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Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
Depositor
WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION,
Servicer
and
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 1, 2006
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MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST,
MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-MLN1
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS....................................................
14
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES....................................................
69
SECTION 2.01.
Conveyance of
Mortgage Loans.......................... 69
SECTION 2.02.
Acceptance by
the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans....... 71
SECTION 2.03.
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the
Depositor............................................. 73
SECTION 2.04.
Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer........ 77
SECTION 2.05.
Substitutions
and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans
that are not "Qualified Mortgages".................... 78
SECTION 2.06.
Authentication
and Delivery of Certificates........... 78
SECTION 2.07.
REMIC
Elections....................................... 78
SECTION 2.08.
[RESERVED]............................................ 84
SECTION 2.09.
Covenants of the
Servicer............................. 84
SECTION 2.10.
[RESERVED]............................................ 84
SECTION 2.11.
Permitted
Activities of the Trust..................... 84
SECTION 2.12.
Qualifying
Special Purpose Entity..................... 84
SECTION 2.13.
Depositor
Notification of NIM Notes................... 84
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE
LOANS............... 84
SECTION 3.01.
Servicer to
Service Mortgage Loans.................... 84
SECTION 3.02.
Servicing and
Subservicing; Enforcement of the
Obligations of Servicer............................... 86
SECTION 3.03.
Rights of the
Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of
the Servicer ......................................... 87
SECTION 3.04.
Trustee to Act
as Servicer............................ 87
SECTION 3.05.
Collection of
Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection
Account; Certificate Account.......................... 88
SECTION 3.06.
Collection of
Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts....................................... 92
SECTION 3.07.
Access to
Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.......................... 92
SECTION 3.08.
Permitted
Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
Certificate Account................................... 92
SECTION 3.09.
[RESERVED]............................................ 95
SECTION 3.10.
Maintenance of
Hazard Insurance....................... 95
SECTION 3.11.
Enforcement of
Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements............................................ 96
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SECTION 3.12.
Realization Upon
Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss
Mitigation............................................ 96
SECTION 3.13.
Trustee to
Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files....... 99
SECTION 3.14.
Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of
Servicer to be Held for the Trustee................... 100
SECTION 3.15.
Servicing
Compensation................................ 101
SECTION 3.16.
Access to
Certain Documentation....................... 101
SECTION 3.17.
Annual Statement
as to Compliance..................... 101
SECTION 3.18.
Annual
Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements....................... 102
SECTION 3.19.
Rights of the
NIMs Insurer............................ 104
SECTION 3.20.
Periodic
Filings...................................... 104
SECTION 3.21.
Indemnification
by Trustee............................ 108
SECTION 3.22.
Indemnification
by Servicer........................... 108
SECTION 3.23. Prepayment Charge Reporting
Requirements.............. 109
SECTION 3.24.
Information to
the Trustee............................ 109
SECTION 3.25.
Indemnification....................................... 109
SECTION 3.26.
Nonsolicitation....................................... 110
SECTION 3.27.
High Cost
Mortgage Loans.............................. 110
SECTION 3.28.
Subordination of
Liens................................ 110
SECTION 3.29.
Interim
Servicing Period Responsibilities............. 111
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS.................................................
111
SECTION 4.01.
Advances.............................................. 111
SECTION 4.02.
Reduction of
Servicing Compensation in Connection with
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls........................ 112
SECTION 4.03.
Distributions on
the REMIC Interests.................. 112
SECTION 4.04.
Distributions......................................... 113
SECTION 4.05.
Monthly
Statements to Certificateholders.............. 122
ARTICLE V THE
CERTIFICATES...............................................
126
SECTION 5.01.
The
Certificates...................................... 126
SECTION 5.02.
Certificate
Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.............................. 128
SECTION 5.03.
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..... 132
SECTION 5.04.
Persons Deemed
Owners................................. 133
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SECTION 5.05.
Access to List
of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses............................................. 133
SECTION 5.06.
Book-Entry
Certificates............................... 133
SECTION 5.07.
Notices to
Depository................................. 134
SECTION 5.08.
Definitive
Certificates............................... 134
SECTION 5.09.
Maintenance of
Office or Agency....................... 135
SECTION 5.10.
Authenticating
Agents................................. 135
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE
SERVICER................................ 136
SECTION 6.01.
Respective
Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Servicer.............................................. 136
SECTION 6.02.
Merger or
Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Servicer.............................................. 136
SECTION 6.03.
Limitation on
Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer
and Others............................................ 136
SECTION 6.04.
Limitation on
Resignation of Servicer................. 137
SECTION 6.05.
Errors and
Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds........ 138
ARTICLE VII DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF
SERVICER............................. 138
SECTION 7.01.
Events of
Default..................................... 138
SECTION 7.02.
Trustee to Act;
Appointment of Successor.............. 140
SECTION 7.03.
Notification to
Certificateholders.................... 141
ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE...................................... 141
SECTION 8.01.
Duties of the
Trustee................................. 141
SECTION 8.02.
Certain Matters
Affecting the Trustee................. 142
SECTION 8.03.
Trustee Not
Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans................................................. 144
SECTION 8.04.
Trustee May Own
Certificates.......................... 144
SECTION 8.05.
Trustee's Fees
and Expenses........................... 144
SECTION 8.06.
Indemnification
and Expenses of Trustee............... 144
SECTION 8.07.
Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee.................. 145
SECTION 8.08.
Resignation and
Removal of Trustee.................... 146
SECTION 8.09.
Successor
Trustee..................................... 146
SECTION 8.10.
Merger or
Consolidation of Trustee.................... 147
SECTION 8.11.
Appointment of
Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee......... 147
SECTION 8.12.
Tax
Matters........................................... 148
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION...................................................
150
SECTION 9.01.
Termination upon
Liquidation or Repurchase of all
Mortgage Loans........................................ 150
SECTION 9.02.
Final
Distribution on the Certificates................ 152
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SECTION 9.03.
Additional
Termination Requirements................... 153
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS....................................... 154
SECTION 10.01.
Amendment............................................. 154
SECTION 10.02.
Counterparts.......................................... 156
SECTION 10.03.
Governing
Law......................................... 157
SECTION 10.04.
Intention of
Parties.................................. 157
SECTION 10.05.
Notices............................................... 157
SECTION 10.06.
Severability of
Provisions............................ 158
SECTION 10.07.
Assignment............................................ 158
SECTION 10.08.
Limitation on Rights
of Certificateholders............ 159
SECTION 10.09.
Inspection and Audit
Rights........................... 160
SECTION 10.10.
Certificates
Nonassessable and Fully Paid............. 160
SECTION 10.11.
Compliance with
Regulation AB......................... 161
SECTION 10.12.
Third Party
Rights.................................... 161
SECTION 10.13.
Additional Rights of
the NIMs Insurer................. 161
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EXHIBIT A FORMS OF
CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT B MORTGAGE LOAN
SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT C SCHEDULE OF
INTERIM SERVICED MORTGAGE LOANS
EXHIBIT D FORM OF TRUSTEE
CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT E-1 FORM
OF CLASS R TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT E-2 FORM
OF CLASS R TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT F FORM OF
TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT G FORM OF
INVESTMENT LETTER (ACCREDITED INVESTOR)
EXHIBIT H FORM OF RULE
144A LETTER (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER)
EXHIBIT I FORM OF REQUEST
FOR RELEASE
EXHIBIT J [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT K FORM OF BACK-UP
CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT L FORM OF
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER
EXHIBIT M-1 FORM
OF CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT M-2 FORM
OF CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT M-3 FORM
OF SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-1
ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE -- CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-2
ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE -- CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-3
ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE -- SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES CAP
CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O FORM OF
TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER FOR TRANSFER TO
REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE FROM A HOLDER OF A RULE
144A BOOK-ENTRY
CERTIFICATE
OR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT P FORM OF
TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER FOR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A FROM A HOLDER OF A REGULATION S
BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT Q FORM OF SWAP
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT R FORM OF
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
EXHIBIT S SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
EXHIBIT T FORM OF
SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT U FORM OF ITEM
1123 CERTIFICATION OF SERVICER
SCHEDULE X
SCHEDULE Y
SCHEDULE Z
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2006,
among
MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as
depositor
(the "Depositor"), WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION, a Nevada
corporation, as
servicer (the "Servicer"), and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national
banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
The
Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to
the
Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for federal
income tax
purposes will consist of (i) three real estate mortgage investment
conduits,
(ii) the right to receive payments distributable to the Class P
Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof, (iii) each Cap Contract and
the Cap
Contract Account, (iv) the grantor trusts described in Section 2.07
hereof and
(v) the Supplemental Interest Trust, which in turn will hold the
Swap Agreement.
The SWAP REMIC will consist of all of the assets constituting the
Trust Fund
(other than the assets described in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and
(v) above,
other than the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests and other than the
Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests) and will be evidenced by the SWAP REMIC Regular
Interests
(which will be uncertificated and will represent the "regular
interests" in the
SWAP REMIC) and the Class SWR Interest as the single "residual
interest" in the
SWAP REMIC. The Lower Tier REMIC will consist of SWAP REMIC Regular
Interests
and will be evidenced by the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests
(which will be
uncertificated and will represent the "regular interests" in the
Lower Tier
REMIC) and the Class LTR Interest as the single "residual interest"
in the Lower
Tier REMIC. The Trustee will hold the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests. The
Upper Tier REMIC will consist of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests and will
be evidenced by the REMIC Regular Interests (which will represent
the "regular
interests" in the Upper Tier REMIC) and the Residual Interest as
the single
"residual interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC. The Class R
Certificate will
represent beneficial ownership of the Class SWR Interest, the Class
LTR Interest
and the Residual Interest. The "latest possible maturity date" for
federal
income tax purposes of all interests created hereby will be the
Latest Possible
Maturity Date.
All
covenants and agreements made by the Sponsor in the Sale Agreement
and
by the Depositor and the Trustee herein with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and
the other property constituting the Trust Fund are for the benefit
of the
Holders from time to time of the Certificates and, to the extent
provided
herein, the NIMs Insurer.
THE SWAP REMIC
The following table sets forth the designations, initial principal
balances and
interest rates for each interest in the SWAP REMIC:
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Rate
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1-SW1
$74,089,779.877
(1)
1-SW1A $ 7,469,451.121
(2)
1-SW1B $ 7,469,451.121
(3)
1-SW2A $ 7,931,993.582
(2)
1-SW2B $ 7,931,993.582
(3)
1-SW3A $ 8,046,175.462
(2)
1-SW3B $ 8,046,175.462
(3)
1-SW4A $ 8,023,622.361
(2)
1-SW4B $ 8,023,622.361
(3)
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1-SW5A $ 7,770,379.321
(2)
1-SW5B $ 7,770,379.321
(3)
1-SW6A $ 7,405,827.474
(2)
1-SW6B $ 7,405,827.474
(3)
1-SW7A $ 6,948,387.989
(2)
1-SW7B $ 6,948,387.989
(3)
1-SW8A $ 6,484,515.850
(2)
1-SW8B $ 6,484,515.850
(3)
1-SW9A $ 6,011,692.080
(2)
1-SW9B $ 6,011,692.080
(3)
1-SW10A $
5,611,565.064
(2)
1-SW10B $
5,611,565.064
(3)
1-SW11A $
5,214,510.973
(2)
1-SW11B $
5,214,510.973
(3)
1-SW12A $
4,849,848.235
(2)
1-SW12B $
4,849,848.235
(3)
1-SW13A $
4,620,114.727
(2)
1-SW13B $
4,620,114.727
(3)
1-SW14A $
4,514,788.710
(2)
1-SW14B $
4,514,788.710
(3)
1-SW15A $
4,511,055.734
(2)
1-SW15B $
4,511,055.734
(3)
1-SW16A $
4,462,689.857
(2)
1-SW16B $
4,462,689.857
(3)
1-SW17A $
4,370,109.437
(2)
1-SW17B $
4,370,109.437
(3)
1-SW18A $
4,152,041.856
(2)
1-SW18B $
4,152,041.856
(3)
1-SW19A $
3,910,903.014
(2)
1-SW19B $
3,910,903.014
(3)
1-SW20A $
3,597,361.781
(2)
1-SW20B $
3,597,361.781
(3)
1-SW21A $
3,295,269.986
(2)
1-SW21B $
3,295,269.986
(3)
1-SW22A $
3,009,029.730
(2)
1-SW22B $
3,009,029.730
(3)
1-SW23A $
2,773,469.685
(2)
1-SW23B $
2,773,469.685
(3)
1-SW24A $
1,874,604.809
(2)
1-SW24B $
1,874,604.809
(3)
1-SW25A $
2,025,600.301
(2)
1-SW25B $
2,025,600.301
(3)
1-SW26A $
1,999,267.096
(2)
1-SW26B $
1,999,267.096
(3)
1-SW27A $
1,915,903.688
(2)
1-SW27B $
1,915,903.688
(3)
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<C>
1-SW28A $
1,809,311.504
(2)
1-SW28B $
1,809,311.504
(3)
1-SW29A $
1,688,677.313
(2)
1-SW29B $
1,688,677.313
(3)
1-SW30A $
1,565,358.816
(2)
1-SW30B $
1,565,358.816
(3)
1-SW31A $
1,452,919.681
(2)
1-SW31B $
1,452,919.681
(3)
1-SW32A $
1,354,441.653
(2)
1-SW32B $
1,354,441.653
(3)
1-SW33A $
1,268,836.243
(2)
1-SW33B $
1,268,836.243
(3)
1-SW34A $
1,193,850.861
(2)
1-SW34B $
1,193,850.861
(3)
1-SW35A $
1,127,361.956
(2)
1-SW35B $
1,127,361.956
(3)
1-SW36A $
1,066,039.285
(2)
1-SW36B $
1,066,039.285
(3)
1-SW37A $
1,009,881.841
(2)
1-SW37B $
1,009,881.841
(3)
1-SW38A $
957,421.838
(2)
1-SW38B $
957,421.838
(3)
1-SW39A $
908,779.239
(2)
1-SW39B $
908,779.239
(3)
1-SW40A $
863,231.491
(2)
1-SW40B $
863,231.491
(3)
1-SW41A $
820,285.888
(2)
1-SW41B $
820,285.888
(3)
1-SW42A $
779,979.226
(2)
1-SW42B $
779,979.226
(3)
1-SW43A $
733,367.938
(2)
1-SW43B $
733,367.938
(3)
1-SW44A $
695,960.305
(2)
1-SW44B $
695,960.305
(3)
1-SW45A $
672,300.063
(2)
1-SW45B $
672,300.063
(3)
1-SW46A $
620,164.666
(2)
1-SW46B $
620,164.666
(3)
1-SW47A $
628,055.782
(2)
1-SW47B $
628,055.782
(3)
1-SW48A $
588,809.384
(2)
1-SW48B $
588,809.384
(3)
1-SW49A $
564,582.845
(2)
1-SW49B $
564,582.845
(3)
1-SW50A $
557,385.299
(2)
1-SW50B $
557,385.299
(3)
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<C>
1-SW51A $
525,478.840
(2)
1-SW51B $
525,478.840
(3)
1-SW52A $
490,216.937
(2)
1-SW52B $
490,216.937
(3)
1-SW53A $
449,573.067
(2)
1-SW53B $
449,573.067
(3)
1-SW54A $
427,269.722
(2)
1-SW54B $
427,269.722
(3)
1-SW55A $
419,096.592
(2)
1-SW55B $
419,096.592
(3)
1-SW56A $
399,680.178
(2)
1-SW56B $
399,680.178
(3)
1-SW57A $
378,008.908
(2)
1-SW57B $
378,008.908
(3)
1-SW58A $
359,831.947
(2)
1-SW58B $
359,831.947
(3)
1-SW59A
$10,335,882.790
(2)
1-SW59B
$10,335,882.790
(3)
2-SW2
$72,899,899.433
(4)
2-SW1A $ 7,349,491.879
(5)
2-SW1B $ 7,349,491.879
(6)
2-SW2A $ 7,804,605.918
(5)
2-SW2B $ 7,804,605.918
(6)
2-SW3A $ 7,916,954.038
(5)
2-SW3B $ 7,916,954.038
(6)
2-SW4A $ 7,894,763.139
(5)
2-SW4B $ 7,894,763.139
(6)
2-SW5A $ 7,645,587.179
(5)
2-SW5B $ 7,645,587.179
(6)
2-SW6A $ 7,286,890.026
(5)
2-SW6B $ 7,286,890.026
(6)
2-SW7A $ 6,836,797.011
(5)
2-SW7B $ 6,836,797.011
(6)
2-SW8A $ 6,380,374.650
(5)
2-SW8B $ 6,380,374.650
(6)
2-SW9A $ 5,915,144.420
(5)
2-SW9B $ 5,915,144.420
(6)
2-SW10A $
5,521,443.436
(5)
2-SW10B $
5,521,443.436
(6)
2-SW11A $
5,130,766.027
(5)
2-SW11B $
5,130,766.027
(6)
2-SW12A $
4,771,959.765
(5)
2-SW12B $
4,771,959.765
(6)
2-SW13A $
4,545,915.773
(5)
2-SW13B
$ 4,545,915.773
(6)
2-SW14A $
4,442,281.290
(5)
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<C>
<C>
2-SW14B $
4,442,281.290
(6)
2-SW15A $
4,438,608.266
(5)
2-SW15B $
4,438,608.266
(6)
2-SW16A $
4,391,019.143
(5)
2-SW16B $
4,391,019.143
(6)
2-SW17A $
4,299,925.563
(5)
2-SW17B $
4,299,925.563
(6)
2-SW18A $
4,085,360.144
(5)
2-SW18B $
4,085,360.144
(6)
2-SW19A $
3,848,093.986
(5)
2-SW19B $
3,848,093.986
(6)
2-SW20A $
3,539,588.219
(5)
2-SW20B $
3,539,588.219
(6)
2-SW21A $
3,242,348.014
(5)
2-SW21B $
3,242,348.014
(6)
2-SW22A
$ 2,960,704.770
(5)
2-SW22B $
2,960,704.770
(6)
2-SW23A $
2,728,927.815
(5)
2-SW23B $
2,728,927.815
(6)
2-SW24A $
1,844,498.691
(5)
2-SW24B $
1,844,498.691
(6)
2-SW25A $
1,993,069.199
(5)
2-SW25B $
1,993,069.199
(6)
2-SW26A $
1,967,158.904
(5)
2-SW26B $
1,967,158.904
(6)
2-SW27A $
1,885,134.312
(5)
2-SW27B $
1,885,134.312
(6)
2-SW28A $
1,780,253.996
(5)
2-SW28B $
1,780,253.996
(6)
2-SW29A $
1,661,557.187
(5)
2-SW29B $
1,661,557.187
(6)
2-SW30A $
1,540,219.184
(5)
2-SW30B $
1,540,219.184
(6)
2-SW31A $
1,429,585.819
(5)
2-SW31B $
1,429,585.819
(6)
2-SW32A $
1,332,689.347
(5)
2-SW32B $
1,332,689.347
(6)
2-SW33A $
1,248,458.757
(5)
2-SW33B $
1,248,458.757
(6)
2-SW34A $
1,174,677.639
(5)
2-SW34B $
1,174,677.639
(6)
2-SW35A $
1,109,256.544
(5)
2-SW35B $
1,109,256.544
(6)
2-SW36A $
1,048,918.715
(5)
2-SW36B $
1,048,918.715
(6)
2-SW37A $
993,663.159
(5)
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S>
<C>
<C>
2-SW37B $
993,663.159
(6)
2-SW38A $
942,045.662
(5)
2-SW38B $
942,045.662
(6)
2-SW39A $
894,184.261
(5)
2-SW39B $
894,184.261
(6)
2-SW40A $
849,368.009
(5)
2-SW40B $
849,368.009
(6)
2-SW41A $
807,112.112
(5)
2-SW41B $
807,112.112
(6)
2-SW42A $
767,452.774
(5)
2-SW42B $
767,452.774
(6)
2-SW43A $
721,590.062
(5)
2-SW43B $
721,590.062
(6)
2-SW44A $
684,783.195
(5)
2-SW44B $
684,783.195
(6)
2-SW45A $
661,502.937
(5)
2-SW45B $
661,502.937
(6)
2-SW46A $
610,204.834
(5)
2-SW46B $
610,204.834
(6)
2-SW47A $
617,969.218
(5)
2-SW47B $
617,969.218
(6)
2-SW48A $
579,353.116
(5)
2-SW48B $
579,353.116
(6)
2-SW49A $
555,515.655
(5)
2-SW49B $
555,515.655
(6)
2-SW50A $
548,433.701
(5)
2-SW50B $
548,433.701
(6)
2-SW51A $
517,039.660
(5)
2-SW51B $
517,039.660
(6)
2-SW52A $
482,344.063
(5)
2-SW52B $
482,344.063
(6)
2-SW53A $
442,352.933
(5)
2-SW53B $
442,352.933
(6)
2-SW54A $
420,407.778
(5)
2-SW54B $
420,407.778
(6)
2-SW55A $
412,365.908
(5)
2-SW55B $
412,365.908
(6)
2-SW56A $
393,261.322
(5)
2-SW56B $
393,261.322
(6)
2-SW57A $
371,938.092
(5)
2-SW57B $
371,938.092
(6)
2-SW58A $
354,053.053
(5)
2-SW58B $
354,053.053
(6)
2-SW59A
$10,169,888.710
(5)
2-SW59B
$10,169,888.710
(6)
SWR
(7)
(7)
</TABLE>
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(1) The interest rate
on the Class 1-SW1 Interest shall be a per annum rate
equal to the Group One Net WAC.
