to the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the terms thereof and (C) all proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into
cash, instruments, securities or other property,
including without limitation all amounts from time to time held
or invested in the Certificate Account or the
Custodial Account, whether in the form of cash, instruments,
securities or other property; (c) the possession by
the Trustee, the Custodian or any other agent of the Trustee of
Mortgage Notes or such other items of property as
constitute instruments, money, payment intangibles, negotiable
documents, goods, deposit accounts, letters of
credit, advices of credit, investment property or chattel paper
shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured
party," or possession by a purchaser or a person designated by
such secured party, for purposes of perfecting the
security interest pursuant to the Minnesota Uniform Commercial
Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other
applicable jurisdiction (including, without limitation, Sections
8-106, 9-313 and 9-106 thereof); and
(d) notifications to persons holding such property, and
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons
holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from,
securities intermediaries, bailees or agents of, or persons
holding for, (as applicable) the Trustee for the
purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable
law. RFC shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such reasonable actions as may be necessary to
ensure that, if this Agreement were determined to
create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans and the other
property described above, such security interest
would be determined to be a perfected security interest of first
priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, RFC
shall prepare and deliver to the Company not less than 15 days
prior to any filing date, and the Company shall
file, or shall cause to be filed, at the expense of RFC, all
filings necessary to maintain the effectiveness of
any original filings necessary under the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in any jurisdiction to perfect the
Company's security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans,
including without limitation (x) continuation
statements, and (y) such other statements as may be occasioned
by (1) any change of name of RFC or the Company,
(2) any change of location of the state of formation, place of
business or the chief executive office of RFC, or
(3) any transfer of any interest of RFC in any Mortgage
Loan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Master Servicer shall
retain all servicing rights
(including, without limitation, primary servicing and master
servicing) relating to or arising out of the
Mortgage Loans, and all rights to receive servicing fees,
servicing income and other payments made as
compensation for such servicing granted to it under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement pursuant to the terms and
conditions set forth therein (collectively, the "Servicing
Rights") and (ii) the Servicing Rights are not
included in the collateral in which RFC grants a security
interest pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph.
3. Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, the
Company hereby assigns to RFC
without recourse all of its right, title and interest in and to
the Class P Certificates, Class M Certificates,
Class B Certificates, the Class A-P Certificates, the Class A-V
Certificates and a de minimis portion of each of
the Class R-I and Class R-II Certificates as part of the
consideration payable to RFC by the Company pursuant to
this Agreement.
4. RFC represents and warrants to the Company that on the date
of execution hereof (or, if
otherwise specified below, as of the date so specified):
(a) The information set forth in Exhibit One to the Series
Supplement with respect to each
Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loans, as the case may be, is true
and correct in all material respects, at the
date or dates respecting which such information is
furnished;
(b) Each Mortgage Loan is required to be covered by a standard
hazard insurance policy.
Except in the case of approximately 0.6% of the aggregate
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans, each Mortgage
Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%
will be insured by a Primary Insurance Policy
covering at least 35% of the principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan at origination if the Loan-to-Value Ratio is
between 100.00% and 95.01%, at least 30% of the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan at origination if the
Loan-to-Value Ratio is between 95.00% and 90.01%, at least 25%
of the balance if the Loan-to-Value Ratio is
between 90.00% and 85.01% and at least 12% of the balance if the
Loan-to-Value Ratio is between 85.00% and
80.01%. To the best of the Company's knowledge, each such
Primary Insurance Policy is in full force and effect
and the Trustee is entitled to the benefits thereunder;
(c) Each Primary Insurance Policy insures the named insured and
its successors and
assigns, and the issuer of the Primary Insurance Policy is an
insurance company whose claims-paying ability is
currently acceptable to the Rating Agencies;
(d) Immediately prior to the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to
the Company, RFC had good
title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and
clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or
security interest (other than rights to servicing and related
compensation and, with respect to certain Mortgage
Loans, the monthly payment due on the first Due Date following
the Cut-off Date), and no action has been taken or
failed to be taken by RFC that would materially adversely affect
the enforceability of any Mortgage Loan or the
interests therein of any holder of the Certificates;
(e) No Mortgage Loan was 30 or more days delinquent in payment
of principal and interest
as of the Cut-off Date and no Mortgage Loan has been so
delinquent more than once in the 12-month period prior to
the Cut-off Date;
(f) Subject to clause (e) above as respects delinquencies, there
is no default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration existing under any Mortgage
Note or Mortgage and no event which, with notice
and expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a
default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration, and no such default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration has been waived by the Seller or by
any other entity involved in originating or servicing a Mortgage
Loan;
(g) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien against any
Mortgaged Property;
(h) No Mortgagor has any right of offset, defense or
counterclaim as to the related
Mortgage Note or Mortgage except as may be provided under the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, formerly known as
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended,
and except with respect to any buydown agreement
for a Buydown Mortgage Loan;
(i) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for work, labor or
material affecting any
Mortgaged Property which are or may be a lien prior to, or equal
with, the lien of the related Mortgage, except
such liens that are insured or indemnified against by a title
insurance policy described under clause (aa) below;
(j) Each Mortgaged Property is free of damage and in good repair
and no notice of
condemnation has been given with respect thereto and RFC knows
of nothing involving any Mortgaged Property that
could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the
value or marketability of any Mortgaged Property;
(k) Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all
material respects with
applicable local, state, and federal laws, including, but not
limited to, all applicable anti-predatory lending
laws;
(l) Each Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions
which render the rights
and remedies of the holder adequate to realize the benefits of
the security against the Mortgaged Property,
including (i) in the case of a Mortgage that is a deed of trust,
by trustee's sale, (ii) by summary foreclosure,
if available under applicable law, and (iii) otherwise by
foreclosure, and there is no homestead or other
exemption available to the Mortgagor that would interfere with
such right to sell at a trustee's sale or right to
foreclosure, subject in each case to applicable federal and
state laws and judicial precedents with respect to
bankruptcy and right of redemption;
(m) With respect to each Mortgage that is a deed of trust, a
trustee duly qualified under
applicable law to serve as such is properly named, designated
and serving, and except in connection with a
trustee's sale after default by a Mortgagor, no fees or expenses
are payable by the Seller or RFC to the trustee
under any Mortgage that is a deed of trust;
(n) The Mortgage Loans are conventional, fixed rate,
fully-amortizing, first mortgage
loans having terms to maturity of not more than 30 years from
the date of origination or modification with
monthly payments due, with respect to a majority of the Mortgage
Loans, on the first day of each month;
(o) No Mortgag
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