BNP PARIBAS MORTGAGE SECURITIES
LLC,
DEPOSITOR
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
MASTER SERVICER AND SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
TRUSTEE
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1,
2006
________________________
TBW MORTGAGE-BACKED TRUST SERIES
2006-5,
MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-5
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01
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Defined
Terms .
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Accepted Master
Servicing Practices
Additional
Disclosure Notice
Additional Form
10-D Disclosure
Additional Form
10-K Disclosure
Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate
Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance
Allocated
Realized Loss Amount
Assignment,
Assumption and Recognition Agreement
Assumed Final
Maturity Date
Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount
Certificateholder” or
“Holder
Certificate
Principal Balance
Class A
Principal Distribution Amount
Class A-5
Sequential Trigger Event
Class A-6
Available Principal Amount
Class A-6
Calculation Percentage
Class A-6
Lockout Distribution Amount
Class A-6
Lockout Percentage
Class C
Distribution Amount
Class P
Principal Distribution Date
Corresponding
Certificate
Cumulative Loss
Trigger Event
Disqualified
Organization
Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan
ERISA
Restricted Certificates
Excess
Overcollateralization Amount
Extra Principal
Distribution Amount
Form 8-K
Disclosure Information
Form 10-K
Filing Deadline
Initial
Certificate Principal Balance
Interest Carry
Forward Amount
Interest
Remittance Amount
Master
Servicing Compensation
Master Servicer
Information
Maximum
Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount
Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement
Net Monthly
Excess Cashflow
Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfall
Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount
Optional
Termination Date
Outstanding
Mortgage Loan
Outstanding
Principal Balance
Overcollateralization Deficiency
Amount
Overcollateralization Reduction
Amount
Overcollateralization Target Amount
Overcollateralized Amount
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall
Primary Hazard
Insurance Policy
Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy
Principal
Distribution Amount
Principal
Prepayment in Full
Principal
Remittance Amount
Relevant
Servicing Criteria
Relief Act
Interest Shortfall
REMIC 2
Interest Loss Allocation Amount
REMIC 2
Overcollateralized Amount
REMIC 2
Overcollateralization Target Amount
REMIC 2
Principal Loss Allocation Amount
Rolling Sixty
Day Delinquency Rate
Sarbanes Oxley
Certification
Securities
Administrator Information
Senior
Enhancement Percentage
Servicing
Function Participant
Sixty-Day
Delinquency Rate
Stepdown Target
Subordination Percentage
Subordinate
Class Principal Distribution Amount
Uncertificated
Accrued Interest
Uncertificated
Principal Balance
Uncertificated
REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate
Unpaid Realized
Loss Amount
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Section
1.02
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Determination of LIBOR .
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Section
1.03
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[reserved] .
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Section
1.04
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Allocation
of Certain Interest Shortfalls .
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES
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Section
2.01
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Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans .
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Section
2.02
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Acceptance
of the Trust Fund by the Trustee .
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Section
2.03
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Master Servicer and the Depositor .
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Section
2.04
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Assignment
of Interest in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
.
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Section
2.05
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Issuance of
Certificates; Conveyance of Regular Interests and Acceptance of
REMIC 1 and REMIC 2 by the Trustee .
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Section
2.06
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Negative
Covenants of the Trustee and Master Servicer
.
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Section
2.07
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Purposes and
Powers of the Issuing Entity .
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND
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Section
3.01
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Administration and Servicing of Mortgage
Loans .
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Section
3.02
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REMIC-Related Covenants .
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Section
3.03
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Monitoring
of Servicer .
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Section
3.04
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Fidelity
Bond .
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Section
3.05
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Power to
Act; Procedures .
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Section
3.06
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Due-on-Sale
Clauses; Assumption Agreements .
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Section
3.07
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Release of
Mortgage Files .
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Section
3.08
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Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer To Be Held for
Trustee .
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Section
3.09
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Standard
Hazard Insurance and Flood Insurance Policies
.
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Section
3.10
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Presentment
of Claims and Collection of Proceeds .
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Section
3.11
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Maintenance
of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies .
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Section
3.12
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Trustee to
Retain Possession of Certain Insurance Policies and
Documents .
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Section
3.13
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Realization
Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans .
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Section
3.14
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Compensation
for the Master Servicer .
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Section
3.15
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REO
Property .
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Section
3.16
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Protected
Accounts .
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Section
3.17
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[Reserved] .
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Section
3.18
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[Reserved] .
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Section
3.19
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Distribution
Account .
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Section
3.20
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Permitted
Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution Account
.
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Section
3.21
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance .
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Section
3.22
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Annual
Assessments of Compliance and Attestation Reports
.
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Section
3.23
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Exchange Act
Reporting .
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Section
3.24
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Intention of
the Parties and Interpretation .
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Section
3.26
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Optional
Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans .
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ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
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Section
4.01
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Distributions .
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Section
4.02
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Statements
to Certificateholders .
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Section
4.03
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Remittance
Reports; Advances by the Master Servicer .
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Section
4.04
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Distributions on the REMIC Regular
Interests .
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Section
4.05
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Allocation
of Realized Losses .
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Section
4.06
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Information
Reports to Be Filed by the Servicer .
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Section
4.07
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Compliance
with Withholding Requirements .
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Section
4.10
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Cap
Contracts .
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Section
4.11
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Reserve
Fund
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ARTICLE V THE
CERTIFICATES
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Section
5.01
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The
Certificates .
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Section
5.02
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Registration
of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates .
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Section
5.03
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates .
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Section
5.04
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Persons
Deemed Owners .
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ARTICLE VI THE
DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
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Section
6.01
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Liability of
the Depositor and the Master Servicer .
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Section
6.02
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Merger,
Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer .
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Section
6.03
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Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and Others .
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Section
6.04
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Limitation
on Resignation of the Master Servicer .
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Section
6.05
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Sale and
Assignment of Master Servicing .
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
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Section
7.01
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Events of
Default .
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Section
7.02
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Trustee to
Act; Appointment of Successor .
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Section
7.03
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Notification
to Certificateholders .
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Section
7.04
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Waiver of
Events of Default .
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Section
7.05
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List of
Certificateholders .
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ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
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Section
8.01
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Duties of
Trustee and the Securities Administrator .
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Section
8.02
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Certain
Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator .
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Section
8.03
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Trustee and
Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans .
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Section
8.04
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Trustee and
Securities Administrator May Own Certificates
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Section
8.05
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Trustee’s and Securities
Administrator’s Fees .
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Section
8.06
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Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee and the Securities
Administrator .
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Section
8.07
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Resignation
and Removal of the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator .
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Section
8.08
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Successor
Trustee and Successor Securities Administrator
.
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Section
8.09
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Merger or
Consolidation of Trustee or Securities Administrator
.
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Section
8.10
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Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee .
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
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Section
9.01
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Termination
Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans or upon
Purchase of Certificates .
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Section
9.02
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Termination
of the Trust REMICs .
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Section
9.03
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Additional
Termination Requirements .
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ARTICLE X REMIC
PROVISIONS
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Section
10.01
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REMIC
Administration .
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Section
10.02
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Prohibited
Transactions and Activities .
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Section
10.03
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Master
Servicer, Securities Administrator and Seller
Indemnification .
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section
11.01
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Amendment .
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Section
11.02
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Recordation
of Agreement; Counterparts .
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Section
11.03
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Limitation
on Rights of Certificateholders .
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Section
11.04
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Governing
Law .
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Section
11.06
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Severability
of Provisions .
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Section
11.07
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Successors
and Assigns .
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Section
11.08
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Article and
Section Headings .
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Section
11.09
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Notice to
Rating Agencies .
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Exhibit
A
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Form of Class A
Certificates
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Exhibit
B-1
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Form of Class M
Certificates
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Exhibit
B-2
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Form of Class R
Certificate
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Exhibit
B-3
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Form of Class C
Certificate
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Exhibit
B-4
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Form of Class P
Certificate
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Exhibit
C
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Form of
Custodian Initial Certification
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Exhibit
D
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Form of
Custodian Final Certification
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Exhibit
E
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Form of
Remittance Report
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Exhibit
F
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Form of Request
for Release
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Exhibit
G-1
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Form of
Investor Representation Letter
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Exhibit
G-2
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Form of
Transferor Representation Letter
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Exhibit
G-3
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Form of Rule
144A Investment Representation
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Exhibit
G-4
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Form of
Transferor Certificate for Transfers of Residual
Certificates
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Exhibit
G-5
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Form of
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement for Transfers of Residual
Certificates
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Exhibit
I
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Form of Lost
Note Affidavit
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Exhibit
L
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Servicing
Criteria To Be Addressed In Assessment of Compliance
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Exhibit
M
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Form of
Servicing Agreement
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Exhibit
N
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Form of
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
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Exhibit
O
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Form 10-D, Form
8-K And Form 10-K Reporting Responsibility
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Exhibit
P-1
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Form of Class
A-1 Cap Contract
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Exhibit
P-2
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Form of Class
A-2-A Cap Contract
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Exhibit
R
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Form of
Trustee’s Limited Power of Attorney
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Exhibit
S
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Form of
Additional Disclosure Notification
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Exhibit
T
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Form of
Custodial Agreement
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Exhibit
U
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Form of
Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and
effective as of October 1, 2006, is entered into among BNP Paribas
Mortgage Securities LLC, as depositor (the
“Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master
servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”) and
as securities administrator (in such capacity, the
“Securities Administrator”), and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell pass-through
certificates (collectively, the “Certificates”), to be
issued hereunder in multiple Classes, which in the aggregate will
evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund
created hereunder. The Certificates will consist of eighteen
Classes of Certificates, designated as Class A-1, Class A-2-A,
Class A-2-B, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5-A, Class A-5-B, Class
A-6, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class
M-6, Class M-7, Class R, Class P and Class C
Certificates.
REMIC 1
As provided herein, the Securities Administrator
on behalf of the Trustee will elect to treat the segregated pool of
assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other related
assets (other than the Reserve Fund and the Cap Contracts) subject
to this Agreement as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and
such segregated pool of assets will be designated as “REMIC
1.” The Class R-1 Interest will be the sole class of Residual
Interests in REMIC 1 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as
defined herein). The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate, the
initial Uncertificated Principal Balance and, for purposes of
satisfying Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the
“latest possible maturity date” for each of the REMIC 1
Regular Interests (as defined herein). None of the REMIC 1 Regular
Interests will be certificated.
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Designation
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Uncertificated REMIC 1
Pass-Through Rate
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Initial Uncertificated
Principal Balance
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Latest Possible
Maturity Date
(1)
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AA
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Variable (2)
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$ 586,813,559.55
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November 2036
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A-1
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Variable (2)
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$
2,290,000.00
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November 2036
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A-2-A
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Variable (2)
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$
400,000.00
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November 2036
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A-2-B
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Variable (2)
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$
280,000.00
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November 2036
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A-3
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Variable (2)
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$
1,110,000.00
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November 2036
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A-4
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Variable (2)
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$
300,000.00
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November 2036
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A-5-A
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Variable (2)
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$
570,000.00
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November 2036
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A-5-B
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Variable (2)
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$
139,580.00
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November 2036
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A-6
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Variable (2)
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$
560,000.00
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November 2036
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M-1
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Variable (2)
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$
158,680.00
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November 2036
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M-2
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Variable (2)
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$
47,900.00
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November 2036
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M-3
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Variable (2)
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$
41,920.00
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November 2036
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M-4
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Variable (2)
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$
20,960.00
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November 2036
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M-5
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Variable (2)
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$
20,960.00
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November 2036
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M-6
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Variable (2)
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$
20,960.00
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November 2036
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M-7
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Variable (2)
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$ 26,930.00
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November 2036
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ZZ
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Variable (2)
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$ 5,987,896.93
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November 2036
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P
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Variable (2)
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$
100.00
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November 2036
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For purposes of
Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, the
Distribution Date in the month following the maturity date for the
Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the “latest possible maturity date” for each REMIC 1
Regular Interest.
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Calculated in
accordance with the definition of “Uncertificated REMIC 1
Pass-Through Rate” in this Agreement.
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REMIC 2
As provided in this Agreement, the Securities
Adminsitrator on behalf of the Trustee will make an election to
treat the segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC 1
Regular Interests as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and
such segregated pool of assets will be designated as “REMIC
2”. The Class R-2 Interest will represent the sole class of
Residual Interests in REMIC 2 for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions.
The following table irrevocably sets forth the
Class designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the Initial Certificate
Principal Balance and, for purposes of satisfying Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the “latest possible
maturity date” for each Class of Certificates that represents
ownership of one or more of the Regular Interests in REMIC 2
created hereunder.
Each Certificate, other than the Class C, Class
P and Class R Certificates, represents ownership of a Regular
Interest in REMIC 2 and also represents the right to receive
certain amounts specified herein in respect of Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry-Forward Amounts or Net WAC Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts
(each, as defined herein). The Class C Certificates represent
ownership of a Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and also represents the
obligation to pay certain amounts specified herein in respect of
Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts or Net WAC Shortfall
Carry-Forward Amounts.
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Class Designation
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Initial Certificate Principal
Balance
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Pass-Through Rate
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Latest
Possible
Maturity Date
(1)
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Class A-1
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class A-2-A
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class A-2-B
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class A-3
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class A-4
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class A-5-A
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class A-5-B
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class A-6
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class M-1
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class M-2
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class M-3
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class M-4
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class M-5
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class M-6
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class M-7
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(2)
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November 2036
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Class C
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(2)(3)
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November 2036
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Class P
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0.00%
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November 2036
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For purposes of
Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, the
Distribution Date in the month following the maturity date for the
Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the “latest possible maturity date” for each Class of
Certificates.
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Calculated in
accordance with the definition of “Pass-Through Rate”
herein.
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The Class C
Certificates will not accrue interest on its Certificate Principal
Balance, but will accrue interest at its variable Pass-Through Rate
on its Notional Balance outstanding from time to time, which shall
equal the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC 1
Regular Interests (other than REMIC 1 Regular Interest
P).
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Defined Terms
.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall
have the meanings specified in this Article. Unless otherwise
specified, all calculations in respect of interest on each Class of
LIBOR Certificates shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of the actual number of days in the related Accrual
Period. All calculations of interest with regard to each of the
Fixed Rate Certificates and Class C Certificates shall be on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-days
months.
“Accepted Master Servicing
Practices”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as applicable,
either (x) those customary mortgage master servicing practices of
prudent mortgage master servicing institutions that master service
Mortgage Loans of the same type and quality as such Mortgage Loan
in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is
located, to the extent applicable to the Master Servicer (except in
its capacity as successor to the Servicer), or (y) as provided in
this Agreement, to the extent applicable to the Master Servicer,
but in no event below the standard set forth in clause
(x).
“Accrual Period”: With respect to
any Distribution Date and each Class of the LIBOR Certificates, the
period commencing on the prior Distribution Date (or in the case of
the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date) and ending on the
day immediately preceding that Distribution Date. With respect to
each Class of the Fixed Rate Certificates and Class C Certificates,
the prior calendar month.
“Additional Disclosure
Notification”: As defined in Section 3.23 hereof.
“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”:
As defined in Section 3.23 hereof.
“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”:
As defined in Section 4.23 hereof.
“Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate”: As to
each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Rate less the related Expense Fee
Rate.
“Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan,
any advance made by the Servicer or the Master Servicer on any
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.03.
“Affiliate”: With respect to any
Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such Person. For 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
“controlling” and “controlled” shall have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Aggregate Stated Principal
Balance”: As of any date of determination, the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans.
“Agreement”: This Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof.
“Annual Statement of Compliance”: As
defined in Section 3.21 hereof.
“Applied Realized Loss Amount”: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Offered Certificate
and the Class P Certificates (after all distributions of principal
on such Distribution Date) exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date; provided,
however, that an Applied Realized Loss Amount will not exist with
respect to the Class A-5 Certificates unless the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M Certificates have been
reduced to zero.
“Assessment of Compliance”: As
defined in Section 3.22 hereof.
“Assignment”: An assignment of
Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in
recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to
reflect a record the sale of the Mortgage.
“Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement”: The assignment, assumption and recognition
agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among TBW, the Depositor,
the Trustee and the Master Servicer, attached hereto as Exhibit
U.
“Assumed Final Maturity Date”: The
Distribution Date in November 2036.
“Bankruptcy Code”: The Bankruptcy
Code of 1978, as amended.
“Basis Risk Shortfall”: With respect
to the Class A-1 Certificates and for any Distribution Date, if on
such Distribution Date the Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1
Certificates is based on the Net Rate Cap, the excess, if any, of
(a) the Current Interest that would have been payable had the
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates been calculated at
the One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin over (b)
the Current Interest for the Class A-1 Certificates calculated at
the Net Rate Cap. With respect to the Class A-2-A Certificates and
for any Distribution Date, if on such Distribution Date the
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2-A Certificates is based on the
Net Rate Cap, the excess, if any, of (a) the Current Interest that
would have been payable had the Pass-Through Rate for the Class
A-2-A Certificates been calculated at the lesser of (i) One-Month
LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Rate
over (b) the Current Interest for the Class A-2-A Certificates
calculated at the Net Rate Cap.
“Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward
Amount”: With respect to any LIBOR Certificate and for any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Basis
Risk Shortfall for such Certificate for such Distribution Date and
any Basis Risk Shortfalls remaining unpaid from prior Distribution
Dates, together with interest thereon at the related Pass-Through
Rate for the current Distribution Date.
“Book-Entry Certificate”: Any
Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its
nominee.
“Business Day”: Any day other than
(i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which the New York
Stock Exchange or Federal Reserve is closed or on which banking
institutions in the jurisdiction in which the Master Servicer, the
Servicer, any Subservicer or the Corporate Trust Office of the
Securities Administrator or the Trustee, respectively, is located
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
“Cap Contracts”: The Class A-1 Cap
Contract and Class A-2-A Cap Contract, as applicable.
“Cap Contract Provider”: BNP
Paribas, together with its consolidated subsidiaries.
“Cash Liquidation”: As to any
defaulted Mortgage Loan other than a Mortgage Loan as to which an
REO Acquisition occurred, a determination by the Servicer that it
has received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other
payments or cash recoveries which the Servicer reasonably and in
good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to such
Mortgage Loan.
“Certificate”: Any Class A-1, Class
A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class M-1, Class
M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class
R, Class P or Class C Certificate.
“Certificateholder” or
“Holder”: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that only a
Permitted Transferee shall be a holder of a Residual Certificate
for any purposes hereof and, solely for the purposes of giving any
consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in
the name of the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any affiliate
thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights
to which such Certificate is entitled shall not be taken into
account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting
Rights necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained,
except as otherwise provided in Section 11.01. The Trustee and the
Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely upon a
certification of the Depositor or the Master Servicer in
determining if any Certificates are registered in the name of the
respective affiliate. All references herein to
“Holders” or “Certificateholders” shall
reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly
exercise such rights through the Depository and participating
members thereof, except as otherwise specified herein;
provided , however , that the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator shall be required to recognize as a
“Holder” or “Certificateholder” only the
Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate
Register.
“Certificate Margin”: With respect
to any Accrual Period and Class of LIBOR Certificates, the per
annum rate indicated in the following table:
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Class
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Margin
(1)
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Margin
(2)
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A-1
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0.110%
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0.220%
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A-2-A
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0.150%
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0.300%
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For any Accrual
Period relating to any Distribution Date occurring prior to the
Step-Up Date.
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For any Accrual
Period relating to any Distribution Date occurring on or after the
Step-Up Date.
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“Certificate Owner”: With respect to
a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of
such Certificate, as reflected on the books of an indirect
participating brokerage firm for which a Depository Participant
acts as agent, if any, and otherwise on the books of a Depository
Participant, if any, and otherwise on the books of the
Depository.
“Certificate Principal Balance”:
With respect to any Offered Certificate and the Class P
Certificates as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of that Certificate,
reduced by the aggregate of (a) all amounts allocable to principal
previously distributed with respect to that Certificate and (b) in
the case of a Class of Subordinate Certificates or Class A-5
Certificates, the Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated to the
Class, provided, however, that if Applied Realized Loss Amounts
have been allocated to the Certificate Principal Balance of any
Class of Subordinate Certificates or a Class A-5 Certificate, the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof will be increased on each
Distribution Date after the allocation of Applied Realized Loss
Amounts, sequentially by Class in the order of distribution
priority, by the amount of Subsequent Recoveries collected during
the related Due Period (if any) (but not by more than the amount of
the Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for the Class). With respect to the
Class C Certificates and any date of determination, the excess, if
any, of the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC
1 Regular Interests over the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A, Class M and Class P Certificates. The Class
R Certificates will not have a Certificate Principal
Balance.
“Certificate Register”: The register
maintained pursuant to Section 5.02.
“Class”: Collectively, all of the
Certificates bearing the same designation.
“Class A Certificates”: The Class
A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-6
Certificates.
“Class A Principal Distribution
Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the excess of: (1) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates
immediately prior to the Distribution Date, over (2) the lesser of
(i) 86.20% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for the Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the Distribution
Date minus the OC Floor.
“Class A-1 Cap Contract”: The cap
contract transaction evidenced by the Class A-1 Confirmation, a
form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit P-1.
“Class A-1 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Basis
Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class A-1 Confirmation”: The
confirmation (Reference #2200980) with a trade date of October 26,
2006, evidencing a transaction between the Securities Administrator
and the Cap Contract Provider.
“Class A-2 Certificates”: The Class
A-2-A Certificates and Class A-2-B Certificates.
“Class A-2-A Certificates”: Any one
of the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Basis
Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class A-2-A Cap Contract”: The cap
contract transaction evidenced by the Class A-2-A Confirmation, a
form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit P-2.
“Class A-2-A Confirmation”: The
confirmation (Reference #2200927) with a trade date of October 26,
2006, evidencing a transaction between the Securities Administrator
and the Cap Contract Provider.
“Class A-2-B Certificates”: Any one
of the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class A-3 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class A-4 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class A-5 Certificates”: The Class
A-5-A Certificates and Class A-5-B Certificates.
“Class A-5 Sequential Trigger
Event”: A Class A-5 Sequential Trigger Event is in effect on
any Distribution Date if the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Subordinate Certificates has been reduced to
zero.
“Class A-5-A Certificates”: Any one
of the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class A-5-B Certificates”: Any one
of the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class A-6 Available Principal
Amount”: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
product of (1) (i) if such Distribution Date is prior to the
Stepdown Date or occurs when a Trigger Event is in effect, the
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date and (ii)
if such Distribution Date is on or after the Stepdown Date and a
Trigger Event is not in effect, the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date, and (2) the Class A-6
Calculation Percentage.
“Class A-6 Calculation Percentage”:
As to any Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage,
the numerator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-6 Certificates and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates,
in each case prior to giving effect to distributions of principal
on that Distribution Date.
“Class A-6 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class A-6 Lockout Distribution Amount
”: As to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the product of (1) the applicable Class A-6 Lockout
Percentage for that Distribution Date and (2) the Class A-6
Available Principal Amount for such Distribution Date, but in no
event will the Class A-6 Lockout Distribution Amount exceed (a) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-6 Certificates or (b)
the Class A-6 Available Principal Amount for such Distribution
Date.
“Class A-6 Lockout Percentage”: As
to any Distribution Date, the applicable percentage set forth below
for that Distribution Date:
Range of Distribution
Dates
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Class A-6 Lockout
Percentage
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November 2006 - October
2009
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November 2009 - October
2011
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|
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November 2011 - October
2012
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|
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November 2012 - October
2013
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November 2013 and
thereafter
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|
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“Class C Certificates”: Any one of
the Class C Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-3, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the obligation to pay Basis
Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts and Net WAC Shortfall
Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class C Distribution Amount”: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Current
Interest for the Class C Certificates for such Distribution Date,
(ii) any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date and (iii) without duplication, any Subsequent
Recoveries not distributed to the Class A-5 Certificates or
Subordinate Certificates on such Distribution Date; provided,
however that on any Distribution Date after the Distribution Date
on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Offered
Certificates and the Class P Certificates have been reduced to
zero, the Class C Distribution Amount shall include the
Overcollateralized Amount.
“Class M Certificates”: The Class
M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and
Class M-7 Certificates.
“Class M-1 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class M-1 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class M-2 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class M-2 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class M-3 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class M-3 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class M-4 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class M-4 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class M-5 Certificates: Any one of the
Class M-5 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class M-6 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class M-6 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class M-7 Certificates”: Any one of
the Class M-7 Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing (i) a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2 and (ii) the right to receive Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts.
“Class P Certificates”: Any one of
the Class P Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-4, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2.
“Class P Principal Distribution
Date”: The first Distribution Date that occurs after the
period of time during which a Prepayment Charge may be imposed on
any Mortgage Loan.
“Class R Certificate”: Any one of
the Class R Certificates as designated on the face thereof
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-2, executed
by the Securities Administrator and authenticated and delivered by
the Securities Administrator, evidencing ownership of the Class R-1
Interest and Class R-2 Interest.
“Class R-1 Interest”: The
uncertificated Residual Interest in REMIC 1.
“Class R-2 Interest”: The
uncertificated Residual Interest in REMIC 2.
“Closing Date”: October 26,
2006.
“Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
“Collateral Value”: The appraised
value of a Mortgaged Property based upon the lesser of (i) the
appraisal made at the time of the origination of the related
Mortgage Loan, or (ii) 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 of the Mortgaged Property based upon the
appraisal obtained at the time of refinancing.
“Commission”: The Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Compensating Interest”: With
respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls resulting from Principal Prepayments during the
related Prepayment Period, but not more than the Servicing Fees for
the immediately preceding Due Period.
“Corporate Trust Office”: With
respect to the Trustee, the principal corporate trust office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business related to this Agreement shall be administered, which
office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at
60 Livingston Avenue, EP-MN-WS3D, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107,
Attention: Trust Administration - TBW0605, and with respect to the
Securities Administrator, for Certificate transfer purposes, Wells
Fargo Center, Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55479, Attn: Corporate Trust Services - TBW 2006-5, and
for all other purposes, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia,
Maryland, 21045, Attn: Corporate Trust Services - TBW
2006-5.
“Corresponding Certificate”: With
respect to each REMIC 1 Regular Interest (other than REMIC 1
Regular Interests AA and ZZ), the Certificate with the
corresponding designation.
“Cumulative Loss Trigger Event”: A
Cumulative Loss Trigger Event is in effect with respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date if the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans from (and
including) the Cut-Off Date for each such Mortgage Loan to (and
including) the related Due Date (reduced by the aggregate amount of
Subsequent Recoveries received from the Cut-Off Date through the
Prepayment Period related to that Due Date) exceeds the applicable
percentage, for such Distribution Date, of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as set forth
below:
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November 2009
— October 2010
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1.00%
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November 2010
— October 2011
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1.25%
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November 2011
— October 2012
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1.50%
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November 2012
and thereafter
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1.75%
|
“Current Interest”: With respect to
each Class of Offered Certificates and Class C Certificates and
each Distribution Date means the interest accrued at the
Pass-Through Rate for the applicable Accrual Period on the
Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Balance of the Class
immediately prior to the Distribution Date. On each Distribution
Date, Current Interest will be reduced by the following, which will
be allocated to the related Certificates on a pro rata basis, based
on the amount of Current Interest that would have been payable from
the Mortgage Loans absent these reductions: (a) Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans, to the extent not covered by
Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer or the Master Servicer,
(b) Relief Act Shortfalls and (c) the interest portion of Realized
Losses not allocated through subordination In addition Current
Interest for any Class of Class C Certificates will be reduced by
any Realized Losses allocated thereto through
subordination.
“Current Report”: The Current Report
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
“Curtailment”: Any Principal
Prepayment made by a Mortgagor which is not a Principal Prepayment
in Full.
“Custodial Agreement”: An agreement,
dated as of October 1, 2006, among the the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and the Custodian in substantially the form of Exhibit T
hereto.
“Custodian”: Colonial Bank, N.A., or
any successor custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof
and the Custodial Agreement.
“Cut-off Date”: With respect to the
Mortgage Loans, October 1, 2006.
“Cut-off Date Balance”: The
Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date.
“Debt Service Reduction”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction in the scheduled monthly
payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent jurisdiction
in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction
constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in
a permanent forgiveness of principal.
“Deficient Valuation”: With respect
to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a court of competent
jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the
then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or any
reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with
any scheduled Monthly Payment that constitutes a permanent
forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction results from
a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
“Definitive Certificate”: Any
definitive, fully registered Certificate.
“Deleted Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage
Loan replaced or to be replaced with an Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loan.
“Delinquency Trigger Test”: A
Delinquency Trigger Test is in effect with respect to a
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date if the Rolling
Sixty Day Delinquency Rate for the outstanding Mortgage Loans
equals or exceeds the product of 50.00% and the Senior Enhancement
Percentage.
“Delinquent”: A mortgage loan is
considered to be: “30 to 59 days” or “30 or more
days” delinquent when a payment due on any scheduled due date
remains unpaid as of the close of business on the next following
monthly scheduled due date; “60 to 89 days” or
“60 or more days” delinquent when a payment due on any
scheduled due date remains unpaid as of the close of business on
the second following monthly scheduled due date; and so on. The
determination as to whether a mortgage loan falls into these
categories is made as of the close of business on the last business
day of each month. For example, a mortgage loan with a payment due
on July 1 that remained unpaid as of the close of business on
August 31 would then be considered to be 30 to 59 days
delinquent.
“Depositor”: BNP Paribas Mortgage
Securities LLC.
“Depositor Information”: As defined
in Section 3.23 hereof.
“Depository”: The Depository Trust
Company, or any successor Depository hereafter named. The nominee
of the initial Depository for purposes of registering those
Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates is Cede &
Co. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing
corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(5) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York and a “clearing
agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Depository Participant”: A broker,
dealer, bank or other financial institutions or other Person for
whom from time to time a Depository effects book-entry transfers
and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
“Determination Date”: With respect
to any Distribution Date, the 15 th day of the month of
such Distribution Date or, if such 15 th day is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Disqualified Organization”: Any
organization defined as a “disqualified organization”
under Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code, which includes any of the
following: (i) the United States, any State or political
subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are
subject to tax and, except for the Freddie Mac, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii)
a foreign government, any international organization, or any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization
(other than certain farmers’ cooperatives described in
Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of
the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric
and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of
the Code and (v) any other Person so designated by the Securities
Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of
an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person may
cause any REMIC or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any
Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability
for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise
be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate to such Person. The terms “United
States”, “State” and “international
organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section
7701 of the Code or successor provisions.
“Distribution Account”: The separate
Eligible Account created and maintained by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 3.19 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated
“U.S. Bank, National Association, in trust for registered
Holders of TBW Mortgage-Backed Trust Series 2006-5
”. Funds in the Distribution
Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
“Distribution Date”: The 25th day of
any month, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following such 25th day, commencing in November
2006.
“Distribution Report”: The
Asset-Backed Issuer Distribution Report pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act.
“Due Date”: With respect to all of
the Mortgage Loans, the date in each month on which its Monthly
Payment is due, exclusive of any days of grace.
“Due Period”: With respect to any
Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the period commencing on
the second day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
“EDGAR”: The Electronic Data
Gathering and Retrieval System of the Commission.