(2) For any
Distribution Date, the interest rate on each SWAP REMIC Regular
Interest beginning with the designation "1" and ending with the
designation
"A"
shall be a per annum rate equal to 2 times the Group One Net
WAC,
subject to a maximum rate of 2 times the REMIC Swap Rate for
such
Distribution Date.
(3) For any
Distribution Date, the interest rate on each SWAP REMIC Regular
Interest beginning with the designation "1" and ending with the
designation
"B"
shall be a per annum rate equal to the greater of (x) the excess,
if
any,
of (i) 2 times the Group One Net WAC over (ii) 2 times the REMIC
Swap
Rate
for such Distribution Date and (y) 0.00%.
(4) The interest rate
on the Class 2-SW2 Interest shall be a per annum rate
equal to the Group Two Net WAC.
(5) For any
Distribution Date, the interest rate on each SWAP REMIC Regular
Interest beginning with the designation "2" and ending with the
designation
"A"
shall be a per annum rate equal to 2 times the Group Two Net
WAC,
subject to a maximum rate of 2 times the REMIC Swap Rate for
such
Distribution Date.
(6) For any
Distribution Date, the interest rate on each SWAP REMIC Regular
Interest beginning with the designation "2" and ending with the
designation
"B"
shall be a per annum rate equal to the greater of (x) the excess,
if
any,
of (i) 2 times the Group Two Net WAC over (ii) 2 times the REMIC
Swap
Rate
for such Distribution Date and (y) 0.00%.
(7) The Class SWR
Interest shall have no principal amount and shall bear no
interest.
THE LOWER TIER REMIC
The following table sets forth the designations, initial principal
balances,
interest rates, Corresponding Classes of Certificates and related
Mortgage Group
for each interest in the Lower Tier REMIC:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Class(es) of
Corresponding
Initial Principal
Certificates or Related
Class
Balance
Interest Rate
Mortgage Group
-----
----------------- ------------- -----------------------
<S> <C>
<C>
<C>
LTA-1
(1)
(8)
A-1, R
LTA-2A
(1)
(8)
A-2A
LTA-2B
(1)
(8)
A-2B
LTA-2C
(1)
(8)
A-2C
LTA-2D
(1)
(8)
A-2D
LTM-1
(1)
(8)
M-1
LTM-2
(1)
(8)
M-2
LTM-3
(1)
(8)
M-3
LTM-4
(1)
(8)
M-4
LTM-5
(1)
(8)
M-5
LTM-6
(1)
(8)
M-6
LTB-1
(1)
(8)
B-1
LTB-2
(1)
(8)
B-2
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
<C>
<C>
LTB-3
(1)
(8)
B-3
LTB-4
(1)
(8)
B-4
LTIX
(2)
(8)
N/A
LTII1A
(3)
(8)
Group One
LTII1B
(4)
(9)
Group One
LTII2A
(5)
(8)
Group Two
LTII2B
(6)
(10)
Group Two
LTIIX
(7)
(8)
N/A
LT-IO
(11)
(11)
N/A
LTR
(12)
(12)
N/A
</TABLE>
(1) The initial
principal balance of each of these Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests shall equal 1/4 of the initial Certificate Principal
Balance of
its
Corresponding Certificates.
(2) The initial
principal balance of the Class LTIX Interest shall equal the
excess of (i) 50% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance
of the
Mortgage Loans over (ii) the initial principal balance of the Lower
Tier
REMIC I Marker Interests.
(3) The initial
principal balance of the Class LTII1A Interest shall equal
0.05% of the excess of (i) the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of
the
Group One Mortgage Loans over (ii) the aggregate of the initial
Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate Group One.
(4) The initial
principal balance of the Class LTII1B Interest shall equal
0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group
One
Mortgage Loans.
(5) The initial
principal balance of the Class LTII2A Interest shall equal
0.05% of the excess of (i) the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of
the
Group Two Mortgage Loans over (ii) the aggregate of the initial
Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate Group Two.
(6) The initial
principal balance of the Class LTII2B Interest shall equal
0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group
Two
Mortgage Loans.
(7) The initial
principal balance of the Class LTIIX Interest shall equal the
excess of (i) 50% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance
of the
Mortgage Loans over (ii) the initial principal balance of the Lower
Tier
REMIC II Marker Interests.
(8) For each
Distribution Date, the interest rate for each of the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests (other than the Class LTII1B, the Class
LTII2B and
the
Class LT-IO Interests) shall be a per annum rate (but not less
than
zero) equal to the product of (i) the weighted average of the
interest
rates on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests for such Distribution
Date and
(ii)
a fraction the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of
which
is
the actual number of days in the Accrual Period for the LIBOR
Certificates, provided however, that for any Distribution Date on
which the
Class LT-IO Interest is entitled to a portion of interest accruals
on a
SWAP
REMIC Regular Interest ending with a designation "A" as described
in
footnote 11 below, such weighted average shall be computed by
first
subjecting the rate on such SWAP REMIC Regular Interest to a cap
equal to
Swap
LIBOR for such Distribution Date.
(9) For each
Distribution Date, the interest rate for the Class LTII1B
Interest
shall be a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) the weighted
average
of
the interest rates on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests beginning
with
the
designation "1" for such Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction
the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual
number
of
days in the Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates,
provided,
however, that for any Distribution Date on which the Class LT-IO
Interest
is
entitled to a portion of interest accruals on a SWAP
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REMIC Regular Interest ending with a designation "A" as described
in
footnote 11 below, such weighted average shall be computed by
first
subjecting the rate on such SWAP REMIC Regular Interest to a cap
equal
to
Swap LIBOR for such Distribution Date.
(10) For each Distribution Date, the interest rate for the Class
LTII2B Interest
shall be a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) the weighted
average
of the interest rates
on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests beginning with
the
designation "2" for such Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction
the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual
number
of
days in the Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates,
provided,
however, that for any Distribution Date on which the Class LT-IO
Interest
is
entitled to a portion of interest accruals on a SWAP REMIC
Regular
Interest ending with a designation "A" as described in footnote 11
below,
such
weighted average shall be computed by first subjecting the rate
on
such
SWAP REMIC Regular Interest to a cap equal to Swap LIBOR for
such
Distribution Date.
(11) The Class LT-IO Interest is an interest-only class that does
not have a
principal balance. For only those Distribution Dates listed in the
first
column of the table below, the Class LT-IO shall be entitled to
interest
accrued on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interest listed in the second
column
below at a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
interest
rate
for such SWAP REMIC Regular Interest for such Distribution Date
over
(ii)
Swap LIBOR for such Distribution Date.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SWAP REMIC
Distribution Date Regular Interest
----------------- ----------------
<S>
<C>
7
Class 1-SW1A
Class 2-SW1A
7-8
Class 1-SW2A
Class 2-SW2A
7-9
Class 1-SW3A
Class 2-SW3A
7-10
Class 1-SW4A
Class 2-SW4A
7-11
Class 1-SW5A
Class 2-SW5A
7-12
Class 1-SW6A
Class 2-SW6A
7-13
Class 1-SW7A
Class 2-SW7A
7-14
Class 1-SW8A
Class 2-SW8A
7-15
Class 1-SW9A
Class 2-SW9A
7-16
Class 1-SW10A
Class 2-SW10A
7-17
Class 1-SW11A
Class 2-SW11A
7-18
Class 1-SW12A
Class 2-SW12A
7-19
Class 1-SW13A
Class 2-SW13A
7-20
Class 1-SW14A
Class 2-SW14A
7-21
Class 1-SW15A
Class 2-SW15A
7-22
Class 1-SW16A
Class 2-SW16A
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SWAP REMIC
Distribution Date Regular Interest
----------------- ----------------
<S>
<C>
7-23
Class 1-SW17A
Class 2-SW17A
7-24
Class 1-SW18A
Class 2-SW18A
7-25
Class
1-SW19A
Class 2-SW19A
7-26
Class 1-SW20A
Class 2-SW20A
7-27
Class 1-SW21A
Class 2-SW21A
7-28
Class 1-SW22A
Class 2-SW22A
7-29
Class 1-SW23A
Class 2-SW23A
7-30
Class 1-SW24A
Class 2-SW24A
7-32
Class 1-SW25A
Class 2-SW25A
7-33
Class 1-SW26A
Class 2-SW26A
7-34
Class 1-SW27A
Class 2-SW27A
7-35
Class 1-SW28A
Class 2-SW28A
7-36
Class 1-SW29A
Class 2-SW29A
7-37
Class 1-SW30A
Class 2-SW30A
7-38
Class 1-SW31A
Class 2-SW31A
7-39
Class 1-SW32A
Class 2-SW32A
7-40
Class 1-SW33A
Class 2-SW33A
7-41
Class 1-SW34A
Class 2-SW34A
7-42
Class 1-SW35A
Class 2-SW35A
7-43
Class 1-SW36A
Class 2-SW36A
7-44
Class 1-SW37A
Class 2-SW37A
7-45
Class 1-SW38A
Class 2-SW38A
7-46
Class 1-SW39A
Class 2-SW39A
7-47
Class 1-SW40A
Class 2-SW40A
7-48
Class 1-SW41A
Class 2-SW41A
7-49
Class 1-SW42A
Class 2-SW42A
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SWAP REMIC
Distribution Date Regular Interest
----------------- ----------------
<S>
<C>
7-50
Class 1-SW43A
Class 2-SW43A
7-51
Class 1-SW44A
Class 2-SW44A
7-52
Class 1-SW45A
Class 2-SW45A
7-53
Class
1-SW46A
Class 2-SW46A
7-54
Class 1-SW47A
Class 2-SW47A
7-55
Class 1-SW48A
Class 2-SW48A
7-56
Class 1-SW49A
Class 2-SW49A
7-57
Class 1-SW50A
Class 2-SW50A
7-58
Class 1-SW51A
Class 2-SW51A
7-59
Class 1-SW52A
Class 2-SW52A
7-60
Class 1-SW53A
Class 2-SW53A
7-61
Class 1-SW54A
Class 2-SW54A
7-62
Class 1-SW55A
Class 2-SW55A
7-63
Class 1-SW56A
Class 2-SW56A
7-64
Class 1-SW57A
Class 2-SW57A
7-65
Class 1-SW58A
Class 2-SW58A
7-66
Class 1-SW59A
Class 2-SW59A
</TABLE>
(12) The Class LTR Interest shall have no principal amount and
shall bear no
interest.
UPPER TIER REMIC
The following table sets forth the designation, the initial
principal balances,
the interest rates and Classes of Related Certificates for each of
the interests
in the Upper Tier REMIC.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Initial
Principal
Class of Related
Class
Balance
Rate
Certificates
-----
--------- ----
----------------
<S>
<C>
<C>
<C>
UTA-1
(1)
(2)
A-1
UTA-2A
(1)
(2)
A-2A
UTA-2B
(1)
(2)
A-2B
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S>
<C>
<C>
<C>
UTA-2C
(1)
(2)
A-2C
UTA-2D
(1)
(2)
A-2D
UTM-1
(1)
(2)
M-1
UTM-2
(1)
(2)
M-2
UTM-3
(1)
(2)
M-3
UTM-4
(1)
(2)
M-4
UTM-5
(1)
(2)
M-5
UTM-6
(1)
(2)
M-6
UTB-1
(1)
(2)
B-1
UTB-2
(1)
(2)
B-2
UTB-3
(1)
(2)
B-3
UTB-4
(1)
(2)
B-4
Uncertificated Class C Interest (3)
(3)
N/A
UT-IO
(4)
(4)
N/A
Residual Interest
(1)
(2)
R
</TABLE>
(1) The initial
principal balance of each of these REMIC Regular Interests
shall equal the initial principal balance of its Class of
Related
Certificates.
(2) The interest rates
on each of these REMIC Regular Interests shall be an
annual rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate for the Class of
Related
Certificates, provided that in lieu of the applicable Available
Funds Caps
set
forth in the definition of an applicable Pass-Through Rate, the
applicable Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap shall be used.
(3) The Uncertificated
Class C Interest shall have an initial principal balance
equal to the initial Overcollateralization Amount. The
Uncertificated Class
C
Interest shall accrue interest on a notional balance set forth in
the
definition of Class C Current Interest at a rate equal to the Class
C
Distributable Interest Rate. The Uncertificated Class C Interest
shall be
represented by the Class C Certificates.
(4) The Class UT-IO
Interest shall have no principal amount and will not have
an
interest rate, but will be entitled to 100% of the interest accrued
with
respect to the Class LT-IO Interest. The Class UT-IO Interest shall
be
represented by the Class C Certificates.
THE CERTIFICATES
The following table sets forth the Class designation, interest rate
and initial
Class principal amount for each Class of Certificates comprising
interests in
the Trust Fund.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Class Initial
Class Principal Amount Interest Rate
-----
------------------------------ -------------
<S> <C>
<C>
A-1
(1)
(2)
A-2A (1)
(2)
A-2B (1)
(2)
A-2C (1)
(2)
A-2D (1)
(2)
M-1
(1)
(2)
M-2
(1)
(2)
M-3
(1)
(2)
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
<C>
M-4
(1)
(2)
M-5
(1)
(2)
M-6
(1)
(2)
B-1
(1)
(2)
B-2
(1)
(2)
B-3
(1)
(2)
B-4
(1)
(2)
C (3)
(3)
P (4)
(4)
R (1)
(2)(5)
</TABLE>
(1) Each of these
Classes of Certificates shall have initial principal balances
as
set forth in Section 5.01 hereof.
(2) Each of these
Classes of Certificates shall bear interest at a per annum
rate
equal to the Pass-Through Rate for such Certificates set forth in
the
definitions herein.
(3) For federal income
tax purposes, the Class C Certificate shall represent
(i)
the right to receive all distributions with respect to the
REMIC
Regular Interests represented by the Uncertificated Class C
Interest and
the
Class UT-IO Interest and (ii) certain rights and obligations
with
respect to notional principal contracts as described in Section
2.07.
(4) The Class P
Certificates shall be entitled to the amounts distributable
pursuant to Section 4.04(b) hereof and shall not represent a REMIC
regular
interest.
(5) The Class R
Interest represents ownership of the Class SWR Interest, the
Class LTR Interest and the Residual Interest.
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor,
the Servicer and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless
the context otherwise requires, shall have the following
meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices: The Servicer's normal servicing
practices,
which will conform to the mortgage servicing practices of prudent
mortgage
lending institutions that service for their own account mortgage
loans of the
same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the
related
Mortgaged Properties are located.
Accountant's Attestation: As defined in Section 3.18.
Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Class A-1, Class R,
Class
A-2, Class M and Class B Certificates, their Corresponding REMIC
Regular
Interests and the Lower Tier REMIC Interests and any Distribution
Date, the
period commencing on the immediately preceding Distribution Date
(or, in the
case of the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date) and ending
on the day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date and with respect to
the SWAP REMIC
Regular Interests and any Distribution Date, the calendar month
immediately
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. All
calculations of
interest on each Class of Class A-1, Class R, Class A-2, Class M
and Class B
Certificates, their Corresponding REMIC Regular Interests and the
Lower Tier
REMIC Interests will be made on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed
in the related Accrual Period and a 360 day year and all
calculations of
interest on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests will be made on the
basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Additional Form 10-D Disclosure: Has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.20.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan identified in the
Mortgage
Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate that is adjustable.
Adjustment Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, each
date on
which the related Mortgage Rate is subject to adjustment, as
provided in the
related Mortgage Note.
Advance: The aggregate of the advances required to be made by the
Servicer
with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the
amount of
any such advances being equal to the sum of the aggregate of
payments of
principal and interest (or, with respect to the interest-only
Mortgage Loans,
payments of scheduled interest) (net of the Servicing Fee) on the
related
Mortgage Loans that were due during the applicable Due Period and
not received
as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, less
the
aggregate amount of any such Delinquent payments that the Servicer
has
determined would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance were an
advance to be made
with respect thereto; provided, however, that with respect to any
Mortgage Loan
that is 150 days delinquent or more (whether or not the Mortgage
Loan has been
converted to an REO Property) or any shortfalls due to bankruptcy
proceedings or
the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar
state
legislation or regulations, or the principal portion of the balloon
payment on a
Balloon Loan, there will be no obligation to make advances and,
provided
further, however, that with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has
been converted
to an REO Property, the obligation to make Advances shall only be
to payments of
interest (subject to the
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exceptions described above and net of the related Servicing Fees),
to be
calculated after taking into account rental income.
Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in
Section
10.07.
Advancing Person: A Person to whom the Servicer's rights under
this
Agreement to be reimbursed for any Advances or Servicing Advances
have been
assigned pursuant to Section 10.07.
Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other
Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" means the power to direct
the management
and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of
determination, the
sum of the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2A
Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class A-2C
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2D Certificate Principal
Balance, the
Class R Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-1 Certificate
Principal
Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-3
Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M-5
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-6 Certificate Principal
Balance, the
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-2 Certificate
Principal
Balance, the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance and the B-4
Certificate
Principal Balance, in each case as of such date of
determination.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any and all
amendments
or supplements hereto made in accordance with the terms herein.
Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the
amount, if any, by which the sum of (i) the Aggregate Certificate
Principal
Balance and (ii) the Class C Certificate Principal Balance after
distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date exceeds the aggregate Stated
Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date.
Appraised Value: With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of
which were
used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property, the "Appraised
Value" of a
Mortgaged Property is the lesser of (1) the appraised value based
on an
appraisal made for the Sponsor by an independent fee appraiser at
the time of
the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (2) the sales
price of such
Mortgaged Property at such time of origination. With respect to a
Mortgage Loan
the proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing mortgage
loan, the
"Appraised Value" is the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property
based upon
the appraisal obtained at the time of refinancing.
Assessment of Compliance: As defined in Section 3.18.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer
or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the
laws of the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located to
reflect of
record the sale and assignment of the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee,
which
assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may, if
permitted by
law, be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering
Mortgages
secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county.
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Auction: The one-time auction conducted by the Trustee, as
described in
Section 9.01(b) hereof.
Auction Date: The date on which the Auction occurs.
Authenticating Agent: As defined in Section 5.10.
Available Funds Cap: Any of the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap, the
Class
A-2 Available Funds Cap or the Weighted Average Available Funds
Cap.
Balloon Loan: A Mortgage Loan having an original term to stated
maturity of
approximately 15 or 30 years which provides for level monthly
payments of
principal and interest based on a 30- or 40-year amortization
schedule, with a
balloon payment of the remaining outstanding principal balance due
on such
Mortgage Loan at its stated maturity.
Book-Entry Certificates: Any of the Certificates that shall be
registered
in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of
which is
reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a
Person maintaining
an account with the Depository (directly, as a "Depository
Participant", or
indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules
of the
Depository and as described in Section 5.06). As of the Closing
Date, each of
the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates constitutes a Class
of Book-Entry
Certificates.
Bring Down Letter: That certain letter agreement, dated as of
September 29,
2006 between MLNUSA and the Sponsor, with respect to the Mortgage
Loans.
Business Day: Any day other than (1) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (2)
a day
on which banking institutions in the State of Oregon, State of
Illinois or in
the City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law
or executive
order to be closed.
Cap
Contract: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract, the Class A-2 Cap
Contract
or the Subordinate Certificates Cap Contract.
Cap
Contract Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04(k)(i) in the name of the
Trustee for the
benefit of the Trust Fund and designated "LaSalle Bank National
Association, as
trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors
Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-MLN1."
Funds in the
Cap Contract Account shall be held in trust for the Trust Fund for
the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Cap
Contract Counterparty: Bear Stearns Financial Products Inc.
Cap
Contract Notional Balance: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract
Notional
Balance, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance or the
Subordinate
Certificates Cap Contract Notional Balance.
Cap
Contract Termination Date: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract
Termination Date, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Termination Date or
the Subordinate
Certificates Cap Contract Termination Date.
Certificate: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed by
the
Trustee and authenticated by the Authenticating Agent in
substantially the forms
attached hereto as Exhibits A.
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Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in the name of the
Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "LaSalle Bank
National
Association, as trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill
Lynch
Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series
2006-MLN1." Funds in the Certificate Account shall be held in trust
for the
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.
Certificate Group: Either of Certificate Group One or Certificate
Group
Two.
Certificate Group One: The Class A-1 and Class R Certificates. For
purposes
of Section 2.07 hereof, Certificate Group One shall be related to
Group One.
Certificate Group Two: The Class A-2 Certificates. For purposes of
Section
2.07 hereof, Certificate Group Two shall be related to Group
Two.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the
Person
that is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Principal Balance: As to any Certificate and as of
any
Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of
such Certificate
less the sum of (1) all amounts distributed with respect to such
Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on previous
Distribution
Dates pursuant to Section 4.04, and (2) any Applied Realized Loss
Amounts
allocated to such Certificate on previous Distribution Dates
pursuant to Section
4.04(i). On each Distribution Date, after all distributions of
principal on such
Distribution Date, a portion of the Class C Interest Carry Forward
Amount in an
amount equal to the excess of the Overcollateralization Amount on
such
Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Amount as of the
preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date,
the initial
Overcollateralization Amount (based on the Stated Principal Balance
of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date)) will be added to the
aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates (on a pro
rata basis).
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, however, to the
extent any
excess referred to in the immediately preceding sentence is
attributable to
distributions of proceeds of the Swap Agreement, such sentence
shall be applied
by substituting "Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount" for "Class C
Interest
Carry Forward Amount". Notwithstanding the foregoing on any
Distribution Date
relating to a Due Period in which a Subsequent Recovery has been
received by the
Servicer, the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of
Certificates then
outstanding for which any Applied Realized Loss Amount has been
allocated will
be increased, in order of seniority, by an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) the
Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for such Class of Certificates and (ii)
the total of
any Subsequent Recovery distributed on such date to the
Certificateholders
(reduced by the amount of the increase in the Certificate Principal
Balance of
any more senior Class of Certificates pursuant to this sentence on
such
Distribution Date).
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section
5.02
hereof.
Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate
is
registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co.,
as nominee for
the Depository) in the case of any Class of Regular Certificates or
the Class R
Certificate, except that solely for the purpose of giving any
consent pursuant
to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the
Depositor or
any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not to be
Outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into
account in
determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests
necessary to
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effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however, that if
any such
Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage
Interests evidenced
by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be
Outstanding
for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the consent of
the Holders of
Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of
any action
hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a
certification of
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor in determining
which
Certificates are registered in the name of an Affiliate of the
Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same Class designation as set
forth in
Section 5.01 hereof.
Class A Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the
sum of the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2A
Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class A-2C
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2D Certificate Principal
Balance and
the Class R Certificate Principal Balance.
Class A Certificates: Any of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class
A-2
Certificates and the Class R Certificates.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date (1) prior to the related Stepdown Date or any Distribution
Date on which a
Stepdown Trigger Event exists, 100% of the Principal Distribution
Amount for
such Distribution Date and (2) on or after the Stepdown Date where
a Stepdown
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (A) the Class A
Certificate
Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(B) the
lesser of (i) 53.40% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution
Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount; provided, however,
that in no
event will the Class A Principal Distribution Amount with respect
to any
Distribution Date exceed the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the
Class A Certificates.
Class A-1 Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date,
the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x)
the total
scheduled interest on the Mortgage Loans in Group One based on the
Net Mortgage
Rates, less the pro rata portion (calculated based on the ratio of
the Group One
Mortgage Loans to the total pool of Mortgage Loans) allocable to
the Group One
Mortgage Loans of any Net Swap Payments or Swap Termination
Payments (other than
Defaulted Swap Termination Payments) owed to the Swap Counterparty
for such
Distribution Date in effect on the related Due Date and (y) the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group One as of the
first day of the
related Accrual Period (or, in the case of the first Distribution
Date, as of
the Cut-off Date) and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is
30, and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related
Accrual Period.
Class A-1 Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement between the
Trustee
on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in
the form of
Exhibit M-1 hereto).
Class A-1 Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any
Distribution
Date, the Class A-1 Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for
such
Distribution Date in the Class A-1 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table
attached hereto as
Exhibit N-1.
Class A-1 Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in
March
2007.
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Class A-1 Certificates: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
A-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1
Certificates.
Class A-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or a Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-1
Certificates.
Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
A-1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class A-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.140% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.280% per
annum.
Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date,
the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x)
the total
scheduled interest that would have been due on the Group One
Mortgage Loans had
the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans provided for interest at their
maximum
lifetime Net Mortgage Rates and the Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans
provided for
interest at their Net Mortgage Rates less the pro rata portion
(calculated based
on the ratio of the Group One Mortgage Loans to the total pool of
Mortgage
Loans) allocable to the Group One Mortgage Loans of any Net Swap
Payments or
Swap Termination Payments owed to the Swap Counterparty for such
Distribution
Date (other than Defaulted Swap Termination Payments) and (y) the
aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans as of the
first day of
the related Accrual Period and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of
which is 30
and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the
related Accrual
Period.
Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.46438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-1 Margin, (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap
for such
Distribution Date and (3) the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap for such
Distribution
Date.
Class A-1 Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date with
respect
to which payments are received on the Class A-1 Cap Contract, a
rate equal to
the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 10.860% per annum.
Class A-2 Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date,
the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x)
the total
scheduled interest on the Group Two Mortgage
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Loans based on the Net Mortgage Rates in effect on the related Due
Date, less
the pro rata portion (calculated based on the ratio of the Group
Two Mortgage
Loans to the total pool of Mortgage Loans) allocable to the Group
Two Mortgage
Loans of any Net Swap Payments or Swap Termination Payments (other
than
Defaulted Swap Termination Payments) owed to the Swap Counterparty
for such
Distribution Date and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Group
Two Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Accrual
Period and (iii) a
fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which
is the
actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.
Class A-2 Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement between the
Trustee
on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in
the form of
Exhibit M-2 hereto).
Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any
Distribution
Date, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for
such
Distribution Date in the Class A-2 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table
attached hereto as
Exhibit N-2.
Class A-2 Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in
March
2007.
Class A-2 Certificates: Any of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class
A-2C and
Class A-2D Certificates.
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date,
the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x)
the total
scheduled interest that would have been due on the Group Two
Mortgage Loans had
the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans provided for interest at their
maximum
lifetime Net Mortgage Rates and the Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans
provided for
interest at their Net Mortgage Rates less the pro rata portion
(calculated based
on the ratio of the Group Two Mortgage Loans to the total pool of
Mortgage
Loans) allocable to the Group Two Mortgage Loans of any Net Swap
Payments or
Swap Termination Payments owed to the Swap Counterparty for such
Distribution
Date (other than Defaulted Swap Termination Payments) and (y) the
aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans as of the
first day of
the related Accrual Period and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of
which is 30
and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the
related Accrual
Period.
Class A-2 Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date with
respect
to which payments are received on the Class A-2 Cap Contract, a
rate equal to
the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 9.350% per annum.
Class A-2A Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
A-2A
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A
Certificates.
Class A-2A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2A
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance as of such
Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or a Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-2A
Certificates.
For purposes of calculating interest, principal
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distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have been
made on the
first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2A Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
A-2A Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class A-2A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.070% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.140 per
annum.
Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.39438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2A Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap
for such
Distribution Date and (3) the Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such
Distribution
Date.
Class A-2B Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
A-2B
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2B
Certificates.
Class A-2B Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2B
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance as of such
Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or a Class A-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-2B
Certificates.
For purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a
Distribution
Date will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the
Accrual Period in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Class A-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2B Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
A-2B Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class A-2B Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.110% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.220% per
annum.
Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.43438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2B Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap
for such
Distribution Date and (3) the Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such
Distribution
Date.
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Class A-2C Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
A-2C
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class A-2C Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2C
Certificates.
Class A-2C Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2C
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2C Certificate Principal Balance as of such
Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or a Class A-2C Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-2C
Certificates.
For purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a
Distribution
Date will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the
Accrual Period in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Class A-2C Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2C Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
A-2C Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class A-2C Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class A-2C Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.170% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.340 per
annum.
Class A-2C Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.49438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2C Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap
for such
Distribution Date and (3) the Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such
Distribution
Date.
Class A-2D Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
A-2D
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class A-2D Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2D
Certificates.
Class A-2D Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2D
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2D Certificate Principal Balance as of such
Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or a Class A-2D Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-2D
Certificates.
For purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a
Distribution
Date will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the
Accrual Period in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Class A-2D Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2D Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
A-2D Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
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Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the extent
permitted by
applicable law) at the Class A-2D Pass-Through Rate for the related
Accrual
Period.
Class A-2D Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.260% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.520 per
annum.
Class A-2D Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.58438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2D Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap
for such
Distribution Date and (3) the Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such
Distribution
Date.
Class B Certificates: Any of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3
and Class
B-4 Certificates.
Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class B-1 Certificates.
Class B-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as "Class B-1
Certificate
"on the face thereof in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to
distributions as set forth herein.
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates.
Class B-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-1
Certificates.
Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-1 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
B-1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class B-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.800% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.200% per
annum.
Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
6.12438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-1 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A
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Certificate Principal Balance and the Class M Certificate Principal
Balance,
have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or
as long as a
Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of
(A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on
such
Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance
(after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal
Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date, (F) the Class M-5 Certificate
Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-5
Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, (G) the Class M-6
Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (H) the
Class B-1
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (A) 87.00% of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum
Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount will
equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class B-1
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M Certificates and (II)
in no event
will the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to
any
Distribution Date exceed the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance.
Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-1 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."
Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class B-2 Certificates.
Class B-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
B-2
Certificate" on the face thereof in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2
Certificates.
Class B-2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-2
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-2
Certificates.
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Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-2 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
B-2 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class B-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.050% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.575% per
annum.
Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
6.37438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-2 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance and the Class B-1 Certificate
Principal
Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event
exists, or as
long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1)
the sum of
(A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution
Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into
account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such
Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal
Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4
Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class M-5
Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the
Class M-6
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the
Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(H) the
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions
of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and
(I) the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior
to such
Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 89.80% of the Stated
Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B)
the excess of
the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date
over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date
on which the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class A, Class M and
Class B-1
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class B-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate
Principal
Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal
Distribution
Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class M
and Class B-1
Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class B-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-2
Certificate
Principal Balance.
Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-2 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
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Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates
pursuant to the last
sentence of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."
Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class B-3 Certificates.
Class B-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
B-3
Certificate" on the face thereof in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3
Certificates.
Class B-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-3
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-3
Certificates.
Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-3 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
B-3 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class B-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.000% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 3.000% per
annum.
Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
7.32438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-3 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate
Principal
Balance and the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance have been
reduced to
zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown
Trigger Event
does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A
Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the
Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(C) the
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (D)
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account
distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on
such
Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance
(after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class M-
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5 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(G) the
Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions
of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H)
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account
distributions of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on
such
Distribution Date), (I) the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after
taking into account distributions of the Class B-2 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date) and (J) the Class B-3 Certificate
Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of
(A) 92.10% of
the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date
and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of
such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior
to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each
Class of Class
A, Class M, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates has been reduced
to zero, the
Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of
(x) the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3
Certificates and (y)
100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any
distributions on
such Class A, Class M, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates and
(II) in no event
will the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to
any
Distribution Date exceed the Class B-3 Certificate Principal
Balance.
Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-3 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance".
Class B-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class B-4 Certificates.
Class B-4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
B-4
Certificate" on the face thereof in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class B-4 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-4
Certificates.
Class B-4 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-4
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-4 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class B-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-4
Certificates.
Class B-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-4 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
B-4 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class B-4 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
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Class B-4 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.500% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 3.750% per
annum.
Class B-4 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
7.82438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-4 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate
Principal
Balance, the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance and the Class
B-3
Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a
Stepdown Trigger
Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not
exist, the excess
of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking
into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount on such
Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate
Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3
Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4
Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the
Class M-5
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(G) the
Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions
of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H)
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account
distributions of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on
such
Distribution Date), (I) the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after
taking into account distributions of the Class B-2 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (J) the Class B-3 Certificate Principal
Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class B-3 Principal
Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (K) the Class B-4 Certificate
Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the
lesser of (A)
94.60% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum
Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on
any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A, Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2 and
Class B-3
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class B-4 Principal
Distribution
Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate
Principal
Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal
Distribution
Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class M,
Class B-1,
Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates and (II) in no event will the
Class B-4
Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date
exceed the
Class B-4 Certificate Principal Balance.
Class B-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class B-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-4 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance".
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Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum
of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage
Loans which
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal
Balance of the
Class C Certificates.
Class C Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class C
Certificate"
on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to
distributions as set forth herein.
Class C Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C
Certificates.
Class C Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued
during the related Accrual Period at the Class C Distributable
Interest Rate on
a notional amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of the
Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests immediately prior to such Distribution
Date, plus the
interest portion of any previous distributions on such Class that
is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
C
Certificates.
Class C Distributable Interest Rate: The excess, if any, of (a)
the
weighted average of the interest rates on the Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests
(other than the Class LT-IO Interest) over (b) two times the
weighted average of
the interest rates on the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests and
the Class LTIX
Interest (treating for purposes of this clause (b) the interest
rate on each of
the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests as being subject to a cap
and a floor
equal to the interest rate of the Corresponding REMIC Regular
Interest of the
Corresponding Certificates (as adjusted, if necessary, to reflect
the length of
the Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates) and treating the
Class LTIX
Interest as being capped at zero). The averages described in the
preceding
sentence shall be weighted on the basis of the respective principal
balances of
the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests immediately prior to any
date of
determination.
Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (A) the Class C Current Interest with respect to prior
Distribution
Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class C
Certificates with
respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates or added to
the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates (other
than amounts so
added attributable to Subsequent Recoveries or proceeds of the Swap
Agreement).
Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the
sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class C Unpaid Realized Loss
Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class C Certificates pursuant to the last
sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance" or (B)
attributable to
distributions of proceeds of the Swap Agreement.
Class LTA-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificates and an interest rate
equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LTA-2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
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Class LTA-2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTA-2C Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTA-2D Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTB-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTB-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTB-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTB-4 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LT-IO Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with the characteristics set forth in the description of the
Lower Tier
REMIC in the Preliminary Statement.
Class LTIX Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i)
50% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the
initial principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker
Interests, and with
an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.
Class LTIIX Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i)
50% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the
initial principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC II Marker
Interests, and with
an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.
Class LTII1A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the
excess of (i) the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage
Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of
Certificate
Group One, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.
Class LTII1B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the
aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group One
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Mortgage Loans, and with an interest rate equal to the rate set
forth in
footnote 9 to the description of the Lower Tier REMIC in the
Preliminary
Statement.
Class LTII2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the
excess of (i) the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage
Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of
Certificate
Group Two, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.
Class LTII2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the
aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans and with an
interest rate
equal to the rate set forth in footnote 10 to the description of
the Lower Tier
REMIC in the Preliminary Statement.
Class LTM-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTM-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTM-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTM-4 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTM-5 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTM-6 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the
Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial
principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal
to the Net
Rate.
Class LTR Interest: The sole class of "residual interest" in the
Lower Tier
REMIC.
Class M Certificates: Any of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3,
Class
M-4, Class M-5 and Class M-6 Certificates.
Class M Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of
determination, the
sum of the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2
Certificate
Principal Balance, Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-4
Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-5 Certificate Principal
Balance and Class
M-6 Certificate Principal Balance.
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Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class M-1 Certificates.
Class M-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
M-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates.
Class M-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-1
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-1
Certificates.
Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-1 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
M-1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class M-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.300% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.450% per
annum.
Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.62438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-1 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance has been
reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as
a Stepdown
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the
Class A
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date)
and (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution
Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 61.30% of the Stated Principal
Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of
the Stated
Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution
Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the
foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which
the Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates has been
reduced to
zero, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x)
the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates and
(y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any
distributions
on such Class A Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class
M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed
the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance.
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Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-1 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."
Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class M-2 Certificates.
Class M-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
M-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates.
Class M-2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-2
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-2
Certificates.
Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-2 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
M-2 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class M-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.310% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.465% per
annum.
Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.63438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-2 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance and the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero
and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does
not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal
Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (C) the Class M-2 Certificate
Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the
lesser of (A)
68.60% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of
such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balances of the
Mortgage
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Loans as of the end of such Distribution Date over the Minimum
Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on
any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and the Class M-1
Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount
will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-2
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M-1 Certificates and
(II) in no
event will the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect
to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance.
Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-2 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."
Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class M-3 Certificates.
Class M-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
M-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates.
Class M-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-3
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-3
Certificates.
Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-3 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
M-3 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class M-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.330% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.495% per
annum.
Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.65438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-3 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
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Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-2 Certificate
Principal Balance
have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or
as long as a
Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of
(A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on
such
Distribution Date) and (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal
Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of
(A) 73.00% of
the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date
and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the
Mortgage Loans as of
such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior
to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each
Class of Class
A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates and the Class M-2
Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-3
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1 and Class M-2
Certificates and (II)
in no event will the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount with
respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-3 Certificate Principal
Balance.
Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-3 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."
Class M-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class M-4 Certificates.
Class M-4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
M-4
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4
Certificates.
Class M-4 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-4
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-4
Certificates.
Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-4 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
M-4 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates
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and (2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by
applicable law) at
the Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class M-4 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.360% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.540% per
annum.
Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.68438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-4 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance and
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero
and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does
not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal
Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate
Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2
Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-3
Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (D)
the Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (A) 76.80% of the Stated Principal Balances of
the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal
Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over
the Minimum
Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, the Class M-1
Certificates, the
Class M-2 Certificates and the Class M-3 Certificates has been
reduced to zero,
the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser
of (x) the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4
Certificates and (y)
100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any
distributions on
such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Certificates and
(II) in no
event will the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount with respect
to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-4 Certificate Principal
Balance.
Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class M-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-4 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."
Class M-5 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class M-5 Certificates.
Class M-5 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
M-5
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
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Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5
Certificates.
Class M-5 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-5
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-5
Certificates.
Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-5 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
M-5 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class M-5 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.390% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.585% per
annum.
Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.71438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-5 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance,
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-4 Certificate
Principal
Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event
exists, or as
long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1)
the sum of
(A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution
Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into
account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such
Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal
Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4
Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (F) the Class
M-5 Certificate
Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(2) the
lesser of (A) 84.40% of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as
of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal Balances
for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on
any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, the Class M-1
Certificates, the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates an the Class M-4
Certificates
has been reduced to zero, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount will equal
the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-5
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3
and Class M-4
Certificates and (II)
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in no event will the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount with
respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-5 Certificate Principal
Balance.
Class M-5 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class M-5 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-5 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."
Class M-6 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the
Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class M-6 Certificates.
Class M-6 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class
M-6
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6
Certificates.
Class M-6 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-6
Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect
of Current
Interest or Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-6
Certificates.
Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-6 Current Interest with
respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed
to the Class
M-6 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the
Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class M-6 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including
the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.450% per annum and, as of any
Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.675% per
annum.
Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.77438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-6 Margin, (2) the related Weighted Average
Available Funds Cap
for such Distribution Date and (3) the related Weighted Average
Maximum Rate Cap
for such Distribution Date.
Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance,
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-4 Certificate
Principal Balance
and Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to
zero and a
Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger
Event does not
exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class A
Principal
Distribution Amount on
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such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal
Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate
Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3
Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4
Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the
Class M-5
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
and (G) the
Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution
Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 83.80% of the Stated Principal
Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of
the Stated
Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution
Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the
foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which
the Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, the Class
M-1
Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3
Certificates, the Class
M-4 Certificates and the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to
zero, the
Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of
(x) the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6
Certificates and (y)
100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any
distributions on
such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4 and Class
M-5
Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class M-6 Principal
Distribution
Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class M-6
Certificate
Principal Balance.
Class M-6 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the
excess of (1) the Class M-6 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2)
the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-6 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."
Class P Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a Class P
Certificate on
the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Trustee in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, representing the
right to
distributions as set forth herein.
Class Payment Shortfall: As defined in Section 2.07(d)(ii)
herein.
Class R Certificate: The Class R Certificate executed by the
Trustee and
authenticated by the Trustee in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A.
Class R Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R
Certificate.
Class R Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued
during the related Accrual Period at the Class R Pass-Through Rate
on the Class
R Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of
any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a
Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference
by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated
on such Distribution Date to the Class R Certificate. For purposes
of
calculating interest, principal distributions on a Distribution
Date will be
deemed to have been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in
which such
Distribution Date occurs.
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Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum
of (1) the excess of (A) the Class R Current Interest with respect
to prior
Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the
Class R
Certificate with respect to interest on such prior Distribution
Dates and (2)
interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law)
at the Class
R Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class R Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.140% per annum
and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date,
0.280% per annum.
Class R Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date,
5.46438% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1)
One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class R Margin, (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap for
such
Distribution Date and (3) the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap for such
Distribution
Date.
Class SWR Interest: The sole class of "residual interest" in the
SWAP
REMIC.
Closing Date: September 29, 2006.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor
or
amendatory provisions.
Collection Account: The separate Eligible Accounts created and
initially
maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(d) in the name
of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated,
"Wilshire
Credit Corporation, as servicer for LaSalle Bank National
Association, as
trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors
Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-MLN1".
Funds in the
Collection Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio: The fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the
numerator of which is the sum of (1) the original principal balance
of the
related Mortgage Loan and (2) any outstanding principal balances of
Mortgage
Loans the liens on which are senior to the lien on such related
Mortgage Loan
(such sum calculated at the date of origination of such related
Mortgage Loan)
and the denominator of which is the lesser of (A) the Appraised
Value of the
related Mortgaged Property and (B) the sales price of the related
Mortgaged
Property at time of origination.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date and all
Principal
Prepayments in full in respect of a Mortgage Loan that are received
during the
period from the first day of the related Prepayment Period through
the last day
of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date, a payment
made by the
Servicer (or, prior to the Servicing Transfer Date, the Interim
Servicer with
respect to the Interim Serviced Mortgage Loans) in an amount not to
exceed the
product of (a) one-twelfth of 0.25% and (b) the aggregate Stated
Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, equal to
the amount of
interest at the Net Mortgage Rate for that Mortgage Loan from the
date of
prepayment through the 30th day of such preceding calendar month;
provided that
any month consisting of less than 30 days shall be deemed to
consist of 30 days.
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Corresponding Certificates: With respect to the Class LTA-1
Interest, the
Class A-1 and Class R Certificates. With respect to the Class
LTA-2A Interest,
the Class A-2A Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2B
Interest, the
Class A-2B Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2C Interest,
the Class
A-2C Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2D Interest, the
Class A-2D
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class
M-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-2 Interest, the Class
M-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-3 Interest, the Class
M-3
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-4 Interest, the Class
M-4
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-5 Interest, the Class
M-5
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-6 Interest, the Class
M-6
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-1 Interest, the Class
B-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-2 Interest, the Class
B-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-3 Interest, the Class
B-3
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-4 Interest, the Class
B-4
Certificates.
Corresponding REMIC Regular Interest: For each Class of
Certificates, the
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC listed on the same row in the
table entitled
"Upper Tier REMIC" in the Preliminary Statement.
Current Interest: Any of the Class A-1 Current Interest, the Class
A-2A
Current Interest, the Class A-2B Current Interest, the Class A-2C
Current
Interest, the Class A-2D Current Interest, the Class R Current
Interest, the
Class M-1 Current Interest, the Class M-2 Current Interest, the
Class M-3
Current Interest, the Class M-4 Current Interest, the Class M-5
Current
Interest, the Class M-6 Current Interest, the Class B-1 Current
Interest, the
Class B-2 Current Interest, the Class B-3 Current Interest, the
Class B-4
Current Interest and the Class C Current Interest.
Cut-off Date: September 1, 2006.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the
unpaid
principal balance thereof as of the close of business on the
calendar day
immediately preceding the Cut-off Date after application of all
payments of
principal due on or prior to the Cut-off Date, whether or not
received, and all
Principal Prepayments received prior to the Cut-off Date, but
without giving
effect to any installments of principal received in respect of Due
Dates after
the Cut-off Date.
Defaulted Swap Termination Payment: Any payment required to be made
by the
Supplemental Interest Trust to the Swap Counterparty pursuant to
the Swap
Agreement as a result of an event of default under the Swap
Agreement with
respect to which the Swap Counterparty is the defaulting party or a
termination
event (including a Downgrade Termination Event) under that
agreement (other than
illegality or a tax event) with respect to which the Swap
Counterparty is the
sole Affected Party (as defined in the Swap Agreement).
Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 5.06.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced
by a
Replacement Mortgage Loan.
Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due
thereon is
not made pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan by the close
of business on
the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is "30
days
delinquent" if such payment has not been received by the close of
business on
the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month
in which
such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day
(e.g., as when a
30-day month follows a 31-
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day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day of such
month), then on the
last day of such immediately succeeding month. With respect to any
Mortgage Loan
due on any day other than the first day of the month, such Mortgage
Loan shall
be deemed to be due on the first day of the immediately succeeding
month.
Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90 days delinquent" and so
on.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set
forth on the
face thereof as the "Initial Principal Balance of this
Certificate."
Depositor: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., a Delaware
corporation,
or any successor in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company
("DTC"), the nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any other
organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be
the
registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository
shall at all
times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of
the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York.
Depository Agreement: With respect to Classes of Book-Entry
Certificates,
the agreement between the Trustee and the initial Depository.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository
effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
Designated Transaction: A transaction in which the assets
underlying the
Certificates consist of single-family residential, multi-family
residential,
home equity, manufactured housing and/or commercial mortgage
obligations that
are secured by single-family residential, multi-family residential,
commercial
real property or leasehold interests therein.
Determination Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 15th
day of
the month of such Distribution Date or, if such 15th day is not a
Business Day,
the immediately preceding Business Day.
Disqualified Organization: (1) the United States, any state or
political
subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international
organization, or
any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (2) any
organization
(other than a cooperative described in Section 521 of the Code)
which is exempt
from tax under Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code unless such
organization is
subject to the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code and (3) any
organization
described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the
initial
issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business
Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in October 2006.
Downgrade Termination Event: An event whereby (x) the Swap
Counterparty (or
its guarantor) ceases to have short term unsecured and/or long term
debt ratings
at least equal to the levels specified in the Swap Agreement, and
(y) at least
one of the following events has not occurred (except to the extent
otherwise
approved by the Rating Agencies) within the time period specified
in the Swap
Agreement with respect to such downgrade: (i) the Swap Counterparty
transfers
the Swap Agreement, in whole, but not in
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part, to a substitute swap counterparty that satisfies the
requirements set
forth in the Swap Agreement, subject to the satisfaction of the
Rating Agency
Condition, (ii) the Swap Counterparty collateralizes its exposure
to the Trust
Fund pursuant to an ISDA Credit Support Annex, subject to the
satisfaction of
the Rating Agency Condition; provided that such ISDA Credit Support
Annex shall
be made a credit support document for the Swap Counterparty
pursuant to an
amendment to the Swap Agreement, (iii) the Swap Counterparty
obtains a guaranty
of an entity that satisfies the required levels specified in the
Swap Agreement
or (iv) the Swap Counterparty takes such other action that
satisfies the Rating
Agency Condition.
Due
Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan,
the
day during the related Due Period on which a Scheduled Payment is
due.
Due
Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period beginning
on
the second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month
in which such
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month
in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account: An account that is (1) maintained with a
depository
institution the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are
rated by each
Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories, or (2)
maintained
with the corporate trust department of a bank which (A) has a
rating of at least
Baa3 or P-3 by Moody's and (B) is either the Depositor or the
corporate trust
department of a national bank or banking corporation which has a
rating of at
least A-1 by S&P or F1 by Fitch, or (iii) an account or
accounts the deposits in
which are fully insured by the FDIC, or (iv) an account or
accounts, acceptable
to each Rating Agency without reduction or withdrawal of the rating
of any Class
of Certificates, as evidenced in writing, by a depository
institution in which
such accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limit established by
the FDIC),
the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such
that, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to and acceptable to
the Trustee
and each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim with
respect to the
funds in such account and a perfected first security interest
against any
collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments)
securing such funds
that is superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of
the
depository institution with which such account is maintained, or
(v) maintained
at an eligible institution whose commercial paper, short-term debt
or other
short-term deposits are rated at least A-1+ by S&P and F-1+ by
Fitch, or (vi)
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution
the deposits
in which are insured by the FDIC to the applicable limits and the
short-term
unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a
depository institution
that is a subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured
debt
obligations of such holding company) are rated A-1 by S&P, F-1
by Fitch or
Prime-1 by Moody's at the time any deposits are held on deposit
therein, (vii) a
trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust
department of a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company
having
capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 or (viii)
otherwise acceptable
to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating
Agency to the
Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
including any
successor or amendatory provisions.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm
commitment
underwriting or private placement that would satisfy the
requirements would
satisfy the requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-29,
Exemption
Application No. D-8012, 55 Fed. Reg. 21459 (1990), as amended,
granted by the
United States Department of Labor (or any other applicable
underwriter's
exemption granted by the United States Department of Labor),
except, in relevant
part, for the requirement that the certificates
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have received a rating at the time of acquisition that is in one of
the three
(or four, in the case of a "designated transaction") highest
generic rating
categories by at least one of S&P, Moody's or Fitch.
ERISA Restricted Certificates: The Class B-4 Certificates, Class
C
Certificates and Class P Certificates and any other Certificate, as
long as the
acquisition and holding of such Certificate is not covered by and
exempt under
an underwriter's exemption.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.
Excess Interest: On any Distribution Date, for each Class of the
Class A,
Class M and Class B Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the
amount of
interest such Class of Certificates is entitled to receive on such
Distribution
Date over (2) the amount of interest such Class of Certificates
would have been
entitled to receive on such Distribution Date at an interest rate
equal to the
REMIC Pass-Through Rate.
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Loan, any
Liquidation
Proceeds that are in excess of the sum of (1) the unpaid principal
balance of
such Liquidated Loan as of the date of such liquidation plus (2)
interest at the
Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid
or advanced
to Certificateholders (and not reimbursed to the Servicer) up to
the Due Date in
the month in which such Liquidation Proceeds are required to be
distributed on
the unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated Loan outstanding
during each Due
Period as to which such interest was not paid or advanced.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date,
(1) prior to the Stepdown Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i)
the Aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding such
Distribution Date
reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution
Date and (ii)
$22,129,034 and over (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (2) on and after the
Stepdown Date, (A)
the sum of (x) the Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
immediately preceding
such Distribution Date, reduced by the Principal Funds with respect
to such
Distribution Date and (y) the greater of (a) 5.40% of the aggregate
Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and (b) the Minimum
Required
Overcollateralization Amount less (B) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date; provided, however,
that if on
any Distribution Date a Stepdown Trigger Event is in effect, the
Extra Principal
Distribution Amount will not be reduced to the applicable
percentage of the
then-current aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans (and will
remain fixed at the applicable percentage of the aggregate Stated
Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date immediately prior
to the
Stepdown Trigger Event) until the next Distribution Date on which
the Stepdown
Trigger Event is not in effect.
Fannie Mae: A federally chartered and privately owned corporation
organized
and existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association
Charter Act, or any
successor thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or any successor in interest.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan identified in the
Mortgage Loan
Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate that is fixed.
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Floating Rate Certificate Carryover: With respect to a Distribution
Date,
in the event that the Pass-Through Rate for a class of LIBOR
Certificates is
based upon the related Available Funds Cap or the related Maximum
Rate Cap, the
sum of (A) the excess of (1) the amount of interest that such class
would have
been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the
Pass-Through Rate for
that class not been calculated based on the related Available Funds
Cap or the
related Maximum Rate Cap, up to but not exceeding the greater of
(a) the related
Maximum Rate Cap or (b) the sum of (i) the related Available Funds
Cap and (ii)
the product of (AA) a fraction, the numerator of which is 360 and
the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related
Accrual Period
and (BB) the sum of (x) the quotient obtained by dividing (I) an
amount equal to
the proceeds, if any, payable under the related Cap Contract with
respect to
such Distribution Date by (II) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of
each of the Classes of Certificates to which such Cap Contract
relates for such
Distribution Date and (y) the quotient obtained by dividing (I) an
amount equal
to any Net Swap Payments owed by the Swap Counterparty for such
Distribution
Date by (II) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of
the immediately preceding Distribution Date over (2) the amount of
interest such
class was entitled to receive on such Distribution Date based on
the related
Available Funds Cap, (B) the unpaid portion of any such excess from
prior
Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the then
applicable
Pass-Through Rate for such class, without giving effect to the
related Available
Funds Cap or the related Maximum Rate Cap) and (C) any amount
previously
distributed with respect to Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for
such class
that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy.
Freddie Mac: A corporate instrumentality of the United States
created and
existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970,
as amended,
or any successor thereto.
Grantor Trusts: The grantor trusts described in Section 2.07
hereof.
Gross Margin: The percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note
for
each of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans which is to be added to
the
applicable index for use in determining the Mortgage Rate on each
Adjustment
Date, and which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for each
Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan.
Group One: The portion of the Mortgage Pool identified as "Group
One" in
the Prospectus Supplement.
Group One Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan at any time identified
in the
Group One Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit
B-2.
Group One Net WAC: The Net WAC of Group One.
Group One Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates and (ii) the product of (x)
the Group One
Principal Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal
Distribution
Amount; provided, however, that with respect to any Distribution
Date on which
the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates are outstanding and the
Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates has been reduced to
zero, the
Group One Principal Distribution Amount will equal the Class A
Principal
Distribution Amount.
Group One Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to
any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds received with respect
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to Mortgage Loans in Group One and the denominator of which is the
amount of
Principal Funds received from all of the Mortgage Loans in the
mortgage pool.
Group Two: The portion of the Mortgage Pool identified as "Group
Two" in
the Prospectus Supplement.
Group Two Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan at any time identified
in the
Group Two Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit
B-3.
Group Two Net WAC: The Net WAC of Group Two.
Group Two Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution
Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class A-2 Certificates and (ii) the product of (x) the Group
Two Principal
Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount;
provided, however, that (A) with respect to any Distribution Date
on which the
Class A 2 Certificates are outstanding and the Certificate
Principal Balances of
the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates is reduced to zero, the
Group One
Principal Distribution Amount in excess of the amount necessary to
reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and
Class R
Certificates to zero will be applied to increase the Group Two
Principal
Distribution Amount and (B) with respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter,
the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount will equal the Class A
Principal
Distribution Amount.
