EXECUTION
THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION
AGREEMENT dated as of March 1, 2007 (this “ Agreement
”), is among Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (the “
Assignor ”), GS Mortgage Securities Corp. (the “
Assignee ”) and Avelo Mortgage, L.L.C. (the “
Company ” or the “ Servicer
”).
For and in consideration of the mutual promises
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of
the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:
1. Assignment, Assumption and
Conveyance
The Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants,
transfers and assigns to the Assignee all of the right,
title and interest (other than those rights specifically
retained by the Assignor pursuant to this Agreement) of the
Assignor, as purchaser, in, to and under (a) those certain Mortgage
Loans listed on the schedule (the “ Mortgage Loan
Schedule ”) attached hereto as Schedule I (the
“ Mortgage Loans ”) and (b) solely insofar
as it relates to the Mortgage Loans, that certain Flow Servicing
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2006 (the “ Servicing
Agreement ”), by and between the Assignor (in such
capacity, the “ Owner ”) and the Company. The
Assignor hereby agrees that it will (i) deliver possession of
notes evidencing the Mortgage Loans to, or at the direction of, the
Assignee or its designee and (ii) take in a timely manner all
necessary steps under all applicable laws to convey and to perfect
the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans as required under the Trust
Agreement (as defined below).
The Assignor specifically reserves and does not
assign to the Assignee hereunder (i) any and all right,
title and interest in, to and under and any obligations of the
Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to the
Servicing Agreement that are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule and are not the subject of this
Agreement, (ii) any rights and obligations of the Assignor pursuant
to the Servicing Agreement arising prior to the date hereof,
(iii) the rights and obligations of the Owner under
Section 6.02(a) (relating to the Owner’s right to
terminate the Company) of the Servicing Agreement and
Section 4.04 (relating to the Owner’s right to receive
information from the Servicer) of the Servicing Agreement or (iv)
any rights of the Assignor under the Notice Letter dated March 30,
2007 (the “ Notice Letter ”), between the Owner
and the Company, which rights shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement.
The Assignee hereby assumes all of the
Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Mortgage Loans
and the Servicing Agreement solely insofar as such obligations
relate to the Mortgage Loans, other than the obligations set forth
in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the preceding
paragraph.
The parties hereto agree that, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the Notice Letter, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans being serviced under the Servicing
Agreement, the Servicing Fee Rate for the Mortgage Loans shall be
the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
2. Recognition of the Company
From and after the date hereof (the “
Securitization Closing Date ”), the Company shall and
does hereby recognize that the Assignee will transfer the Mortgage
Loans (absent the servicing rights related thereto) and assign its
rights under the Servicing Agreement (solely to the extent set
forth herein) and this Agreement to U.S. Bank National Association,
as trustee (including its successors in interest and any successor
trustees under the Trust Agreement, the “ Trustee
”), of the GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2F (the “
Trust ”) created pursuant to a Master Servicing and
Trust Agreement dated as of March 1, 2007 (the “ Trust
Agreement ”), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
Depositor, the Trustee, as trustee and as a custodian, Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as a custodian, and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as Securities Administrator and Master Servicer (the “
Master Servicer ”). The Company hereby acknowledges
and agrees that from and after the date hereof (i) the Trustee
will be the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the Servicer will be
the servicer of the Mortgage Loans on or after the applicable
Transfer Date pursuant to the terms set forth in the Trust
Agreement, (ii) the Company shall look solely to the Trustee
(and the Master Servicer acting on the Trustee’s behalf) for
performance of any obligations of the Assignor under the Mortgage
Loans and the Servicing Agreement (solely insofar as it relates to
the Mortgage Loans) (except for such obligations of the Assignor
retained by the Assignor hereunder), (iii) the Trustee (and
the Master Servicer acting on the Trustee’s behalf) shall
have all the rights and remedies available to the Assignor, insofar
as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, under the applicable purchase
agreement and the Servicing Agreement, including, without
limitation, the enforcement of the document delivery requirements
set forth in the applicable purchase agreement, and shall be
entitled to enforce any and all of the obligations of the Company
thereunder insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, including
without limitation, the remedies for breaches of representations
and warranties set forth in Article IX of the Servicing
Agreement (except for the rights and remedies retained by the
Assignor hereunder), (iv) all references to the Owner under
the Servicing Agreement insofar as they relate to the Mortgage
Loans shall be deemed to refer to the Trustee (except to the extent
of the rights and obligations retained by the Assignor hereunder)
(including the Master Servicer acting on the Trustee’s
behalf) and (v) the Mortgage Loans will be part of a REMIC,
and the Company shall service the Mortgage Loans and any real
property acquired upon default thereof (including, without
limitation, making or permitting any modification, waiver or
amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan) prior to the applicable
Transfer Date in accordance with the Servicing Agreement but in no
event in a manner that would (A) cause the REMIC to fail to
qualify as a REMIC or (B) result in the imposition of a tax
upon the REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited
transactions as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, the
tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d)
of the Code, and the tax on “ net income from foreclosure
property ” as set forth in Section 860G(c) of the
Code). Neither the Company nor the Assignor shall amend or agree to
amend, modify, waive, or otherwise alter any of the terms or
provisions of the Servicing Agreement, which amendment,
modification, waiver or other alteration would in any way affect
the Mortgage Loans or the Company’s performance under the
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans without the
prior written consent of the Trustee.