“Eligible Account”: Any of (i) a
segregated account maintained with a federal or state chartered
depository institution (A) the short-term obligations of which are
rated A-1+ or better by Standard & Poor’s, F-1 by Fitch
Ratings and P-1 by Moody’s at the time of any deposit therein
or (B) insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by such
Corporation), the uninsured deposits in which account are otherwise
secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained
by the Person requesting that the account be held pursuant to this
clause (i)) delivered to the Securities Administrator prior to the
establishment of such account, the Certificateholders will have a
claim with respect to the funds in such account and a perfected
first priority security interest against any collateral (which
shall be limited to Permitted Investments, each of which shall
mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
Distribution Date next following the date of investment in such
collateral or the Distribution Date if such Permitted Investment is
an obligation of the institution that maintains the Distribution
Account) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any
other depositors or general creditors of the depository institution
with which such account is maintained, (ii) a segregated trust
account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company subject to regulations
regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the
Code of Federal Regulations Section 9.10(b), which, in either case,
has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary capacity or
(iii) a segregated account or accounts of a depository institution
acceptable to the Rating Agencies (as evidenced in writing by a
letter from the Rating Agencies to the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator that use of any such account as the Distribution
Account will not have an adverse effect on the then-current ratings
assigned to the Classes of the Certificates then rated by the
Rating Agencies). Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
“Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan”:
A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage
Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, as confirmed in
an Officers’ Certificate of Seller delivered to the Trustee,
(i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of the
principal portion of the monthly payment due in the month of
substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one
Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate outstanding
principal balance, after such deduction), not in excess of the
Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount
of any shortfall to be paid to the Securities Administrator for
deposit in the Distribution Account in the month of substitution);
(ii) have a Mortgage Rate and a Net Mortgage Rate no lower than and
not more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate and Net
Mortgage Rate, respectively, of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the
date of substitution; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio at the time
of substitution no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan at
the time of substitution; (iv) have a remaining term to stated
maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than)
that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) comply with each
representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.04 hereof; and,
(vi) comply with each non-statistical representation and warranty
set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Mortgage
Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“ERISA Restricted Certificates”: Any
of the Class R Certificates.
“Event of Default”: One or more of
the events described in Section 7.01.
“Excess Overcollateralization
Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is the excess, if any, of
the Overcollateralized Amount for the Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Target Amount for the Distribution
Date.
“Exchange Act”: The Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Act Reports”: Any reports
required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement.
“Expense Fee Rate”: With respect to
each Mortgage Loan is equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate
and with respect to any Mortgage Loan covered by a lender-paid
mortgage insurance policy, the related mortgage insurance premium
rate.
“Extra Principal Distribution
Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date means the
lesser of (1) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount and (2)
the Excess Cashflow available for payment thereof.
“Fannie Mae”: Federal National
Mortgage Association or any successor.
“FDIC”: Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any successor.
“Fitch Ratings”: Fitch Ratings,
Inc., or its successor in interest.
“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”:
As defined in Section 3.23 hereof.
“Form 10-K Filing Deadline”: As
defined in Section 3.23 hereof.
“Freddie Mac”: Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation or any successor.
“Initial Certificate Principal
Balance”: With respect to each Class of Certificates, the
Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates
as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
“Initial Notional Amount”: With
respect to the Class C Certificates, $598,789,446.48.
“Insurance Policy”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, any insurance policy (including the Lender-Paid
Primary Insurance Policy) which is required to be maintained from
time to time under this Agreement in respect of such Mortgage
Loan.
“Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds paid
in respect of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to any Insurance Policy,
to the extent such proceeds are payable to the mortgagee under the
Mortgage, any Subservicer, the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator and are not applied to the restoration of the related
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing
Mortgage Loans held for its own account.
“Interest Carry Forward Amount”:
With respect to each Class of Offered Certificates and each
Distribution Date, is the excess, if any, of: (a) Current Interest
for such Class with respect to prior Distribution Dates over (b)
the amount actually distributed to such Class with respect to
interest on prior Distribution Dates plus (c) interest on such
amount for the related Accrual Period at the applicable
Pass-Through Rate.
Interest Remittance Amount”: For any
Distribution Date, the sum of:
(a) the sum,
without duplication, of:
(1) all
scheduled interest collected during the related Due Period, less
the related Servicing Fee,
(2) all interest
on prepayments, other than Prepayment Interest Excess,
(3) all Advances
relating to interest,
(4) all
Compensating Interest,
(5) all
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds collected during the
related Due Period (to the extent that the Liquidation Proceeds and
Insurance Proceeds relate to interest),
(6) the interest
portion of all proceeds of the repurchase of a related Mortgage
Loan as required by the Agreement during the preceding calendar
month; and
(b) the interest
portion of Advances reimbursed to the Servicer or the Master
Servicer and certain expenses reimbursed to the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the
Custodian during the related Due Period.
“Issuing Entity”: TBW
Mortgage-Backed Trust Series 2006-5.
“Late Collections”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, all amounts received during any Due Period,
whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or as Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late
payments or collections of Monthly Payments due but delinquent for
a previous Due Period and not previously recovered.
“LIBOR Business Day”: A day on which
banks are open for dealing in foreign currency and exchange in
London and New York City.
“LIBOR Certificates”: The Class A-1
Certificates and Class A-2-A Certificates.
“LIBOR Determination Date”: With
respect to each Class of LIBOR Certificates and (i) the first
Accrual Period, the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the Closing
Date, and (ii) with respect to each Accrual Period thereafter, the
second LIBOR Business Day preceding the date on which such Accrual
Period commences.
“Liquidated Mortgage Loan”: As to
any Distribution Date, any Mortgage Loan in respect of which the
Servicer has determined, in accordance with the servicing
procedures specified in the Servicing Agreement, as of the end of
the related Prepayment Period, that all Liquidation Proceeds which
it expects to recover with respect to the liquidation of the
Mortgage Loan or disposition of the related REO Property have been
recovered.
“Liquidation Proceeds”: Amounts
received by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of a
defaulted Mortgage Loan whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure
sale, proceeds of insurance policies, condemnation proceeds or
otherwise.
“Loan-to-Value Ratio”: As of any
date of determination, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the current principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan at the date of determination and the denominator of which is
the Collateral Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
“Lost Note Affidavit”: With respect
to any Mortgage Loan as to which the original Mortgage Note has
been permanently lost, misplaced or destroyed and has not been
replaced, an affidavit from the Seller certifying that the original
Mortgage Note has been lost, misplaced or destroyed (together with
a copy of the related Mortgage Note) and indemnifying the Trust
Fund against any loss, cost or liability resulting from the failure
to deliver the original Mortgage Note in the form of Exhibit I
hereto.
“Marker Rate”: With respect to the
Class C Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate
equal to two (2) times the weighted average of the Uncertificated
REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rates for each REMIC 1 Regular Interest for
which an Offered Certificate is the Corresponding Certificate and
REMIC 1 Regular Interest ZZ, with the rate on each such REMIC 1
Regular Interest (other than REMIC 1 Regular Interest ZZ) subject
to a cap equal to the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding
Certificate for such Distribution Date for the purpose of this
calculation, and with the rate on REMIC 1 Regular Interest ZZ
subject to a cap of zero for the purpose of this calculation;
provided, however, that solely for this purpose, the related cap
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interests A-1 and A-2-A shall be
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related
Accrual Period.
“Master Servicer”: Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., or any successor master servicer appointed as herein
provided.
“Master Servicing Compensation”: As
defined in Section 3.14 hereof.
“Master Servicer Information”: As
defined in Section 3.23 hereof.
“Maximum Rate”: With respect to
any Distribution Date and the Class A-2-A Certificates, 11.000% per
annum.
“Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
excess of (i) the sum of (x) the accrued interest at the
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate applicable to REMIC 1
Regular Interest ZZ for such Distribution Date on a balance equal
to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
ZZ minus the REMIC 1 Overcollateralization Amount, in each case for
such Distribution Date and (y) 1.00% of the accrued interest on
REMIC 1 Regular Interest P at the applicable Uncertificated REMIC 1
Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date, over (ii) the
aggregate amount of Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such
Distribution Date on the REMIC 1 Regular Interests for which the
Offered Certificates are the Corresponding Certificates, with the
rate on each such REMIC 1 Regular Interest subject to a cap equal
to the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificate for such
Distribution Date for the purpose of this calculation; provided,
however, that solely for this purpose, the related cap with respect
to REMIC 1 Regular Interests A-1 and A-2-A shall be multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which
is the actual number of days in the related Accrual
Period.
“MERS”: Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
“MERS® System”: The system of
recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by
MERS.
“MIN”: The Mortgage Identification
Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS®
System.
“MOM Loan”: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan,
solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its
successors and assigns, at the origination thereof.
“Monthly Payment”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of principal and
interest on such Mortgage Loan which is payable by a Mortgagor from
time to time under the related Mortgage Note as originally executed
(after adjustment, if any, for Deficient Valuations occurring prior
to such Due Date, and after any adjustment by reason of any
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar
waiver or grace period).
“Moody’s”: Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc., or its successor in interest.
“Mortgage”: The mortgage, deed of
trust or any other instrument securing the Mortgage
Loan.
“Mortgage File”: The mortgage
documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining to a particular
Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to
the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that
whenever the term “Mortgage File” is used to refer to
documents actually received by the Custodian as agent for the
Trustee, such term shall not be deemed to include such additional
documents required to be added unless they are actually so
added.
“Mortgage Loan”: Each of the
Mortgage Loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.01 or 2.04 and from time to time held in the Trust Fund
(including any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans), the Mortgage
Loans so transferred, assigned and held being identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule. As used herein, the term “Mortgage
Loan” includes the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage.
“Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”:
The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of October 26, 2006,
between the Seller and the Depositor, and all amendments thereof
and supplements thereto, a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit N.
“Mortgage Loan Schedule”: As of any
date of determination, the schedule of Mortgage Loans included in
the Trust Fund. The initial schedule of Mortgage Loans with
accompanying information transferred on the Closing Date to the
Trustee as part of the Trust Fund for the Certificates, attached
hereto as Exhibit H for the Certificates (in each case as amended
from time to time to reflect the addition of Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loans) (and, for purposes of the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.02, in computer-readable form as delivered to the
Custodian), which list shall set forth the following information
with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
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the city, state
and zip code of the Mortgaged Property;
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the original
term to maturity;
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the original
principal balance and the original Mortgage Rate;
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the first
Distribution Date;
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the type of
Mortgaged Property;
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the Monthly
Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
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the principal
balance as of the Cut-off Date;
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the Mortgage
Rate as of the Cut-off Date;
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the purpose of
the Mortgage Loan;
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the Collateral
Value of the Mortgaged Property;
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the original
term to maturity;
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the
paid-through date of the Mortgage Loan
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the Net
Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan;
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whether the
Mortgage Loan is covered by a private mortgage insurance policy or
an original certificate of private mortgage insurance and the
mortgage insurance premium rate on the related Mortgage
Loan;
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the
documentation type; and
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the type and
term of the related Prepayment Charge, if any.
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“Mortgage Note”: The note or other
evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage
Loan.
“Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which interest accrues on such
Mortgage Loan, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of the Mortgage Note.
“Mortgaged Property”: The underlying
property securing a Mortgage Loan.
“Mortgagor”: The obligor or obligors
on a Mortgage Note.
“Net Liquidation Proceeds”: With
respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds and
Subsequent Recoveries net of unreimbursed Servicing Advances by the
Servicer, Advances and Liquidation Expenses.
“Net Monthly Excess Cashflow”: With
respect to any Distribution Date the sum of (i) the amount
remaining after the distribution of interest to Offered
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.01(b)(ii)(1), (ii) the amount remaining after the distribution of
principal to Offered Certificateholders for such Distribution Date,
pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i)(2)(A) or 4.01(c)(ii)(2)(A) and (iii)
the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution
Date. @
“Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall”:
With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such date over the related
Compensating Interest.
“Net Rate Cap”: With respect to any
Distribution Date and the Offered Certificates, the weighted
average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Mortgage Loans as of the
Due Date in the prior calendar month (after giving effect to
principal prepayments received in the Prepayment Period related to
that prior Due Date), and, in the case of the LIBOR Certificates
only, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and
the denominator of which is, the actual number of days that elapsed
in the related Accrual Period.
For federal income tax purposes, the Net Rate
Cap, with respect to any Distribution Date, shall be expressed as
the weighted average of the Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through
Rates on each REMIC 1 Regular Interest (other than REMIC 1 Regular
Interest P) weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal
Balances of each such REMIC 1 Regular Interest.
“Net WAC Shortfall”: With respect to
any Fixed Rate Certificate and for any Distribution Date, if on
such Distribution Date the Pass-Through Rate for the related
Certificates is based on the Net Rate Cap, the excess, if any, of
(a) the Current Interest that would have been payable had the
Pass-Through Rate for the related Certificates been calculated at
the at the related fixed Pass-Through Rate, over (b) the Current
Interest calculated at the Net Rate Cap.
“Net WAC Shortfall Carry-Forward
Amount”: With respect to the Fixed Rate Certificates and for
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of
Net WAC Shortfall for such Certificate for such Distribution Date
and any Net WAC Shortfalls remaining unpaid from prior Distribution
Dates, together with interest thereon at the related Pass-Through
Rate for the current Distribution Date.
“Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any
Advance or Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made
in respect of a Mortgage Loan which, in the good faith judgment of
the Servicer or the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a
proposed Advance or Servicing Advance, would not be ultimately
recoverable from related Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds or REO Proceeds. The determination by the
Servicer or the Master Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable
Advance or that any proposed Advance or Servicing Advance would
constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by a
certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered, in the case of the
Servicer, to the Depositor and the Master Servicer, and in the case
of the Master Servicer, to the Depositor and the Securities
Administrator.
“Non-United States Person”: Any
Person other than a United States Person.
“Notional Balance”: With respect to
the Class C Certificates and any Distribution Date, an amount equal
to the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
related Due Date, minus the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class P Certificates. For federal income tax purposes, the Notional
Balance of the Class C Certificates for any Distribution Date shall
be an amount equal to the aggregate Uncertificated Principal
Balance of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests, other than REMIC 1
Regular Interest P, for such Distribution Date.
“OC Floor”: An amount equal to 0.50%
of the Cut-off Date Balance.
“Offered Certificates”: The Class A
Certificates and Class M Certificates.
“Officers’ Certificate”: A
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman
of the Board, the President or a vice president and by the
Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or
assistant secretaries of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master
Servicer, the Servicer or of any Subservicer and delivered to the
Depositor, Securities Administrator and Trustee.
“One-Month LIBOR”: With respect to
any Accrual Period, the rate determined by the Securities
Administrator on the related LIBOR Determination Date on the basis
of the London interbank offered rate for one-month United States
dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Telerate Screen Page
3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination
Date pursuant to Section 1.02.
“Opinion of Counsel”: A written
opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Depositor, the
Seller, or the Master Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee and Securities Administrator; except that any opinion of
counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any account required
to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement as an Eligible Account,
(b) the qualification of each REMIC as a REMIC, (c) compliance with
the REMIC Provisions or (d) resignation of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.04 must be an opinion of counsel who (i) is
in fact independent of the Depositor and the Master Servicer, (ii)
does not have any direct financial interest or any material
indirect financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer
or in an affiliate of either and (iii) is not connected with the
Depositor or the Master Servicer as an officer, employee, director
or person performing similar functions.
“Optional Termination Date”: The
first Distribution Date on which the Aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans and properties acquired in respect
thereof, remaining in the Trust Fund has been reduced to less than
or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date Balance.
“OTS”: Office of Thrift Supervision
or any successor.
“Outstanding Mortgage Loan”: As to
any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan (including an REO Property) which was
not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full, Cash Liquidation
or REO Disposition and which was not purchased prior to such Due
Date pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.04 or 3.14.
“Outstanding Principal Balance”:
With respect to a mortgage loan, the principal balance of such
mortgage loan remaining to be paid by the mortgagor or, in the case
of an REO Property, the principal balance of the related mortgage
loan remaining to be paid by the mortgagor at the time such
property was acquired by the Issuing Entity.
“Overcollateralization Deficiency
Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount,
if any, by which the Overcollateralization Target Amount exceeds
the Overcollateralized Amount on the Distribution Date (after
giving effect to distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount
(other than the portion thereof consisting of the Extra Principal
Distribution Amount) on the Distribution Date).
“Overcollateralization Reduction
Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) the Excess Overcollateralization Amount for that
Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date.
“Overcollateralization Target
Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, (a) prior to
the Stepdown Date, an amount equal to 1.25% of the Cut-off Date
Balance and (b) on or after the Stepdown Date, the greater of (i)
an amount equal to 2.50% of the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans for the current Distribution Date and (ii)
the OC Floor; provided, however, that if a Trigger Event is in
effect on any Distribution Date, the Overcollateralization Target
Amount will be the Overcollateralization Target Amount as in effect
for the prior Distribution Date.