Group Two Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to
any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds received with respect to Mortgage
Loans in
Group Two and the denominator of which is the amount of Principal
Funds received
from all of the Mortgage Loans in the mortgage pool.
Indenture: An indenture relating to the issuance of notes
guaranteed by the
NIMs Insurer.
Initial Adjustment Date: As to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the first
Adjustment Date following the origination of such Mortgage
Loan.
Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any
Certificate, the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate or any
predecessor Certificate
on the Closing Date as set forth in Section 5.01 hereof.
Initial Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Rate
in
effect prior to the Initial Adjustment Date.
Initial Optional Termination Date: The first Distribution Date on
which the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (or if
such Mortgage
Loan is an REO Property, the fair market value of such REO
Property) is equal to
or less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or the
related
Mortgaged Property included in the Trust Fund, any insurance
policy, including
all riders and endorsements thereto in effect with respect to such
Mortgage Loan
or Mortgaged Property, including any replacement policy or policies
for any
insurance policies.
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Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of a Mortgage Loan or
the
related Mortgaged Property pursuant to any Insurance Policy or any
other
insurance policy covering such Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property,
to the
extent such proceeds are payable to the mortgagee under the
Mortgage, the
Servicer or the Trustee under the deed of trust and are not applied
to the
restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released either to
the
Mortgagor or to the holder of a senior lien on the related
Mortgaged Property in
accordance with the procedures that the Servicer would follow in
servicing
mortgage loans held for its own account, in each case other than
any amount
included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured
Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any
other
insurance policy with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the related
Mortgaged
Property.
Interest Carry Forward Amount: Any of the Class A-1 Interest Carry
Forward
Amount, the Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class
A-2B Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2C Interest Carry Forward Amount,
the Class
A-2D Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class R Interest Carry
Forward Amount,
the Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-2 Interest
Carry
Forward Amount, the Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class M-4
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the
Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-1 Interest
Carry Forward
Amount, the Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-3
Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount
or the Class C
Interest Carry Forward Amount, as the case may be.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to the LIBOR
Certificates, (i)
for any Accrual Period other than the first Accrual Period, the
second LIBOR
Business Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period and
(ii) for the
first Accrual Period, September 27, 2006.
Interest Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum,
without
duplication, of (1) all scheduled interest due during the related
Due Period and
received before the related Servicer Remittance Date or advanced on
or before
the related Servicer Remittance Date less the Servicing Fee, (2)
all Advances
relating to interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (3) all
Compensating
Interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (4) Liquidation
Proceeds with
respect to the Mortgage Loans (to the extent such Liquidation
Proceeds relate to
interest) collected during the related Prepayment Period, (5) all
proceeds of
any purchase pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 during the related
Prepayment
Period or pursuant to Section 9.01 not later than the related
Determination Date
(to the extent that such proceeds relate to interest) less the
Servicing Fee and
(6) all Prepayment Charges received with respect to the Mortgage
Loans during
the related Prepayment Period, less (A) all Non-Recoverable
Advances relating to
interest and (B) other amounts reimbursable (including without
limitation
indemnity payments) to the Servicer and the Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement
allocable to interest.
Interim Serviced Mortgage Loans: Those loans identified on Exhibit
C hereto
which shall be serviced from the Closing Date to the Servicing
Transfer Date by
the Interim Servicer.
Interim Servicer: Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc.
Interim Servicing Period: The period from the Closing Date until
the
Servicing Transfer Date.
Issuing Entity: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series
2006-MLN1.
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Latest Possible Maturity Date: The latest maturity date for any
Mortgage
Loan in the Trust Fund plus one year.
LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in the City of London,
England,
Chicago, Illinois and New York City, U.S.A. are open and conducting
transactions
in foreign currency and exchange.
LIBOR Certificates: The Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates.
Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted
Mortgage Loan that either (a) has been liquidated through
deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, foreclosure sale, trustee's sale or other realization
as provided
by applicable law governing the real property subject to the
related Mortgage
and any security agreements and as to which the Servicer has
certified (in
accordance with Section 3.12) in the related Prepayment Period that
it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with such
liquidation
or (b) as to which is not a first lien Mortgage Loan and is
delinquent 180 days
or longer, Servicer has certified in a certificate of an officer of
the Servicer
delivered to the Trustee that it does not believe that there is a
reasonable
likelihood that any further net proceeds will be received or
recovered with
respect to such Mortgage Loan.
Liquidation Proceeds:
Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received in
connection with the partial or complete liquidation of Mortgage
Loans, whether
through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale, sale by the Servicer
pursuant to this
Agreement or otherwise or amounts received in connection with any
condemnation
or partial release of a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds
received in
connection with an REO Property, less the sum of related
unreimbursed Advances,
Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and any other expenses related
to such
Mortgage Loan.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the original
principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which
is the lesser
of (X) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property and
(Y) the sales
price of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of
origination.
Losses: Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
collectively.
Lower Tier REMIC: As
described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.07.
Lower Tier REMIC Interests: Each of the Class LTA-1 Interest, the
Class
LTA-2A Interest, the Class LTA-2B Interest, the Class LTA-2C
Interest, the Class
LTA-2D Interest, the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class LTM-2
Interest, the Class
LTM-3 Interest, the Class LTM-4 Interest, the Class LTM-5 Interest,
the Class
LTM-6 Interest, the Class LTB-1 Interest, the Class LTB-2 Interest,
the Class
LTB-3 Interest, the Class LTB-4 Interest, the Class LTIX Interest,
the Class
LTIIX Interest, the Class LTII1A Interest, the Class LTII1B
Interest, the Class
LTII2A Interest, the Class LTII2B Interest, the Class LT-IO
Interest and the
Class LTR Interest.
Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests: Each of the classes of Lower
Tier
REMIC Regular Interests other than the Class LTIX Interest, the
Class LTIIX
Interest, the Class LTII1A Interest, the Class LTII1B Interest, the
Class LTII2A
Interest, the Class LTII2B Interest and the Class LT-IO
Interest.
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Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests: Each of the Class LTII1A
Interest,
the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A Interest and the Class
LTII2B
Interest.
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the Lower Tier REMIC
Interests
other than the Class LTR Interest.
Lower Tier REMIC Subordinated Balance Ratio: The ratio of (i) the
principal
balance of the Class LTII1A Interest to (ii) the principal balance
of the Class
LTII2A Interest that is equal to the ratio of (i) the excess of (A)
the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group One over (B) the
current Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates to (ii)
the excess
of (A) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group Two over (B)
the current
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates.
Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan,
the maximum rate of interest set forth as such in the related
Mortgage Note and
with respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the rate of interest
set forth in
the related Mortgage Note.
Maximum Rate Cap: Any of the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap, the Class
A-2
Maximum Rate Cap or the Weighted Average Maximum Rate Cap.
MERS: Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or
any successor
thereto.
MERS
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS
System.
MERS
System: The system of recording transfers of mortgage
electronically
maintained by MERS.
MIN:
The loan number for any MERS Loan.
Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan,
the minimum rate of interest set forth as such in the related
Mortgage Note.
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount: An amount equal to
the
product of (x) 0.50% and (y) the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date.
MLML: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or its
successors in interest.
MLNUSA: Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc.
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.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the
Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.05.
Moody's: Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor in
interest.
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Mortgage: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the mortgage, deed of
trust or
other instrument with all riders thereto creating a first or second
lien or a
first or second priority ownership interest in an estate in fee
simple in real
property securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
hereof
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional
documents delivered
to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Group: Either of Group One or Group Two.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to
time
amended by the Trustee to reflect the deletion of Deleted Mortgage
Loans and the
addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions
of this
Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and
from time to
time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibits B-1,
B-2 and B-3,
setting forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan:
(i)
the loan number;
(ii) borrower name and address;
(iii) the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans;
(iv) the Initial Mortgage Rate;
(v) the original
maturity date and the months remaining before
maturity date;
(vi) the original principal balance;
(vii) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(viii) the first payment due date of the Mortgage Loan;
(ix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination with respect to a
first
lien Mortgage Loan or the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio with
respect to a second lien Mortgage Loan;
(x) a code indicating
whether the residential dwelling at the time of
origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
(xi) a code indicating the property type;
(xii) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan;
(i) the frequency of
each Adjustment Date;
(ii) the next Adjustment Date;
(iii) the Maximum Mortgage Rate;
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(iv) the Minimum Mortgage Rate;
(v) the Mortgage Rate
as of the Cut-off Date;
(vi) the related Periodic Rate Cap;
(vii) the Gross Margin;
(viii) the lifetime rate cap;
(xiii) location of the related Mortgaged Property;
(xiv) a code indicating whether a Prepayment Charge is
applicable;
(i) the period during
which such Prepayment Charge is in effect;
(ii) the amount of such Prepayment Charge;
(iii) any limitations or other conditions on the enforceability
of such Prepayment Charge; and
(iv) any other information pertaining to the Prepayment Charge
specified in the related Mortgage Note;
(xv) the Credit Score and date obtained; and
(xvi) the MIN.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned
to the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time are
held as a
part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the mortgage
loans so held
being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding
foreclosure or
other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property. Any
mortgage loan
that was intended by the parties hereto to be transferred to the
Trust Fund as
indicated by such Mortgage Loan Schedule which is in fact not so
transferred for
any reason shall continue to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder until the
Purchase
Price with respect thereto has been paid to the Trust Fund.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness
evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan
and all
amendments, modifications and attachments thereto with all riders
attached
thereto.
Mortgage Pool: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified in
the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note
from
time to time.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
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Net
Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per
annum
rate equal to the then current Mortgage Rate less the Servicing Fee
Rate.
Net
Rate: The per annum rate set forth in footnote 8 to the description
of
the Lower Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement hereto (such rate
being based
on the weighted average of the interest rates on the SWAP REMIC
Regular
Interests as adjusted and as set forth in such footnote).
Net
Swap Payment: With respect to any Distribution Date, any net
payment
(other than a Swap Termination Payment or Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment)
made by the Supplemental Interest Trust to the Swap Counterparty on
the related
Fixed Rate Payer Payment Date (as defined in the Swap Agreement) or
made by the
Swap Counterparty to the Supplemental Interest Trust on the related
Floating
Rate Payer Payment Date (as defined in the Swap Agreement). In each
case, the
Net Swap Payment shall not be less than zero.
Net
WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date and for any Mortgage
Group,
the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate for the Mortgage Loans in
such Mortgage
Group calculated based on the respective Net Mortgage Rates and the
Stated
Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans as of the preceding
Distribution Date
(or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off
Date).
NIM
Notes: The notes to be issued pursuant to the Indenture.
NIMs
Insurer: Any of the one or more insurers, if any, that is
guaranteeing
certain payments under any NIM Notes; provided, that upon the
payment in full of
the NIM Notes, all rights of the NIMs Insurer hereunder shall
terminate.
NIMs
Insurer Default: As defined in Section 10.13.
Non-Recoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made
or
proposed to be made by the Servicer that, in the good faith
judgment of the
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current delinquency, would
not, be
ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related Mortgagor,
related
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise related to the Mortgage
Loans.
Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance: Any portion of a Servicing
Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Servicer that, in the
good faith
judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current
Servicing
Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from
the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise related to the
Mortgage
Loans.
Non-Supported Interest Shortfall: As defined in Section 4.02.
Offered Certificates: The Class A, Class M and Class B-1, Class B-2
and
Class B-3 Certificates.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate (1) signed by the Chairman of
the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a vice
president (however
denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the
Secretary, or one
of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the
Depositor, or
Trustee, the Servicer (or any other officer customarily performing
functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and to whom,
with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred
because of such
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject)
or (2), if
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provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as
the case may
be, and delivered to the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee, as
the case may
be, as required by this Agreement.
One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate
determined by
the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis
of (a) the
offered rates for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such
rates appear
on Telerate page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Interest
Determination Date or (b) if such rate does not appear on Telerate
Page 3750 as
of 11:00 a.m. (London time), the offered rates of the Reference
Banks for
one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on
the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest
Determination
Date. If One-Month LIBOR is determined pursuant to clause (b)
above, on each
Interest Determination Date, One-Month LIBOR for the related
Accrual Period will
be established by the Trustee as follows:
(i) If on such
Interest Determination Date two or more Reference
Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the
related Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such
offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 0.03125%).
(ii) If on such Interest Determination Date fewer than two
Reference
Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the
related Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i) One-Month
LIBOR
as determined on the previous Interest Determination Date and
(ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for
the Depositor or the Servicer reasonably acceptable to each
addressee of such
opinion; provided, however, that with respect to Section 6.04 or
10.01, or the
interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel
must (1) in
fact be independent of the Depositor or the Servicer, (2) not have
any direct
financial interest in the Depositor or the Servicer or in any
Affiliate of
either such party, and (3) not be connected with the Depositor or
the Servicer
as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or
person performing similar functions.
Optional Termination: The termination of the Trust Fund hereunder
pursuant
to clause (a) of Section 9.01 hereof.
Optional Termination Amount: The amount received by the Trustee
in
connection with any purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties
pursuant to Section 9.01(b).
Optional Termination Price: On any date after the Initial
Optional
Termination Date an amount equal to the sum of (i) the then
aggregate
outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (or, if
such Mortgage
Loan is an REO Property, the fair market value of such REO
Property) plus
accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate through
the Due Date in
the month in which the proceeds of the auction will be distributed
on the
Certificates; (ii) any unreimbursed fees, indemnity amounts or
out-of-pocket
costs and expenses owed to the Trustee or the Servicer and all
unreimbursed
Advances and Servicing Advances, in each case incurred by such
party in the
performance of its obligations; (iii) any unreimbursed costs,
penalties and/or
damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with any violation
relating to
any of the Mortgage Loans of any predatory or abusive lending law;
and (iv) any
unpaid Net Swap Payments and any Swap Termination Payment owed to
the Swap
Counterparty; such Swap
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Termination Payment shall include any payment to the Swap
Counterparty resulting
from the Optional Termination of the Trust.
OTS:
The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and
authenticated under
this Agreement except: (1) Certificates theretofore canceled by the
Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and (2) Certificates in
exchange for
which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed by
the Trustee
and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Distribution Date, a Mortgage
Loan
with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the
subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a Liquidated
Loan, prior
to the end of the related Due Period.
Overcollateralization Amount: As of any date of determination, the
excess
of (1) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (2)
the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates (other than the
Class P
Certificates and the Class C Certificates).
Ownership Interest: As to any Certificate, any ownership interest
in such
Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the
Holder thereof and
any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
Pass-Through Rate: With respect to any Class of Certificates,
the
corresponding Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates.
Percentage Interest: With respect to:
(i) any Class, the
percentage interest in the undivided beneficial
ownership interest evidenced by such Class which shall be equal
to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class divided by
the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all Classes; and
(ii) any Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby of
the
related Class shall equal the percentage obtained by dividing
the
Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the
Denominations of all Certificates of such Class; except that in
the case of any Class P Certificates, the Percentage Interest
with respect to such Certificate shown on the face of such
Certificate.
Periodic Rate Cap: As
to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and the related
Mortgage Note, the provision therein that limits permissible
increases and
decreases in the Mortgage Rate on any Adjustment Date.
Permitted Activities: The primary activities of the Trust Fund
created
pursuant to this Agreement which shall be:
(i) holding Mortgage
Loans transferred from the Depositor and other
assets of the Trust Fund, including the Cap Contracts and the
Supplemental Interest Trust
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subtrust, which in turn holds the Swap Agreement, and any
credit
enhancement and passive derivative financial instruments that
pertain to beneficial interests issued or sold to parties other
than the Depositor, its Affiliates, or its agents;
(ii) issuing Certificates and other interests in the assets of
the
Trust Fund;
(iii) through the appropriate subtrust, as applicable,
receiving
collections on the Mortgage Loans and the Swap Agreement and
making payments on such Certificates and interests in
accordance
with the terms of this Agreement; and
(iv)
engaging in other activities that are necessary or incidental
to
accomplish these limited purposes, which activities cannot be
contrary to the status of the Trust Fund as a qualified special
purpose entity under existing accounting literature.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the
following
obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of the
United States or any agency thereof, provided
the timely payment of such obligations is backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state
of
the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the
highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency rating the
Certificates;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper, other than commercial
or
finance company paper issued by the Depositor, the Trustee or
any
of their Affiliates, which is then receiving the highest
commercial or finance company paper rating of each such Rating
Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers'
acceptances (other than banker's acceptances issued by the
Trustee or any of its Affiliates) issued by any depository
institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
United States or of any state thereof and subject to
supervision
and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities,
provided that the commercial paper and/or long term unsecured
debt obligations of such depository institution or trust
company
are then rated one of the two highest long-term and the highest
short-term ratings of each such Rating Agency for such
securities;
(v) demand or time
deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any
bank or trust company or savings institution to the extent that
such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank,
insurance
company or other corporation rated in the two highest long-term
or the highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency
containing, at the time of the issuance of such agreements,
such
terms and conditions as will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by
any
such Rating Agency as evidenced by a letter from each Rating
Agency;
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(vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described
in
clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into with a
depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (v) above;
(viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons
or
instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the
face amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount
issued by any corporation, other than the Trustee or any of its
Affiliates, incorporated under the laws of the United States or
any state thereof which, at the time of such investment, have
one
of the two highest long term ratings of each Rating Agency;
(ix) interests in any money market fund (including those managed
or
advised by the Trustee or its Affiliates), which at the date of
acquisition of the interests in such fund and throughout the
time
such interests are held in such fund has the highest applicable
long term rating by each Rating Agency rating such fund; and
(x) short term
investment funds sponsored by any trust company or
national banking association incorporated under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof, other than the Trustee or
any
of its Affiliates, which on the date of acquisition has been
rated by each such Rating Agency in their respective highest
applicable rating category;
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment
if such
instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only
payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is
purchased at a
premium or above par or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount;
provided,
further, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment
(A) if such
instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from
obligations
underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect
to such
instrument provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the
yield to
maturity at par of such underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be
redeemed at
a price below the purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to
apply to
investments in units of money market funds pursuant to clause (ix)
above); and
provided, further, (I) that no amount beneficially owned by any
REMIC
(including, without limitation, any amounts collected by the
Servicer but not
yet deposited in the Collection Account) may be invested in
investments (other
than money market funds) treated as equity interests for Federal
income tax
purposes, unless the Servicer shall receive an Opinion of Counsel,
at the
expense of the party requesting that such investment be made, to
the effect that
such investment will not adversely affect the status of the any
REMIC provided
for herein as a REMIC under the Code or result in imposition of a
tax on the
Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein and (II) each such
investment must
be a "permitted investment" within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(5) of the
Code. Permitted Investments that are subject to prepayment or call
may not be
purchased at a price in excess of par.
Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States,
any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or
instrumentality of any
of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International
Organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of
the Code) that
is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the
tax imposed
by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on
any excess
inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with
respect to the
Class R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in
Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, and (v) a Person that is not a
citizen or
resident of the United States, a
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corporation or partnership (or other entity treated as a
corporation or
partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) created
or organized
in or under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or
the District
of Columbia or an estate whose income from sources without the
United States is
includable in gross income for United States federal income tax
purposes
regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or
business within the
United States, or a trust if a court within the United States is
able to
exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust
and one or
more United States persons have authority to control all
substantial decisions
of the trust, unless, in the case of this clause (v), such Person
has furnished
the transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed Internal
Revenue Service
Form W-8ECI or applicable successor form. The terms "United
States," "State" and
"International Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in
Section 7701
of the Code. A corporation will not be treated as an
instrumentality of the
United States or of any State thereof for these purposes if all of
its
activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not
selected by
such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated
organization or government, or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Pool
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate
of the Stated Principal Balances, as of such Distribution Date, of
the Mortgage
Loans that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans as of such date.
Preference Claim: The meaning set forth in Section 4.04(j)
hereof.
Prepayment Assumption: A rate of prepayment, as described in the
Prospectus
Supplement in the definition of "Modeling Assumptions," relating to
the Offered
Certificates or as described in the Private Placement Memorandum
relating to the
Class B-4 Certificates.
Prepayment Charges: Any prepayment premium or charge payable by a
Mortgagor
in connection with any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the
terms of the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage, as applicable.
Prepayment Interest Excess: With respect to any Servicer Remittance
Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal
Prepayment in full
during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring
between the first
day of the calendar month in which such Servicer Remittance Date
occurs and the
last day of the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to
interest (to the
extent received) at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount
of such
Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the first
day of the
calendar month in which such Servicer Remittance Date occurs and
ending on the
date on which such Principal Prepayment is so applied.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution
Date, for
each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment
in full (other
than a Principal Prepayment in full resulting from the purchase of
a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 9.01 hereof and other than a
Principal
Prepayment in full on a Mortgage Loan received during the period
from and
including the first day to and including the 14th day of the month
of such
Distribution Date), the amount, if any, by which (i) one month's
interest at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage
Loan as of the preceding Distribution Date exceeds (ii) the amount
of interest
paid or collected in connection with such Principal Prepayment.
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Prepayment Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
period
beginning with the opening of business on the 15th day of the
calendar month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or in
the case of
the first Distribution Date, beginning with the opening of business
on the
Cut-off Date) and ending on the close of business on the 14th day
of the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs; provided, however, with
respect to the
Interim Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Prepayment Period means, with
respect to
any Distribution Date until the Servicing Transfer Date, the period
beginning
with the opening of business on the 1st day of the calendar month
preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or in the case of the
first
Distribution Date, beginning with the opening of business on the
Cut-off Date)
and ending on the close of business on the last day of the calendar
month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Distribution
Date, the
sum of (i) the Principal Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii)
any Extra
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.
Principal Funds: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any
Distribution
Date, the sum, without duplication, of (1) the scheduled principal
due during
the related Due Period and received before the related Servicer
Remittance Date
or advanced on or before the related Servicer Remittance Date, (2)
prepayments
in full collected in the related Prepayment Period, (3) the Stated
Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was purchased by the Depositor
during the
related Prepayment Period or, in the case of a purchase pursuant to
Section
9.01, on the Business Day prior to such Distribution Date, (4) the
amount, if
any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of any
Replacement Mortgage
Loan is less than the aggregate unpaid principal of the related
Deleted Mortgage
Loans delivered by the Sponsor in connection with a substitution of
a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.03(c), (5) all Liquidation Proceeds
collected during
the related Prepayment Period (to the extent such Liquidation
Proceeds relate to
principal and represent payment in full), (6) all Subsequent
Recoveries received
during the related Due Period and (7) all other collections and
recoveries in
respect of principal during the related Due Period, less (A) all
Non-Recoverable
Advances relating to principal with respect to the Mortgage Loans
and (B) other
amounts reimbursable (including without limitation indemnity
payments) to the
Servicer and the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement allocable to
principal.
Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of
(or
proceeds with respect to) principal on a Mortgage Loan (including
Mortgage Loans
purchased or repurchased under Sections 2.02, 2.03 and 9.01 hereof)
that is
received or recovered in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is
not
accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled
interest due on
any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment.
Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Servicer in
accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Private Placement Memorandum: The Private Placement Memorandum
dated
September 29, 2006 relating to the private placement of the Class
B-4
Certificates.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated September
27, 2006,
relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.
PUD:
A Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to
be
repurchased by the Sponsor or the Transferor pursuant to Section
2.02 or 2.03
hereof, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
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unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of
such purchase
together with any unreimbursed Servicing Advances, (ii) accrued
interest thereon
at the applicable Mortgage Rate from (a) the date through which
interest was
last paid by the Mortgagor to (b) the Due Date in the month in
which the
Purchase Price is to be distributed to Certificateholders and (iii)
any
unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages incurred by the Trust
Fund in
connection with any violation relating to such Mortgage Loan of any
predatory or
abusive lending law.
QIB:
A "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule
144A.
Rating Agency: Either of S&P or Moody's. If any such
organization or its
successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be a
nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable
Person,
designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be
given to the
Trustee. References herein to a given rating category of a Rating
Agency shall
mean such rating category without giving effect to any
modifiers.
Rating Agency Condition: As defined in the Swap Agreement.
Realized Loss: With respect to (1) a Liquidated Loan, the amount,
if any,
by which the Stated Principal Balance and accrued interest thereon
at the Net
Mortgage Rate exceeds the amount actually recovered by the Servicer
with respect
thereto (net of reimbursement of Advances and Servicing Advances)
at the time
such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Loan or (2) with respect to
a Mortgage
Loan which is not a Liquidated Loan, any amount of principal that
the Mortgagor
is no longer legally required to pay (except for the extinguishment
of debt that
results from the exercise of remedies due to default by the
Mortgagor).
Record Date: With respect to the first Distribution Date, the
Closing Date.
With respect to any other Distribution Date, the close of business
on the last
Business Day of the month preceding the month in which the
applicable
Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Banks: Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Citibank,
N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and NatWest, N.A.; provided that if
any of the
foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then
any leading
banks selected by the Trustee which are engaged in transactions in
Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an
established place
of business in London, England, (ii) whose quotations appear on the
Reuters
Screen LIBO Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date and
(iii) which
have been designated as such by the Servicer.
Regular Certificate: Any one of the Class A, Class M and Class
B
Certificates.
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities
(Regulation AB),
17 C.F.R. Sections 229.1100-229.1123, 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.
Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act or
any
successor provision thereto, in each case as the same may be
amended from time
to time; and all references to any rule, section or subsection of,
or definition
or term contained in, Regulation S means such rule, section,
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subsection, definition or term, as the case may be, or any
successor thereto, in
each case as the same may be amended from time to time.
Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates: Certificates sold in
offshore
transactions in reliance on Regulation S in the form of one or more
permanent
global Certificates in definitive, fully registered form without
interest
coupons, which shall be deposited on behalf of the subscribers for
such
Certificates represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for
DTC and
registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.
Related Certificates: For each interest in the Upper Tier REMIC,
the Class
of Certificates listed on the same row in the table entitled "Upper
Tier REMIC"
in the Preliminary Statement.
Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar
state or
local law.
Relief Act Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and
any
Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest or principal
collectible
on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as
a result of
the application of the Relief Act.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of
section 860D of the Code. References herein to "the REMICs" or "a
REMIC" shall
mean any of (or, as the context requires, all of) the SWAP REMIC,
the Lower Tier
REMIC and the Upper Tier REMIC.
REMIC Pass-Through Rate: In the case of a Class of the Class A,
Class M and
Class B Certificates, the Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap for the
Corresponding
REMIC Regular Interest.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to real
estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A
through 860G
of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and proposed,
temporary and final regulations and published rulings, notices and
announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time
to time as
well as provisions of applicable state laws.
REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the interests in the Upper Tier
REMIC as
set forth in the Preliminary Statement other than the Residual
Interest.
REMIC SWAP Rate: For each Distribution Date (and the related
Accrual
Period), a per annum rate equal to the Fixed Rate under the Swap
Agreement for
such Distribution Date, as set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement.
Remittance Report: As defined in Section 4.04(j) hereof.
REO
Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted
Mortgage Loan.
Replacement Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the
Depositor for
a Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on the date of such
substitution, as
confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of
Exhibit I (1)
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
less than 90% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (2)
with respect to any Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Mortgage Rate
not less than
or no more than 1% per annum higher than the
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Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan and, with respect to any
Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan: (A) have a Maximum Mortgage Rate no more than
1% per annum
higher or lower than the Maximum Mortgage Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (B)
have a Minimum Mortgage Rate no more than 1% per annum higher or
lower than the
Minimum Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (C) have the
same index and
Periodic Rate Cap as that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Gross
Margin not
more than 1% per annum higher or lower than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan;
(D) not permit conversion of the related Mortgage Rate to a fixed
Mortgage Rate
and (F) currently be accruing interest at a rate not more than 1%
per annum
higher or lower than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (3) have a
similar or
higher FICO score or credit grade than that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (4)
have a Loan-to-Value Ratio (or Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, in the
case of a
Mortgage Loan in a second lien position) no higher than that of the
Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (5) have a remaining term to maturity no greater
than (and not
more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(6) provide for
a Prepayment Charge on terms substantially similar to those of the
Prepayment
Charge, if any, of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (7) have the same
lien priority as
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (8) constitute the same occupancy type
as the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; and (9) comply with each representation and warranty
set forth in
Section 2.03 hereof.
Request for Release: The Request for Release of Documents submitted
by the
Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit I
hereto.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance
policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under
this Agreement.
Required Percentage: As of any Distribution Date following the
Stepdown
Date, the quotient of (1) the excess of (A) the Stated Principal
Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date, over (B) the
Certificate Principal
Balance of the most senior Class of Certificates outstanding as of
such
Distribution Date, prior to giving effect to distributions to be
made on such
Distribution Date and (2) the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as
of such Distribution Date.
Requirements: Any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to
the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (as such may be amended from time to
time).
Reserve Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Determination
Date, the
rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be (1) the arithmetic
mean
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of
0.03125%) of the
one-month United States dollar lending rates which New York City
banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest Determination
Date to the
principal London offices of leading banks in the London interbank
market or (2)
in the event that the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic
mean, the lowest
one-month United States dollar lending rate which New York City
banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to
leading
European banks.
Residual Interest: An interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that is
entitled to
all distributions of principal and interest on the Class R
Certificate other
than distributions in respect of the Class SWR Interest and Class
LTR Interest
and distributions on the Class R Certificate in respect of Excess
Interest.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee or the
Servicer,
any officer of the Trustee or the Servicer with direct
responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement and any other officer to whom,
with respect to
a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such
officer's knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject.
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Reuters Screen LIBO Page: The display designated as page "LIBO" on
the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may
replace such LIBO
page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank
offered
rates of major banks.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or
any successor in interest.
Sale
Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement dated as
of
September 1, 2006, between the Depositor and the Sponsor.
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification: Has the meaning set forth in Section
3.20.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan
due on
any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such
Mortgage Loan.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Servicer: Wilshire Credit Corporation, a Nevada corporation, or
its
successor in interest.
Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, the related
Servicer
Remittance Date.
Servicer Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the later
of two Business Days after the 15th day of the month in which such
Distribution
Date occurs and the 18th day (or if such day is not a Business Day,
the next
preceding Business Day) of the month in which such Distribution
Date occurs.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket"
costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Servicer of
its servicing
obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the cost of
(1) the
preservation, inspection, prior liens, restoration and protection
of a Mortgaged
Property, including without limitation advances in respect of real
estate taxes
and assessments, (2) any collection, enforcement or judicial
proceedings,
including without limitation foreclosures, collections and
liquidations, (3) the
conservation, management, sale and liquidation of any REO Property,
(4)
executing and recording instruments of satisfaction, deeds of
reconveyance,
substitutions of trustees on deeds of trust or Assignments of
Mortgage to the
extent not otherwise recovered from the related Mortgages or
payable under this
Agreement, (5) correcting errors of prior servicers; costs and
expenses charged
to the Servicer by the Trustee; tax tracking; title research;
flood
certifications; lender paid mortgage insurance, (6) obtaining or
correcting any
legal documentation required to be included in the Mortgage Files
and reasonably
necessary for the Servicer to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and
(7) compliance with the obligations under Sections 3.01 and
3.10.
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item
1122(d) of
Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date,
an
amount equal to the product of (x) the Servicing Fee Rate and (y)
the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding
Distribution Date
or, in the event of any payment of interest that accompanies a
Principal
Prepayment in full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Servicing
Fee Rate on
the Stated Principal
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Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution Date
for the
period covered by such payment of interest.
Servicing Fee Rate:
0.50% per annum for each Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible
for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and
facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers
furnished to the
Trustee by the Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement, as such
lists may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Side Agreement: The letter agreement, dated as of
September 29,
2006, by and between the Interim Servicer and the Trustee, and
acknowledged and
agreed to by MLML, pursuant to which the Interim Servicer shall
service the
Interim Serviced Loans until the Servicing Transfer Date.
Servicing Transfer Costs: In the event that the Servicer does not
reimburse
the Trustee under this Agreement, all costs associated with the
transfer of
servicing from the predecessor Servicer, including, without
limitation, any
costs or expenses associated with the termination of the
predecessor Servicer,
the appointment of a successor servicer, the complete transfer of
all servicing
data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such
servicing data as
may be required by the Trustee or any successor servicer to correct
any errors
or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the
Trustee or
successor servicer to service the Mortgage Loans properly and
effectively.
Servicing Transfer Date: The date, which is expected to be November
1,
2006, on which the servicing of the Interim Serviced Mortgage Loans
will be
transferred from the Interim Servicer to the Servicer.
SFAS
140: Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 140,
Accounting
for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments
of
Liabilities dated September 2000, published by the Financial
Accounting
Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation.
Significance Estimate: With respect to any Distribution Date, and
in
accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB, shall be an amount
determined based
on the reasonable good-faith estimate by the Depositor or its
affiliate (and
reported to the Trustee) of the aggregate maximum probable exposure
of the
outstanding Certificates to the Swap Agreement.
Significance Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, and
in
accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB, shall be a percentage
equal to the
Significance Estimate divided by the aggregate outstanding
Certificate Principal
Balance of the Certificates, prior to the distribution of the
Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date.
Sponsor: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or
its successor in interest.
Startup Day: As defined in Section 2.07 hereof.
Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or
related REO
Property (1) as of the Cut-off Date, the Cut-off Date Principal
Balance thereof,
and (2) as of any Distribution Date, such Cut-off Date Principal
Balance, minus
the sum of (A) the principal portion of the Scheduled Payments (x)
due with
respect to such Mortgage Loan during each Due Period ending prior
to such
Distribution Date and (y) that were received by the Servicer as of
the close of
business on the Determination Date related to such Distribution
Date or with
respect to which Advances were made on the Servicer Advance Date
prior to such
Distribution Date and (B) all Principal Prepayments with respect to
such
Mortgage Loan received
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on or prior to the last day of the related Prepayment Period, and
all
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent applied by the Servicer as
recoveries of
principal in accordance with Section 3.12 with respect to such
Mortgage Loan,
that were received by the Servicer as of the close of business on
the last day
of the related Due Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Stated Principal
Balance of a Liquidated Loan shall be deemed to be zero.
Stepdown Date: The earlier of: (A) the first Distribution Date on
which the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates
has been
reduced to zero; and (B) the later to occur of (1) the Distribution
Date in
October 2009 or (2) the first Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Class A
Certificate Principal Balance (reduced by the Principal Funds with
respect to
such Distribution Date) is less than or equal to 53.40% of the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the
immediately
preceding Due Period.
Stepdown Required Loss Percentage: For any Distribution Date,
the
applicable percentage for such Distribution Date set forth in the
following
table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN STEPDOWN REQUIRED LOSS
PERCENTAGE
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---------------------------------
<S>
<C>
October 2008 -- September 2009 1.70% with respect to
October 2008,
plus an additional 1/12th of 2.15%
for each month thereafter
October 2009 -- September 2010 3.85% with respect to
October 2009,
plus an additional 1/12th of 2.20%
for each month thereafter
October 2010 -- September 2011 6.05% with respect to
October 2010,
plus an additional 1/12th of 1.75%
for each month thereafter
October 2011 -- September 2012 7.80% with respect to
October 2011,
plus an additional 1/12th of 0.70%
for each month thereafter
October 2012 and thereafter 8.50%
</TABLE>
Stepdown Trigger Event: With respect to the Certificates on or
after the
Stepdown Date, a Distribution Date on which (1) the quotient of (A)
the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans that are
60 or more
days Delinquent measured on a rolling three month basis (including,
for the
purposes of this calculation, Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO
Properties
and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the applicable Mortgagor
is in
bankruptcy) and (B) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the
preceding Servicer Remittance Date, equals or exceeds the product
of (i) 34.30%
and (ii) the Required Percentage or (2) the quotient (expressed as
a percentage)
of (A) the aggregate Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date
through the
last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and
(B) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date exceeds
the Stepdown Required Loss Percentage.
Subcontractor: Any outsourcer that performs one or more discrete
functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to 5% or
more of the
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of a Servicer
(measured by
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, annually
at the
commencement of the calendar year prior to the year in which an
Assessment of
Compliance is required to be delivered, multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator
of which is the number of months during
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which such Subcontractor performs such discrete functions and the
denominator of
which is 12, or, in the case of the year in which the Closing Date
occurs, the
number of months elapsed in such calendar year).
Subordinate Certificates: Each of the Class M and Class B
Certificates.
Subordinate Certificates Cap Contract: The confirmation and
agreement
between the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Cap
Contract
Counterparty (in the form of Exhibit M-3 hereto).
Subordinate Certificates Cap Contract Notional Balance: With
respect to any
Distribution Date, the Subordinate Certificates Cap Contract
Notional Balance
set forth for such Distribution Date in the Subordinate
Certificates One-Month
LIBOR Cap Table attached hereto as Exhibit N-3.
Subordinate Certificates Cap Contract Termination Date: The
Distribution
Date in March 2007.
Subordinate Certificate Upper Collar: With respect to each
Distribution
Date with respect to which payments are received on the Subordinate
Cap
Contract, a rate equal to the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 8.880%
per annum.
Subsequent Recovery: Any amount received on a Mortgage Loan (net of
amounts
reimbursed to the Servicer related to Liquidated Mortgage Loans)
subsequent to
such Mortgage Loan being determined to be a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan.
Sub-Servicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of
the
Servicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement and is responsible
for the
performance of the material servicing functions required to be
performed by the
Servicer under this Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d)
of Regulation
AB with respect to 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans under the
direction or
authority of the Servicer (measured by aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans, annually at the commencement of the calendar year
prior to the
year in which an Assessment of Compliance is required to be
delivered,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
months during
which such Subservicer services the related Mortgage Loans and the
denominator
of which is 12, or, in the case of the year in which the Closing
Date occurs,
the number of months elapsed in such calendar year). Any
subservicer shall meet
the qualifications set forth in Section 3.02.
