EXECUTION
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND
RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
among
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES
CORP.,
as the
Assignor
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE,
as the
Assignee
and
NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE
CO.,
as the
Servicer
and as acknowledged
by
WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A.,
as Master
Servicer
Dated as
of
January 1,
2007
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND
RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
ASSIGNMENT,
ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT (this “Assignment
Agreement”) made this 1st day of January, 2007, among
National City Mortgage Co., an Ohio corporation (“Nat
City” or the “Servicer”), Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, a national trust company, as trustee (the
“Assignee”), and GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Assignor”), and as
acknowledged by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (in such
capacity, the “Master Servicer”).
WHEREAS, Nat City sold to Goldman Sachs Mortgage
Company (“GSMC”), on a servicing retained basis,
certain mortgage loans pursuant to (i) the Second Amended and
Restated Flow Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement
dated as of January 1, 2006, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as
of July 24, 2006 and Amendment No. 2, dated as of August 9, 2006
(the “Flow SWSA”), (ii) the related Warranty Bill of
Sale, dated August 16, 2006 (the “Warranty Bill of
Sale”) and (iii) the related Trade Confirmation dated as of
June 8, 2006 (the “Trade Confirmation”), each by and
between GSMC, as purchaser, and Nat City, as seller and
servicer;
WHEREAS, GSMC, the Assignor and the Servicer
have entered into the Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2007 (the “GSMC Assignment
Agreement”), pursuant to which GSMC has sold to the Assignor
certain of the mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”)
listed on the mortgage loan schedule attached hereto as Exhibit 1
(the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) and assigned its rights
under the Mortgage Loans and the Flow SWSA, the Warranty Bill of
Sale and the Trade Confirmation as they pertain to the Mortgage
Loans to the Assignor;
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Master Servicing and
Trust Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007 (the “Trust
Agreement”), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the
“Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as securities
administrator and master servicer (in such capacity, the
“Master Servicer”), and each of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, U.S. Bank National
Association and The Bank of New York, as custodians, the Assignor
will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Assignee, together with the
Assignor’s rights in the Flow SWSA and the Trade
Confirmation;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
promises contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Assignment and Assumption
.
(a)
The Assignor hereby assigns to the
Assignee all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Mortgage Loans, the Flow SWSA, and the Trade Confirmation, to the
extent relating to the Mortgage Loans (other than the rights of the
Assignor to indemnification thereunder), and the Assignee hereby
assumes all of the Assignor’s obligations under the Flow SWSA
and the Trade Confirmation, to the extent relating to the Mortgage
Loans from and after the date hereof; provided ,
however , it is understood and agreed upon by the parties
hereto, that the Assignee shall not be liable for (i) any
breach of any obligation or representation of the Assignor pursuant
to the GSMC Assignment Agreement or (ii) any breach of any
obligation, covenant, representation or warranty of the Assignor,
or be responsible for any indemnification amounts owed by the
Assignor, pursuant to the Flow SWSA, the Trade Confirmation or the
GSMC Assignment Agreement arising prior to the date hereof. The
Assignor shall remain liable for all such liability arising prior
to the date hereof and for its own actions and omissions apart from
those assumed by the Assignee. The Servicer hereby acknowledges
such assignment and assumption and hereby agrees to the release of
the Assignor from any obligations under the Flow SWSA from and
after the date hereof, to the extent relating to the Mortgage
Loans.
(b) The Assignor represents and warrants to the
Assignee that the Assignor has not taken any action which would
serve to impair or encumber the Assignor’s ownership interest
in the Mortgage Loans since the date of the Flow SWSA or the Trade
Confirmation.
(c) The Servicer and the Assignor shall have the
right to amend, modify or terminate each of the Flow SWSA and the
Trade Confirmation without the joinder of the Assignee with respect
to mortgage loans not conveyed to the Assignee hereunder,
provided , however , that such amendment,
modification or termination shall not affect or be binding on the
Assignee.
(d) The Assignor hereby assigns to the Assignee,
any rights of the Assignor with respect to early payment defaults
or first payment defaults in the Trade Confirmation, but only to
the extent such provision relates to the Mortgage Loans. The
foregoing shall constitute the Assignor’s consent to the
assignment of the Trade Confirmation (to the extent required by the
terms of each Trade Confirmation).
