INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
This
Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement") dated as of December 17,
2007, is made by and between Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB a federal
savings bank (together with its successors, assigns, operating
divisions, affiliates and subsidiaries, "LBB"), and Aurora Loan
Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and
wholly-owned subsidiary of LBB (together with its successors,
assigns, operating divisions, affiliates and subsidiaries,
"Aurora,"or collectively with LBB as "LBB") having an office for
the conduct of business at 10350 Park Meadows Drive, Littleton,
Colorado 80134, and Security National Mortgage Company (together
with its successors assigns, operating divisions, affiliates and
subsidiaries, "Seller"), having an office for the conduct of
business at 5300 South 360 West, Suite 150, Murray, Utah 84123.
LBB, Aurora, and the Seller are sometimes referred to herein as
parties,
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, LBB
and the Seller are parties to a certain Loan Purchase Agreement
(Servicing Released Transactions), dated as of July,11, 1998 (the
"Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which the Seller may sell to LBB
from time to time, and LBB may purchase from the Seller from time
to time, certain mortgage loans in accordance with the terms of the
Purchase Agreement and Aurora's Seller's Guide, as amended from
time to time (the "Seller's Guide");
WHEREAS, the
Seller made certain material representations and warranties as set
forth in the Seller's Guide which LBB relied upon when entering
into the Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, LBB purchased from the Seller
residential mortgage loans;
WHEREAS, as
part of Aurora's. quality control efforts, Aurora reviewed the
purchased mortgage loans and determined that certain loans contain
alleged Misrepresentations and/or Early Payment Defaults (the
"Breaches").
WHEREAS,
the .
existence of the alleged Breaches
with respect to the Purchase Agreement and Seller's Guide
concerning purchased mortgage loans allegedly gives LBB the right
to require the Seller to immediately repurchase the mortgage loans
that contain Breaches (hereinafter defined as the "Mortgages" or
"Mortgage Loans") in accordance with the terms of the Purchase
Agreement and the Seller's Guide, and
WHEREAS, in
reliance upon the Seller's execution of this Agreement to indemnify
LBB and Aurora for any and all losses suffered on the Mortgage
Loans, LBB/Aurora have refrained from demanding immediate
repurchase of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller; and
WHEREAS, the
amount of any and all Losses suffered on the Mortgage Loans by LBB
and Aurora are uncertain in amount.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of LBB's and Aurora's forbearance from exercising
its right to have the Seller immediately repurchase the Mortgage
Loans, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree
as follows:
Section
1.
Indemnification. The Seller hereby and at all
times hereafter agrees to indemnify and hold LBB and/or Aurora and
the Servicer harmless from and against seventy-five percent (75%)
of all losses, damages, penalties. fines, forfeitures, legal or
other fees, judgments, costs, expenses, debts, obligations and
claims which LBB and/or Aurora or the Servicer may have or may
hereafter suffer, incur, be put to, pay or lay out, or sustain as a
result of any cause related to any current or future default by the
mortgagor on the Mortgage Loans with alleged breaches as detailed
on the attached Schedule A on an individual basis (collectively,
"Losses"). Further LBB and Aurora agree to release the
Seller from any obligation to pay the remaining twenty-five percent
(25%) of all losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal
or other fees, judgments, costs, expenses, debts, obligations and
claims which LBB and/or Aurora or the Servicer may have or may
hereafter suffer, incur, be put to, pay or lay out, or sustain as a
result of any cause related to any current or future default by the
mortgagor on the Mortgage Loans as detailed on the attached
Schedule A on an individual basis. The Losses shall be
paid and discharged by Seller through the Deposit specified in
Section 5 below. The Losses shall be involved or
apportioned against the Seller as they are incurred by LBB and/or
Aurora or the Servicer, absolutely, and the existence and amount of
any such Losses shall be determined by LBB and/or Aurora and the
Servicer in their sole and absolute discretion.
Section
2.
Duration of Agreement and Survival of Indemnification
. The terms of this Agreement shall also apply to any
future Losses sustained by LBB and/or Aurora on any Mortgage Loan
purchased from the Seller, with the Deposit set forth in Section 5
applied as described in that section at 100% of the Losses for any
loans purchased with an alleged breach that are not identified on
Schedule A. The indemnification provided under
Section 1of this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect and shall survive until either the Mortgage
Loan has been paid in full, foreclosed, liquidated or otherwise
retired and the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property has been
liquidated.
Section
3.
Seller's Right to Repurchase . Notwithstanding
LBB's and Aurora's forbearance from exercising its right to have
the Seller immediately repurchase the Mortgage Loans, the Seller
shall have the right, but not the obligation, at any time, to
repurchase any or all of the Mortgage Loan(s) for an amount equal
to the unpaid principal plus outstanding interest plus fees
due.
Section
4.
Control of Defaulted Mortgage Loans . If the
Mortgage loans have not been repurchased by the Seller, LBB and/or
Aurora, or its Servicer, shall have sole and exclusive control over
the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan(s), including
after default and, if applicable, over the marketing,
administration and disposition of any foreclosed Mortgaged Property
or REO Property relating to the Mortgage Loan(s) and the Seller
shall not controvert or dispute any costs incurred, or the amount
of any selling price set or obtained by LBB for any such
property. In the event the Seller repurchases any
Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall have sole and exclusive control
over the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan(s),
including after default and, if applicable, over the marketing,
administration and disposition of any foreclosed Mortgaged Property
or REO Property relating to the Mortgage
Loan(s). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no
event shall a "full credit bid" made by LBB and/or Aurora or any
other party at a foreclosure sale of the Property securing the loan
limit the rights of LBB and/or Aurora or the obligations of the
Seller under this Agreement.
Section
5.
Deposit of Funds to Secure Obligations . To partially secure
the Seller's obligation to make payment of the Losses hereunder, and under, any other indemnification
agreement entered into between LBB and/or Aurora and Seller, the
Seller shall pay, as a deposit against unrealized and uncertain
Losses, Six Hundred Forty Five Thousand and no/100 Dollars
($645,000.00) ("Deposit") as follows:
1. Simultaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Seller shall
deposit with Aurora in immediately available funds a total amount
equal to Three Hundred Ninety Five Thousand and No/100th Dollars
($395,000.00). This amount is in addition to the Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100th Dollars ($250,000.00) delivered
to LBB and/or Aurora on Monday December 10, 2007, for a total of
Six Hundred Forty Five Thousand and No/100th Dollars ($645,000.00)
to be held as a deposit by LBB and/or Aurora.
2. Commencing
immediately, Aurora shall be entitled to hold back 25.00 basis
points on all loan production LBB and/or Aurora purchases from the
Seller and to add that basis point holdback (the "Holdback") to the
Deposit balance. Seller agrees to deliver
$300,000,000.00 (the Commitment Amount"), or $600,000,000 in the
next 24 months, in qualifying loans to LBB and/or Aurora on
a