“Overcollateralized Amount” For any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (x) the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the Distribution
Date exceeds (y) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Offered Certificates and the Class P Certificates as of the
Distribution Date (after giving effect to distribution of the
Principal Remittance Amount to be made on the Distribution
Date).
“Ownership Interest”: As to any
Certificate, any ownership or security 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, as owner or as pledgee.
“Pass-Through Rate”: The
Pass-Through Rate of the Class A-1 Certificates will be equal to
the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate Cap. The Pass-Through Rate of the
Class A-2-A Certificates will be equal to the least of (i)
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin, (ii) the
Maximum rate and (iii) the Net Rate Cap. The Pass-Through Rate for
the Class A-2-B, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5-A, Class A-5-B,
Class A-6, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5,
Class M-6 and Class M-7 Certificates will be equal to the lesser of
(i) (a) for each Distribution Date prior to the Step-Up Date,
5.800%, 5.950%, 6.200%, 6.250%, 6.350%, 5.900%, 6.200%, 6.350%,
6.450%, 6.550%, 6.650%, 7.100% and 7.400%, respectively, and (b)
and for each Distribution Date on or after the Step-Up Date,
6.300%, 6.450%, 6.700%, 6.750%, 6.850%, 6.400%, 6.700%, 6.850%,
6.950%, 7.050%, 7.150%, 7.600%, and 7.900%, respectively, (ii) the
Net Rate Cap. With respect to the Class P Certificates, 0.00%. With
respect to the Class C Certificates and any Distribution Date, a
rate per annum equal to the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
the numerator of which is the sum of the amount determined for each
REMIC 1 Regular Interest (other than REMIC 1 Regular Interest P)
equal to the product of (a) the excess, if any, of the
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate for such REMIC 1 Regular
Interest over the Marker Rate and (b) a notional amount equal to
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC 1 Regular
Interest, and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC 1 Regular
Interests.
“PCAOB”: The Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
“Permitted Investment”: One or more
of the following:
(i) obligations
of or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States
or any agency or instrumentality thereof when such obligations are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) repurchase
agreements on obligations specified in clause (i) maturing not more
than one month from the date of acquisition thereof, provided that
the unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such
obligations are at the time rated by each Rating Agency in its
highest short-term rating available;
(iii) federal funds,
certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits and
bankers’ acceptances (which shall each have an original
maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the case of
bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original
maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of more than
30 days) denominated in United States dollars of any U.S.
depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof or of any domestic branch
of a foreign depository institution or trust company; provided that
the debt obligations of such depository institution or trust
company (or, if the only Rating Agency is Standard &
Poor’s, in the case of the principal depository institution
in a depository institution holding company, debt obligations of
the depository institution holding company) at the date of
acquisition thereof have been rated by each Rating Agency in its
highest short-term rating available; and provided further that, if
the only Rating Agency is Standard & Poor’s or Fitch
Ratings and if the depository or trust company is a principal
subsidiary of a bank holding company and the debt obligations of
such subsidiary are not separately rated, the applicable rating
shall be that of the bank holding company; and, provided further
that, if the original maturity of such short-term obligations of a
domestic branch of a foreign depository institution or trust
company shall exceed 30 days, the short-term rating of such
institution shall be A-1+ in the case of Standard &
Poor’s if Standard & Poor’s is the Rating
Agency;
(iv) commercial paper
(having original maturities of not more than 365 days) of any
corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof which on the date of acquisition has been rated by
Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s in
their highest short-term ratings available; provided that such
commercial paper shall have a remaining maturity of not more than
30 days;
(v) a money
market fund or a qualified investment fund rated by Moody’s
and Fitch Ratings, if so rated, in its highest long-term ratings
available and rated AAAm or AAAm-G by Standard & Poor’s,
including any such funds for which Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or any
affiliate thereof serves as an investment advisor, manager,
administrator, shareholder, servicing agent, and/or custodian or
sub-custodian; and
(vi) other obligations
or securities that are acceptable to each Rating Agency as a
Permitted Investment hereunder and will not reduce the rating
assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below
the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such
Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency, as
evidenced in writing;
provided , however , that no instrument shall be a
Permitted Investment if it represents, either (1) the right to
receive only interest payments with respect to the underlying debt
instrument or (2) the right to receive both principal and interest
payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and
the principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument
provide a yield to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of such underlying obligations.
“Permitted Transferee”: Any
transferee of a Residual Certificate other than a Disqualified
Organization, a Non-United States Person or an “electing
large partnership” (as defined in Section 775 of the
Code).
“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.
“Prepayment Assumption”: As defined
in the Prospectus Supplement.
“Prepayment Charge”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, the charges, penalties or premiums, if any, due
in connection with a full or partial prepayment of such Mortgage
Loan in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note (or
any rider or annex thereto), or any amounts in respect thereof paid
by the Seller in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing
Agreement.
“Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: As
to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (other than a
Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property) that was the subject of
(a) a Principal Prepayment in Full during the related Prepayment
Period, an amount equal to the excess of one month’s interest
at the Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan over the amount of interest (adjusted to the Net
Mortgage Rate) paid by the Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to
the date of such Principal Prepayment in Full or (b) a Curtailment
during the prior calendar month, an amount equal to one
month’s interest at the Mortgage Rate on the amount of such
Curtailment.
“Prepayment Period”: As to any
Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs.
“Primary Hazard Insurance Policy”:
Each primary hazard insurance policy required to be maintained
pursuant to Section 3.09.
“Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy”:
Any primary mortgage insurance policy of mortgage guaranty
insurance including any replacement policy therefor.
“Principal Distribution Amount”:
With respect to each Distribution Date means the sum of (1) the
Principal Remittance Amount for the Distribution Date and (2) the
Extra Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date,
minus (3) the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for the
Distribution Date.
“Principal Prepayment”: Any payment
of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is
received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and which is not
accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled
interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent
to the month of prepayment.
“Principal Prepayment in Full”: Any
Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor of the entire unpaid
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan.
“Principal Remittance Amount”: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the means:
(a) the sum,
without duplication, of:
(1) the
scheduled principal collected during the related Due Period or
advanced with respect to the Distribution Date,
(2) prepayments
collected in the related Prepayment Period,
(3) the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was repurchased by the
Seller (or, in the case of a substitution, certain amounts
representing a principal adjustment),
(4) the amount,
if any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of any
Replacement Mortgage Loans delivered by Countrywide Home Loans in
connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan is less than the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of any Deleted Mortgage Loans,
and
(5) all
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds (to the extent that the
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds relate to principal)
and Subsequent Recoveries collected during the related Due Period,
less
(b) the
principal portion of all Advances reimbursed to the Servicer or the
Master Servicer and certain expenses reimbursed to the Trustee, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the
Custodian during the related Due Period.
“Prospectus Supplement”: That
certain Prospectus Supplement dated October 25, 2006, relating to
the public offering of the Offered Certificates.
“Protected Account”: An account
established and maintained for the benefit of Certificateholders by
the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to
REO Property pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
“Purchase Price”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) required to be purchased
pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.04 or 3.06, an amount equal to the sum
of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof, (ii) unpaid
accrued interest (or REO Imputed Interest) at the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance thereof outstanding
during each Due Period that such interest was not paid or advanced,
from the date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor
or advanced and distributed to Certificateholders together with
unpaid Servicing Fees and, if such Mortgage Loan is a Lender-Paid
Insured Loan, the premium payable at the Lender-Paid Primary
Insurance Rate, from the date through which interest was last paid
by the Mortgagor, in each case to the first day of the month in
which such Purchase Price is to be distributed, plus (iii) the
aggregate of all Advances and Servicing Advances made in respect
thereof that were not previously reimbursed and (iv) costs and
damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with a repurchase
pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof that arises out of a violation of
any anti-predatory lending law.
“Qualified Insurer”: Any insurance
company duly qualified as such under the laws of the state or
states in which the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged
Properties is or are located, duly authorized and licensed in such
state or states to transact the type of insurance business in which
it is engaged and approved as an insurer by the Master Servicer, so
long as the claims paying ability of which is acceptable to the
Rating Agencies for pass-through certificates having the same
rating as the Certificates rated by the Rating Agencies as of the
Closing Date.
“Rating Agency”: Standard &
Poor’s and Moody’s, and each of their successors. If
such agencies and their successors are no longer in existence,
“Rating Agency” shall be such nationally recognized
statistical rating agency, or other comparable Person, designated
by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator and Master Servicer.
References herein to the two highest long term debt ratings of a
Rating Agency shall mean “AA” or better in the case of
Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings and “Aa2”
or better in the case of Moody’s and references herein to the
two highest short-term debt ratings of a Rating Agency shall mean
“A-1+” in the case of Standard & Poor’s,
“F-1” in the case of Fitch Ratings and
“P-1” in the case of Moody’s, and in the case of
any other Rating Agency such references shall mean such rating
categories without regard to any plus or minus.
“Realized Loss”: With respect to
each Mortgage Loan or REO Property as to which a Cash Liquidation
or REO Disposition has occurred, an amount (not less than zero)
equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as
of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, plus (ii)
interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the Net Mortgage
Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or
advanced to Certificateholders up to the date of the Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition on the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan outstanding during each Due Period that such
interest was not paid or advanced, minus (iii) the proceeds, if
any, received during the month in which such Cash Liquidation or
REO Disposition occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of
interest at the Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Mortgage
Loan, net of the portion thereof reimbursable to the Master
Servicer or the Servicer with respect to related Advances or
Servicing Advances not previously reimbursed. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient
Valuation, the difference between the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient
Valuation and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced
by the Deficient Valuation. In addition, to the extent the Servicer
or Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries with respect to
any Mortgage Loan, the amount of the Realized Loss with respect to
that Mortgage Loan will be reduced to the extent such recoveries
are applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of any
Class of Certificates on any Distribution Date.
“Record Date”: With respect to the
Fixed Rate Certificates and each Distribution Date, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding
such Distribution Date. With respect to each Distribution Date and
the LIBOR Certificates, so long as such Certificates are Book-Entry
Certificates, the Business Day immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, and if any such Certificates are no longer
Book-Entry Certificates, then the close of business on the last
Business Day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution
Date. For each Class of the Class R, Class C and Class P
Certificates and each Distribution Date, the close of business on
the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date.
“Reference Banks” Leading banks
selected by the Securities Administrator after consultation with
the Depositor and engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in
the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place
of business in London, (ii) whose quotations appear on the Telerate
Screen Page 3750 on the LIBOR Determination Date in question and
(iii) which have been designated as such by the Securities
Administrator and (iv) not controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with, the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer
or the Servicer.
“Regular Certificate”: Any of the
Certificates other than a Residual Certificate.
“Regular Interest”: A “regular
interest” in a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1)
of the Code.
“Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 -
Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§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.
“Relevant Servicing Criteria”: Means
with respect to any Servicing Function Participant, the Servicing
Criteria applicable to such party, as set forth on Exhibit L to the
Agreement. For clarification purposes, multiple parties can have
responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria. With
respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer, the term
“Relevant Servicing Criteria” may refer to a portion of
the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to such
parties.
“Relief Act”: The Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act, f/k/a Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil
Relief Act of 1940, as amended.
“Relief Act Interest Shortfall”:
With respect to any Distribution Date, for any Mortgage Loan with
respect to which there has been a reduction in the amount of
interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended Due Period
as a result of the application of the Relief Act, the amount by
which (i) interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan during such
Due Period is less than (ii) one month’s interest on the
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan at the Loan Rate for such
Mortgage Loan before giving effect to the application of the Relief
Act.
“REMIC”: A “real estate
mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section
860D of the Code.
“REMIC 1”: The segregated pool of
assets subject hereto (exclusive of the Reserve Fund and the Cap
Contracts) with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made,
conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of
the REMIC 1 Regular Interests and the Holders of the Class R
Certificates (in respect of the Class R-1 Interest), consisting of:
(i) each Mortgage Loan (exclusive of payments of principal and
interest due on or before the Cut-off Date, if any, received by the
Master Servicer which shall not constitute an asset of the Trust
Fund) as from time to time are subject to this Agreement and all
payments under and proceeds of such Mortgage Loans (exclusive of
any late payment charges received on the Mortgage Loans), together
with all documents included in the related Mortgage File, subject
to Section 2.01; (ii) such funds or assets as from time to time are
deposited in the Distribution Account and belonging to the Trust
Fund; (iii) any related REO Property; (iv) the Primary Hazard
Insurance Policies, if any, the Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies, if any, and all other Insurance Policies with respect to
the Mortgage Loans; and (v) the Depositor’s interest in
respect of the representations and warranties made by the Seller in
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. REMIC 1 specifically does not
include the Reserve Fund and the Cap Contracts.
“REMIC 1 Interest Loss Allocation
Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to (a) the sum of (x) the product of (i) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties then
outstanding for such Distribution Date, minus the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates, and (ii) the
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 1 Regular
Interest AA minus the Marker Rate, and (y) the accrued interest on
REMIC 1 Regular Interest P, divided by (b) 12.
“REMIC 1 Overcollateralized Amount”:
With respect to any date of determination, (i) 1.00% of the
aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC 1 Regular
Interests, other than REMIC 1 Regular Interest P, minus (ii) the
aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC 1 Regular
Interest for which an Offered Certificate is a Corresponding
Certificate, in each case, as of such date of
determination.
“REMIC 1 Overcollateralization Target
Amount”: 1.00% of the Overcollateralization Target
Amount.
“REMIC 1 Principal Loss Allocation
Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties then outstanding for
such Distribution Date, minus the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class P Certificates, and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the
numerator of which is two (2) times the aggregate Uncertificated
Principal Balance of each REMIC 1 Regular Interest for which an
Offered Certificate is a Corresponding Certificate and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Uncertificated Principal
Balance of each REMIC 1 Regular Interest for which an Offered
Certificate is a Corresponding Certificate and REMIC 1 Regular
Interest ZZ.
“REMIC 1 Regular Interest”: Any of
the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in
REMIC 1 issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in
REMIC 1. Each REMIC 1 Regular Interest shall accrue interest at the
related Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount
equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth
in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The designations for the
respective REMIC 1 Regular Interests are set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
“REMIC 2”: The segregated pool of
assets consisting of all of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests conveyed
in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Regular Certificates and the Holders of the Class R Certificates
(in respect of the Class R-2 Interest), pursuant to Section 2.05,
and all amounts deposited therein, with respect to which a separate
REMIC election is to be made.
“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.
“Remittance Report”: A report
prepared by the Master Servicer (and delivered to the Securities
Administrator) providing the information set forth in Exhibit E
attached hereto.
“REO Acquisition”: The acquisition
by the Servicer on behalf of the Issuing Entity for the benefit of
the Certificateholders of any REO Property pursuant to Section
3.15.
“REO Disposition”: The receipt by
the Servicer of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds,
Subsequent Recoveries and other payments and recoveries (including
proceeds of a final sale) which the Servicer expects to be finally
recoverable from the sale or other disposition of the REO
Property.
“REO Imputed Interest”: As to any
REO Property, for any period, an amount equivalent to interest (at
the Mortgage Rate that would have been applicable to the related
Mortgage Loan had it been outstanding) on the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition thereof
(as such balance is reduced pursuant to Section 3.15 by any income
from the REO Property treated as a recovery of
principal).
“REO Proceeds”: Proceeds, net of
directly related expenses, received in respect of any REO Property
(including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the
related Mortgaged Property and of any REO Disposition), which
proceeds are required to be deposited into the Distribution Account
as and when received.
“REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Servicer on behalf of the Issuing Entity through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
“Reportable Event”: As defined in
Section 3.23 hereof.
“Reporting Servicer”: As defined in
Section 3.23 hereof.
“Repurchase Proceeds”: The Purchase
Price in connection with any repurchase of a mortgage loan by the
Seller and any cash deposit in connection with the substitution of
a mortgage loan.
“Request for Release”: A release
signed by a Servicing Officer, in the form of Exhibit F attached
hereto.