Subservicing Agreement: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term
pursuant
to Section 2.03(c).
Supplemental Interest Trust: The separate trust, established
pursuant to
Section 4.04(l) of this Agreement and held by the Trustee for the
benefit of the
holders of the Certificates as a segregated subtrust of the Trust
Fund, in which
the Swap Agreement will be held, out of which any Swap Termination
Payments or
Net Swap Payments owed to the Swap Counterparty will be paid,
certain
distributions to Certificateholders will be made, and into which
any Swap
Termination Payments or Net Swap Payments received from the Swap
Counterparty
will be deposited as set forth in Section 4.04 hereof.
Swap
Agreement: The agreement, dated as of September 29, 2006, between
the
Swap Counterparty and the trustee of the Supplemental Interest
Trust for the
benefit of the Issuing Entity or any
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other swap agreement (including any related schedules) held by the
Supplemental
Interest Trust pursuant to Section 4.04(l) hereof.
Swap
Counterparty: Bear Stearns Financial Products Inc. or any
successor
counterparty who meets the requirements set forth in the Swap
Agreement.
Swap
LIBOR: With respect to any Distribution Date (and the related
Accrual
Period) the product of (i) the Floating Rate Option (as defined in
the Swap
Agreement for the related Swap Payment Date), (ii) two and (iii)
the quotient of
(a) the actual number of days in the Accrual Period for the Lower
Tier REMIC
Interests divided by (b) 30.
Swap
Payment Date: With respect to each Distribution Date with respect
to
which Net Swap Payments are made, one business day (as defined in
the Swap
Agreement) prior to such Distribution Date.
SWAP
REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.07.
SWAP
REMIC Interests: Each of the interests in the SWAP REMIC as set
forth
in the Preliminary Statement.
SWAP
REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the SWAP REMIC Interests other
than
the Class SWR Interest.
Swap
Termination Payment: Any payment payable by the Supplemental
Interest
Trust or the Swap Counterparty upon termination of the Swap
Agreement.
Tax
Matters Person: The Person designated as "tax matters person" in
the
manner provided under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d) and
Treasury
regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest
in a Certificate.
Transfer Agreement: The Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Interim
Servicing
Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2006, as amended, between Merrill
Lynch Bank USA,
as purchaser, and MLNUSA, as seller and interim servicer, and the
related
assignment, assumption and recognition agreement, as supplemented
by the Bring
Down Letter.
Transferor: MLNUSA.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust (the "Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors
Trust, Series 2006-MLN1") created hereunder consisting of (i) the
Mortgage Loans
and all interest and principal received on or with respect thereto
on and after
the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in computing the Cut-off
Date
Principal Balance thereof, exclusive of interest not required to be
deposited in
the Collection Account; (ii) the Collection Account and the
Certificate Account
and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this
Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been
acquired by
foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (iv) the
mortgagee's
rights under the Insurance Policies with respect to the Mortgage
Loans; (v) all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
foregoing
into cash or other liquid property; (vi) the Cap Contracts and Cap
Contract
Account and (vii) the Supplemental Interest Trust, which in turn
holds the Swap
Agreement.
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Trustee: LaSalle Bank National Association, a national banking
association,
not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as
trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders under this Agreement, and any
successor
thereto, and any corporation or national banking association
resulting from or
surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its successors
may be a
party and any successor trustee as may from time to time be serving
as successor
trustee hereunder; it being understood that certain duties of the
Trustee under
Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 3.13 with respect to the possession and
administration
of the Mortgage Files generally may be carried out by a custodian
engaged by the
Trustee.
Uncertificated Class C Interest: An uncertificated REMIC Regular
Interest
having the characteristics described in the Preliminary
Statement.
United States Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United
States, (ii)
a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a corporation
or
partnership for federal income tax purposes organized in or under
the laws of
the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia
(unless, in
the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations provide otherwise),
(iii) an
estate the income of which is includible in gross income for United
States tax
purposes regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if a court within
the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have authority to
control all
substantial decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, to
the extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in
existence on
August 20, 1996, and treated as United States persons prior to such
date, that
elect to continue to be treated as United States persons will also
be United
States Persons.
Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: The Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount,
Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class M-3 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amount,
Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class M-5 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amount,
Class M-6 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-1 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amount,
Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-3 Unpaid Realized
Loss Amount,
Class B-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount and Class C Unpaid Realized
Loss Amount,
collectively.
Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and
Section
2.07.
Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap: In the case of the Class UTA-1
Interest and
the Residual Interest, a per annum rate equal to the weighted
average of the
interest rate of the Class LTII1B Interest for such Distribution
Date. In the
case of the Class UTA-2A, Class UTA-2B, Class UTA-2C and Class
UTA-2D Interests,
a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the interest rate
for the
Class LTII2B for such Distribution Date. In the case of the Class
UTM-1, Class
UTM-2, Class UTM-3, Class UTM-4, Class UTM-5, Class UTM-6, Class
UTB-1, Class
UTB-2, Class UTB-3 and Class UTB-4 Interests, a per annum rate
equal to the
weighted average of the interest rates of Class LTII1B and Class
LTII2B
Interests for such Distribution weighted, respectively, on the
basis of the
uncertificated principal balances of the Class LTII1A and the Class
LTII2A
Interests.
USAP
Report: A report in compliance with the Uniform Single
Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers delivered in accordance with Section
3.18.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all the
Certificates
that is allocated to any of the Certificates for purposes of the
voting
provisions hereunder. Voting Rights allocated to each Class of
Certificates
shall be allocated as follows: (1) 98% to the Class A, Class M and
Class B
Certificates, with the allocation among such Certificates to be in
proportion to
the Certificate Principal Balance of each
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Class relative to the Certificate Principal Balance of all other
Classes and (2)
each Class of the Class C and Class P will be allocated 1% of the
Voting Rights.
Voting Rights will be allocated among the Certificates of each such
Class in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
Weighted Average Available Funds Cap: With respect to a
Distribution Date,
the per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Class A-1
Available
Funds Cap and the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap (weighted in
proportion to the
results of subtracting from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of each
Mortgage Group, the current Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-1 and
Class R Certificates, in the case of Group One, or the Class A-2A,
Class A-2B,
Class A-2C and Class A-2D Certificates, in the case of Group
Two).
Weighted Average Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution
Date, the
per annum rate equal to the weighted average (weighted in
proportion to the
results of subtracting from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of each
Mortgage Group, the current Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-1 and
Class R Certificates, in the case of Group One, or the Class A-2A,
Class A-2B,
Class A-2C and Class A-2D Certificates, in the case of Group Two)
of the Class
A-1 Maximum Rate Cap and the Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
The
Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
does
hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Trustee
without
recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and
to the assets
of the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and
principal received
on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on or after the Cut-off
Date (other
than Scheduled Payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the
Cut-off
Date).
It
is agreed and understood by the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee
that it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the
Trust that is,
without limitation, either (i) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined
in the New
Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003; (ii) a
"High-Cost Home
Loan" as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act
effective January 1,
2004; (iii) a "High-Cost Home Mortgage Loan" as defined in the
Massachusetts
Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004; (iv)
a "High-Cost
Home Loan" as defined by the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law
effective January
1, 2005 or (v) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined by the Illinois
High Risk Home
Loan Act effective January 1, 2004.
In
connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver
to,
and deposit with the Trustee the following documents or instruments
with respect
to each Mortgage Loan:
(A) The original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, "Pay to the
order
of
LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, without
recourse"
together with all riders thereto. The Mortgage Note shall include
all
intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of the title from
the
Transferor to [_______________].
(B) Except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not
a
MERS
Loan, the original recorded Mortgage together with all riders
thereto,
with
evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has
not
yet
been returned from the recording office, a copy of the original
Mortgage together with all riders thereto certified to be a true
copy of
the
original of the Mortgage that has been delivered for recording in
the
appropriate recording office of the jurisdiction in which the
Mortgaged
Property is located and in the case of each MERS Loan, the
original
Mortgage together with all riders thereto, noting the presence of
the MIN
of
the Loan and either language indicating that 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) In the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Loan,
the
original Assignment of each Mortgage in blank or, to "LaSalle Bank
National
Association, as trustee."
(D) The original policy of title insurance (or a preliminary
title
report, commitment or binder if the original title insurance policy
has not
been
received from the title insurance company).
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(E) Originals of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage,
with
evidence of recording thereon or, if the original intervening
assignment
has
not yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of such
assignment certified to be a true copy of the original of the
assignment
which has been sent for recording in the appropriate jurisdiction
in which
the
Mortgaged Property is located.
(F) Originals of all assumption and modification agreements, if
any.
(G) If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Depositor
cannot
deliver the Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption,
consolidation
or
modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording
thereon, if
applicable, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement
solely because of a delay caused by the public recording office
where such
Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation
or
modification, as the case may be, has been delivered for
recordation, the
Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
written
notice stating that such Mortgage or assumption, consolidation
or
modification, as the case may be, has been delivered to the
appropriate
public recording office for recordation. Thereafter, the Depositor
shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee such Mortgage,
Assignments
of
Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the case
may
be,
with evidence of recording indicated thereon, if applicable,
upon
receipt thereof from the public recording office. To the extent
any
required endorsement is not contained on a Mortgage Note or an
Assignment
of
Mortgage, the Depositor shall make or cause to be made such
endorsement.
(H) With respect to any Mortgage Loan, none of the Depositor,
the
Servicer or the Trustee shall be obligated to cause to be recorded
the
Assignment of Mortgage referred to in this Section 2.01. In the
event an
Assignment of Mortgage is not recorded, the Servicer shall have
no
liability for its failure to
receive and act on notices related to such
Assignment of Mortgage.
The
ownership of each Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the contents of
the
related Mortgage File is vested in the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall
take any action
inconsistent with such ownership and shall not claim any ownership
interest
therein. The Depositor and the Servicer shall respond to any third
party
inquiries with respect to ownership of the Mortgage Loans by
stating that such
ownership is held by the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. Mortgage
documents relating to the Mortgage Loans not delivered to the
Trustee are and
shall be held in trust by the Servicer, for the benefit of the
Trustee as the
owner thereof, and the Servicer's possession of the contents of
each Mortgage
File so retained is for the sole purpose of servicing the related
Mortgage Loan,
and such retention and possession by the Servicer, is in a
custodial capacity
only. The Depositor agrees to take no action inconsistent with the
Trustee's
ownership of the Mortgage Loans, to promptly indicate to all
inquiring parties
that the Mortgage Loans have been sold and to claim no ownership
interest in the
Mortgage Loans.
It
is the intention of this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Trust Fund
pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan. If a
conveyance
of Mortgage Loans from the Sponsor to the Depositor is
characterized as a pledge
and not a sale, then the Depositor shall be deemed to have
transferred to the
Trustee all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and
under the
obligations of the Sponsor deemed to be secured by said pledge; and
it is the
intention of this Agreement that the Depositor shall also be deemed
to have
granted to the Trustee a first priority security interest in all of
the
Depositor's right, title, and interest in, to and under the
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obligations of the Sponsor to the Depositor deemed to be secured by
said pledge
and that the Trustee shall be deemed to be an independent custodian
for purposes
of perfection of the security interest granted to the Depositor. If
the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans from the Depositor to the Trustee
is
characterized as a pledge, it is the intention of this Agreement
that this
Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable
law, and that
the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee a
first priority
security interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and
interest in, to and
under the Mortgage Loans, all payments of principal of or interest
on such
Mortgage Loans, all other rights relating to and payments made in
respect of the
Trust Fund, and all proceeds of any thereof. If the trust created
by this
Agreement terminates prior to the satisfaction of the claims of any
Person in
any Certificates, the security interest created hereby shall
continue in full
force and effect and the Trustee shall be deemed to be the
collateral agent for
the benefit of such Person.
In
addition to the conveyance made in the first paragraph of this
Section
2.01, the Depositor does hereby convey, assign and set over to the
Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders its rights and interests
under the Sale
Agreement, including the Depositor's right, title and interest in
the
representations and warranties contained in the Sale Agreement, the
rights in
the Transfer Agreements described therein, and the benefit of the
repurchase
obligations and the obligation of the Sponsor contained in the Sale
Agreement to
take, at the request of the Depositor or the Trustee, all action on
its part
which is reasonably necessary to ensure the enforceability of a
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee hereby accepts such assignment, and shall be entitled
to exercise
all rights of the Depositor under the Sale Agreement as if, for
such purpose, it
were the Depositor. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment,
set-over, deposit
and conveyance does not and is not intended to result in creation
or assumption
by the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor, the Sponsor, or
any other
Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other agreement
or
instrument relating thereto.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans
Except as set forth in the exception report delivered
contemporaneously
herewith (the "Exception Report"), the Trustee acknowledges receipt
of the
Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan and delivery of a Mortgage
File (but does
not acknowledge receipt of all documents required to be included in
such
Mortgage File) with respect to each Mortgage Loan and declares that
it holds and
will hold such documents and any other documents constituting a
part of the
Mortgage Files delivered to it in trust for the use and benefit of
all present
and future Certificateholders. The Depositor will cause the Sponsor
to
repurchase any Mortgage Loan to which a material exception was
taken in the
Exception Report unless such exception is cured to the satisfaction
of the
Trustee within 45 Business Days of the Closing Date.
The
Trustee acknowledges receipt of the three Cap Contracts (forms of
which
are attached hereto as Exhibits N-1, N-2 and N-3), the Transfer
Agreement, the
Bring Down Letter and the Sale Agreement.
The
Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Swap Agreement that will be
held in
the Supplemental Interest Trust and is hereby instructed to enter
into the Swap
Agreement, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
for the Issuing
Entity and for the Supplemental Interest Trust.
The
Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders, and the
NIMs
insurer, to review each Mortgage File delivered to it within 60
days after the
Closing Date. The Trustee will ascertain and to certify, within 70
days of the
Closing Date, to the NIMs Insurer, the Depositor and the Servicer
that all
documents required by Section 2.01 (A)-(B), (C) (if applicable),
and (D)-(E),
and the documents if actually received by it, under Section
2.01(F), have been
executed and received, and that such documents
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relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B-1 that have
been conveyed
to it. It is herein acknowledged that, in conducting such review,
the Trustee
shall not be under any duty or obligation to inspect, review or
examine any such
documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine
that they are
genuine, enforceable or appropriate for the represented purpose,
that they have
actually been recorded or that they are other than what they
purport to be on
their face. If the Trustee finds any document or documents
constituting a part
of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective (that is, mutilated,
damaged,
defaced or unexecuted) in any material respect, the Trustee shall
promptly (and
in any event within no more than five Business Days) after such
finding so
notify the NIMs Insurer, the Servicer, the Sponsor and the
Depositor. In
addition, the Trustee shall also notify the NIMs Insurer, the
Servicer, the
Sponsor and the Depositor if the original Mortgage with evidence of
recording
thereon with respect to a Mortgage Loan is not received within 70
days of the
Closing Date; if it has not been received because of a delay caused
by the
public recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for
recordation,
the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
written
notice stating that such Mortgage has been delivered to the
appropriate public
recording office for recordation and thereafter the Depositor shall
deliver or
cause to be delivered such Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon upon
receipt thereof from the public recording office. The Trustee shall
request that
the Sponsor correct or cure such omission, defect or other
irregularity, or
substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the provisions of Section
2.03(c), within
90 days from the date the Sponsor was notified of such omission or
defect and,
if the Sponsor does not correct or cure such omission or defect
within such
period, that the Sponsor purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust
Fund within
90 days from the date the Trustee notified the Sponsor of such
omission, defect
or other irregularity at the Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan.
The Purchase
Price for any Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Section 2.02
shall be
paid to the Servicer and deposited by the Servicer in the
Certificate Account or
Collection Account, as appropriate, promptly upon receipt, and upon
receipt by
the Trustee of written notification of such deposit signed by a
Servicing
Officer or receipt of such deposit by the Trustee, the Trustee,
upon receipt of
a Request for Release and certification of the Servicer of such
required
deposit, shall promptly release to the Sponsor the related Mortgage
File and the
Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment,
without recourse, as shall be requested by the Sponsor and
necessary to vest in
the Sponsor or its designee, as the case may be, any Mortgage Loan
released
pursuant hereto, and the Trustee shall have no further
responsibility with
regard to such Mortgage Loan. It is understood and agreed that the
obligation of
the Sponsor to purchase, cure or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to
which a
material defect in or omission of a constituent document exists
shall constitute
the sole remedy respecting such defect or omission available to the
Trustee on
behalf of Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer. The preceding
sentence shall
not, however, limit any remedies available to the
Certificateholders, the NIMs
Insurer, the Depositor or the Trustee pursuant to the Sale
Agreement, the
Transfer Agreement or the Bring Down Letter. The Trustee shall be
under no duty
or obligation to inspect, review and examine such documents,
instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine,
enforceable,
recordable, duly authorized, sufficient, legal, valid or
appropriate to the
represented purpose, or that they have actually been recorded, or
that they are
other than what they purport to be on their face. The Servicer and
the Trustee
shall keep confidential the name of each Mortgagor except as
required for
performance of this Agreement and the Servicer and the Trustee
shall not solicit
any such Mortgagor for the purpose of refinancing the related
Mortgage Loan;
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing
shall not be
construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information
that is or
becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the Trustee or
the Servicer
from sources other than the other parties hereto, (ii) disclosure
of any and all
information (A) if required to do so by any applicable law, rule or
regulation,
(B) to any government agency or regulatory body having or claiming
authority to
regulate or oversee any aspects of the business of the Trustee or
the Servicer
or that of any Affiliate, (C) pursuant to any subpoena, civil
investigation
demand or similar demand or request of any court,
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regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which the
Trustee or the
Servicer or any Affiliate or an officer, director, employer or
shareholder
thereof is a party or (D) to any Affiliate, independent or internal
auditor,
agent, employee or attorney of the Trustee or the Servicer having a
need to know
the same, provided that the Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable,
advises such
recipient of the confidential nature of the information being
disclosed, or
(iii) any other disclosure authorized by the Depositor.
Within 70 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver to
the NIMs
Insurer, the Depositor and the Servicer the Trustee's
Certification,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, evidencing
the
completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any exceptions noted
thereto.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Depositor
(a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the NIMs
Insurer,
the Servicer and the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:
(i) The Depositor is duly organized and is validly existing as
a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and
has
full power and authority (corporate and other) necessary to own or
hold
its
properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by it and
to
enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Sale
Agreement.
(ii) The Depositor has the full corporate power and authority
to
execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate
the
transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the Sale Agreement
and has
duly
authorized, by all necessary corporate action on its part, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Sale
Agreement; and this Agreement and the Sale Agreement, assuming the
due
authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties
hereto,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Depositor,
enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms,
subject, as
to
enforceability, to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and
(ii)
general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforcement
is
sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Sale
Agreement by the Depositor, the consummation of the
transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Sale Agreement, and the
fulfillment
of
or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course
of
business of the Depositor and will not (A) result in a material
breach of
any
term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Depositor or
(B)
materially conflict with, result in a violation or acceleration of,
or
result in a material default under, the terms of any other
material
agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by
which it
may
be bound or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute,
order
or
regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court, regulatory
body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the
Depositor; and the Depositor is not in breach or violation of any
material
indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or in
violation of any
statute, order or
regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which
breach or
violation may materially impair the Depositor's ability to perform
or meet
any
of its obligations under this Agreement.
