SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING,
INC.
Depositor
Master Servicer and Securities
Administrator
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 1,
2007
SEQUOIA MORTGAGE TRUST
2007-1
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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5
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Definitions
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5
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Calculations
Respecting Mortgage Loans
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36
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ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF TRUST; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
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37
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Creation and
Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
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37
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Acceptance of
Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of Documentation for Trust
Fund
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40
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
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Discovery of
Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans
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[Reserved]
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Grant
Clause
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ARTICLE III THE
CERTIFICATES
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47
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The
Certificates
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Registration
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Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates
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Cancellation of
Certificates
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51
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Replacement of
Certificates
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52
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Persons Deemed
Owners
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52
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Temporary
Certificates
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Appointment of
Paying Agent
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Book-Entry
Certificates
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ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND
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55
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Collection
Accounts; Distribution Account
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[Reserved]
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[Reserved]
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Reports to
Trustee and Certificateholders
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ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES
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59
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Distributions
Generally
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Distributions
from the Distribution Account
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Allocation of
Losses
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Advances by
Master Servicer
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Compensating
Interest Payments
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ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR; EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
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65
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Duties of
Trustee and the Securities Administrator
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65
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Certain Matters
Affecting the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
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68
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Trustee and
Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates
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Trustee and the
Securities Administrator May Own Certificates
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Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee and Securities Administrator
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Resignation and
Removal of Trustee and the Securities Administrator
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71
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Successor
Trustee and Successor Securities Administrator
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Merger or
Consolidation of Trustee or the Securities Administrator
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Appointment of
Co-Trustee, Separate Trustee or Custodian
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Authenticating
Agents
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Indemnification
of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
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Fees and
Expenses of Securities Administrator and the Trustee
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Collection of
Monies
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Events of
Default; Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor
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Additional
Remedies of Trustee Upon Event of Default
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80
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Waiver of
Defaults
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81
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Notification to
Holders
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81
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Directions by
Certificateholders and Duties of Trustee During Event of
Default
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81
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Action Upon
Certain Failures of the Master Servicer and Upon Event of
Default
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82
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Preparation of
Tax Returns and Other Reports
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Reporting to
the Commission
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83
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Annual
Statements of Compliance
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90
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Annual
Assessments of Compliance
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91
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Accountant’s Attestation
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92
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ARTICLE VII
PURCHASE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND TERMINATION OF THE TRUST
FUND
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93
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Purchase of
Mortgage Loans; Termination of Trust Fund Upon Purchase or
Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans
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93
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Procedure Upon
Redemption and Termination of Trust Fund
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Additional
Trust Fund Termination Requirements
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ARTICLE VIII
RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
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96
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Limitation on
Rights of Holders
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Access to List
of Holders
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213965 Sequoia 2007-1
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Acts of Holders
of Certificates
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ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE MASTER
SERVICER
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Duties of the
Master Servicer; Enforcement of Servicer’s and Master
Servicer’s Obligations
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Assumption of
Master Servicing by Trustee
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101
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Representations
and Warranties of the Master Servicer
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Compensation to
the Master Servicer
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103
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Merger or
Consolidation
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104
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Resignation of
Master Servicer
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Assignment or
Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer
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Limitation on
Liability of the Master Servicer and Others
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105
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Indemnification; Third-Party Claims
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105
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Master Servicer
Fidelity Bond and Master Servicer Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy
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106
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ARTICLE X REMIC
ADMINISTRATION
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REMIC
Administration
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106
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Prohibited
Transactions and Activities
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108
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Indemnification
with Respect to Prohibited Transactions or Loss of REMIC
Status
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REO
Property
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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110
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Binding Nature
of Agreement; Assignment
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110
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Entire
Agreement
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Amendment
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111
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Voting
Rights
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112
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Provision of
Information
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112
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Governing
Law
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113
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Notices
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113
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Severability of
Provisions
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113
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Indulgences; No
Waivers
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113
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Headings Not To
Affect Interpretation
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114
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Benefits of
Agreement
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114
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Special Notices
to the Rating Agencies
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114
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Conflicts
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115
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Counterparts
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115
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No
Petitions
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115
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Intention of
the Parties and Interpretation; Indemnification
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115
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Forms of
Certificates
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Form of
Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit (Transferee)
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Form of
Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit (Transferor)
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Form of Custody
Agreement
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List of
Servicing Agreements
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List of
Purchase Agreements
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List of Limited
Purpose Surety Bonds
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Form of
Rule 144A Transfer Certificate
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Form of
Purchaser’s Letter for Institutional Accredited
Investors
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Form of ERISA
Transfer Affidavit
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Form of Letter
of Representations with the Depository Trust Company
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Additional
Disclosure Notification
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Form of Annual
Certification
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Servicing
Criteria to Be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
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Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure
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Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure
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Additional
Form 8-K Disclosure
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Mortgage Loan
Schedule
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This POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2007 (the
“Agreement”), by and among SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING,
INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
“Depositor”), HSBC Bank USA, National Association, a
national banking association, as trustee (the
“Trustee”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., in its dual
capacities as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”)
and securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”) and acknowledged by RWT HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation, as seller (the “Seller”), for
purposes of Section 2.04.
The Depositor has
acquired the Mortgage Loans from the Seller and at the Closing Date
is the owner of the Mortgage Loans and related property being
conveyed by the Depositor to the Trustee hereunder for inclusion in
the Trust Fund. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will acquire the
Certificates from the Trustee as consideration for the
Depositor’s transfer to the Trust Fund of the Mortgage Loans,
and the other property constituting the Trust Fund. The Depositor
has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement to
provide for the conveyance to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and
the related property constituting the Trust Fund. All covenants and
agreements made by the Seller in the Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Sale Agreement and in this Agreement and by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
herein, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the other property
constituting the Trust Fund, are for the benefit of the Holders
from time to time of the Certificates. The Depositor, the Trustee,
the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator are entering
into this Agreement, and the Trustee is accepting the Trust Fund
created hereby, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.
As provided
herein, the Securities Administrator shall elect that the Trust
Fund (exclusive of the Additional Collateral) be treated for
federal income tax purposes as comprising two real estate mortgage
investment conduits (each, a “REMIC” or, in the
alternative, the “Lower-Tier REMIC,” and the
“Upper-Tier REMIC,” respectively). Each Certificate,
other than the Class 1-AR Certificate and the Class LT-R
Certificate, is hereby designated as a regular interest in the
Upper-Tier REMIC, as described herein. The Class 1-AR
Certificate is hereby designated as the sole class of residual
interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC.
The
Class LT-R Certificate evidences ownership of the sole class
of residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC (the “LT-R
Interest”). The Lower-Tier REMIC shall hold as its assets all
property of the Trust Fund, other than the Additional Collateral
and the interests in any REMIC formed hereby. Each Lower-Tier
Interest other than the LT-R Interest is hereby designated as a
regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC and the LT-R Interest is
hereby designated as the sole Class of residual interest in the
Lower-Tier REMIC. The Upper-Tier REMIC shall hold as its assets the
Lower-Tier Interests other than the LT-R Interest.
The Lower-Tier
REMIC Interests
The following
table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation, interest
rate, and initial Class Principal Amount for each Class of
Lower-Tier Interests:
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Corresponding Pool or
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REMIC Interest
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Initial Class
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Corresponding Class
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Designation
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Interest Rate
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Principal Amount
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2
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2
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3
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4
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5
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(5
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5
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Class LT-R
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(1)
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The interest
rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Interests will be a per annum
rate equal to the Pool 1 Net WAC.
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(2)
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The interest
rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Interests will be a per annum
rate equal to the Pool 2 Net WAC.
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(3)
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The interest
rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Interests will be a per annum
rate equal to the Pool 3 Net WAC.
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The interest
rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Interests will be a per annum
rate equal to the Pool 4 Net WAC.
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The interest
rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Interests will be a per annum
rate equal to the Pool 5 Net WAC.
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The LT-R
Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the Lower-Tier
REMIC. It does not have a principal balance and does not bear
interest.
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The
Class Principal Amount with respect to any Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) for each of these Lower-Tier
Interests will be an amount equal to the excess of (i) the
Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Corresponding Pool over
(ii) the Class Principal Amount of the Lower Tier Interest
having “PSA” in its designation that corresponds to the
same Mortgage Pool.
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The
Class Principal Amount with respect to any Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) for each of these Lower-Tier
Interests will be an amount equal to one percent of the Pool
Subordinate Amount of the Corresponding Pool.
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On each
Distribution Date, the Available Distribution Amount distributable
as interest shall be distributed as interest with respect to the
Lower-Tier Interests based on the interest rates described above.
On each Distribution Date, Interest Shortfalls shall be allocated
among the related Lower-Tier Interests based on the relative
amounts of interest otherwise accrued for the related Accrual
Period on each such Lower-Tier Interest.
On
each Distribution Date, the remaining Available Distribution Amount
shall be distributed as principal on the Lower-Tier Interests as
follows:
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first , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 1, to the LT-Pool 1 PSA Interest until
its Class Principal Amount equals one percent of the Pool
Subordinate Amount for Pool 1 after such Distribution
Date;
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second , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 2, to the LT-Pool 2 PSA Interest until
its Class Principal Amount equals one percent of the Pool
Subordinate Amount for Pool 2 after such Distribution
Date;
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third , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 3, to the LT-Pool 3 PSA Interest until
its Class Principal Amount equals one percent of the Pool
Subordinate Amount for Pool 3 after such Distribution
Date;
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fourth , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 4, to the LT-Pool 4 PSA Interest until
its Class Principal Amount equals one percent of the Pool
Subordinate Amount for Pool 4 after such Distribution
Date;
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fifth , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 5, to the LT-Pool 5 PSA Interest until
its Class Principal Amount equals one percent of the Pool
Subordinate Amount for Pool 5 after such Distribution
Date;
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sixth , to the LT-Pool 1 PSA, LT-Pool 2
PSA, LT-Pool 3 PSA, LT-Pool 4 PSA or LT-Pool 5 PSA Interest, from
the remaining Available Distribution Amount, the minimum amount
necessary to cause the ratio of the Class Principal Amount of
each such Lower-Tier REMIC Interest to the sum of the
Class Principal Amounts of the other four such Lower-Tier
REMIC Interests to equal the ratio of the Pool Subordinate Amount
related to such interest to the sum of the Pool Subordinate Amounts
related to the other four Lower-Tier REMIC Interests immediately
after such Distribution Date;
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(7)
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seventh , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 1, to the LT-Pool 1 Interest, until
its Class Principal Amount is reduced to zero;
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(8)
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eighth , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 2, to the LT-Pool 2 Interest, until
its Class Principal Amount is reduced to zero;
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(9)
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ninth , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 3, to the LT-Pool 3 Interest, until
its Class Principal Amount is reduced to zero;
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(10)
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tenth , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 4, to the LT-Pool 4 Interest, until
its Class Principal Amount is reduced to zero;
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(11)
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eleventh , from the remaining Available
Distribution Amount for Pool 5, to the LT-Pool 5 Interest, until
its Class Principal Amount is reduced to zero; and
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(12)
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finally , to the Class LT-R Interest,
any remaining amounts.
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The
Certificates and the Upper-Tier REMIC
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The following
table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation, Certificate
Interest Rate, initial Class Principal Amount and minimum
denomination for each Class of Certificates comprising interests in
the Trust Fund created hereunder.
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Initial Class
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Minimum
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Certificate
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Class Principal
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Denominations or
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Class Designation
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Interest Rate
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Amount
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Percentage Interest
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(1
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)
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$
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47,248,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(1
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)
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$
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5,250,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(1
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)
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$
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100.00
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100
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%
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(2
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)
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$
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401,767,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(2
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)
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$
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44,641,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(3
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)
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$
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58,664,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(3
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)
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$
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6,518,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(4
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)
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$
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98,689,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(4
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)
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$
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10,965,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(5
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)
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$
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158,861,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(5
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)
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$
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17,651,000.00
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$
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25,000.00
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(6
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)
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$
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18,600,000.00
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$
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100,000.00
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(6
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)
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$
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6,200,000.00
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$
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100,000.00
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(6
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)
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$
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3,985,000.00
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$
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100,000.00
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(6
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)
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$
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2,215,000.00
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$
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100,000.00
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(6
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)
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$
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2,214,000.00
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$
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100,000.00
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(6
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)
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$
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2,213,939.48
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$
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100,000.00
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(7
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)
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(7
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)
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100
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%
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(1)
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The Certificate
Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the
related Accrual Period) for the Class 1-A1, Class 1-A2
and Class 1-AR Certificates will equal the Pool 1 Net
WAC.
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(2)
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The Certificate
Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the
related Accrual Period) for the Class 2-A1 and Class 2-A2
Certificates will equal the Pool 2 Net WAC.
