EXHIBIT 99.1
WACHOVIA MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1,
2007
(this "Agreement"), is entered into between WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
(the "Seller") and WACHOVIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
(the
"Purchaser").
The Seller intends to sell and the Purchaser intends to
purchase
certain multifamily and commercial mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans")
identified on the schedule (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule") annexed
hereto as
Exhibit A. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Mortgage Loans,
along with
certain other mortgage loans (the "Other Mortgage Loans"), into a
trust fund
(the "Trust Fund"), the beneficial ownership of which will be
evidenced by
multiple classes (each, a "Class") of mortgage pass-through
certificates (the
"Certificates"). One or more "real estate mortgage investment
conduit" ("REMIC")
elections will be made with respect to most of the Trust Fund. The
Trust Fund
will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a
pooling and
servicing agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated
as of August
1, 2007, among the Purchaser, as depositor, Wachovia Bank, National
Association,
as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), LNR
Partners,
Inc., as special servicer (the "Special Servicer") and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A.,
as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein
(including the Schedules attached hereto) have the respective
meanings set forth
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Agreement to Purchase.
The Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase,
the
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The
Mortgage Loan
Schedule may be amended to reflect the actual Mortgage Loans
delivered to the
Purchaser pursuant to the terms hereof. The Mortgage Loans are
expected to have
an aggregate principal balance of $2,043,814,381 (the "Wachovia
Mortgage Loan
Balance") (subject to a variance of plus or minus 5.0%) as of the
close of
business on the Cut-Off Date, after giving effect to any payments
due on or
before such date, whether or not such payments are received.
The Wachovia Mortgage Loan Balance, together with the aggregate
principal balance of the Other Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off
Date (after
giving effect to any payments due on or before such date whether or
not such
payments are received), is expected to equal an aggregate principal
balance (the
"Cut-Off Date Pool Balance") of $3,602,123,586 (subject to a
variance of plus or
minus 5.0%). The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take
place on
August 22, 2007, or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable
to the
parties to this Agreement (the "Closing Date"). The consideration
(the
"Aggregate Purchase Price") for the Mortgage Loans shall be equal
to (i) %
of the Wachovia Mortgage Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date, plus
(ii)
$7,194,771, which amount represents the amount of interest accrued
on the
Wachovia Mortgage Loan Balance at the related Net Mortgage Rate for
the period
from and including the Cut-Off Date up to but not including the
Closing Date.
The Aggregate Purchase Price shall be paid to the Seller or its
designee by wire transfer in immediately available funds on the
Closing Date.
SECTION 2. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt by
the
Seller of the Aggregate Purchase Price and satisfaction of the
other conditions
to closing that are for the benefit of the Seller, the Seller does
hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser,
without
recourse (except as set forth in this Agreement), all the right,
title and
interest of the Seller in and to the Mortgage Loans identified on
the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as of such date, on a servicing released basis,
together with all
of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the proceeds of
any related
title, hazard, primary mortgage or other insurance proceeds.
(b) The Purchaser or its assignee shall be entitled to receive
all
scheduled payments of principal and interest due after the Cut-Off
Date, and all
other recoveries of principal and interest collected after the
Cut-Off Date
(other than in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage
Loans due on or
before the Cut-Off Date). All scheduled payments of principal and
interest due
on or before the Cut-Off Date but collected on or after the Cut-Off
Date, and
recoveries of principal and interest collected on or before the
Cut-Off Date
(only in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans
due on or
before the Cut-Off Date and principal prepayments thereon), shall
belong to, and
shall be promptly remitted to, the Seller.
(c) No later than the Closing Date, the Seller shall, on behalf
of
the Purchaser, deliver to the Trustee, the documents and
instruments specified
below with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each a "Mortgage File").
All Mortgage
Files so delivered will be held by the Trustee in escrow at all
times prior to
the Closing Date. Each Mortgage File shall contain the following
documents:
(i) the original executed Mortgage Note including any power of
attorney
related to the execution thereof, together with any and all
intervening endorsements thereon, endorsed on its face or by
allonge
attached
thereto (without recourse, representation or warranty, express
or
implied)
to the order of "Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee for the
registered
holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-C33" or in blank (or a
lost note
affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note
attached
thereto);
(ii)
an original or copy of the Mortgage, together with any and all
intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless not yet
returned by
the
applicable recording office) with evidence of recording
indicated
thereon or
certified by the applicable recording office;
(iii) an original or copy of any related Assignment of Leases
(if
such item
is a document separate from the Mortgage), together with any
and
all
intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless not yet
returned
by the
applicable recording office) with evidence of recording
indicated
thereon or
certified by the applicable recording office;
(iv) an original executed assignment, in recordable form (except
for
any
missing recording information), of (a) the Mortgage, (b) any
related
Assignment
of Leases (if such item is a document separate from the
Mortgage
and to the extent not already assigned pursuant to preceding
clause
(a)) and (c) any other recorded document relating to the
Mortgage
Loan
otherwise included in the Mortgage File, in favor of "Wells
Fargo
Bank,
N.A., as trustee for the registered holders of Wachovia Bank
Commercial
Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
2007-C33", or in blank;
(v) an original assignment of all unrecorded documents relating
to
the
Mortgage Loan (to the extent not already assigned pursuant to
clause
(iv)
above), in favor of "Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee for the
registered
holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-C33", or in blank;
(vi) originals or copies of any modification, consolidation,
assumption
and substitution agreements in those instances where the terms
or
provisions of the Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been consolidated
or
modified
or the Mortgage Loan has been assumed or consolidated;
(vii) the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of
lender's
title insurance or, if such policy has not been issued or
located,
an original or copy of an irrevocable, binding commitment
(which
may be a
marked version of the policy that has been executed by an
authorized
representative of the title company or an agreement to provide
the same
pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an
authorized
representative of the title company) to issue such title insurance
policy;
(viii) any filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or other
evidence
of filing satisfactory to the Purchaser of any prior UCC
Financing
Statements in favor of the originator of such Mortgage Loan or
in favor
of any assignee prior to the Trustee (but only to the extent
the
Seller had
possession of such UCC Financing Statements prior to the
Closing
Date) and, if there is an effective UCC Financing Statement and
continuation statement in favor of the Seller on record with
the