“Reserve Fund”: The separate fund
created and initially maintained by the Securities Administrator
pursuant to Section 4.11 in the name of the Securities
Administrator for the benefit of the Holders of the Offered
Certificates and designated “TBW Mortgage-Backed Trust Series
2006-5 Reserve Fund,” and funded on the Closing Date by or on
behalf of the Depositor with an amount equal to the Reserve Fund
Deposit. Funds in the Reserve Fund shall be held in trust for the
Holders of the Offered Certificates and Class C Certificates for
the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement. The Reserve Fund
shall not be an asset of any REMIC.
“Reserve Fund Deposit”: With respect
to the Reserve Fund, an amount equal to $5,000, which the Depositor
shall fund initially pursuant to Section 4.11 hereof.
“Residual Certificates”: The Class R
Certificates.
“Residual Interest”: The sole Class
of “residual interests” in a REMIC within the meaning
of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
“Responsible Officer”: When used
with respect to the Trustee shall mean any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility
for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to
a particular matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject. When used with respect to
the Securities Administrator shall mean any officer assigned with
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and
also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer of the
Securities Administrator to whom such matter is referred because of
such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“Rolling Sixty Day Delinquency
Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date on or after the
Stepdown Date is the average of the Sixty-Day Delinquency Rates for
such Distribution Date and the two immediately preceding
distribution dates.
“Sarbanes Oxley Certification”: A
written certification covering servicing of the Mortgage Loans by
the Servicer and signed by an officer of the Master Servicer that
complies with (i) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended from
time to time, and (ii) the February 21, 2003 Statement by the Staff
of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and
Exchange Commission Regarding Compliance by Asset-Backed Issuers
with Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, as in effect from time
to time.
“Securities Administrator”: Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., or its successor in interest, or any successor
securities administrator appointed as herein provided.
“Securities Administrator
Information”: As defined in Section 3.23 hereof.
“Seller”: BNP Paribas Mortgage
Corp., or its successor in interest.
“Senior Certificates”: The Class A
Certificates.
“Senior Enhancement Percentage”:
With respect to a Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date,
a fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (x) the sum of the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate
Certificates and the Overcollateralized Amount immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, over (y) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the preceding Distribution
Date.
“Servicer”: Taylor, bean &
Whitaker Mortgage Corp., or its successor in interest.
“Servicer Remittance Date”: The 18th
day of the month, or if such 18th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately preceding such 18th day. The first
Servicer Remittance Date shall occur on November 17,
2006.
“Servicing Advances”: All customary,
reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and
expenses incurred in connection with a default, delinquency or
other unanticipated event in the performance by the Master
Servicer, the Servicer or any Subservicer of its servicing
obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property,
(ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including
foreclosures, including any expenses incurred in relation to any
such proceedings that result from the Mortgage Loan being
registered on the MERS System, (iii) the management and liquidation
of any REO Property, including reasonable fees paid to any
independent contractor in connection therewith, and (iv) compliance
with the obligations under the second paragraph of Section 3.01,
Section 3.09 and Section 3.13 (other than any deductible described
in the last paragraph thereof).
“Servicing Agreement”: The Master
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing Agreement dated as of October
1, 2006 between the Servicer and the Seller, substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit M, and as modified by the
Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement.
“Servicing Criteria”: Means the
criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB,
as such may be amended from time to time.
“Servicing Fee”: With respect to
each Mortgage Loan, accrued interest at the Servicing Fee Rate with
respect to the Mortgage Loan on the same principal balance on which
interest on the Mortgage Loan accrues for the calendar month. The
Servicing Fee consists of servicing and other related compensation
payable to the Servicer or to the Master Servicer if the Master
Servicer is directly servicing the loan, and includes any amount
payable to any Subservicer by the Servicer.
“Servicing Fee Rate”: 0.25% per
annum.
“Servicing Function Participant”:
Means the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator, any Subservicer, Subcontractor or affiliates of any
of the foregoing, or any other Person, that is participating in the
servicing function within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB
performing activities addressed by the Servicing Criteria, unless
such Person’s activities relate only to five percent (5%) or
less of the Mortgage Loans.
“Servicing Officer”: Any officer of
the Master Servicer or the Servicer involved in, or responsible
for, the administration and master servicing or servicing of the
Mortgage Loans, as applicable, whose name and specimen signature
appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by
the Master Servicer and the Servicer, as such list may from time to
time be amended.
“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 Seller or its affiliate of
the aggregate maximum probable exposure of (i) the outstanding
Class A-1 Certificates to the Class A-1 Cap Contract and (ii) the
outstanding Class A-2-A Certificates to the Class A-2-A Cap
Contract
“Significance Percentage”: With
respect to any Distribution Date, and in accordance with Item 1115
of Regulation AB, shall be an percentage equal to the Significance
Estimate divided by the aggregate outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates, prior
to the distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date.
“Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate”: With
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, is
a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date
of all Mortgage Loans that were 60 or more days Delinquent as of
the close of business on the last day of the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date (including Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure, bankruptcy and REO Properties) and the denominator of
which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance for such
Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date
(after giving effect to principal prepayments in the Prepayment
Period related to that prior Due Date).
“Standard & Poor’s”:
Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.
“Startup Day”: The day designated as
such pursuant to Article X hereof.
“Stated Principal Balance”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property at any given
time, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding as
of the Cut-off Date, after application of principal payments due on
or before such date, whether or not received, minus (ii) the sum of
(a) the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due with respect
to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due Period ending
prior to the most recent Distribution Date which were received or
with respect to which an Advance was made, and (b) all Principal
Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and
all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries
and REO Proceeds to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as
recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.15 with
respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, which were
distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on any previous Distribution
Date, and (c) any Realized Loss with respect thereto allocated
pursuant to Section 4.07 for any previous Distribution
Date.
“Stepdown Date”: The earlier
to occur of:
(i) the Distribution Date following the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Senior Certificates is reduced to zero;
and
(ii) the later to occur of (x) the Distribution Date
in November 2009 and (y) the first Distribution Date on which the
Senior Enhancement Percentage (after giving effect to principal
prepayments received in the Prepayment Period related to that Due
Date) is greater than to 13.80%.
“Stepdown Target Subordination Percentage
”: For each Class of Subordinate Certificates, the
respective percentage indicated in the following table:
|
|
Stepdown Target
Subordination
Percentage
|
|
|
8.50%
|
|
|
6.90%
|
|
|
5.50%
|
|
|
4.80%
|
|
|
4.10%
|
|
|
3.40%
|
|
|
2.50%
|
“Step-Up Date”: With respect to the
Offered Certificates, the Distribution Date following the Optional
Termination Date.
“Subordinate Certificates”: The
Class M Certificates.
“Subordinate Class Principal Distribution
Amount”: For each Class of Subordinate Certificates and
Distribution Date means the excess of:
(a) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates
(after taking into account distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date),
(b) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of any Classes of
Subordinate Certificates that are senior to the subject Class (in
each case, after taking into account distribution of the
Subordinate Class Principal Distribution Amount(s) for the senior
Class(es) of Certificates for the Distribution Date),
and
(c) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the subject Class of Subordinate
Certificates immediately prior to the Distribution Date
over
(2) the lesser
of (a) the product of (x) 100% minus the Stepdown Target
Subordination Percentage for the subject Class of Certificates and
(y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for the Distribution Date and (b) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the Distribution Date
minus the OC Floor;
provided,
however, that if a Class of Subordinate Certificates is the only
Class of Subordinate Certificates outstanding on the Distribution
Date, that Class will be entitled to receive the entire remaining
Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof is reduced to zero.
“Subsequent Recoveries”: As of any
Distribution Date, amounts received by the Servicer or Master
Servicer (net of any related expenses permitted to be reimbursed
pursuant to Section 4.02) or surplus amounts held by the Servicer
or Master Servicer to cover estimated expenses (including, but not
limited to, recoveries in respect of the representations and
warranties made by the Seller in the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement) specifically related to a Mortgage Loan that was the
subject of a liquidation or final disposition of any REO Property
prior to the related Prepayment Period that resulted in a Realized
Loss.
“Subservicer”: Any Subservicer
appointed by the Servicer pursuant to a Servicing
Agreement.
“Substitution Adjustment”: As
defined in Section 2.04 hereof.
“Tax Returns”: The federal income
tax return on Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate
Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q
thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC
Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to
be filed on behalf of each REMIC due to their classification as
REMICs under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all other
information, reports or returns that may be required to be
furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the Internal
Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under
any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax
laws.
“Terminating Purchase”: The purchase
of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property owned by the Issuing
Entity pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
“Termination Price”: An amount equal
to (a) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan
(other than one as to which a REO Property was acquired) on the day
of repurchase together with accrued interest on such unpaid
principal balance at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate to the first
day of the month in which the proceeds of such repurchase are to be
distributed, plus (b) the appraised value of any REO Property (but
not more than the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan, together with accrued interest on that balance at the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate to the first day of the month such
repurchase price is distributed) less the good faith estimate of
the Servicer of liquidation expenses to be incurred in connection
with its disposal thereof, such appraisal to be conducted by an
appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Master
Servicer on behalf of the Trustee at the expense of the terminating
party.
“Transfer”: Any direct or indirect
transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation or other form of assignment
of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
“Transferor”: Any Person who is
disposing by Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
“Trigger Event”: A Trigger Event is
in effect with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the
Stepdown Date if either a Delinquency Trigger Test is in effect
with respect to that Distribution Date or a Cumulative Loss Trigger
Event is in effect with respect to that Distribution
Date.
“Trust Fund”: REMIC 1, REMIC 2 and
the Reserve Fund and the Cap Contracts.
“Trust REMIC”: REMIC 1 and REMIC
2.
“Trustee”: U.S. Bank National
Association, or its successor in interest, or any successor trustee
appointed as herein provided.
“Uncertificated Accrued Interest”:
With respect to each REMIC 1 Regular Interest on each Distribution
Date, an amount equal to one month’s interest at the related
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate on the related
Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC 1 Regular Interest.
In each case, Uncertificated Accrued Interest will be reduced by
any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls (allocated to such REMIC 1 Regular Interests as set
forth in Section 1.04).
“Uncertificated Principal Balance”:
With respect to each REMIC 1 Regular Interest, the principal amount
of such REMIC 1 Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of
determination. As of the Closing Date, the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of each such REMIC 1 Regular Interest shall equal the
amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance. On each Distribution Date, the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each such REMIC 1 Regular
Interest shall be reduced by all distributions of principal made on
such REMIC 1 Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.06 and, if and to the extent necessary and appropriate,
shall be further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized
Losses as provided in Section 4.07, and the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest ZZ shall be increased
by interest deferrals as provided in Section 4.07. The
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC 1 Regular Interest
shall never be less than zero.
“Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through
Rate”: With respect to each REMIC 1 Regular Interest, a per
annum rate (but not less than zero) equal to the Weighted Average
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date
in the prior calendar month (after giving effect to principal
prepayments received in the Prepayment Period related to that prior
Due Date).
“Underwriters”: BNP Paribas
Securities Corp. and UBS Securities LLC.
“Uninsured Cause”: Any cause of
damage to property subject to a Mortgage such that the complete
restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the
hazard insurance policies or flood insurance policies required to
be maintained pursuant to Section 3.13.
“United States Person”: A citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation or a partnership
(including an 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 (except, in the case of a partnership, to the
extent provided in regulations) provided that, for purposes solely
of the restrictions on the transfer of Class R Certificates, no
partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for United
States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as a United
States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such
partnership either directly or through any entity that is not a
corporation for United States federal income tax purposes are
required by the applicable operative agreement to be United States
Persons or an estate whose income is subject to United States
federal income tax regardless of its source, 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 such United
States Persons have the authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust. To the extent prescribed in regulations by
the Secretary of the Treasury, a trust which was in existence on
August 20, 1996 (other than a trust treated as owned by the grantor
under subpart E of part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the
Code), and which was treated as a United States person on August
20, 1996 may elect to continue to be treated as a United States
person notwithstanding the previous sentence.
“Unpaid Realized Loss Amount”: For
any Class of Subordinate Certificates or Class A-5 Certificates,
(x) the portion of the aggregate Applied Realized Loss Amount
previously allocated to that Class remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution Dates minus (y) any increase in the Certificate
Principal Balance of that Class due to the allocation of Subsequent
Recoveries to the Certificate Principal Balance of that
Class.
“Voting Rights”: The portion of the
voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any
Certificate. At all times during the term of this Agreement, (i)
97% of all Voting Rights will be allocated among the Holders of the
Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates in proportion to the
then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of their respective
Certificates and (ii) 1% of all Voting Rights will be allocated to
the Holders of each Class of the Class R, Class C and Class P
Certificates. The Voting Rights allocated to any Class of
Certificates shall be allocated among all Holders of the
Certificates of such Class in proportion to the outstanding
Percentage Interests in such Class represented thereby.
Section 1.01
Determination of LIBOR
.
On each LIBOR Determination Date, the Securities
Administrator will determine One-Month LIBOR and the related
Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for the next
Accrual Period.
In the event that on any LIBOR Determination
Date, Telerate Screen 3750 fails to indicate the London interbank
offered rate for one-month United States dollar deposits, then
One-Month LIBOR for the LIBOR Certificates for the related Accrual
Period will be established by the Securities Administrator as
follows:
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If on such
LIBOR 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
0.0625%).
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If on such
LIBOR Determination Date fewer than two Reference Banks provide
such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual
Period shall be the higher of (x) One-Month LIBOR as determined on
the previous LIBOR Determination Date and (y) the Reserve Interest
Rate.
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If no such
quotations can be obtained and no Reference Bank rate is available,
One-Month LIBOR will be the One-Month LIBOR rate applicable to the
preceding Accrual Period.
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The establishment of One-Month LIBOR by the
Securities Administrator on any LIBOR Determination Date and the
Securities Administrator’s calculation of the Pass-Through
Rate applicable to the LIBOR Certificates for the relevant Accrual
Period, in the absence of manifest error, will be final and
binding. The Securities Administrator will supply to any
Certificateholder so requesting by telephone the Pass-Through Rate
on the LIBOR Certificates for the current and the immediately
preceding Accrual Period.
Section 1.02
[reserved]
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Section 1.03
Allocation of Certain Interest
Shortfalls .
For purposes of calculating the amount of
Uncertificated Accrued Interest for the REMIC 1 Regular Interests
for any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of any Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated among REMIC 1 Regular Interest
AA, each REMIC 1 Regular Interest for which an Offered Certificate
or a Class P Certificate is the Corresponding Certificate and REMIC
1 Regular Interest ZZ, pro rata , based on, and to the
extent of, one month’s interest at the then applicable
respective Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rates on the
respective Uncertificated Principal Balances of each such REMIC 1
Regular Interest.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE
LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01
Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans .
The Depositor, as of the Closing Date, and
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby
assign, transfer, sell, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to (i) the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (exclusive of any prepayment fees and late
payment charges received thereon) and all other assets included or
to be included in the Trust Fund for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and (ii) the rights with respect to the
Servicing Agreement as assigned to the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders by the Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement. Such assignment includes all principal and interest
received by the Servicer on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans
(other than payment of principal and interest due on or before the
Cut-off Date).
In connection with such transfer and assignment,
the Depositor has caused the Seller with respect to each Mortgage
Loan, to deliver to, and deposit to or at the direction of the
Trustee, as described in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the following documents or
instruments:
With respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the original Mortgage Note endorsed without
recourse to the order of the Trustee or in blank, and showing an
unbroken chain of endorsements from the original payee thereof to
the Person endorsing it to the Trustee or in blank or, with respect
to any Mortgage Loan as to which the original Mortgage Note has
been lost or destroyed and has not been replaced, a Lost Note
Affidavit;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has not yet been returned
from the public recording office, a copy of the original Mortgage
certified by the Seller or the public recording office in which
such original Mortgage has been recorded;
(iii) an assignment (which may be included in one or
more blanket assignments if permitted by applicable law) of the
Mortgage in blank or to the Trustee (or to MERS, if the Mortgage
Loan is registered on the MERS® System and noting the presence
of a MIN) and otherwise in recordable form;
(iv) originals of any intervening assignments of the
Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original
of any such intervening assignment has not yet been returned from
the public recording office, a copy of such original intervening
assignment certified by the Seller or the public recording office
in which such original intervening assignment has been
recorded;
(v) the original policy of title insurance (or a
preliminary title report commitment for title insurance, if the
policy is being held by the title insurance company pending
recordation of the Mortgage); and
(vi) the original or a true and correct copy of any
assumption, modification, consolidation or substitution agreement,
if any, relating to the Mortgage Loan.