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(3)
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The Certificate
Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the
related Accrual Period) for the Class 3-A1 and Class 3-A2
Certificates will equal the Pool 3 Net WAC.
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(4)
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The Certificate
Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the
related Accrual Period) for the Class 4-A1 and Class 4-A2
Certificates will equal the Pool 4 Net WAC.
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(5)
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The Certificate
Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the
related Accrual Period) for the Class 5-A1 and Class 5-A2
Certificates will equal the Pool 5 Net WAC.
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(6)
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The Certificate
Interest Rates with respect to any Distribution Date (and the
related Accrual Period) for the Class B-1, Class B-2,
Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates will equal the Subordinate Net WAC.
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(7)
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The
Class LT-R Certificate does not have a Class Principal
Amount or a Certificate Interest Rate.
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As of the Cut-off
Date, the Mortgage Loans had an Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of $885,682,039.48
In consideration
of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
hereby agree as follows.
Section 1.01
Definitions . The following words and phrases, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the following
meanings:
10-K Filing
Deadline : As defined in Section 6.21(b)(i)
hereof.
Accepted
Servicing Practices : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, those
mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending
institutions which service mortgage loans of the same type as such
Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged
Property is located.
Accountant
: A Person engaged in the practice of accounting who (except when
this Agreement provides that an Accountant must be Independent) may
be employed by or affiliated with the Depositor or an Affiliate of
the Depositor.
Accountant’s Attestation : As defined in
Section 6.24.
Accrual
Period : With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of
Certificates and to each Lower-Tier Interest is the calendar month
preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs. Interest
shall accrue on all Classes of Certificates and on all Lower-Tier
Interests on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months.
Acknowledgements : The Assignment, Assumption and
Recognition Agreements, each dated March 30, 2007, assigning
rights under the Purchase Agreements and the Servicing Agreements
from the Seller to the Depositor and from the Depositor to the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Additional
Collateral : With respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage
Loan, the marketable securities and other acceptable collateral
pledged as collateral pursuant to the related pledge
agreements.
Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan identified as
such in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure : As defined in
Section 6.21(a)(i).
Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure : As defined in
Section 6.21(b)(i).
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Additional
Servicer : Each affiliate of a Servicer that Services any of
the Mortgage Loans and each Person who is not an affiliate of the
Depositor, who Services 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans (measured
by aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans,
annually at the commencement of the calendar year prior to the year
in which an Item 1123 Certificate is required to be
delivered). For clarification purposes, the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator are Additional Servicers.
Adjustment
Date : As to any Mortgage Loan, the date on which the related
Mortgage Rate adjusts in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note.
Advance :
With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the payments required to be made
by the Master Servicer or the applicable Servicer with respect to
any Distribution Date pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing
Agreements, as applicable, the amount of any such payment being
equal to the aggregate of the payments of principal and interest
(net of the Master Servicing Fee and/or the applicable Servicing
Fee and net of any net income in the case of any REO Property) on
the Mortgage Loans that were due on the related Due Date and not
received as of the close of business on the related Determination
Date, less the aggregate amount of any such delinquent payments
that the Master Servicer or the Servicers have determined would
constitute Nonrecoverable Advances if advanced.
Adverse REMIC
Event : Either (i) loss of status as a REMIC, within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code, for any group of assets
identified as a REMIC in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement, or (ii) imposition of any tax, including the tax
imposed under Section 860F(a)(1) on prohibited transactions, and
the tax imposed under Section 860G(d) on certain contributions
to a REMIC, on any REMIC created hereunder to the extent such tax
would be payable from assets held as part of the Trust
Fund.
Affiliate
: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person
controlling or controlled by or under common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Aggregate
Expense Rate : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the sum of
the Master Servicing Fee Rate, the applicable Servicing Fee Rate
and the premium rate of any lender-paid Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy, expressed as an annual rate.
Aggregate
Senior Percentage : As to any Distribution Date, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate
of the Class Principal Amounts of the Class 1-A1,
Class 1-A2, Class 1-AR, Class 2-A1, Class 2-A2,
Class 3-A1, Class 3-A2, Class 4-A1, Class 4-A2,
Class 5-A1 and Class 5-A2 Certificates and the
denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance for
such date, but in no event greater than 100%.
Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance : As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances for all Mortgage Loans
(and when such term is used with respect to a
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particular
Mortgage Pool, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of
the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool) which were outstanding on
the Due Date in the month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date.
Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage : As to any Distribution Date, the
excess of 100% over the Aggregate Senior Percentage for such
Distribution Date, but in no event less than zero.
Aggregate
Voting Interests : The aggregate of the Voting Interests of all
the Certificates under this Agreement.
Agreement
: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments and
supplements hereto.
Applicable
Credit Support Percentage : As to any Class of Subordinate
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum of the
Class Percentages of all Classes of Certificates that rank
lower in priority than such Class.
Apportioned
Principal Balance : As to any Distribution and each Class of
Subordinate Certificates, the Class Principal Amount thereof
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the applicable
Pool Subordinate Amount ( i.e. , the Pool 1 Subordinate
Amount, the Pool 2 Subordinate Amount, the Pool 3 Subordinate
Amount, the Pool 4 Subordinate Amount or the Pool 5 Subordinate
Amount, as the case may require), and the denominator of which is
the sum of the Pool Subordinate Amounts, in each case, on such
date.
Appraised
Value : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised Value
of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect
to a Mortgage Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the
lesser of (a) the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon
the appraisal made at the time of the origination of such Mortgage
Loan and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the
time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; and (ii) with
respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the
origination of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Assessment of
Compliance : As defined in Section 6.23(a).
Assignment of
Mortgage : An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the
laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is
located to reflect the sale of the Mortgage to the Trustee, which
assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in
the form of one or more blanket assignments covering the Mortgage
Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same
jurisdiction, if permitted by law; provided, however, that
the Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether any
such assignment is in recordable form.
Authenticating
Agent : Any authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.10 until any successor authenticating
agent for the Certificates is named, and thereafter
“Authenticating Agent” shall mean any such successor.
The initial Authenticating Agent shall be the Securities
Administrator under this Agreement.
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Authorized
Officer : Any Person who may execute an Officer’s
Certificate on behalf of the Depositor.
Available
Distribution Amount : With respect to any Distribution Date and
each Mortgage Pool, the total amount of all cash, including the
Redemption Price (if applicable) received by the Master Servicer on
the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool from each Servicer or
otherwise through the Distribution Account Deposit Date for deposit
into the Distribution Account in respect of such Distribution Date,
including (1) all scheduled installments of interest (net of
the related Servicing Fees and Master Servicing Fees) and principal
collected on the related Mortgage Loans and due during the Due
Period related to such Distribution Date, together with any
Advances in respect thereof, (2) all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and the proceeds of any
Additional Collateral from the related Mortgage Loans, in each case
for such Distribution Date, (3) all partial or full Principal
Prepayments, together with any accrued interest thereon, identified
as having been received from the related Mortgage Loans during the
related Prepayment Period, (4) any amounts paid by the Master
Servicer and/or received from the Servicers in respect of
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to the related Mortgage
Loans; and (5) the aggregate Purchase Price of all Defective
Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool purchased from the Trust Fund
during the related Prepayment Period, minus :
(A) an
amount equal to the product of (a) the applicable Pool
Percentage and (b) the sum of (i) all related fees,
charges and other amounts (other than the Master Servicing Fees)
payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee under this Agreement (subject to an
aggregate maximum amount of $300,000 annually (per year from the
Closing Date to the first anniversary of the Closing Date and each
subsequent anniversary year thereafter) to be paid to such parties
collectively, whether from collections from Pool 1, Pool 2, Pool 3,
Pool 4 or Pool 5, in the order claims for payment of such amounts
are received by the Securities Administrator, provided, however,
that if a claim is presented for an amount that, when combined with
the amount of prior claims paid during that year, would exceed
$300,000, then only a portion of such claim will be paid that will
make the total amount paid during that year equal to $300,000 and
the excess remaining unpaid, together with any additional claims
received during that year, will be deferred until the following
anniversary year and if the total amount of such deferred claims
exceeds $300,000 then payment in such following anniversary year
(and each subsequent anniversary year as may be needed until such
deferred claims are paid in full) shall be apportioned between the
Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, on the one hand,
and the Trustee on the other hand, in proportion to the aggregate
amount of deferred claims submitted by such group as of the last
day of the prior year, and (ii) all charges and other amounts
payable to the Servicers under the Servicing Agreements;
(B) in the
case of (2), (3), (4) and (5) above, any related
unreimbursed expenses incurred by the related Servicers in
connection with a liquidation or
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foreclosure and
any unreimbursed Advances or Servicer Advances due to the Master
Servicer or the related Servicers;
(C) any
related unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advances due to the Master
Servicer or the Servicers; and
(D) in the
case of (1) through (4) above, any related amounts
collected which are determined to be attributable to a subsequent
Due Period or Prepayment Period.
Back-Up
Certification : As defined in Section 6.21(e).
Bankruptcy
: As to any Person, the making of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy,
adjudication as a bankrupt or insolvent, the entry of an order for
relief in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, the seeking of
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief, or seeking, consenting
to or acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator, dissolution, or termination, as the case may be, of
such Person pursuant to the provisions of either the Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar state laws.
Bankruptcy
Code : The United States Bankruptcy Code of 1986, as
amended.
BBA : The
British Banker’s Association.
Benefit Plan
Opinion : An Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar to the effect that any proposed transfer will not
(i) cause the assets of the Trust Fund to be regarded as plan
assets for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or (ii) give
rise to any fiduciary duty on the part of the Depositor or the
Trustee.
Book-Entry
Certificates : Beneficial interests in Certificates designated
as “Book-Entry Certificates” in this Agreement,
ownership and transfers of which shall be evidenced or made through
book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in
Section 3.09; provided , that after the
occurrence of a Book-Entry Termination whereupon book-entry
registration and transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive
Certificates are to be issued to Certificate Owners, such
Book-Entry Certificates shall no longer be “Book-Entry
Certificates.” As of the Closing Date, the following Classes
of Certificates constitute Book-Entry Certificates:
Class 1-A1, Class 1-A2, Class 2-A1, Class 2-A2,
Class 3-A1, Class 3-A2, Class 4-A1, Class 4-A2,
Class 5-A1, Class 5-A2, Class B-1, Class B-2
and Class B-3.
Book-Entry
Termination : As defined in Section 3.09(c).
Business
Day : Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or
(ii) a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York
or, if other than New York, the city in which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee is located, or the States of Maryland or
Minnesota, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
be closed.
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Certificate : Any one of the certificates signed by the
Trustee and authenticated by the Securities Administrator as
Authenticating Agent in substantially the forms attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
Certificate
Group : Each of the Group 1 Certificates, the Group 2
Certificates, the Group 3 Certificates, the Group 4 Certificates
and the Group 5 Certificates.
Certificate
Interest Rate : With respect to each Class of Certificates and
any Distribution Date, the applicable per annum rate described in
the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement.
Certificate
Owner : With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
who is the owner of such Book-Entry Certificate, as reflected on
the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or as an
indirect participant, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).
Certificate
Principal Amount : With respect to any Certificate (other than
any Interest-Only Certificate), at the time of determination, the
maximum specified dollar amount of principal to which the Holder
thereof is then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the
initial principal amount set forth on the face of such Certificate,
less (i) the amount of all principal distributions
previously made with respect to such Certificate; (ii) all
Realized Losses allocated to such Certificate; provided,
however , that on any Distribution Date on which a Subsequent
Recovery is distributed, the Certificate Principal Amount of any
Certificate then outstanding to which a Realized Loss amount has
been applied will be increased sequentially, in order of seniority,
by an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the Realized Loss
amount previously allocated to that Certificate and (B) any
Subsequent Recovery allocable to such Certificate after application
(for this purpose) to more senior Classes of
Certificates pursuant
to this Agreement and (iii) in the case of a Subordinate
Certificate, any Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount allocated
to such Certificates. For purposes of Article V hereof, unless
specifically provided to the contrary, Certificate Principal
Amounts shall be determined as of the close of business of the
immediately preceding Distribution Date, after giving effect to all
distributions made on such date. Interest-Only Certificates, if
applicable, are issued without Certificate Principal
Amounts.
Certificate
Register and Certificate Registrar : The register maintained
and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.02. The
Securities Administrator will act as the initial Certificate
Registrar.
Certificateholder : The meaning provided in the definition
of “Holder.”
Certification
Parties : As defined in Section 6.21(e).
Certifying
Person : As defined in Section 6.21(e).
Civil Relief
Act : The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, or any
similar state or local law.
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Class :
Collectively, Certificates bearing the same class designation. In
the case of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the term “Class”
refers to all Lower-Tier Interests having the same alphanumeric
designation.