applicable
public office for UCC Financing Statements, an original UCC
Amendment,
in form suitable for filing in favor of "Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as
trustee for the registered holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial
Mortgage Trust,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2007-C33,
as assignee", or in blank;
(ix) an original or copy of (a) any Ground Lease, Memorandum of
Ground
Lease and ground lessor estoppel, (b) any loan guaranty or
indemnity
and (c) any environmental insurance policy;
(x) any intercreditor agreement relating to permitted debt
(including, without limitation, mezzanine debt) of the
Mortgagor;
(xi) copies of any loan agreement, escrow agreement or security
agreement
relating to such Mortgage Loan;
(xii) a copy of any letter of credit and related transfer
documents
relating
to such Mortgage Loan;
(xiii) copies of any management agreement with respect to the
related
Mortgaged Property;
(xiv) copies of any cash management agreements with respect to
the
related
Mortgaged Property;
(xv) copies of franchise agreements and franchisor comfort
letters,
if any,
for hospitality properties and applicable transfer or
assignment
documents;
and
(xvi) with respect to any Companion Loan, all of the above
documents
with
respect to such Companion Loan and the related Intercreditor
Agreement;
provided that a copy of each Mortgage Note relating to such
Companion
Loan, rather than the original, shall be provided, and no
assignments shall be provided.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the ING Hospitality
Pool
Loan, the
Wachovia Bank 2007-C32 Trustee will hold the original documents
(except
for the original note, or lost note affidavit, if applicable,
which will
be held by the Trustee) related to the ING Hospitality Pool
Loan for
the benefit of the Wachovia Bank 2007-C32 Trust Fund.
(d) The Seller shall take all actions reasonably necessary (i)
to
permit the Trustee to fulfill its obligations pursuant to Section
2.01(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) to perform its obligations
described in
Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Without
limiting the
generality of the foregoing, if a draw upon a letter of credit is
required
before its transfer to the Trust Fund can be completed, the Seller
shall draw
upon such letter of credit for the benefit of the Trust Fund
pursuant to written
instructions from the Master Servicer. The Seller shall reimburse
the Trustee
for all reasonable costs and expenses, if any, incurred by the
Trustee for
recording any documents described in Section 2(c)(iv)(c) hereof and
filing any
assignments of UCC Financing Statements described in the proviso in
the third to
last sentence in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(e) All documents and records (except draft documents,
privileged
communications and internal correspondence and credit, due
diligence and other
underwriting analysis, documents, data or internal worksheets,
memoranda,
communications and evaluations of the Seller) relating to each
Mortgage Loan and
in the Seller's possession (the "Additional Mortgage Loan
Documents") that are
not required to be delivered to the Trustee shall promptly be
delivered or
caused to be delivered by the Seller to the Master Servicer or at
the direction
of the Master Servicer to the appropriate sub-servicer, together
with any
related escrow amounts and reserve amounts.
(f) The Seller shall take such actions as are reasonably
necessary
to assign or otherwise grant to the Trust Fund the benefit of any
letters of
credit in the name of the Seller which secure any Mortgage
Loan.
SECTION 3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Seller.
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to and covenants
with
the Purchaser, as of the date hereof, that:
(i) The Seller is a national banking association organized and
validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United
States
of America
and possesses all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits
and
franchises to carry on its business as currently conducted by it
and
to
execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under the terms
of
this
Agreement;
(ii) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed
and
delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution
and
delivery
hereof by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation
of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance
with its
terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other
laws
relating
to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in
general,
as they
may be applied in the context of the insolvency of a national
banking
association, and by general equity principles (regardless of
whether
such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law), and
by public policy considerations underlying the securities laws,
to the
extent that such public policy considerations limit the
enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement which purport
to
provide
indemnification from liabilities under applicable securities
laws;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller
and
the
Seller's performance and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement
will not
(A) violate the Seller's articles of association or bylaws, (B)
violate
any law or regulation or any administrative decree or order to
which it
is subject or (C) constitute a material default (or an event
which,
with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a
material
default)
under, or result in the breach of, any material contract,
agreement
or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which
the Seller
is bound;
(iv) The Seller is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of
any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal,
state,
municipal or other governmental agency or body, which default
might
have
consequences that would, in the Seller's reasonable and good
faith
judgment,
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
other) or
operations of the Seller or its properties or have consequences
that would
materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder;
(v) The Seller is not a party to or bound by any agreement or
instrument
or subject to any articles of association, bylaws or any other
corporate
restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree,
law or
regulation that would, in the Seller's reasonable and good
faith
judgment,
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to
perform
its obligations under this Agreement or that requires the
consent
of any
third person to the execution of this Agreement or the
performance
by the
Seller of its obligations under this Agreement (except to the
extent
such consent has been obtained);
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and
performance by the Seller of or compliance by the Seller with
this
Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement
except as have previously been obtained, and no bulk sale law
applies to
such transactions;
(vii) No litigation is pending or, to the Seller's knowledge,
threatened
against the Seller that would, in the Seller's good faith and
reasonable
judgment, prohibit its entering into this Agreement or
materially
and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement;
(viii) The Seller has caused each Servicing Participant which
services a
Mortgage Loan to comply, as evidenced by written documentation
between
each Servicing Participant and the Seller, with all reporting
requirements set forth in Sections 3.13, 3.14, 3.22 and 8.17 of
the
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement applicable to such Servicing
Participant
for the
Mortgage Loans set forth on Exhibit C, for so long as the Trust
Fund is
subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities
Exchange
Act of
1934, as amended;
(ix) Under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and
for
federal
income tax purposes, the Seller will report the transfer of the
Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser
in exchange for consideration consisting of a cash amount equal
to the
Aggregate Purchase Price. The consideration received by the
Seller
upon the sale of
the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser will constitute at
least
reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for the
Mortgage
Loans. The
Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will
not be
rendered insolvent by, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser.
