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Execution Copy
J.P. MORGAN ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION I
Depositor
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Master Servicer and Securities Administrator
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
___________________________
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 1, 2006
___________________________
J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE TRUST 2006-A7
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions.
7
Section 1.02
Calculations Respecting Mortgage Loans.
45
ARTICLE II DECLARATION OF TRUST; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01
Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans.
45
Section 2.02
Acceptance of Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of Documentation for
Trust Fund.
49
Section 2.03
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
50
Section 2.04
Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans.
52
Section 2.05
Discovery of Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage
Loans.
55
Section 2.06
Grant Clause.
57
ARTICLE III
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 3.01
The Certificates.
59
Section 3.02
Registration.
59
Section 3.03
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
60
Section 3.04
Cancellation of Certificates.
63
Section 3.05
Replacement of Certificates.
63
Section 3.06
Persons Deemed Owners.
64
Section 3.07
Temporary Certificates.
64
Section 3.08
Appointment of Paying Agent.
65
Section 3.09
Book-Entry Certificates.
65
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 4.01
Custodial Accounts; Distribution Account.
67
Section 4.02
[Reserved].
68
Section 4.03
[Reserved].
68
Section 4.04
Reports to Trustee and Certificateholders.
68
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01
Distributions Generally.
70
Section 5.02
Distributions from the Distribution Account.
71
Section 5.03
Allocation of Losses.
75
Section 5.04
Advances by Master Servicer.
77
Section 5.05
Compensating Interest Payments.
77
Section 5.06
Deposit of Uncertificated REMIC Interests.
77
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR; EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
Section 6.01
Duties of Trustee and the Securities Administrator.
77
Section 6.02
Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator.
81
Section 6.03
Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for
Certificates.
82
Section 6.04
Trustee and the Securities Administrator May Own
Certificates.
82
Section 6.05
Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
83
Section 6.06
Resignation and Removal of Trustee and the Securities
Administrator.
83
Section 6.07
Successor Trustee and Successor Securities Administrator.
84
Section 6.08
Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or the Securities
Administrator.
85
Section 6.09
Appointment of Co-Trustee, Separate Trustee or Custodian.
85
Section 6.10
Authenticating Agents.
87
Section 6.11
Indemnification of the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator.
88
Section 6.12
Fees and Expenses of Securities Administrator and the
Trustee.
88
Section 6.13
Collection of Monies.
89
Section 6.14
Events of Default; Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor.
89
Section 6.15
Additional Remedies of Trustee Upon Event of Default.
93
Section 6.16
Waiver of Defaults.
93
Section 6.17
Notification to Holders.
93
Section 6.18
Directions by Certificateholders and Duties of Trustee During
Event of Default.
93
Section 6.19
Action Upon Certain Failures of the Master Servicer and Upon
Event of Default.
94
Section 6.20
Preparation of Tax Returns and Other Reports.
94
ARTICLE VII
PURCHASE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND TERMINATION OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 7.01
Purchase of Mortgage Loans; Termination of Trust Fund Upon
Purchase or Liquidation
of All Mortgage Loans.
95
Section 7.02
Procedure Upon Redemption or Termination of Trust Fund.
96
Section 7.03
Additional Trust Fund Termination Requirements.
97
ARTICLE VIII
RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 8.01
Limitation on Rights of Holders.
98
Section 8.02
Access to List of Holders.
98
Section 8.03
Acts of Holders of Certificates.
99
ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE MASTER
SERVICER
Section 9.01
Duties of the Master Servicer; Enforcement of Servicers’
and Master Servicer’s
Obligations.
100
Section 9.02
Assumption of Master Servicing by Trustee.
102
Section 9.03
Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer.
103
Section 9.04
Compensation to the Master Servicer.
105
Section 9.05
Merger or Consolidation.
105
Section 9.06
Resignation of Master Servicer.
105
Section 9.07
Assignment or Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer.
106
Section 9.08
Limitation on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others.
106
Section 9.09
Indemnification; Third-Party Claims.
107
ARTICLE X
REMIC ADMINISTRATION
Section 10.01
REMIC Administration.
107
Section 10.02
Prohibited Transactions and Activities.
109
Section 10.03
Indemnification with Respect to Prohibited Transactions or Loss
of REMIC Status.
110
Section 10.04
REO Property.
110
Section 10.05
Fidelity.
111
ARTICLE XI
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
Section 11.01
Form 10-D Reporting.
111
Section 11.02
Form 10-K Reporting.
112
Section 11.03
Form 8-K Reporting.
114
Section 11.04
Delisting; Amendment; Late Filing of Reports.
115
Section 11.05
Annual Statements of Compliance.
116
Section 11.06
Annual Assessments of Compliance.
116
Section 11.07
Accountant’s Attestation.
118
Section 11.08
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification.
119
Section 11.09
Indemnification.
120
Section 11.10
Additional Information.
121
Section 11.11
Intention of the Parties and Interpretation.
121
Section 11.12
Notice under Article XI.
122
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 12.01
Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment.
122
Section 12.02
Entire Agreement.
122
Section 12.03
Amendment.
122
Section 12.04
Voting Rights.
124
Section 12.05
Provision of Information.
124
Section 12.06
Governing Law.
124
Section 12.07
Notices.
125
Section 12.08
Severability of Provisions.
125
Section 12.09
Indulgences; No Waivers.
125
Section 12.10
Headings Not To Affect Interpretation.
125
Section 12.11
Benefits of Agreement.
126
Section 12.12
Special Notices to the Rating Agencies.
126
Section 12.13
Conflicts.
127
Section 12.14
Counterparts.
127
Section 12.15
No Petitions.
127
ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit A
Forms of Certificates
Exhibit B
Form of Residual Interest Transfer Affidavit (Transferee)
Exhibit C
Form of Residual Interest Transfer Affidavit (Transferor)
Exhibit D
[Reserved]
Exhibit E
List of Purchase and Servicing Agreements, Purchase Agreements
and Servicing Agreements
Exhibit F
List of Custodial Agreements
Exhibit G
Set of Limited Purpose Surety Bonds
Exhibit H
Form of Rule 144A Transfer Certificate
Exhibit I
Form of Purchaser’s Letter for Institutional Accredited
Investors
Exhibit J
Form of ERISA Transfer Affidavit
Exhibit K
Form of Letter of Representations with the Depository Trust
Company
Exhibit L
Form of Custodian Certification
Exhibit M
Regulation AB Relevant Servicing Criteria Matrix
Exhibit N
Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K Reporting Responsibility
Exhibit O
[Reserved]
Exhibit P
[Reserved]
Exhibit Q
Form of Annual Back-Up Certification
Exhibit R
Additional Disclosure Notification
Schedule A
Mortgage Loan Schedule
This POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of December 1,
2006 (the "Agreement"), by and among J.P. MORGAN ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION I, a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
"Depositor"), U.S. BANK NATIONAL 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
J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation, as
seller (the "Seller"), for purposes of Sections 2.04 and 2.05 and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a
national banking association, as custodians (each a "Custodian and
together, the "Custodians"), for purposes of Sections 11.01, 11.02,
11.03, 11.06, 11.07 and 11.09.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor has acquired the Mortgage Loans from the Seller
and at the Closing Date is the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the
other 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 other property constituting
the Trust Fund. All covenants and agreements made 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 Trustee shall elect that the Trust Fund
(exclusive of the Additional Collateral (the "Excluded Trust
Property")) 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"). Each of the Certificates set forth
below, other than the Exchangeable Certificates, the Exchangeable
REMIC Certificates, and the Class A-R Certificate, shall represent
ownership of a regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class A-R Certificate
represents ownership of the sole class of residual interest in the
Upper-Tier REMIC. The Upper-Tier REMIC shall hold as assets
the several classes of uncertificated Lower-Tier Interests in the
Lower-Tier REMIC (other than the Class LT-A-R Interest). The
Lower-Tier REMIC shall hold as assets all property of the Trust
Fund (except for any related Excluded Trust Property).
The uncertificated Class LT-A-R Interest represents
ownership of the sole class of residual interest in the Lower-Tier
REMIC.
The latest possible maturity date of all REMIC regular interests
created in this Agreement shall be the Latest Possible Maturity
Date.
The Lower-Tier REMIC
The Lower-Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall have the initial
Class Principal Amounts, pass-through rates and Corresponding
Mortgage Pools as set forth in the following table:
|
REMIC 1 Interests
|
Initial Principal Amount
|
Pass-Through Rate
|
Corresponding Mortgage Pool
|
|
A-1 (0.9% of SP Group 1)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
1
|
|
B-1 (0.1% of SP Group 1)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
1
|
|
C-1 (Excess of Group 1)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
1
|
|
A-2 (0.9% of SP Group 2)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
2
|
|
B-2 (0.1% of SP Group 2)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
2
|
|
C-2 (Excess of Group 2)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
2
|
|
A-3 (0.9% of SP Group 3)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
3
|
|
B-3 (0.1% of SP Group 3)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
3
|
|
C-3 (Excess of Group 3)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
3
|
|
A-4 (0.9% of SP Group 4)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
4
|
|
B-4 (0.1% of SP Group 4)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
4
|
|
C-4 (Excess of Group 4)
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
4
|
|
LT-A-R
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
N/A
|
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(1)
Each Class A Interest shall have a principal balance initially
equal to 0.9% of the Pool Subordinate Amount ("SP") of its
corresponding Mortgage Pool. Each Class B Interest shall have a
principal balance initially equal to 0.1% of the Pool Subordinate
Amount of its corresponding Mortgage Pool. The initial principal
balance of each Class C Interest shall equal the excess of the
initial aggregate principal balance of its corresponding Mortgage
Pool over the initial aggregate principal balances of the Class A
and Class B Interests corresponding to such Mortgage Pool.
(2)
A Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates
of the Mortgage Loans of the corresponding Mortgage Pool.
(3)
The Class LT-A-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest
in Lower-Tier REMIC. It has no principal balance and pays no
principal or interest.
On each Distribution Date, the Available Funds from each
Mortgage Pool in the Aggregate Pool shall be distributed with
respect to its corresponding Lower-Tier REMIC Interests in the
following manner:
(1) Interest . Interest is to be distributed with respect
to each Lower-Tier REMIC Interest at the rate, or according to the
formulas, described above.
(2) Principal if no Cross-Over Situation Exists . If no
Cross-Over Situation exists with respect to any Class of Interests,
then principal amounts arising with respect to each such Mortgage
Pool will be allocated: first to cause the Mortgage Pool's
corresponding Class A and Class B to equal, respectively, 0.9% of
the SP and 0.1% of the SP; and second to the Mortgage Pool's
corresponding Class C Interest.
(3) Principal if a Cross-Over Situation Exists . If a
Cross-Over Situation exists with respect to the Class A and Class B
Interests of a Mortgage Pool then:
(a) if the Calculation Rate in respect of such outstanding Class
A and Class B Interests is less than the Subordinate Net WAC,
Principal Relocation Payments will be made proportionately to the
outstanding Class A Interests prior to any other Principal
Distributions from such Mortgage Pool; and
(b) if the Calculation Rate in respect of the outstanding Class
A and Class B Interests is greater than the Aggregate Pool
Subordinate Net WAC, Principal Relocation Payments will be made
proportionately to the outstanding Class B Interests prior to any
other Principal Distributions from such Mortgage Pool.
In each case, Principal Relocation Payments will be made so as
to cause the Calculation Rate in respect of the outstanding Class A
and Class B Interests to equal the Subordinate Net WAC. With
respect to each Mortgage Pool, if (and to the extent that) the sum
of (a) the principal payments comprising the Principal Remittance
Amount received during the Due Period and (b) the Realized Losses,
are insufficient to make the necessary reductions of principal on
the Class A and Class B Interests, then interest will be added to
the Mortgage Pool’s other Interests that are not receiving
Principal Relocation Payments, in proportion to their principal
balances.
(c) The outstanding aggregate Class A and Class B Interests for
all Mortgage Pools will not be reduced below 1 percent of the
excess of (i) the aggregate outstanding Class Principal Amounts of
all Mortgage Pools as of the end of any Due Period over (ii) the
Senior Certificates for all Mortgage Pools as of the related
Distribution Date (after taking into account distributions of
principal on such Distribution Date).