Within 30 days after the Closing Date, the
Depositor shall complete or cause to be completed the Assignments
of Mortgage in the name of “U.S. Bank National Association,
as trustee under the Agreement relating to TBW Mortgage-Backed
Trust Series 2006-5” (or shall prepare or cause to be
prepared new forms of Assignment of Mortgage so completed in the
name of the Trustee) for each Mortgage Property in a state, if any,
which is specifically excluded from the Opinion of Counsel
delivered by the Depositor to the Trustee and the Custodian, each
such assignment shall be recorded in the appropriate public office
for real property records, and returned to the Custodian, at no
expense to the Trustee or the Custodian.
The Seller is obligated as described in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, to deliver to or at the direction of the Trustee: (a) either
the original recorded Mortgage, or in the event such original
cannot be delivered by the Seller, a copy of such Mortgage
certified as true and complete by the appropriate recording office,
in those instances where a copy thereof certified by the Seller was
delivered to the Custodian as agent for the Trustee pursuant to
clause (ii) above; and (b) either the original Assignment or
Assignments of the Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon,
showing an unbroken chain of assignment from the originator to the
Seller, or in the event such original cannot be delivered by the
Seller, a copy of such Assignment or Assignments certified as true
and complete by the appropriate recording office, in those
instances where copies thereof certified by the Seller were
delivered to the Custodian as agent for the Trustee pursuant to
clause (iv) above. However, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, the Seller need not cause to be recorded any assignment
in any jurisdiction under the laws of which, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel delivered by the Seller to the Trustee, the
Custodian and the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such
assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee’s interest
in the related Mortgage Loan; provided , however ,
notwithstanding the delivery of any Opinion of Counsel, each
assignment shall be submitted for recording by the Seller in the
manner described above, at no expense to the Issuing Entity, the
Custodian or the Trustee, upon the earliest to occur of: (i)
reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates evidencing at
least 25% of the Voting Rights, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of
Default, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or
foreclosure relating to the Seller, (iv) the occurrence of a
servicing transfer as described in Section 7.02 hereof and (v) if
the Seller is not the Master Servicer and with respect to any one
assignment, the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or
foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the related
Mortgage.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 2.01, in those instances where the public
recording office retains the original Mortgage after it has been
recorded, the Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied its
obligations hereunder upon delivery to the Custodian as agent for
the Trustee of a copy of such Mortgage certified by the public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the recorded
original thereof.
If any Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded
to the Custodian as agent for the Trustee because of any defect
therein, the Seller, as the case may be, is required, as described
in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to prepare a substitute
Assignment or cure such defect, as the case may be, and the Seller,
as applicable, shall cause such Assignment to be recorded in
accordance with this section.
In connection with the assignment of any
Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS® System, the Seller
further agrees that it will cause, at the Seller’s own
expense, as of the Closing Date, the MERS® System to indicate
that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the Seller to the
Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the
Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of
Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this
Agreement) in such computer files (a) the code in the field which
identifies the specific Trustee and (b) the code in the field
“Pool Field” which identifies the series of the
Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The
Depositor further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the
Servicer to alter the codes referenced in this paragraph with
respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of this Agreement
unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
Except as may otherwise expressly be provided
herein, none of the Depositor, the Custodian, the Master Servicer,
or the Trustee shall (and the Master Servicer shall ensure that no
Servicer shall) assign, sell, dispose of or transfer any interest
in the Trust Fund or any portion thereof, or cause the Trust Fund
or any portion thereof to be subject to any lien, claim, mortgage,
security interest, pledge or other encumbrance.
It is intended that the conveyance of the
Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee as provided in this
Section be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans as
provided for in this Section 2.01 by the Depositor to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders. It is, further, not
intended that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage
Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other
obligation of the Depositor. However, in the event that the
Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Depositor, or if for
any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security
interest in the Mortgage Loans, then it is intended that, (a) this
Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within
the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable
jurisdiction; (b) the conveyance provided for in this Section shall
be deemed to be (1) a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee of a
security interest in all of the Depositor’s right (including
the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (A) the Mortgage Loans,
including the Mortgage Notes, the Mortgages, any related Insurance
Policies and all other documents in the related Mortgage Files, (B)
all amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the terms thereof and (C) all proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash,
instruments, securities or other property, including without
limitation all amounts from time to time held or invested in the
Distribution Account, whether in the form of cash, instruments,
securities or other property and (2) an assignment by the Depositor
to the Trustee of any security interest in any and all of the
Seller’s right (including the power to convey title thereto),
title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and
to the property described in the foregoing clauses (1)(A) through
(C); (c) the possession by the Custodian as agent for the Trustee
or any other agent of the Trustee of Mortgage Notes and such other
items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable
documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession
by the secured party” or possession by a purchaser or a
person designated by such secured party, for purposes of perfecting
the security interest pursuant to the New York Uniform Commercial
Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable
jurisdiction (including, without limitation, Sections 9-115, 9-305,
8-102, 8-301, 8-501 and 8-503 thereof); and (d) notifications to
persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed
notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable)
of the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such security interest
under applicable law. The Depositor shall, to the extent consistent
with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to
ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security
interest in the Mortgage Loans and the REMIC 1 Regular Interests,
such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security
interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of the Agreement.
Section 2.02
Acceptance of the Trust Fund by
the Trustee .
The Trustee acknowledges receipt (subject to any
exceptions noted in the Initial Certification described below), of
the documents referred to in Section 2.01 above and all other
assets included in the definition of “ Trust Fund
” and declares that it (or the Custodian on its behalf) holds
and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to
Custodian as agent for the Trustee constituting the Mortgage Files,
and that it holds or will hold such other assets included in the
definition of “ Trust Fund ” (to the extent
delivered or assigned to the Custodian as agent for the Trustee),
in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and
future Certificateholders.
The Trustee agrees to cause, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, the Custodian as agent for the Trustee to
review each Mortgage File on or before the Closing Date to
ascertain that all documents required to be delivered to it are in
its possession, and the Custodian as agent for the Trustee agrees
to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to
the Depositor on the Closing Date, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan, an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit C to the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in
full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such
certification as not covered by such certification), (i) all
documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement
with respect to such Mortgage Loan are in its possession, and (ii)
such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their
face and relate to such Mortgage Loan. Neither the Custodian, the
Trustee or the Master Servicer shall be under any duty to determine
whether any Mortgage File should include any of the documents
specified in clauses (v) or (vi) of Section 2.01(a). Neither the
Custodian, the Trustee or the Master Servicer shall be under any
duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the
same are genuine, valid, enforceable, appropriate for the
represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded, or
that they are in recordable form or that they are other than what
they purport to be on their face.
Within 180 days of the Closing Date, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Custodian as agent for the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a Final Certification in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit D evidencing the completeness of the
Mortgage Files, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage
Files and preparing the certifications referred to above the
Custodian as agent for the Trustee or the Master Servicer finds any
document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be
missing or not in compliance with the criteria as set forth herein,
the Custodian as agent for the Trustee shall promptly notify the
Trustee, the Seller, the Depositor and the Securities Administrator
(which may be by an exception report). The Seller shall cure any
such defect within 90 days from the date on which the Seller was
notified of such defect, and if the Seller does not cure such
defect in all material respects during such period, the Trustee
shall request on behalf of the Certificateholders that the Seller
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase
Price within 90 days after the date on which the Seller was
notified of such defect; provided that if such defect would cause
the Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified
mortgage” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any
such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date
such breach was discovered. It is understood and agreed that the
obligation of the Seller to cure a material defect in, or purchase
any Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in a constituent
document exists shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such
defect available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders. The Purchase Price for the purchased Mortgage
Loan shall be deposited or caused to be deposited upon receipt by
the Securities Administrator in the Distribution Account and, upon
receipt by the Custodian as agent for the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator of written notification of such deposit
signed by a Servicing Officer, the Custodian as agent for the
Trustee shall release or cause to be released to the Seller the
related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, as the Seller shall require as necessary to vest in the
Seller ownership of any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and
at such time neither the Custodian nor the Trustee shall have any
further responsibility with respect to the related Mortgage File.
In furtherance of the foregoing, if the Seller is not a member of
MERS and the Mortgage is registered on the MERS® System, the
Servicer, at the Seller’s expense, shall cause MERS to
execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable
form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Seller and shall
cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration on the
MERS® System in accordance with MERS’ rules and
regulations.
In connection with any repurchase of a Mortgage
Loan or the cure of a breach of a representation or warranty
pursuant to this Section 2.02, the Seller shall promptly furnish to
the Securities Administrator and the Trustee an officer’s
certificate, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Seller to
the effect that such repurchase or cure has been made in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that all
conditions precedent to such repurchase or cure have been
satisfied, including the delivery to the Securities Administrator
of the Purchase Price for deposit into the Distribution Account,
together with copies of any Opinion of Counsel required to be
delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the related Request for
Release, in which the Securities Administrator and the Trustee may
rely. Solely for purposes of the Securities Administrator providing
an Assessment of Compliance, upon receipt of such documentation,
the Securities Administrator shall approve such repurchase,
substitution or cure, as applicable, and which approval shall
consist solely of the Securities Administrator’s receipt of
such documentation and deposits.
Section 2.03
Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of the Master Servicer and the Depositor
.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and
warrants to and covenants with the Depositor for the benefit of
Certificateholders and the Trustee that:
(i) The Master Servicer is, and throughout the term
hereof shall remain, a national banking association duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state
of its incorporation, the Master Servicer is, and shall remain, in
compliance with the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged
Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, and the Master Servicer or an
affiliate is, and shall remain, approved to service Mortgage Loans
for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the
terms of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, will not violate
the Master Servicer’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the
breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it
is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its
assets;
(iii) The Master Servicer has the full power and
authority to enter into and consummate all transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed
and delivered this Agreement;
(iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Depositor and the Trustee,
constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master
Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance
with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(v) The Master Servicer is not in violation of, and
its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance
and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute
a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or
arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state
or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation is
likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the
Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
the financial condition of the Master Servicer;
(vi) No litigation is pending (other than litigation
with respect to which pleadings or documents have been filed with a
court, but not served on the Master Servicer) or, to the best of
the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the
Master Servicer which would prohibit its entering into this
Agreement or performing its obligations under this Agreement or is
likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the
Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
the financial condition of the Master Servicer;
(vii) The Master Servicer will comply in all material
respects in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable
rules and requirements of each insurer under each Insurance
Policy;
(viii) The execution of this Agreement and the
performance of the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder do
not require any license, consent or approval of any state or
federal court, agency, regulatory authority or other governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer, other than such
as have been obtained; and
(ix) No information, certificate of an officer,
statement furnished in writing or report delivered to the
Depositor, any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee by the
Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer, will, to the
knowledge of the Master Servicer, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact.
It is understood and agreed that the
representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section
2.03(a) shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
and shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer of a
breach of any of the foregoing representations, warranties and
covenants that materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Depositor or the Trustee or the value of any Mortgage Loan or
Prepayment Charge, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties.
(b) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
for the benefit of Certificateholders that as of the Closing
Date
(i) the Depositor (a) is a limited liability company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and (b) is qualified and in good
standing as a foreign corporation to do business in each
jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where
the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the Depositor’s business as
presently conducted or on the Depositor’s ability to enter
into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(ii) the Depositor has full corporate power to own
its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(iii) the execution and delivery by the Depositor of
this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Depositor; and neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the
provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law,
governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on
the Depositor or its properties or the articles of incorporation or
by-laws of the Depositor, except those conflicts, breaches or
defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Depositor’s ability to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(iv) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Depositor of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby do not require the consent or
approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the
taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or
other governmental authority or agency, except those consents,
approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already
been obtained, given or made;
(v) this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Depositor and, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a
valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy
and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of the rights of creditors generally);
(vi) there are no actions, suits or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened against
the Depositor, before or by any court, administrative agency,
arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to
any other matter which in the judgment of the Depositor will be
determined adversely to the Depositor and will if determined
adversely to the Depositor materially and adversely affect the
Depositor’s ability to enter into this Agreement or perform
its obligations under this Agreement; and the Depositor is not in
default with respect to any order of any court, administrative
agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and
adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(vii) The Depositor has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Depositor was required to file such reports) and it has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days;
and
(viii) immediately prior to the transfer and assignment
to the Trustee, each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage were not
subject to an assignment or pledge, and the Depositor had good and
marketable title to and was the sole owner thereof and had full
right to transfer and sell such Mortgage Loan to the Trustee free
and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim
or security interest.
It is understood and agreed that the
representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section
2.03(b) shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
and shall inure to the benefit of the Master Servicer, Securities
Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificateholders. Upon
discovery by either the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Custodian or the Trustee of a breach
of any representation or warranty set forth in this Section 2.03
which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties.
Section 2.04
Assignment of Interest in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement .
The Depositor hereby assigns to the Trustee for
the benefit of Certificateholders all of its rights (but none of
its obligations) in, to and under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement and the Depositor’s rights pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement. Insofar as the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement relates to such representations and warranties and any
remedies provided thereunder for any breach of such representations
and warranties, such right, title and interest may be enforced by
the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. Upon the discovery
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator
or the Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and
warranties made in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect
of any Mortgage Loan which materially and adversely affects the
value of a Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders
in such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Seller of such breach and request that the
Seller shall, within 90 days from the date that the Seller was
notified or otherwise obtained knowledge of such breach, either (i)
cure such breach in all material respects or (ii) purchase such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price and in the
manner set forth in Section 2.02; provided that if such breach
would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified
mortgage” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any
such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date
such breach was discovered. However, in the case of a breach under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, subject to the approval of
the Depositor, the Seller shall have the option to substitute a
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for such Mortgage Loan
if such substitution occurs within two years following the Closing
Date, except that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be
other than a “qualified mortgage” as defined in Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such substitution must occur within 90
days from the date the breach was discovered if such 90 day period
expires before two years following the Closing Date. In the event
that Seller elects to substitute a Eligible Substitute Mortgage
Loan or Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section
2.04, the Trustee shall enforce the obligation of the Seller under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver to the Custodian as
agent for the Trustee and the Master Servicer, as appropriate, with
respect to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the
original Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, an Assignment of the Mortgage
in recordable form, and such other documents and agreements as are
required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as
required by Section 2.01. No substitution will be made in any
calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. Monthly
Payments due with respect to Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in
the month of substitution, to the extent received by the Master
Servicer or any Subservicer, shall not be part of the Trust Fund
and will be retained by the Master Servicer and remitted by the
Master Servicer to the Seller on the next succeeding Distribution
Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the Monthly Payment due on a
Deleted Mortgage Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller
shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Depositor shall amend or cause to be
amended the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the
Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan and the substitution of the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans and the Depositor shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan
Schedule to the Custodian as agent for the Trustee. Upon such
substitution, the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall
be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, the
Seller shall be deemed to have made the representations and
warranties with respect to the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan
contained in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as of the date of
substitution, and the Depositor shall be deemed to have made with
respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of
the date of substitution, the representations and warranties set
forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (other than any
statistical representations set forth therein).
In connection with the substitution of one or
more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the amount (the
“Substitution Adjustment”), if any, by which the
aggregate principal balance of all such Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the
Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage
Loans (in each case after application of the principal portion of
the Monthly Payments due in the month of substitution that are to
be distributed to Certificateholders in the month of substitution).