The Seller is not selling the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser
with any
intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of the creditors of the
Seller;
(x) The Seller has examined the Disclosure Material set forth in
the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement (as defined below), the
Prospectus
Supplement
to the accompanying Prospectus (as defined below), the
Preliminary Memorandum and the Memorandum, relating to the
Certificates.
The Seller
hereby represents and warrants that the Disclosure Material is
appropriately responsive in all material respects to the
applicable
requirements of Items 1104, 1110, 1111, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation
AB
with respect to
the Seller and the Wachovia Mortgage Loans; and
(xi) For so long as the Trust Fund is subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act, the Seller shall provide the
Purchaser
(or, with
respect to any Companion Loan that is deposited into another
securitization, the depositor in such other securitization) and
the
Trustee
with any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure and any Additional
Form
10-D
Disclosure set forth next to the Purchaser's name on Exhibit U
and
Exhibit W,
respectively, of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement within the
time
periods set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties
contained in Schedule I for the benefit of the Purchaser and the
Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date, with
respect to (and
solely with respect to) each Mortgage Loan, which representations
and warranties
are subject to the exceptions set forth on Schedule II.
(c) With respect to the schedule of exceptions delivered by the
Trustee on the Closing Date, within fifteen (15) Business Days (or,
in the
reasonable discretion of the Controlling Class Representative,
thirty (30)
Business Days) of the Closing Date, with respect to the documents
specified in
clauses (i), (ii), (vii), (ix) (solely with respect to Ground
Leases) and (xii)
of the definition of Mortgage File, the Seller shall cure any
material exception
listed therein (for the avoidance of doubt, any deficiencies with
respect to the
documents specified in clause (ii) resulting solely from a delay in
the return
of the related documents from the applicable recording office,
shall be cured in
the time and manner described in Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and
Servicing
Agreement). If such exception is not so cured, the Seller shall
either (1)
repurchase the related Mortgage Loan, (2) with respect to
exceptions relating to
clause (xii) of the definition of "Mortgage File", deposit with the
Trustee an
amount, to be held in trust in a Special Reserve Account pursuant
to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, equal to the amount of the undelivered
letter of credit
(in the alternative, the Seller may deliver to the Trustee, with a
certified
copy to the Master Servicer and Trustee, a letter of credit for the
benefit of
the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee and upon the same
terms and
conditions as the undelivered letter of credit) which the Master
Servicer on
behalf of the Trustee may use (or draw upon, as the case may be)
under the same
circumstances and conditions as the Master Servicer would have been
entitled to
draw on the undelivered letter of credit, or (3) with respect to
any exceptions
relating to clauses (i), (ii) and (vii), deposit with the Trustee
an amount, to
be held in trust in a Special Reserve Account pursuant to the
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, equal to 25% of the Stated Principal Balance
of the related
Mortgage Loan on such date. Any funds or letter of credit deposited
pursuant to
clauses (2) and (3) above shall be held by the Trustee until the
earlier of (x)
the date on which the Master Servicer certifies to the Trustee and
the
Controlling Class Representative that such exception has been cured
(or the
Trustee certifies the same to the Controlling Class
Representative), at which
time such funds or letter of credit, as applicable, shall be
returned to the
Seller and (y) thirty (30) Business Days or, if the Controlling
Class
Representative has extended the cure period, forty-five (45)
Business Days after
the Closing Date; provided, however, that if such exception is not
cured within
such thirty (30) Business Days or forty-five (45) Business Days, as
the case may
be, (A) in the case of clause (2), the Trustee shall retain the
funds on deposit
in the related Special Reserve Account, or letter of credit, as
applicable, or
(B) in the case of clause (3), the Seller shall repurchase the
related Mortgage
Loan in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
at which
time such funds shall be applied to the Purchase Price of the
related Mortgage
Loan and any letter of credit will be returned to the Seller.
