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FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES
INC.
Depositor
FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN
CORPORATION
Master Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 1,
2006
FIRST HORIZON MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2006-AR4
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AR4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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6
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ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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37
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SECTION 2.1
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Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
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37
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SECTION 2.2
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Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage
Loans.
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41
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SECTION 2.3
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Representations and Warranties of the Master
Servicer; Covenants of the Seller.
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44
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SECTION 2.4
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Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
as to the Mortgage Loans.
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46
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SECTION 2.5
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Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions.
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46
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SECTION 2.6
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Execution and Delivery of
Certificates.
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47
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SECTION 2.7
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REMIC Matters.
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47
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SECTION 2.8
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Covenants of the Master Servicer.
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51
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ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
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52
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SECTION 3.1
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Master Servicer to Service Mortgage
Loans.
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52
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SECTION 3.2
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Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicers.
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53
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SECTION 3.3
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Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in
Respect of the Master Servicer.
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53
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SECTION 3.4
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Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.
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54
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SECTION 3.5
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Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate
Account; Distribution Account.
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54
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SECTION 3.6
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Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Escrow Accounts.
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57
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SECTION 3.7
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Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
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58
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SECTION 3.8
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Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate
Account and Distribution Account.
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58
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SECTION 3.9
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Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of
Primary Insurance Policies.
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60
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SECTION 3.10
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Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
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61
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SECTION 3.11
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Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans.
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63
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SECTION 3.12
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Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files.
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65
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SECTION 3.13
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Documents Records and Funds in Possession of
Master Servicer to be Held for the Trustee.
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66
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SECTION 3.14
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Master Servicing Compensation.
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66
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SECTION 3.15
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Access to Certain Documentation.
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67
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SECTION 3.16
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Annual Statement as to Compliance.
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67
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SECTION 3.17
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Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity
Bonds.
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68
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SECTION 3.18
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Notification of Adjustments.
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68
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ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE
MASTER SERVICER
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68
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SECTION 4.1
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Advances.
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68
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SECTION 4.2
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Priorities of Distribution.
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69
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SECTION 4.3
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Method of Distribution.
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73
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SECTION 4.4
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Allocation of Losses.
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74
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SECTION 4.5
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[RESERVED]
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76
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SECTION 4.6
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Monthly Statements to
Certificateholders.
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76
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ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES
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78
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SECTION 5.1
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The Certificates.
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78
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SECTION 5.2
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Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer
and Exchange of Certificates.
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79
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SECTION 5.3
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
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85
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SECTION 5.4
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Persons Deemed Owners.
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85
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SECTION 5.5
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Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names
and Addresses.
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86
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SECTION 5.6
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Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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86
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ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER
SERVICER
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86
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SECTION 6.1
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Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Master Servicer.
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86
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SECTION 6.2
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Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer.
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86
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SECTION 6.3
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Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and Others.
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87
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SECTION 6.4
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Limitation on Resignation of Master
Servicer.
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87
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ARTICLE VII DEFAULT
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88
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SECTION 7.1
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Events of Default.
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88
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SECTION 7.2
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Trustee to Act; Appointment of
Successor.
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90
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SECTION 7.3
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Notification to Certificateholders.
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91
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ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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92
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SECTION 8.1
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Duties of Trustee.
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92
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SECTION 8.2
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Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
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93
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SECTION 8.3
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Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans.
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95
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SECTION 8.4
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Trustee May Own Certificates.
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95
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SECTION 8.5
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Trustee’s Fees and Expenses.
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95
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SECTION 8.6
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Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
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96
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SECTION 8.7
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Resignation and Removal of Trustee.
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96
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SECTION 8.8
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Successor Trustee.
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97
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SECTION 8.9
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Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
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98
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SECTION 8.10
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Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee.
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98
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SECTION 8.11
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Tax Matters.
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100
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION
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102
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SECTION 9.1
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Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all
Mortgage Loans.
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102
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SECTION 9.2
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Final Distribution on the
Certificates.
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102
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SECTION 9.3
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Additional Termination Requirements.
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103
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ARTICLE X EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
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104
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SECTION 10.1
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Filing Obligations.
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104
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SECTION 10.2
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Form 10-D Filings.
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104
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SECTION 10.3
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Form 8-K Filings.
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105
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SECTION 10.4
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Form 10-K Filings.
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106
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ii
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SECTION 10.5
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Sarbanes-Oxley Certification.
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106
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SECTION 10.6
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Form 15 Filing.
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107
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SECTION 10.7
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Report on Assessment of Compliance and
Attestation.
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107
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SECTION 10.8
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Use of Subservicers and
Subcontractors.
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108
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SECTION 10.9
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Amendments.
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109
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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110
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SECTION 11.1
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Amendment.
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110
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SECTION 11.2
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Recordation of Agreement;
Counterparts.
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111
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SECTION 11.3
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Governing Law.
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111
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SECTION 11.4
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Intention of Parties.
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112
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SECTION 11.5
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Notices.
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112
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SECTION 11.6
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Severability of Provisions.
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113
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SECTION 11.7
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Assignment.
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113
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SECTION 11.8
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Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders.
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114
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SECTION 11.9
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Inspection and Audit Rights.
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114
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SECTION 11.10
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Certificates Nonassessable and Fully
Paid.
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115
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SECTION 11.11
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Limitations on Actions; No
Proceedings.
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115
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SECTION 11.12
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Acknowledgment of Seller.
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115
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule I:
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Mortgage Loan Schedule
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S-I-1
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Schedule II:
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Representations and Warranties of the Master
Servicer
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S-II-1
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Schedule III:
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Form of Monthly Master Servicer Report
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S-III-1
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A:
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Form of Senior Certificate
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A-1
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Exhibit B:
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Form of Subordinated / Regulation S
Certificate
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B-1
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Exhibit C:
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Form of Residual Certificate
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C-1
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Exhibit D:
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Form of Reverse of Certificates
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D-1
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Exhibit E:
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Form of Initial Certification
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E-1
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Exhibit F:
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Form of Delay Delivery Certification
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F-1
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Exhibit G:
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Form of Subsequent Certification of
Custodian
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G-1
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Exhibit H:
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Transfer Affidavit
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H-1
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Exhibit I-1:
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Form of Transferor Certificate
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I-1
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Exhibit J:
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Form of Investment Letter [Non-Rule
144A]
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J-1
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Exhibit K:
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Form of Rule 144A Letter
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K-1
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Exhibit L:
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Request for Release (for Trustee)
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L-1
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Exhibit M:
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Request for Release (Mortgage Loan)
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M-1
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Exhibit N-1:
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Form of Annual Certification
(Subservicer)
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N-1-1
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Exhibit N-2:
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Form of Annual Certification (Trustee)
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N-2-1
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Exhibit O:
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Form of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in
Assessment of Compliance
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O-1
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Exhibit P:
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List of Item 1119 Parties
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P-1
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Exhibit Q:
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Form of Sarbanes-Oxley Certification
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Q-1
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iii
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of
December 1, 2006, among FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC., a
Delaware corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), FIRST HORIZON
HOME LOAN CORPORATION, a Kansas corporation, as master servicer
(the "Master Servicer"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking
corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, as
trustee (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH THAT
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that
is hereby conveyed to the Trustee in return for the Certificates.
The Trust Fund for federal income tax purposes will consist of
three separate REMICs. The Certificates will represent the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund. The Regular
Certificates will represent "regular interests" in the Upper REMIC.
The Class I-A-R Certificates will represent the residual interests
in the Lower REMIC, Middle REMIC and Upper REMIC, as described in
Section 2.7. The "latest possible maturity date" for federal income
tax purposes of each REMIC regular interest created hereby will be
the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
The following table sets forth characteristics of
the Certificates, together with the minimum denominations and
integral multiples in excess thereof in which such Classes shall be
issuable (except that one Certificate of each Class of Certificates
may be issued in a different amount and, in addition, one Residual
Certificate representing the Tax Matters Person Certificate may be
issued in a different amount):
[Remainder of Page Intentionally
Left Blank]
1
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Class Designation
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Initial Class Certificate
Balance
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Initial
Pass Through Rate
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Minimum Denomination
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Integral Multiples in Excess
Minimum
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Final Scheduled Distribution
Date (1)
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Class I-A-1
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$
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100,000,000.00
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5.52799
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% (2)
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$
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25,000
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$
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1,000
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January 2037
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|
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Class I-A-2
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$
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143,373,000.00
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|
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5.52799
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% (2)
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$
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25,000
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$
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1,000
|
|
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January 2037
|
|
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Class I-A-3
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$
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7,150,000.00
|
|
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5.52799
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% (2)
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$
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25,000
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$
|
1,000
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|
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January 2037
|
|
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Class I-A-IO
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|
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(3
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)
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0.51053
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%(4)
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$
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500,000
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$
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1,000
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November 2011
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|
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Class I-A-R
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$
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100.00
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6.03852
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% (5)
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$
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100
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$
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N/A
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|
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January 2037
|
|
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Class II-A-1
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$
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56,067,000.00
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|
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5.49402
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% (6)
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$
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25,000
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$
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1,000
|
|
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January 2037
|
|
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Class II-A-2
|
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$
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2,796,000.00
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|
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5.49402
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% (6)
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$
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25,000
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$
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1,000
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|
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January 2037
|
|
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Class II-A-IO
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(7
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)
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0.53000
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%(8)
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$
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500,000
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$
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1,000
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November 2013
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|
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Class III-A-1
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$
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27,051,000.00
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6.22255
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% (9)
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$
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25,000
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$
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1,000
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|
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January 2037
|
|
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Class B-1
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$
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7,515,000.00
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|
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6.05079
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% (10)
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$
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100,000
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|
$
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1,000
|
|
|
January 2037
|
|
|
Class B-2
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$
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2,097,000.00
|
|
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6.05079
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% (10)
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$
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100,000
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$
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1,000
|
|
|
January 2037
|
|
|
Class B-3
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$
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1,399,000.00
|
|
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6.05079
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% (10)
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$
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100,000
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$
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1,000
|
|
|
January 2037
|
|
|
Class B-4
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$
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699,000.00
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|
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6.05079
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% (10)
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$
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100,000
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$
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1,000
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|
|
January 2037
|
|
|
Class B-5
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|
$
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699,000.00
|
|
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6.05079
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% (10)
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$
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100,000
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$
|
1,000
|
|
|
January 2037
|
|
|
Class B-6
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|
$
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699,323.06
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|
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6.05079
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% (10)
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$
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100,000
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$
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1,000
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January 2037
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(1) The actual final payment on the Certificates
could occur earlier or later than the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date.
(2) The Pass-Through Rates for the Class I-A-1,
Class I-A-2 and Class I-A-3 Certificates for each subsequent
Distribution Date will equal the Weighted Average Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate for Pool I, as of the first day of the month
immediately prior to the month in which the relevant Distribution
Date occurs, after taking into account scheduled payments of
principal on that date and any Principal Prepayments received on or
after such date and distributed to Certificateholders on the prior
Distribution Date, less 0.51053% through the Interest Accrual
Period ending October 31, 2011, and thereafter, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans in Pool
I.
(3) The Class I-A-IO Certificates are Notional
Amount Certificates that will accrue interest during each Interest
Accrual Period on a Notional Amount equal to the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2 and Class
I-A-3 Certificates.
(4) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class I-A-IO
Certificates will equal 0.51053% through the Interest Accrual
Period ending October 31, 2011, and thereafter,
0.00000%.
(5) The Pass-Through Rates for the Class I-A-R
Certificates for each subsequent Distribution Date will equal the
Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for Pool I, as of the
first day of the month immediately prior to the month in which the
relevant Distribution Date occurs, after taking into account
scheduled payments of principal on that date and any Principal
Prepayments received on or after such date and distributed to
Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date.
(6) The Pass-Through Rates for the Class II-A-1
and Class II-A-2 Certificates for each subsequent Distribution Date
will equal the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for Pool
II, as of the first day of the month immediately prior to the month
in which the relevant Distribution Date occurs, after taking into
account scheduled payments of principal on that date and any
Principal Prepayments received on or after such date and
distributed to Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date,
less 0.53000% through the Interest Accrual Period ending October
31, 2013, and thereafter, the weighted average of the Net Mortgage
Rates of the Mortgage Loans in Pool II.
(7) The Class II-A-IO Certificates are Notional
Amount Certificates that will accrue interest during each Interest
Accrual Period on a Notional Amount equal to the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class II-A-1 and Class II-A-2
Certificates.
2
(8) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class II-A-IO
Certificates will equal 0.53000% through the Interest Accrual
Period ending October 31, 2013, and thereafter,
0.00000%.
(9) The Pass-Through Rates for the Class III-A-1
Certificates for each subsequent Distribution Date will equal the
Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for Pool III, as of the
first day of the month immediately prior to the month in which the
relevant Distribution Date occurs, after taking into account
scheduled payments of principal on that date and any Principal
Prepayments received on or after such date and distributed to
Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date.
(10) The Pass-Through Rates for the Subordinated
Certificates for each subsequent Distribution Date will equal the
weighted average of the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rates for each Mortgage Pool, weighted on the basis of the Group
Subordinate Amount for each Mortgage Pool, as of the first day of
the month immediately prior to the month in which the relevant
Distribution Date occurs, after taking into account scheduled
payments of principal on that date and any Principal Prepayments
received on or after such date and distributed to
Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date.
3
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Accretion Directed Certificates
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None.
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Accrual Certificates
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None.
|
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Accrual Components
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None.
|
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Book-Entry Certificates
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All Classes of Certificates other than the
Physical Certificates.
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|
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Certificate Group
|
With respect to Pool I, the Group I Senior
Certificates, with respect to Pool II, the Group II Senior
Certificates and with respect to Pool III, the Group III Senior
Certificates.
|
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COFI Certificates
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None.
|
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|
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Component Certificates
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None.
|
|
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Components
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None.
|
|
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Delay Certificates
|
All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates
other than the Non-Delay Certificates, if any.
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|
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ERISA-Restricted Certificates
|
The Residual Certificates, Private Certificates
and Certificates of any Class that no longer satisfy the applicable
rating requirement of the Underwriters’ Exemption.
|
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Floating Rate Certificates
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None.
|
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Group I Senior Certificates
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The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-IO and
Class I-A-R Certificates.
|
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Group II Senior Certificates
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The Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2 and Class II-A-IO
Certificates.
|
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Group III Senior Certificates
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The Class III-A-1 Certificates.