From and after the date hereof, the Servicer
shall note the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee in its
books and records, shall recognize the Trustee as the owner of the
Mortgage Loans and shall service the Mortgage Loans for the benefit
of the Trustee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
The Servicer represents and warrants that
(a) the copy of the Servicing Agreement, attached hereto as
Exhibit 1 , provided to the Assignee is a true,
complete and accurate copy of the Servicing Agreement, (b) the
Servicing Agreement is in full force and effect as of the date
hereof, (c) the provisions thereof have not been waived,
amended or modified in any respect except as provided herein, nor
have any notices of termination been given thereunder, and
(d) the Servicer is servicing each Mortgage Loan currently
serviced under the Servicing Agreement pursuant to the terms of the
Servicing Agreement.
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 and the Master Servicer, acting on behalf of the
Trustee as the owner of the Mortgage Loans, shall have the same
rights as are assigned by Assignor to the Assignee under this
Agreement, and as will be further assigned by the Assignee to the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust. Such rights that the Master
Servicer may enforce 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.
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All remittances required to be made to the
Trustee, 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 2007-2F Acct #
53136200.
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 the format of Exhibit 2 or
another mutually agreed-upon format, (b) default loan data in the
format set forth in Exhibit 3 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 4 and Exhibit
5 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.
3. Representations and Warranties of the
Company
The Company warrants and represents to and
covenants with, the Assignor, the Assignee and the Trustee as of
the date hereof that:
(a) The Company is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
formation;
(b) The Company has full power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and has full power and authority to perform its obligations under
the Servicing Agreement. The execution by the Company of this
Agreement is in the ordinary course of the Company’s business
and will not conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of the Company’s charter or
bylaws or any legal restriction, or any material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is now a party or by which it is
bound, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree to which the Company or its property is
subject. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company, and, upon the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Assignor and the
Assignee, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally,
and by general principles of equity regardless of whether
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law;
(c) No consent, approval, order or authorization
of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental
entity is required to be obtained or made by the Company in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the
Company of this Agreement or the consummation by it of the
transaction contemplated hereby;
(d) The Company shall establish a Custodial Account
and an Escrow Account under the Servicing Agreement in favor of the
Trustee with respect to the Mortgage Loans separate from the
Custodial Account and Escrow Account previously established under
the Servicing Agreement in favor of the Assignor;
(e) There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or threatened against the Company, before any
court, administrative agency or other tribunal, which would draw
into question the validity of this Agreement or the Servicing
Agreement, or which, either in any one instance or in the
aggregate, is likely to result in any material adverse change in
the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, and the Company is
solvent;
(f) The Company has serviced the Mortgage Loans
currently serviced under the Servicing Agreement in accordance with
the Servicing Agreement and has provided accurate “paid
through” data (assuming the correctness of all “paid
through” data provided by the Assignor to the Company at the
time the Company began servicing the Mortgage Loans) with respect
to the Mortgage Loans to the Assignor;
(g) Except as reflected in the “paid
through” data delivered to the Assignor (assuming the
correctness of all “paid through” data provided by the
Assignor to the Company at the time the Company began servicing the
Mortgage Loans), there is no payment default existing under any
Mortgage or any Mortgage Note as of the Securitization Closing Date
with respect to Mortgage Loans currently serviced under the
Servicing Agreement; and
(h) To the Company’s knowledge, there is no
non-payment default existing under any Mortgage or Mortgage Note
currently serviced under the Servicing Agreement, or any event
which, with the passage of time or with notice and the termination
of any grace or cure period, would constitute a non-payment
default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration
as of the Securitization Closing Date.