If the Seller receives written notice of a Document Defect or a
Breach pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement
relating to a Mortgage Loan, then the Seller shall not later than
ninety (90)
days from receipt of such notice (or, in the case of a Document
Defect or Breach
relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a "qualified mortgage" within
the meaning
of the REMIC Provisions (a "Qualified Mortgage"), not later than
ninety (90)
days from the date that any party to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement
discovers such Document Defect or Breach; provided the Seller
receives such
notice in a timely manner), if such Document Defect or Breach shall
materially
and adversely affect the value of the applicable Mortgage Loan, the
interest of
the Trust Fund therein or the interests of any Certificateholder,
cure such
Document Defect or Breach, as the case may be, in all material
respects, which
shall include payment of actual or provable losses and any
Additional Trust Fund
Expenses directly resulting from any such Document Defect or Breach
or, if such
Document Defect or Breach (other than omissions solely due to a
document not
having been returned by the related recording office) cannot be
cured within
such 90-day period, (i) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan at
the applicable
Purchase Price not later than the end of such 90-day period or (ii)
substitute a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Mortgage Loan
not later
than the end of such 90-day period (and in no event later than the
second
anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the Master Servicer for
deposit into
the Certificate Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in
connection
therewith; provided, however, that unless the Breach would cause
the Mortgage
Loan not to be a Qualified Mortgage, and if such Document Defect or
Breach is
capable of being cured but not within such 90-day period and the
Seller has
commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such
Document Defect or
Breach within such 90-day period, such Seller shall have an
additional ninety
(90) days to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to
repurchase or
substitute the related Mortgage Loan); provided, further, that with
respect to
such additional 90-day period the Seller shall have delivered an
officer's
certificate to the Trustee setting forth what actions the Seller is
pursuing in
connection with the cure thereof and stating that the Seller
anticipates that
such Document Defect or Breach will be cured within the additional
90-day
period; provided, further, that no Document Defect (other than with
respect to a
Mortgage Note, Mortgage, title insurance policy, Ground Lease, any
letter of
credit, any franchise agreement, any comfort letter and (if
required) any
comfort letter transfer documents (collectively, the "Core Material
Documents"))
shall be considered to materially and adversely affect the value of
the related
Mortgage Loan, the interests of the Trust Fund therein or the
interests of any
Certificateholder unless the document with respect to which the
Document Defect
exists is required in connection with an imminent enforcement of
the mortgagee's
rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan, defending any
claim asserted
by any borrower or third party with respect to the Mortgage Loan,
establishing
the validity or priority of any lien or any collateral securing the
Mortgage
Loan or for any immediate significant servicing obligations;
provided, further,
with respect to Document Defects which materially and adversely
affect the
interests of any Certificateholder, the interests of the Trust Fund
therein or
the value of the related Mortgage Loan, other than with respect to
Document
Defects relating to the Core Material Documents, any applicable
cure period
following the initial 90-day cure period may be extended by the
Master Servicer
or the Special Servicer if the document involved is not needed
imminently. Such
extension will end upon thirty (30) days notice of such need as
reasonably
determined by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer (with a
possible thirty
(30) day extension if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer
agrees that the
Seller is diligently pursuing a cure). The Seller shall cure all
Document
Defects which materially and adversely affect the interests of
any
Certificateholder, the interests of the Trust Fund therein or the
value of the
related Mortgage Loan, regardless of the document involved, no
later than two
years following the Closing Date; provided that the initial 90-day
cure period
referenced in this paragraph may not be reduced. For a period of
two years from
the Closing Date, so long as there remains any Mortgage File
relating to a
Mortgage Loan as to which there is any uncured Document Defect or
Breach, the
Seller shall provide the officer's certificate to the Trustee
described above as
to the reasons such Document Defect or Breach remains uncured and
as to the
actions being taken to pursue cure. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the delivery
of a commitment to issue a policy of lender's title insurance as
described in
Representation 12 of Schedule I hereof in lieu of the delivery of
the actual
policy of lender's title insurance shall not be considered a
Document Defect or
Breach with respect to any Mortgage File if such actual policy of
insurance is
delivered to the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf not later
than the 90th
day following the Closing Date.
If (i) any Mortgage Loan is required to be repurchased or
substituted for in the manner described above, (ii) such Mortgage
Loan is
cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with one or more other
Mortgage Loans
(each, a "Crossed Loan"), and (iii) the applicable Document Defect
or Breach
does not constitute a Document Defect or Breach, as the case may
be, as to any
other Crossed Loan in such Crossed Group (without regard to this
paragraph),
then the applicable Document Defect or Breach, as the case may be,
will be
deemed to constitute a Document Defect or Breach, as the case may
be, as to any
other Crossed Loan in the Crossed Group for purposes of this
paragraph, and the
Seller will be required to repurchase or substitute for all of the
remaining
Crossed Loan(s) in the related Crossed Group as provided in the
immediately
preceding paragraph unless such other Crossed Loans in such Crossed
Group
satisfy the Crossed Loan Repurchase Criteria and satisfy all other
criteria for
substitution or repurchase of Mortgage Loans set forth herein. In
the event that
the remaining Crossed Loans satisfy the aforementioned criteria,
the Seller may
elect either to repurchase or substitute for only the affected
Crossed Loan as
to which the related Breach or Document Defect exists or to
repurchase or
substitute for all of the Crossed Loans in the related Crossed
Group. The Seller
shall be responsible for the cost of any Appraisal required to be
obtained by
the Master Servicer to determine if the Crossed Loan Repurchase
Criteria have
been satisfied, so long as the scope and cost of such Appraisal has
been
approved by the Seller (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld).
To the extent that the Seller is required to repurchase or
substitute for a Crossed Loan hereunder in the manner prescribed
above while the
Trustee continues to hold any other Crossed Loans in such Crossed
Group, neither
the Seller nor the Purchaser shall enforce any remedies against the
other's
Primary Collateral, but each is permitted to exercise remedies
against the
Primary Collateral securing its respective Crossed Loans, including
with respect
to the Trustee, the Primary Collateral securing Crossed Loans still
held by the
Trustee.
If the exercise of remedies by one party would materially impair
the
ability of the other party to exercise its remedies with respect to
the Primary
Collateral securing the Crossed Loans held by such party, then the
Seller and
the Purchaser shall forbear from exercising such remedies until the
Mortgage
Loan documents evidencing and securing the relevant Crossed Loans
can be
modified in a manner that complies with this Agreement to remove
the threat of
material impairment as a result of the exercise of remedies or some
other
accommodation can be reached. Any reserve or other cash collateral
or letters of
credit securing the Crossed Loans shall be allocated between such
Crossed Loans
in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents, or otherwise on a
pro rata basis
based upon their outstanding Stated Principal Balances.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if a Crossed Loan included in the Trust Fund is modified
to terminate
the related cross-collateralization and/or cross-default
provisions, as a
condition to such modification, the Seller shall furnish to the
Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel that any modification shall not cause an Adverse
REMIC Event.
Any expenses incurred in good faith by the Purchaser in connection
with such
modification or accommodation (including, but not limited to,
recoverable
attorney fees) shall be paid by the Seller.