Class 1-AR Certificate : The Class 1-AR
Certificate executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and
delivered by the Authenticating Agent, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A, and evidencing the ownership of
the residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC.
Class LT-R Certificate : The Class LT-R
Certificate executed by the Trustee and authenticated and delivered
by the Authenticating Agent, substantially in the form annexed as
Exhibit A and evidencing ownership of the LT-R
Interest.
Class Notional Amount : Not applicable.
Class Principal Amount : With respect to each Class of
Certificates (other than any Interest-Only Certificate), the
aggregate of the Certificate Principal Amounts of all Certificates
of such Class at the date of determination. With respect to any
Lower-Tier Interest, the initial Class Principal Amount as
shown or described in the table set forth in the Preliminary
Statement to this Agreement for the issuing REMIC, as reduced by
principal distributed with respect to such Lower-Tier Interest and
Realized Losses allocated to such Lower-Tier Interest at the date
of determination.
Class Subordination Percentage : With respect to each
Class of Subordinate Certificates, for each Distribution Date, the
percentage obtained by dividing the Class Principal Amount of
such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date by the
aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of all Classes of
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Class X
Certificates : Not applicable.
Clearing
Agency : An organization registered as a “clearing
agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. As
of the Closing Date, the Clearing Agency shall be The Depository
Trust Company.
Clearing
Agency Participant : A broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with the Clearing Agency.
Closing
Date : March 30, 2007.
Code : The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be further
amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and
applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant
thereto in temporary or final form.
Collection
Accounts : Each collection account (other than an Escrow
Account) established and maintained by a Servicer pursuant to a
Servicing Agreement.
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Commission
: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating
Interest Payment : As to any Distribution Date, the lesser of
(1) the Master Servicing Fee for such date and (2) any
Prepayment Interest Shortfall for such date.
Component
: Not applicable.
Component
Interest Rate : Not applicable.
Component
Notional Amount : Not applicable.
Cooperative
Corporation : The entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable
leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the
Cooperative Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as
a Cooperative Housing Corporation under Section 216 of the
Code.
Cooperative
Loan : Any Mortgage Loan secured by Cooperative Shares and a
Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative
Property : The real property and improvements owned by the
Cooperative Corporation, that includes the allocation of individual
dwelling units to the holders of the shares of the Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative
Shares : Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Corporate
Trust Office : With respect to the Trustee, the principal
corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 452 Fifth Avenue,
New York, New York 10018, Attention: Trustee Sequoia Mortgage Trust
2007-1, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate from
time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee. With
respect to the Certificate Registrar and presentment of
Certificates for registration of transfer, exchange or final
payment, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Sequoia Mortgage Trust
2007-1.
Corresponding
Class of Certificates : With respect to each Lower-Tier
Interest, the Class or Classes of Certificates appearing opposite
such Lower-Tier Interest, as described in the Preliminary Statement
to this Agreement.
Credit Support
Depletion Date : The first Distribution Date, if any, on which
the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of the
Subordinate Certificates has been reduced to zero.
Current
Interest : With respect to each Class of Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of interest accrued at the
applicable Certificate Interest Rate during the related Accrual
Period on the Class Principal Amount of such Class immediately
prior to such Distribution Date.
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Custodian
: A Person who is at anytime appointed by the Trustee and the
Depositor as a custodian of all or a portion of the Mortgage
Documents and the related Trustee Mortgage Files and listed on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Custodian of such Mortgage Documents
and related Trustee Mortgage Files. The initial Custodian is Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A.
Custody
Agreement : The Custody Agreement, dated as of March 1,
2007, among the Depositor, the Seller, the Trustee and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as Custodian. A copy of the Custody Agreement is
attached hereto as Exhibit D.
Cut-off
Date : March 1, 2007.
Cut-off Date
Balance : With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund
on the Closing Date, the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of
the Cut-off Date.
Debt Service
Reduction : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a
court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan
which became final and non-appealable, except such a reduction
resulting from a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results
in a permanent forgiveness of principal.
Defective
Mortgage Loan : The meaning specified in
Section 2.04.
Deficient
Valuation : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation of
the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction
in an amount less than the then outstanding indebtedness under the
Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in the amount of principal to be
paid in connection with any Scheduled Payment that results in a
permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction
results from an order of such court which is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code.
Definitive
Certificate : A Certificate of any Class issued in definitive,
fully registered, certificated form.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan : As defined in the applicable Purchase
Agreement.
Delinquent
: Any Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Scheduled Payment due
on a Due Date is not received, based on the MBS method of
calculating delinquency.
Depositor
: Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation having
its principal place of business in California, or its successors in
interest.
Determination
Date : With respect to each Distribution Date, the 18th day of
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, or, if such 18th
day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day;
provided, however , that with respect to a Servicer, the
Determination Date is the date set forth in the related Servicing
Agreement.
Disqualified
Organization : A “disqualified organization” as
defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code.
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Distribution
Account : The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, pursuant
to Section 4.01. Funds in the Distribution Account (exclusive
of any earnings on investments made with funds deposited in the
Distribution Account) shall be held in trust for the Trustee and
the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.
Distribution
Account Deposit Date : The 18th day of each calendar month
after the initial issuance of the Certificates or, if such 18th day
is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day,
commencing in April 2007.
Distribution
Date : The 20th day of each month or, if such 20th day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in
April 2007.
Distribution
Date Statement : As defined in Section 4.04.
Due Date :
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the date on which a Scheduled
Payment is due under the related Mortgage Note as indicated in the
applicable Servicing Agreement.
Due Period
: As to any Distribution Date, the period beginning on the second
day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, and
ending on the first day of the month of such Distribution
Date.
Effective
Loan-to-Value Ratio : A fraction, expressed as a percentage,
the numerator of which is the original Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan, less the amount of Additional Collateral
required to secure such Mortgage Loan at the time of origination,
if any, and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the
related Mortgage Property at such date.
Eligible
Account : Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained
with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in
the case of a depository institution or trust company that is the
principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt obligations of
such holding company) have the highest short-term ratings of each
Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein,
or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository institution or
trust company in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC or the
SAIF (to the limits established by the FDIC or the SAIF) and the
uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such
that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator and to each Rating Agency,
the Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in
such account or a perfected first priority security interest
against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any
other depositors or creditors of the depository institution or
trust company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a
trust account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company,
acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account
acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear
interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this
definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee, the Paying Agent,
the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer.
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ERISA :
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting : A best efforts or firm
commitment underwriting or private placement that meets the
requirements of an Underwriter’s Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate : The Class 1-AR,
Class LT-R, Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class B-6
Certificates, any Retained Certificates until such Retained
Certificates have been subject to an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting
and any Certificate that does not satisfy the applicable rating
requirement under the Underwriter’s Exemption.
Escrow
Account : As defined in Section 1 of each Servicing
Agreement.
Event of
Default : Any one of the conditions or circumstances enumerated
in Section 6.14.
Exchange
Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
Fannie Mae
: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered
and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor
thereto.
FDIC : The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC :
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under
Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or
any successor thereto.
Fitch
Ratings : Fitch, Inc., or any successor in interest.
Form 8-K
Disclosure Information : As defined in
Section 6.21(c)(i).
Global
Securities : The global certificates representing the
Book-Entry Certificates.
Group 1 :
All of the Group 1 Certificates.
Group 1
Certificate : Any Class 1-A1, Class 1-A2 or
Class 1-AR Certificate.
Group 2 :
All of the Group 2 Certificates.
Group 2
Certificate : Any Class 2-A1 or Class 2-A2
Certificate.
Group 3 :
All of the Group 3 Certificates.
Group 3
Certificate : Any Class 3-A1 or Class 3-A2
Certificate.
Group 4 :
All of the Group 4 Certificates.
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Group 4
Certificate : Any Class 4-A1 or Class 4-A2
Certificate.
Group 5 :
All of the Group 5 Certificates.
Group 5
Certificate : Any Class 5-A1 or Class 5-A2
Certificate.
Holder or
Certificateholder : The registered owner of any Certificate as
recorded on the books of the Certificate Registrar except that,
solely for the purposes of taking any action or giving any consent
pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name
of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and any Servicer, or any Affiliate thereof shall be
deemed not to be outstanding in determining whether the requisite
percentage necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained,
except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such consent, only Certificates which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be
disregarded. The Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the
Securities Administrator may request and conclusively rely on
certifications by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or any Servicer in determining whether any
Certificates are registered to an Affiliate of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or any
Servicer.
HUD : The
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any
successor thereto.
Independent : When used with respect to any Accountants, a
Person who is “independent” within the meaning of
Rule 2-01(b) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s
Regulation S-X. When used with respect to any other Person, a
Person who (a) is in fact independent of another specified
Person and any Affiliate of such other Person, (b) does not
have any material direct financial interest in such other Person or
any Affiliate of such other Person, and (c) is not connected
with such other Person or any Affiliate of such other Person as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or Person performing similar functions.
Index : As
to each Mortgage Loan, the index from time to time in effect for
adjustment of the Mortgage Rate as set forth as such on the related
Mortgage Note.
Initial Trust
Receipt . With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as defined in the
Custody Agreement.
Insurance
Policy : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance
policy, including all names and endorsements thereto in effect,
including any replacement policy or policies for any Insurance
Policies.
Insurance
Proceeds : Proceeds paid by any Insurance Policy (excluding
proceeds required to be applied to the restoration and repair of
the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor), in
each case other than any amount included in such Insurance Proceeds
in respect of Insured Expenses and (i) the proceeds from any
Limited Purpose Surety Bond.
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Insured
Expenses : Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest
Distribution Amount : For each Class of Certificates on any
Distribution Date, the Current Interest for such Class as reduced
by such Class’s share of Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
and Relief Act Shortfalls. Any such shortfalls and reductions shall
be allocated among the Group 1 Certificates, Group 2 Certificates,
Group 3 Certificates, Group 4 Certificates, Group 5 Certificates
and to all Classes of Subordinate Certificates proportionately
based on the amount of Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and
Relief Act Shortfalls experienced by the related Mortgage Pool and
related Current Interest otherwise distributable thereon on such
Distribution Date, in the case of the Subordinate Certificates, the
amount of Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act
Shortfalls experienced by all the Mortgage Loans and interest
accrued on their Apportioned Principal Balances before taking into
account any reductions in such amounts from shortfalls for that
Distribution Date.
Interest-Only
Certificates : Not applicable.
Interest
Shortfall : As to any Class of Certificates and any
Distribution Date, (i) the amount by which the Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution Date and
all prior Distribution Dates exceeds (ii) amounts distributed
in respect thereof to such Class on prior Distribution
Dates.
Interest
Transfer Amount : For any Distribution Date and for any
Undercollateralized Group, an amount equal to one month’s
interest on the applicable Principal Transfer Amount at the Pool 1
Net WAC (if Pool 1 is an Undercollateralized Group), the Pool 2 Net
WAC (if Pool 2 is an Undercollateralized Group), the Pool 3 Net WAC
(if Pool 3 is an Undercollateralized Group), the Pool 4 Net WAC (if
Pool 4 is an Undercollateralized Group) or the Pool 5 Net WAC (if
Pool 5 is an Undercollateralized Group), plus any interest accrued
on such Undercollateralized Group remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution Dates.
Intervening
Assignments : The original intervening assignments of the
Mortgage, notices of transfer or equivalent instrument.
Item 1123
Certificate : As defined in Section 6.22.
Latest
Possible Maturity Date : The Distribution Date occurring in
February 2047.
Limited
Purpose Surety Bond : Any Limited Purpose Surety Bond listed in
Exhibit G.
Liquidated
Mortgage Loan : With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was
liquidated in the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date and as to which the related Servicer has
certified (in accordance with its Servicing Agreement) that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan including the final disposition
of an REO Property.
Liquidation
Proceeds : Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received in
connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted
Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee’s
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sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise or amounts received in connection
with any condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property
and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO
Property.
Loan-To-Value
Ratio : With respect to any Mortgage Loan and as to any date of
determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the
numerator of which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan at such date of determination and the denominator of which is
the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
Lower-Tier
Interest : Any one of the interests in the Lower-Tier REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
Lower-Tier
REMIC : As described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
LT-R
Interest : The residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, as
described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
Margin :
As to each Mortgage Loan, the percentage amount set forth on the
related Mortgage Note added to the Index in calculating the
Mortgage Rate thereon.
Master
Servicer : Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking
association organized under the laws of the United States in its
capacity as Master Servicer and any Person succeeding as Master
Servicer hereunder or any successor in interest, or if any
successor master servicer shall be appointed as herein provided,
then such successor master servicer.
Master
Servicing Fee : With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of one-twelfth of the Master Servicing
Fee Rate and the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan as
of the first day of the related Due Period.
Master
Servicing Fee Rate : 0.007% per annum.