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the Trade
Confirmation to the contrary, in the event any Mortgage Loan is
repurchased by the Servicer pursuant to any early payment default
or first payment default provisions of the Trade Confirmation, the
“Repurchase Price” payable to the Assignee shall be an
amount equal to the sum of: (a) the outstanding principal balance
of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of such repurchase, (b)
accrued interest on such outstanding principal balance at the
applicable Mortgage Interest Rate from the date interest was last
paid through the last day of the month in which such repurchase
takes place, (c) the amount of any outstanding advances owed to the
servicer (so long as Nat City is not the servicer), and (d) any
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any servicer (so long as
Nat City is not such servicer) or by the Assignee, including
without limitation costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement
of the Servicer’s repurchase obligation under the Trade
Confirmation. It is hereby understood that the right to any excess
over such amount set forth in the definition of “Repurchase
Price” set forth in any Trade Confirmation is not being sold
or assigned hereunder and is being retained by the
Assignor.
(f) The Trust (including the Assignee and the
Master Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf) shall have all
the rights and remedies available to the Assignor, insofar as they
relate to the Mortgage Loans, under any early payment default or
first payment default provisions of the Trade Confirmation
including, without limitation, the enforcement of the repurchase
requirements set forth therein, and shall be entitled to enforce
all the obligations of the Servicer thereunder insofar as they
relate to the Mortgage Loans.
2.
Accuracy of Agreements
.
The Servicer
and the Assignor represent and warrant to the Assignee that
(i) attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true, accurate
and complete copy of the Flow SWSA, (ii) each of the Flow SWSA
and the Trade Confirmation is in full force and effect as of the
date hereof, (iii) neither the Flow SWSA nor the Trade Confirmation
has been amended or modified in any respect and (iv) no notice of
termination has been given to the Servicer under the Flow SWSA or
the Trade Confirmation. The Servicer further represents and
warrants that the representations and warranties contained in
Section 3.1 of the Flow SWSA are true and correct on and as of
January 31, 2007.
3.
Recognition of Assignee;
Modifications .
(a)
From and after the date hereof, the
Servicer shall note the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the
Assignee in its books and records, shall recognize the Assignee as
the owner of the Mortgage Loans and shall, subject to clause (b)
below, service the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Assignee
pursuant to the Flow SWSA, the terms of which are incorporated
herein by reference. It is the intention of the Assignor, Servicer
and Assignee that the Flow SWSA shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Servicer and the Assignee and their successors
and assigns.
(b) The Servicer further acknowledges that, from
and after the date hereof, it (and any of its successors under the
Flow SWSA) will be subject to the supervision of the Master
Servicer (except that the Master Servicer shall not be responsible
for supervising the servicing of defaulted Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties) and that the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Assignee
as the owner of the Mortgage Loans, shall have the same rights as
were assigned by GSMC, in its capacity as the original purchaser
under the Flow SWSA, to the Assignor under the GSMC Assignment
Agreement, and further assigned hereunder by the Assignor to the
Assignee, on behalf of the trust formed pursuant to the Trust
Agreement (the “Trust”). Such rights will include,
without limitation, the right to terminate the Servicer under any
of the Flow SWSA upon the occurrence of an event of default
thereunder, the right to receive all remittances required to be
made by the Servicer under the Flow SWSA, the right to receive all
monthly reports and other data required to be delivered by the
Servicer under the Flow SWSA, indemnification rights and the right
to exercise certain rights of consent and approval relating to
actions taken by the Servicer.
The parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that Section 1.1 of the Flow SWSA is
hereby amended by deleting the definition of “Remittance
Advice Date” in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
“
Remittance Advice Date : The 10th calendar day of each month
or, if such 10th calendar day is not a Business Day, the first
Business Day immediately succeeding such date.”