If (and to the extent that) the limitation in
paragraph (c) prevents the distribution of principal to the Class A
and Class B Interests of a Mortgage Pool, and if the Mortgage
Pool’s Class C Interest has already been reduced to zero,
then the excess principal from that Mortgage Pool will be paid to
the Class C Interests of the other Mortgage Pools, the aggregate
Class A and Class B Interests of which are less than one percent of
the Pool Subordinated Amount. If the Mortgage Pool of a Class C
Interest that receives such payment has a weighted average Net
Mortgage Rate below the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Pool making the payment, then the payment will be treated
by Lower-Tier REMIC as a Realized Loss. Conversely, if the Mortgage
Pool of a Class C Interest that receives such payment has a
weighted average Net Mortgage Rate above the weighted average Net
Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Pool making the payment, then the
payment will be treated by the Lower-Tier REMIC 1 as a
reimbursement for prior Realized Losses.
On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall be
deemed to have distributed the Prepayment Premiums with respect to
each Mortgage Pool on such Distribution Date to the Class "C"
Interest related to such Mortgage Pool.
Upper-Tier REMIC
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 portion of the Trust Fund related to
the Aggregate Pool created hereunder and the Exchangeable
Certificates.
|
Class Designation
|
Certificate Interest
Rate
|
Initial Class Principal Amount or
Class Notional Amount(15)
|
Minimum Denominations or
Percentage Interest
|
|
Class 1-A-1 (1)
|
(2)
|
$43,291,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 1-A-2
|
(2)
|
$1,992,900
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 1-A-3 (16)
|
(2)
|
$26,435,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 1-A-4 (16)
|
(2)
|
$16,856,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 1-A-4L (1)
|
(3)
|
$16,856,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 1-A-4F (1)
|
(4)
|
$16,856,000 *
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-1 (16)
|
(5)
|
$50,000,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-1R (1)
|
(6)
|
$50,000,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-1K (1)
|
(8)
|
$50,000,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-2
|
(5)
|
$279,817,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-3 (16)
|
(5)
|
$43,799,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-3L (1)
|
(6)
|
$43,799,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-3F (1)
|
(4)
|
$43,799,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-3M (1)
|
(6)
|
$43,799,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-3S (1)
|
(7)
|
$43,799,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-4 (16)
|
(5)
|
$120,364,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-4L (1)
|
(6)
|
$120,364,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-4F (1)
|
(4)
|
$120,364,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-4M (1)
|
(6)
|
$120,364,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-4S (1)
|
(7)
|
$120,364,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-4R (1)
|
(6)
|
$120,364,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-4K (1)
|
(8)
|
$120,364,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 2-A-5
|
(5)
|
$22,736,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-1
|
(9)
|
$120,648,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-2 (16)
|
(9)
|
$29,233,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-2L (1)
|
(10)
|
$29,233,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-2F (1)
|
(4)
|
$29,233,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-2M (1)
|
(10)
|
$29,233,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-2S (1)
|
(7)
|
$29,233,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-3 (16)
|
(9)
|
$58,587,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-3L (1)
|
(10)
|
$58,587,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-3F (1)
|
(4)
|
$58,587,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-3M (1)
|
(10)
|
$58,587,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-3S (1)
|
(7)
|
$58,587,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 3-A-4
|
(9)
|
$9,595,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 4-A-1
|
(11)
|
$77,034,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 4-A-2 (16)
|
(11)
|
$25,992,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 4-A-2L (1)
|
(12)
|
$25,992,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 4-A-2F (1)
|
(4)
|
$25,992,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 4-A-2M (1)
|
(12)
|
$25,992,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 4-A-2S (1)
|
(7)
|
$25,992,000*
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class 4-A-3
|
(11)
|
$4,742,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class B-1
|
(13)
|
$15,198,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class B-2
|
(13)
|
$5,986,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class B-3
|
(13)
|
$4,604,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class B-4
|
(13)
|
$2,762,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class B-5
|
(13)
|
$2,302,000
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class B-6
|
(13)
|
$2,306,220
|
$
100,000.00
|
|
Class A-R
|
(2)
|
$100
|
100%
|
|
Class P
|
(14)
|
$100
|
100%
|
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* Notional Amount.
(1)
These Certificates are Exchangeable Certificates which will not
be issued under this Agreement.
(2)
The per annum Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any
Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class
1-A-1, Class 1-A-2, Class 1-A-3, Class 1-A-4 and Class A-R
Certificates will equal the Pool 1 Net WAC.
(3)
On each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) on or
prior to the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum
Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 1-A-4L Certificates will
equal the Pool 1 Net WAC, minus the related Certificate
Margin. On each Distribution Date (and the related
Accrual Period) after the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per
annum Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 1-A-4L Certificates
will equal the Pool 1 Net WAC.
(4)
On each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) or
prior to the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum
Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 1-A-4F, Class 2-A-3F, Class
2-A-4F, Class 3-A-2F, Class 3-A-3F and Class 4-A-2F Certificates
will equal 0.50%. On each Distribution Date (and the related
Accrual Period) after the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per
annum Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 1-A-4F, Class 2-A-3F,
Class 2-A-4F, Class 3-A-2F, Class 3-A-3F and Class 4-A-2F
Certificates will equal 0.00%.
(5)
The per annum Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any
Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class
2-A-1, Class 2-A-2, Class 2-A-3, Class 2-A-4 and Class 2-A-5
Certificates will equal the Pool 2 Net WAC.
(6)
On each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) on or
prior to the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum
Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 2-A-1R, Class 2-A-3L, Class
2-A-3M, Class 2-A-4L, Class 2-A-4M and Class 2-A-4R Certificates
will equal the Pool 2 Net WAC, minus the related Certificate
Margin. On each Distribution Date (and the related
Accrual Period) after the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per
annum Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 2-A-1R, Class 2-A-3L,
Class 2-A-3M, Class 2-A-4L, Class 2-A-4M and Class 2-A-4R
Certificates will equal the Pool 2 Net WAC.
(7)
On each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) or
prior to the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum
Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 2-A-3S, Class 2-A-4S, Class
3-A-2S, Class 3-A-3S and Class 4-A-2S Certificates will equal
0.25%. On each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) after the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum
Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 2-A-3S, Class 2-A-4S, Class
3-A-2S, Class 3-A-3S and Class 4-A-2S Certificates will equal
0.00%.
(8)
On each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) or
prior to the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum
Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 2-A-1K and Class 2-A-4K
Certificates will equal 0.373%. On each Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) after the related Interest
Adjustment Date, the per annum Certificate Interest Rate for the
Class 2-A-1K and Class 2-A-4K Certificates will equal 0.00%.
(9)
The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution
Date (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class 3-A-1, Class
3-A-2, Class 3-A-3 and Class 3-A-4 Certificates will equal the
Pool 3 Net WAC.
(10)
On each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) or
prior to the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum
Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 3-A-2L, Class 3-A-2M, Class
3-A-3L and Class 3-A-3M Certificates will equal the Pool 3 Net
WAC, minus the related Certificate Margin. On each
Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) after the
related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum Certificate
Interest Rate for the Class 3-A-2L, Class 3-A-2M, Class 3-A-3L and
Class 3-A-3M Certificates will equal the Pool 3 Net WAC.
(11)
The per annum Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any
Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class
4-A-1, Class 4-A-2 and Class 4-A-3 Certificates will equal the
Pool 4 Net WAC.
(12)
On each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) or
prior to the related Interest Adjustment Date, the per annum
Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 4-A-2L and Class 4-A-2M
Certificates will equal the Pool 4 Net WAC, minus the related
Certificate Margin. On each Distribution Date (and the
related Accrual Period) after the related Interest Adjustment Date,
the per annum Certificate Interest Rate for the Class 4-A-2L and
Class 4-A-2M Certificates will equal the Pool 4 Net WAC.
(13)
The Certificate Interest Rate 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 be equal to the Subordinate Net
WAC.
(14)
The Class P Certificate will not bear interest and shall be
entitled to receive all Prepayment Premiums payable on the Mortgage
Loans.
(15)
With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of
Interest-Only Certificates, the Class Notional Amount of such Class
of Interest-Only Certificates will be the Class Principal Amount of
the Related P&I Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.
(16)
This class shall be issued in uncertificated form and shall
constitute an Uncertificated REMIC Interest. Each Class of
Exchangeable REMIC Certificates issued under the Trust Agreement
will be entitled to the same distributions of principal and
interest as the corresponding Uncertificated REMIC Interest.
As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of $920,989,220.
The foregoing REMIC structure is intended to cause all of the
cash from the Mortgage Loans to flow through to the Upper-Tier
REMIC as cash flow on a REMIC regular interest, without creating
any shortfall—actual or potential (other than for credit
losses) to any REMIC regular interest. To the extent that the
structure is believed to diverge from such intention the parties
identifying such ambiguity shall notify the other parties hereto
and the parties involved will resolve such ambiguities to
accomplish such result and will to the extent necessary rectify any
drafting errors or seek clarification to the structure without
Certificateholder approval (but with guidance of Counsel) to
accomplish such intention, including, to the extent necessary,
making any amendments in accordance with Section 12.03 of this
Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and
the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions.
The following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:
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 : The attestation required
from an Accountant for each of the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Custodians and each Servicing Function
Participant pursuant to Section 11.07.
Accrual Period : With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Class of Certificates, 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 assigning from the Seller to the Depositor
and from the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, their respective rights in the Purchase and
Servicing Agreements and Servicing Agreements, as specifically
identified in Exhibit E.
Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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 Disclosure Notification : As defined in
Section 11.01.
Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan
identified as such in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Additional Form 10-D Disclosure : As defined in Section
11.01.
Additional Form 10-K Disclosure : As defined in Section
11.02.
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 applicable Purchase and Servicing Agreement or
Servicing Agreement, as applicable, the amount of any such payment
being equal to the aggregate of the payments of principal and
interest (net of the applicable Servicing Fee, in the case of the
applicable Servicer, 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 applicable
Servicer has 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) of the Code on
prohibited transactions, and the tax imposed under
Section 860G(d) of the Code 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 Pool : Pool 1, Pool 2, Pool 3 and Pool
4.
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 (a) with respect
to a particular Mortgage Pool, the aggregate of the Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool or
(b) with respect to the Aggregate Pool, the aggregate of the Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in the Aggregate Pool)
which were outstanding on the Due Date in the month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date.
Aggregate Subordinate Percentage : With respect to
any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the
Subordinate Certificates immediately prior to that date, and the
denominator of which is the Pool Balance for such Distribution
Date.
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.
American Home : American Home Mortgage Corp., or any
successor in interest.
American Home Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan
originated by American Home and listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
American Home Purchase Agreement : Each agreement between
the Seller and American Home listed under the heading "Purchase
Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto.
Apportioned Principal Balance : As to any Distribution
Date and each Class of Subordinate Certificates, the Class
Principal Amount thereof immediately prior to such Distribution
Date 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 or the Pool 4 Subordinate
Amount, as the case may require), and the denominator of which is
the sum of the Pool Subordinate Amounts in the Aggregate Pool, in
each case, for such Distribution 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; provided, however, that with respect to certain
Mortgage Loans financing the acquisition of the related Mortgaged
Property is in New York State, the Appraised Value will be based
solely on the appraisal made at the time of 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 : The certification
required from each of the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, each Custodian and each Servicing Function
Participant pursuant to Section 11.06.
Assignment : The Assignments, each dated as of
December 1, 2006 between the Seller and the applicable Custodian,
pursuant to which the Seller assigns to the Trustee all of its
rights, title and interest under the related Custodial Agreements
to the extent relating to certain specified mortgage loans.
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 neither the Trustee
nor the Custodians shall be responsible for determining whether any
such assignment is in recordable form.
Assignment of Proprietary Lease : With respect to a
Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Proprietary Lease sufficient
under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Cooperative
Unit is located to reflect the assignment of such Proprietary
Lease.
Assignment of Recognition Agreement : With respect
to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Recognition Agreement
sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related
Cooperative Unit is located to reflect the assignment of such
Recognition Agreement.
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 Authenticating Agent shall be Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A. for so long as it is acting as Securities Administrator
under this Agreement.