(d) In connection with any permitted repurchase or substitution
of
one or more Mortgage Loans contemplated hereby, upon receipt of a
certificate
from a Servicing Officer certifying as to the receipt of the
Purchase Price or
Substitution Shortfall Amount(s), as applicable, in the Certificate
Account, and
the delivery of the Mortgage File(s) and the Servicing File(s) for
the related
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) to the Custodian and the
Master Servicer,
respectively, if applicable (i) the Trustee shall execute and
deliver such
endorsements and assignments as are provided to it by the Master
Servicer, in
each case without recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be
necessary to
vest in the Seller, the legal and beneficial ownership of each
repurchased
Mortgage Loan or substituted Mortgage Loan, as applicable, (ii) the
Trustee, the
Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each
tender to the
Seller, upon delivery to each of them of a receipt executed by the
Seller, all
portions of the Mortgage File and other documents pertaining to
such Mortgage
Loan possessed by it, and (iii) the Master Servicer and the Special
Servicer
shall release to the Seller any Escrow Payments and Reserve Funds
held by it in
respect of such repurchased or substituted Mortgage Loans.
(e) Without limiting the remedies of the Purchaser, the
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders pursuant
to this Agreement, it is acknowledged that the representations and
warranties
are being made for risk allocation purposes. This Section 3
provides the sole
remedy available to the Certificateholders, or the Trustee on
behalf of the
Certificateholders, respecting any Document Defect in a Mortgage
File or any
Breach of any representation or warranty set forth in or required
to be made
pursuant to this Section 3. Nothing in this Agreement shall
prohibit the
Purchaser or its assigns (including the Master Servicer and/or the
Special
Servicer) from pursuing any course of action authorized by the
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement while the Purchaser asserts a claim or brings a
cause of
action to enforce any rights set forth herein against the
Seller.
(f) With respect to any Mortgage Loan which has become a
Defaulted
Mortgage Loan under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with
respect to which
the related Mortgaged Property has been foreclosed and which is the
subject of a
repurchase claim under this Agreement, in accordance with Section
2.03 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer with the
consent of the
Controlling Class Representative shall notify the Seller in writing
of its
intention to liquidate such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property
at least 45
days prior to any such action. If (a) the Seller consents to such
sale and
voluntarily agrees to repurchase such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or
REO Property or
(b) a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Seller is
liable under
this Agreement to repurchase such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO
Property, then
such Seller shall remit to the Purchaser an amount equal to the
difference if
any of the price of such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property as
sold and the
price at which the Seller would have had to repurchase such
Defaulted Mortgage
Loan or REO Property under this Agreement. The Seller shall have
ten (10)
Business Days after receipt of notice to determine whether or not
to consent to
such sale. If the Seller does not consent to such sale, the Special
Servicer
shall contract with a Determination Party (as defined in the
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement) as to the merits of such proposed sale. If the
related
Determination Party determines that such proposed sale is in
accordance with the
Servicing Standard and the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement
with respect to the sale of Defaulted Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties and,
subsequent to such sale, a court of competent jurisdiction
determines that the
Seller was liable under this Agreement and required to repurchase
such Defaulted
Mortgage Loan or REO Property in accordance with the terms hereof,
then the
Seller shall remit to the Purchaser an amount equal to the
difference (if any)
between the proceeds of the related action and the price at which
the Seller
would have been obligated to pay had the Seller repurchased such
Defaulted
Mortgage Loan or REO Property prior to the execution of a binding
contract of
sale with a third party in accordance with the terms hereof
including the costs
related to contracting with the related Determination Party;
provided that the
foregoing procedure in this Section 3(f) shall not preclude such
Seller from
repurchasing the Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property prior to
the execution
of a binding contract of sale with a third party in accordance with
the other
provisions of this Section 3 (excluding this Section 3(f)). If the
related
Determination Party determines that the sale of the related
Defaulted Mortgage
Loan or REO Property is not in accordance with the Servicing
Standard and the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to
the sale of
Defaulted Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and the Special
Servicer
subsequently sells such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, then the
Seller will not
be liable for any such difference (nor any cost of contracting with
the
Determination Party).
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there exists a Breach
relating
to whether or not the Mortgage Loan documents or any particular
Mortgage Loan
document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and
expenses
associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage
Loan
document(s) with respect to matters described in Representations 23
and 43 of
Schedule I hereof, then the Purchaser shall direct the Seller in
writing to wire
transfer to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Certificate
Account, within
ninety (90) days of the Seller's receipt of such direction, the
amount of any
such costs and expenses borne by the Purchaser, the
Certificateholders, the
Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee on their
behalf that are
the basis of such Breach. Upon its making such deposit, the Seller
shall be
deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. Provided such
payment is made
in full, this paragraph describes the sole remedy available to the
Purchaser,
the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer
and the
Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Breach and the Seller
shall not be
obligated to repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan on account of
such Breach or
otherwise cure such Breach.
SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. In
order
to induce the Seller to enter into this Agreement, the Purchaser
hereby
represents and warrants for the benefit of the Seller as of the
date hereof
that:
(a) The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina.
The
Purchaser has the full corporate power and authority and legal
right to acquire
the Mortgage Loans from the Seller and to transfer the Mortgage
Loans to the
Trustee.
(b) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed
and delivered by the Purchaser, all requisite action by the
Purchaser's
directors and officers has been taken in connection therewith, and
(assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Seller)
this Agreement
constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligation of the
Purchaser,
enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms,
except as such
enforcement may be limited by (A) laws relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, receivership or moratorium, (B) other laws relating
to or
affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (C) general equity
principles
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity
or at law).
(c) Except as may be required under federal or state securities
laws
(and which will be obtained on a timely basis), no consent,
approval,
authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice
to, any
governmental authority or court, is required, under federal or
state law, for
the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of or
compliance by the
Purchaser with this Agreement, or the consummation by the Purchaser
of any
transaction described in this Agreement.
(d) None of the acquisition of the Mortgage Loans by the
Purchaser,
the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, or the
execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser, results or will
result in the
creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Purchaser's assets
or property,
or conflicts or will conflict with, results or will result in a
breach of, or
require or will require the consent of any third person or
constitutes or will
constitute a default under (A) any term or provision of the
Purchaser's
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (B) any term or provision
of any
material agreement, contract, instrument or indenture, to which the
Purchaser is
a party or by which the Purchaser is bound, or (C) any law, rule,
regulation,
order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court or
governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or its assets.