(d) All reports, notices and other written
information required to be delivered to the Assignee, as the
successor in interest to GSMC and the Assignor under the Flow SWSA,
shall also be delivered to the Master Servicer at the address set
forth in Section 9 hereof, provided, however, that any reports
required to be delivered under the Flow SWSA (as modified hereby)
shall be transmitted by magnetic tape, electronic mail, or other
similar media mutually acceptable to the Master Servicer and
Servicer. All remittances required to be made to the Assignee, as
the successor in interest to GSMC and the Assignor under the Flow
SWSA, shall be made instead to the Master Servicer by wire transfer
to the following account:
For credit to:
SAS Clearing
FFC to: GSR
2007-AR1 Acct# 50981100
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Flow SWSA, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, not later than the
tenth calendar day of each month (or if such tenth calendar day is
not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), the
Servicer shall furnish to the Master Servicer (i)(a) monthly loan
data in the form of Exhibit 6 hereto or another mutually
agreed-upon format, (b) default loan data in the mutually agreed
upon format set forth in Exhibit 7 hereto and (c)
information regarding the realized losses and gains in the mutually
agreed upon format set forth in Exhibit 4 and Exhibit
5 hereto, in each case relating to the period ending on the
last day of the preceding calendar month and (ii) all supporting
documentation with respect to the information required under the
preceding paragraph.
4.
Representations and
Warranties . The Assignee
hereby represents and warrants to the Assignor as
follows:
(a)
The Assignee hereto represents and
warrants that it is duly and legally authorized to enter into this
Assignment Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and
under the Flow SWSA.
(b)
The Assignee hereto represents and
warrants that this Assignment Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by it and (assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by each of the other parties hereto)
constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally
and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
5.
Representations and Warranties of
the Assignor . The
Assignor hereby represents and warrants to the Assignee as
follows:
(a)
The Assignor has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware with full power and
authority (corporate and other) to enter into and perform its
obligations under the Flow SWSA, the Trade Confirmation and this
Assignment Agreement.
(b)
This Assignment Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Assignor, and (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties
hereto) constitutes a legal, valid, and binding agreement of the
Assignor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or
other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and
to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(c)
The execution, delivery and
performance by the Assignor of this Assignment Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require
the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of,
any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency,
except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to
the date thereof.
(d)
The execution and delivery of this
Assignment Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Assignor; neither the execution
and delivery by the Assignor of this Assignment Agreement, nor the
consummation by the Assignor of the transactions herein
contemplated, nor compliance by the Assignor with the provisions
hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute
a default under, any of the provisions of the governing documents
of the Assignor or any law, governmental rule or regulation or any
material judgment, decree or order binding on the Assignor or any
of its properties, or any of the provisions of any material
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract or other instrument to
which the Assignor is a party or by which it is bound.
(e)
There are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Assignor,
threatened, before or by any court, administrative agency,
arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Assignment Agreement or (B) with
respect to any other matter that in the judgment of the Assignor
will be determined adversely to the Assignor and will if determined
adversely to the Assignor materially adversely affect its ability
to perform its obligations under this Assignment
Agreement.
(f)
Except for the sale to the
Assignee, the Assignor has not assigned or pledged any Mortgage
Note or the related Mortgage or any interest or participation
therein.
(g)
The Assignor has not satisfied,
canceled, or subordinated in whole or in part, or rescinded the
Mortgage, and the Assignor has not released the Mortgaged Property
from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has the
Assignor executed an instrument that would effect any such release,
cancellation, subordination, or rescission. The Assignor has not
released any Mortgagor, in whole or in part, except in connection
with an assumption agreement or other agreement approved by the
related Federal Insurer, to the extent such approval was
required.
(h)
With respect to each Mortgage Loan,
the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.2 of the
Flow SWSA, to the extent they relate to matters arising on or after
the related Closing Date (as defined in the Flow SWSA), are true
and correct as of the date of this Assignment Agreement. For
purposes of making the representations and warranties contemplated
in the this paragraph, each reference in Section 3.2 of the Flow
SWSA to (i) the “Cut-off Date” shall be deemed to be a
reference to January 1, 2007, (ii) the “Mortgage Loan
Schedule” and shall be deemed to be a reference to Exhibit 1
hereto and (iii) the “Closing Date” shall be deemed to
be a reference to January 31, 2007.
(i) Each Mortgage Loan, at the time it was
originated, complied in all material respects with applicable
local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all
applicable predatory and abusive lending laws; and none of the
Mortgage Loans are “high-cost,” “high-cost
home” or “covered” loans under any applicable
federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending
law.
