AMENDMENT NO. 1
Dated as of August 21,
2006
to
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 1, 2006
among
ACE SECURITIES CORP.
Depositor
OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC
Servicer
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Master Servicer and Securities
Administrator
and
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Trustee
______________________________________
ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY
LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-SL2
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES
______________________________________
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of August 21,
2006 (this “Amendment”), to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2006 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”), among ACE SECURITIES CORP., as
depositor (the “Depositor”), OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC,
as servicer (the “Servicer”), WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”) and securities administrator (the
“Securities Administrator”) and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee entered into
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to amend certain
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as set forth in
this Amendment;
WHEREAS, Section 12.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement provides that the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the
Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to
supplement any provision contained therein upon the satisfaction of
certain conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, Section 12.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement provides that the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement may be amended from time to time with the consent of the
Swap Provider.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION
1. Defined Terms .
For purposes of this Amendment, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise, all capitalized terms which are
used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
SECTION
2. The Amendments .
1. Section 5.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement is hereby amended by reordering subparts (c), (d), (e),
(f) and (g) as subparts (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i),
respectively.
2. Section 5.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following as subpart
(c) and (d) thereof:
“(c) As described in Section 5.01(a)(3), (4), (5)
and (6) above, Net Swap Payments and Swap Termination Payments
(other than Swap Termination Payments resulting from a Swap
Provider Trigger Event) payable by the Supplemental Interest Trust
to the Swap Provider pursuant to the Swap Agreement shall be
deducted from the Interest Remittance Amount, and to the extent of
any such remaining amounts due, from the Principal Remittance
Amount, prior to any distributions to the Certificateholders. On
each Distribution Date, such amounts will be remitted to the
Supplemental Interest Trust, first to make any Net Swap Payment
owed to the Swap Provider pursuant to the Swap Agreement for such
Distribution Date, and second to make any Swap Termination Payment
(not due to a Swap Provider Trigger Event) owed to the Swap
Provider pursuant to the Swap Agreement for such Distribution Date.
Any Swap Termination Payment triggered by a Swap Provider Trigger
Event owed to the Swap Provider pursuant to the Swap Agreement will
be subordinated to distributions to the Holders of the Offered
Certificates and shall be paid pursuant to clause seventh
of Section 5.01(a)(6).”
“(d) On each Distribution Date, to the extent
required, following the distribution of the Net Monthly Excess
Cashflow and withdrawals from the Reserve Fund, the Securities
Administrator will withdraw any amounts in the Supplemental
Interest Trust and distribute such amounts in the following order
of priority:
first , to the Swap Provider, any Net Swap Payment
owed to the Swap Provider pursuant to the Swap Agreement for such
Distribution Date;
second , to the Swap Provider, any Swap Termination
Payment owed to the Swap Provider not due to a Swap Provider
Trigger Event pursuant to the Swap Agreement;
third , to the Class A Certificates, the Senior
Interest Distribution Amount remaining undistributed after the
distribution of the Interest Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date;
fourth , sequentially, to the Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8,
Class M-9 and Class B-1 Certificates, in