(e) Under GAAP and for federal income tax purposes, the
Purchaser
will report the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the
Purchaser as
a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for
consideration
consisting of a cash amount equal to the Aggregate Purchase
Price.
(f) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending
or
to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser
in any court
or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality
which would
materially and adversely affect the validity of this Agreement or
any action
taken in connection with the obligations of the Purchaser
contemplated herein,
or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the
Purchaser to
enter into and/or perform its obligations under the terms of this
Agreement.
(g) The Purchaser is not in default with respect to any order
or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any
federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency or body, which default might have
consequences
that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial
or other) or
operations of the Purchaser or its properties or might have
consequences that
would materially and adversely affect its performance
hereunder.
SECTION 5. Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage
Loans
(the "Closing") shall be held at the offices of Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Taft
LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina on the Closing Date.
The Closing shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a) All of the representations and warranties of the Seller set
forth in or made pursuant to Sections 3(a) and 3(b) of this
Agreement and all of
the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in
Section 4 of
this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
as of the
Closing Date;
(b) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent it
affects
the obligations of the Seller hereunder) and all documents
specified in Section
6 of this Agreement (the "Closing Documents"), in such forms as are
agreed upon
and acceptable to the Purchaser, the Seller, the Underwriters, the
Initial
Purchaser and their respective counsel in their reasonable
discretion, shall be
duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant
to the
respective terms thereof;
(c) The Seller shall have delivered and released to the Trustee
(or
a Custodian on its behalf) and the Master Servicer, respectively,
all documents
represented to have been or required to be delivered to the Trustee
and the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;;
(d) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to
be
complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been
complied with in all
material respects and the Seller shall have the ability to comply
with all terms
and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to
be complied
with or performed after the Closing Date;
(e) The Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by
it
to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement as of the
Closing Date;
and
(f) The letters shall have been received from the independent
accounting firm KPMG LLP, in form satisfactory to the Purchaser,
relating to
certain information regarding the Mortgage Loans and Certificates
as set forth
in the Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the
Prospectus
Supplement, the Preliminary Memorandum and the Memorandum.
Both parties agree to use their best efforts to perform their
respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the
Purchaser to
purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.
SECTION 6. Closing Documents. The Closing Documents shall consist
of
the following:
(a) This Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser and the
Seller;
(b) A certificate of the Seller, executed by a duly authorized
officer of the Seller and dated the Closing Date, and upon which
the Purchaser,
the Underwriters and the Initial Purchaser may rely, to the effect
that: (i) the
representations and warranties of the Seller in this Agreement are
true and
correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with
the same
effect as if made on such date; and (ii) the Seller has, in all
material
respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on
its part that are required under this Agreement to be performed or
satisfied at
or prior to the Closing Date;
(c) An officer's certificate from an officer of the Seller
(signed
in his/her capacity as an officer), dated the Closing Date, and
upon which the
Purchaser may rely, to the effect that each individual who, as an
officer or
representative of the Seller, signed this Agreement or any other
document or
certificate delivered on or before the Closing Date in connection
with the
transactions contemplated herein, was at the respective times of
such signing
and delivery, and is as of the Closing Date, duly elected or
appointed,
qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the
signatures of
such persons appearing on such documents and certificates are their
genuine
signatures;
(d) An officer's certificate from an officer of the Seller
(signed
in his/her capacity as an officer), dated the Closing Date, and
upon which the
Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchaser may rely, to
the effect
that with respect to the Seller, the Mortgage Loans, the related
Mortgagors and
the related Mortgaged Properties (i) such officer has carefully
examined the
Specified Portions of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
together with all
other Time of Sale Information delivered prior to the Time of Sale
and nothing
has come to his attention that would lead him to believe that the
Specified
Portions of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement together with all
other Time
of Sale Information delivered prior to the Time of Sale, as of the
Time of Sale,
or as of the Closing Date, included or include any untrue statement
of a
material fact relating to the Mortgage Loans or omitted or omit to
state therein
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein
relating to
the Mortgage Loans, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made,
not misleading, (ii) such officer has carefully examined the
Specified Portions
of the Prospectus Supplement and nothing has come to his attention
that would
lead him to believe that the Specified Portions of the Prospectus
Supplement, as
of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, or as of the Closing
Date, included or
include any untrue statement of a material fact relating to the
Mortgage Loans
or omitted or omit to state therein a material fact necessary in
order to make
the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loans, in light of
the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (iii)
such officer has
examined the Specified Portions of the Memorandum and nothing has
come to his
attention that would lead him to believe that the Specified
Portions of the
Memorandum, as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date,
included or
include any untrue statement of a material fact relating to the
Mortgage Loans
or omitted or omit to state therein a material fact necessary in
order to make
the statements therein related to the Mortgage Loans, in the light
of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
"Specified
Portions" of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the
Prospectus Supplement,
as applicable, shall consist of Annex A and Annex D thereto, the
diskette which
accompanies the Prospectus Supplement (insofar as such diskette is
consistent
with such Annex A) and the following sections of the Preliminary
Prospectus
Supplement or the Prospectus Supplement, as applicable (exclusive
of any
statements in such sections that purport to summarize the servicing
and
administration provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement):
"SUMMARY OF
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT--THE PARTIES--The Mortgage Loan Sellers",
"SUMMARY OF
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT--THE MORTGAGE LOANS", "RISK FACTORS--The
Mortgage Loans",
"DESCRIPTION OF THE MORTGAGE POOL--General", "--Mortgage Loan
History",
"--Certain Terms and Conditions of the Mortgage Loans",
"--Assessments of
Property Condition", "--Co-Lender Loans", "--Additional Mortgage
Loan
Information", "--Twenty Largest Mortgage Loans", "--The Mortgage
Loan Sellers",
"--The Sponsors" and "--Representations and Warranties; Repurchases
and
Substitutions". The "Specified Portions" of the Memorandum shall
consist of the
Specified Portions of the Prospectus Supplement, the first and
second full
paragraphs on page "v" of the Memorandum.
