MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of March 30, 2005 by
and
between FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN
CORPORATION, a Kansas corporation (the
"Seller"), and FIRST HORIZON ASSET
SECURITIES INC. (the "Purchaser").
WHEREAS, the Seller owns certain Mortgage Loans (as hereinafter
defined) which Mortgage Loans are more
particularly listed and described in
Schedule A attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
WHEREAS, the Seller and the Purchaser wish to set forth the
terms
pursuant to which the Mortgage Loans,
excluding the servicing rights thereto,
are to be sold by the Seller to the
Purchaser.
WHEREAS, the Seller will simultaneously transfer the servicing
rights
for the Mortgage Loans to First Tennessee
Mortgage Services, Inc. ("FTMSI")
pursuant to the Servicing Rights Transfer
and Subservicing Agreement (as
hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS, the Purchaser will engage FTMSI to service the Mortgage
Loans
pursuant to the Servicing Agreement (as
hereinafter defined).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, other good
and
valuable consideration, and the mutual
terms and covenants contained herein, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Agreement: This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, as the same may
be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with
the terms hereof.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or
(ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the
City of Dallas, or the State of Texas
or New York City is located are authorized
or obligated by law or executive
order to be closed.
Closing Date: March
30, 2005
Code: The Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or an
acceptable leasehold estate) to the real
property and improvements constituting
the Cooperative Property and which governs
the Cooperative Property, which
Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a
Cooperative Housing Corporation under
Section 216 of the Code.
Coop Shares: Shares
issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Loan: Any
Mortgage Loan secured by Coop Shares and a
Proprietary Lease.
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Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements owned by
the
Cooperative Corporation, including the
allocation of individual dwelling units
to the holders of the Coop Shares of the
Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: A
single family dwelling located in a Cooperative
Property.
Custodian: First Tennessee Bank National Association, and its
successors and assigns, as custodian under
the Custodial Agreement dated as of
March 30, 2005 by and among The Bank of New
York, as trustee, First Horizon Home
Loan Corporation, as master servicer, and
the Custodian.
Cut-Off Date: March 1,
2005.
Cut-off Date Principal
Balance: As to any
Mortgage Loan, the Stated P
rincipal Balance thereof as of the close of
business on the Cut-off Date.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction
by a court of competent jurisdiction in a
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code
in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage
Loan which became final and
non-appealable, except such a reduction
resulting from a Deficient Valuation or
any reduction that results in a permanent
forgiveness of principal.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
by
a court of competent jurisdiction of the
Mortgaged Property in an amount less
than the then-outstanding indebtedness
under the Mortgage Loan, or any reduction
in the amount of principal to be paid in
connection with any Scheduled Payment
that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal, which valuation or
reduction results from an order of such
court which is final and non-appealable
in a proceeding under the United States
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended.
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which all or
a
portion of a related Mortgage File is not
delivered to the Trustee or to the
Custodian on its behalf on the Closing
Date. The number of Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loans shall not exceed 25% of the
aggregate number of Mortgage Loans as
of the Closing Date.
Deleted Mortgage Loan:
As defined in Section 4.1(c) hereof.
Determination Date: The earlier of (i) the third Business Day after
the
15th day of each month, and (ii) the second
Business Day prior to the 25th day
of each month, or if such 25th day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day.
GAAP: Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time
to time in the United States of
America.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to any
insurance policy, including all riders and
endorsements thereto in effect,
including any replacement policy or
policies, in each case other than any amount
included in such Insurance Proceeds in
respect of expenses covered by such
insurance policy.
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Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds,
received
in connection with the partial or complete
liquidation of defaulted Mortgage
Loans, whether through trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise or amounts
received in connection with any
condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged
Property.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
MERS Mortgage Loan:
Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS
System.
MERS (R) System: The
system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The Mortgage
Identification Number for any MERS Mortgage Loan.
MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as
mortgagee,
solely as nominee for the originator of
such Mortgage Loan and its successors
and assigns.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating
a
first lien on the property securing a
Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 3.1
pertaining
to a particular Mortgage Loan and any
additional documents required to be added
to the Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Loans: The mortgage loans transferred, sold and conveyed
by
the Seller to the Purchaser, pursuant to
this Agreement.