(j) No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered
Loan, as applicable (as such terms are defined in the then current
Standard & Poor’s Glossary) and no Mortgage Loan
originated on or after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003 is
governed by the Georgia Fair Lending Act.
For the purposes of this Section 5(j) the
following definitions shall apply:
Covered Loan : A Mortgage Loan categorized as Covered
pursuant to Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s
Glossary.
Home Loan : A Mortgage Loan categorized as Home Loan
pursuant to Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s
Glossary.
Standard & Poor’s Glossary
: The Standard & Poor’s
LEVELS® Glossary, as may be in effect from time to
time.
High Cost Loan : A Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a
“high cost” loan under the Home Ownership and Equity
Protection Act of 1994, (b) a “high cost home,”
“threshold,” “covered,” (excluding New
Jersey “Covered Home Loans” as that term is defined in
clause (1) of the definition of that term in the New Jersey Home
Ownership Security Act of 2002), “high risk home,”
“predatory” or similar loan under any other applicable
state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using
different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory
scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage
loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees) or (c) a
Mortgage Loan categorized as High Cost pursuant to Appendix E of
Standard & Poor’s Glossary. For avoidance of doubt, the
parties agree that this definition shall apply to any law
regardless of whether such law is presently, or in the future
becomes, the subject of judicial review or litigation.
It is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 6 shall survive delivery of the respective
Mortgage Files to the Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of
the Assignee and its assigns notwithstanding any restrictive or
qualified endorsement or assignment. Upon the discovery by the
Assignor or the Assignee and its assigns of a breach of the
foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering
such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties
to this Assignment Agreement, and in no event later than two (2)
Business Days from the date of such discovery. It is understood and
agreed that the obligations of the Assignor set forth in Section 7
below to repurchase a Mortgage Loan constitute the sole remedies
available to the Assignee and its assigns on their behalf
respecting a breach of the representations and warranties contained
in this Section 6. It is further understood and agreed that the
Assignor shall be deemed not to have made the representations and
warranties in this Section 6 with respect to, and to the extent of,
representations and warranties made, as to the matters covered in
this Section 6, by the Servicer in the Flow SWSA (or any
officer’s certificate delivered pursuant thereto).
It is
understood and agreed that the Assignor has made no representations
or warranties to the Assignee other than those contained in this
Section 6, and no other affiliate of the Assignor has made any
representations or warranties of any kind to the
Assignee.
6.
Repurchase of Mortgage
Loans .
Upon discovery
or notice of any breach by the Assignor of any representation,
warranty, or covenant under this Assignment Agreement that
materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or
the interest of the Assignee therein (it being understood that any
such defect or breach shall be deemed to have materially and
adversely affected the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the
interest of the Assignee therein if the Assignee incurs a loss as a
result of such defect or breach), the Assignee promptly shall
request that the Assignor cure such breach and, if the Assignor
does not cure such breach in all material respects within sixty
(60) days from the date on which it is notified of the breach, the
Assignee may enforce the Assignor’s obligation hereunder to
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Assignee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, if such breach is a Qualification Defect, such
cure or repurchase must take place within forty-five (45) days of
the Defect Discovery Date.
In the event
the Servicer has breached a representation or warranty under the
Flow SWSA that is substantially identical to a representation or
warranty breached by the Assignor hereunder, the Assignee shall
first proceed against the Servicer. If the Servicer does not within
sixty (60) days after notification of the breach, take steps to
cure such breach (which may include certifying to progress made and
requesting an extension of the time to cure such breach, as
permitted under the Flow SWSA) or purchase, or substitute for the
Mortgage Loan, the Assignee shall be entitled to enforce the
obligations of the Assignor hereunder to cure such breach or to
repurchase the Mortgage Loan from the Trust. In such event, the
Assignor shall succeed to the rights of the Assignee to enforce the
obligations of the Servicer to cure such breach or repurchase such
Mortgage Loan under the terms of the related Flow SWSA with respect
to such Mortgage Loan.
Except as
specifically set forth herein, the Assignee shall have no
responsibility to enforce any provision of this Assignment
Agreement, to oversee compliance thereof, or to take notice of any
breach or default thereof.
7. Continuing Effect . Except as contemplated hereby, the Flow SWSA
shall remain in full