EXECUTION
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND
RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
among
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES
CORP.,
as
Assignor
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
as
Assignee
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Servicer
and as acknowledged
by
WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A.,
as Master
Servicer
Dated as
of
February 28,
2007
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND
RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
This ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION
AGREEMENT made this 28th day of February, 2007 (this “
Assignment Agreement ”), is among JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, (“ JPMorgan ”), as
servicer (in such capacity, the “ Servicer ”),
U.S. Bank National Association (“ U.S. Bank ”),
not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee on behalf of
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1F (the “ Assignee
” or the “ Trustee ”) and GS Mortgage
Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “
Assignor ” or the “ Depositor ”),
and is acknowledged by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer
(in such capacity, the “ Master Servicer
”).
WHEREAS, Bank of America, National Association
(“Bank of America”), the Servicer, Chase Home Finance
LLC (“ Chase Finance ”) and J.P. Morgan Mortgage
Acquisition Corp. (“ JPMMAC ”) have entered into
certain Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreements, dated as
of April 27, 2006 and May 17, 2006 (the “ Chase AARs
”), pursuant to which JPMMAC sold certain mortgage loans (the
“ Chase Mortgage Loans ”) to Bank of America and
assigned a Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase, Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1,
dated as of January 1, 2005, Amendment No. 2, dated as of December
1, 2005 and Amendment Reg AB, dated as of January 1, 2006, each by
and among JPMMAC, the Servicer and Chase Finance (collectively, the
“ 2004 Purchase and Servicing Agreement ”) to
Bank of America, to the extent relating to such Chase Mortgage
Loans;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Chase AARs, the
Servicer additionally agreed to service the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with a certain Mortgage Loan Purchase, Warranties and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2005, between Bank of
America and Chase Finance, as amended by the certain Amendment Reg
AB, dated January 1, 2006, among Bank of America, JPMorgan, and
Chase Finance, the terms of which were incorporated therein
(together, the “ Servicing Agreement ”) for the
benefit of Bank of America and its successors and
assigns;
WHEREAS, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (“
GSMC ”) has agreed on certain terms and conditions to
purchase from Bank of America, and Bank of America has agreed to
assign and convey to GSMC, certain of the Chase Mortgage Loans (the
“ Mortgage Loans ”) pursuant to an Assignment,
Assumption and Recognition Agreement dated as of February 26, 2007,
among Bank of America, Chase Finance, the Servicer and GSMC (the
“ Underlying Assignment Agreement ”, and
together with the Servicing Agreement, the “
Agreements ”) and the related trade confirmation dated
as of January 3, 2007 (the “ Trade Confirmation
”) between GSMC and Bank of America, which mortgage loans are
listed on the mortgage loan schedule (the “ Mortgage Loan
Schedule ”) attached as Exhibit 1
hereto;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underlying Assignment
Agreement, Bank of America has assigned its rights under the
Servicing Agreement, to the extent related to the Mortgage Loans,
to GSMC and the Servicer has agreed to continue to service the
Mortgage Loans for the benefit of GSMC under the terms and
conditions of the Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS, GSMC has assigned and conveyed the
Mortgage Loans, which are subject to the relevant provisions of the
Servicing Agreement, to the Assignor pursuant to an Assignment,
Assumption and Recognition Agreement dated as of February 28, 2007
(the “ GSMC Assignment Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Assignee has agreed on certain
terms and conditions to purchase from the Assignor the Mortgage
Loans acquired by the Assignor pursuant to the GSMC Assignment
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Master Servicing and
Trust Agreement dated as of February 1, 2007 (the “ Trust
Agreement ”), among the Depositor, the Trustee, Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as securities administrator and master servicer,
and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as custodian, the
Assignor will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Assignee, together
with the Assignor’s rights under the Agreements and Section S
of the Trade Confirmation, to the extent relating to the Mortgage
Loans (other than the rights of the Assignor to indemnification
thereunder).
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. Servicing . The Servicer agrees, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, to perform and observe the duties, responsibilities
and obligations that are to be performed and observed under the
provisions of the Servicing Agreement, except as otherwise provided
herein, and that the provisions of the Servicing Agreement, as
modified herein, are and shall be a part of this Assignment
Agreement to the same extent as if set forth herein in
full.
2. Assignment and Assumption
. (a) The Assignor hereby
assigns to the Assignee, as of the date hereof, all of its right,
title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and the Agreements,
and all of its rights under Section S of 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
Agreements and Section S of 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 GSMC Assignment Agreements 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 Servicing Agreement from and after February 28, 2007, 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 Underlying Assignment
Agreement.
(c) The Servicer and the Assignor shall have the
right to amend, modify or terminate the Servicing Agreement 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.