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 received by the Master Servicer on the Mortgage Loans in such
Mortgage Pool from each Servicer or otherwise for deposit into the
Distribution Account in respect of such Distribution Date,
including (1) all scheduled installments of interest (net of
the Master Servicer Fee, the related Servicing Fees and any lender
paid primary mortgage guaranty insurance fees, if applicable) 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, (5) the aggregate Purchase Price of all Defective
Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool purchased from the Trust Fund
during the related Prepayment Period, and (6) on the
Distribution Date on which the related Mortgage Pool is to be
terminated pursuant to Article VII hereof, that portion of the
Redemption Price in respect of principal for such Mortgage Pool, up
to the Par Value calculated for that Mortgage Pool, minus:
(A)
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in that Mortgage Pool (or, if
not related to the Mortgage Pool, that Mortgage Pool’s pro
rata share of), all related charges and other amounts payable or
reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator,
the Custodians or the Trustee under this Agreement or to the
related Servicers under the applicable Purchase and Servicing
Agreements or Servicing Agreement, as applicable;
(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 foreclosure and any unreimbursed
Advances or Servicing 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.
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.
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date : The point in
time at which the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to
zero.
Bankruptcy Loss : With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, a Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction; provided,
however, that a Bankruptcy Loss shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy
Loss hereunder so long as the related Servicer has notified the
Master Servicer in writing that the related Servicer is diligently
pursuing any remedies that may exist in connection with the related
Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in
default with regard to payments due thereunder or (B) delinquent
payments of principal and interest under the related Mortgage Loan
and any related escrow payments in respect of such Mortgage Loan
are being advanced on a current basis by the Master Servicer or the
related Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any Debt
Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation, as reported by the
related Servicer to the Master Servicer.
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount : As of any date of
determination, the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the
Initial Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as reduced by (i) the
aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated solely to the
Subordinate Certificates since the Cut-off Date and (ii) any
permissible reductions in the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as
evidenced by a letter of each Rating Agency to the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator to the effect that any such reduction will
not result in a downgrading of the then current ratings assigned to
the related Classes of Certificates rated by it.
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 Certificates,
other than the Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6, Class A-R and Class
P Certificates and the Uncertificated REMIC Interests will be
Book-Entry Certificates.
Book-Entry Termination : The occurrence of any of
the following events: (i) the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with
respect to the Book Entry Certificates, and the Depositor is unable
to locate a qualified successor; or (ii) the Depositor at its
option advises the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar in writing
that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency.
Bring-Down Date : With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, the date as of which the applicable Originator makes the
representations and warranties with respect to such Mortgage Loan
and as specified in the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement or
Purchase Agreement, as applicable.
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.
Calculation Rate : For each Distribution Date, in
the case of the Class A and Class B Interests, the
product of (i) 10 and (ii) the weighted average rate of the
outstanding Class A and Class B Interests, treating each
Class A Interest as capped at zero or reduced by a fixed
percentage of 100% of the interest accruing on such Class.
Certificate : Any one of the certificates signed by
the Trustee, or the Securities Administrator on the Trustee’s
behalf, and authenticated by the Securities Administrator as
Authenticating Agent in substantially the forms attached hereto as
Exhibit A and issued pursuant to this Agreement and the
Uncertificated REMIC Interests.
Certificate Group : Each of the Group 1
Certificates, Group 2 Certificates, Group 3 Certificates
and Group 4 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 hereto.
Certificate Margin : With respect to the Class 2-A-3S,
Class 2-A-4S, Class 3-A-2S, Class 3-A-3S and Class 4-A-2S
Certificates, 0.25%. With respect to the Class 2-A-1K and
Class 2-A-4K Certificates, 0.373%. With respect to the Class
1-A-4F, Class 2-A-3F, Class 2-A-4F, Class 3-A-2F, Class 3-A-3F and
Class 4-A-2F Certificates, 0.50%.
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, 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, (A)
plus any Subsequent Recoveries added to the Certificate Principal
Amount of such Certificate pursuant to Section 5.03, (B) minus (i)
the amount of all principal distributions previously made with
respect to such Certificate; (ii) all Realized Losses allocated to
such Certificate; 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.
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 under this Agreement.
Certificateholder : The meaning provided in the
definition of "Holder."
Certification Parties : As defined in Section
11.08.
Certifying Person : As defined in Section
11.08.
Chase Originator : CHF and/or JPMCB, as the context
requires.
Chase Originator Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan
originated by a Chase Originator and listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Chase Originator Purchase and Servicing Agreement : Each
agreement between the Seller and a Chase Originator listed under
the heading "Purchase and Servicing Agreements" in Exhibit E
hereto, as modified by the related Acknowledgement.
CHF : Chase Home Finance, LLC (successor by merger
to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation) or its successor in
interest.
Civil Relief Act : The Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act and any similar state laws.
Class : Collectively, Certificates bearing the same
class designation. In the case of a Lower-Tier REMIC, the
term "Class" refers to all Lower-Tier Interests having the same
alphanumeric designation.
Class A-R Certificate : The Class A-R
Certificate executed by the Trustee or Securities Administrator on
behalf of 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 Notional Amount : With respect to any Class of
Interest-Only Certificates and any Distribution Date, as set forth
in the Preliminary Statement.
Class P Reserve Fund : The Eligible Account
established pursuant to Section 5.02(j).
Class Principal Amount : With respect to each Class
of Certificates, 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 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 Class Principal Amount of all the Certificates.
Clearing Agency : An organization registered as a
"clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 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 : December 22, 2006.
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.
Commission : The Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Compensating Interest Payment : As to any
Distribution Date, the lesser of (1) the aggregate Master
Servicing Fee for such date, to the extent that Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls relating to such Distribution Date are required to be
paid by the Servicers pursuant to the Purchase and Servicing
Agreements or Servicing Agreements, as applicable, as amended by
the Acknowledgements, but not actually paid by the Servicers, and
(2) any Prepayment Interest Shortfall for such date.
Consent : A document executed by the Cooperative
Corporation (i) consenting to the sale of the Cooperative Unit to
the Mortgagor and (ii) certifying that all maintenance charges
relating to the Cooperative Unit have been paid.
Controlling Person : With respect to any Person,
any other Person who "controls" such Person within the meaning of
the Securities Act.
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.
Cooperative Unit : With respect to any Cooperative
Loan, a specific unit in a Cooperative Property.
Corporate Trust Office : With respect to the
Trustee, the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at
60 Livingston Avenue, Mailcode: EP-MN-WS3D, St.
Paul, MN 55107-2232, Attention: Structured Finance Trust Services,
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A7, 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: Corporate Trust, J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A7.
Countrywide : Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., or any
successor in interest.
Countrywide Servicing : Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing L.P. or any successor in interest.
Countrywide Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan
originated by Countrywide and listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Countrywide Purchase and Servicing Agreement : Each
agreement between the Seller and Countrywide or Countrywide
Servicing listed under the heading "Purchase and Servicing
Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto, as modified by the related
Acknowledgement.
Credit Support Depletion Date : The first
Distribution Date, if any, on which the aggregate Class Principal
Amount of the Subordinate Certificates have been reduced to
zero.
Cross-Over Situation : For any
Distribution Date and for any Mortgage Pool (after taking into
account principal distributions on such Distribution Date) a
Cross-Over Situation exists with respect to the Class A and
Class B Interests of the Mortgage Pool if such Interests in
the aggregate are less than 1% of the Pool Subordinate Amount of
the Mortgage Pool.
CTX : CTX Mortgage Company, LLC, or any successor
in interest.
CTX Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan originated
by CTX and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
CTX Purchase Agreement : Each agreement between the
Seller and CTX listed under the heading "Purchase Agreements" in
Exhibit E hereto.
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.
Custodial Accounts : Each custodial account (other
than an Escrow Account) established and maintained by a Servicer
pursuant to a Purchasing and Servicing Agreement or Servicing
Agreement, as applicable.
Custodial Agreements : The Custodial Agreements,
listed in Exhibit F hereof, as each such agreement may be amended
or supplemented from time to time as permitted hereunder.
Custodian : A Person who is at anytime appointed by
the Trustee and the Depositor as a custodian of the Mortgage
Documents and the Trustee Mortgage Files. The initial
Custodians are JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A. Any corporation or association into
which a Custodian may be merged or converted or with which it may
be consolidated, or any corporation or association resulting from
any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Custodian
shall be a party, or any corporation or association to which all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of such Custodian
may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the successor to
such Custodian hereunder without any further act.
Cut-off Date : December 1, 2006.
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 2.05.
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 : A Mortgage Loan which is
repurchased, or replaced or to be replaced with a Replacement
Mortgage Loan.
Delinquent : Any Mortgage Loan with respect to
which the Scheduled Payment due on a Due Date is not received.
Depositor : J.P. Morgan Acceptance Corporation I, a
Delaware corporation having its principal place of business in New
York, or its successors in interest.
Determination Date : With respect to each
Distribution Date and Servicer, the date specified as such in the
related Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Servicing Agreement, as
applicable.
Disqualified Organization : A "disqualified
organization" as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the
Code.
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 : With respect to
each Servicer, the Remittance Date as defined in the related
Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Servicing Agreement, as
applicable, commencing in January 2007.
Distribution Date : The 25th day of each month or,
if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day, commencing in January 2007.
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 Purchase and Servicing
Agreement or Purchase Agreements.
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.
E-Loan : E-Loan, Inc., or any successor in
interest.
E-Loan Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan
originated by E-Loan and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
E-Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement : Each
agreement between the Seller and E-Loan listed under the heading
"Purchase and Servicing Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto, as
modified by the related Acknowledgement.
Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio : A fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the original
Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, less the
amount secured by the pledged assets required at the time of
origination, if any, and the denominator of which is (a) in the
case of a Mortgage Loan financing the acquisition of a Mortgaged
Property, the lesser of the selling price of the Mortgaged Property
and its appraised value determined in an appraisal obtained by the
related Originator at origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided
however, certain Mortgage Loans financing the acquisition of a
Mortgaged Property in New York will be based solely on the
appraised value, or (b) in the case of a refinancing, the appraised
value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of such refinance.
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 that is subject
to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to
Title 12 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulation Section 9.10(b),
which, in either case, has corporate trust powers and is acting in
its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account acceptable to
each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by
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.
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 A-R,
Class P, Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class B-6, Certificates,
and any Certificate that does not satisfy the applicable rating
requirement under the Underwriter’s Exemption and the
Uncertificated Interests.
Escrow Account : As defined in Article I of each
Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Servicing Agreement, as
applicable.
Estoppel Letter : A document executed by the
Cooperative Corporation certifying, with respect to a Cooperative
Unit, (i) the appurtenant Proprietary Lease will be in full force
and effect as of the date of issuance thereof, (ii) the related
stock certificate was registered in the Mortgagor’s name and
the Cooperative Corporation has not been notified of any lien upon,
pledge of, levy of execution on or disposition of such stock
certificate, and (iii) the Mortgagor is not in default under the
appurtenant Proprietary Lease and all charges due the Cooperative
Corporation have been paid.
Event of Default : Any one of the conditions or
circumstances enumerated in Section 6.14.
Excess Loss : The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss on a
Mortgage Loan in any Mortgage Pool realized after the Fraud Loss
Coverage Termination Date, (ii) Special Hazard Loss on a Mortgage
Loan in any Mortgage Pool realized after the Special Hazard
Coverage Termination Date or (iii) Bankruptcy Loss on a Mortgage
Loan in any Mortgage Pool realized after the Bankruptcy Coverage
Termination Date.
Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Exchange Trustee : U.S. Bank National Association,
solely in its capacity as exchange trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
Exchangeable Certificates : The Certificates designated
as Exchangeable Certificates in the Preliminary Statement issued or
issuable pursuant to the Trust Agreement in exchange for and in
accordance with the Trust Agreement for the applicable Exchangeable
REMIC Certificates.
Exchangeable REMIC Certificates : The Class 1-A-3,
Class 1-A-4, Class 2-A-1, Class 2-A-3, Class 2-A-4, Class 3-A-2,
Class 3-A-3 and Class 4-A-2 Certificates.
Expense Fee Rate : As to each Mortgage Loan, the
sum of the related Servicing Fee Rate, the Master Servicing Fee
Rate, and the rate at which any lender paid primary mortgage
guaranty insurance fee accrues, if applicable.