In accordance with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller
shall give notice in writing to the Trustee, the Custodian and the
Securities Administrator of such event, which notice shall be
accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate as to the calculation
of such shortfall (and that such shortfall, if any, has been
Deposited into the Distribution Account) and by an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such substitution will not cause (a) any
federal tax to be imposed on any Trust REMIC, including without
limitation, any federal tax imposed on “prohibited
transactions” under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
“contributions after the startup date” under Section
860G(d)(1) of the Code or (b) any portion of any Trust REMIC to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is
outstanding. The costs of any substitution as described above,
including any related assignments, opinions or other documentation
in connection therewith shall be borne by the Seller.
In connection with any repurchase of a Mortgage
Loan, substitution or the cure of a breach of a representation or
warranty pursuant to Section 2.02 and this Section 2.04, the Seller
shall promptly furnish to the Securities Administrator and the
Trustee an officer’s certificate, signed by a duly authorized
officer of the Seller to the effect that such repurchase,
substitution or cure has been made in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to
such repurchase, substitution or cure have been satisfied,
including the delivery to the Securities Administrator of the
Purchase Price or Substitution Adjustment amount, as applicable,
for deposit into the Distribution Account, together with copies of
any Opinion of Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to this
Agreement and the related Request for Release, in which the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee may rely. Solely for
purposes of the Securities Administrator providing an Assessment of
Compliance, upon receipt of such documentation, the Securities
Administrator shall approve such repurchase, substitution or cure,
as applicable, and which approval shall consist solely of the
Securities Administrator’s receipt of such documentation and
deposits.
Except as expressly set forth herein, none of
the Trustee, the Custodian, the Securities Administrator or the
Master Servicer is under any obligation to discover any breach of
the above-mentioned representations and warranties. It is
understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure
such breach, purchase or to substitute for such Mortgage Loan as to
which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute
the sole remedy respecting such breach available to
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders.
Section 2.05
Issuance of Certificates;
Conveyance of Regular Interests and Acceptance of REMIC 1 and REMIC
2 by the Trustee .
(a) The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of
the Mortgage Loans and the delivery to the Custodian as agent for
the Trustee of the Mortgage Files, subject to the provisions of
Sections 2.01 and 2.02, together with the assignment to it of all
other assets included in the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and in
exchange therefor, the Securities Administrator, pursuant to the
written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the
Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the
order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized
denominations. The interests evidenced by the Certificates,
constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution
and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee without recourse all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to REMIC 1 for
the benefit of the holders of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests and
Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class R-1
Interest). The Trustee acknowledges receipt of REMIC 1 and declares
that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use
and benefit of the holders of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests and
Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class R-1
Interest). The interests evidenced by the Class R-1 Interest,
together with the REMIC 1 Regular Interests, constitute the entire
beneficial ownership interest in REMIC 1.
(c) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution
and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee without recourse all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the REMIC 1
Regular Interests (which are uncertificated) for the benefit of the
Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class R Certificates
(in respect of the Class R-2 Interest). The Trustee acknowledges
receipt of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests and declares that it holds
and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit
of the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class R
Certificates (in respect of the Class R-2 Interest). The interests
evidenced by the Class R-2 Interest, together with the Regular
Certificates, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest
in REMIC 2.
Section 2.06
Negative Covenants of the Trustee
and Master Servicer .
Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this
Agreement the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and Master
Servicer shall not cause the Trust Fund to:
(i) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of
any of the assets of the Trust Fund;
(ii) dissolve or liquidate the Trust Fund in whole or
in part;
(iii) engage, directly or indirectly, in any business
other than that arising out of the issue of the Certificates, and
the actions contemplated or required to be performed under this
Agreement;
(iv) incur, create or assume any indebtedness for
borrowed money;
(v) voluntarily file a petition for bankruptcy,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar
proceeding; or
(vi) merge, convert or consolidate with any other
Person.
Section 2.07
Purposes and Powers of the
Issuing Entity .
The purpose of the common law trust, as created
hereunder, is to engage in the following activities:
(a) acquire and hold the Mortgage Loans and the
other assets of the Trust Fund and the proceeds
therefrom;
(b) to issue the Certificates sold to the Depositor
in exchange for the Mortgage Loans;
(c) to make payments on the Certificates;
(d) to engage in those activities that are
necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or
are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(e) subject to compliance with this Agreement, to
engage in such other activities as may be required in connection
with conservation of the Trust Fund and the making of distributions
to the Certificateholders.
The Issuing Entity is hereby authorized to
engage in the foregoing activities. The Trustee shall not knowingly
cause the Issuing Entity to engage in any activity other than in
connection with the foregoing or other than as required or
authorized by the terms of this Agreement while any Certificate is
outstanding, and this Section 2.07 may not be amended, without the
consent of the Certificateholders evidencing 51% or more of the
aggregate voting rights of the Certificates.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND
SERVICING
OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 3.01
Administration and Servicing of
Mortgage Loans .
(a) The Master Servicer shall supervise, monitor and
oversee the obligation of the Servicer to service and administer
the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the Servicing
Agreement and shall have full power and authority to do any and all
things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with
such master servicing and administration. In performing its
obligations hereunder, the Master Servicer shall act in a manner
consistent with Accepted Master Servicing Practices. Furthermore,
the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with the Servicer as
necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master
Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and
evaluate all reports, information and other data provided to the
Master Servicer by the Servicer and shall cause the Servicer to
perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to be
performed or observed by the Servicer under the Servicing
Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently and separately
monitor the Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to
each related Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such
monitoring with such information provided in the previous sentence
on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to the
Servicer’s and Master Servicer’s records, and based on
such reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer
shall provide such information to the Securities Administrator as
shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements
specified in Section 4.03, and prepare any other information and
statements required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its
Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual remittances of the
Servicer to the Distribution Account pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement.
In addition to the foregoing, in connection with
a modification of any Mortgage Loan by the Servicer, if the Master
Servicer is unable to enforce the obligations of the Servicer with
respect to such modification, the Master Servicer shall notify the
Depositor of such Servicer’s failure to comply with the terms
of the Servicing Agreement or this Agreement. If the Servicing
Agreement requires the approval of the Master Servicer for a
modification to a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall approve
such modification if, based upon its receipt of written
notification from the Servicer outlining the terms of such
modification and appropriate supporting documentation, the Master
Servicer determines that the modification is permitted under the
terms of the Servicing Agreement and that any conditions to such
modification set forth in the Servicing Agreement have been
satisfied. Furthermore, if the Servicing Agreement requires the
oversight and monitoring of loss mitigation measures with respect
to the related Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will monitor any
loss mitigation procedure or recovery action related to a defaulted
Mortgage Loan (to the extent it receives notice of such from the
Servicer) and confirm that such loss mitigation procedure or
recovery action is initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance
with any timeframes and any other requirements set forth in the
Servicing Agreement, and the Master Servicer shall notify the
Depositor in any case in which the Master Servicer believes that
the Servicer is not complying with such timeframes and/or other
requirements.
The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer and the
Master Servicer with a separate power of attorney in the standard
form used by the Trustee in the form of Exhibit R to the extent
necessary and appropriate to enable the Servicer and the Master
Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans and REO
Property. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any
Servicer or the Master Servicer under such powers of
attorney.
The Trustee shall provide access to the records
and documentation in possession of the Trustee regarding the
Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the servicing thereof to the
Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and
examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon
reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours
at the office of the Trustee; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise required by law, the Trustee shall not be required to
provide access to such records and documentation if the provision
thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Mortgagor.
The Trustee shall allow representatives of the above entities to
photocopy any of the records and documentation and shall provide
equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the
Trustee’s actual costs.
The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the
Servicer and the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for
trustee’s sale or other documents necessary or desirable to
(i) the foreclosure or trustee’s sale with respect to a
Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought to obtain
judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or security
instrument; (iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against the
Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any other rights or remedies provided by
the Mortgage Note or security instrument or otherwise available at
law or equity.
(b) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the
Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage
Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any
such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if
such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in
conformity with the Accepted Servicing Practices; provided,
however, that:
(A) the Master Servicer shall not make future
advances (except as provided in Section 4.03);
(B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any
modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change
the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or
interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance
(except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal)
or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless (i)
the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or
(ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer,
reasonably foreseeable); and
(C) the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i)
partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal,
demolition or division of properties subject to Mortgages, (iv)
modification or (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, in each case that would: (1) affect
adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (2) cause any
Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on “prohibited
transactions” or “contributions” pursuant to the
REMIC Provisions, or (3) both (x) effect an exchange or reissuance
of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or Treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder) and (y) cause any Trust REMIC
to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or be subject to the
imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or
“contributions” after the Startup Day under the REMIC
Provisions.
The provisions of this Section 3.01(b) shall
apply to the exercise of such waiver, modification, postponement or
indulgence rights by the Master Servicer in its capacity as such
and shall not apply to the exercise of any similar rights by the
Servicer, who shall instead be subject to the provisions of the
Servicing Agreement. Such waiver, modification, postponement and
indulgence rights of the Master Servicer set forth in this Section
shall not be construed as a duty.
(c) The Master Servicer shall enforce the obligation
of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement in connection with
the waiver of Prepayment Charges in accordance with the criteria
therein and to pay the amount of any waived Prepayment
Charges.
Section 3.02
REMIC-Related
Covenants .
For as long as each Trust REMIC shall exist, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator shall
act in accordance herewith to assure continuing treatment of each
such Trust REMIC as a REMIC, and the Trustee, the Master Servicer
and the Securities Administrator shall comply with any directions
of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Master Servicer to assure
such continuing treatment. In particular, unless otherwise
expressly permitted in the Agreement, (a) the Trustee shall not
sell or permit the sale of all or any portion of the Mortgage
Loans, (b) the Securities Administrator shall not sell or permit
the sale of all or any portion or of any investment of deposits in
an Account unless, in each such case, such sale is as a result of a
repurchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the
Trustee and the Securities Administrator have received a REMIC
Opinion addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
prepared at the expense of the Trust Fund; and (c) other than with
respect to a substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, the
Securities Administrator shall not accept any contribution to any
REMIC after the Startup Day without receipt of a REMIC Opinion
addressed to the Securities Administrator.
Section 3.03
Monitoring of Servicer
.
(a) The Master Servicer shall be responsible for
reporting to the Trustee and the Depositor the non-compliance by
the Servicer with its duties under the Servicing Agreement. In the
review of the Servicer’s activities, the Master Servicer may
rely upon an officer’s certificate of the Servicer (or
similar document signed by an officer of the Servicer) with regard
to the Servicer’s compliance with the terms of its Servicing
Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer, in its judgment,
determines that the Servicer should be terminated in accordance
with its Servicing Agreement, or that a notice should be sent
pursuant to such Servicing Agreement with respect to the occurrence
of an event that, unless cured, would constitute grounds for such
termination, the Master Servicer shall notify the Depositor and the
Trustee thereof and the Master Servicer shall issue such notice or
take such other action as it deems appropriate.
(b) The Master Servicer, for the benefit of the
Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations
of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, and shall, in the
event that the Servicer fails to perform its obligations in
accordance with the Servicing Agreement, subject to the preceding
paragraph, terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer
thereunder and act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or to
cause the Trustee to enter in to a new Servicing Agreement with a
successor Servicer selected by the Master Servicer; provided,
however, it is understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto
that there will be a period of transition (not to exceed 100 days)
before the actual servicing functions can be fully transferred to
such successor Servicer. Such enforcement, including, without
limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of
Servicing Agreements and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies,
shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such
time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business judgment,
would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The
Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own
expense, provided that the Master Servicer shall not be required to
prosecute or defend any legal action except to the extent that the
Master Servicer shall have received reasonable indemnity for its
costs and expenses in pursuing such action.
(c) To the extent that the costs and expenses of the
Master Servicer related to any termination of the Servicer,
appointment of a successor Servicer or the transfer and assumption
of servicing by the Master Servicer with respect to any Servicing
Agreement (including, without limitation, (i) all legal costs and
expenses and all due diligence costs and expenses associated with
an evaluation of the potential termination of the Servicer as a
result of an event of default by the Servicer and (ii) all costs
and expenses associated with the complete transfer of servicing,
including all servicing files and all servicing data and the
completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as
may be required by the successor servicer to correct any errors or
insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the
successor service to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the Servicing Agreement) are not fully and timely reimbursed by the
terminated Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to
reimbursement of such costs and expenses from the Distribution
Account.
(d) The Master Servicer shall require the Servicer
to comply with the remittance requirements and other obligations
set forth in the Servicing Agreement.
(e) If the Master Servicer acts as Servicer, it will
not assume liability for the representations and warranties of the
Servicer, if any, that it replaces.
Section 3.04
Fidelity Bond
.
The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall
maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and
omissions insurance policy, affording coverage with respect to all
directors, officers, employees and other Persons acting on such
Master Servicer’s behalf, and covering errors and omissions
in the performance of the Master Servicer’s obligations
hereunder. The errors and omissions insurance policy and the
fidelity bond shall be in such form and amount generally acceptable
for entities serving as master servicers or trustees.
Section 3.05
Power to Act;
Procedures .
The Master Servicer shall master service the
Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, subject to
the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of Article X hereof, to do
any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in
connection with the master servicing and administration of the
Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to the power and
authority (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers
and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers
of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and
related Mortgages, (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries, and (iv) to
effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the
Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan, in each case, in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing
Agreement, as applicable; provided, however, that the Master
Servicer shall not (and, consistent with its responsibilities under
Section 3.03, shall not permit the Servicer to) knowingly or
intentionally take any action, or fail to take (or fail to cause to
be taken) any action reasonably within its control and the scope of
duties more specifically set forth herein, that, under the REMIC
Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could cause
any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the
imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including but not limited
to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set
forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the Master Servicer
has received an Opinion of Counsel (but not at the expense of the
Master Servicer) to the effect that the contemplated action would
not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result
in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC. The Trustee shall
furnish the Master Servicer, upon written request from a Servicing
Officer, with the Trustee’s standard form of power of
attorney in the form of Exhibit R empowering the Master Servicer or
the Servicer to execute and deliver instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and to
foreclose upon or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to
appeal, prosecute or defend in any court action relating to the
Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance with the
Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and the Trustee shall
execute and deliver such other documents, as the Master Servicer
may request, to enable the Master Servicer to master service and
administer the Mortgage Loans and carry out its duties hereunder,
in each case in accordance with Accepted Master Servicing Practices
(and the Trustee shall have no liability for the use of any such
powers of attorney by the Master Servicer or the Servicer). If the
Master Servicer or the Trustee has been advised that it is likely
that the laws of the state in which action is to be taken prohibit
such action if taken in the name of the Trustee or that the Trustee
would be adversely affected under the “doing business”
or tax laws of such state if such action is taken in its name, the
Master Servicer shall join with the Trustee in the appointment of a
co-trustee pursuant to Section 8.10 hereof. In the performance of
its duties hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be an independent
contractor and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the
Trustee.
Section 3.06
Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements .
To the extent provided in the Servicing
Agreement, to the extent Mortgage Loans contain enforceable
due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall cause the Servicer
to enforce such clauses in accordance with the Servicing Agreement.
If applicable law prohibits the enforcement of a due-on-sale clause
or such clause is otherwise not enforced in accordance with the
Servicing Agreement, and, as a consequence, a Mortgage Loan is
assumed, the original Mortgagor may be released from liability in
accordance with the Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.07
Release of Mortgage
Files .