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|
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Insured Retail Certificates
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None.
|
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Inverse Floating Rate Certificates
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None.
|
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LIBOR Certificates
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None.
|
|
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Non-Delay Certificates
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None.
|
|
|
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Notional Amount Components
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None.
|
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Notional Amount Certificates
|
The Class I-A-IO and Class II-A-IO
Certificates.
|
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Offered Certificates
|
All Classes of the Certificates other than the
Private Certificates.
|
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Physical Certificates
|
The Residual Certificates and the Private
Certificates.
|
|
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Planned Principal Classes
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None.
|
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Principal Only Certificates
|
None.
|
|
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Private Certificates
|
The Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates.
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Rating Agencies
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Fitch and S&P; except that, for the purposes
of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 and Class B-5
Certificates, Fitch shall be the sole Rating Agency. The Class B-6
Certificates will not be rated.
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Regular Certificates
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Residual Certificates.
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Scheduled Principal Classes
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None.
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Senior Certificates
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The Group I Senior Certificates, the Group II
Senior Certificates and the Group III Senior Certificates,
collectively.
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The Class I-A-3 and Class II-A-2
Certificates.
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Subordinated Certificates
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The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4,
Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
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Super Senior Certificates
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The Class I-A-2 and Class II-A-1
Certificates.
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Support Classes
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Targeted Principal Classes
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Underwriter
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Countrywide Securities Corporation
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With respect to any of the foregoing designations
as to which the corresponding reference is "None," all defined
terms and provisions herein relating solely to such designations
shall be of no force or effect, and any calculations herein
incorporating references to such designations shall be interpreted
without reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms
and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies not
designated above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or
effect.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall
have the following meanings:
Accrued Certificate Interest: For any Class of
Certificates for any Distribution Date, the interest accrued during
the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through
Rate on the Class Certificate Balance (or notional amount in the
case of the Notional Amount Certificates) of such Class of
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, less such
Class’ share of any Net Interest Shortfall.
Additional Designated Information: As defined in
Section 10.2.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan,
and at any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less
the Master Servicing Fee Rate.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage
Loan, and at any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage
Rate less the related Expense Fee Rate.
Adjustment Date: A date specified in each
Mortgage Note as a date on which the Mortgage Rate on the related
Mortgage Loan will be adjusted.
Advance: The payment required to be made by the
Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.1, the amount of any such payment being equal to the
aggregate of payments of principal and interest (net of the Master
Servicing Fee and net of any net income in the case of any REO
Property) on the Mortgage Loans that were due on the related Due
Date and not received as of the close of business on the related
Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of any such
delinquent payments that the Master Servicer has determined would
constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance if advanced.
Aggregate Senior Percentage: For any Distribution
Date, the percentage (carried to eight decimal places) equal to (x)
the sum of the Class Certificate Balances of the Senior
Certificates (other than the Notional Amount Certificates) of all
Certificate Groups immediately prior to such Distribution Date,
divided by (y) the aggregate Pool Principal Balance for all of the
Mortgage Pools on such Distribution Date.
Aggregate Subordinated Percentage: For any
Distribution Date, the percentage (carried to eight decimal places)
equal to (x) the sum of the Class Certificate Balances of the
Subordinated Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date, divided by (y) the aggregate Pool Principal Balance for all
of the Mortgage Pools on such Distribution Date.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and all amendments or supplements hereto.
Allocable Share: With respect to any Class of
Subordinated Certificates on any Distribution Date, such
Class’ pro rata share (based
on the Class Certificate Balance of each Class entitled thereto) of
the Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount for each Mortgage Pool;
provided, that, except as provided in this Agreement, no
Subordinated Certificates (other than the Class of Subordinated
Certificates with the highest priority of distribution) shall be
entitled on any Distribution Date to receive distributions pursuant
to clauses (2), (3) and (5) of the definition of Subordinated
Optimal Principal Amount unless the Class Prepayment Distribution
Trigger for such Class is satisfied for such Distribution
Date.
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Alternative Title Product: Any one of the
following: (i) Lien Protection Insurance issued by Integrated Loan
Services or ATM Corporation of America, (ii) a Mortgage Lien Report
issued by EPN Solutions/ACRAnet, (iii) a Property Plus Report
issued by Rapid Refinance Service through SharperLending.com, or
(iv) such other alternative title insurance product that the Seller
utilizes in connection with its then current underwriting
criteria.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount held in the applicable
subaccount of the Certificate Account at the close of business on
the related Determination Date on account of (i) Principal
Prepayments on the related Mortgage Pool received after the related
Prepayment Period and Liquidation Proceeds in the related Mortgage
Pool received in the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) all
Scheduled Payments in the related Mortgage Pool due after the
related Due Date.
Apportioned Principal Balance: For any Class of
Subordinated Certificates and any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the Class Certificate Balance of such Class immediately
prior to that Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the applicable Group Subordinate Amount for
such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the sum of
the Group Subordinate Amounts 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; (ii) with respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan other than a
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the
origination of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan; and (iii) with
respect to a Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan, (a) if the
loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at
the time of the origination thereof was 90% or less, the value of
the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of
the origination of the Original Mortgage Loan and (b) if the
loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at
the time of the origination thereof was greater than 90%, the value
of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal (which may be a
drive-by appraisal) made at the time of the origination of such
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan.
Available Funds: For each Mortgage Pool, with
respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum
of:
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all scheduled installments of interest, net of
the Master Servicing Fee, the Trustee Fee and all scheduled
installments of principal due in respect of the Mortgage Loans in
such Mortgage Pool on the Due Date in the month in which the
Distribution Date occurs and received before the related
Determination Date, together with any Advances in respect
thereof;
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all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and
Unanticipated Recoveries received in respect of the Mortgage Loans
in such Mortgage Pool during the calendar month before the
Distribution Date, which in each case is net of unreimbursed
expenses incurred in connection with a liquidation or foreclosure
and unreimbursed Advances, if any;
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all Principal Prepayments received in respect of
the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool during the related
Prepayment Period, plus interest received thereon, net of any
Prepayment Interest Excess;
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any Compensating Interest in respect of Principal
Prepayments in Full received in respect of the Mortgage Loans in
such Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment Period (or, in the
case of the first Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date);
and
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any Substitution Adjustment Amount or the
Purchase Price for any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool or a Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool
repurchased by the Seller or the Master Servicer as of such
Distribution Date, reduced by amounts in reimbursement for Advances
previously made and other amounts that the Master Servicer is
entitled to be reimbursed for out of the Certificate Account
pursuant to this Agreement.
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Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy
Reform Act of 1978, as amended.
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date: The date on
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 Master Servicer has notified the
Trustee in writing that the Master 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, in either case
without giving effect to any Debt Service Reduction or Deficient
Valuation.
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: As of any
Determination Date, the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount shall equal
the Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount as reduced by (i) the
aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated to the 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 to the effect that any such reduction
will not result in a downgrading of the then current ratings
assigned to the Classes of Certificates rated by it. As of any
Distribution Date on or after the Cross-over Date, the Bankruptcy
Loss Coverage Amount will be zero.
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Blanket Mortgage: The mortgage or mortgages
encumbering the Cooperative Property.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday
or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in the
City of Dallas, or the State of Texas or the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed
by the Trustee in substantially the forms attached hereto as
exhibits.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible
Account or Accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.5 with a depository institution in the name
of the Master Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders and designated "First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation in trust for the registered holders of First Horizon
Asset Securities Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2006-AR4."
Certificate Group: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry
Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such
Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to
any Certificate (other than a Notional Amount Certificate) and as
of any Distribution Date, the principal balance of such Certificate
on the date of the initial issuance of such Certificate, as reduced
by:
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all amounts distributed on previous Distribution
Dates on such Certificate on account of principal,
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the principal portion of all Realized Losses
previously allocated to such Certificate, and
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in the case of a Subordinated Certificate, such
Certificate’s pro rata share, if any, of the Subordinated
Certificate Writedown Amount for previous Distribution
Dates.
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Certificate Register: The register maintained
pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose
name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register,
except that, solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant
to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the
Depositor or the Seller or any affiliate or agent of the Depositor
or the Seller shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into
account in determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage
Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained;
provided, however, that if any such Person (including the
Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a
Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the
consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular Class as a
condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The Trustee is
entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor
or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates
are registered in the name of an affiliate of the
Depositor.
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Certification Party: As defined in Section
10.5.
Certifying Person: As defined in Section
10.5.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class
designation as set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any
Class of Certificates and as of any Distribution Date the aggregate
of the Certificate Principal Balances of all Certificates of such
Class as of such date, plus the amount of any Unanticipated
Recoveries added to the Class Certificate Balance of such Class of
Certificate pursuant to Section 4.2(h).
Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger: For a
Class of Subordinated Certificates (other than the Class of
Subordinated Certificates with the highest priority of
distribution), a trigger that is satisfied on any Distribution Date
on which a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of
which is the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of such Class and
each Class subordinate thereto, if any, and the denominator of
which is the aggregate Pool Principal Balance for all the Mortgage
Pools with respect to such Distribution Date, equals or exceeds
such percentage calculated as of the Closing Date.
Closing Date: December 28, 2006.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
including any successor or amendatory provisions.
COFI: Not applicable.
COFI Certificates: Not applicable.
Compensating Interest: As to any Distribution
Date and any Principal Prepayment in respect of a Mortgage Loan
that is received during the period from the sixteenth day of the
month (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from the
Cut-off Date) prior to the month of such Distribution Date through
the last day of such month, an additional payment to the related
Mortgage Pool made by the Master Servicer, to the extent funds are
available from the Master Servicing Fee, equal to the amount of
interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for that Mortgage Loan
from the date of the prepayment to the related Due Date; provided
that the aggregate of all such payments as to the Mortgage Loans in
a Mortgage Pool shall not exceed 0.0083% of the Pool Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Pool as of the related Determination Date,
and provided further that if a partial Principal Prepayment is
applied on or after the first day of the month following the month
of receipt, no additional payment is required for such Principal
Prepayment.
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Component: Not applicable.
Component Certificates: Not
applicable.
Component Principal Balance: Not
applicable.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds
title (fee or an acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property
and improvements constituting the Cooperative Property and which
governs the Cooperative Property, which Cooperative Corporation
must qualify as a Cooperative Housing Corporation under Section 216
of the Code.
Coop Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by
Coop Shares and a Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative Property: The real property and
improvements owned by the Cooperative Corporation, including the
allocation of individual dwelling units to the holders of the Coop
Shares of the Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: A single family dwelling
located in a Cooperative Property.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of
the Trustee in the State of New York at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement
shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of
this Agreement is located at The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay
Street, 4W, New York, New York 10286 (Attn: Corporate Trust
Administration—First Horizon Asset Securities Inc. Series
2006-AR4), facsimile no. (212) 815-3986, and which is the address
to which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be
directed.
Corresponding Classes: As to any Middle REMIC
Interest identified in Section 2.7, the Class or Classes that are
identified in Section 2.7 as corresponding to such Middle REMIC
Interest.
Corresponding Classes of Middle REMIC Interests:
As to any Lower REMIC Interest identified in Section 2.7, the
Middle REMIC Interest or Middle REMIC Interests that are identified
in Section 2.7 corresponding to such Lower REMIC
Interest.
Cross-over Date: The Distribution Date on which
the respective Class Certificate Balances of each Class of
Subordinated Certificates have been reduced to zero.
Custodial Agreement: The Custodial Agreement
dated as of December 28, 2006 by and among the Trustee, the Master
Servicer and the Custodian.
Custodian: First Tennessee Bank National
Association, a national banking association, and its successors and
assigns, as custodian under the Custodial Agreement.
Cut-off Date: December 1, 2006.
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Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: With respect
to Pool I, $260,283,529; with respect to Pool II, $61,156,499; and
with respect to Pool III, $28,105,396.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any
Mortgage Loan, the Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the close
of business on the Cut-off Date.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in
a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for
such Mortgage Loan which became final and non-appealable, except
such a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation or any
reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal.
Defective Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which
is required to be repurchased pursuant to Section 2.2 or
2.3.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, a valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the
Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the then-outstanding
indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in the
amount of principal to be paid in connection with any Scheduled
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 Certificates: Any Certificate
evidenced by a Physical Certificate and any Certificate issued in
lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate pursuant to Section
5.2(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans
for which all or a portion of a related Mortgage File is not
delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date. The number of Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans shall not exceed 25% of the aggregate
number of Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section
2.3(b) hereof.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate,
the amount set forth on the face thereof as the "Initial
Certificate Balance of this Certificate" or the Percentage Interest
appearing on the face thereof.
Depositor: First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The
Depository Trust Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co.,
as the registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The
Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the State of New York.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or
other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to
time a Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Depository.
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Determination Date: As to any Distribution Date,
the earlier of (i) the third Business Day after the 15th day of
each month, and (ii) the second Business Day prior to the related
Distribution Date.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible
Account created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section
3.5 in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of New York, in trust
for registered Holders of First Horizon Asset Securities Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR4." Funds in the
Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any
Distribution Date, 1:30 p.m. Central time on the Business Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar
month after the initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such
25th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day,
commencing in January 2007.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the first day of the month in which the related Distribution Date
occurs.
EDGAR: The SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval system.
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, as applicable) and the uninsured deposits in
which accounts are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee 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 (a) the trust
department of a federal or state chartered depository institution
or (b) a trust company, acting in its fiduciary capacity. Eligible
Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified
under this definition, accounts maintained with the
Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: With respect to
any ERISA-Restricted Certificate, a best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of
the Underwriters’ Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
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Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts
established and maintained pursuant to Section 3.6(a)
hereof.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.1
hereof.
Excess Loss: The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss
realized after the Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date, (ii)
Special Hazard Loss realized after the Special Hazard Coverage
Termination Date or (iii) Deficient Valuation realized after the
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date.
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated
Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which the sum of any
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and/or Unanticipated
Recoveries in respect of such Mortgage Loan received in the
calendar month in which such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan, net of any amounts previously reimbursed to the
Master Servicer as Nonrecoverable Advance(s) with respect to such
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.8(a)(iii), exceeds (i) the
unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the
Due Date in the month in which such Mortgage Loan became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii) accrued interest at the 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 applicable to the Distribution Date immediately following the
calendar month during which such liquidation occurred.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
Exchange Act Reports: Any reports on Form 10-D,
Form 8-K and Form 10-K required to be filed by the Depositor with
respect to the Trust Fund under the Exchange Act.