Maximum
Rate : As to any Mortgage Loan, the maximum rate set forth on
the related Mortgage Note at which interest can accrue on such
Mortgage Loan.
MERS :
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., or its successors
or assigns.
MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan that has been
originated in the name of, or assigned to, MERS and registered
under the MERS System.
MERS
System : The system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
Middle-Tier
Interest : Not applicable.
Middle-Tier
REMIC : Not applicable.
Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or
any successor in interest.
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Mortgage :
A mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument encumbering a fee
simple interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note, together
with improvements thereto.
Mortgage
Documents : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the mortgage
documents required to be delivered to the Custodian pursuant to the
Custody Agreement.
Mortgage
Loan : A Mortgage and the related notes or other evidences of
indebtedness secured by each such Mortgage conveyed, transferred,
sold, assigned to or deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.01 (including any Replacement Loan and REO
Property), including without limitation, each Mortgage Loan listed
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, as amended from time to
time.
Mortgage Loan
Purchase and Sale Agreement : The mortgage loan purchase and
sale agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007, between the Seller
and the Depositor.
Mortgage Loan
Schedule : The schedule attached hereto as Schedule A,
which shall identify each Mortgage Loan, as such schedule may be
amended by the Depositor or the Servicer from time to time to
reflect the addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans to, or the
deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans from, the Trust Fund. Such
schedule shall, among other things (i) designate the Servicer
servicing such Mortgage Loan and the applicable Servicing Fee Rate
(and the rate of any subservicing fee, if applicable);
(ii) identify the designated Mortgage Pool in which such
Mortgage Loan is included; (iii) separately identify the
Six-Month LIBOR Loans, the One-Year LIBOR Loans and the One-Year
CMT Loans; (iv) separately identify Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loans; and (v) designate the rate of any lender-paid
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy.
Mortgage
Note : The original executed note or other evidence of the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage under a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage
Pool : Each of Pool 1, Pool 2, Pool 3, Pool 4 and Pool
5.
Mortgaged
Property : The underlying property, including any Additional
Collateral, securing a Mortgage Loan which, with respect to a
Cooperative Loan, is the related Cooperative Shares and Property
Lease.
Mortgage
Rate : As to any Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest
borne by the related Mortgage Notes.
Mortgagor
: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
MT-R
Interest : Not applicable.
Net
Liquidation Proceeds : With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage
Loan or any other disposition of related Mortgaged Property, the
related Liquidation Proceeds net of Advances, Servicer Advances,
related Servicing Fees and/or Master Servicing Fees and any other
accrued and unpaid servicing fees received and retained in
connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged
Property.
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Net Mortgage
Rate : With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, the related Mortgage Rate as of the Due Date in the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date reduced by the
Aggregate Expense Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfall : With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, the amount by which any Prepayment Interest
Shortfall for such date exceeds the amount of Compensating Interest
Payment paid by the Master Servicer and related amounts paid by the
applicable Servicer in respect of such shortfall.
Net WAC
Shortfall : Not applicable.
Non-Book-Entry
Certificate : Any Certificate other than a Book-Entry
Certificate.
Non-permitted
Foreign Holder : As defined in Section 3.03(f).
Non-Redemption
Event : Not applicable.
Nonrecoverable
Advance : Any portion of an Advance or Servicer Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer
and/or a Servicer (as certified in an Officer’s Certificate
of the Servicer), which in the good faith judgment of such party,
shall not be ultimately recoverable by such party from the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Non-Upper-Tier
REMIC : As defined in Section 10.01(d).
Non-U.S.
Person : Any person other than a “United States
person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code.
Notional
Amount : Not applicable.
Officer’s Certificate : A certificate signed by two
Authorized Officers of the Depositor or the Chairman of the Board,
any Vice Chairman, the President, any Vice President or any
Assistant Vice President of the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator, and in each case delivered to the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as provided in this Agreement.
Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer : A certificate
(i) signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of
the Board, the President, a Managing Director, a Vice President
(however denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer,
the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of a Servicer, or (ii) if provided for herein,
signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and delivered to
the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer,
as required hereby.
One-Year CMT
Loan : Each Mortgage Loan bearing a Mortgage Rate that adjusts
in accordance with CMT for one-year U.S. dollar
deposits.
One-Year LIBOR
Loan : Each Mortgage Loan bearing a Mortgage Rate that adjusts
in accordance with LIBOR for one-year U.S. dollar
deposits.
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Opinion of
Counsel : A written opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable
in form and substance to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator
or the Master Servicer, as required hereby, and who may be in-house
or outside counsel to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or the Trustee but which must be
Independent outside counsel with respect to any such opinion of
counsel concerning the transfer of any Residual Certificate or
concerning certain matters with respect to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or
the taxation, or the federal income tax status, of each
REMIC.
Original
Applicable Credit Support Percentage : With respect to each
Class of Subordinate Certificates, the corresponding approximate
percentage set forth in the table below opposite its Class
designation:
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4.00
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%
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1.90
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%
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1.20
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%
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0.75
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0.50
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0.25
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%
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Original
Subordinate Principal Amount : The aggregate of the initial
Class Principal Amounts of the Classes of Subordinated
Certificates.
Overcollateralized Group : On any Distribution Date, the
Certificate Group which is not the Undercollateralized
Group.
Paying
Agent : Any paying agent appointed pursuant to
Section 3.08. The initial Paying Agent shall be the Securities
Administrator under this Agreement.
Percentage
Interest : With respect to any Certificate, its percentage
interest in the undivided beneficial ownership interest in the
Trust Fund evidenced by all Certificates of the same Class as such
Certificate. With respect to any Certificate, other than an
Interest-Only Certificate, if applicable, or the Class 1-AR
and Class LT-R Certificates, the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby shall equal the initial Certificate Principal Amount
thereof divided by the initial Class Principal Amount of all
Certificates of the same Class. With respect to each of the
Class 1-AR and the Class LT-R Certificates, the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall be as specified on the
face thereof, or otherwise, be equal to 100%. With respect to any
Interest-Only Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby shall equal its initial Notional Amount as set forth on the
face thereof divided by the initial Class Notional Amount of
such Class.
Permitted
Investments : At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of
the United States or any agency thereof, provided that such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
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(ii) general
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia receiving the highest long-term
debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as shall
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced
by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial
or finance company paper which is then receiving the highest
commercial or finance company paper rating of each Rating Agency
rating such paper, or such lower rating as shall not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed
writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates
of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers’ acceptances
issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated
under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof and
subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state
banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper and/or
long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution
or trust company (or in the case of the principal depository
institution in a holding company system, the commercial paper or
long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company, but
only if Moody’s is not the applicable Rating Agency) are then
rated one of the two highest long-term and the highest short-term
ratings of each Rating Agency for such securities, or such lower
ratings as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies,
as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating
Agency;
(v) demand or time
deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any bank or trust
company or savings institution to the extent that such deposits are
fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) guaranteed
reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance company or
other corporation acceptable to the Rating Agencies at the time of
the issuance of such agreements, as evidenced by a signed writing
delivered by each Rating Agency;
(vii) repurchase
obligations with respect to any security described in clauses
(i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into with a
depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (iv) above;
(viii) securities
(other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or instruments sold at
a purchase price in excess of 115% of the face amount thereof)
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof which, at the time of such investment, have one of the two
highest long-term ratings of each Rating Agency (except if the
Rating Agency is Moody’s, such rating shall be the highest
commercial paper rating of Moody’s for any such series), or
such lower rating as shall not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the ratings then
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assigned to the
Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed
writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(ix) interests in
any money market fund which at the date of acquisition of the
interests in such fund and throughout the time such interests are
held in such fund has the highest applicable rating by each Rating
Agency rating such fund or such lower rating as shall not result in
a change in the rating then assigned to the Certificates by each
Rating Agency as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each
Rating Agency, including funds for which the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or any of its Affiliates is
investment manager or adviser;
(x) short-term
investment funds sponsored by any trust company or national banking
association incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof which on the date of acquisition has been rated by
each applicable Rating Agency in their respective highest
applicable rating category or such lower rating as shall not result
in a change in the rating then specified stated maturity and
bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating
Agency as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies as
evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
and
(xi) such other
investments having a specified stated maturity and bearing interest
or sold at a discount acceptable to the Rating Agencies as shall
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies as evidenced by
a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
provided, that
no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if (i) such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments
with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument,
(ii) such instrument would require the Depositor to register
as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended or (iii) the rating of such instrument contains a
“t” or “r” notation therein.
Person :
Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Plan : An
employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is
subject to Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of
the Code or any entity whose underlying assets include such
plan’s or arrangement’s assets by reason of their
investment in the entity.
Plan Asset
Regulations : The Department of Labor regulations set forth in
29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101.
Pool 1 :
The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as being included in Pool 1.
Pool 1
Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 1.
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Pool 1 Net
WAC : With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 1 Mortgage Loans as
of the first day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
calendar month of such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of
their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 1
Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 1 Mortgage Loans
over the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of
the Class 1-A1, Class 1-A2 and Class 1-AR
Certificates immediately before such Distribution Date.
Pool 2 :
The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as being included in Pool 2.
Pool 2
Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 2.
Pool 2 Net
WAC : With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 2 Mortgage Loans as
of the first day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
calendar month of such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of
their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 2
Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 2 Mortgage Loans
over the aggregate of the Class Principal Amount of the
Class 2-A1 and Class 2-A2 Certificates immediately before
such Distribution Date.
Pool 3 :
The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as being included in Pool 3.
Pool 3
Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 3.
Pool 3 Net
WAC : With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 3 Mortgage Loans as
of the first day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
calendar month of such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of
their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 3
Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 3 Mortgage Loans
over the aggregate of the Class Principal Amount of the
Class 3-A1 and Class 3-A2 Certificates immediately before
such Distribution Date.
Pool 4 :
The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as being included in Pool 4.
Pool 4
Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 4.
Pool 4 Net
WAC : With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 4 Mortgage Loans as
of the first day of the calendar month
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immediately
preceding the calendar month of such Distribution Date, weighted on
the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 4
Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 4 Mortgage Loans
over the aggregate of the Class Principal Amount of the
Class 4-A1 and Class 4-A2 Certificates immediately before
such Distribution Date.
Pool 5 :
The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as being included in Pool 5.
Pool 5
Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 5.
Pool 5 Net
WAC : With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 5 Mortgage Loans as
of the first day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
calendar month of such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of
their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 5
Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 5 Mortgage Loans
over the aggregate of the Class Principal Amount of the
Class 5-A1 and Class 5-A2 Certificates immediately before
such Distribution Date.
Pool
Percentage : With respect to each Mortgage Pool and any
Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Pool, and the denominator of which is the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance as of such Due Date.
Pool
Subordinate Amount : Either of the Pool 1 Subordinate Amount,
the Pool 2 Subordinate Amount, the Pool 3 Subordinate Amount, the
Pool 4 Subordinate Amount or the Pool 5 Subordinate
Amount.
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall : With respect to any full or partial
Principal Prepayment of a Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of
(i) one full month’s interest at the applicable Mortgage
Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
immediately prior to such Principal Prepayment over (ii) the
amount of interest actually received with respect to such Mortgage
Loan in connection with such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment
Period : With respect to each Distribution Date, the calendar
month immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution
Date occurs.
Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy : Each policy of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect
to any Mortgage Loan.
Principal
Distribution Amount : With respect to any Mortgage Pool and any
Distribution Date, the sum of (a) each Scheduled Payment of
principal collected or advanced on the related Mortgage Loans
(before taking into account any Deficient Valuations or Debt
Service
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Reductions) and
due during the related Due Period, (b) that portion of the
Purchase Price representing principal of any Mortgage Loans in such
Mortgage Pool purchased in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof
and received during the related Prepayment Period, (c) the
principal portion of any related Substitution Amount received
during the related Prepayment Period, (d) any Subsequent
Recoveries and the principal portion of all Insurance Proceeds
received during the related Prepayment Period with respect to
Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool that are not yet Liquidated
Mortgage Loans, (e) the principal portion of all Net
Liquidation Proceeds received during the related Prepayment Period
with respect to Liquidated Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool,
(f) the principal portion of the proceeds of any Additional
Collateral with respect to the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage
Pool, (g) the principal portion of all partial and full
principal prepayments of Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool
applied by the Servicers during the related Prepayment Period and
(h) on the Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund is to be
terminated pursuant to Article X hereof, that portion of the
Redemption Price in respect of principal for such Mortgage
Pool.
Principal
Prepayment : Any Mortgagor payment of principal or other
recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan that is recognized as
having been received or recovered in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and applied to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Note or the
Servicing Agreement.
Principal
Prepayment In Full : Any Principal Prepayment of the entire
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans.
