EXECUTION
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LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.,
SELLER
and
STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES
CORPORATION,
PURCHASER
MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND ASSIGNMENT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 1, 2005
Structured Asset Securities Corporation
2005-WF3
(Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-WF3)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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2
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Section
1.01.
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Sale of Mortgage
Loans.
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2
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Section
1.02.
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Delivery of
Documents.
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3
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Section
1.03.
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Review of
Documentation.
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3
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Section
1.04.
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Representations and
Warranties of the Seller.
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Section
1.05.
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Grant Clause.
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Section
1.06.
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Assignment by
Depositor.
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ARTICLE II. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section
2.01.
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Binding Nature of
Agreement; Assignment.
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Section
2.02.
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Entire Agreement.
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Section
2.03.
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Amendment.
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Section
2.04.
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Governing Law.
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Section
2.05.
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Severability of
Provisions.
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Section
2.06.
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Indulgences; No
Waivers.
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Section
2.07.
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Headings Not to Affect
Interpretation.
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Section
2.08.
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Benefits of
Agreement.
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Section
2.09.
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Counterparts.
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SCHEDULE A
Mortgage
Loan Schedule (including Prepayment Charge Schedule)
EXHIBIT A
Certain
Defined Terms
EXHIBIT B
Form
of Terms Letter
This MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND ASSIGNMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of July 1, 2005 (the “Agreement”),
is executed by and between Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
(“LBH” or the “Seller”) and Structured
Asset Securities Corporation (the
“Depositor”).
All capitalized terms not defined herein
or in Exhibit A attached hereto shall have the same meanings
assigned to such terms in that certain trust agreement (the
“Trust Agreement”) dated as of July 1, 2005, among the
Depositor, Aurora Loan Services LLC, as master servicer (the
“Master Servicer”) and U.S. Bank National Association,
as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S
E T H :
WHEREAS, Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB (the
“Bank”), pursuant to the Seller’s Warranties and
Servicing Agreement by and between the Bank, as purchaser and Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as seller (in such capacity, the
“Transferor”), dated as of June 1, 2005 (the
“Transfer Agreement), has purchased or received from the
Transferor certain mortgage loans, each identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule attached hereto as part of Schedule A (the
“Mortgage Loans”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment and Assumption
Agreement”), dated as of July 1, 2005, between the Bank, as
assignor, and LBH, as assignee, the Bank has assigned all of its
right, title and interest in and to the Transfer Agreement and the
Mortgage Loans as listed on Schedule A, and LBH has accepted the
rights and benefits of, and assumed the obligations of the Bank
under, the Transfer Agreement;
WHEREAS, LBH is a party to a
Reconstituted Servicing Agreement dated as of July 1, 2005 among
LBH, as seller, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer (the
“Servicer”), and the Master Servicer (the
“Servicing Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell,
without recourse, all of its rights, title and interest in and to
the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, assign all of its rights and
interest under the Transfer Agreement and the Servicing Agreement
relating to the Mortgage Loans referred to above, and delegate all
of its obligations thereunder, to the Depositor; and
WHEREAS, the Seller and the Depositor
acknowledge and agree that the Depositor will convey the Mortgage
Loans on the Closing Date to a Trust Fund created pursuant to the
Trust Agreement, assign all of its rights and delegate all of its
obligations hereunder to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, and that each reference herein to the Depositor
is intended, unless otherwise specified, to mean the Depositor or
the Trustee, as assignee, whichever is the owner of the Mortgage
Loans from time to time.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual agreements herein set forth, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Seller and the Depositor agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I.
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 1.01.
Sale of Mortgage Loans .
(a)
Sale of Mortgage
Loans .
Concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Seller does hereby transfer,
assign, set over, deposit with and otherwise convey to the
Depositor, without recourse, subject to Sections 1.03 and 1.04, all
the right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Mortgage
Loans identified on Schedule A hereto, having an aggregate
principal balance of $878,484,851.90. Such conveyance
includes, without limitation, the right to all distributions of
principal and interest received on or with respect to the Mortgage
Loans on and after the Cut-off Date, other than payments of
principal and interest due on or before such date, and all such
payments due after such date but received prior to such date and
intended by the related Mortgagors to be applied after such date,
all Prepayment Charges received on or with respect to the Mortgage
Loans on or after the Cut-off Date, together with all of the
Seller’s right, title and interest in and to each related
account and all amounts from time to time credited to and the
proceeds of such account, any REO Property and the proceeds
thereof, the Seller’s rights under any Insurance Policies
relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Seller’s security
interest in any collateral pledged to secure the Mortgage Loans,
including the Mortgaged Properties, and any proceeds of the
foregoing.
Concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Seller hereby assigns to the
Depositor all of its rights and interest under the Transfer
Agreement (including the right to enforce the Transferor’s
obligation pursuant to Section 8 of the Transferor Letter
Agreement) and the Servicing Agreement, other than any servicing
rights retained thereunder, and delegates to the Depositor all of
its obligations thereunder, to the extent relating to the Mortgage
Loans. The Seller and the Depositor further agree that this
Agreement incorporates the terms and conditions of any assignment
and assumption agreement or other assignment document required to
be entered into under the Transfer Agreement (any such document, an
“Assignment Agreement”) and that this Agreement
constitutes an Assignment Agreement under such Transfer Agreement,
and the Depositor hereby assumes the obligations of the assignee
under each such Assignment Agreement. Concurrently with the
execution hereof, the Depositor tenders the purchase price set
forth in that certain Terms Letter dated as of the date hereof, the
form of which is attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Purchase
Price”). The Depositor hereby accepts such assignment
and delegation, and shall be entitled to exercise all the rights of
the Seller under the Transfer Agreement and the Servicing
Agreement, other than any servicing rights thereunder, as if the
Depositor had been a party to each such agreement.
(b)
Schedule of Mortgage
Loans .
The Depositor and the Seller have agreed
upon which of the Mortgage Loans owned by the Seller are to be
purchased by the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement and the
Seller will prepare on or prior to the Closing Date a final
schedule describing such Mortgage Loans (the “Mortgage Loan
Schedule”). The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall conform to
the requirements of the Depositor as set forth in this Agreement
and to the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” under
the Trust Agreement. The Mortgage Loans have been assigned by
the Bank to the Seller pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement.
Section 1.02.
Delivery of Documents .
(a) In connection with such
transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans hereunder, the Seller
shall, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date,
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Depositor (or its
designee) the documents or instruments with respect to each
Mortgage Loan (each, a “Mortgage File”) so transferred
and assigned, as specified in the Transfer Agreement or Servicing
Agreement.
(b) For Mortgage Loans (if any)
that have been prepaid in full on or after the Cut-off Date and
prior to the Closing Date, the Seller, in lieu of delivering the
related Mortgage Files, herewith delivers to the Depositor an
Officer’s Certificate which shall include a statement to the
effect that all amounts received in connection with such prepayment
that are required to be deposited in the Collection Account
maintained by the Master Servicer for such purpose have been so
deposited.
Section 1.03.
Review of Documentation .
The Depositor, by execution and delivery
hereof, acknowledges receipt of the Mortgage Files pertaining to
the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, subject to
review thereof by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the
“Custodian”), for the Depositor. The Custodian is
required to review, within 45 days following the Closing Date, each
applicable Mortgage File. If in the course of such review the
Custodian identifies any Material Defect, the Seller shall be
obligated to cure such Material Defect or to repurchase the related
Mortgage Loan from the Depositor (or, at the direction of and on
behalf of the Depositor, from the Trust Fund), or to substitute a
Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan therefor, in each case to the
same extent and in the same manner as the Depositor is obligated to
the Trustee and the Trust Fund under Section 2.02(c) of the Trust
Agreement.
Section 1.04.
Representations and Warranties of the Seller
.
(a) The Seller hereby represents
and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing
Date:
(i)
the Seller is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full
corporate power and authority to own its property, carry on its
business as presently conducted and enter into and perform its
obligations under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this
Agreement;
(ii)
the execution and
delivery by the Seller of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement
and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution
and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this
Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or
herein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof or
hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute
a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental
rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller
or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
the Seller;
(iii) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Assignment
and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby do not require the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration
with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state,
federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as
has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date
hereof;
(iv)
each of the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this
Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller
enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms,
except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable
bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general
principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v)
there are no actions,
suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller,
threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the
Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator
or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this
Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the
judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller
and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and
adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or
condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability
to perform its obligations under the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and
warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
the Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer
Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event
with respect to a Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a
representation or warranty of the Transferor under the Transfer
Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under
this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with
respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and
warranty (except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the
representations made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii),
(xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xviii)), shall be the right to
enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable
representation or warranty made by it. The representations
made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv),
(xvi), (xvii) and (xviii) shall be direct obligations of the
Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the
representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section
1.04(b) (except in the case of those representations and
warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv),
(xvi), (xvii) and (xviii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions
or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or
warranty made by the Transferor in the Transfer Agreement.
The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect
to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with
respect to the Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those
representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections
1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xviii)) if the fact,
condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a
breach of a representation or warranty made by the Transferor in
such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the Transferor
fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such
representation or warranty; provided, however , that if the
Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such
Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a
mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan,
provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for
the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period
following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan for such affected Mortgage Loan.
Subject
to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery
of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder, as to each,
that:
(i)
The information set
forth with respect to the Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Mortgage Loans, and
the information with respect to each Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the
date or dates respecting which such information is
given;
(ii)
There are no defaults
(other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of
any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes,
governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and
municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents
whic