4. Representations and Warranties of the
Assignor
The Assignor warrants and represents to the
Assignee and the Trustee as of date hereof, unless otherwise stated
below that:
(a) The Assignor has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under
the laws of the State of New York with full power and authority to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreements and
this Agreement.
(b) This 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 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) The execution and delivery of this Agreement
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
the Assignor; neither the execution and delivery by the Assignor of
this 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 (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or (ii) 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 Agreement.
(f) The Assignor is the sole owner of record and
holder of the Mortgage Loans and the indebtedness evidenced by each
Mortgage Note. The Mortgage Loans are not assigned or pledged, and
the Assignor has good, indefeasible and marketable
title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell the
Mortgage Loans to the Assignee free and clear of any encumbrance,
equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or
security interest, and has full right and authority subject to no
interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party,
to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement
and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the Assignee will own
such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity,
participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security
interest. The Assignor intends to relinquish all rights to possess,
control and monitor the Mortgage Loans.
(g) The Assignor has not waived the performance by
the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor’s failure to
perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default,
nor has the Company waived any default resulting from any action or
inaction by the Mortgagor.
(h) As of March 30, 2007, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, 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 and disclosure laws, all applicable
predatory and abusive lending laws or unfair and deceptive
practices laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan, including, without
limitation, any provisions related to prepayment premiums, have
been complied with, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws
or regulations. 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) 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. In addition, no Mortgage Loan is a
“high-cost,” “high-cost home,”
“covered,” “high-risk home,” or
“predatory” 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), and
no Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002 through
March 6, 2003 is governed by the Georgia Fair Lending
Act.
5. Remedies for Breach of Representations and
Warranties of the Assignor
The Assignor hereby acknowledges and agrees that
in the event of any breach of the representations and warranties
made by the Assignor set forth in Section 4 hereof that
materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or
the interest of the Assignee or the Trustee therein, within sixty
(60) days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to
the Assignor of such breach of a representation or warranty, it
shall cure, purchase, cause the purchase of, or substitute for the
applicable Mortgage Loan in the same manner and subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 2.03 of the Standard Terms to
the Trust Agreement with respect to the Assignee’s
obligations to provide certain representations and warranties for
the Mortgage Loans.
6. Amendment to Servicing Agreement
. In connection with the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans hereunder, the Servicer agrees that, from and
after the date hereof, each Mortgage Loan transferred hereunder
will be subject to the Servicing Agreement, provided
that , solely with respect to the Mortgage Loans transferred
hereunder, the following modifications shall be made:
(a) Exhibit 7 of the Servicing Agreement
(“Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of
Compliance”) shall be replaced with Exhibit 6
hereto.
(b) the second paragraph of Section 2.01 shall be
deleted and replaced as follows:
“Subject
only to the Accepted Servicing Practices and the terms of this
Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall
have full power and authority to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration which
it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Servicer in its own name or in the name of
the Owner, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Owner when the
Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance
with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver 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 the Mortgaged Properties and
to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed in lieu of
foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and
to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name
of the Servicer on behalf of the Owner and without reference to the
Owner except as otherwise required by law. The Owner shall execute,
at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer
such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties
hereunder, and the Owner hereby grants to the Servicer, and this
Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such
duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged
Properties after foreclosure on in the name of the Servicer on
behalf of the Owner and without reference to the Owner except as
otherwise required by law. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
Owner shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under
such powers of attorney.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall not
(i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that
would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the
principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual
payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such
Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest or principal
payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in
Section 2.03, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the
Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer,
reasonably foreseeable) or (ii)
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