(e) The resolutions of the requisite committee of the Seller's
special loan committee authorizing the Seller's entering into the
transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the articles of association and
by-laws of the
Seller, and an original or copy of a certificate of good standing
of the Seller
issued by the Comptroller of the Currency not earlier than sixty
(60) days prior
to the Closing Date;
(f) A written opinion of counsel for the Seller (which opinion
may
be from in-house counsel, outside counsel or a combination
thereof), reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser, its counsel and the Rating Agencies,
dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Trustee, the
Underwriters, the
Initial Purchaser and each of the Rating Agencies, together with
such other
written opinions as may be required by the Rating Agencies; and
(g) Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the
Purchaser may reasonably request.
SECTION 7. Indemnification.
(a) The Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser,
the
Underwriters, the Initial Purchaser, their respective officers and
directors,
and each person, if any, who controls the Purchaser, any
Underwriter or any
Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or Section 20 of the
Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), against any and all
losses, expenses
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel),
claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may
become
subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state
statutory law
or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) arise
out of or are
based upon a breach of the representations made by the Seller in
Section
3(a)(ix) hereof, (ii) arise out of or are based upon a breach or
violation of
the representations made by the Seller in Section 3(a)(x) hereof,
(iii) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a
material fact contained in (A) the Prospectus Supplement, the
Preliminary
Memorandum, the Memorandum, the Diskette or in any revision or
amendment of or
supplement to any of the foregoing, (B) any Time of Sale
Information or any
Issuer Information contained in any Free Writing Prospectus
prepared by or on
behalf of the Underwriters (an "Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus") or
contained in any Free Writing Prospectus which is required to be
filed in
accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, (C) any
items similar
to Free Writing Prospectuses forwarded by the Seller to the Initial
Purchaser,
or in any revision or amendment of or supplement to any of the
foregoing or (D)
the summaries, reports, documents and other written and computer
materials and
all other information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Seller
furnished by
the Seller for review by prospective investors (the items in (A),
(B), (C) and
(D) above being defined as the "Disclosure Material"), or (iv)
arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein
(in the case of
Free Writing Prospectuses, when read in conjunction with the other
Time of Sale
Information, in the case of any items similar to Free Writing
Prospectuses, when
read in conjunction with the Memorandum) and in the case of any
summaries,
reports, documents, written or computer materials, or other
information
contemplated in clause (D) above, when read in conjunction with the
Memorandum,
and in the case of any Free Writing Prospectus, when read in
conjunction with
the other Time of Sale Information, a material fact required to be
stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; but, with
respect to
any Disclosure Material described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of
the definition
thereof, only if and to the extent that (I) any such untrue
statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission occurring in, or
with respect
to, such Disclosure Material, arises out of or is based upon an
untrue statement
or omission with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the related
Mortgagors and/or
the related Mortgaged Properties contained in the Data File (it
being herein
acknowledged that the Data File was and will be used to prepare the
Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement, including
without
limitation Annex A thereto, any other Time of Sale Information, the
Preliminary
Memorandum, the Memorandum and the Diskette with respect to the
Registered
Certificates and any items similar to Free Writing Prospectuses
forwarded to
prospective investors in the Non-Registered Certificates and any
Free Writing
Prospectus), (II) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or
omission or alleged omission of a material fact occurring in, or
with respect
to, such Disclosure Material, is with respect to, or arises out of
or is based
upon an untrue statement or omission of a material fact with
respect to, the
information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors,
the related
Mortgaged Properties and/or the Seller set forth in the Specified
Portions of
the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus Supplement,
the
Preliminary Memorandum, or the Memorandum, (III) any such untrue
statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission occurring
in, or with
respect to, such Disclosure Material, arises out of or is based
upon a breach of
the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in or
made pursuant
to Section 3 hereof or (IV) any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission occurring in, or with
respect to, such
Disclosure Material, arises out of or is based upon any other
written
information concerning the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans,
the related
Mortgagors or the related Mortgaged Properties furnished to the
Purchaser, the
Underwriters or the Initial Purchaser by the Seller; provided, that
the
indemnification provided by this Section 7 shall not apply to the
extent that
such untrue statement or omission of a material fact was made as a
result of an
error in the manipulation of, or in any calculations based upon, or
in any
aggregation of the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the
related
Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties set forth in the
Data File or
Annex A to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus
Supplement to
the extent such information was not materially incorrect in the
Data File or
such Annex A, as applicable, including without limitation the
aggregation of
such information with comparable information relating to the Other
Mortgage
Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided
in this
Section 7(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter or
Initial
Purchaser (or to the benefit of any person controlling such
Underwriter or
Initial Purchaser) from whom the person asserting claims giving
rise to any such
losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities purchased
Certificates if (x)
the subject untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission
made in any Disclosure Material (exclusive of the Prospectus or any
corrected or
amended Prospectus or the Memorandum or any corrected or amended
Memorandum) is
eliminated or remedied in the Prospectus or the Memorandum or, with
respect to
any Time of Sale Information only, by the delivery of a Corrected
Free Writing
Prospectus prior to the Time of Sale (in each case, as corrected or
amended, if
applicable), as applicable, and (y) a copy of the Prospectus,
Memorandum or
Corrected Free Writing Prospectus (in each case, as corrected or
amended, if
applicable), as applicable, shall not have been sent to such person
at or prior
to the Time of Sale of such Certificates, and (z) in the case of a
corrected or
amended Prospectus, Memorandum or Corrected Free Writing
Prospectus, such
Underwriter or Initial Purchaser received electronically or in
writing notice of
such untrue statement or omission and updated information
concerning the untrue
statement or omission at least one Business Day prior to the Time
of Sale. The
Seller shall, subject to clause (c) below, reimburse each such
indemnified
party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them
in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage,
liability or action.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, "Registration Statement"
shall
mean such registration statement No. 333-131262 filed by the
Purchaser on Form
S-3, including without limitation exhibits thereto and information
incorporated
therein by reference; "Base Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus,
dated October
19, 2006, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated
August 10, 2007
(the "Prospectus Supplement" and, together with the Base
Prospectus, the
"Prospectus") relating to the Registered Certificates, including
all annexes
thereto; "Preliminary Prospectus Supplement" shall mean the free
writing