Fair Market Value : An amount equal to the fair
market value of all of the property of the Trust Fund, as agreed
upon between the Master Servicer and a majority of the holders of
the Uncertificated Interests; provided, however, that if the Master
Servicer and a majority of the holders of the Uncertificated
Interest do not agree upon the fair market value of all of such
property of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer, or an agent
appointed by the Master Servicer, shall solicit bids for all of
such property of the Trust Fund, until it has received three bids,
and the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the highest of such
three bids.
Fannie Mae : The entity formerly known as 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 11.03.
Fraud Loan : A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which
a Fraud Loss has occurred, as reported by the related Servicer to
the Master Servicer.
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount : As of the Closing
Date, $27,629,677, subject to reduction from time to time by the
amount of Fraud Losses allocated to the Certificates. In
addition, on each anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount will be reduced on the first, second, third and
fourth anniversaries of the Cut-off Date, to an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) 2.00%, in the case of the first anniversary, and
1.00%, in the case of the second, third and fourth anniversaries,
of the then current Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Aggregate Pool, and (ii) the excess of the Fraud Loss Coverage
Amount as of the preceding anniversary of the Cut-off Date (or the
Cut-off Date, in the case of the first anniversary), over the
cumulative amount of Fraud Losses allocated to the related
Certificates since the preceding anniversary and (b) on the
fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, to zero.
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date : The point in
time at which the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to
zero.
Fraud Losses : Losses sustained on a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan as reported by the applicable servicer by reason of a
default arising from fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.
Global Securities : The global certificates
representing the Book-Entry Certificates.
Group 1 : All of the Group 1
Certificates.
Group 1 Certificate : Any Class 1-A-2, Class
1-A-3, Class 1-A-4 or Class A-R Certificate.
Group 2 : All of the Group 2
Certificates.
Group 2 Certificate : Any Class 2-A-1, Class
2-A-2, Class 2-A-3, Class 2-A-4 or Class 2-A-5 Certificate.
Group 3 : All of the Group 3
Certificates.
Group 3 Certificate : Any Class 3-A-1, Class
3-A-2, Class 3-A-3 or Class 3-A-4 Certificate.
Group 4 : All of the Group 4
Certificates.
Group 4 Certificate : Any Class 4-A-1, Class
4-A-2 or Class 4-A-3 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 or the Securities Administrator shall be
protected in relying upon any such consent, only Certificates which
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator knows to be so owned shall be disregarded. Each
of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may request and
conclusively rely on certifications by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator (in the case of the
Trustee), the Trustee (in the case of 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
Accountant, a Person who is "independent" within the meaning of
Rule 2-01(B) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s
Regulation S-X. Independent means, 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 or indirect financial
interest in such other Person or any Affiliate of such other
Person, (C) is not connected with such other Person or any
Affiliate of such other Person as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, Securities Administrator, partner, director or Person
performing similar functions and (D) is not a member of the
immediate family of a Person defined in clause (B) or (C)
above.
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 Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount :
$100,000.
Initial Optional Purchase Date : The first
Distribution Date following the date on which the Aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is equal to or less than
5.00% of the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date
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 the proceeds from any Limited Purpose Surety Bond.
Insured Expenses : Expenses covered by an Insurance
Policy or any other insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage
Loans.
Interest Adjustment Date : With respect to the Class
1-A-4L and Class 1-A-4F Certificates, the Distribution Date in
August 2009. With respect to the Class 2-A-1R, Class 2-A-1K,
Class 2-A-3L, Class 2-A-3F, Class 2-A-3M, Class 2-A-3S, Class
2-A-4L, Class 2-A-4F, Class 2-A-4M, Class 2-A-4S, Class 2-A-4R and
Class 2-A-4K Certificates, the Distribution Date in September 2011.
With respect to the Class 3-A-2L, Class 3-A-2F, Class 3-A-2M,
Class 3-A-2S, Class 3-A-3L, Class 3-A-3F, Class 3-A-3M and Class
3-A-3S Certificates, the Distribution Date in August 2013.
With respect to the Class 4-A-2L, Class 4-A-2F, Class 4-A-2M
and Class 4-A-2S Certificates, the Distribution Date in September
2016.
Interest Distribution Amount : For each Class of
Certificates, on any Distribution Date, the Current Interest for
such Class, as reduced by (i) such Class’s share of Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and (ii) the related Class’
allocable share of (A) after the Special Hazard Coverage
Termination Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool (or after the Credit Support Depletion Date, any
Mortgage Loan in the Aggregate Pool) that became a Special Hazard
Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the excess of one month’s interest at the
related Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month over the amount of
Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage Loan with
respect to such month, (B) after the Bankruptcy Coverage
Termination Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool (or after the Credit Support Depletion Date, any
Mortgage Loan in the Aggregate Pool) that became subject to a
Bankruptcy Loss during the calendar month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date, the interest portion of the related Debt
Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation, (C) each related Relief
Act Shortfall for the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool
(or after the Credit Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan in
the Aggregate Pool) incurred during the calendar month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date and (D) after the Fraud Loss
Coverage Termination Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in
the related Mortgage Pool (or after the Credit Support Depletion
Date, any Mortgage Loan in the Aggregate Pool) that became a Fraud
Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the excess of one month’s interest at the
related Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month over the amount of
Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage Loan with
respect to such month. Any such shortfalls and reductions for
a Mortgage Pool shall be allocated among all Classes of the Senior
Certificates of the Related Certificate Group (or after the Credit
Support Depletion Date, all Classes of the Senior Certificates)
proportionately on the basis of the Current Interest otherwise
payable thereon on such Distribution Date and among the Subordinate
Certificates on the basis of Current Interest, except such interest
shall be calculated on the related Apportioned Principal Balances
before taking into account any of the foregoing reductions.
Interest-Only Certificates : The Class 1-A-4F, Class
2-A-1K, Class 2-A-3F, Class 2-A-3S, Class 2-A-4F, Class 2-A-4S,
Class 2-A-4K, Class 3-A-2F, Class 3-A-2S, Class 3-A-3F, Class
3-A-3S, Class 4-A-2F and Class 4-A-2S Certificates.
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 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 Net WAC of the applicable Undercollateralized Group, plus
any interest accrued on the Senior Certificates of 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 Certification : The certification
required from each of the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and each Servicing Function Participant pursuant to
Section 11.05.
Johnson Bank : Johnson Bank, or any successor in
interest.
Johnson Bank Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan
originated by Johnson Bank and listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Johnson Bank Sale and Servicing Agreement : Each
agreement between the Seller and Johnson Bank listed under the
heading "Purchase and Servicing Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto, as
modified by the related Acknowledgement.
JPMCB : JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
or its successors in interest.
Latest Possible Maturity Date : The Distribution Date
occurring in the month three years after the latest scheduled
maturity date for any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund on
the Closing Date.
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 Purchase and
Servicing Agreement or Servicing Agreement, as applicable) 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 and the proceeds of any Additional Collateral, received in
connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted
Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee’s 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.
Lower-Tier REMIC : As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
M&T : M&T Mortgage Corporation, or any
successor in interest.
M&T Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan
originated by M&T and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
M&T Purchase Agreement : Each agreement between
the Seller and M&T, listed under the heading "Purchase
Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto.
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.
Market Street : Market Street Mortgage Corporation,
or any successor in interest.
Market Street Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan
originated by Market Street and listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Market Street Purchase Agreement : Each agreement
between the Seller and Market Street, listed under the heading
"Purchase Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto.
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 1/12 th of the
product of (1) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the first day of the related Due Period and (2) the Master
Servicing Fee Rate with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The
Master Servicer also may be entitled to a portion of the investment
earnings on amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account payable
under the terms hereof.
Master Servicing Fee Rate : With respect to the
Mortgage Loans, a per annum rate equal to 0.0090%.
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., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, or any successor to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc.
MERS Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan registered
with MERS on the MERS® System.
MERS® System : The system of recording
transfers of mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN : The mortgage identification number for any
MERS Mortgage Loan.
MOM Loan : Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is
acting as mortgagee, solely as nominee for the originator of such
Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns.
Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc., or any successor in interest.
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
applicable Custodian pursuant to the related Custodial
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 Schedule : The schedule attached
hereto as Schedule A, which shall identify each Mortgage Loan, as
such schedule may be amended by the Depositor or a 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, (ii) identify the designated Mortgage Pool
in which such Mortgage Loan is included, and (iii) separately
identify Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans.
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 and Pool 4.
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 Proprietary 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.
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, 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.
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 Expense Fee Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall : With respect to
a Mortgage Pool and any Distribution Date, the amount by which a
Prepayment Interest Shortfall for the related Prepayment Period
exceeds the amount that the Master Servicer is obligated to remit
pursuant to the terms hereof and/or each Servicer is obligated to
remit pursuant to the Purchase and Servicing Agreement or
applicable Servicing Agreement to cover such shortfall for such Due
Period.
Net WAC : As to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans (or any
Mortgage Pool) as of the first day of the calendar month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their
outstanding Stated Principal Balances (after giving effect to the
Scheduled Payments due on or before such date and Principal
Prepayments received prior to such date) at such time.
Non-Book-Entry Certificate : Any Certificate other
than a Book-Entry Certificate.
Non-Permitted Foreign Holder : As defined in
Section 3.03(f).
Non-U.S. Person : Any person other than a "United
States person" within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of
the Code.
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 such 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.
Offering Document : The Prospectus.
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 the case may be, as required by this
Agreement.
Officer’s Certificate of a 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.
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 Uncertificated Interest 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 the Subordinate Certificates,
the corresponding percentage set forth opposite its Class
designation:
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Subordinate Certificates
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Class B-1
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3.60%
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Class B-2
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1.95%
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Class B-3
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1.30%
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Class B-4
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0.80%
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Class B-5
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0.50%
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Class B-6
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0.25%
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Originator : Any one of American Home, the Chase
Originators, Countrywide, CTX, E-Loan, Johnson Bank, Market
Street, M&T, PHH, Weichert or Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, as
applicable.
Overcollateralized Group : On any Distribution
Date, any Certificate Group which is not an Undercollateralized
Group.
Par Value : The amount calculated pursuant to
clause (1) of the definition of Redemption Price.
Paying Agent : Any paying agent appointed pursuant
to Section 3.08. The initial Paying Agent shall be the
Securities Administrator.
PCAOB : The Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board.
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 the Class A-R or Class P 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 the Class A-R or Class P Certificates, the Percentage
Interest evidenced thereby shall be as specified on the face
thereof, or otherwise, be equal to 100%.
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;
(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 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 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 or (ii) such instrument would
require the Depositor to register as an investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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.
PHH : PHH Mortgage Corporation formerly known as Cendant
Mortgage Corporation, or any successor in interest.
PHH Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan originated by PHH
and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
PHH Purchase and Servicing Agreement : Each agreement
between the Seller and PHH listed under the heading "Purchase and
Servicing Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto, as modified by the
related Acknowledgement.
Pool 1 : The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as being included in Pool 1.
Pool 1 Mortgage Loans : Any Mortgage Loan in
Pool 1.
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
(after giving effect to Scheduled Payments due on or before such
date and Principal Prepayments received prior to such date) at such
time.
Pool 1 Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution
Date, the excess of the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Pool 1 Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date over the sum
of the Class Principal Amount of the Group 1 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 Loans : 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
(after giving effect to Scheduled Payments due on or before such
date and Principal Prepayments received prior to such date) at such
time.
Pool 2 Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution
Date, the excess of the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Pool 2 Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date over the sum
of the Class Principal Amount of the Group 2 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 Loans : 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
(after giving effect to Scheduled Payments due on or before such
date and Principal Prepayments received prior to such date) at such
time.
Pool 3 Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution
Date, the excess of the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Pool 3 Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date over the sum
of the Class Principal Amounts of the Group 3 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 Loans : 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 immediately preceding the calendar month of such Distribution
Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances
(after giving effect to Scheduled Payments due on or before such
date and Principal Prepayments received prior to such date) at such
time.
Pool 4 Subordinate Amount : For any Distribution
Date, the excess of the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Pool 4 Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date over the sum
of the Class Principal Amounts of the Group 4 Certificates
immediately before such Distribution Date.
Pool Subordinate Amount : Any of the Pool 1,
Pool 2, Pool 3 or Pool 4 Subordinate Amounts.