(a) Upon becoming aware of the payment in full of
any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Servicer of a notification
that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for
such purposes for payment to Certificateholders on the next
Distribution Date, the Servicer will, if required under the
Servicing Agreement (or if the Servicer does not, the Master
Servicer may), promptly furnish to the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, two copies of a certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit F hereto signed by an officer of the Servicer or in a
mutually agreeable electronic format which will, in lieu of a
signature on its face, originate from a Servicing Officer (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all
amounts received in connection with such payment that are required
to be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.16 or by the Servicer pursuant to its
Servicing Agreement have been or will be so deposited) and shall
request that the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, deliver to
the Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such
certification and Request for Release, the Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, shall release the related Mortgage File to the
Servicer within five (5) Business Days and the Trustee and
Custodian shall have no further responsibility with regard to such
Mortgage File. Upon any such payment in full, the Servicer is
authorized, to give as the mortgagee under the Mortgage that
secured the Mortgage Loan, an instrument of satisfaction (or
assignment of mortgage without recourse) regarding the Mortgaged
Property subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction
or assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Person
or Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor of such
payment, it being understood and agreed that no expenses incurred
in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or assignment,
as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the Protected
Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the
servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and in accordance
with the Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall execute such
documents as shall be prepared and furnished to the Trustee by the
Servicer or the Master Servicer (in form reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee) and as are necessary to the prosecution of any such
proceedings. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall, upon
the request of the Servicer or the Master Servicer, and delivery to
the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, of two copies of a request
for release signed by a Servicing Officer substantially in the form
of Exhibit F (or in a mutually agreeable electronic format which
will, contain a signature on its face and originate from a
Servicing Officer), release the related Mortgage File held in its
possession or control to the Servicer or the Master Servicer, as
applicable. Such trust receipt shall obligate the Servicer or the
Master Servicer to return the Mortgage File to the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee, when the need therefor by the Servicer or
the Master Servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall
be liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a
Servicing Officer similar to that hereinabove specified, the
Mortgage File shall be released by the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, to the Servicer or the Master Servicer.
Section 3.08
Documents, Records and Funds in
Possession of Master Servicer To Be Held for Trustee
.
(a) The Master Servicer shall transmit and the
Servicer (to the extent required by the Servicing Agreement) shall
transmit to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee such documents
and instruments coming into the possession of the Master Servicer
or the Servicer from time to time as are required by the terms
hereof, or in the case of the Servicer, the Servicing Agreement, to
be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian. Any funds received by
the Master Servicer or by the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage
Loan or which otherwise are collected by the Master Servicer or by
the Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or
Subsequent Recoveries in respect of any Mortgage Loan shall be held
for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders subject
to the Master Servicer’s right to retain or withdraw from the
Distribution Account the Master Servicing Compensation and other
amounts provided in this Agreement, and to the right of the
Servicer to retain its Servicing Fee and other amounts as provided
in the Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, and (to the
extent provided in the Servicing Agreement) shall cause the
Servicer to, provide access to information and documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, its agents and
accountants at any time upon reasonable request in writing and
during normal business hours, and to Certificateholders that are
savings and loan associations, banks or insurance companies, the
Office of Thrift Supervision, the FDIC and the supervisory agents
and examiners of such Office and Corporation or examiners of any
other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority if
so required by applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift
Supervision or other regulatory authority, such access to be
afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request in writing
and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master
Servicer designated by it. In fulfilling such a request the Master
Servicer shall not be responsible for determining the sufficiency
of such information.
(b) All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held
by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer, in respect of any
Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and
interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds
or Subsequent Recoveries, shall be held by the Master Servicer for
and on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders and shall
be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Trustee;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer and the Servicer shall
be entitled to setoff against, and deduct from, any such funds any
amounts that are properly due and payable to the Master Servicer or
the Servicer under this Agreement or the Servicing
Agreement.
Section 3.09
Standard Hazard Insurance and
Flood Insurance Policies .
(a) For each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer
shall enforce any obligation of the Servicer under the Servicing
Agreement to maintain or cause to be maintained standard fire and
casualty insurance and, where applicable, flood insurance, all in
accordance with the provisions of the Servicing Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that such insurance shall be with insurers
meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in the Servicing
Agreement and that no earthquake or other additional insurance is
to be required of any Mortgagor or to be maintained on property
acquired in respect of a defaulted loan, other than pursuant to
such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance.
(b) Pursuant to Section 3.16 and 3.19, any amounts
collected by the Servicer or the Master Servicer, under any
insurance policies (other than amounts to be applied to the
restoration or repair of the property subject to the related
Mortgage or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
Servicing Agreement) shall be deposited into the Distribution
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.16 and 3.20.
Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or the Servicer in
maintaining any such insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its
obligation to do so shall be added to the amount owing under the
Mortgage Loan where the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit;
provided, however, that the addition of any such cost shall not be
taken into account for purposes of calculating the distributions to
be made to Certificateholders and shall be recoverable by the
Master Servicer or the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16 and
3.20.
Section 3.10
Presentment of Claims and
Collection of Proceeds .
The Master Servicer shall (to the extent
provided in the Servicing Agreement) cause the Servicer to prepare
and present on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders all
claims under the Insurance Policies and take such actions
(including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or enforcement
of the insured’s claim) as shall be necessary to realize
recovery under such policies. Any proceeds disbursed to the Master
Servicer (or disbursed to the Servicer and remitted to the Master
Servicer) in respect of such policies, bonds or contracts shall be
promptly deposited in the Distribution Account upon receipt, except
that any amounts realized that are to be applied to the repair or
restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a condition
precedent to the presentation of claims on the related Mortgage
Loan to the insurer under any applicable Insurance Policy need not
be so deposited (or remitted).
Section 3.11
Maintenance of the Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies .
(a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit
the Servicer (to the extent such action is prohibited under the
Servicing Agreement) to take, any action that would result in
noncoverage under any applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
of any loss which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer or
the Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. The Master
Servicer shall use its best reasonable efforts to cause the
Servicer (to the extent required under the Servicing Agreement) to
keep in force and effect (to the extent that the Mortgage Loan
requires the Mortgagor to maintain such insurance), primary
mortgage insurance applicable to each Mortgage Loan in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement,
as applicable. The Master Servicer shall not, and shall not permit
the Servicer (to the extent required under the Servicing Agreement)
to, cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance of the
Mortgage Note and is required to be kept in force hereunder except
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the
Servicing Agreement, as applicable.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to present, or to
cause the Servicer (to the extent required under the Servicing
Agreement) to present, on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such
reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under
any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies respecting defaulted
Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 3.19, any amounts collected by
the Master Servicer or the Servicer under any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Distribution Account,
subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.20.
Section 3.12
Trustee to Retain Possession of
Certain Insurance Policies and Documents .
The Trustee (or the Custodian, as directed by
the Trustee), shall retain possession and custody of the originals
(to the extent available) of any Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies, or certificate of insurance if applicable, and any
certificates of renewal as to the foregoing as may be issued from
time to time as contemplated by this Agreement. Until all amounts
distributable in respect of the Certificates have been distributed
in full and the Master Servicer otherwise has fulfilled its
obligations under this Agreement, the Trustee (or its Custodian, if
any, as directed by the Trustee) shall also retain possession and
custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall
promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (or the
Custodian, as directed by the Trustee), upon the execution or
receipt thereof the originals of any Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies, any certificates of renewal, and such other documents or
instruments that constitute portions of the Mortgage File that come
into the possession of the Master Servicer from time to
time.
Section 3.13
Realization Upon Defaulted
Mortgage Loans .
The Master Servicer shall cause the Servicer (to
the extent required under the Servicing Agreement) to foreclose
upon, repossess or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of
Mortgaged Properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come
into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory
arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments, all
in accordance with the Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.14
Compensation for the Master
Servicer .
The Master Servicer will be entitled to all
income and gain realized from any investment of funds in the
Distribution Account (the “Master Servicing
Compensation”), pursuant to Article IV, for the performance
of its activities hereunder. The Master Servicer shall be required
to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as provided in this Agreement.
Section 3.15
REO Property
.
(a) In the event the Issuing Entity acquires
ownership of any REO Property in respect of any related Mortgage
Loan, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the
Trustee, or to its nominee, on behalf of the related
Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall, to the extent
provided in the Servicing Agreement, cause the Servicer to sell any
REO Property as expeditiously as possible and in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, as
applicable. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the
Master Servicer shall cause the Servicer to protect and conserve,
such REO Property in the manner and to the extent required by the
Servicing Agreement, in accordance with the REMIC Provisions and in
a manner that does not result in a tax on “net income from
foreclosure property” or cause such REO Property to fail to
qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code.
(b) The Master Servicer shall, to the extent
required by the Servicing Agreement, cause the Servicer to deposit
all funds collected and received in connection with the operation
of any REO Property in the Protected Account.
(c) The Master Servicer and the Servicer, upon the
final disposition of any REO Property, shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any related unreimbursed Advances and other
unreimbursed advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees from
Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with the final
disposition of such REO Property; provided, that any such
unreimbursed Advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees may be
reimbursed or paid, as the case may be, prior to final disposition,
out of any net rental income or other net amounts derived from such
REO Property.
(d) To the extent provided in the Servicing
Agreement, the Liquidation Proceeds from the final disposition of
the REO Property, net of any payment to the Master Servicer and the
Servicer as provided above shall be deposited in the Protected
Account on or prior to the Determination Date in the month
following receipt thereof and be remitted by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the Securities Administrator for
deposit into the Distribution Account on the next succeeding
Servicer Remittance Date.
Section 3.16
Protected Accounts
.
(a) The Master Servicer shall enforce the obligation
of the Servicer to establish and maintain a Protected Account in
accordance with the Servicing Agreement, with records to be kept
with respect thereto on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis,
into which accounts shall be deposited within 48 hours (or as of
such other time specified in the Servicing Agreement) of receipt,
all collections of principal and interest on any Mortgage Loan and
any REO Property received by the Servicer, including Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, and advances
made from the Servicer’s own funds (less servicing
compensation as permitted by the Servicing Agreement in the case of
the Servicer) and all other amounts to be deposited in the
Protected Account. The Servicer is hereby authorized to make
withdrawals from and deposits to the related Protected Account for
purposes required or permitted by this Agreement. To the extent
provided in the Servicing Agreement, the Protected Account shall be
held by a Designated Depository Institution and segregated on the
books of such institution in the name of the Securities
Administrator on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders.
(b) To the extent provided in the Servicing
Agreement, amounts on deposit in a Protected Account may be
invested in Permitted Investments in the name of the Securities
Administrator on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders and, except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, not commingled with any other funds. Such Permitted
Investments shall mature, or shall be subject to redemption or
withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required
to be withdrawn for deposit in the Distribution Account, and shall
be held until required for such deposit. The income earned from
Permitted Investments made pursuant to this Section 3.16 shall be
paid to the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, and the risk of
loss of moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders
resulting from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk
of the Servicer. The Servicer (to the extent provided in the
Servicing Agreement) shall deposit the amount of any such loss in
the Protected Account within two Business Days of receipt of
notification of such loss but not later than the second Business
Day prior to the Servicer Remittance Date on which the moneys so
invested are required to be distributed to the Securities
Administrator.
(c) To the extent provided in the Servicing
Agreement and subject to this Article III, on or before each
Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall withdraw or shall
cause to be withdrawn from its Protected Accounts and shall
immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the Distribution
Account amounts representing the following collections and payments
(other than with respect to principal of or interest on the
Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date):
(1) Scheduled payments on the Mortgage Loans
received or any related portion thereof advanced by the Servicer
pursuant to its Servicing Agreement which were due on or before the
related Due Date, net of the amount thereof comprising its
Servicing Fee or any fees with respect to any lender-paid primary
mortgage insurance policy;
(2) Full Principal Prepayments and any Liquidation
Proceeds received by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage
Loans in the related Prepayment Period, with interest to the date
of prepayment or liquidation, net of the amount thereof comprising
its Servicing Fee;
(3) Partial Principal Prepayments received by the
Servicer for the Mortgage Loans in the related Prepayment Period;
and
(4) All Prepayment Charges and the amount, if any,
required to be paid by the Servicer pursuant to Section 11.02 of
the Servicing Agreement;
(5) Any amount to be used as a Advance and any
payments of Compensating Interest.
(d) Withdrawals may be made from an Account only to
make remittances as provided in the Servicing Agreement; to
reimburse the Master Servicer or the Servicer for Advances which
have been recovered by subsequent collections from the related
Mortgagor; to remove amounts deposited in error; to remove fees,
charges or other such amounts deposited on a temporary basis; or to
clear and terminate the account at the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. To the extent provided
in the Servicing Agreement, certain amounts otherwise due to the
Servicer may be retained by them and need not be deposited in the
Distribution Account
Section 3.17
[Reserved]
.
Section 3.18
[Reserved]
.
Section 3.19
Distribution Account
.
(a) The Securities Administrator shall establish and
maintain on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, the Distribution Account as a segregated trust
account or accounts. The Distribution Account shall be an Eligible
Account. The Master Servicer or Servicer, as the case may be, will
remit to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the
Distribution Account, the following amounts:
(1) Any amounts withdrawn from a Protected
Account;
(2) Any Advance and any Compensating Interest
Payments;
(3) Any Insurance Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds
or Subsequent Recoveries received by or on behalf of the Servicer
or Master Servicer or which were not deposited in a Protected
Account;
(4) Any proceeds of any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property repurchased or purchased in accordance with Sections 2.02,
2.04 and 9.01, and all amounts required to be deposited in
connection with the substitution of an Eligible Substitute Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.04;
(5) Any amounts required to be deposited with
respect to losses on investments of deposits in an Account;
and
(6) Any other amounts received by or on behalf of
the Master Servicer and required to be deposited in the
Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) All amounts deposited to the Distribution
Account shall be held by the Securities Administrator on behalf of
the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The
requirements for crediting the Distribution Account shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of (i)
prepayment or late payment charges or assumption, tax service,
statement account or payoff, substitution, satisfaction, release
and other like fees and charges and (ii) the items enumerated in
Subsection 3.20(a) need not be credited by the Master Servicer or
the Servicer to the Distribution Account, as applicable. In the
event that the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited to the Distribution Account any amount not required to be
credited thereto, the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a
written request therefor signed by a Servicing Officer of the
Master Servicer, shall promptly transfer such amount to the Master
Servicer, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(c) The Distribution Account shall constitute a
trust account of the Issuing Entity segregated on the books of the
Securities Administrator as being held on behalf of the Trustee,
and the Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein shall
not be subject to, and shall be protected from, all claims, liens,
and encumbrances of any creditors or depositors of the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer (whether made
directly, or indirectly through a liquidator or receiver of the
Trustee or the Master Servicer). The Distribution Account shall be
an Eligible Account. The Distribution Account and deposits into the
Distribution Account shall be deemed to have been made. The amount
at any time credited to the Distribution Account shall be (i) held
in cash and fully insured by the FDIC to the maximum coverage
provided thereby or (ii) invested by the Securities Administrator
on behalf of the Trustee, in such Permitted Investments selected by
the Master Servicer or deposited in demand deposits with such
depository institutions as selected by the Master Servicer,
provided that time deposits of such depository institutions would
be a Permitted Investment. All Permitted Investments shall mature
or be subject to redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall
be held until, the next succeeding Distribution Date if the
obligor, manager or advisor for such Permitted Investment is an
affiliate of the Securities Administrator or, if such obligor is
any other Person, the Business Day preceding such Distribution
Date. All investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the
Distribution Account or benefit from funds uninvested therein from
time to time shall be for the account of the Master Servicer. The
Securities Administrator shall withdraw and remit to the Master
Servicer any and all investment earnings from the Distribution
Account on each Distribution Date. If there is any loss on a
Permitted Investment or demand deposit, the Master Servicer shall
deposit the amount of the loss to the Distribution Account. With
respect to the Distribution Account and the funds deposited
therein, the Master Servicer shall take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the Certificateholders shall be entitled
to the priorities afforded to such a trust account (in addition to
a claim against the estate of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator) as provided by 12 U.S.C. § 92a(e), and
applicable regulations pursuant thereto, if applicable, or any
applicable comparable state statute applicable to state chartered
banking corporations.
Section 3.20
Permitted Withdrawals and
Transfers from the Distribution Account .
(a) The Securities Administrator will, from time to
time, make or cause to be made such withdrawals or transfers from
the Distribution Account as the Securities Administrator has
designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this
Agreement and the Servicing Agreement:
(1) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Servicer
for any Advance of its own funds, the right of the Master Servicer
or the Servicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i)
being limited to amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan
(including, for this purpose, the Purchase Price therefor,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late
payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such
Mortgage Loan respecting which such Advance was made;
(2) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Servicer
from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a
particular Mortgage Loan for amounts expended by the Master
Servicer or the Servic