Expense Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the
sum of the related Master Servicing Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee
Rate.
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.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: For each
Certificate, as specified in the Preliminary Statement.
FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
First Horizon: First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation, a Kansas corporation and an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of First Horizon National Corporation, a Tennessee
corporation.
Fitch: Fitch Ratings and its successors and/or
assigns. If Fitch is designated as a Rating Agency in the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 11.5(b) the address
for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., One State Street Plaza,
New York, New York 10004, Attention: Residential Mortgage
Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
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FNMA: 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.
Form 10-D Disclosure Item: With respect to any
Person, any material litigation or governmental proceedings pending
against such Person, or against any of the Trust Fund, the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Co-Trustee, the Master Servicer or any
Subservicer that is material to the Certificateholders if such
Person has actual knowledge thereof.
Form 10-K Disclosure Item: With respect to any
Person, (a) any Form 10-D Disclosure Item, and (b) any affiliations
or relationships between such Person and any Item 1119 Party other
than the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any affiliate of
either.
Fraud Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to
which a Fraud Loss has occurred.
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount: As of the Closing
Date, $6,990,908. As of any Distribution Date from the first
anniversary of the Cut-off Date and prior to the fifth anniversary
of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount will equal
$3,495,454 minus the aggregate amount of Fraud Losses that would
have been allocated to the Subordinated Certificates in the absence
of the Loss Allocation Limitation since the Cut-off Date. As of any
Distribution Date on or after the earlier of the Cross-over Date or
the fifth
anniversary of the Cut-off
Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount shall be zero.
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date: The date on
which the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Fraud Losses: Realized Losses on Mortgage Loans
as to which a loss is sustained by reason of a default arising from
fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation in connection with the
related Mortgage Loan, including a loss by reason of the denial of
coverage under any related Primary Insurance Policy because of such
fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.
Group Subordinate Amount: For a Mortgage Pool and
any Distribution Date; the excess of (a) the Pool Principal Balance
of such Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date, over (b) the
aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates
(other than the Notional Amount Certificates) of the related
Certificate Group immediately prior to that Distribution
Date.
Index: Not applicable.
Indirect Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or
other financial institution or other Person that clears through or
maintains a custodial relationship with a Depository
Participant.
Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount:
$150,000.
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Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage
Loan included in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including
all riders and endorsements thereto in effect, including any
replacement policy or policies for any Insurance
Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer
pursuant to any Insurance Policy, in each case other than any
amount included in such Insurance Proceeds (a) in respect of
Insured Expenses, (b) that is applied to the restoration of the
related Mortgaged Property, or (c) that is released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer’s normal
servicing procedures.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an
Insurance Policy or any other insurance policy with respect to the
Mortgage Loans.
Insured Retail Certificates: Not
applicable.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each
Class of Delay Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar
month prior to the month of such Distribution Date. With respect to
any Non-Delay Certificates and any Distribution Date, the one month
period commencing on the 25th day of the month preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the 24th day
of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Interest Determination Date: Not
applicable.
Item 1119 Party: The Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, any Subservicer, any originator
identified in the Prospectus Supplement and any other material
transaction party, as identified in Exhibit P hereto, as updated
pursuant to Section 10.4.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: As to each Class
of Certificates, the Distribution Date following the third
anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan
having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off
Date.
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan: Not
applicable.
LIBOR: Not applicable.
LIBOR Certificates: Not applicable.
Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligations: The
obligations of the Master Servicer under Section 3.16(b), Section
8.7 and Section 8.9 with respect to notice and information to be
provided to the Depositor and Article X (except Section 10.7(a)(i)
and (ii)).
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 Master Servicer
has determined (in accordance with this Agreement) that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan, including the final disposition
of an REO Property.
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Liquidation Proceeds: All cash amounts, other
than Insurance Proceeds and Unanticipated Recoveries, 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, less
the sum of related unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees, Servicing
Advances and Advances.
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.
Loss Allocation Limitation: As defined in Section
4.4(g).
Lost Mortgage Note: Any Mortgage Note the
original of which was permanently lost or destroyed and has not
been replaced.
Lower REMIC: The segregated pool of assets
consisting of the Trust Fund but excluding, the Middle REMIC
Interests, the Lower REMIC Interests, the RL Interest, the RM
Interest and the RU Interest.
Lower REMIC Interests: The REMIC regular
interests, within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions, issued by
the Lower REMIC as set forth in Section 2.7.
Maintenance: With respect to any Cooperative
Unit, the rent paid by the Mortgagor to the Cooperative Corporation
pursuant to the Proprietary Lease.
Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Regular
Certificates, the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing,
in the aggregate, at least 51% of the Percentage Interests
evidenced by all Certificates of such Class.
Master Servicer: First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation, a Kansas corporation, and its successors and assigns,
in its capacity as master servicer hereunder.
Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any
Distribution Date, 1:30 p.m. Central time on the Business Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan
and any Distribution Date, an amount payable out of each full
payment of interest received on such Mortgage Loan and equal to
one-twelfth of the Master Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date
in the month of such Distribution Date (prior to giving effect to
any Scheduled Payments due on such Mortgage Loan on such Due Date),
subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.14.
Master Servicing Fee Rate: A per annum rate equal
to 0.244%.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
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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.
Middle REMIC: The segregated pool of assets
consisting of the Lower REMIC Interests.
Middle REMIC Interests: The REMIC regular
interests, within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions, issued by
the Middle REMIC as set forth in Section 2.7.
MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for any
MERS Mortgage Loan.
MLPA: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated
as of December 28, 2006, by and between First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation, as seller, and First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., as
purchaser, as related to the transfer, sale and conveyance of the
Mortgage Loans.
MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is
acting as mortgagee, solely as nominee for the originator of such
Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.6.
Moody’s: Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc., and its successors and/or assigns. If Moody’s is
designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 11.5(b) the address for notices to
Moody’s shall be Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., 99
Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Attention: Residential
Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other address as Moody’s may
hereafter furnish to the Depositor or the Master
Servicer.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument creating a first lien on an estate in fee simple or
leasehold interest in real property securing a Mortgage
Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in
Section 2.1(b) hereof pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and
any additional documents delivered to the Trustee to be added to
the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage
Loans (as from time to time amended by the Master Servicer to
reflect the addition of Substitute Mortgage Loans and the deletion
of Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and
from time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as
Schedule I, setting forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan:
(1) the loan
number;
(2) the
Mortgagor’s name and the street address of the Mortgaged
Property, including the zip code;
(3) the maturity
date;
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(4) the original
principal balance;
(5) the Cut-off Date
Principal Balance;
(6) the first
payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(7) the Scheduled
Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
(8) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(9) a code
indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time of
origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
(10) a code
indicating whether the residential dwelling is either (a) a
detached single family dwelling (b) a dwelling in a de minimis PUD,
(c) a condominium unit or PUD (other than a de minimis PUD), (d) a
two-to-four unit residential property or (e) a Cooperative
Unit;
(11) the Mortgage
Rate;
(12) the purpose for
the Mortgage Loan;
(13) the type of
documentation program pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan was
originated;
(14) the Master
Servicing Fee for the Mortgage Loan; and
(15) a code
indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage
Loan.
Such schedule shall also set forth the total of
the amounts described under (4) and (5) above for all of the
Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans
transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions
hereof as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Fund
(including any REO Property), the mortgage loans so held being
identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding
foreclosure or other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged
Property.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or
other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Pool: Any of Pool I, Pool II or Pool
III.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne
by a Mortgage Note from time to time, net of any insurance premium
charged by the mortgagee to obtain or maintain any Primary
Insurance Policy.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property
securing a Mortgage Loan, which, with respect to a Cooperative
Loan, is the related Coop Shares and Proprietary Lease.
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Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage
Note.
National Cost of Funds Index: The National
Monthly Median Cost of Funds Ratio to SAIF-Insured Institutions
published by the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Net Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date
and each Mortgage Pool, the sum of (a) the amount of interest which
would otherwise have been received for any Mortgage Loan in such
Mortgage Pool that was the subject of (x) a Relief Act Reduction or
(y) a Special Hazard Loss, Fraud Loss, or Deficient Valuation,
after the exhaustion of the respective amounts of coverage for
those types of losses provided by the Subordinated Certificates;
and (b) any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls in respect of such
Mortgage Pool.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any
Distribution Date and each Mortgage Pool, the amount by which the
aggregate of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls in respect of the
Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment
Period exceeds an amount equal to the Compensating Interest paid in
respect of such Mortgage Loans, if any, for such Distribution
Date.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Non-Excess Loss: Any Realized Loss other than an
Excess Loss.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer that,
in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will not be
ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer from the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be
provided pursuant to Section 9.2 to the effect that final
distribution on any of the Certificates shall be made only upon
presentation and surrender thereof.
Notional Amount: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Notional Amount Component: Not
applicable.
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Officer’s Certificate: 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 the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or (ii), if
provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as
the case may be, and delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee, as
the case may be, as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel,
who may be counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer,
including, in-house counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee;
provided, however, that with respect to the interpretation or
application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (i) in fact
be independent of the Depositor and the Master Servicer, (ii) not
have any direct financial interest in the Depositor or the Master
Servicer or in any affiliate of either, and (iii) not be connected
with the Depositor or the Master Servicer as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person
performing similar functions.
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Optional Termination: The termination of the
trust created hereunder in connection with the purchase of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 9.1(a) hereof.
Original Mortgage Loan: The Mortgage Loan
refinanced in connection with the origination of a Refinancing
Mortgage Loan.
Original Subordinated Principal Balance: The
aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Subordinated
Certificates as of the Closing Date.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outside Reference Date: Not
applicable.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as
of any date of determination, all Certificates theretofore executed
and authenticated under this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in
exchange for which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been
executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a
Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero
which was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full prior
to such Due Date and which did not become a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan prior to such Due Date.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual
Certificate, any ownership interest in such Certificate including
any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any
other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
Pass-Through Rate: For any interest bearing Class
of Certificates, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the
manner described in the Preliminary Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the
percentage interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to
be made on the related Class, such percentage interest being set
forth on the face thereof or equal to the percentage obtained by
dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of
the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Performance Certification: As defined in Section
10.5.
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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 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;
(iii) commercial or
finance company paper which is then receiving the highest
commercial or finance company paper rating of 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 a Rating Agency) are then rated one of
the two highest long-term and/or the highest short-term ratings of
each Rating Agency for such securities;
(v) demand or time
deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any bank or trust
company or savings institution to the extent that such deposits are
fully insured by the FDIC and receiving the highest short-term debt
rating of each Rating Agency;
(vi) guaranteed
reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance company or
other corporation and receiving the highest short-term debt rating
of each Rating Agency and containing, at the time of the issuance
of such agreements, such terms and conditions as will not result in
the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
Certificates by either 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 or S&P, such rating shall be the highest
commercial paper rating of Moody’s or S&P, as applicable,
for any such securities);
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(ix) units of a
taxable money-market portfolio having the highest rating assigned
by each Rating Agency (except if Fitch is a Rating Agency and has
not rated the portfolio, the highest rating assigned by
Moody’s) and restricted to obligations issued or guaranteed
by the United States of America or entities whose obligations are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America
and repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations;
and
(x) such other
investments bearing interest or sold at a discount as will not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned
to the Certificates by either Rating Agency, as evidenced by a
signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
provided that no such
instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such instrument
evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect
to the obligations underlying such instrument.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i)
the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, or
any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a
foreign government, International Organization or any agency or
instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in section
521 of the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of
the Code (including the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as
defined in section 860E(c)(l) of the Code) with respect to any
Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone
cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an
"electing large partnership" as defined in section 775 of the Code,
(vi) a Person that is not (a) a citizen or resident of the United
States, (b) a corporation, partnership, or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, (c) an estate whose income
from sources without the United States is includible in gross
income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of
its connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States or (d) a trust if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust, unless such Person
has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or any applicable successor
form, and (vii) any other Person so designated by the Depositor
based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause any
REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that the Certificates are outstanding; provided, however, that if a
person is classified as a partnership under the Code, such person
shall only be a Permitted Transferee if all of its beneficial
owners are described in subclauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) of clause
(vi) and the governing documents of such person prohibits a
transfer of any interest in such person to any person described in
clause (vi). The terms "United States," "State" and "International
Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701 of
the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated
as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State or
political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its
activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of
directors is not selected by such government unit.
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Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Plan: An employee benefit plan or other
retirement arrangement which is subject to Section 406 of ERISA
and/or Section 4975 of the Code or any entity whose underlying
assets include such plan’s or arrangement’s assets by
reason of their investment in the entity.
Planned Balance: Not applicable.
Planned Principal Classes: Not
applicable.
Pool I: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as being included in Pool
I.
Pool II: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as being included in Pool
II.
Pool III: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as being included in Pool
III.
Pool Principal Balance: For a Mortgage Pool, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool
which were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date, and for the first
Distribution Date, as of the Closing Date, less any Principal
Prepayments received on or after such Due Date and distributed to
Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date.
Prepayment Interest Excess: As to any Principal
Prepayment received by the Master Servicer from the first day
through the fifteenth day of any calendar month (other than the
calendar month in which the Cut-off Date occurs), all amounts paid
by the related Mortgagor in respect of interest on such Principal
Prepayment. All Prepayment Interest Excess shall be paid to the
Master Servicer as additional master servicing
compensation.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any
Distribution Date, Mortgage Loan and Principal Prepayment received
(a) during the period from the sixteenth day of the month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date) through the last day of
such month, in the case of a Principal Prepayment in Full, or (b)
during the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, in
the case of a partial Principal Prepayment, the amount, if any, by
which one month’s interest at the related Adjusted Mortgage
Rate on such Principal Prepayment exceeds the amount of interest
actually paid by the Mortgagor in connection with such Principal
Prepayment.
Prepayment Period: (a) With respect to any
Principal Prepayments in Full and any Distribution Date, the period
from the sixteenth day of the month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date,
from the Cut-off Date) through the fifteenth day of the month of
such Distribution Date, and (b) with respect to any other Principal
Prepayments and any Distribution Date, the month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date.
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Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary
mortgage guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with
respect to any Mortgage Loan.