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
Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan or, with respect to a partial Principal Prepayment, the
portion of the Stated Principal Balance subject to the prepayment,
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.
Prepayment Premiums : With respect to each Mortgage Loan,
the prepayment charge or penalty interest required to be paid by
the Mortgagor in connection with a prepayment of the related
Mortgage Loan, as provided in the related Mortgage Note or
Mortgage, and as specified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy : Each policy of
primary mortgage guaranty insurance or any replacement policy
therefor with respect to any Mortgage Loan.
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 related Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Servicing
Agreement, as applicable.
Principal Relocation Payment : A payment from any
Mortgage Pool to Lower-Tier REMIC Regular Interests that correspond
to a different Mortgage Pool as provided in the Preliminary
Statement. Principal Relocation Payments shall be made of
principal allocations comprising the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount and the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount from a
Mortgage Pool.
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.
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
December 21, 2006, together with the accompanying prospectus
dated September 21, 2006, relating to the Certificates.
Purchase Agreement : The agreements listed under the
heading "Purchase Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto, as each
such agreement may be amended or supplemented from time to time as
permitted hereunder.
Purchase and Servicing Agreement : The agreements listed
under the heading "Purchase and Servicing Agreements" in
Exhibit E hereto, as each such agreement may be amended or
supplemented from time to time as permitted hereunder.
Purchase Price : With respect to any Mortgage Loan
required or permitted to be purchased by the Seller or the
Depositor pursuant to this Agreement, or by the related Originator
or Servicer pursuant to the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement or Purchase Agreement, as applicable, an amount equal to
the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase and (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 Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Purchase Agreement,
as applicable.
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, or 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
Moody’s.
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. With respect to each Mortgage
Loan which has become the subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the
present value of all monthly Debt Service Reductions on the
Mortgage Loan, assuming that the mortgagor pays each Scheduled
Payment on the applicable Due Date and that no Principal
Prepayments are received on the Mortgage Loan, discounted at the
applicable Mortgage Rate.
Recognition Agreement : An agreement among a Cooperative
Corporation, a lender and a Mortgagor with respect to a Cooperative
Loan whereby such parties (i) acknowledge that such lender may
make, or intends to make, such Cooperative Loan, and (ii) make
certain agreements with respect to such Cooperative Loan.
Record Date : As to any Distribution Date the last
Business Day of the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date.
Redemption Date : As defined in Section 7.01(c).
Redemption Price : With respect to a Redemption Date, an
amount equal to the greater of (1) the sum of (i) 100% of the
Stated Principal Balance of each related Mortgage Loan (other than
in respect of REO Property) plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon from the date to which such interest was paid or advanced
at the sum of the applicable Mortgage Rate, to but not including
the Due Date in the month of the final Distribution Date and (ii)
with respect to any related REO Property, the appraised value of
any related REO Property as determined by the higher of two
appraisals completed by two independent appraisers selected by the
Depositor at the expense of the Depositor and (iii) any remaining
unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances, unpaid Servicing
Fees, unpaid Master Servicing Fees and unpaid lender paid mortgage
guaranty insurance fees, if applicable, with respect to the related
Mortgage Loans, and any other amounts payable to the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and Securities Administrator, in each case relating
to the related Mortgage Loans and (2) the Fair Market Value of all
of the related property in the Trust Fund.
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 clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the
Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities,
Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan.
7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided
by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
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, Group 2 Certificates are related to Pool 2,
Group 3 Certificates are related to Pool 3 and
Group 4 Certificates are related to Pool 4).
Related P&I Certificates : With respect to each Class
of Interest Only Certificates, the related principal certificate
class directly opposite:
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Interest Certificate
Class
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Related Principal Certificate
Class
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1-A-4F
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1-A-4L
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2-A-1K
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2-A-1R
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2-A-3F
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2-A-3L
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2-A-3S
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2-A-3M
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2-A-4F
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2-A-4L
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2-A-4S
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2-A-4M
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2-A-4K
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2-A-4R
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3-A-2F
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3-A-2L
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3-A-2S
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3-A-2M
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3-A-3F
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3-A-3L
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3-A-3S
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3-A-3M
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4-A-2F
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4-A-2L
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4-A-2S
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4-A-2M
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Relevant Servicing Criteria : The Servicing Criteria
applicable to the various parties, as set forth on Exhibit M
attached hereto. For clarification purposes, multiple parties
can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria.
With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee,
each Servicer or a Custodian, the term "Relevant Servicing
Criteria" may refer to a portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria
applicable to such parties.
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.
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 an Originator or 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 related
Custodial 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 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; (iv) have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio or, with respect to any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan, an Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio, no higher than
that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have a remaining term
to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than
that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) have the same
Adjustment Date as that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(vii) have a Minimum Rate not less than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (viii) not permit conversion of the related Mortgage
Rate to a permanent fixed Mortgage Rate; (ix) have the same
Index as that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (x) comply with each
representation and warranty set forth in the related Purchase and
Servicing Agreement or Purchase Agreement, as applicable; and
(xii) if applicable, shall be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel that such Replacement Mortgage Loan would not adversely
affect the REMIC status of any REMIC created hereunder or would not
otherwise be prohibited by this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Reportable Event : Has the meaning set forth in Section
11.03.
Residual Certificate : The Class A-R
Certificate.
Residual Interest : The Class A-R Certificate and
the Uncertificated Interests.
Residual Interest Holder : Any holder of a Residual
Certificate or Uncertificated Interest.
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 A-R, Class P,
Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 Certificate or any Uncertificated
Interest.
S&P : Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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 commissions
staff).
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification : A written certification
signed by an officer of the Master Servicer that complies with
(i) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended from time to
time, and (ii) Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d), as
in effect from time to time; provided that if, after the Closing
Date (a) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is amended,
(b) the Rules referred to in clause (ii) are modified or
superceded by any subsequent statement, rule or regulation of the
Commission or any statement of a division thereof, or (c) any
future releases, rules and regulations are published by the
Commission from time to time pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, which in any such case affects the form or substance of the
required certification and results in the required certification
being, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer,
materially more onerous that then form of the required
certification as of the Closing Date, the Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification shall be as agreed to by the Master Servicer, the
Depositor and the Seller following a negotiation in good faith to
determine how to comply with any such new requirements.
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 related Purchase and Servicing Agreement, Purchase Agreement or
Servicing Agreement, as applicable, 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.
Seller : J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation.
Senior Certificates : The Group 1
Certificates, Group 2 Certificates, Group 3 Certificates
and Group 4 Certificates.
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 Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Pool for such
Distribution Date; provided , however , that on any
Distribution Date after the third Senior Termination Date, the
Senior Percentage of the remaining Senior Certificates is the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of the remaining Classes
of Senior Certificates immediately prior to such date, and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Class Principal Amount of all
Classes of Certificates immediately prior to such date.
Senior Prepayment Percentage : With respect to any
Mortgage Pool and any Distribution Date:
·
occurring before the Distribution Date in January 2014,
100%;
·
occurring in or after January 2014 but before January 2015, the
related Senior Percentage plus 70% of the related Subordinate
Percentage for that date;
·
occurring in or after January 2015 but before January 2016, the
related Senior Percentage plus 60% of the related Subordinate
Percentage for that date;
·
occurring in or after January 2016 but before January 2017, the
related Senior Percentage plus 40% of the related Subordinate
Percentage for that date;
·
occurring in or after January 2017 but before January 2018, the
related Senior Percentage plus 20% of the related Subordinate
Percentage for that date; or
·
occurring in January 2018 or thereafter, the related Senior
Percentage for that date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) no decrease in the Senior
Prepayment Percentage for any Mortgage Pool will occur as described
above unless the Step-Down Test is satisfied with respect to each
Mortgage Pool on such Distribution Date, (ii) if, on any
Distribution Date, the Senior Percentage for a Mortgage Pool
exceeds the related Senior Percentage on the Closing Date, in which
case the Senior Prepayment Percentage for all Mortgage Pools for
such Distribution Date will equal 100%, (iii) if the Two Times Test
is met on any Distribution Date on or prior to the Distribution
Date in December 2009, in which case the Senior Prepayment
Percentage for each Mortgage Pool will equal the related Senior
Percentage plus 50% of the related Subordinate Percentage for such
Distribution Date, (iv) if the Two Times Test is met on any
Distribution Date on or after to the Distribution Date in January
2010, in which case the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each
Mortgage Pool will equal the related Senior Percentage for such
Distribution Date and (v) if on any Distribution Date the
allocation to the related Senior Certificates then entitled to
distributions of principal of related Principal Prepayments and
other amounts in the percentage required above would reduce the sum
of the Class Principal Amounts of those Certificates below
zero, the distribution to the class or classes of Certificates of
the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of those amounts for such
Distribution Date will be limited to the percentage necessary to
reduce the related Class Principal Amounts to zero.
Senior Principal Distribution Amount : For a Certificate
Group and for each Distribution Date, the sum of:
(1)
the product of (a) the related Senior Percentage and (b) the
principal portion of each Scheduled Payment on each Mortgage Loan
in the related Mortgage Pool due during the related Due Period;
(2)
the product of (a) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage and
(b) each of the following amounts: (i) the principal portion of
each Principal Prepayment made by a borrower on a Mortgage Loan in
the related Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment Period;
(ii) each other unscheduled collection, including Insurance
Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds (other than with respect to
any Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool that was finally
liquidated during the related Prepayment Period) representing or
allocable to recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loans
received during the related Prepayment Period, including any
Subsequent Recoveries on the related Mortgage Loans; (iii) the
principal portion of the Purchase Price of each Mortgage Loan in
the related Mortgage Pool or, in the case of a permitted
substitution of a Defective Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Pool, any Substitution Adjustment, in each case with respect to the
related Prepayment Period and (iv) in connection with any optional
purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 7.01(c), the
principal portion of the Redemption Price allocable to the Mortgage
Loans in the related Mortgage Pool up to the principal portion of
the Par Value allocable to the Mortgage Loans in the related
Mortgage Pool;
(3)
with respect to unscheduled recoveries allocable to principal of
any Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool that was fully
liquidated during the related Prepayment Period, the lesser of (a)
the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the Net Liquidation
Proceeds allocable to principal and (b) the product of (i) the
related Senior Percentage for that date and (ii) the related
remaining Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan at
the time of liquidation; and
(4)
any amounts described in clauses (1) through (3) above that
remain unpaid with respect to the Certificate Group from prior
Distribution Dates.
provided, however , that on any Distribution Date after
the third Senior Termination Date for the Aggregate Pool has
occurred, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for the
remaining related Senior Certificates will be calculated pursuant
to the above formula based on all of the Mortgage Loans in the
Aggregate Pool, as opposed to the Mortgage Loans in the related
Mortgage Pool.
Senior Termination Date : For each Certificate Group, the
Distribution Date when the aggregate of the Class Principal
Balances of that Certificate Group has been reduced to zero.
Servicer : JPMCB, Countrywide Servicing, Johnson Bank,
PHH or Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as applicable, under the related
Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Servicing Agreement, as
applicable, as identified in Exhibit E.
Servicer Advance : A "Servicing Advance" as defined in
the applicable Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
Service(s)(ing) : In accordance with Regulation AB, the
act of servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans or any other
assets of the Trust 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. For clarification purposes, any uncapitalized
occurrence of this term shall have the meaning commonly understood
by participants in the residential mortgage-backed securitization
market.
Servicing Agreement : The agreements listed under the
heading "Servicing Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto, as each
such agreement 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
Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Servicing Agreement, as
applicable.
Servicing Function Participant : Any Sub-Servicer,
Subcontractor or any other Person, other than each Servicer, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the
Custodians, that is performing material activities addressed by the
Servicing Criteria.
Servicing Officer : Any officer of the related Servicer
involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing
of the related Mortgage Loans whose name and facsimile signature
appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Master
Servicer by the related Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to
the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Servicing
Agreement, as applicable, as such list may from time to time be
amended.