Mortgage Loan Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
required to be purchased by the Seller
pursuant to Section 4.1(c) hereof, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase,
and (ii) accrued interest thereon at
the applicable Mortgage Rate from the date
through which interest was last paid
by the Mortgagor to the first day in the
month in which the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Price is to be distributed to the
Purchaser or its designees.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of
a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage
Loan,
which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan,
is the related Coop Shares and
Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor: The
obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal by a Mortgagor on
a
Mortgage Loan that is received in advance
of its scheduled Due Date and is not
accompanied by an amount representing
scheduled interest due on any date or
dates in any month or months subsequent to
the month of prepayment.
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Proprietary Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, a lease
or
occupancy agreement between a Cooperative
Corporation and a holder of related
Coop Shares.
Purchase Price:
$283,746,975.68
Purchaser: First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc., in its capacity
as purchaser of the Mortgage Loans from the Seller pursuant to
this Agreement.
Recognition Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan, an
agreement between the Cooperative
Corporation and the originator of such
Mortgage Loan which establishes the rights
of such originator in the Cooperative
Property.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan
due
on the first day of the month allocable to
principal and/or interest on such
Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall give effect to any
related Debt Service Reduction and any
Deficient Valuation that affects the
amount of the monthly payment due on such
Mortgage Loan.
Security Agreement:
The security agreement with respect to a
Cooperative Loan.
Seller: First
Horizon Home Loan
Corporation,
a Kansas corporation,
and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as seller of the
Mortgage
Loans.
Servicing Agreement: The servicing agreement, dated as of November
26,
2002 by and between First Horizon Asset
Securities Inc. and its assigns, as
owner, and First Tennessee Mortgage
Services, Inc., as servicer.
Servicing Rights Transfer and Subservicing Agreement: The
servicing
rights transfer and subservicing agreement,
dated as of November 26, 2002 by and
between First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation, as transferor and subservicer, and
First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc., as
transferee and servicer.
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan as specified
in the amortization schedule at the
time relating thereto (before any
adjustment to such amortization schedule by
reason of any moratorium or similar waiver
or grace period) after giving effect
to any previous partial Principal
Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable
to principal (other than with respect to
any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to
the payment of principal due on such date
and irrespective of any delinquency in
payment by the related Mortgagor.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller
for
a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the
date of such substitution, (i) have a
Stated Principal Balance, after deduction
of the principal portion of the
Scheduled Payment due in the month of
substitution, not in excess of, and not
more than 10% less than the Stated
Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (ii) have a Mortgage Rate not lower
than the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a maximum
mortgage rate not more than 1% per annum
higher or lower than the maximum mortgage
rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(iv) have a minimum mortgage rate specified
in its related Mortgage Note not
more than 1% per annum higher or lower than
the minimum mortgage rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have the same
mortgage index, reset period and
periodic rate as the Deleted Mortgage Loan
and a gross margin not more than 1%
per annum higher or lower than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan (vi) be
accruing interest at a rate no lower than
and not more than 1% per annum higher
than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(iv) have a loan-to-value ratio no
higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (vii) have a remaining term to
maturity no greater than (and not more than
one year less than that of) the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (viii) not be a
Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted
Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan and
(ix) comply with each representation
and warranty set forth in Schedule B
hereto.
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Trustee: The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a
successor
trustee is appointed hereunder, such
successor.
ARTICLE II
Purchase and Sale
Section 2.1 Purchase Price. In consideration for the payment to it
of
the Purchase Price on the Closing Date,
pursuant to written instructions
delivered by the Seller to the Purchaser on
the Closing Date, the Seller does
hereby transfer, sell and convey to the
Purchaser on the Closing Date, but with
effect from the Cut-off Date, (i) all
right, title and interest of the Seller in
the Mortgage Loans, excluding the servicing
rights thereto, and all property
securing such Mortgage Loans, including all
interest and principal received or
receivable by the Seller with respect to
the Mortgage Loans on or after the
Cut-off Date and all interest and principal
payments on the Mortgage Loans
received on or prior to the Cut-off Date in
respect of installments of interest
and principal due thereafter, but not
including payments of principal and
interest due and payable on the Mortgage
Loans on or before the Cut-off Date,
and (ii) all proceeds from the foregoing.
Items (i) and (ii) in the preceding
sentence are herein referred to
collectively as "Mortgage Assets."
Section 2.2 Timing. The sale of the Mortgage Assets hereunder
shall
take place on the Closing Date.