Principal Balance Schedules: Not
applicable.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal by
a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan that is received in advance of its
scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an amount representing
scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial Principal
Prepayments shall be applied by the Master Servicer in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal
Prepayment made by a Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a
Mortgage Loan.
Private Certificate: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Proprietary Lease: With respect to any
Cooperative Unit, a lease or occupancy agreement between a
Cooperative Corporation and a holder of related Coop
Shares.
Prospectus: The Prospectus dated October 12, 2006
generally relating to mortgage pass-through certificates to be sold
by the Depositor.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement,
dated December 22, 2006, relating to the Offered
Certificates.
PUD: Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
required to be purchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.2 or
2.3 hereof or purchased at the option of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.11, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of
the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan on the date of
such purchase, (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable
Mortgage Rate (or at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate if the
purchaser is the Master Servicer) 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, and (iii) any costs and damages incurred by the
Trust in connection with the noncompliance of such Mortgage Loan
with any specifically applicable predatory or abusive lending
law.
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance
company duly qualified as such under the laws of the state of its
principal place of business and each state having jurisdiction over
such insurer in connection with the insurance policy issued by such
insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such states to transact a
mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states and to write
the insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it,
approved as a FNMA-approved mortgage insurer and having a claims
paying ability rating of at least "AA" or equivalent rating by a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Any
replacement insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan must have at
least as high a claims paying ability rating as the insurer it
replaces had on the Closing Date.
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Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies
specified in the Preliminary Statement. If any such organization or
a successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be
such nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or
other comparable Person, as is designated by the Depositor, notice
of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References
herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean
such rating category without giving effect to any
modifiers.
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 Adjusted 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) any Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds
and/or Unanticipated Recoveries received during the month in which
such liquidation occurred (or during the calendar month preceding
the related Distribution Date, as applicable), to the extent
applied as recoveries of interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate
and to principal of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan. With respect to
each Mortgage Loan, other than a Liquidated 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.
Recognition Agreement: With respect to any
Cooperative Loan, an agreement between the Cooperative Corporation
and the originator of such Mortgage Loan which establishes the
rights of such originator in the Cooperative Property.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Reference Bank: Not applicable.
Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan
originated in connection with the refinancing of an existing
mortgage loan.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
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 SEC 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 SEC, or as may be
provided by the SEC or its staff from time to time.
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Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act or any successor provision thereto, in each case as
the same may be amended from time to time; and all references to
any rule, section or subsection of, or definition or term contained
in, Regulation S means such rule, section, subsection, definition
or term, as the case may be, or any successor thereto, in each case
as the same may be amended from time to time.
Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act,
as amended, or any similar state or local legislation or
regulations.
Relief Act Reductions: 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 Relief Act, the amount, if any, by which interest
collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended
calendar month is less than interest accrued thereon for such month
pursuant to the Mortgage Note.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment
conduit" within the meaning of section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or
final regulation, revenue ruling, revenue procedure or other
official announcement or interpretation relating to REMICs and the
REMIC Provisions issued after the Closing Date.
REMIC Pool: Either of the Lower REMIC, Middle
REMIC or Upper REMIC.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal
income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment
conduits, which appear at sections 860A through 860G of Subchapter
M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time
to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
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.
Reportable Event: Any event required to be
reported on Form 8-K, and in any event, the following:
(a) entry into a
definitive agreement related to the Trust Fund, the Certificates or
the Mortgage Loans, or an amendment to a Transaction Document, even
if the Depositor is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a
servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3)
of Regulation AB);
(b) termination of
this Agreement or any other document entered into in connection
with the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans (other
than by expiration of the applicable agreement on its stated
termination date or as a result of all parties completing their
obligations under such agreement), even if the Depositor is not a
party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a
servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation
AB);
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(c) with respect to
the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer becomes aware of
any bankruptcy or receivership with respect to First Horizon, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, the Trustee, the
Co-Trustee, any enhancement or support provider contemplated by
Items 1114(b) or 1115 of Regulation AB, or any other material party
contemplated by Item 1101(d)(1) of Regulation AB;
(d) with respect to
the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor only, the
occurrence of an early amortization, performance trigger or other
event, including an Event of Default under this
Agreement;
(e) the resignation,
removal, replacement, substitution of the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, any Subservicer, the Trustee or any
Co-Trustee;
(f) with respect to
the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer becomes aware that
(i) any material enhancement or support specified in Item
1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation
AB that was previously applicable regarding one or more classes of
the Certificates has terminated other than by expiration of the
contract on its stated termination date or as a result of all
parties completing their obligations under such agreement; (ii) any
material enhancement specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of
Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB has been added with
respect to one or more classes of the Certificates; or (iii) any
existing material enhancement or support specified in Item
1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation
AB with respect to one or more classes of the Certificates has been
materially amended or modified; and
(g) with respect to
the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor only, a required
distribution to Holders of the Certificates is not made as of the
required Distribution Date under this Agreement.
Reporting Subcontractor: With respect to the
Master Servicer or the Trustee, any Subcontractor determined by
such Person pursuant to Section 10.8(b) to be materially
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of
Item 1122 of Regulation AB. References to a Reporting Subcontractor
shall refer only to the Subcontractor of such Person and shall not
refer to Subcontractors generally.
Request for Release: The Request for Release
submitted by the Master Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in
the form of Exhibits L and M, as appropriate.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, any insurance policy that is required to be
maintained from time to time under this Agreement.
Required Recordation States: The states of
Florida, Maryland and Mississippi.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to
the Trustee, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the
Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, any Trust Officer or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and having
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and
also to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
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RL Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within
the meaning of the REMIC Provisions, issued by the Lower REMIC,
which shall be represented by the Class I-A-R
Certificate.
RM Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within
the meaning of the REMIC Provisions, issued by the Middle REMIC,
which shall be represented by the Class I-A-R
Certificate.
RU Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within
the meaning of the REMIC Provisions, issued by the Upper REMIC,
which shall be represented by the Class I-A-R
Certificate.
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification: As defined in
Section 10.5.
Scheduled Balances: Not applicable.
Scheduled Certificates: Not
applicable.
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 herein, 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.
Scheduled Principal Classes: Not
applicable.
SEC: The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Security Agreement: The security agreement with
respect to a Cooperative Loan.
Seller: First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, a
Kansas corporation, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity
as seller of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the MLPA.
Senior Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Senior Final Distribution Date: For each
Certificate Group, the Distribution Date on which the Class
Certificate Balance of each Class of related Senior Certificates
has been reduced to zero.
Senior Mezzanine Certificates: As specified in
the Preliminary Statement.
Senior Optimal Principal Amount: As to a Mortgage
Pool and with respect to each Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the sum of:
(1) the related
Senior Percentage of all Scheduled Payments of principal due on
each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool on the first day of the
month in which the Distribution Date occurs, as specified in the
amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto after
adjustment for previous principal prepayments and the principal
portion of Debt Service Reductions after the Bankruptcy Loss
Coverage Amount has been reduced to zero, but before any adjustment
to such amortization schedule by reason of any other bankruptcy or
similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period;
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(2) the related
Senior Prepayment Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of
each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool which was the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in Full received by the Master Servicer during
the applicable Prepayment Period;
(3) the related
Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) all partial
Principal Prepayments in respect of each Mortgage Loan in such
Mortgage Pool received during the applicable Prepayment Period and
(b) all Unanticipated Recoveries received in respect of each
Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool during the calendar
month prior to such Distribution Date;
(4) the lesser
of:
(a) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of
the sum of (x) the Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal on
each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool which became a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period, other than
Mortgage Loans described in clause (y), and (y) the principal
balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool that was
purchased by a private mortgage insurer during the related
Prepayment Period as an alternative to paying a claim under the
related Insurance Policy; and
(b)(i) the related Senior Percentage of the sum
of (x) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such
Mortgage Pool which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the
related Prepayment Period, other than Mortgage Loans described in
clause (y), and (y) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage
Loan in such Mortgage Pool that was purchased by a private mortgage
insurer during the related Prepayment Period as an alternative to
paying a claim under the related Insurance Policy minus (ii) the
related Senior Percentage of the principal portion of Excess Losses
(other than Debt Service Reductions) for such Mortgage Pool during
the related Prepayment Period; and
(5) the related
Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool which was
repurchased by the seller in connection with such Distribution Date
and (b) the difference, if any, between the Stated Principal
Balance of a Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool that has been
replaced by the seller with a Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this Agreement in connection with such Distribution Date and the
Stated Principal Balance of such Substitute Mortgage
Loan.
Senior Percentage: On any Distribution Date for a
Certificate Group, the lesser of 100% and the percentage (carried
to six places rounded up) obtained by dividing the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of all Classes of Senior Certificates of such
Certificate Group immediately preceding such Distribution Date by
the Pool Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Pool for the
immediately preceding Distribution Date.
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Senior Prepayment Percentage: On any Distribution
Date occurring during the periods set forth below, and as to each
Certificate Group, the Senior Prepayment Percentages, described
below:
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Period (Dates Inclusive)
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Senior Prepayment Percentage
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January 2007 - December 2016
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100%
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January 2017 - December 2017
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The related Senior Percentage plus 70% of the
related Subordinated Percentage.
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January 2018 - December 2018
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The related Senior Percentage plus 60% of the
related Subordinated Percentage.
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January 2019 - December 2019
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The related Senior Percentage plus 40% of the
related Subordinated Percentage.
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January 2020 - December 2020
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The related Senior Percentage plus 20% of the
related Subordinated Percentage.
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January 2021 and thereafter
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The related Senior Percentage.
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provided however , (i) if on any
Distribution Date, the Aggregate Senior Percentage exceeds such
percentage calculated as of the Closing Date, then the Senior
Prepayment Percentage for all Certificate Groups for such
Distribution Date will equal 100%, (ii) if on any Distribution Date
prior to the January 2010 Distribution Date, the Aggregate
Subordinated Percentage is greater than or equal to twice such
percentage calculated as of the Closing Date, then the Senior
Prepayment Percentage for each Certificate Group for such
Distribution Date will equal the Senior Percentage for such
Certificate Group plus 50% of the Subordinated Percentage for such
Certificate Group and (iii) if on or after the January 2010
Distribution Date, the Aggregate Subordinated Percentage is greater
than or equal to twice such percentage calculated as of the Closing
Date, then the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Certificate
Group for such Distribution Date will equal the Senior Percentage
for such Certificate Group.
The reductions in the Senior Prepayment
Percentage for each Certificate Group described above will not
occur, and the Senior Prepayment Percentage or each Certificate
Group for such prior period will be calculated without regard to
clause (ii) or (iii) of the paragraph above, unless both of the
following step-down conditions are satisfied with respect to each
Mortgage Pool as of the last day of the month preceding the
Distribution Date:
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(1)
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the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
Mortgage Loans in all the Mortgage Pools delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any Mortgage Loans in foreclosure or
subject to bankruptcy proceedings and Mortgage Loans with respect
to which the related Mortgaged Property, including REO Property,
has been acquired by the Trust Fund) does not exceed 50% of the
aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated
Certificates as of that date; and
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(2)
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cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans
in all the Mortgage Pools do not exceed:
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(a) 20% of the
Original Subordinated Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including January 2007 and December 2009;
and
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(b) 30% of the
Original Subordinated Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs on or after January 2010.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and
necessary "out of pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the
performance by the Master Servicer of its servicing obligations,
including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation,
restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any
expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.11 and any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including
foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of any REO
Property and (iv) compliance with the obligations under Section
3.9.
Servicing Agreement: The servicing agreement,
dated as of November 26, 2002 by and between First Horizon
Asset Securities Inc. and its assigns, as owner, and First
Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc., as servicer, as the same may be
amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set
forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master
Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and
servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and facsimile signature
appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by
the Master Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement,
as such list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Rights Transfer and Subservicing
Agreement: The servicing rights transfer and subservicing
agreement, dated as of November 26, 2002, by and between First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as transferor and subservicer, and
First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc., as transferee and
servicer, as the same may be amended from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date: The
date on which the 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 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 pursuant to Section 3.9 to the
extent of the amount of such loss covered thereby, (ii) any
shortfall in Insurance Proceeds for partial damage due to the
application of the co-insurance clauses contained in a hazard
insurance policy, or (iii) any loss caused by or resulting
from:
(1) normal wear and
tear;
(2) 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);
(3) 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;
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(4) 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";
(5) hostile or
warlike action in time of peace and war, including action in
hindering, combating or defending against an actual, impending or
expected attack:
(i) by any
government or sovereign power, de jure or de facto, or by any
authority maintaining or using military, naval or air
forces;
(ii) by military,
naval or air forces; or
(iii) by an agent of
any such government, power, authority or forces;
(6) any weapon of
war employing nuclear fission, fusion or other radioactive force,
whether in time of peace or war; or
(7) 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: Upon the
initial issuance of the Certificates, $4,990,142. As of any
Distribution Date, the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount shall
equal the greater of
(a) 1.00% (or if
greater than 1.00%, the highest percentage of Mortgage Loans by
principal balance secured by Mortgaged Properties in any single
California zip code) of the outstanding principal balance of all
the Mortgage Loans as of the related Determination Date;
and
(b) twice the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan which has the
largest outstanding principal balance as of the related
Determination Date, less, in each case, the aggregate amount of
Special Hazard Losses that would have been previously allocated to
the Subordinated Certificates in the absence of the Loss Allocation
Limitation. As of any Distribution Date on or after the Cross-over
Date, the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount will be
zero.
Special Hazard Mortgage Loan: A Liquidated
Mortgage Loan as to which a Special Hazard Loss has
occurred.
S&P: Standard & Poor’s, a division
of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors and/or
assigns. If S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 11.5(b) the address
for notices to S&P shall be Standard & Poor’s, 55
Water Street, 41st Floor, New York, New York 10041, Attention:
Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or such other address as S&P
may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
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Startup Day: The Closing Date.
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.
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan: Any
Mortgage Loan originated pursuant to the Seller’s Streamlined
Loan Documentation Program then in effect.
Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other
Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as
"servicing" is commonly understood by participants in the
mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs
one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB with respect to the Mortgage Loans under the
direction or authority of the Master Servicer, a Subservicer or the
Trustee, as the case may be.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Subordinated Certificate Writedown Amount: As of
any Distribution Date, the amount by which (a) the sum of the Class
Certificate Balances of all of the Certificates (other than the
Notional Amount Certificates), after giving effect to the
distribution of principal and the allocation of Realized Losses in
reduction of the Class Certificate Balances of all of the
Certificates on such Distribution Date, exceeds (b) the aggregate
of the Pool Principal Balances of all of the Mortgage Pools on the
first day of the month of such Distribution Date, less any
Deficient Valuations occurring before the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage
Amount has been reduced to zero.
Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount: With
respect to each Mortgage Pool and each Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the sum of the following (but in no event greater than the
aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date):
(1) the related
Subordinated Percentage of all Scheduled Payments of principal due
on each outstanding Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool on
the first day of the month in which the Distribution Date occurs,
as specified in the amortization schedule at the time applicable
thereto, after adjustment for previous principal prepayments and
the principal portion of Debt Service Reductions after the
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount has been reduced to zero, but
before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of
any other bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or
similar waiver or grace period;
(2) the related
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance
of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool which was the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full received by the Master
Servicer during the related Prepayment Period;
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(3) the related
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) all partial
Principal Prepayments received in respect of each Mortgage Loan in
the related Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment Period, (b)
all Unanticipated Recoveries received in respect of each Mortgage
Loan in the related Mortgage Pool during the calendar month prior
to such Distribution Date, and (c) on the Senior Final Distribution
Date, 100% of any related Senior Optimal Principal Amount remaining
undistributed on such date;
(4) the amount, if
any, by which the sum of (a) the net Liquidation Proceeds allocable
to principal received during the related Prepayment Period in
respect of each Liquidated Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Pool, other than Mortgage Loans described in clause (b), and (b)
the principal balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Pool that was purchased by a private mortgage insurer during the
related Prepayment Period as an alternative to paying a claim under
the related Insurance Policy exceeds (c) the sum of the amounts
distributable to the Senior Certificateholders under clause (4) of
the definition of applicable Senior Optimal Principal Amount on
such Distribution Date; and
(5) the related
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Pool which was repurchased by the seller in connection with such
Distribution Date and (b) the difference, if any, between the
Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool that has been replaced by the seller with a
Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement in connection
with such Distribution Date and the Stated Principal Balance of
each such Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Subordinated Percentage: For any Distribution
Date and each Certificate Group, 100% minus the related Senior
Percentage.
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage: For any
Distribution Date and each Certificate Group, 100% minus the
related Senior Prepayment Percentage.
Subservicer: Any person to whom the Master
Servicer has contracted for the servicing of all or a portion of
the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan
substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must,
on the date of such substitution, as confirmed in a Request for
Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit L, (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 an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate
not lower than the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, provided that the Master Servicing Fee for the
Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be equal to or greater than that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a maximum mortgage rate not
more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the maximum mortgage
rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a minimum mortgage
rate specified in its related Mortgage Note not more than 1% per
annum higher or lower than the minimum mortgage rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (v) have the same mortgage index, reset period and
periodic rate as the Deleted Mortgage Loan and a gross margin not
more than 1% per annum higher or lower than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan (vi) be accruing interest at a rate no lower than and
not more than 1% per annum higher than, that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vii) have a remaining term to
maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than that
of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (viii) not be a Cooperative Loan
unless the Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan and (ix)
comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section
2.3 hereof.
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Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning
ascribed to such term pursuant to Section 2.3.
Super Senior Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Super Senior Support Certificates: Not
applicable.
Support Classes: Not applicable.
Targeted Balances: Not applicable.
Targeted Principal Classes: Not
applicable.
Tax Matters Person: The person designated as "tax
matters person" in the manner provided under Treasury regulation
§ 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulation § 301.6231(a)(7)-1.
Initially, the Tax Matters Person shall be the Trustee.
Tax Matters Person Certificate: The Class I-A-R
Certificates with a Denomination of $0.01.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale
of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created
hereunder consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and
principal received on or with respect thereto after the Cut-off
Date to the extent not applied in computing the Cut-off Date
Principal Balance thereof; (ii) all of the Depositor’s rights
as purchaser under the MLPA; (iii) the Certificate Account and the
Distribution Account and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iv) property that
secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure,
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; and (v) all proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
foregoing.
Trustee: The Bank of New York and its successors
and, if a successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such
successor.
Trustee Fee: As to any Distribution Date and a
Mortgage Pool, an amount equal to one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee
Rate multiplied by the applicable Pool Principal Balance with
respect to such Distribution Date.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the per annum rate agreed upon in writing on or prior to the
Closing Date by the Trustee and the Depositor.
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Unanticipated Recovery: As defined in Section
4.2(h).
Undercollateralization Distribution: As defined
in Section 4.2(i).
Undercollateralized Group: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Senior Certificates of any Certificate Group
as to which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof,
after giving effect to distributions pursuant to Section 4.2(a) on
such date, is greater than the Pool Principal Balance of the
related Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date.
Underwriter: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Underwriters’ Exemption: An individual
administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of Labor to
the Underwriter providing exceptions from some of the prohibited
transaction rules of ERISA with respect to the initial purchase,
the holding and the subsequent resale by employee benefit plans in
certificates in pass-through trusts having assets and meeting
conditions described therein, as amended by Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 2000-58 (65 Fed. Reg. 67765, November 13, 2000), as
amended, and Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41 (67 Fed. Reg.
54487, August 22, 2002), as amended (or any successor thereto), or
any substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the
U.S. Department of Labor.
Upper REMIC: The segregated pool of assets
consisting of the Middle REMIC Interests.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights
of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate.
As of any date of determination, (a) 97.0% of all Voting Rights
will be allocated among all Holders of the Certificates (other than
the Notional Amount Certificates and Class I-A-R Certificates) in
proportion to their then outstanding Class Certificate Balance; (b)
2.0% of all Voting Rights will be allocated to the Holders of the
Notional Amount Certificates; and (c) 1.0% of all Voting Rights
will be allocated to the Holders of the Class I-A-R Certificates
(such Voting Rights to be allocated among the Holders of
Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests).
Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: For
a Mortgage Pool, the average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of
the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group, weighted on the basis
of the Stated Principal Balances thereof.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Depositor,
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells,
transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without recourse, all
the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust
Fund together with (i) the Depositor’s right to (A)
require the Seller to cure any breach of a representation or
warranty made by the Seller pursuant to the MLPA, or (B) repurchase
or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance
herewith, and (ii) all right, title and interest of the
Depositor in, to and under the Servicing Agreement, which right has
been assigned to the Depositor pursuant to the MLPA.
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(b) In connection
with the transfer and assignment set forth in clause (a) above, the
Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee or
the Custodian on its behalf (or, in the case of the Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loans, will deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf within thirty (30) days
following the Closing Date) for the benefit of the
Certificateholders the following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) (A) the original
Mortgage Note endorsed by manual or facsimile signature in blank in
the following form: "Pay to the order of _________, without
recourse," with all intervening endorsements showing a complete
chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person endorsing
the Mortgage Note (each such endorsement being sufficient to
transfer all right, title and interest of the party so endorsing,
as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note);
or
(B) with respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a
lost note affidavit from the Seller
stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost or
destroyed, together with a copy of
such Mortgage Note;
(ii) except as
provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such
Mortgage certified by the Seller as being a true and complete copy
of the Mortgage, and in the case of each MERS Mortgage Loan, the
original recorded 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, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by
the Seller as being a true and complete copy of the
Mortgage;
(iii) in the case of
a Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed
assignment of the Mortgage, or a copy of such assignment certified
by the Seller as being a true and complete copy of the assignment,
in blank (which may be included in a blanket assignment or
assignments), together with, except as provided below, all interim
recorded assignments, or copies of such interim assignments
certified by the Seller as being true and complete copies of the
interim assignments, of such Mortgage (each such assignment, when
duly and validly completed, to be in recordable form and sufficient
to effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof,
under the Mortgage to which the assignment relates); provided that,
if the related Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable
public recording office, such assignment of the Mortgage may
exclude the information to be provided by the recording
office;
(iv) the original or
copies of each assumption, modification, written assurance or
substitution agreement, if any;
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(v) either the
original or duplicate original title policy, or a copy of such
title policy certified by the Seller as being a true and complete
copy of the title policy (including all riders thereto), with
respect to the related Mortgaged Property, if available, provided
that the title policy (including all riders thereto) will be
delivered as soon as it becomes available, and if the title policy
is not available, and to the extent required pursuant to the second
paragraph below or otherwise in connection with the rating of the
Certificates, a written commitment or interim binder or preliminary
report of the title issued by the title insurance or escrow company
with respect to the Mortgaged Property, or in lieu thereof, an
Alternative Title Product or a copy of such Alternative Title
Product certified by the Seller as being a true and complete copy
of the Alternative Title Product; and
(vi) in the case of
a Cooperative Loan, the originals of the following documents or
instruments:
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The Coop Shares, together with a stock power in
blank;
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(B)
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The executed Security Agreement;
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(C)
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The executed Proprietary Lease;
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(D)
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The executed Recognition Agreement;
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(E)
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The executed UCC-1 financing statement with
evidence of recording thereon which have been filed in all places
required to perfect the Seller’s interest in the Coop Shares
and the Proprietary Lease; and
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(F)
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Executed UCC-3 financing statements or other
appropriate UCC financing statements required by state law,
evidencing a complete and unbroken line from the mortgagee to the
Trustee with evidence of recording thereon (or in a form suitable
for recordation).
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In the event that in connection with any Mortgage
Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan the Depositor cannot deliver
(a) the original recorded Mortgage or (b) all interim recorded
assignments satisfying the requirements of clause (ii) or (iii)
above, respectively, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof because such document or documents have not been returned
from the applicable public recording office, the Depositor shall
promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf such original Mortgage or such interim
assignment, as the case may be, with evidence of recording
indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from the public recording
office, or a copy thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the
relevant recording office, but in no event shall any such delivery
of the original Mortgage and each such interim assignment or a copy
thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording
office, be made later than one year following the Closing Date;
provided, however, in the event the Depositor is unable to deliver
or cause to be delivered by such date each Mortgage and each such
interim assignment by reason of the fact that any such documents
have not been returned by the appropriate recording office, or, in
the case of each such interim assignment, because the related
Mortgage has not been returned by the appropriate recording office,
the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered such documents
to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf as promptly as
possible upon receipt thereof and, in any event, within 720 days
following the Closing Date. The Depositor shall forward or cause to
be forwarded to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf (a) from
time to time additional original documents evidencing an assumption
or modification of a Mortgage Loan and (b) any other documents
required to be delivered by the Depositor or the Master Servicer to
the Trustee. In the event that the original Mortgage is not
delivered and in connection with the payment in full of the related
Mortgage Loan and the public recording office requires the
presentation of a "lost instruments affidavit and indemnity" or any
equivalent document, because only a copy of the Mortgage can be
delivered with the instrument of satisfaction or reconveyance, the
Master Servicer shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed
and delivered such a document to the public recording office. In
the case where a public recording office retains the original
recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after
recordation in a public recording office, the Depositor shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded Mortgage.
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In addition, in the event that in connection with
any Mortgage Loan the Depositor cannot deliver or cause to be
delivered the original or duplicate original lender’s title
policy (together with all riders thereto), satisfying the
requirements of clause (v) above, concurrently with the execution
and delivery hereof because the related Mortgage has not been
returned from the applicable public recording office, the Depositor
shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or
the Custodian on its behalf such original or duplicate original
lender’s title policy (together with all riders thereto) upon
receipt thereof from the applicable title insurer, but in no event
shall any such delivery of the original or duplicate original
lender’s title policy be made later than one year following
the Closing Date; provided, however, in the event the Depositor is
unable to deliver or cause to be delivered by such date the
original or duplicate original lender’s title policy
(together with all riders thereto) because the related Mortgage has
not been returned by the appropriate recording office, the
Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered such documents to
the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf as promptly as possible
upon receipt thereof and, in any event, within 720 days following
the Closing Date; provided further, however, that the Depositor
shall not be required to deliver an original or duplicate
lender’s title policy (together with all riders thereto) if
the Depositor delivers an Alternative Title Product in lieu
thereof. Notwithstanding the preceding, in connection with any
Mortgage Loan for which either the original or duplicate original
title policy has not been delivered to the Trust, if at any time
during the term of this Agreement the parent company of the Seller
does not have a long term senior debt rating of A- or higher from
S&P and A- or higher from Fitch (if rated by Fitch), then the
Depositor shall within 30 days deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf (if it has not
previously done so) a written commitment or interim binder or
preliminary report of the title issued by the title insurance or
escrow company with respect to the Mortgaged Property.
Subject to the immediately following sentence, as
promptly as practicable subsequent to such transfer and assignment,
and in any event, within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Master
Servicer shall (i) complete each assignment of Mortgage, as
follows: "First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2006-AR4, The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the
Certificates", (ii) cause such assignment to be in proper form for
recording in the appropriate public office for real property
records and (iii) cause to be delivered for recording in the
appropriate public office for real property records the assignments
of the Mortgages to the Trustee, except that, with respect to any
assignments of Mortgage as to which the Master Servicer has not
received the information required to prepare such assignment in
recordable form, the Master Servicer’s obligation to do so
and to deliver the same for such recording shall be as soon as
practicable after receipt of such information and in any event
within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Master Servicer need not cause to be recorded any
assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan in any state other than
the Required Recordation States.
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In the case of Mortgage Loans that have been
prepaid in full as of the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of
delivering the above documents to the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf, will deposit in the Certificate Account the portion of
such payment that is required to be deposited in the Certificate
Account pursuant to Section 3.8 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, within thirty days after the Closing Date, the Depositor
shall either (i) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or
the Custodian on its behalf the Mortgage File as required pursuant
to this Section 2.1 for each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii)
(A) substitute or cause to be substituted a Substitute Mortgage
Loan for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B) repurchase or
cause to be repurchased the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, which
substitution or repurchase shall be accomplished in the manner and
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.3 (treating each
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as a Deleted Mortgage Loan for
purposes of such Section 2.3), provided, however, that if the
Depositor fails to deliver a Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loan within the thirty-day period provided in the prior
sentence, the Depositor shall use its best reasonable efforts to
effect or cause to be effected a substitution, rather than a
repurchase of, such Deleted Mortgage Loan and provided further that
the cure period provided for in Section 2.2 or in Section 2.3 shall
not apply to the initial delivery of the Mortgage File for such
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but rather the Depositor shall have
five (5) Business Days to cure or cause to be cured such failure to
deliver. At the end of such thirty-day period, the Trustee or the
Custodian, on its behalf shall send a Delay Delivery Certification
for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans delivered during such
thirty-day period in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, none of the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund is or will
be Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 2.2 Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
The Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, acknowledges receipt of the documents identified in the
Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E and
declares that it or the Custodian holds and will hold such
documents and the other documents delivered to it or the Custodian,
as applicable, constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it or the
Custodian, as applicable, holds or will hold such other assets as
are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and
benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee
acknowledges that the Custodian will maintain possession of the
Mortgage Notes in the State of Texas, unless otherwise permitted by
the Rating Agencies.