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date : As to either
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount, the point in time at which the
related Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Special Hazard Loss : Any Realized Loss suffered by a
Mortgaged Property on account of direct physical loss, as reported
by the Servicer to the Master Servicer, but not including
(i) any loss of a type covered by a hazard insurance policy or
a flood insurance policy required to be maintained with respect to
such Mortgaged Property to the extent of the amount of such loss
covered thereby, or (ii) any loss caused by or resulting
from:
(a)
normal wear and tear;
(b)
fraud, conversion or other dishonest act on the part of the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or any of their agents or employees
(without regard to any portion of the loss not covered by any
errors and omissions policy);
(c)
errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty materials, unless
the collapse of the property or a part thereof ensues and then only
for the ensuing loss;
(d)
nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or radioactive
or chemical contamination, all whether controlled or uncontrolled,
and whether such loss be direct or indirect, proximate or remote or
be in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or aggravated by a
peril covered by the definition of the term "Special Hazard
Loss;"
(e)
hostile or warlike action in time of peace and war, including
action in hindering, combating or defending against an actual,
impending or expected attack:
1.
by any government or sovereign power, de jure or de facto, or by
any authority maintaining or using military, naval or air forces;
or
2.
by military, naval or air forces; or
3.
by an agent of any such government, power, authority or
forces;
(f)
any weapon of war employing nuclear fission, fusion or other
radioactive force, whether in time of peace or war; or
(g)
insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped power or
action taken by governmental authority in hindering, combating or
defending against such an occurrence, seizure or destruction under
quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation by order of any
government or public authority or risks of contraband or illegal
transportation or trade.
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount : With respect to the
first Distribution Date, $9,209,892.21. With respect to any
Distribution Date after the first Distribution Date, the lesser of
(a) the greatest of (i) 1% of the aggregate of the
principal balances of the Mortgage Loans in the Aggregate Pool,
(ii) twice the principal balance of the largest Mortgage Loan
in the Aggregate Pool, and (iii) the aggregate of the
principal balances of all Mortgage Loans in the Aggregate Pool
secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the single California
postal zip code area having the highest aggregate principal balance
of any such zip code area and (b) such Special Hazard Loss
Coverage Amount as of the Closing Date less the amount, if any, of
Special Hazard Losses allocated to the related Certificates since
the Closing Date in the Aggregate Pool. All principal
balances for the purpose of this definition will be calculated as
of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date after giving effect to Scheduled Payments on the
Mortgage Loans then due, whether or not paid.
Special Hazard Mortgage Loan : A Liquidated Mortgage Loan
as to which a Special Hazard Loss has occurred.
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 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 Test : As of the first Distribution Date
as to which any decrease in any Senior Prepayment Percentage
applies, with respect to each Mortgage Pool in the Aggregate Pool
(i) the outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans in a
Mortgage Pool 60 days or more Delinquent (including Mortgage Loans
in foreclosure, REO Property or bankruptcy status) (averaged over
the preceding six month period), as a percentage of the related
Pool Subordinate Amount for such Distribution Date, or does not
equal or exceed 50%, provided however that if such date is after
the third Senior Termination Date, the outstanding principal
balance of all Mortgage Loans 60 days or more Delinquent (including
Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, REO Property or bankruptcy status)
(averaged over the preceding six month period) as a percentage of
the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Subordinate
Certificates on such Distribution Date (without giving effect to
any payments on such Distribution Date), does not equal or exceed
50% and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the
Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Pool do not exceed (a) with respect
to each Distribution Date from January 2014 to December 2014, 30%
of the related original Pool Subordinate Amount, (b) with respect
to each Distribution Date from January 2015 to December 2015, 35%
of the related original Pool Subordinate Amount, (c) with respect
to each Distribution Date from January 2016 to December 2016, 40%
of the related original Pool Subordinate Amount, (d) with respect
to each Distribution Date from January 2017 to December 2017, 45%
of the related original Pool Subordinate Amount and (e) with
respect to each Distribution Date from January 2018 and thereafter,
50% of the related original Pool Subordinate Amount.
Sub-account : Not applicable.
Subcontractor : Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person
that (i) is a Servicing Function Participant and (ii) 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 Sub-Servicer of any Servicer),
the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator.
Sub-Servicer : Any Person that (i) is a Servicing
Function Participant, (ii) services Mortgage Loans on behalf of any
Servicer, and (iii) 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 Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Servicing Agreement, as
applicable, or any sub-servicing agreement that are identified in
Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Subordinate Certificates : Class B-1, Class B-2,
Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount : The amount, if
any, by which the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of all
outstanding Classes of Certificates (after giving effect to the
distribution of principal and allocation of Realized Losses on such
Distribution Date) exceeds the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
for the Aggregate Pool for the following Distribution Date.
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 immediately prior to such date, and
the denominator of which is the aggregate Class Principal Amount of
all Classes of the Subordinate Certificates immediately prior to
such date.
Subordinate Net WAC : For any Distribution Date,
the weighted average of the Pool 1 Net WAC, the Pool 2
Net WAC, Pool 3 Net WAC and Pool 4 Net WAC, in each case
weighted on the basis of the related Pool Subordinate Amounts for
Pool 1, Pool 2, Pool 3 and Pool 4, respectively, for such
Distribution Date. For federal income tax purposes, the
Subordinate Net WAC will equal the Calculation Rate following the
allocation of principal amounts or Principal Relocation Payments
for such Distribution Date as provided in the Preliminary
Statement.
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; provided, however, that on any Distribution Date
after the third Senior Termination Date has occurred, the
Subordinate Percentage will represent the entire interest of the
Subordinate Certificates in the Mortgage Loans and will be equal to
the difference between the 100% and the Senior Percentage related
to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate for such Distribution
Date.
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 such Distribution Date.
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount : The aggregate
of the amount calculated for each Mortgage Pool for each
Distribution Date, equal to the sum of:
(1)
the product of (a) the related Subordinate Percentage and (b)
the principal portion of each related Scheduled Payment on each
Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool due during the related
Due Period;
(2)
the product of (a) the related Subordinate Prepayment Percentage
and (b) the sum of the following amounts: (i) the principal portion
of each Principal Prepayment made by a borrower on a Mortgage Loan
in the related Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment Period,
(ii) each other unscheduled collection, including Insurance
Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds (other than with respect to
any Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool that was finally
liquidated during the related Prepayment Period), representing or
allocable to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans in the
related Mortgage Pool received during the related Prepayment
Period, including any Subsequent Recoveries on the related Mortgage
Loans; (iii) the principal portion of the Purchase Price of each
Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool or, in the case of a
permitted substitution of a Defective Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool, any Substitution Adjustment, in each case with
respect to such Distribution Date and (iv) in connection with any
optional purchase of the Aggregate Pool pursuant to Section
7.01(c), the principal portion of the Redemption Price allocable to
the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool up to the principal
portion of the Par Value allocable to the Mortgage Loans in the
related Mortgage Pool;
(3)
with respect to unscheduled recoveries allocable to principal of
any Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool that was finally
liquidated during the related Prepayment Period, the related net
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal, to the extent not
distributed pursuant to clause (3) of the definition of Senior
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;
Minus the sum of:
(A)
if the aggregate Class Principal Amount of any Certificate Group
has been reduced to zero, principal paid from the Available
Distribution Amount from the related Mortgage Pool to the remaining
Certificate Groups pursuant to Section 5.02(h) on such Distribution
Date; and
(B)
the amounts paid from the Available Distribution Amount for an
Overcollateralized Group to the Senior Certificates of a related
Undercollateralized Group, pursuant to Section 5.02(i) on such
Distribution Date.
On any Distribution Date after the occurrence of the third
Senior Termination Date, the Subordinate Principal Distribution
Amount will not be calculated with respect to a related Mortgage
Pool, but will equal the amount calculated pursuant to the formula
set forth above based on the Subordinate Percentage or Subordinate
Prepayment Percentage, as applicable, for the Subordinate
Certificates for such Distribution Date with respect to all of the
Mortgage Loans in the Aggregate Pool as opposed to the Mortgage
Loans in the related Mortgage Pool only.
Subsequent Recoveries : With respect to any Distribution
Date, with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan that resulted in a
Realized Loss in a prior calendar month, amounts received by the
Master Servicer from the related Servicer specifically related to
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Substitution Amount : As defined in the second paragraph
of Section 2.05(c).
Tax Matters Person : The "tax matters person" as
specified in the REMIC Provisions, which shall initially be the
Holder of a majority interest in the residual interest with respect
to such REMIC.
Trust Agreement : The Trust Agreement dated as of
December 1, 2006, entered into by and among the Depositor, the
Exchange Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator for the issuance of the Exchangeable
Certificates.
Trust Fund : The corpus of the trust created pursuant to
this Agreement, consisting of the Mortgage Loans and all interest
and principal received thereon on or 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
and Servicing Agreements, the Purchase Agreements and the Servicing
Agreements, as modified by the Acknowledgements, the Insurance
Policies relating to the Mortgage Loans, all cash, instruments or
property held or required to be held in the Custodial Accounts, the
Distribution Account, property that secured a Mortgage Loan, the
pledge, control and guaranty agreements and Limited Purpose Surety
Bond relating to the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans.
Trustee : U.S. Bank National Association, a national
banking association organized under the laws of the United States
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 Custodians on behalf of the
Trustee, as defined in Section 2.01 hereof.
Two Times Test : As to any Distribution Date and the
Subordinate Certificates, (x) on or prior to the Distribution Date
in December 2009, (i) the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage for the
Subordinate Certificates is at least two times the Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage as of the Closing Date, (ii) the condition
described in clause first of the definition of "Step-Down Test" is
satisfied with respect to each Mortgage Pool and (iii) cumulative
Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the Aggregate
Pool do not exceed 20% of the aggregate Class Principal Amount of
the Subordinate Certificates as of the Closing Date or (y) on or
after the Distribution Date in January 2010, (i) the Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage for the Subordinate Certificates is at least
two times the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage as of the Closing
Date, (ii) the condition described in clause first of the
definition of "Step-Down Test" is satisfied with respect to each
Mortgage Pool in the Aggregate Pool and (iii) cumulative Realized
Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 30% of the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates as
of the Closing Date.
UCC : The Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the
relevant jurisdiction.
Uncertificated Interests : The LT-A-R Interest.
Uncertificated REMIC Interests: The Class 1-A-3, Class
1-A-4, Class 2-A-1, Class 2-A-3, Class 2-A-4, Class 3-A-2, Class
3-A-3 and Class 4-A-2 Certificates.
Undercollateralized Group : With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Certificate Group in the Aggregate Pool,
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.
Underwriter : J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Underwriter’s Exemption : The prohibited
transaction exemption granted to the Underwriter, or its affiliate,
and most recently amended and restated by PTE 2002-19, or any
substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S.
Department of Labor to the Underwriter.
Underwriting Agreement : The Underwriting Agreement,
dated December 21, 2006, among the Seller, the Depositor and the
Underwriter.
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.
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 Certificates, other than the
Interest-Only, Class P and Class A-R Certificates. Voting
Interests shall be allocated among such Certificates based on the
product of (i) 99.00% and (ii) the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Class Principal
Amounts for each such 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 A-R Certificate,
while it remains outstanding in proportion to its Class Principal
Amount. Voting Interests shall be allocated among the
Certificates within each such Class in proportion to their
Certificate Principal Amounts or Percentage Interests.
Weichert : Weichert Financial Servicers, or any successor
in interest.
Weichert Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan originated by
Weichert and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Weichert Purchase Agreement : Each agreement between the
Seller and Weichert, listed under the heading "Purchase Agreements"
in Exhibit E hereto.
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage : Wells Fargo Home Mortgage,
Inc., or any successor in interest.
Wells Fargo Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan originated
by Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Wells Fargo Purchase Agreement : Each agreement between
the Seller and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., listed under the heading
"Purchase and Servicing Agreements" in Exhibit E hereto.
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.
ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF TRUST;
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 2.05, 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 on and
after the Cut-off Date, and all such payments due after such date
but received prior to such date and intended by the related
Mortgagors to be applied after such date; (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 Custodial Accounts or any Escrow Account established
with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (iii) all of the rights of
the Depositor as assignee of the Seller with respect to the
Seller’s rights under the Purchase and Servicing Agreements,
the Servicing Agreements, the Purchase Agreements and the
Acknowledgements; (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) if
applicable, 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 the 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.