Principal
Transfer Amount : For any Distribution Date and for any
Undercollateralized Group, the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Class Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates related to
such Undercollateralized Group immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, over the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the related Mortgage Pool immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Proceeding
: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.
Proprietary
Lease : With respect to any Cooperative Property, a lease or
occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder
of related Cooperative Shares.
Prospectus
: The prospectus supplement dated March 29, 2007 and the
accompanying prospectus dated July 26, 2006, relating to the
Class 1-A1, Class 1-A2, Class 1-AR, Class 2-A1,
Class 2-A2, Class 3-A1, Class 3-A2, Class 4-A1,
Class 4-A2, Class 5-A1, Class 5-A2, Class B-1,
Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, together with any
supplement thereto.
Purchase
Agreement : Each mortgage purchase agreement listed in
Exhibit F hereto, as each such agreement has been modified by
the related Acknowledgement.
Purchase
Price : With respect to any Mortgage Loan required or permitted
to be purchased by the Seller or Depositor pursuant to this
Agreement, by the Servicers pursuant to the Servicing Agreements,
or by the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan on the date of such
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purchase,
(ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Net Mortgage
Rate from the date through which interest was last paid by the
Mortgagor to the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price
is to be distributed to Certificateholders, or such other amount as
may be specified in the related Servicing Agreement or Purchase
Agreement and (iii) the amount of any costs and damages
incurred by the Trust Fund as a result of any violation of any
applicable federal, state, or local predatory or abusive lending
law arising from or in connection with the origination of such
Mortgage Loan.
Rapid
Prepayment Conditions : As to any Distribution Date, if
(1) the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage on such date is less
than 200% of the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage on the Closing
Date; or (2) the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans in any Mortgage Pool delinquent 60 days or more
(including Mortgage Loans in REO, foreclosure and bankruptcy
status) (averaged over the preceding six month period), as a
percentage of such Mortgage Pool’s Pool Subordinate Amount,
is greater than or equal to 50%.
Rating
Agency : Each of Fitch Ratings and S&P.
Realized
Loss : With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, an amount
(not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to
(i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage
Loan as of the date of such liquidation, plus (ii) interest at
the Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was
last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up
to the Due Date in the month in which Liquidation Proceeds are
required to be distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Liquidated Mortgage Loan from time to time, minus (iii) the
Liquidation Proceeds and the proceeds of any Additional Collateral,
if any, received during the month in which such liquidation
occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at the
Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of
a Deficient Valuation, if the principal amount due under the
related Mortgage Note has been reduced, 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.
Record
Date : As to any Distribution Date and any Class of
Certificates, the last Business Day of the month preceding the
month of each Distribution Date (or the Closing Date, in the case
of the first Distribution Date).
Redemption
Price : With respect to any Class of Certificates to be
redeemed, an amount equal to 100% of the related
Class Principal Amount of the Certificates to be so redeemed,
together with interest on such amount at the applicable Certificate
Interest Rate through the related Accrual Period (as increased by
any Interest Shortfalls), and including, in the case of the
Redemption Price payable in connection with the redemption and
retirement of all of the Certificates, the payment of all amounts
(including, without limitation, all previously unreimbursed
Advances and Servicer Advances and accrued and unpaid Servicing
Fees) payable or reimbursable to the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Servicers pursuant to
this Agreement and the Servicing Agreements, or to the Custodian
under the Custody Agreement (to the extent such amounts are not
paid to the Custodian by the Seller).
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Refinancing
Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection with
the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
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 clarifications and interpretations 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 : The Servicing Criteria applicable to each
party, as set forth on Exhibit N attached hereto. 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 any
Servicer, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” may
refer to a portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to
such parties.
Related
Certificate Group : The Certificate Group related to a
particular Mortgage Pool as indicated by the same numerical
designation (i.e., Group 1 Certificates are related to Pool 1, the
Group 2 Certificates are related to Pool 2, the Group 3
Certificates are related to Pool 3, the Group 4 Certificates are
related to Pool 4 and the Group 5 Certificates are related to Pool
5).
Relief Act
Shortfalls : With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount
of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended
calendar month as a result of the application of the Civil Relief
Act, the amount, if any, by which (i) interest collectible on
such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month is
less than (ii) interest accrued thereon for such month
pursuant to the Mortgage Note.
REMIC :
Each pool of assets in the Trust Fund designated as a REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
REMIC
Provisions : The provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear
at sections 860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations, including proposed regulations and rulings, and
administrative pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the
foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
REO
Property : A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund
through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection
with a defaulted Mortgage Loan or otherwise treated as having been
acquired pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
Replacement
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 a Request for Release, substantially in the form
attached to the Custody Agreement, (i) have a Stated Principal
Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the Scheduled
Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not
more than 10% less than, the Stated Principal Balance of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a Maximum Rate not less than
(and not more than two
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percentage
points greater than) the Maximum Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(iii) have a gross margin not less than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and, if Mortgage Loans equal to 1% or more of the
balance of the related Mortgage Pool as of the Cut-off Date have
become Deleted Mortgage Loans, not more than two percentage points
more than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have an
Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio or Loan-to-Value Ratio, as
applicable, no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(v) have Adjustment Dates that are no more or less frequent
than the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a remaining term to
maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than that
of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vii) not permit conversion of
the related Mortgage Rate to a permanent fixed Mortgage Rate;
(viii) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted Mortgage
Loan was a Cooperative Loan; (ix) have the same or better
Fair, Isaac & Company (FICO) credit score; (x) have
an initial interest adjustment date no earlier than five months
before (and no later than five months after) the initial adjustment
date of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xi) comply with each
representation and warranty set forth in Article III of each
Purchase Agreement; and (xii) shall be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel that such Replacement Mortgage Loan would not
adversely affect the REMIC status of the Trust Fund or would not
otherwise be prohibited by this Agreement.
Reportable
Event : As defined in Section 6.21(c)(i).
Reporting
Servicer : As defined in Section 6.21(b)(i).
Required
Reserve Fund Deposit : Not applicable.
Reserve
Fund : Not applicable.
Residual
Certificate : Each of the Class 1-AR and Class LT-R
Certificates.
Responsible
Officer : With respect to the Trustee, any officer in the
corporate trust department or similar group of the Trustee with
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and
also, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
Restricted
Certificate : Any Class B-4, Class B-5,
Class B-6 or Class LT-R Certificate.
Restricted
Global Security : As defined in
Section 3.01(c).
Retained
Certificates : Not applicable.
S&P :
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor in
interest.
SAIF : The
Saving’s Association Insurance Fund, or any successor
thereto.
Sarbanes Oxley
Act : The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any
interpretations thereof by the Commission’s
staff).
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Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification : As defined in Section 6.21(e).
Schedule of
Exceptions : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as defined in
the Custody Agreement.
Scheduled
Payment : The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due
on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such
Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise specified in the Servicing
Agreements, shall give effect to any related Debt Service Reduction
and any Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the monthly
payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
Securities
Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
Securities
Administrator : Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual
capacity but solely as Securities Administrator, or any successor
in interest, or if any successor Securities Administrator shall be
appointed as herein provided, then such successor Securities
Administrator. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. shall act as Securities
Administrator for so long as it is Master Servicer under this
Agreement.
Seller :
RWT Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Senior
Certificate : Any one of the Class 1-A1, Class 1-A2,
Class 1-AR, Class LT-R, Class 2-A1, Class 2-A2,
Class 3-A1, Class 3-A2, Class 4-A1, Class 4-A2,
Class 5-A1 or Class 5-A2 Certificates, as
applicable.
Senior
Percentage : With respect to each Distribution Date and each
Mortgage Pool, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Class Principal Amount of
the Class or Classes of Senior Certificates of the Related
Certificate Group immediately prior to such Distribution Date, and
the denominator of which is the Aggregate of the Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Pool for such Distribution
Date.
Senior
Prepayment Percentage : With respect to any Distribution Date
occurring before the Distribution Date in April 2014 and any
Mortgage Pool, 100%. Except as provided herein, the Senior
Prepayment Percentage for each Mortgage Pool and any Distribution
Date occurring in or after April 2014 shall be as follows:
(i) from April 2014 through March 2015, the related
Senior Percentage plus 70% of the related Subordinate Percentage
for that Distribution Date; (ii) from April 2015 through
March 2016, the related Senior Percentage plus 60% of the
related Subordinate Percentage for that Distribution Date;
(iii) from April 2016 through March 2017, the
related Senior Percentage plus 40% of the related Subordinate
Percentage for that Distribution Date; (iv) from
April 2017 through March 2018, the related Senior
Percentage plus 20% of the related Subordinate Percentage for that
Distribution Date; and (v) from and after April 2018, the
related Senior Percentage for that Distribution Date; provided,
however , that there shall be no
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reduction in
the Senior Prepayment Percentage for the related Certificate Group
unless both Step Down Conditions are satisfied; and provided,
further, that if on any such Distribution Date on or after the
Distribution Date in April 2014, the related Senior Percentage
for any Mortgage Pool exceeds the initial related Senior
Percentage, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for all Mortgage Pools
for that Distribution Date shall again equal 100%.
Notwithstanding
the above, if on any Distribution Date the Two Times Test is
satisfied on any Distribution Date (i) before the Distribution
Date in April 2010, the Senior Prepayment Percentage with
respect to any Mortgage Pool shall equal the related Senior
Percentage for such Distribution Date plus 50% of an amount equal
to the 100% minus the related Senior Percentage for such
Distribution Date and (ii) on or after the Distribution Date
in April 2010, the Senior Prepayment Percentage with respect
to any Mortgage Pool shall equal the related Senior Percentage for
such Distribution Date. In addition, if on any Distribution Date
the allocation to the Senior Certificates then entitled to
distributions of principal of full and partial principal
prepayments and other amounts in the percentage required above
would reduce the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of those
Certificates to below zero, the related Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date shall be limited to the
percentage necessary to reduce that Class Principal Amount to
zero.
Senior
Principal Distribution Amount : With respect to each Mortgage
Pool and any Distribution Date, the sum of:
(1) the related
Senior Percentage of all amounts described in clause (a) of
the definition of “Principal Distribution Amount” for
that Distribution Date;
(2) with respect
to each related Mortgage Loan which became a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan during the related Prepayment Period, the lesser of
(x) the related
Senior Prepayment Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of
that Mortgage Loan and
(y) Net
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect
to that Mortgage Loan;
(3) the related
Senior Prepayment Percentage of the amounts described in clauses
(b), (c), (d) and (g) of the definition of
“Principal Distribution Amount” for that Mortgage Pool;
and
(4) any amounts
described in clauses (1) through (3) for any previous
Distribution Date that remain unpaid.
Senior
Termination Date : With respect to each Mortgage Pool, the date
on which the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Senior
Certificates related to such Mortgage Pool is reduced to
zero.
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Servicers
: Each Servicer under a Servicing Agreement.
Servicer
Advance : A “Servicing Advance” as defined in the
applicable Servicing Agreement.
Servicer
Remittance Date : The 18th day of each calendar month after the
initial issuance of the Certificates or, if such 18th day is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, commencing in
April 2007.
Service(s)(ing) : In accordance with Regulation AB, the
act of servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans or any other
assets of the Trust Fund by an entity that meets the definition of
“servicer” set forth in Item 1101 of
Regulation AB and is subject to the disclosure requirements
set forth in Item 1108 of Regulation AB. Any
uncapitalized occurrence of this term shall have the meaning
commonly understood by participants in the residential
mortgage-backed securitization market.
Servicing
Agreement : Each agreement listed in Exhibit E, as such
agreement has been modified by the related Acknowledgement and as
it may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted
hereunder.
Servicing
Criteria : The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of
Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from
time to time.
Servicing
Fee : As to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, an
amount equal to the product of (a) one-twelfth of the
Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Due
Period.
Servicing Fee
Rate : With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, the rate specified in the related Servicing
Agreement.
Servicing
Function Participant : Any Subservicer or Subcontractor, other
than each Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator, that is participating in the servicing function
within the meaning of Regulation AB, unless such
Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage
Loans.
Servicing
Officer : Any officer of the Servicers involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage
Loans whose name and facsimile signature appear on a list of
servicing officers furnished to the Master Servicer by the
Servicers on the Closing Date pursuant to the Servicing Agreements,
as such list may from time to time be amended.
Six-Month
LIBOR : Each Mortgage Loan bearing a Mortgage Rate that adjusts
in accordance with LIBOR for six-month U.S. dollar
deposits.
Startup
Day : The day designated as such pursuant to
Section 10.01(b) hereof.
Stated
Principal Balance : As to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the
unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date
as specified in the amortization schedule at
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the time
relating thereto (before any adjustment to such amortization
schedule by reason of any moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period) after giving effect to any previous partial Principal
Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other
than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the
payment of principal due on such Due Date and irrespective of any
delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor.