(iv) No litigation is pending, or, to the best of the
Depositor's
knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor that would materially
and
adversely affect the execution, delivery or
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enforceability of this Agreement and the Sale Agreement or the
ability of
the
Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Sale
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and
performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the Depositor
with, this
Agreement and the Sale Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions
contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval,
authorization or
order is required, the Depositor has obtained the same. The
Depositor
hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with respect to each
Mortgage
Loan
as of the Closing Date, and following the transfer of the
Mortgage
Loans to it by the Sponsor, the Depositor had good title to the
Mortgage
Loans and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, claims,
liens,
mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest, defenses or
counterclaims.
(b) The representations and warranties of the Transferor with
respect
to the related Mortgage Loans in the Transfer Agreement, which have
been
assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of the date
specified in the
Transfer Agreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant
to the Bring
Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor
with respect
to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made
as of the
Closing Date. The representations and warranties of the Sponsor
with respect to
the Mortgage Loans contained in the Sale Agreement were made as of
the Closing
Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect
to a Mortgage
Loan constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty of the
Sponsor under
the Sale Agreement, the obligations of the Sponsor under the Sale
Agreement
shall be enforced against the Sponsor, as set forth in the Sale
Agreement. The
Trustee acknowledges that the Depositor shall have no obligation or
liability
with respect to any breach of any representation or warranty with
respect to the
Mortgage Loans (except as set forth in Section 2.03(a)(v)) under
any
circumstances.
In
addition to the representations and warranties of the Transferor in
the
Transfer Agreement that were brought forward to the Closing Date
pursuant to the
Bring Down Letter, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Transferor made
certain additional covenants regarding such Mortgage Loan, as set
forth in the
Transfer Agreement. With respect to any breach of such additional
covenants that
materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in such
Mortgage Loan, the Sponsor shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan in
accordance
with this Section 2.03.
(c) Upon discovery by any of the NIMs Insurer, the Depositor,
the
Servicer or the Trustee (or its custodian) of a breach of any of
such
representations and warranties that adversely and materially
affects the value
of the related Mortgage Loan, Prepayment Charges or the interests
of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written
notice to the other parties. Within 90 days of the discovery of
such breach of
any representation or warranty, the Sponsor shall either (a) cure
such breach in
all material respects, (b) repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any
property
acquired in respect thereof from the Trustee at the Purchase Price
or (c) within
the two year period following the Closing Date, substitute a
Replacement
Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan. In the event of
discovery of a
breach of any representation and warranty of the Sponsor, the
Trustee's rights
shall be enforced under the Sale Agreement for the benefit of
Certificateholders
and the NIMs Insurer. If a breach of the representations and
warranties set
forth in the Transfer Agreement hereof exists solely due to the
unenforceability
of a Prepayment Charge, the Trustee or the other party having
notice thereof
shall notify the Servicer thereof and not seek to enforce the
repurchase remedy
provided for herein unless such Mortgage Loan is not current. In
the event of a
breach of the representations and warranties with respect
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to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Transfer Agreement, the
Trustee shall
enforce the right of the Trust Fund to be indemnified for such
breach of
representation and warranty. In the event that such breach relates
solely to the
unenforceability of a Prepayment Charge, amounts received in
respect of such
indemnity up to the amount of such Prepayment Charge shall be
distributed
pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i). As provided in the Sale Agreement,
if the
Sponsor substitutes for a Mortgage Loan for which there is a breach
of any
representations and warranties in the Transfer Agreement which
adversely and
materially affects the value of such Mortgage Loan and such
substitute mortgage
loan is not a Replacement Mortgage Loan, under the terms of the
Sale Agreement,
the Sponsor will, in exchange for such substitute Mortgage Loan,
(i) provide the
applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (ii)
within two
years of the Closing Date, substitute such affected Mortgage Loan
with a
Replacement Mortgage Loan. Any such substitution shall not be
effected prior to
the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release
substantially in
the form of Exhibit I and shall not be effected unless it is within
two years of
the Startup Day. The Sponsor indemnifies and holds the Trust Fund,
the Trustee
(or its custodian, as applicable), the Depositor, the Servicer, the
NIMs Insurer
and each Certificateholder harmless against any and all taxes,
claims, losses,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related
costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Trust
Fund, the
Trustee (or its custodian, as applicable), the Depositor, the
Servicer, the NIMs
Insurer and any Certificateholder may sustain in connection with
any actions of
the Sponsor relating to a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan other than
in compliance
with the terms of this Section 2.03 and the Sale Agreement, to the
extent that
any such action causes (i) any federal or state tax to be imposed
on the Trust
Fund or any REMIC provided for herein, including without
limitation, any federal
tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1)
of the Code or
on "contributions after the startup day" under Section 860G(d)(1)
of the Code,
or (ii) any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC
at any time
that any Certificate is outstanding. In furtherance of the
foregoing, if the
Sponsor is not a member of MERS and repurchases a Mortgage Loan
which is
registered on the MERS System, the Sponsor, at its own expense and
without any
right of reimbursement, shall cause MERS to execute and deliver an
assignment of
the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS
to the
Sponsor and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from
registration on the
MERS System in accordance with MERS' rules and regulations.
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Sponsor pursuant
to
the Sale Agreement, the principal portion of the funds received by
the Servicer
in respect of such repurchase of a Mortgage Loan will be considered
a Principal
Prepayment and shall be deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section
3.05. Upon receipt by the Trustee of notice from the Servicer of
receipt by the
Servicer of the full amount of the Purchase Price for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan,
and upon receipt by the Trustee of the Mortgage File for a
Replacement Mortgage
Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Request for
Release, the
Trustee shall release and reassign to the Sponsor the related
Mortgage File for
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of
transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse,
representation or
warranty, as shall be necessary to vest in such party or its
designee or
assignee title to any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant
hereto, free and
clear of all security interests, liens and other encumbrances
created by this
Agreement, which instruments shall be prepared by the Depositor or
the Sponsor,
and the Trustee (and its custodian) shall have no further
responsibility with
respect to the Mortgage File relating to such Deleted Mortgage
Loan.
With
respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan to be delivered to
the
Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Article II in exchange for a
Deleted
Mortgage Loan: (i) the Sponsor must deliver to the Trustee the
Mortgage File for
the Replacement Mortgage Loan containing the documents set forth in
Section 2.01
along with a written certification certifying as to the Mortgage
Loan satisfying
all requirements under the definition of Replacement Mortgage Loan
and the
delivery of such Mortgage File
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and containing the granting language set forth in Section 2.01; and
(ii) the
Depositor will be deemed to have made, with respect to such
Replacement Mortgage
Loan, each of the representations and warranties made by it with
respect to the
related Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall review the
Mortgage File with
respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan and certify to the
Depositor that all
documents required by Section 2.01(A)-(B), (C) (if applicable), and
(D)-(E) have
been executed and received.
For
any month in which the Sponsor substitutes one or more
Replacement
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Sponsor
will
determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal
balance of all
such Replacement Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution and
the aggregate
Prepayment Charges with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loans
is less than
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (after application of the
principal
portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution)
and aggregate
Prepayment Charges of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans. An amount
equal to the
aggregate of the deficiencies described in the preceding sentence
(such amount,
the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to any
unreimbursed
costs, penalties and/or damages incurred by the Trust Fund in
connection with
any violation relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan of any
predatory or abusive
lending law shall be remitted by the Sponsor to the Trustee for
deposit into the
Certificate Account by the Sponsor on the Determination Date for
the
Distribution Date relating to the Prepayment Period during which
the related
Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or replaced
hereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the right
to
substitute Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Article II shall be
subject to the
additional limitations that no substitution of a Replacement
Mortgage Loan for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan shall be made unless the Trustee and the NIMs
Insurer
shall each have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of
the party
seeking to make the substitution) that, under current law, such
substitution
will not (A) affect adversely the status of any REMIC established
hereunder as a
REMIC, or of the related "regular interests" as "regular interests"
in any such
REMIC, or (B) cause any such REMIC to engage in a "prohibited
transaction" or
prohibited contribution pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
The
Depositor shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the
removal
of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and
the
substitution of the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Replacement
Mortgage Loans.
Upon such substitution by the Sponsor, such Replacement Mortgage
Loan or
Replacement Mortgage Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage
Pool and shall
be subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and the
applicable
Sale Agreement, including all applicable representations and
warranties thereof
included in the applicable Sale Agreement as of the date of
substitution.
(d) It is understood and agreed that the representations,
warranties
and indemnification (i) set forth in this Section 2.03, (ii) of the
Sponsor and
the Depositor set forth in the Sale Agreement and assigned to the
Trustee by the
Depositor hereunder and (iii) of each Transferor, assigned by the
Sponsor to the
Depositor pursuant to the Sale Agreement and assigned to the
Trustee by the
Depositor hereunder shall each survive delivery of the Mortgage
Files and the
Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee and
shall continue
throughout the term of this Agreement.
(e) The Depositor shall deliver a copy of the Mortgage Loan
Schedule
to the Servicer on the Closing Date.
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(f) The Depositor shall notify the Servicer and the Trustee when
any
NIM Notes are issued and when such NIM Notes are no longer
outstanding.
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer
(a) The Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor
and
the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:
(i) The Servicer is duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada
and is
duly
authorized and qualified to transact any and all business
contemplated
by this Agreement to be
conducted by the Servicer in any state in which a
Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required under
applicable
law
to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance
with
the
doing business laws of any such state, to the extent necessary
to
ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan, to service the
Mortgage
Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to perform
any of
its
other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the
terms
hereof.
(ii) The Servicer has the corporate power and authority and to
service
each
Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter
into
and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has
duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Servicer
the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this
Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
hereof by
the
other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation
of
the Servicer, enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with
its
terms, except that (a) the enforceability hereof may be limited
by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar
laws
relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of
specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may
be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court
before
which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Servicer,
the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement, the
consummation
of
any other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are in the
ordinary
course of business of the Servicer and will not (A) result in a
material
breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the
Servicer
or
(B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach,
violation or
acceleration of, or result in a material default under, the terms
of any
other material agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is a
party or
by
which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of
any
statute, order or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any
court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having
jurisdiction over the Servicer; and the Servicer is not in breach
or
violation of any material indenture or other material agreement
or
instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of
any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially
impair the
Servicer's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under
this
Agreement.
(iv) The Servicer is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for
Fannie
Mae
and is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for Freddie Mac.
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(v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Servicer's
knowledge, threatened, against the Servicer that would materially
and
adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of
this
Agreement or the ability of the Servicer to service the Mortgage
Loans or
to
perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in
accordance
with
the terms hereof.
(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 Servicer of, or compliance by the Servicer with,
this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, or
if
any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required,
the
Servicer has obtained the same.
(vii) The Servicer has fully furnished and will fully furnish (for
the
period it serviced the Mortgage Loans), in accordance with the Fair
Credit
Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and
complete
information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower
credit files
to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company on
a
monthly basis.
SECTION 2.05. Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans that
are not
"Qualified Mortgages"
Upon
discovery by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee that
any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the
meaning of
section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact
shall promptly
(and in any event within five Business Days of discovery) give
written notice
thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the
Depositor shall, at
the Depositor's option, either (i) substitute, if the conditions in
Section
2.03(c) with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Replacement
Mortgage Loan
for the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected
Mortgage Loan
within 90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a
Mortgage Loan
for a breach of representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03. The
Trustee, upon the written direction of the Depositor, shall
reconvey to the
Depositor the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the
same manner,
and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan
repurchased
for breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03.
SECTION 2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates
The
Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the
Trust
Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the
Trustee has caused
to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the
Depositor, in
exchange for the Mortgage Loans, Certificates duly authenticated by
the
Authenticating Agent in authorized denominations evidencing
ownership of the
entire Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and
exercise the
rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future
Holders of
the Certificates and to perform its duties set forth in this
Agreement in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
SECTION 2.07. REMIC Elections
(a) The Depositor hereby instructs and authorizes the Trustee to
make
an appropriate election to treat each of the Upper Tier REMIC, the
Lower Tier
REMIC and the SWAP REMIC as a REMIC. The Trustee shall sign the
returns
providing for such elections and such other tax or information
returns that are
required to be signed by the Trustee under applicable law. This
Agreement shall
be
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construed so as to carry out the intention of the parties that each
of the Upper
Tier REMIC, the Lower Tier REMIC and the SWAP REMIC be treated as a
REMIC at all
times prior to the date on which the Trust Fund is terminated.
(b) The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and
"latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all
interests created
hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
shall be the
Closing Date. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar
year.
The
SWAP REMIC shall consist of all of the assets of the Trust Fund,
other
than (i) amounts distributable to the Class P Certificates pursuant
to Section
4.04(b)(i) hereof, (ii) the interests issued by the SWAP REMIC and
the interests
issued by the Lower Tier REMIC, (iii) the grantor trusts described
in Section
2.07 hereof, (iv) each Cap Contract and the Cap Contract Account
and (v) the
Swap Agreement and the Supplemental Interest Trust. The SWAP REMIC
shall issue
the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests, which shall be designated as
regular interests
of such REMIC, and shall issue the Class SWR Interest, which shall
be designated
as the sole class of residual interest in the SWAP REMIC. Each of
the SWAP REMIC
Regular Interests shall have the characteristics set forth in the
Preliminary
Statement and this Section 2.07.
The
Lower Tier REMIC shall consist of the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests.
The
Lower Tier REMIC shall issue the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests, which shall
be designated as regular interests of such REMIC and shall issue
the Class LTR
Interest, which shall be designated as the sole class of residual
interest in
the Lower Tier REMIC. Each of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests shall have
the characteristics set forth in its definition and the Preliminary
Statement.
The assets of the
Upper Tier REMIC shall be the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests. The REMIC Regular Interests shall be designated as the
regular
interests in the Upper Tier REMIC and the Residual Interest shall
be designated
as the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC. For
federal
income tax purposes, the pass-through rate on each REMIC Regular
Interest (other
than the Uncertificated Class C Interest and the Class UT-IO
Interest) and on
the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC shall
be subject to
a cap equal to the Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap.
The
beneficial ownership of the Class SWR Interest, Class LTR Interest
and
the Residual Interest shall be represented by the Class R
Certificate. The Class
SWR Interest and Class LTR Interest shall not have a principal
balance or bear
interest.
(c) The "tax matters person" with respect to each REMIC for
purposes
of the REMIC Provisions shall be the beneficial owner of the Class
R
Certificate; provided, however, that the Holder of the Class R
Certificate, by
its acceptance thereof, irrevocably appoints the Trustee as its
agent and
attorney-in-fact to act as "tax matters person" with respect to
each such REMIC
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. If there is more than one
beneficial owner
of the Class R Certificate, the "tax matters person" shall be the
Person with
the greatest percentage interest in the Class R Certificate and, if
there is
more than one such Person, shall be determined under Treasury
regulation Section
1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.
(d) (i) It is intended that the rights of each Class of the Class
A,
Class M and Class B Certificates to receive payments in respect of
Excess
Interest shall be treated as a right in interest rate cap contracts
written by
the Class C Certificateholders in favor of the holders of each
Class of the
Class A,
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Class M and Class B Certificates and such shall be accounted for as
property
held separate and apart from the regular interests in the Upper
Tier REMIC held
by the holders of the Class A Certificates (other than the Class R
Certificate),
Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates and the residual
interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC held by the holder of the Class R Certificate. For
information
reporting requirements, the rights of the Class A, Class M and
Class B
Certificates to receive payments in respect of Excess Interest
shall be assumed
to have zero or a de minimis value. This provision is intended to
satisfy the
requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(i) for the
treatment of
property rights coupled with REMIC interests to be separately
respected and
shall be interpreted consistently with such regulation. On each
Distribution
Date, to the extent that any of the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates
receive payments in respect of Excess Interest, such amounts, to
the extent not
derived from payments on the Cap Contracts or the Swap Agreement,
will be
treated as distributed by the Upper Tier REMIC to the Class C
Certificates pro
rata in payment of the amounts specified in Section 4.04(g) and
then paid to the
relevant Class of Certificates pursuant to the related interest
rate cap
agreement.
(ii) It is intended that the beneficial owners of the
Certificates
(other than the Class P and Class C Certificates) shall be treated
as having
entered into a notional principal contract with respect to the
beneficial owners
of the Class C Certificates. Pursuant to each such notional
principal contract,
all beneficial owners of each Class of Certificates (other than the
Class P and
Class C Certificates) shall be treated as having agreed to pay, on
each
Distribution Date, to the beneficial owners of the Class C
Certificates an
aggregate amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount
payable on such
Distribution Date on the Corresponding REMIC Regular Interest of
such Class of
Certificates over (ii) the amount payable on such Class of
Certificates on such
Distribution Date (such excess, a "Class Payment Shortfall"). A
Class Payment
Shortfall shall be allocated to each Class of Certificates to the
extent that
interest accrued on such Class for the related Accrual Period at
the
Pass-Through Rate for a Class, computed by substituting "Upper Tier
REMIC Net
WAC Cap" for the Available Funds Cap set forth in the definition
thereof,
exceeds the amount of interest accrued on such Certificate at the
Pass-Through
Rate (without such substitution) for the related Accrual Period,
and a Class
Payment Shortfall payable from principal collections shall be
allocated to the
most subordinate Class of Certificates with an outstanding
principal balance to
the extent of such balance.
(e) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund
consisting
of the Uncertificated Class C Interest, the uncertificated Class
UT-IO Interest,
the rights to receive payments deemed made by the Class A, Class M
and Class B
Certificates in respect of notional principal contracts described
in Section
2.07(d)(ii), the Supplemental Interest Trust which holds the Swap
Agreement, the
Cap Contracts, the Cap Contract Account and the obligation of the
holders of the
Class C Certificates to pay amounts in respect of Excess Interest
to the holders
of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates shall be treated
as a "grantor
trust" under the Code, for the benefit of the holders of the Class
C
Certificates, and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted
consistently with
this intention. In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee shall
(i) furnish
or cause to be furnished to the holders of the Class C Certificates
information
regarding their allocable share, if any, of the income with respect
to such
grantor trust, (ii) file or cause to be filed with the Internal
Revenue Service
Form 1041 (together with any necessary attachments) and such other
forms as may
be applicable and (iii) comply with such information reporting
obligations with
respect to payments from such grantor trust to the holders of Class
A, Class M,
Class B and Class C Certificates as may be applicable under the
Code.
(f) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund
consisting
of the right to receive amounts distributable to the Class P
Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof shall be treated as a
"grantor trust"
under the Code, for the benefit of the holders