In connection with such transfer and assignment of the Mortgage
Loans, the applicable Custodian acting on the Trustee’s
behalf, will continue to hold the documents or instruments listed
below with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each, a "Trustee Mortgage
File") so transferred and assigned.
The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect,
review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or
other papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable or
appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have actually
been recorded in the real estate records or that they are other
than what they purport to be on their face.
On the Closing Date, each Custodian shall deliver to the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor a
certification ("Custodian Certification") substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit L certifying that, pursuant to each
related Custodial Agreement, the applicable Originator delivered
and released to such Custodian, subject to and in accordance with
the relevant section of each related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, Purchase Agreement or Custodial Agreement, the following
documents pertaining to each of the Mortgage Loans identified in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (provided, however, that a Custodian
shall not be required nor does it intend to re-examine the contents
of the Trustee Mortgage File for any of the Mortgage Loans in
connection with entering into this Agreement or providing the
Custodian Certification required pursuant to this Section
2.01):
(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);
(ii)
with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative
Loan) that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage with
evidence of recording thereon and in the case of the each MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting the presence of the
MIN of the Mortgage Loans and either language indicating that the
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan or
if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at origination, the
original Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence
of recording indicated thereon;
(iii)
with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative
Loan) that is not a MERS Mortgage 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) endorsed to "U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee of J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A7,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, without recourse";
(iv)
with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative
Loan) that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the originals of all
intervening assignments of the Mortgage, if any, with evidence of
recording thereon, or if the original intervening assignment has
not yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of such
assignment certified by the applicable Seller to be a true copy of
the original of the assignment which has been sent for recording in
the appropriate jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located;
(v)
if applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a
Cooperative Loan), the originals of all assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension agreements, if any, with evidence of
recording thereon;
(vi)
if applicable, 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 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 applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a
Cooperative Loan), the original power of attorney and guaranty
agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
(viii)
if applicable, the original or certified copy of the
certificates evidencing ownership of the Cooperative Shares issued
by the Cooperative Corporation and related assignment of such
certificates or an assignment of such Cooperative Shares, in blank,
executed by the Mortgagor with such signature guaranteed;
(ix)
with respect to each Mortgage Loan which constitutes a
Cooperative Loan:
(a)
the original of any security agreement or similar document
executed in connection with the Cooperative Loan;
(b)
the original Recognition Agreement;
(c)
UCC-1 financing statements with recording information thereon
from the appropriate governmental recording offices if necessary to
perfect the security interest of the Cooperative Loan under the
Uniform Commercial Code in the jurisdiction in which the
Cooperative Property is located, accompanied by UCC-3 financing
statements executed in blank for recordation of the change in the
secured party thereunder;
(d)
the original Proprietary Lease and the Assignment of Proprietary
Lease executed by the Mortgagor in blank or if the Proprietary
Lease has been assigned by the Mortgagor to the Seller, then the
Seller must execute an assignment of the Assignment of Proprietary
Lease in blank;
(x)
[reserved]; and
(xi)
any other document or instruments required to be delivered under
the related Custodial Agreement.
In addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS
Mortgage Loan, it is understood that the related Originator will
cause the MERS® System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans
have been assigned by the related Originator to the Trustee in
accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the
Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of
Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this
Agreement) in such computer files the information required by the
MERS® System to identify the series of Certificates issued in
connection with such Mortgage Loans. It is further understood
that the related Originator will not, and the Master Servicer
hereby agrees that it will not, alter the information referenced in
this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of
this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b)
[Reserved].
(c)
In instances where a title insurance policy is required to be
delivered to the Trustee or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee
and is not so delivered, the Depositor will provide a copy of such
title insurance policy to the Trustee, or to the applicable
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 applicable 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 applicable Custodian on behalf of the Trustee shall be held
by the Master Servicer or the related Servicer in trust for the
benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
(e)
The Depositor and the Trustee hereto agree and understand that
it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the Trust
Fund that is (i) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New
Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003, (ii) a
"High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan
Protection Act effective January 1, 2004, (iii) a "High Cost
Home Mortgage Loan" as defined in the Massachusetts Predatory Home
Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004, (iv) a
"high risk home loan" under the Illinois High Risk Home Loan
Act, effective as of January 1, 2004, or (v) a "high-cost home
loan" under the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law, effective
January 1, 2005. The Trustee shall be entitled to
indemnification from the Depositor and the Trust Fund for any loss,
liability or expense arising out of, or in connection with, the
provisions of this Section 2.01(e), including, without limitation,
all costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal
fees and expenses) of investigating and defending itself against
any claim, action or proceeding, pending or threatened, relating to
such provisions.
Section 2.02
Acceptance of Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of Documentation for
Trust Fund.
(a)
Subject to the review thereof by the related Custodian as
provided herein and in the Custodial Agreements, the Trustee, by
execution and delivery hereof, acknowledges receipt by it or by the
related Custodian on its behalf of the Trustee Mortgage Files
pertaining to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
(b)
With respect to the PHH Mortgage Loans, within two Business Days
after the delivery to the applicable Custodian of the documents set forth
in clauses (i), (iv), (v), (vii), (ix) and (xi), which shall be
delivered within 120 days after the Closing Date (the "Follow-up
Delivery Date") pursuant to the related Custodial Agreement, the
applicable Custodian shall, on behalf of the Trustee, ascertain
that the original Assignment and Notice of Transfer with respect to
each Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan is in its possession, and
shall deliver an intermediate certification to the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator and the Depositor to the effect that, as
to each Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan listed in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Additional Collateral Mortgage
Loan specifically identified in such certification as not covered
by such certification), the Assignment and Notice of Transfer is in
its possession. With respect to the PHH Mortgage Loans,
within 30 days after the Follow-up Delivery Date, the applicable
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee shall, for the benefit of
Holders of the Certificates, review each Trustee Mortgage File and
deliver a final certification, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon, to the Trustee and the Depositor to the effect that (i)
all documents required to be delivered under the related Custodial
Agreement are in its possession, (ii) such documents have been
reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such
Mortgage Loan, and (iii) each Mortgage Note has been endorsed as
required under the related Custodial Agreement.
(c)
With respect to the Mortgage Loans, other than the PHH Mortgage
Loans, in the event there exist exceptions noted on the related
Custodian Certification, not later than 120 Business Days, after
the Closing Date, the related Custodian shall deliver to the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor a further
certification with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
(d)
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute an
assumption by the Trust Fund, the Trustee, any Custodian or the
Certificateholders of any unsatisfied duty, claim or other
liability on any Mortgage Loan or to any Mortgagor.
(e)
Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that (i) each Custodian
has performed the applicable review of the Mortgage Loans and has
delivered the Custodian Certification as provided herein and in the
Custodial Agreements on the Closing Date and (ii) thereafter, if
applicable, each Custodian shall perform the applicable review of
the Mortgage Loans and deliver the further certifications as
provided herein and in the applicable Custodial Agreements.
(f)
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 and Servicing
Agreements and Servicing Agreements.
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;
(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;
(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
Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans.
(a)
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the
Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with
respect to the Mortgage Loans or each Mortgage Loan, as the case
may be, as of the date hereof or such other date set forth herein
that as of the Closing Date:
(i)
Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment contemplated
herein, the Depositor was the sole owner and holder of the Mortgage
Loans. The Mortgage Loans were not assigned or pledged by the
Depositor and the Depositor had good and marketable title thereto,
and the Depositor had full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage
Loans to the Trustee free and clear of any encumbrance,
participation interest, lien, equity, pledge, claim or security
interest and had full right and authority subject to no interest or
participation in, or agreement with any other party to sell or
otherwise transfer the Mortgage Loans.
(ii)
As of the Closing Date, the Depositor has transferred all right,
title and interest in the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf
of the Trust.
(iii)
As of the Closing Date, the Depositor has not transferred the
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust with any
intent to hinder, delay or defraud an of its creditors.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.04(a) shall survive the
delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee or the
applicable Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee,
notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or
assignment.
(b)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller as to the Mortgage
Loans.
(i)
The representations and warranties of American Home with respect
to the American Home Mortgage Loans in the related American Home
Purchase and Servicing Agreement, which have been assigned to the
Trustee hereunder, were made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date,
as specified in the American Home Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
With respect to the American Home Mortgage Loans and the
period from such Bring-Down Date to and including the Closing Date,
the Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties
contained in Section 7.01 of the American Home Purchase and
Servicing Agreement with respect to each of American Home Mortgage
Loans to and for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Trust Fund.
(ii)
The representations and warranties of the applicable Chase
Originator with respect to the Chase Originator Mortgage Loans in
the related Chase Originator Purchase and Servicing Agreement,
which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of
the applicable Bring-Down Date, as specified in the Chase
Originator Purchase and Servicing Agreement. With respect to
the Chase Originator Mortgage Loans and the period from such
Bring-Down Date to and including the Closing Date, the Seller
hereby makes the representations and warranties contained in
Section 3.02 of each Chase Originator Purchase and Servicing
Agreement with respect to each of the Chase Originator Mortgage
Loans to and for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Trust Fund.
(iii)
The representations and warranties of Countrywide with respect
to the Countrywide Mortgage Loans in the Countrywide Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, which has been assigned to the Trustee, were
made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date, as specified in the
related Purchase and Servicing Agreement. With respect to the
Countrywide Mortgage Loans and the period from such Bring-Down Date
to and including the Closing Date, the Seller hereby makes the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.02 of the
Countrywide Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect to each
of the Countrywide Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(iv)
The representations and warranties of CTX with respect to the
CTX Mortgage Loans in the CTX Purchase and Servicing Agreement,
which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of
the applicable Bring-Down Date, as specified in the CTX Purchase
and Servicing Agreement. With respect to the CTX Mortgage
Loans and the period from such Bring-Down Date to and including the
Closing Date, the Seller hereby makes the representations and
warranties contained in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h),
(i), (k), (l), (n), (o), (p), (q), (t) (u), (w), (x), (aa), (cc),
(ee), (gg), (hh), (jj), (kk), (mm), (nn), (oo), (pp), (rr), (vv),
(bbb), (ccc), (ddd), (eee), (fff), (ggg), (hhh), (iii) and (jjj) of
Section 7.01 of the CTX Purchase and Servicing Agreement with
respect to each of the CTX Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of
the Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(v)
The representations and warranties of E-Loan with respect to the
E-Loan Mortgage Loans in the E-Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement,
which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of
the applicable Bring-Down Date. With respect to the E-Loan
Mortgage Loans and the period from the applicable Bring-Down Date
to and including the Closing Date, the Seller hereby makes the
representations and warranties contained in Sections 7.01 of the
E-Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to each of the
E-Loan Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(vi)
The representations and warranties of Johnson Bank with respect
to the Johnson Bank Mortgage Loans in the Johnson Bank Sale and
Servicing Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee
hereunder, were made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date.
With respect to the Johnson Bank Mortgage Loans and the
period from the applicable Bring-Down Date to and including the
Closing Date, the Seller hereby makes the representations and
warranties contained in Sections 7.01 of the Johnson Bank Sale and
Servicing Agreement with respect to each of the Johnson Bank
Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Trust Fund.
(vii)
The representations and warranties of Market Street with respect
to the Market Street Mortgage Loans in the Market Street Purchase
Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were
made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date. With respect to
the Market Street Mortgage Loans and the period from the applicable
Bring-Down Date to and including the Closing Date, the Seller
hereby makes the representations and warranties contained in
Section 7.01 of the Market Street Purchase Agreement with respect
to each of the Market Street Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit
of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(viii)
The representations and warranties of M&T with respect to
the M&T Mortgage Loans in the M&T Purchase Agreement, which
has been assigned to the Trustee, were made as of the applicable
Bring-Down Date, as specified in the M&T Purchase Agreement.