Step Down
Conditions : As of the first Distribution Date as to which any
decrease in any Senior Prepayment Percentage applies, (i) the
outstanding Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans
60 days or more Delinquent (including Mortgage Loans in REO,
foreclosure and bankruptcy status) (averaged over the preceding six
month period), as a percentage of the aggregate of the
Class Principal Amounts of the Classes of Subordinate
Certificates on such Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed
50% and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the
Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) with respect to each
Distribution Date from April 2014 through March 2015, 30%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (b) with respect
to each Distribution Date from April 2015 through
March 2016, 35% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount,
(c) with respect to each Distribution Date from
April 2016 through March 2017, 40% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Amount, (d) with respect to each
Distribution Date from April 2017 through March 2018, 45%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount and (e) with
respect to each Distribution Date from and after April 2018,
50% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount.
Sub
Account : Not applicable.
Subcontractor : Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person
that is not responsible for the overall servicing of Mortgage Loans
but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under
the direction or authority of any Servicer (or a Subservicer of any
Servicer), the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator.
Subordinate
Certificate : Any of the Class B-1, Class B-2,
Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class B-6
Certificates.
Subordinate
Certificate Writedown Amount : The amount described in
Section 5.03(c).
Subordinate
Class Percentage : As to any Distribution Date and any
Class of Subordinate Certificates, a fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the Class Principal
Amount of such Class on such date, and the denominator of which is
the aggregate Class Principal Amount of all Classes of
Subordinate Certificates on such date.
Subordinate
Net WAC : For any Distribution Date, the weighted average of
the Pool 1 Net WAC, the Pool 2 Net WAC, the Pool 3 Net WAC, the
Pool 4 Net WAC and the Pool 5 Net WAC, in each case weighted on the
basis of the relative Pool Subordinate Amounts for Pool 1, Pool 2,
Pool 3, Pool 4 and Pool 5, respectively, immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.
Subordinate
Percentage : With respect to each Mortgage Pool and any
Distribution Date, the difference between 100% and the related
Senior Percentage for such Mortgage Pool for such Distribution
Date.
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Subordinate
Prepayment Percentage : With respect to any Distribution Date
and for each Mortgage Pool, the difference between 100% and the
related Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Mortgage Pool for
that Distribution Date.
Subordinate
Principal Distribution Amount : With respect to any
Distribution Date and each Mortgage Pool, an amount equal to the
sum of:
(1) the related
Subordinate Percentage of all amounts described in clause (a) of
the definition of “Principal Distribution Amount” for
that Distribution Date;
(2) with respect
to each Mortgage Loan that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during
the related Prepayment Period the amount of the Net Liquidation
Proceeds allocated to principal received with respect thereto
remaining after application thereof pursuant to clause (2) of
the definition of “Senior Principal Distribution
Amount” for that Distribution Date, up to the Subordinate
Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan;
(3) the related
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of all amounts described in
clauses (b), (c), (d) and (g) of the definition of
“Principal Distribution Amount” for that Mortgage Pool
and that Distribution Date; and
(4) any amounts
described in clauses (1) through (3) for any previous
Distribution Date that remain unpaid,
(a) any Principal
Transfer Amount paid from the Available Distribution Amount of the
Related Certificate Group to the Undercollateralized Group;
and
(b) the amount of
principal distributions made to the Senior Certificates pursuant to
Section 5.02( l ).
Subsequent
Recovery : Any amount recovered by a Servicer with respect to a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan (after reimbursement of any unreimbursed
Advances or expenses of the Servicer) with respect to which a
Realized Loss was incurred after the liquidation or disposition of
such Mortgage Loan.
Subservicer : Any Person that (i) services Mortgage
Loans on behalf of any Servicer, and (ii) is responsible for
the performance (whether directly or through sub-servicers or
Subcontractors) of Servicing functions required to be performed
under this Agreement, any related Servicing Agreement or any
sub-servicing agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.
Substitution
Amount : As defined in the second paragraph of
Section 2.04(b).
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Tax Matters
Person : The “tax matters person” as specified in
the REMIC Provisions which shall initially be the Holder of the
Class LT-R Certificate.
Telerate Page
3750 : The display currently so designated as “Page
3750” on the Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page
selected by the Securities Administrator as may replace Page 3750
on that service for the purpose of displaying daily comparable
rates on prices).
Trust Fund
: The corpus of the trust created pursuant to this Agreement,
consisting of the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal
received thereon after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled
Payments due on or prior to the Cut-off Date), the
Depositor’s rights assigned to the Trustee under the Purchase
Agreements and the Servicing Agreements and the Mortgage Loan
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Insurance Policies relating to the
Mortgage Loans, all cash, instruments or property held or required
to be held in the Collection Accounts, the Distribution Account,
property that secured a Mortgage Loan, the pledge, control and
guaranty agreements and any Limited Purpose Surety Bond relating to
the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, the
Reserve Fund.
Trustee :
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, a national banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America and any Person succeeding the Trustee hereunder, or if any
successor trustee or any co-trustee shall be appointed as herein
provided, then such successor trustee and such co-trustee, as the
case may be.
Trustee
Mortgage Files : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Documents to be retained in the custody and possession of
the Trustee or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee.
Two Times
Test : As to any Distribution Date, (i) the Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage is at least two times the Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage as of the Closing Date; (ii) the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans
Delinquent 60 days or more (including Mortgage Loans in REO,
foreclosure and bankruptcy status) (averaged over the preceding six
month period), as a percentage of the aggregate of the
Class Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates on such
Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed 50%; and (iii) on
or prior to the Distribution Date in March 2010, cumulative
Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans do not exceed
20% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount, and thereafter,
cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans do
not exceed 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Amount.
UCC : The
Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the relevant
jurisdiction.
Undercollateralized Group : With respect to any Distribution
Date, any Certificate Group with respect to which the aggregate
Class Principal Amount of such Certificate Group is greater
than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
in the related Mortgage Pool immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Underwriters : Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and Morgan
Stanley and Co. Incorporated.
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Underwriter’s Exemption : Prohibited Transaction
Exemption (“PTE”) 90-59 (55 Fed. Reg. 36724 (1990)) and
PTE 90-24 (55 Fed. Reg. 20548 (1990)), respectively, as most
recently amended and restated by PTE 2002-41, or any substantially
similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of
Labor to the Underwriters.
Underwriting
Agreement : The Underwriting Agreement, dated March 29,
2007, among the Seller, the Depositor and the
Underwriters.
Uniform
Commercial Code : The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
any applicable jurisdiction from time to time.
Upper-Tier
REMIC : As described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
Voting
Interests : The portion of the voting rights of all the
Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate for purposes of
the voting provisions of this Agreement. At all times during the
term of this Agreement, 99.00% of all Voting Interests shall be
allocated to the Class 1-A1, Class 1-A2, Class 2-A1,
Class 2-A2, Class 3-A1, Class 3-A2, Class 4-A1,
Class 4-A2, Class 5-A1, Class 5-A2, Class B-1,
Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and
Class B-6 Certificates. Voting Interests shall be allocated
among such Certificates based on the product of (i) 99% and
(ii) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the aggregate Class Principal Amounts for each Class then
outstanding and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated
Principal Balance outstanding. At all times during the term of this
Agreement, 1.00% of all Voting Interests shall be allocated to the
Class 1-AR Certificates. Voting Interests shall be allocated
among such Certificates based on the product of (i) 1% and
(ii) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the aggregate Class Principal Amounts for each Class
then outstanding and the denominator of which is the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance outstanding. The Class LT-R
Certificate shall not have any voting rights.
Section 1.02
Calculations Respecting Mortgage Loans.
Calculations
required to be made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any
Mortgage Loan in the Trust Fund shall be made based upon current
information as to the terms of the Mortgage Loans and reports of
payments received from the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loans and
payments to be made to the Securities Administrator as supplied to
the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer. The Securities
Administrator shall not be required to recompute, verify or
recalculate the information supplied to it by the Master Servicer
or any Servicer.
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ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01
Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans.
(a) Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor
does hereby transfer, assign, set over, deposit with and otherwise
convey to the Trustee, without recourse, subject to
Sections 2.02 and 2.04, in trust, all the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund. Such conveyance
includes, without limitation, (i) the Mortgage Loans,
including the right to all payments of principal and interest
received on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off
Date (other than Scheduled Payments due on or before such date),
and all such payments due after such date but received on or prior
to such date and intended by the related Mortgagors to be applied
after such date; (ii) all of the Depositor’s right,
title and interest in and to all amounts from time to time credited
to and the proceeds of the Distribution Account, any Collection
Accounts or any Escrow Account established with respect to the
Mortgage Loans; (iii) with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to
the extent set forth in the related Acknowledgements, the
Depositor’s rights under the Purchase Agreements and the
Servicing Agreements and all of the Depositor’s rights under
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement; (iv) all of the
Depositor’s right, title or interest in REO Property and the
proceeds thereof; (v) all of the Depositor’s rights
under any Insurance Policies related to the Mortgage Loans; and
(vi) the Depositor’s security interest in any collateral
pledged to secure the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgaged
Properties and any Additional Collateral relating to the Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, the
pledge, control and guaranty agreements and any related Limited
Purpose Surety Bond to have and to hold, in trust; and the Trustee
declares that, subject to the review provided for in
Section 2.02, it has received and shall hold the Trust Fund,
as trustee, in trust, for the benefit and use of the Holders of the
Certificates and for the purposes and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, and, concurrently with such
receipt, has caused to be executed, authenticated and delivered to
or upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Trust Fund,
Certificates in the authorized denominations evidencing the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund.
The foregoing
sale, transfer, assignment, set-over, deposit and conveyance does
not and is not intended to result in the creation or assumption by
the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor, the Seller or any
other Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other
agreement or instrument relating thereto except as specifically set
forth therein.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto
acknowledge that the functions of the Trustee with respect to the
custody, acceptance, inspection and release of Mortgage Files,
including but not limited to certain insurance policies and
documents contemplated by this Agreement, and preparation and
delivery of the certifications
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shall be
performed by the Custodian pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the Custody Agreement.
In connection with
such transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered
to and deposited with, the Custodian acting on the Trustee’s
behalf, the following documents or instruments with respect to each
related Mortgage Loan (each, a “Trustee Mortgage File”)
so transferred and assigned:
(i) with respect
to each Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage Note endorsed without
recourse in proper form to the order of the Trustee, or in blank
(in each case, with all necessary intervening endorsements, as
applicable); provided that any such endorsement may be stamped or
generated electronically, if acceptable under all applicable laws
and regulations and the endorsing entity had adopted appropriate
authorizing resolutions prior to such stamped or electronic
endorsement.
(ii) with respect
to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the original
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first lien
on the underlying property securing the Mortgage Loan and bearing
evidence that such instrument has been recorded in the appropriate
jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located (or, in lieu
of the original of the Mortgage, a true copy of the Mortgage
certified by the originator, or a duplicate or conformed copy of
the Mortgage, together with a certificate of either the closing
attorney or an officer of the title insurer that issued the related
title insurance policy, certifying that such copy represents a true
and correct copy of the original and that such original has been or
is currently submitted to be recorded in the appropriate
governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located);
(iii) with respect
to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the
Assignment of Mortgage in form and substance acceptable for
recording in the relevant jurisdiction, such assignment being
either (A) in blank, without recourse, or (B) or endorsed
to “HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee of the
Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2007-1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
without recourse;” provided, that if the Mortgage Loan is a
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, no Assignment of Mortgage shall be
required;
(iv) with respect
to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the
originals or certified copies of all Intervening Assignments of the
Mortgage, if any, with evidence of recording thereon, showing a
complete chain of title to the last endorsee, including any
warehousing assignment;
(v) with respect
to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), any
assumption, modification, written assurance, substitution,
consolidation, extension or guaranty agreement, if
applicable;
(vi) with respect
to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the original
policy of title insurance (or a true copy thereof) with respect to
any such
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Mortgage Loan,
or, if such policy has not yet been delivered by the insurer, the
title commitment or title binder to issue same;
(vii) if the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or any other material document or
instrument relating to the Mortgage Loan has been signed by a
person on behalf of the Mortgagor, the original power of attorney
or other instrument that authorized and empowered such person to
sign bearing evidence that such instrument has been recorded, if so
required, in the appropriate jurisdiction where the Mortgaged
Property is located (or, in lieu thereof, a duplicate or conformed
copy of such instrument, together with a certificate of receipt
from the recording office, certifying that such copy represents a
true and complete copy of the original and that such original has
been or is currently submitted to be recorded in the appropriate
governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located); and
(viii) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan which constitutes a Cooperative
Mortgage Loan:
(a) the original
loan and security agreement;
(b) the original
Cooperative Shares;
(c) a stock power
executed in blank by the person in whose name the Cooperative
Shares are issued;
(d) the
Proprietary Lease or occupancy agreement accompanied by an
assignment in blank of such proprietary lease;
(e) the
recognition agreement executed by the Cooperative Corporation,
which requires the Cooperative Corporation to recognize the rights
of the lender and its successors in interest and assigns, under the
cooperative;
(f) UCC1 financing
statements with recording information thereon from the appropriate
governmental recording offices if necessary to perfect the security
interest of the Cooperative Mortgage Loan under the Uniform
Commercial Code in the jurisdiction in which the cooperative
project is located, accompanied by UCC3 financing statements
executed in blank for recordation of the change in the secured
party thereunder;
(g) the original
policy of title insurance or with respect to any such Cooperative
Mortgage Loan, if such policy has not yet been delivered by the
insurer, the title commitment or title binder to issue same;
and
(h) Any
guarantees, if applicable.