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The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver or to
cause the Custodian to execute and deliver on the Closing Date to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer an Initial Certification in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E. Based on its or the
Custodian’s review and examination, and only as to the
documents identified in such Initial Certification, the Custodian,
on behalf of the Trustee, acknowledges that such documents appear
regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan. Neither the
Trustee nor the Custodian shall be under any duty or obligation to
inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that the same are
genuine, 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 or about the thirtieth (30th) day after the
Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver or shall cause the
Custodian to deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a
Delay Delivery Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
F, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the
Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund is or will be Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loans.
Not later than 90 days after the Closing Date,
the Trustee shall deliver or shall cause the Custodian to deliver
to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a Subsequent Certification
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon.
If, in the course of such review, the Trustee or
the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, finds any document
constituting a part of a Mortgage File which does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.1, the Trustee shall list or shall cause
the Custodian to list such as an exception in the Subsequent
Certification; provided, however that neither the Trustee nor the
Custodian shall make any determination as to whether (i) any
endorsement is sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest
of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in
and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in recordable
form or is sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to
the assignee thereof under the mortgage to which the assignment
relates. The Seller shall promptly correct or cure such defect
within 90 days from the date it was so notified of such defect and,
if the Seller does not correct or cure such defect within such
period, the Seller shall either (a) substitute for the related
Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall
be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set
forth in Section 2.3, or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the
Trustee within 90 days from the date the Seller was notified of
such defect in writing at the Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan;
provided, however, that in no event shall such substitution or
purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date, except
that if the substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this provision is required by reason of a delay in delivery of any
documents by the appropriate recording office, and there is a
dispute between either the Master Servicer or the Seller and the
Trustee over the location or status of the recorded document, then
such substitution or purchase shall occur within 720 days from the
Closing Date. The Trustee shall deliver or shall cause the
Custodian to deliver written notice to each Rating Agency within
270 days from the Closing Date indicating each Mortgage Loan (a)
which has not been returned by the appropriate recording office or
(b) as to which there is a dispute as to location or status of such
Mortgage Loan. Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days
thereafter until the related Mortgage Loan is returned to the
Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf. Any such substitution
pursuant to (a) above or purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not
be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of
Counsel required by Section 2.5 hereof, if any, and any
substitution pursuant to (a) above shall not be effected prior to
the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release
substantially in the form of Exhibit L. No substitution is
permitted to be made in any calendar month after the Determination
Date for such month. The Purchase Price for any such Mortgage Loan
shall be deposited by the Seller in the Certificate Account on or
prior to the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution
Date in the month following the month of repurchase and, upon
receipt of such deposit and certification with respect thereto in
the form of Exhibit M hereto (delivery of which to the Custodian
will be by electronic data transmission or email), the Trustee
shall cause the Custodian to release the related Mortgage File to
the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller’s
request such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the
Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to
vest in the Seller, or a designee, the Trustee’s interest in
any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto. If pursuant to the
foregoing provisions the Seller repurchases a Mortgage Loan that is
a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall either (i) cause
MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in
recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Seller
and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration on
the MERS® System in accordance with MERS’ rules and
regulations or (ii) cause MERS to designate on the MERS®
System the Seller as the beneficial holder of such Mortgage
Loan.
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The Trustee shall retain or shall cause the
Custodian to retain possession and custody of each Mortgage File in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee
or the Custodian on its behalf, upon the execution or receipt
thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments
constituting the Mortgage File as come into the possession of the
Master Servicer from time to time.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation
of the Seller to substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan
which does not meet the requirements of Section 2.1 above shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such defect available to the
Trustee, the Depositor and any Certificateholder against the
Seller.
The mortgage loans permitted by the terms of this
Agreement to be included in the Trust Fund are limited to (i) the
Mortgage Loans (which the Depositor acquired pursuant to the MLPA,
which contains, among other representations and warranties, a
representation and warranty of the Seller that no Mortgage Loan is
a "high cost loan" as defined by the specific applicable local,
state or federal predatory and abusive lending laws, and (ii)
Substitute Mortgage Loans (which, by definition as set forth in
this Agreement and referred to in the MLPA, are required to conform
to, among other representations and warranties, a representation
and warranty of the Seller set forth in the MLPA that no Substitute
Mortgage Loan is a "high cost loan" as defined by the specific
applicable local, state or federal predatory and abusive lending
laws). It is therefore understood and agreed by the parties hereto
that it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the
Trust Fund that is a "high cost loan" as defined in the applicable
local, state or federal predatory and abusive lending
laws.
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SECTION 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer;
Covenants of the Seller.
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(a)
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The Master Servicer hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in Schedule II hereto and
by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of
the Cut-off Date.
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(b)
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Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a
breach of a representation or warranty made pursuant to Schedule B
to the MLPA that materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering
such breach shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties.
The Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days of the earlier of
its discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party of a
breach of any representation or warranty made pursuant to Schedule
B to the MLPA which materially and adversely affects the interests
of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such
breach in all material respects, and if such breach is not so
cured, shall, (i) if such 90-day period expires prior to the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a
"Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and substitute in its
place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the
affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the
Purchase Price in the manner set forth below; provided, however,
that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be
effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of
Counsel required by Section 2.5 hereof, if any, and any such
substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to
the additional delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian on its
behalf of a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit M (delivery of which to the Custodian will be by electronic
data transmission or email) and the Mortgage File for any such
Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall promptly reimburse the
Master Servicer and the Trustee for any expenses reasonably
incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of
enforcing the remedies for such breach. With respect to the
representations and warranties described in this Section which are
made to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, if it is
discovered by either the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee that
the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and
such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the
related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders
therein, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack of knowledge with
respect to the substance of such representation or warranty, such
inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable
representation or warranty.
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With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, the Seller shall deliver to the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf for the benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and
such other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.1,
with the Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as
required by Section 2.1. No substitution is permitted to be made in
any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month.
Scheduled Payments due with respect to Substitute Mortgage Loans in
the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and
will be retained by the Seller on the next succeeding Distribution
Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the monthly payment due on any
Deleted Mortgage Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller
shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage
Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect
the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of
the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Master Servicer shall
deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon
such substitution, the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be
subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the
Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the
representations and warranties made pursuant to Schedule B to the
MLPA with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution
and the deposit to the Certificate Account of the amount required
to be deposited therein in connection with such substitution as
described in the following paragraph, the Trustee shall, upon the
delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release in the form of
Exhibit L, release or shall cause the Custodian to release the
Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders
relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and shall
execute and deliver at the Seller’s direction such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in
each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in
the Seller, or its designee, the Trustee’s interest in any
Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section
2.3.
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For any month in which the Seller substitutes one
or more Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage
Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by
which the aggregate principal balance of all such Substitute
Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage
Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the
monthly payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of
such shortage (the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus an amount
equal to the aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances with respect to
such Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be deposited in the Certificate
Account by the Seller on or before the Distribution Account Deposit
Date for the Distribution Date in the month succeeding the calendar
month during which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be
purchased or replaced hereunder.
In the event that the Seller shall have
repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price therefor shall be
deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.5 on or
before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution
Date in the month following the month during which the Seller
became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace such Mortgage
Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the delivery of
the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.5 and receipt of a
Request for Release in the form of Exhibit M hereto, the Trustee
shall release or shall cause the Custodian to release the related
Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to
such Person, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver or shall
cause the Custodian to execute and deliver at such Person’s
direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by
such Person, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary
to transfer title from the Trustee. It is understood and agreed
that the obligation under this Agreement of the Seller to cure,
repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against
the Seller respecting such breach available to Certificateholders,
the Depositor or the Trustee on their behalf.
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After giving effect to the sale of the
Certificates by the Depositor to the Underwriter, and thereafter,
so long as any Certificates remain outstanding, the Seller, its
affiliates and agents, collectively, shall not beneficially own
Certificates the aggregate fair value of which would represent 90%
or more of the beneficial interests in the Trust Fund.
The representations and warranties made pursuant
to this Section 2.3 shall survive delivery of the respective
Mortgage Files to the Trustee or the Custodian for the benefit of
the Certificateholders.
SECTION 2.4 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the
Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to
the Trustee with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the date
hereof or such other date set forth herein that as of the Closing
Date, and following the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to it
pursuant to the MLPA and immediately prior to the conveyance of the
Mortgage Loans by it to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.1(a)
hereof, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage Loans and the
Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, defenses or
counterclaims.
It is understood and agreed that the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.4 shall
survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee. Upon
discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations and warranties set forth in this Section
2.4 (referred to herein as a "breach"), which breach materially and
adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
others and to each Rating Agency.
SECTION 2.5 Delivery
of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions.
(a) Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, no substitution pursuant
to Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 shall be made more than 90 days after
the Closing Date unless the Depositor delivers to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the
expense of either the Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the
Trustee, to the effect that such substitution will not (i) result
in the imposition of the tax on "prohibited transactions" on the
Trust Fund or contributions after the Startup Date, as defined in
Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively, or (ii)
cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
(b) Upon discovery
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering
such fact shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business
Days of discovery) give written notice thereof to the other
parties. In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require the
Depositor to cause the Seller, pursuant to the MLPA and at the
Seller’s option, to either (i) substitute, if the conditions
in Section 2.3(b) with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a
Substitute Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii)
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of such
discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a
breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.3.
The Trustee shall reconvey or shall cause the Custodian to reconvey
to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in
the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would
a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or
warranty contained in Section 2.3.
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SECTION 2.6 Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and
assignment to it of the Trust Fund and, concurrently with such
transfer and assignment, has executed and delivered to or upon the
order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized
denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust
Fund and exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of
all present and future Holders of the Certificates and to perform
the duties set forth in this Agreement to the best of its ability,
to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Certificates
may be adequately and effectively protected.
SECTION 2.7 REMIC
Matters.
The Preliminary Statement sets forth the "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all
REMIC regular interests created hereby.
The assets of the Lower REMIC shall be as set
forth in the definition thereof. Each interest identified in the
first table below by a designation beginning with "L" shall be a
"regular interest" in the Lower REMIC and a Lower REMIC Interest,
and the RL Interest shall be the sole class of residual interest in
the Lower REMIC. The Lower REMIC Interests shall be uncertificated
and shall be held by the Trustee as assets of the Middle
REMIC.
The assets of the Middle REMIC shall be as set
forth in the definition thereof. Each interest identified in the
second table below by a designation beginning with "M" shall be a
"regular interest" in the Middle REMIC and a Middle REMIC Interest,
and the RM Interest shall be the sole class of residual interest in
the Middle REMIC. The Middle REMIC Interests shall be
uncertificated and shall be held by the Trustee as assets of the
Upper REMIC.
The assets of the Upper REMIC shall be as set
forth in the definition thereof. The Regular Certificates shall
represent "regular interests" in the Upper REMIC. The RU Interest
shall be the sole class of residual interest in the Upper REMIC.
The Class I-A-R Certificate shall represent ownership of the
RL Interest, RM Interest and RU Interest.
The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions for each REMIC hereunder shall be the Closing Date. The
Tax Matters Person with respect to each REMIC hereunder shall be
the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax Matters Person
Certificate. Each REMIC’s taxable year shall be the calendar
year and its accounts shall be maintained using the accrual
method.
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Lower REMIC Interest or
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Lower REMIC Interest
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Lower REMIC Interest
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Corresponding Class of Middle
REMIC Interests
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Residual
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Balance
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Rate
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Interest
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Principal
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L-I-A-1
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$
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87,843.86
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(2
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)
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(1
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)
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(1
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)
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L-I-A-2
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$
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9,760.43
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(2
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)
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(1
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)
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(1
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)
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L-I-ZZZ
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$
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260,185,924.64
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(2
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)
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(1
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(1
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RL
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$
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0.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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L-II-A-1
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$
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20,641.49
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(3
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
L-II-A-2
|
|
$
|
2,293.50
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
L-II-ZZZ
|
|
$
|
61,133,563.54
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
L-III-A-1
|
|
$
|
9,489.56
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
L-III-A-2
|
|
$
|
1,054.40
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
L-III-ZZZ
|
|
$
|
28,094,851.64
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
349,545,423.06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) The Lower REMIC
Interest L-I-A-1, Lower REMIC Interest L-I-A-2 and Lower REMIC
Interest L-I-ZZZ shall be Corresponding Classes to these classes of
Middle REMIC Interests: M-I-A-1, M-I-A-RU, M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3,
M-B-4, M-B-5 and M-B-6 (provided that with respect to M-B-1, M-B-2,
M-B-3, M-B-4, M-B-5 and M-B-6, such Lower REMIC Interests shall
only correspond to the portion supported by Pool I). The Lower
REMIC Interest L-II-A-1, Lower REMIC L-II-A-2 and Lower REMIC
Interest L-II-ZZZ shall be Corresponding Classes to these classes
of Middle REMIC Interests: M-II-A-1, M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4,
M-B-5 and M-B-6 (provided that with respect to M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3,
M-B-4, M-B-5 and M-B-6, such Lower REMIC Interests shall only
correspond to the portion supported by Pool II). The Lower REMIC
Interest L-III-A-1, Lower REMIC Interest L-III-A-2 and Lower REMIC
Interest L-III-ZZZ shall be Corresponding Classes to these classes
of Middle REMIC Interests: M-III-A-1, M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4,
M-B-5 and M-B-6 (provided that with respect to M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3,
M-B-4, M-B-5 and M-B-6, such Lower REMIC Interests shall only
correspond to the portion supported by Pool III).
(2) The Lower REMIC
Interest Rate for the Lower REMIC Interest L-I-A-1, L-I-A-2 and
L-I-ZZZ will equal the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate
for Pool I.