With respect to the M&T Mortgage Loans and the period
from such Bring-Down Date to and including the Closing Date, the
Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties contained in
Section 7.01 of the M&T Purchase Agreement with respect to each
of the M&T Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(ix)
The representations and warranties of PHH with respect to the
PHH Mortgage Loans in the PHH Purchase and Servicing Agreement,
which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of
the applicable Bring-Down Date, as specified in the PHH Purchase
and Servicing Agreement. With respect to the PHH Mortgage
Loans and the period from such Bring-Down Date to and including the
Closing Date, the Seller hereby makes the representations and
warranties contained in clauses (4), (20), (21), (25), (31) and
(57) of Section 3.03 of the PHH Purchase and Servicing Agreement
with respect to each of the PHH Mortgage Loans to and for the
benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(x)
The representations and warranties of Weichert with respect to
the Weichert Mortgage Loans in the Weichert Purchase Agreement,
which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of
the applicable Bring-Down Date. With respect to the Weichert
Mortgage Loans and the period from the applicable Bring-Down Date
to and including the Closing Date, the Seller hereby makes the
representations and warranties contained in Section 7.01 of the
Weichert Purchase Agreement with respect to each of the Weichert
Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Trust Fund.
(xi)
The representations and warranties of Wells Fargo with respect
to the Wells Fargo Mortgage Loans in the Wells Fargo Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, which has been assigned to the Trustee, were
made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date, as specified in the
Wells Fargo Purchase and Servicing Agreement. With respect to
the Wells Fargo Mortgage Loans and the period from such Bring-Down
Date to and including the Closing Date, the Seller hereby makes the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.02 of the
Wells Fargo Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect to each
of the Wells Fargo Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(xii)
In addition, the Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as
of the Closing Date, (i) no Mortgage Loan is subject to the Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or any applicable,
similar federal, state or local statutes or regulations related to
"high cost" mortgage loans or "predatory," "high cost," "threshold"
or "covered" lending (as such terms are defined in the applicable
statute or regulation); (ii) no Mortgage Loan is (w) a "High-Cost
Home Loan" as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act
effective November 27, 2003, (x) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as
defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective
January 1, 2004, (y) a "High Cost Loan" or "Covered Loan" (as
such terms are defined in the current S&P’s LEVELS®
Glossary), or (z) governed by the Georgia Fair Lending Act, if such
Mortgage Loan was originated on or after October 1, 2002
through March 6, 2003, (iii) each Mortgage Loan at origination
complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and
federal laws, including, but not limited to, applicable
anti-predatory and abusive lending laws, and (iv) each Mortgage
Loan is a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of 860G(a)(3) of
the Code.
The Seller agrees to comply with the provisions of Section 2.05
hereof in respect of a breach of any of such representations and
warranties.
Section 2.05
Discovery of Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage
Loans.
(a)
Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller or the related
Originator or receipt of written notice of any materially defective
document in, or, following the date of delivery to the Trustee of
the applicable Custodian’s certifications as required under
the related Custodial Agreements, that a document is missing from,
a Trustee Mortgage File, or discovery by the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Seller or the related
Originator of the breach by such Originator or Seller of any
representation or warranty under the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, as modified by the Acknowledgement, or Purchase
Agreement, as applicable, in the case of an Originator, or under
this Agreement, in the case of the Seller, 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 the Depositor, the Seller and
the related Originator hereby agreeing to give written notice
thereof to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the other
of such parties), the Securities Administrator, or its designee, on
behalf of the Trust Fund, shall promptly notify the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Seller or the related Originator, as applicable, in
writing of such defective or missing document or breach and request
that the Seller or related Originator deliver such missing document
or cure or cause the cure of such defect or breach within a period
of time specified in the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement
or Purchase Agreement, as applicable (or, in the case of a breach
by the Seller, within 90 days from the earlier of its discovery or
its receipt of notice of such breach), and if the Trustee receives
written notice that the Seller or related Originator, as
applicable, has not delivered such missing document or cure such
defect or breach in all material respects during such period, the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall enforce the obligations
of the related Originator under the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, as modified by the Acknowledgement, or Purchase
Agreement, as applicable, and then, to the extent that the related
Originator fails to cure such defect or breach, the Seller under
this Agreement, and cause the related Originator or the Seller, as
the case may be, 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 specified period (subject to
Section 2.05(b) below); provided , however , that, in
connection with any such breach that could not reasonably have been
cured within such specified period (unless permitted a greater
period of time to cure under the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement or Purchase Agreement, as applicable), subject to Section
2.05(c) below, if the related Originator or the Seller, as
applicable, shall have commenced to cure such breach within such
specified period, the related Originator or the Seller shall be
permitted to proceed thereafter diligently and expeditiously to
cure the same within such additional time as is reasonably
determined by the Trustee to cure such breach. To the extent
that any costs and damages are 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 any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the related
Originator or the Seller, such costs and damages shall be included
in the Purchase Price of such repurchased Mortgage Loan and shall
be borne by the Seller. 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 or cause the applicable Custodian to
release to the related Originator or the Seller, as applicable, 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). If pursuant to the
foregoing provisions the related Originator or the Seller
repurchases a Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
related Servicer shall cause MERS to designate on the MERS®
System the related Originator or the Seller, as applicable, as the
beneficial holder of such Mortgage Loan.
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 2.05(b) below. It is understood and agreed that
the obligations of the Originators and the Seller to cure or to
repurchase (or to substitute for) any related 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 2.05(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 related Originator or the Seller substitutes a
Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution shall be
effected by delivering to the applicable Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, for such Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment 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.
Scheduled Payments due with respect to Replacement Mortgage
Loans in the Due Period related to the Distribution Date in the
month of substitution shall not be included as part of the Trust
Fund and shall be retained by the related Originator or the Seller,
as applicable. For the month of substitution, distributions
to the Certificateholders shall reflect the Scheduled Payments in
respect of such Deleted Mortgage for the related Due Period
preceding the month of substitution and the related Originator or
the Seller, as applicable, 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
related Purchase and Servicing Agreement, as modified by the
related Acknowledgement or Purchase Agreement, as applicable,
including all representations and warranties thereof included in
such Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Purchase Agreement, as
applicable, as modified by the Acknowledgement, in each case as of
the date of substitution.
For any month in which an Originator or 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
Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Replacement Mortgage
Loans. On the date of such substitution, the related
Originator or Seller, as applicable, shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the related Servicer for deposit in the related
Custodial Account an amount equal to the related Substitution
Amount, if any, plus one month’s interest, at the applicable
Net Mortgage Rate, on such Substitution Amount, and the applicable
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, upon receipt of the related
Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans and certification by such
Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the related Originator
or the Seller, as applicable, 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 related
Originator or Seller shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary
to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant
hereto.
In addition, the related Originator or the Seller, as
applicable, 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 related Originator, the Seller, the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator 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 2.05(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 2.05(a) above. The Trustee shall
re-convey to the related Originator or the Seller, as applicable,
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.
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 and the Securities
Administrator. 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 an Originator, 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 an Originator
or the Depositor in any Mortgage Loan or (4) any change under
the relevant UCC or other applicable laws. Neither the
Originators 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, any Originator 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
Originators 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), it being understood that such
immediate or mediate transferees are under no obligation to make
such filings.
ARTICLE III
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 3.01
The Certificates.
(a)
The Certificates, other than the Uncertificated REMIC Interests,
shall be issuable as certificated securities in registered form
only and shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code. The Uncertificated REMIC Interests
and the Uncertificated Interests shall be issuable as
uncertificated securities in registered form only and shall be
securities governed by Article 8 of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code. The Book-Entry Certificates will be evidenced by one or
more certificates, beneficial ownership of which will be held in
the dollar denominations in Certificate Principal Amount specified
herein. Each Class of Book-Entry Certificates and
Uncertificated REMIC Interests, other than the Class B-4, Class B-5
and Class B-6 Certificates, will be issued in the minimum
denominations in Certificate Principal Amount specified in the
Preliminary Statement hereto and in integral multiples of $1 in
excess thereof. Each Class of Definitive Certificates, other
than the Residual Certificates, shall be issued in definitive,
fully registered form in the minimum denominations in Certificate
Principal Amount specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto and
in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Class A-R
and Class P Certificates shall each be issued as a single
Certificate and maintained in definitive, fully registered form in
a denomination equal to 100% of the Percentage Interest of each
such Class. Each Uncertificated Interest shall be maintained
in fully registered form.
(b)
The Definitive Certificates shall be executed by manual or
facsimile signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized
officer of the Trustee or of the Securities Administrator on its
behalf. Each Definitive Certificate shall, on original issue,
be authenticated by the Authenticating Agent upon the order of the
Depositor upon receipt by the Trustee, or a Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee of the Trustee Mortgage Files described in
Section 2.01. No Book-Entry or Definitive 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 Definitive 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 Definitive Certificates executed by the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator on behalf of 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.
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 and the Uncertificated Interests (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 and the
Uncertificated Interests 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. The Certificate
Register in respect of the Uncertificated Interests shall contain a
statement that transfers of the Uncertificated Interests to a
Disqualified Organization are prohibited as provided in this
Agreement.
Section 3.03
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a)
A Definitive 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 Definitive Certificate in accordance with the preceding
sentence, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator on behalf of
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 as the Certificate
being transferred. An Uncertificated Interest or
Uncertificated REMIC Interest may be transferred by the Holder
thereof upon written notice to the Certificate Registrar,
satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in this
Section 3.03 and, with respect to the Uncertificated REMIC
Interests, the consent of the Depositor. 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 Definitive Certificate (other than Book-Entry Certificates
which shall be subject to Section 3.09 hereof) 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 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. Definitive
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 Definitive Certificates are so surrendered for
exchange, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator on behalf of
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.
(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:
(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
Act) of the Depositor or (y) being made to a "qualified
institutional buyer" (a "QIB") as defined in Rule 144A under
the 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 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 or that is an Uncertificated Interest 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 Interest) from such
transferee or (B) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar to the effect that the
purchase and holding of such a Certificate will not constitute or
result in any nonexempt 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, any
Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken in the 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 and will not subject the Certificate
Registrar, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, any Servicer, the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator or any Servicer to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement.
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 transfer 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 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 Interest 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 Interest 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 Interest, the proposed
transferee shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an affidavit in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. In
addition, the Trustee or 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 Trustee and 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 Interest 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 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 Interest 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 Interest to the Holder thereof or for
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of the 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 Interest 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 Interest 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
Interest.
If any purported transferee shall become a registered Residual
Interest Holder 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 Interest 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 Interest.
The Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee
shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of
transfer of a Residual Interest 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, Residual Interest, 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 Certificate Registrar.
Section 3.05
Replacement of Certificates.
If (i) any Certificate is mutilated and is surrendered to
the Certificate Registrar or (ii) the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and there is
delivered to the Trustee and 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 or the Securities Administrator on behalf of 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 or the Certificate Registrar 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 or
the Certificate Registrar) 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 Certificate Registrar and the
Trustee or any agent shall be entitled to recover such new
Certificate from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person
taking therefrom, except a protected purchaser, and shall be
entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided
therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expenses
incurred by the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee
or any agent in connection therewith.
Section 3.06
Persons Deemed Owners.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 with respect to
Book-Entry Certificates, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent and any agent
of any of them shall treat the Person in whose name any Certificate
is registered upon the books of the Certificate Registrar as the
owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions pursuant to Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent
nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Section 3.07
Temporary Certificates.
(a)
Pending the preparation of Definitive Certificates, upon the
order of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator on behalf of
the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and deliver temporary Certificates that are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in
any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
Definitive Certificates in lieu of which they are issued and with
such variations as the authorized officers executing such
Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Certificates.
(b)
If temporary Certificates are issued, the Depositor will cause
Definitive Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of Definitive Certificates, the
temporary Certificates shall be exchangeable for Definitive
Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Certificates at the
office or agency of the Certificate Registrar without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Certificates, the Securities Administrator on behalf of
the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like aggregate
Certificate Principal Amount of Definitive Certificates of the same
Class in the authorized denominations. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Agreement as Definitive Certificates of
the same Class.
Section 3.08
Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Trustee may appoint a Paying Agent (which may be the
Trustee) for the purpose of making distributions to the
Certificateholders hereunder. The Trustee hereby appoints the
Securities Administrator as the initial Paying Agent. The
Trustee shall cause any Paying Agent, other than the Securities
Administrator, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument
in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee that such
Paying Agent will hold all sums held by it for the payment to the
Certificateholders in an Eligible Account (which shall be the
Distribution Account) in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid
to the Certificateholders. All funds remitted by the
Securities Administrator to any such Paying Agent for the purpose
of making distributions shall be paid to the Certificateholders on
each Distribution Date and any amounts not so paid shall b
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