prospectus, dated July 31, 2007, consisting of the preliminary free
writing
prospectus, including the base prospectus, dated October 19, 2006
attached
thereto, as supplemented and corrected by that certain free writing
prospectus,
dated August 9, 2007; "Preliminary Memorandum" shall mean the
preliminary
private placement memorandum, dated August 9, 2007, relating to
the
Non-Registered Certificates, including all annexes thereto;
"Memorandum" shall
mean the private placement memorandum, dated August 10, 2007,
relating to the
Non-Registered Certificates, including all exhibits thereto;
"Registered
Certificates" shall mean the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class
A-PB, Class
A-4, Class A-5, Class A-1A, Class IO, Class A-M, Class A-J, Class
B, Class C,
Class D, Class E and Class F Certificates; "Non-Registered
Certificates" shall
mean the Certificates other than the Registered Certificates;
"Diskette" shall
mean the diskette or compact disc attached to each of the
Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement, the Prospectus, and the Memorandum; and "Data File"
shall mean the
compilation of information and data regarding the Mortgage Loans
covered by the
Agreed Upon Procedures Letters, dated August 22, 2007 and rendered
by KPMG LLP
(a "hard copy" of which Data File was initialed on behalf of the
Seller and the
Purchaser). "Free Writing Prospectus" shall mean a "free writing
prospectus" as
such term is defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
"Corrected Free
Writing Prospectus" shall mean a Free Writing Prospectus that
corrects any
previous Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of any
Underwriter and
delivered to any purchaser that contained any untrue statement of a
material
fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in
which they were
made, not misleading. "Time of Sale" shall mean the time at which
sales to
investors of the Certificates were first made as determined in
accordance with
Rule 159 of the 1933 Act. "Time of Sale Information" shall mean
each free
writing prospectus listed on Exhibit B hereto. "Issuer Information"
shall have
the meaning given to such term in Rule 433(h) under the 1933 Act
(as discussed
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in
footnote 271 of
the Commission's Securities Offering Reform Release No. 33--8591).
"Regulation
AB" shall have the meaning as defined in Subpart 229.1100 - Asset
Backed
Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. ss.ss.229.1100-229.1123 of
the 1933 Act,
as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such
clarification and
interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the
adopting release
(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70
Fed. Reg.
1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or
as may be
provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
(c) As promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt by any
person entitled to indemnification under this Section 7 (an
"indemnified party")
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Seller (the
"indemnifying
party") under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party will
not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any
indemnified party
under Section 7(a) (except to the extent that such omission has
prejudiced the
indemnifying party in any material respect) or from any liability
which it may
have otherwise than under this Section 7. In case any such action
is brought
against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying
party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate
therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice
delivered to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice
from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
selected by the
indemnifying party and reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
party;
provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action
include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party or
parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses
available to it or them and/or other indemnified parties that are
different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the
indemnified
party shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert
such legal
defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action
on behalf of
such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense of such
action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the
indemnifying party
will not be liable for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless
(i) the
indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
connection with the
assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the
preceding
sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party
shall not be
liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel, approved
by the
Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchaser, representing
all the
indemnified parties under Section 7(a) who are parties to such
action), (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the
indemnifying party
has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party
at the
expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i)
or (iii) is
applicable, such liability shall only be in respect of the counsel
referred to
in such clause (i) or (iii). Unless it shall assume the defense of
any
proceeding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled
with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
indemnifying
party shall indemnify the indemnified party from and against any
loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have
requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and
expenses of
counsel or any other expenses for which the indemnifying party is
obligated
under this subsection, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall
be liable for
any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than forty-five (45) days
after receipt by
such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such
indemnifying
party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance
with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. If an indemnifying
party assumes
the defense of any proceeding, it shall be entitled to settle such
proceeding
with the consent of the indemnified party or, if such settlement
provides for an
unconditional release of the indemnified party in connection with
all matters
relating to the proceeding that have been asserted against the
indemnified party
in such proceeding by the other parties to such settlement, which
release does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability
or a failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party without the consent
of the
indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 7(a) hereof or
insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to
therein, then
the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, in such proportion
as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified and
indemnifying
parties in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other
relevant equitable
considerations (taking into account the parties' relative knowledge
and access
to information concerning the matter with respect to which the
claim was
asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or
omission or
failure to comply, and any other equitable considerations
appropriate under the
circumstances). The relative fault of the indemnified and
indemnifying parties
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such
parties;
provided that no Underwriter or Initial Purchaser shall be
obligated to
contribute more than its share of underwriting discounts and
commissions and
other fees pertaining to the Certificates, less any damages
otherwise paid by
such Underwriter or Initial Purchaser with respect to such loss,
liability,
claim, damage or expense. It is hereby acknowledged that the
respective
Underwriters' and Initial Purchaser's obligations under this
Section 7 shall be
several and not joint. For purposes of this Section, each person,
if any, who
controls an Underwriter or an Initial Purchaser within the meaning
of Section 15
of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and such
Underwriter's or Initial
Purchaser's officers and directors, shall have the same rights to
contribution
as such Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, and
each director
of the Seller and each person, if any who controls the Seller
within the meaning
of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall
have the same
rights to contribution as the Seller.
(e) The Purchaser and the Seller agree that it would not be just
and
equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 7(d) were determined
by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of
the considerations referred to in Section 7(d) above.