(3) The Lower REMIC
Interest Rate for the Lower REMIC Interest L-II-A-1, L-II-A-2 and
L-II-ZZZ will equal the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate
for Pool II.
(4) The Lower REMIC
Interest Rate for the Lower REMIC Interest L-III-A-1, L-III-A-2 and
L-III-ZZZ will equal the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate for Pool III.
"L1 Interests" refers to the L-I-A-1 Lower REMIC
Interest, the L-II-A-1 Lower REMIC Interests, and the L-III-A-1
Lower REMIC Interest. "L2 Interests" refers to the L-I-A-2 Lower
REMIC Interest, L-II-A-2 Lower REMIC Interest, and the L-III-A-2
Lower REMIC Interest. "LZZZ Interests" refers to L-I-ZZZ Lower
REMIC Interest, L-II-ZZZ Lower REMIC Interest, and the L-III-ZZZ
Lower REMIC Interest. Each L1 Interest shall have a principal
balance initially equal to 0.9% of the Group Subordinate Amount of
its corresponding Mortgage Pool. Each L2 Interest shall have a
principal balance initially equal to 0.1% of the Group Subordinate
Amount of its corresponding Mortgage Pool. The initial principal
balance of each LZZZ Interest shall equal the excess of the
Pool Principal Balance of its corresponding Mortgage Pool over the
sum of the initial principal balances of the L1 Interests and L2
Interests corresponding to such Mortgage Pool.
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Unless a Cross-over Situation (as defined below)
exists, principal and Realized Losses arising with respect to each
Mortgage Pool shall be allocated first to cause the L1 and L2
Interests corresponding to such Mortgage Pool to equal 0.9% and
0.1% of the Group Subordinate Amount of such Mortgage Pool as of
such Distribution Date (after distributions of principal and
allocation of Realized Losses are made) and all excess principal
and Realized Losses shall be allocated to the LZZZ Interest
corresponding to such Mortgage Pool. A L1, L2 or LZZZ Interest that
is allocated principal on any Distribution Date shall receive such
principal, and have its principal balance reduced by the amount of
such principal, on such Distribution Date. Similarly, a L1, L2 or
LZZZ Interest that is allocated a Realized Loss on any Distribution
Date shall have its principal balance reduced by the amount of such
Realized Loss on such Distribution Date.
A "Cross-over Situation" exists if on any
Distribution Date (after taking into account distributions of
principal and allocations of Realized Losses on such Distribution
Date) the L1 and L2 Interests corresponding to any Mortgage Pool
are in the aggregate less than 1% of the Group Subordinate Amount
of the corresponding Mortgage Pool. If a Cross-over Situation
exists on any Distribution Date, and the weighted average interest
rate of the outstanding L1 and L2 Interests is less than the
Pass-Through Rate for any Class of Subordinate Certificates for the
following Distribution Date, a Principal Reallocation Payment (as
defined below) shall be made proportionately to the outstanding L1
Interests prior to any other distributions of principal from each
such Mortgage Pool so that the Calculation Rate equals the
Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Subordinate Certificates. If a
Cross-over Situation exists on any Distribution Date, and the
weighted average rate of the outstanding L1 and L2 Interests is
greater than the Pass-Through Rate for any Class of Subordinate
Certificates for the following Distribution Date, a Principal
Reallocation Payment shall be made proportionately to the
outstanding L2 Interests prior to any other distributions of
principal from each such Mortgage Pool so that the Calculation Rate
equals the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Subordinate
Certificates. A "Principal Reallocation Payment" is a distribution
of the minimum amount of principal that causes the Calculation Rate
(as defined below) with respect to the outstanding L1 and L2
Interests to equal the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of
Subordinate Certificates. The "Calculation Rate" shall equal the
product of (i) 10 and (ii) the weighted average interest rate of
the outstanding L1 and L2 Interests, treating each L1 Interest as
capped at zero or reduced by a fixed percentage of 100% of the
interest accruing on such class. Principal Reallocation Payments
shall be made from principal received on the Mortgage Loans from a
Mortgage Pool and shall also consist of a proportionate allocation
of Realized Losses from the Mortgage Loans of a Mortgage Pool. For
purposes of making Principal Reallocation Payments, to the extent
that the principal received during the applicable collection period
from the related Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools and related
Realized Losses are insufficient to make the necessary reduction of
principal, then interest shall accrue on the LZZZ Interest (and be
added to its principal balance) of the related Mortgage Pool or
Mortgage Pools to allow the necessary Principal Reallocation
Payment to be made. The Calculation Rate is designed to always
equal the Pass-Through Rate of each Class of Subordinated
Certificates.
49
If a Cross-over Situation exists, the aggregate
principal balances of the outstanding L1 and L2 Interests of all of
the Mortgage Pools shall not be reduced below one percent of the
aggregate Pool Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Pools for
the following Distribution Date in excess of the Senior
Certificates as of the related Distribution Date (after taking into
account distributions of principal and allocations of Realized
Losses on such Distribution Date). To the extent this limitation
prevents the distribution of principal to the L1 and L2 Interests
of a Mortgage Pool and the related LZZZ Interest has already been
reduced to zero, such excess principal from such Mortgage Pool
shall be paid proportionately to the LZZZ Interests of the Mortgage
Pool or Mortgage Pools whose aggregate L1 and L2 Interests are less
than one percent of the Group Subordinate Amount. Any such
shortfall as a result of the Mortgage Pool receiving the extra
payment having a Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate lower
than the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools from which the payment was
reallocated shall be treated as a Realized Loss and if excess
arises as result of the Mortgage Pool receiving the extra payment
having a Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate higher than
the Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools from which the payment was
reallocated it shall reimburse the Middle REMIC for prior Realized
Losses. If on any Distribution Date, the L1 Interest or L2 Interest
remains outstanding after the related Pool Principal Balance is at
zero as of the beginning of the Accrual Period corresponding to
such Distribution Date, their Lower REMIC Interest Rate shall be
the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage
Pool with the lowest Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate
that remains outstanding and the excess of interest at the
Pass-Through Rate for the Subordinated Certificates over interest
at such Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate shall be
treated as paid from Lower REMIC to the Middle REMIC as
reimbursement for prior Realized Losses.
|
Middle
REMIC Interest or
|
|
Middle REMIC Interest
|
|
Middle REMIC Interest
|
|
Corresponding Class or
Interest
|
|
|
Residual
|
|
Balance
|
|
Rate
|
|
Interest
|
|
Principal
|
|
|
M-I-A-1
|
|
$
|
250,523,000.00
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
I-A-1, I-A-2, I-A-3,
I-A-IO
|
|
|
I-A-1, I-A-2, I-A-3
|
|
|
M-I-A-RU
|
|
$
|
100.00
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
RU Interest
|
|
|
RU Interest
|
|
|
M-II-A-1
|
|
$
|
58,863,000.00
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
II-A-1, II-A-2, II-A-IO
|
|
|
II-A-1, II-A-2
|
|
|
M-III-A-1
|
|
$
|
27,051,000.00
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
III-A-1
|
|
|
III-A-1
|
|
|
M-B-1
|
|
$
|
7,515,000.00
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
B-1
|
|
|
B-1
|
|
|
M-B-2
|
|
$
|
2,097,000.00
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
B-2
|
|
|
B-2
|
|
|
M-B-3
|
|
$
|
1,399,000.00
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
B-3
|
|
|
B-3
|
|
|
M-B-4
|
|
$
|
699,000.00
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
B-4
|
|
|
B-4
|
|
|
M-B-5
|
|
$
|
699,000.00
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
B-5
|
|
|
B-5
|
|
|
M-B-6
|
|
$
|
699,323.06
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
B-6
|
|
|
B-6
|
|
|
RM
|
|
$
|
0.00
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
349,545,423.06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) The Middle REMIC Interest Rate for the Middle
REMIC Interest M-I-A-1and M-I-A-RU will be equal to the interest
rate on Lower REMIC Interest L-I-ZZZ.
(2) The Middle REMIC Interest Rate for the Middle
REMIC Interest M-II-A-1 will be equal to the interest rate on Lower
REMIC Interest L-II-ZZZ.
(3) The Middle REMIC Interest Rate for the Middle
REMIC Interest M-III-A-1 will be equal to the interest rate on
Lower REMIC Interest L-III-ZZZ.
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(4) The Middle REMIC Interest Rate for the Middle
REMIC Interest M-B-1, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-2, Middle REMIC
Interest M-B-3, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-4, Middle REMIC Interest
M-B-5, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-6 shall equal the Calculation Rate
as defined in this Section 2.7. The Pass-Through Rate on each Class
of Subordinated Certificates is variable and will be equal to the
weighted average of the Middle REMIC Interest Rates on Middle REMIC
Interest M-B-1, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-2, Middle REMIC Interest
M-B-3, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-4, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-5,
Middle REMIC Interest M-B-6, weighted on the basis of the principal
balance of each such Middle REMIC Interest.
On each Distribution Date Available Funds shall
be distributed with respect to the Middle REMIC Interests in a
manner such that:
interest accrued, if any, on each Middle REMIC
Interest is distributed with respect to each such Middle REMIC
Interest in the same manner that Accrued Certificate Interest is
distributed with respect to the Corresponding Class or Classes of
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.2; and
principal is distributed (and Realized Losses
shall be allocated) with respect to each such Middle REMIC Interest
in the same manner that principal is distributed (and Realized
Losses is allocated) with respect to the Corresponding Classes or
Classes of Certificate pursuant to Section 4.2 and
Section 4.4.
The foregoing REMIC structure is intended to
cause all of the cash from the Mortgage Loans to flow through to
the Upper 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
Trustee shall resolve ambiguities to accomplish such result and
shall 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..
SECTION 2.8 Covenants of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer hereby covenants to the
Depositor and the Trustee as follows:
(a) the Master
Servicer shall comply in the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of the
insurer under each Required Insurance Policy; and
(b) no written
information, certificate of an officer, statement furnished in
writing or written report delivered to the Depositor, any affiliate
of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared by the Master Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
such information, certificate, statement or report not
misleading.
51
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE
LOANS
SECTION 3.1 Master
Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the
Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the terms of (i)
the Servicing Rights Transfer and Subservicing
Agreement, pursuant to which First Tennessee Mortgage Services,
Inc. engaged the Master Servicer to subservice the Mortgage Loans,
(ii) this Agreement and (iii) the customary and usual standards of
practice of prudent mortgage loan servicers; provided that if there
is a conflict between the terms of the Servicing Agreement and the
Servicing Rights Transfer and Subservicing Agreement, on the one
hand, and this Agreement, on the other hand, the terms of this
Agreement shall prevail. In connection with such servicing and
administration, the Master Servicer shall have full power and
authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers as provided in
Section 3.2 hereof, to do or cause to be done any and all things
that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such
servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the
power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee,
customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents,
(ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and
assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only
in the manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect any
Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to
effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the
Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan; provided that the
Master Servicer shall not take any action that is inconsistent with
or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and interests
of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders under this
Agreement. The Master Servicer shall represent and protect the
interests of the Trust Fund in the same manner as it protects its
own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim,
proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan, and shall not
make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any
Mortgage Loan which would cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail
to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax under
Section 860F(a) or Section 860G(d) of the Code. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer, in its own
name or in the name of the Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby
authorized and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee, when the
Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment,
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor,
the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or
discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties held
for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer
shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such
documents requiring execution and delivery by either or both of
them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer
to service and administer the Mortgage Loans to the extent that the
Master Servicer is not permitted to execute and deliver such
documents pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon receipt of such
documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such
documents and deliver them to the Master Servicer. The Master
Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on
behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name
or in the name of the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or the
Subservicer as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best
judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or
cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the
MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee
and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments
of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such
assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS,
solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and
assigns.
52
In accordance with the standards of the preceding
paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be
advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the
payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which
advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related
collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.6, and
further as provided in Section 3.8. The costs incurred by the
Master Servicer, if any, in effecting the timely payments of taxes
and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties and related insurance
premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly
distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated
Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding
that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
SECTION 3.2 Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicers.
(a) The Master
Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan by a
Subservicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement; provided,
however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the
related subservicing agreement must provide for the servicing of
such Mortgage Loans in a manner consistent with the servicing
arrangements contemplated hereunder. Unless the context otherwise
requires, references in this Agreement to actions taken or to be
taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans
include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of
the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
subservicing agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement
relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer
and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a
Subservicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain
obligated and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administration of the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of
such subservicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of
indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and
under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer alone
were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. All actions of
each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related subservicing
agreement shall be performed as an agent of the Master Servicer
with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the
Master Servicer.
(b) For purposes of
this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have
received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to
the Mortgage Loans that are received by a Subservicer regardless of
whether such payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Master
Servicer.
SECTION 3.3 Rights
of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor may, but is not obligated to,
enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder and may,
but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform,
any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer hereunder and in
connection with any such defaulted obligation to exercise the
related rights of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that the
Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations
hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its
designee. Neither the Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any
responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the
Master Servicer nor shall the Trustee or the Depositor be obligated
to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer hereunder or
otherwise.
53
SECTION 3.4 Trustee
to Act as Master Servicer.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall for
any reason no longer be the Master Servicer hereunder (including by
reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its successor shall
thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that the Trustee
shall not be (i) liable for losses of the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.9 hereof or any acts or omissions of the predecessor
Master Servicer hereunder), (ii) obligated to make Advances if it
is prohibited from doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to
effectuate repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder
including, but not limited to, repurchases or substitutions of
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3 hereof, (iv)
responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
2.3 or (v) deemed to have made any representations and warranties
of the Master Servicer hereunder). Any such assumption shall be
subject to Section 7.2 hereof. If the Master Servicer shall for any
reason no longer be the Master Servicer (including by reason of any
Event of Default), the Trustee or its successor shall succeed to
any rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each
subservicing agreement.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the
Trustee, but at the expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the
assuming party all documents and records relating to each
subservicing agreement or substitute subservicing agreement and the
Mortgage Loans then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of
amounts collected or held by it and otherwise use its best efforts
to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the substitute
subservicing agreement to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.5 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account;
Distribution Account.