(b) The
Depositor shall cause Assignments of Mortgage with respect to each
Mortgage Loan other than a Cooperative Mortgage Loan to be
completed in the form specified in Section 2.01(a)(iii) above
within 30 days of the Closing Date for purpose of their
recording; provided,
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however, that such Assignments of Mortgage need not be
recorded if, on or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor
delivers, at its own expense, an Opinion of Counsel (which must be
Independent counsel) acceptable to the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and the Rating Agencies, to the effect that recording
in such states is not required to protect the Trustee’s
interest in the related Mortgage Loans. Subject to the preceding
sentence, as soon as practicable after the Closing Date (but in no
event more than 270 days thereafter except to the extent
delays are caused by the applicable recording office), the
Depositor at its own expense and with the cooperation of the
applicable Servicer, shall cause to be properly recorded by each
Servicer in each public recording office where the related
Mortgages are recorded each Assignment of Mortgage endorsed in the
form described in Section 2.01(a)(iii) above with respect to
each such Mortgage Loan.
(c) In
instances where a title insurance policy is required to be
delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee
under Sections 2.01(a)(vi) or 2.01(a)(viii)(g) above and is
not so delivered, the Depositor will provide a copy of such title
insurance policy to the Trustee, or to the Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee, as promptly as practicable after the execution and
delivery hereof, but in any case within 180 days of the
Closing Date.
(d) For
Mortgage Loans (if any) that have been prepaid in full after the
Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu
of delivering the above documents, herewith delivers to the
Trustee, or to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, an
Officer’s Certificate which shall include a statement to the
effect that all amounts received in connection with such prepayment
that are required to be deposited in the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 4.01 have been so deposited. All original
documents that are not delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee shall be held by the Master Servicer or the
applicable Servicer in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders.
Section 2.02
Acceptance of Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of Documentation for
Trust Fund.
(a) The
Trustee, by execution and delivery hereof, acknowledges receipt by
it or by the Custodian on its behalf of the Trustee Mortgage Files
pertaining to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, subject to review thereof by the Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee in accordance with Section 4(a) of the Custody
Agreement (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D).
The Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, will execute and deliver to
the Trustee and the Depositor an Initial Trust Receipt and Schedule
of Exceptions, on the Closing Date in the forms required by the
Custody Agreement.
(b) Within
270 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee, will, for the benefit of Holders of the Certificates,
review each related Trustee Mortgage File to ascertain that all
required documents set forth in Section 2.01 have been
received and appear on their face to conform with the requirements
set forth in Section 4A and 4B of the Custody
Agreement.
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(c) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute an assumption by
the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Custodian or the
Certificateholders of any unsatisfied duty, claim or other
liability on any Mortgage Loan or to any Mortgagor.
(d) Each of
the parties hereto acknowledges that the Custodian shall perform
the applicable review of the related Mortgage Loans and respective
certifications as provided in the Custody Agreement.
(e) Upon
execution of this Agreement, the Depositor hereby delivers to the
Trustee and the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the
Acknowledgements, together with the related Purchase Agreements,
Servicing Agreements and the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
Section 2.03
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
(a) The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Master Servicer and
the Securities Administrator as of the Closing Date or such other
date as is specified, that:
(i) the Depositor
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and
has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to
carry on its business as presently conducted, to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to create the
trust pursuant hereto;
(ii) 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; 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
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor;
(iii) 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 such as has been obtained, given, effected or
taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) this
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor
and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator,
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as such
enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and
insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of
equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law;
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(v) there are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Depositor, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting
the Depositor, before or by any court, administrative agency,
arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (B) 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 it or its business, assets, operations or condition,
financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement;
(vi) immediately
prior to the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the
Trustee, the Depositor was the sole owner of record and holder of
each Mortgage Loan, and the Depositor had good and marketable title
thereto, and had full right to transfer and sell each Mortgage Loan
to the Trustee free and clear, subject only to (1) liens of
current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable
and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any
lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of public record as of the date of recording of such
Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in
which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically
referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy or
attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered
to the originator of such Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not,
individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage,
of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge,
charge, claim or security interest, and had full right and
authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement
with, any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan
pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) This
Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as
defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code (the
“UCC”), in the Mortgage Loans in favor of the Trustee,
which security interest is prior to all other liens, and is
enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the
Depositor;
(viii) The
Mortgage Loans constitute “instruments” within the
meaning of the applicable UCC;
(ix) Other than
the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a
security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Mortgage
Loans. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statement against the Depositor that
includes a description of the collateral covering the Mortgage
Loans other than a financing statement relating to the security
interest granted to the Trustee hereunder or that has been
terminated. The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien
filings against the Depositor;
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(x) None of the
Mortgage Loans have any marks or notations indicating that such
Mortgage Loans have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to
any Person other than the Trustee; and
(xi) The Depositor
has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of
the Mortgage Loans to convey the Mortgage Loans hereunder to the
Trustee.
The foregoing
representations made in this Section 2.03 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and shall not be waived by any party
hereto.
Section 2.04
Discovery of Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage
Loans.
(a) Pursuant
to Sections 2(b) and 2(d) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement, the Seller has made certain representations and
warranties as to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans as of
the Closing Date, including representations and warranties that no
Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost home loan” as defined
under any local, state, or federal laws, and each of the Depositor
and the Trustee intend that the Mortgage Loans (including any
Replacement Mortgage Loans) included in the Trust Fund satisfy such
representations and warranties. The Depositor, for the benefit of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereby assigns any such
rights against the Seller to the Trustee and the Seller
acknowledges that it has agreed to comply with the provisions of
this Section 2.04 in respect of a breach of any of such
representations and warranties.
It is understood
and agreed that such representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2(b) and 2(d) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement shall survive delivery of the Trustee Mortgage Files and
the Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee and
shall continue throughout the term of this Agreement. Upon
(i) discovery or receipt by the Depositor of written notice of
any materially defective document in a related Trustee Mortgage
File or, following the date of delivery to the Trustee of the
Custodian’s Final Trust Receipt as required under the Custody
Agreement, that a document is missing from a related Trustee
Mortgage File, or (ii) discovery by the Depositor or the
Seller of the breach by the Seller of any representation or
warranty under the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement in
respect of any Mortgage Loan, which materially adversely affects
the value of that Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the
Certificateholders (a “Defective Mortgage Loan”) (each
of such parties hereby agreeing to give written notice thereof to
the Trustee and the other of such parties), the Trustee, or its
designee, shall promptly notify the Depositor in writing of such
defective or missing document or breach and request that the
Depositor deliver such missing document or cure or cause the cure
of such defect or breach within 90 days from the date that the
Depositor discovered or was notified of such missing document,
defect or breach, and if the Depositor does not deliver such
missing document or cure such defect or breach in all material
respects during such period, the Trustee shall enforce the
Seller’s obligation under the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement and cause the Seller to repurchase that Mortgage Loan
from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price on or prior to the
Determination Date following the expiration of such 90-day period
(subject to Section 2.04(b) below); provided, however ,
that, in connection with any such breach that could not reasonably
have been cured within such 90-day period, if the Seller shall have
commenced to cure such breach within such 90-day period, the Seller
shall be
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permitted to
proceed thereafter diligently and expeditiously to cure the same
within an additional 90-day period. The Purchase Price for the
repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the related
Distribution Account, and the Trustee, or its designee, upon
receipt of written certification from the Securities Administrator
of such deposit, shall release to the Seller, the related Trustee
Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of
transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse,
representation or warranties, as either party shall furnish to it
and as shall be necessary to vest in such party any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto and the Trustee, or its designee, shall
have no further responsibility with regard to such Trustee Mortgage
File (it being understood that the Trustee shall have no
responsibility for determining the sufficiency of such assignment
for its intended purpose). In lieu of repurchasing any such
Mortgage Loan as provided above, either party may cause such
Mortgage Loan to be removed from the Trust Fund (in which case it
shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or more
Replacement Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.04(b) below. It is understood
and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure or to
repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a
document is missing, a material defect in a constituent document
exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing
shall constitute the sole remedy against the such party respecting
such omission, defect or breach available to the Trustee on behalf
of the Certificateholders.
(b) Any
substitution of Replacement Mortgage Loans for Deleted Mortgage
Loans made pursuant to Section 2.04(a) above must be effected
prior to the last Business Day that is within two years after the
Closing Date. As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller
substitutes a Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution
shall be effected by delivering to the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, for such Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the related
Mortgage Note, the related Mortgage, the related Assignment of
Mortgage to the Trustee, and such other documents and agreements,
with all necessary endorsements thereon, together with an
Officers’ Certificate stating that each such Replacement
Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the
Substitution Amount (as described below), if any, in connection
with such substitution. The Custodian shall acknowledge receipt for
such Replacement Mortgage Loan and, within 45 days thereafter,
shall review such Mortgage Documents as specified in the Custody
Agreement and deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor, with
respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loans, a certification
substantially in the form of a revised Trust Receipt, with any
exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of
substitution, the Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee and the
Depositor a certification substantially in the form of a revised
Final Trust Receipt, with respect to such Replacement Mortgage
Loans, with any exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments due with
respect to Replacement Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution
shall not be included as part of the Trust Fund and shall be
retained by the Seller. For the month of substitution,
distributions to the Certificateholders shall reflect the
collections and recoveries in respect of such Deleted Mortgage in
the Due Period preceding the month of substitution and the Seller
shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently
received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. Upon such
substitution, such Replacement Mortgage Loan shall constitute part
of the Trust Fund and shall be subject in all respects to the terms
of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement, including all representations and warranties thereof
included in the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement, in each
case as of the date of substitution.
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For any month in
which the Seller substitutes one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans
for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the related Servicer shall
determine the excess (each, a “Substitution Amount”),
if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such Deleted
Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Replacement Mortgage Loans replacing such Deleted Mortgage
Loans, together with one month’s interest on such excess
amount at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate. On the date of such
substitution, the Seller, as applicable, shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account
an amount equal to the related Substitution Amount, if any, and the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, upon receipt of the related
Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans and certification by the
Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the Seller the related
Trustee Mortgage File or Files and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, as the Seller shall deliver to it and as shall be
necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto.
In addition, the
Seller shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee
and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such substitution (either specifically or as a class of
transactions) shall not cause an Adverse REMIC Event. If such
Opinion of Counsel can not be delivered, then such substitution may
only be effected at such time as the required Opinion of Counsel
can be given.
(c) Upon
discovery by the Seller, the Depositor or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a “qualified
mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of
the Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two Business
Days give written notice thereof to the other parties. In
connection therewith, the applicable party shall repurchase or,
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.04(b),
substitute one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans for the affected
Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or
receipt of such notice with respect to such affected Mortgage Loan.
Any such repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same
manner as set forth in Section 2.04(a) above. The Trustee
shall re-convey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released
pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and
conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a
representation or warranty.
(d) The
Seller indemnifies and holds the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor and each
Certificateholder harmless against any and all taxes, claims,
losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses
that the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Depositor and any Certificateholder
may sustain in connection with any actions of such party relating
to a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan other than in compliance with
the terms of this Section 2.04 and the Mortgage Loan Purchase
and Sale Agreement, to the extent that any such action causes an
Adverse REMIC Event.
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Section 2.06
Grant Clause.
(a) It is
intended that the conveyance of the Depositor’s right, title
and interest in and to property constituting the Trust Fund
pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute, and shall be construed
as, a sale of such property and not a grant of a security interest
to secure a loan. However, if such conveyance is deemed to be in
respect of a loan, it is intended that: (1) the rights and
obligations of the parties shall be established pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement; (2) the Depositor hereby grants to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Certificates a
first priority security interest in all of the Depositor’s
right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, the Trust Fund and all proceeds of any and all
property constituting the Trust Fund to secure payment of the
Certificates; and (3) this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law. If such conveyance is
deemed to be in respect of a loan and the trust created by this
Agreement terminates prior to the satisfaction of the claims of any
Person holding any Certificate, the security interest created
hereby shall continue in full force and effect and the Trustee
shall be deemed to be the collateral agent for the benefit of such
Person, and all proceeds shall be distributed as herein
provided.