ARTICLE III
Conveyance and Delivery
Section 3.1 Delivery of Mortgage Files. In connection with the
transfer
and assignment set forth in Section 2.1
above, the Seller has delivered or
caused to be delivered to the Trustee or to
the Custodian on its behalf (or, in
the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage
Loans, will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee or to the
Custodian on its behalf within thirty (30)
days following the Closing Date) the
following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned
(collectively, the "Mortgage Files"):
(a) (1) the original
Mortgage Note endorsed by manual or facsimile
signature in blank in the following form: "Pay to the order of
________________, without recourse," with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator to the Person endorsing the Mortgage Note (each such
endorsement being sufficient to transfer all right, title and
interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee
thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note); or
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(2) with respect to
any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit
from the Seller stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost
or destroyed, together with a copy of such Mortgage Note;
(b)
except as provided
below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of
such Mortgage certified by the Seller as being a true and
complete
copy of the Mortgage, and in the case of each MERS Mortgage
Loan,
the original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of the
Mortgage Loans and either language indicating that the Mortgage
Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan or if the
Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at origination, the original
Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence of
recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage
certified
by the public recording office in which such Mortgage has been
recorded;
(c) a duly executed
assignment of the Mortgage in blank (which may be
included in a blanket assignment or assignments), together
with,
except as provided below, all interim recorded assignments of
such
mortgage (each such assignment, when duly and validly
completed,
to be in recordable form and sufficient to effect the
assignment
of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to
which the assignment relates); provided that, if the related
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable public
recording office, such assignment of the Mortgage may exclude
the
information to be provided by the recording office;
(d) the original or
copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any;
(e)
either the original or
duplicate original title policy (including
all riders thereto) with respect to the related Mortgaged
Property, if available, provided that the title policy
(including
all riders thereto) will be delivered as soon as it becomes
available, and if the title policy is not available, and to the
extent required pursuant to the second paragraph below or
otherwise in connection with the rating of the Certificates, a
written commitment or interim binder or preliminary report of
the
title issued by the title insurance or escrow company with
respect
to the Mortgaged Property, and
(f) in the case of a
Cooperative Loan, the originals of the following
documents or instruments:
(1) The Coop Shares,
together with a stock power in blank;
(2) The executed
Security Agreement;
(3) The executed
Proprietary Lease;
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(4) The executed Recognition Agreement;
(5) The executed UCC-1 financing statement with evidence of
recording thereon which have been filed in all places required
to
perfect the Seller's interest in the Coop Shares and the
Proprietary
Lease; and
(6) Executed UCC-3 financing statements or other appropriate
UCC
financing statements required by state law, evidencing a complete
and
unbroken line from the mortgagee to the Trustee with evidence
of
recording thereon (or in a form suitable for recordation).
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not
a
MERS Mortgage Loan the Seller cannot
deliver (i) the original recorded Mortgage
or (ii) all interim recorded assignments
satisfying the requirements of clause
(b) or (c) above, respectively,
concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof because such document or documents
have not been returned from the
applicable public recording office, the
Seller shall promptly deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf such original
Mortgage or such interim assignment, as the
case may be, with evidence of
recording indicated thereon upon receipt
thereof from the public recording
office, or a copy thereof, certified, if
appropriate, by the relevant recording
office, but in no event shall any such
delivery of the original Mortgage and
each such interim assignment or a copy
thereof, certified, if appropriate, by
the relevant recording office, be made
later than one year following the Closing
Date; provided, however, in the event the
Seller is unable to deliver or cause
to be delivered by such date each Mortgage
and each such interim assignment by
reason of the fact that any such documents
have not been returned by the
appropriate recording office, or, in the
case of each such interim assignment,
because the related Mortgage has not been
returned by the appropriate recording
office, the Seller shall deliver or cause
to be delivered such documents to the
Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf as
promptly as possible upon receipt
thereof and, in any event, within 720 days
following the Closing Date. The
Seller shall forward or cause to be
forwarded to the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf (i) from time to time additional
original documents evidencing an
assumption or modification of a Mortgage
Loan and (ii) any other documents
required to be delivered by the Seller to
the Trustee. In the event that the
original Mortgage is not delivered and in
connection with the payment in full of
the related Mortgage Loan and the public
recording office requires the
presentation of a "lost instruments
affidavit and indemnity" or any equivalent
document, because only a copy of the
Mortgage can be delivered with the
instrument of satisfaction or reconveyance,
the Seller shall execute and deliver
or cause to be executed and delivered such
a document to the pub