3. Accuracy of the Agreements
. The Servicer and the Assignor
represent and warrant to the Assignee that (i) attached hereto as
Exhibit 2 are true, accurate and complete copies of the
Agreements, (ii) the Agreements are in full force and effect as of
the date hereof and (iii) the Agreements have not been further
amended or modified in any respect.
The Servicer further represents and warrants
that (i) no notice of termination has been given to the Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement and (ii) the representations and
warranties contained in Section 3.01 of the 2004 Purchase and
Servicing Agreement (as amended by the Chase AARs) are true and
correct as of February 28, 2007.
The Assignor
further represents and warrants to the Assignee that (i) attached
hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true, accurate and complete copy of
Section S of the Trade Confirmation, (ii) the Trade Confirmation is
in full force and effect as of the date hereof and (iii) the Trade
Confirmation has not been further amended or modified in any
respect.
4. Recognition of Assignee .
(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, notwithstanding anything herein or in the
Servicing Agreement to the contrary, shall service all of the
Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Assignee pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by
reference, whether or not such Mortgage Loans have been serviced
pursuant to such agreement prior to the date hereof. It is the
intention of the Assignor, the Servicer and the Assignee that the
Agreements and Section S of the Trade Confirmation shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Servicer and the Assignee and
their successors and assigns. An account has been established as a
Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Servicing
Agreement, designated as “JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, in trust for the GSR Mortgage Loan Trust
2007-1F.” Another separate account has been established as an
Escrow Account pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Servicing Agreement,
designated as “JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, in
trust for the GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1F.”
(b) The Servicer further acknowledges that, from
and after the date hereof, it (and any of its successors under the
Servicing Agreement) 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, acting 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 Servicing Agreement,
to the Assignor under the GSMC Assignment Agreement, and further
assigned hereunder by the Assignor to the Assignee, on behalf of
the Trust. Such rights that the Master Servicer may enforce on
behalf of the Assignee will include, without limitation, the right
to terminate the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement upon the
occurrence of an event of default thereunder, the right to receive
all remittances required to be made by the Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement, the right to receive all monthly reports and
other data required to be delivered by the Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement and the right to exercise certain rights of
consent and approval relating to actions taken by the
Servicer.
(c) All reports and other data required to be
delivered by the Servicer to the “Purchaser” under the
Servicing Agreement shall be delivered to the Master Servicer or
the Assignee, as designated by the Assignee, at the address set
forth in Section 10 hereof. All remittances required to be made to
the Assignee, as the successor in interest to the Assignor under
the Servicing Agreement, shall be made instead to the Master
Servicer by wire transfer to the following account:
FOR
CREDIT TO: SAS CLEARING
REFERENCE: GSR 2007-1F Acct
# 50989800
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Servicing Agreement, 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 a mutually agreed-upon format, (b)
default loan data in the format set forth in Exhibit 7 and
Exhibit 8 hereto (or in such other format mutually agreed
upon between the Servicer and the Master Servicer) and (c)
information regarding the realized losses and gains in the format
set forth in Exhibit 5 and Exhibit 6 hereto (or in
such other format mutually agreed upon between the Servicer and the
Master Servicer), in each case relating to the period ending on the
last day of the preceding calendar month, (ii) all such information
required pursuant to clause (i)(a) above on a magnetic tape,
electronic mail, or other similar media reasonably acceptable to
the Master Servicer and (iii) all supporting documentation with
respect to the information required under the preceding
paragraph.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Assignee.
The Assignee hereby represents and warrants to the Assignor as
follows:
(a) Authority . 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 Agreements and Section S of the Trade
Confirmation.
(b) Enforceability . 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).
6. Representations and Warranties of the Assignor.
The Assignor hereby represents and warrants to the Assignee as
follows:
(a) Organization . 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
Agreements, the Trade Confirmation and this Assignment
Agreement.
(b) Enforceability . 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) No Consent . 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
hereof.
(d) Authorization; No Breach
. 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) Actions; Proceedings . 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) Prior Assignments; Pledges
. 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) Releases . The Assignor has not satisfied, canceled, or
subordinated in whole or in part, or rescinded any Mortgage, and
the Assignor has not released the related Mortgaged Property from
the lien of any 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) Compliance with Applicable Laws
. Any and all requirements of any
federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury,
truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer
credit protection, equal credit opportunity, predatory and abusive
lending or disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage Loans have
been complied with. All inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions
of the Mortgaged Properties and, with respect to the use and
occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of
occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or
obtained from the appropriate authorities.
(i) HOEPA . No Mortgage Loan is classified as a
“high cost” mortgage loan under Section 32 of the Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, as amended, and no
Mortgage Loan is considered a “high cost” mortgage loan
under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive
lending 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). 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 LEVELS â Glossary and no Mortgage Loan originated on or
after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003 is governed by the
Georgia Fair Lending Act.
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