(b) The
Depositor shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this
Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage
Loans and the other property described above, 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 this Agreement. The Depositor will, at its
own expense, make all initial filings on or about the Closing Date
and shall forward a copy of such filing or filings to the Trustee.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Depositor
shall prepare and forward for filing, or shall cause to be
forwarded for filing, at the expense of the Depositor, all filings
necessary to maintain the effectiveness of any original filings
necessary under the relevant UCC to perfect the Trustee’s
security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans, including
without limitation (x) continuation statements, and
(y) such other statements as may be occasioned by (1) any
change of name of the Seller, the Depositor or the Trustee,
(2) any change of location of the place of business or the
chief executive office of the Seller or the Depositor, (3) any
transfer of any interest of the Seller or the Depositor in any
Mortgage Loan or (4) any change under the relevant UCC or
other applicable laws. Neither of the Seller nor the Depositor
shall organize under the law of any jurisdiction other than the
State under which each is organized as of the Closing Date (whether
changing its jurisdiction of organization or organizing under an
additional jurisdiction) without giving 30 days prior written
notice of such action to its immediate and intermediate transferee,
including the Trustee. Before effecting such change, the Seller or
the Depositor proposing to change its jurisdiction of organization
shall prepare and file in the appropriate filing office any
financing statements or other statements necessary to continue the
perfection of the interests of its immediate and mediate
transferees, including the Trustee, in the Mortgage Loans. In
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
each of the Seller and the Depositor authorizes its immediate or
mediate transferee to file in any filing office any initial
financing statements, any amendments to financing statements, any
continuation statements, or any other statements or filings
described in this paragraph (b).
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On or before March
1 of each calendar year, beginning in 2008, the Depositor shall
furnish to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion
of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
such action has been taken with respect to any filings necessary to
maintain the effectiveness of any original filings necessary under
the relevant UCC to perfect the Trustee’s security interest
in or lien on the Mortgage Loans, or stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain such lien
and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe
the execution and filing of any financing statements and
continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel,
be required to maintain such lien and security interest until March
1 in the following calendar year.
Section 3.01
The Certificates.
(a) The
Certificates shall be issuable in registered form only and shall be
securities governed by Article 8 of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code. The Certificates will be evidenced by one or more
certificates, beneficial ownership of which will be held in the
minimum denominations in Certificate Principal Amount or Notional
Amount specified in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement and
in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, or in the Percentage
Interests specified in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement,
as applicable.
(b) The
Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Each Certificate
shall, on original issue, be authenticated by the Authenticating
Agent upon the order of the Depositor upon receipt by the Trustee
or its Custodian of the Trustee Mortgage Files described in
Section 2.01. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein, executed by an
authorized officer of the Authenticating Agent, by manual
signature, and such certification upon any Certificate shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Depositor may deliver Certificates executed by
the Trustee to the Authenticating Agent for authentication and the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver such
Certificates as in this Agreement provided and not
otherwise.
(c) The
Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 and Class LT-R
Certificates offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from
registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act shall be
issued initially in definitive, fully registered form without
interest coupons with the applicable legends set forth in
Exhibit A added to the forms of such Certificates (each, a
“Restricted Global Security”).
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Section 3.02
Registration.
The Securities
Administrator is hereby appointed, and the Securities Administrator
hereby accepts its appointment as, initial Certificate Registrar in
respect of the Certificates and shall maintain books for the
registration and for the transfer of Certificates (the
“Certificate Register”). The Trustee may appoint a bank
or trust company to act as successor Certificate Registrar. A
registration book shall be maintained for the Certificates
collectively. The Certificate Registrar may resign or be discharged
or removed and a new successor may be appointed in accordance with
the procedures and requirements set forth in Sections 6.06 and
6.07 hereof with respect to the resignation, discharge or removal
of the Securities Administrator and the appointment of a successor
Securities Administrator. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by
a written instrument delivered to the Holders and the Master
Servicer, any bank or trust company to act as co-registrar under
such conditions as the Certificate Registrar may prescribe;
provided, however, that the Certificate Registrar shall not
be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by
reason of such appointment.
Section 3.03
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) A
Certificate (other than Book-Entry Certificates which shall be
subject to Section 3.09 hereof) may be transferred by the
Holder thereof only upon presentation and surrender of such
Certificate at the office of the Certificate Registrar duly
endorsed or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by such
Holder or his duly authorized attorney in such form as shall be
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Upon the transfer of any
Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Trustee
shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and
deliver to the transferee, one or more new Certificates of the same
Class and evidencing, in the aggregate, the same aggregate
Certificate Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) as the
Certificate being transferred. No service charge shall be made to a
Certificateholder for any registration of transfer of Certificates,
but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any registration of transfer of
Certificates.
(b) A
Certificate may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for any number
of new Certificates of the same Class, in authorized denominations,
representing in the aggregate the same Certificate Principal Amount
(or Notional Amount) as the Certificate surrendered, upon surrender
of the Certificate to be exchanged at the office of the Certificate
Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer duly executed by such Holder or his duly authorized
attorney in such form as is satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar. Certificates delivered upon any such exchange will
evidence the same obligations, and will be entitled to the same
rights and privileges, as the Certificates surrendered. No service
charge shall be made to a Certificateholder for any exchange of
Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may
be imposed in connection with any exchange of Certificates.
Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the
Trustee shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate, date and deliver the Certificates which the
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
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(c) By
acceptance of a Restricted Certificate, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each Holder of such a Certificate
acknowledges the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate
set forth thereon and agrees that it will transfer such a
Certificate only as provided herein.
The following
restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer and
registration of transfer of a Restricted Certificate to a
transferee that takes delivery in the form of a Definitive
Certificate:
(i) The
Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of a Restricted
Certificate if the requested transfer is (x) to the Depositor
or an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) of the Depositor or (y) being made to a “qualified
institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act by a transferor that has
provided the Certificate Registrar with a certificate in the form
of Exhibit H hereto; and
(ii) The
Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of a Restricted
Certificate if the requested transfer is being made to an
“accredited investor” under Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) under the Securities Act, or to any Person all
of the equity owners in which are such accredited investors, by a
transferor who furnishes to the Certificate Registrar a letter of
the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I
hereto.
(d) No
transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate in the form of a
Definitive Certificate shall be made to any Person or shall be
effective unless the Certificate Registrar, on behalf of the
Trustee, has received (A) a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit J hereto (or Exhibit B, in the case of a
Residual Certificate) from such transferee or (B) an Opinion
of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar to the effect
that the purchase and holding of such a Certificate will not
constitute or result in prohibited transactions under Title I of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the
Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Depositor or the Securities Administrator to any obligation in
addition to those undertaken in this Agreement; provided,
however, that the Certificate Registrar will not require such
certificate or opinion in the event that, as a result of a change
of law or otherwise, counsel satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar has rendered an opinion to the effect that the purchase
and holding of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate by a Plan or a
Person that is purchasing or holding such a Certificate with the
assets of a Plan will not constitute or result in a prohibited
transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code. Each Transferee of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is a
Book-Entry Certificate shall be deemed to have made the
representations set forth in Exhibit J. The preparation and
delivery of the certificate and opinions referred to above shall
not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Certificate Registrar, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities
Administrator.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no opinion or certificate shall be required for the
initial issuance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. The
Certificate Registrar shall have no obligation to monitor transfers
of Book-Entry Certificates that are ERISA-Restricted Certificates
and shall have no liability for transfers of such Certificates in
violation of the transfer restrictions. The Certificate Registrar
shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of
transfer of
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any
ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this
Section 3.03(d) and none of the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee or the Paying Agent shall have any liability for making any
payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking
any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions
of this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the
Certificate Registrar in accordance with the foregoing
requirements. The Securities Administrator, on behalf of the
Trustee, shall be entitled, but not obligated, to recover from any
Holder of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that was in fact a Plan
or a Person acting on behalf of a Plan any payments made on such
ERISA-Restricted Certificate at and after either such time. Any
such payments so recovered by the Securities Administrator, on
behalf of the Trustee, shall be paid and delivered by the
Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, to the last
preceding Holder of such Certificate that is not such a Plan or
Person acting on behalf of a Plan.
(e) As a
condition of the registration of transfer or exchange of any
Certificate, the Certificate Registrar may require the certified
taxpayer identification number of the owner of the Certificate and
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge imposed in connection therewith; provided,
however, that the Certificate Registrar shall have no
obligation to require such payment or to determine whether or not
any such tax or charge may be applicable. No service charge shall
be made to the Certificateholder for any registration, transfer or
exchange of a Certificate.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no Residual Certificate
may be owned, pledged or transferred, directly or indirectly, by or
to (i) a Disqualified Organization or (ii) an individual,
corporation or partnership or other person unless such person is
(A) not a Non-U.S. Person or (B) is a Non-U.S. Person
that holds a Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of
a trade or business within the United States and has furnished the
transferor and the Certificate Registrar with an effective Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form at the time and in
the manner required by the Code (any such person who is not covered
by clause (A) or (B) above is referred to herein as a
“Non-permitted Foreign Holder”).
Prior to and as a
condition of the registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of a Residual Certificate, the proposed transferee
shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, on behalf of the
Trustee, an affidavit in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B representing and warranting, among other things,
that such transferee is neither a Disqualified Organization, an
agent or nominee acting on behalf of a Disqualified Organization,
nor a Non-permitted Foreign Holder (any such transferee, a
“Permitted Transferee”), and the proposed transferor
shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar an affidavit in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. In
addition, the Certificate Registrar may (but shall have no
obligation to) require, prior to and as a condition of any such
transfer, the delivery by the proposed transferee of an Opinion of
Counsel, addressed to the Certificate Registrar, that such proposed
transferee or, if the proposed transferee is an agent or nominee,
the proposed beneficial owner, is not a Disqualified Organization,
agent or nominee thereof, or a Non-permitted Foreign Holder.
Notwithstanding the registration in the Certificate Register of any
transfer, sale, or other disposition of a Residual Certificate to a
Disqualified Organization, an agent or nominee thereof, or
Non-permitted Foreign Holder, such registration shall be deemed to
be of no legal force or
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effect
whatsoever and such Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee
thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder shall not be deemed to be
a Certificateholder for any purpose hereunder, including, but not
limited to, the receipt of distributions on such Residual
Certificate. The Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the
Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration or transfer of a Residual Certificate to a
Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof or
Non-permitted Foreign Holder or for the Paying Agent making any
payments due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or
for taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement, so long as the transfer was effected
in accordance with this Section 3.03(f), unless the
Certificate Registrar shall have actual knowledge at the time of
such transfer or the time of such payment or other action that the
transferee is a Disqualified Organization, or an agent or nominee
thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder. The Certificate Registrar
shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual
Certificate that was a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee
thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder at the time it became a
Holder or any subsequent time it became a Disqualified
Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign
Holder, all payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after
either such times (and all costs and expenses, including but not
limited to attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection
therewith). Any payment (not including any such costs and expenses)
so recovered by the Certificate Registrar shall be paid and
delivered to the last preceding Holder of such Residual
Certificate.
If any purported
transferee shall become a registered Holder of a Residual
Certificate in violation of the provisions of this
Section 3.03(f), then upon receipt of written notice to the
Certificate Registrar that the registration of transfer of such
Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this
Section 3.03(f), the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall
be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date
of such registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The
Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator
and the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 3.03(f), or for the Paying Agent
making any payment due on such Certificate to the registered Holder
thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered upon receipt of the affidavit described in the preceding
paragraph of this Section 3.03(f).
(g) Each
Holder or Certificate Owner of a Restricted Certificate,
ERISA-Restricted Certificate or Residual Certificate, or an
interest therein, by such Holder’s or Owner’s
acceptance thereof, shall be deemed for all purposes to have
consented to the provisions of this section.
Section 3.04
Cancellation of Certificates.
Any Certificate
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
cancelled and retained in accordance with normal retention policies
with respect to cancelled certificates maintained by the Trustee or
the Certificate Registrar.
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Section 3.05
Replacement of Certificates.
If (i) any
Certificate is mutilated and is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar or (ii) the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to
its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each
of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Depositor,
the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar that such destroyed, lost
or stolen Certificate has been acquired by a protected purchaser,
the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate
of like tenor and Certificate Principal Amount. Upon the issuance
of any new Certificate under this Section 3.05, the Trustee,
the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or the Securities
Administrator may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar
or the Securities Administrator) connected therewith. Any
replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.05
shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in
the applicable Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
If after the
delivery of such new Certificate, a protected purchaser of the
original Certificate in lieu of which such new Certificate was
issued presents for payment such original Certificate, the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar
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