(a) The Master
Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with the
customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage
servicers to collect all payments called for under the terms and
provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures
shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and
provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy. Consistent
with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i)
waive any late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty
interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and
(ii) extend the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a
period not greater than 180 days; provided, however, that the
Master Servicer cannot extend the maturity of any such Mortgage
Loan past the date on which the final payment is due on the latest
maturing Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date. In the event of any
such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make Advances on the
related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.1 during the scheduled period in accordance with the amortization
schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by
reason of such arrangements. The Master Servicer shall not be
required to institute or join in litigation with respect to
collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note
or otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with
respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that
enforcing the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument
pursuant to which such payment is required is prohibited by
applicable law.
54
(b) The Master
Servicer shall establish and maintain the Certificate Account. The
Certificate Account shall consist of three separate subaccounts,
each of which shall relate to a particular Mortgage Pool. The
Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the
appropriate subaccount of the Certificate Account no later than two
(2) Business Days after receipt, except as otherwise specifically
provided herein, the following payments and collections remitted by
Subservicers or received by it in respect of the Mortgage Loans
subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal
and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date) and the following amounts required to be deposited
hereunder:
(i) all payments on
account of principal on the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage
Pool, including Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on
account of interest on the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage
Pool, net of the related Master Servicing Fee and any Prepayment
Interest Excess;
(iii) all Insurance
Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds in respect of the related
Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool, other than proceeds to
be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property
or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer’s normal servicing procedures;
(iv) any amount
required to be deposited by the Master Servicer in respect of the
related Mortgage Pool pursuant to Section 3.5(c) in connection with
any losses on Permitted Investments;
(v) any amounts
required to be deposited by the Master Servicer in respect of the
related Mortgage Pool pursuant to Section 3.9(b) and
3.9(d);
(vi) any
Substitution Adjustment Amounts or the Purchase Price for any
Deleted Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool;
(vii) all Advances
in respect of the related Mortgage Pool made by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.1; and
(viii) any other
amounts required to be deposited hereunder in respect of the
related Mortgage Pool.
55
In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan
that is subject to a buydown agreement, on each Due Date for such
Mortgage Loan, in addition to the monthly payment remitted by the
Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall cause funds to be deposited
into the applicable subaccount of the Certificate Account in an
amount required to cause an amount of interest to be paid with
respect to such Mortgage Loan equal to the amount of interest that
has accrued on such Mortgage Loan from the preceding Due Date at
the related Adjusted Mortgage Rate on such date.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the
Master Servicer shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed
that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in
the nature of prepayment penalties, late payment charges,
assumption fees or amounts attributable to reimbursements of
Advances, if collected, need not be remitted by the Master
Servicer. In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any
amount not required to be remitted, it may at any time withdraw or
direct the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to
withdraw such amount from the Certificate Account, any provision
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Such withdrawal or
direction may be accomplished by delivering written notice thereof
to the Trustee or such other institution maintaining the
Certificate Account which describes the amounts deposited in error
in the Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall maintain
adequate records with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to
this Section. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall
be held in trust for the Certificateholders until withdrawn in
accordance with Section 3.8.
(c) The Trustee
shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the Certificateholders,
the Distribution Account. The Distribution Account shall consist of
three separate subaccounts, each of which shall relate to a
particular Mortgage Pool. The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt,
deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the
following:
(i) the aggregate
amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the Trustee in respect of
a Mortgage Pool pursuant to Section 3.8(a)(ix);
(ii) any amount
deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.5(c) in
connection with any losses on Permitted Investments; and
(iii) any other
amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be deposited in
the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit
any amount not required to be remitted, it may at any time direct
the Trustee to withdraw such amount from the applicable subaccount
of the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering
an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee which describes the
amounts deposited in error in the Distribution Account. All funds
deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by the Trustee
in trust for the related Certificateholders until disbursed in
accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with
Section 3.8. In no event shall the Trustee incur liability for
withdrawals from the Distribution Account at the direction of the
Master Servicer.
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(iv) The institution
at which the Certificate Account is maintained shall invest funds
as directed by the Master Servicer in Permitted Investments which
shall mature not later than the second Business Day next preceding
the related Distribution Account Deposit Date (except that if such
Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that
maintains such account, then such Permitted Investment shall mature
not later than the Business Day next preceding such Distribution
Account Deposit Date) and, shall not be sold or disposed of prior
to its maturity. If the Master Servicer does not provide such prior
written investment direction, the funds in the Certificate Account
will be held uninvested. All such Permitted Investments shall be
made in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. All income and gain net of any losses realized
from any such investment of funds on deposit in the Certificate
Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer as
servicing compensation. The amount of any losses in the Certificate
Account in respect of any such investments shall promptly be
deposited by the Master Servicer in the Certificate Account. The
funds in the Distribution Account shall be held uninvested. The
Trustee in its fiduciary capacity shall not be liable for the
amount of any loss incurred in respect of any investment or lack of
investment of funds held in the Certificate Account or the
Distribution Account and made in accordance with this Section
3.5.
(v) The Master
Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Seller, each Rating
Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of
the Certificate Account prior to any change thereof. The Trustee
shall give notice to the Master Servicer, the Seller, each Rating
Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of
the Distribution Account prior to any change thereof.
SECTION 3.6 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
Accounts.
(a) To the extent
required by the related Mortgage Note and not violative of current
law, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more
accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and deposit and retain therein
all collections from the Mortgagors (or advances by the Master
Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors.
Nothing herein shall require the Master Servicer to compel a
Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in violation of applicable
law.
(b) Withdrawals of
amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be made only to
effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items,
to reimburse the Master Servicer out of related collections for any
payments made pursuant to Sections 3.1 hereof (with respect to
taxes and assessments and insurance premiums) and 3.9 hereof (with
respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums
determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required by law or
the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to Mortgagors
on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the
Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance
with Section 9.1 hereof. The Escrow Accounts shall not be a part of
the Trust Fund.
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(c) The Master
Servicer shall advance any payments referred to in Section 3.6(a)
that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors on the date when the
tax, premium or other cost for which such payment is intended is
due, but the Master Servicer shall be required so to advance only
to the extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the
Master Servicer, will be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
SECTION 3.7 Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor
and the Trustee reasonable access to all records and documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans and all accounts, insurance
information and other matters relating to this Agreement, such
access being afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours at the office designated
by the Master Servicer.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the
Master Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder or
Certificate Owner which is a savings and loan association, bank or
insurance company certain reports and reasonable access to
information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
sufficient to permit such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to
comply with applicable regulations of the OTS or other regulatory
authorities with respect to investment in the Certificates;
provided that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed by each such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner for
actual expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in providing such
reports and access.
SECTION 3.8 Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and
Distribution Account.
(a) The Master
Servicer may from time to time, or shall (in the case of Section
3.8(a)(ix)), make withdrawals from the applicable subaccount of the
Certificate Account for the following purposes:
(i) to the extent
not previously retained by the Master Servicer, to pay to the
Master Servicer the master servicing compensation to which it is
entitled pursuant to Section 3.14, and earnings on or investment
income with respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate
Account as additional master servicing compensation;
(ii) to the extent
not previously retained by the Master Servicer, to reimburse the
Master Servicer for unreimbursed Advances made by it in respect of
the related Mortgage Pool, such right of reimbursement pursuant to
this subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on the
Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance was
made;
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(iii) to reimburse
the Master Servicer for any Nonrecoverable Advance previously made
in respect of the related Mortgage Pool;
(iv) to reimburse
the Master Servicer for Insured Expenses from the related Insurance
Proceeds in respect of the related Mortgage Pool;
(v) to reimburse the
Master Servicer for (a) unreimbursed Servicing Advances in respect
of the related Mortgage Pool, the Master Servicer’s right to
reimbursement pursuant to this clause (a) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan being limited to amounts received on such Mortgage
Loan(s) which represent late recoveries of the payments for which
such advances were made pursuant to Section 3.1 or Section 3.6 and
(b) for unpaid Master Servicing Fees as provided in Section 3.11
hereof;
(vi) to pay to the
Seller or Master Servicer, as applicable, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan in respect of the related Mortgage Pool or property
acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant to
Section 2.2, 2.3 or 3.11, all amounts received thereon after the
date of such purchase;
(vii) to reimburse
the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Depositor for expenses
incurred by any of them and reimbursable pursuant to Section 6.3
hereof;
(viii) to withdraw
any amount deposited in the Certificate Account and not required to
be deposited therein;
(ix) on or prior to
the Distribution Account Deposit Date, to withdraw an amount equal
to the related Available Funds and the Trustee Fee for such
Distribution Date and remit such amount to the Trustee for deposit
in the Distribution Account; and
(x) to clear and
terminate the Certificate Account upon termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain
separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis and
on a Mortgage Pool-by-Mortgage Pool basis, for the purpose of
justifying any withdrawal from the Certificate Account pursuant to
such subclauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi). Prior to making any
withdrawal from the Certificate Account pursuant to subclause
(iii), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the
amount of any previous Advance determined by the Master Servicer to
be a Nonrecoverable Advance and identifying the related Mortgage
Loans(s), and their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable
Advance.
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(b) The Trustee
shall withdraw funds from the applicable subaccount of the
Distribution Account for distributions to the related
Certificateholders in the manner specified in this Agreement (and
to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of any taxes
that it is authorized to withhold pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may (and with respect to
clause (i) below, shall), prior to making the distribution pursuant
to Section 4.2 from time to time make withdrawals from the
Distribution Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to itself
the Trustee Fee for the related Distribution Date;
(ii) to withdraw and
return to the Master Servicer any amount deposited in the
Distribution Account and not required to be deposited therein;
and
(iii) to clear and
terminate the Distribution Account upon termination of the
Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof.
SECTION 3.9 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary
Insurance Policies.
(a) The Master
Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage Loan,
hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount that is at
least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the
improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (y)
the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (z) an
amount such that the proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to
prevent the Mortgagor and/or the mortgagee from becoming a
co-insurer. Each such policy of standard hazard insurance shall
contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains, a
standard mortgagee clause. Any amounts collected by the Master
Servicer under any such policies (other than the amounts to be
applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged
Property or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the Master Servicer’s normal servicing procedures) shall be
deposited in the applicable subaccount of the Certificate Account.
Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly
distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to the
Trustee for their benefit, be added to the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan
so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer
out of late payments by the related Mortgagor or out of Liquidation
Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.8 hereof. It is
understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional
insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on
property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other than pursuant to
such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the
Mortgaged Property is located at the time of origination of the
Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard area
and such area is participating in the national flood insurance
program, the Master Servicer shall cause flood insurance to be
maintained with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Such flood insurance
shall be in an amount equal to the least of (i) the original
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the
replacement value of the improvements which are part of such
Mortgaged Property, and (iii) the maximum amount of such insurance
available for the related Mortgaged Property under the national
flood insurance program.
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(b) In the event
that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy
insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it
shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as
set forth in the first sentence of this Section, it being
understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible
clause on terms substantially equivalent to those commercially
available and maintained by comparable servicers. If such policy
contains a deductible clause, the Master Servicer shall, in the
event that there shall not have been maintained on the related
Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first sentence of
this Section, and there shall have been a loss that would have been
covered by such policy, deposit in the applicable subaccount of the
Certificate Account the amount not otherwise payable under the
blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In connection
with its activities as Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the
Depositor, and the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket
policy.
(c) The Master
Servicer shall not take any action which would result in
non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any
loss which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer, would have
been covered thereunder. The Master Servicer shall not cancel or
refuse to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy that is in effect
at the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates and is
required to be kept in force hereunder unless the replacement
Primary Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed policy is
maintained with a Qualified Insurer.
The Master Servicer shall not be required to
maintain any Primary Insurance Policy (i) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio less than or equal to 80%
as of any date of determination or, based on a new appraisal, the
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan represents 80% or less of
the new appraised value or (ii) if maintaining such Primary
Insurance Policy is prohibited by applicable law.
The Master Servicer agrees to effect the timely
payment of the premiums on each Primary Insurance Policy, and such
costs not otherwise recoverable shall be recoverable by the Master
Servicer from the related liquidation proceeds.
(d) In connection
with its activities as Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer agrees to present on behalf of itself, the Trustee
and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary
Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such reasonable
action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary
Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Any amounts
collected by the Master Servicer under any Primary Insurance
Policies shall be deposited in the applicable subaccount of the
Certificate Account.
SECTION 3.10 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
(a) Except as
otherwise provided in this Section, when any property subject to a
Mortgage has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer
shall to the extent that it has knowledge of such conveyance,
enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or
Mortgage, to the extent permitted under applicable law and
governmental regulations, but only to the extent that such
enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under
any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Master Servicer is not required to exercise such rights with
respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed
satisfies the terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage Note
and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of the mortgagee under
such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required under
such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In
the event that the Master Servicer is prohibited by law from
enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if coverage under any
Required Insurance Policy would be adversely affected, or if
nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master
Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.10(b), to take or
enter into an assumption and modification agreement from or with
the person to whom such property has been or is about to be
conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan
shall continue to be covered (if so covered before the Master
Servicer enters such agreement) by the applicable Required
Insurance Policies. The Master Servicer, subject to Section
3.10(b), is also authorized with the prior approval of the insurers
under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a substitution
of liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is
substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not
be deemed to be in default under this Section by reason of any
transfer or assumption which the Master Servicer reasonably
believes it is restricted by law from preventing, for any reason
whatsoever.
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(b) Subject to the
Master Servicer’s duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause to
the extent set forth in Section 3.10(a) hereof, in any case in
which a Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a
Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into an assumption agreement
or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage that requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an
instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing
the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause to be prepared and
delivered to the Trustee for signature and shall direct, in
writing, the Trustee to execute the assumption agreement with the
Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such
modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to
carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise
to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the
transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person. In connection
with any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note may
be changed. In addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged
Property must be acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance
with its underwriting standards as then in effect. Together with
each such substitution, assumption or other agreement or instrument
delivered to the Trustee for execution by it, the Master Servicer
shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate signed by a Servicing
Officer stating that the requirements of this subsection have been
met in connection therewith. The Master Servicer shall notify the
Trustee that any such substitution or assumption agreement has been
completed by forwarding to the Trustee the original of such
substitution or assumption agreement, which in the case of the
original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for
all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the
same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a
part thereof. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for entering
into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be
retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing
compensation.
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SECTION 3.11 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of
Certain Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts
to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership
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