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Exhibit 4.1
FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES
INC.
Depositor
FIRST HORIZON HOME
LOANS
Master Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK
Trustee
_____________________________________________________
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1,
2007
_____________________________________________________
FIRST HORIZON ALTERNATIVE
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-FA4
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-FA4
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS |
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| ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND |
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| WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans |
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SECTION 2.2 Acceptance by Trustee of the
Mortgage Loans |
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SECTION 2.3 Representations and Warranties of
the Master Servicer; Covenants of the |
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Seller |
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SECTION 2.4 Representations and Warranties of
the Depositor as to the Mortgage Loans |
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SECTION 2.5 Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in
Connection with Substitutions |
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SECTION 2.6 Execution and Delivery of
Certificates |
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SECTION 2.7 REMIC Matters |
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SECTION 2.8 Covenants of the Master
Servicer |
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| ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS |
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SECTION 3.1 Master Servicer to Service Mortgage
Loans |
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SECTION 3.2 Subservicing; Enforcement of the
Obligations of Servicers |
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SECTION 3.3 Rights of the Depositor and the
Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer |
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SECTION 3.4 Trustee to Act as Master
Servicer |
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SECTION 3.5 Collection of Mortgage Loan
Payments; Certificate Account; Distribution |
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Account |
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SECTION 3.6 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and
Similar Items; Escrow Accounts |
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SECTION 3.7 Access to Certain Documentation and
Information Regarding the Mortgage |
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Loans |
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| SECTION 3.8 Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate
Account and Distribution Account. |
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| SECTION 3.9 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of
Primary Insurance Policies. |
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| SECTION 3.10 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements |
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| SECTION 3.11 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Repurchase of Certain |
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Mortgage
Loans |
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| SECTION 3.12 Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files |
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| SECTION 3.13 Documents Records and Funds in Possession of
Master Servicer to be Held |
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for the
Trustee
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| SECTION 3.14 Master Servicing Compensation |
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| SECTION 3.15 Access to Certain Documentation |
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| SECTION 3.16 Annual Statement as to Compliance |
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| SECTION 3.17 Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity
Bonds |
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| ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS
AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER |
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| SECTION 4.1 Advances |
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| SECTION 4.2 Priorities of Distribution |
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| SECTION 4.3 Method of Distribution |
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| SECTION 4.4 Allocation of Losses |
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| SECTION 4.5 Reserved |
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| SECTION 4.6 Monthly Statements to
Certificateholders |
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SECTION 4.7 Reserve Fund |
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SECTION 4.8 Separate Interest Trust |
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SECTION 4.9 Determination of Pass-Through Rates
for LIBOR Certificates |
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SECTION 4.10 The Yield Supplement
Account |
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| ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES |
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SECTION 5.1 The Certificates |
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SECTION 5.2 Certificate Register; Registration
of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates |
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SECTION 5.3 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates |
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99
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SECTION 5.4 Persons Deemed Owners |
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SECTION 5.5 Access to List of
Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses |
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SECTION 5.6 Maintenance of Office or
Agency |
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100
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| ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER |
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SECTION 6.1 Respective Liabilities of the
Depositor and the Master Servicer |
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SECTION 6.2 Merger or Consolidation of the
Depositor or the Master Servicer |
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SECTION 6.3 Limitation on Liability of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and Others |
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SECTION 6.4 Limitation on Resignation of Master
Servicer |
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| ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT |
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SECTION 7.1 Events of Default |
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SECTION 7.2 Trustee to Act; Appointment of
Successor |
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SECTION 7.3 Notification to
Certificateholders |
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| ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 8.1 Duties of Trustee |
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SECTION 8.2 Certain Matters Affecting the
Trustee |
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SECTION 8.3 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates
or Mortgage Loans |
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SECTION 8.4 Trustee May Own
Certificates |
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SECTION 8.5 Trustee’s Fees and
Expenses |
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SECTION 8.6 Eligibility Requirements for
Trustee |
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SECTION 8.7 Resignation and Removal of
Trustee |
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SECTION 8.8 Successor Trustee |
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SECTION 8.9 Merger or Consolidation of
Trustee |
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SECTION 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee |
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SECTION 8.11 Tax Matters |
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| ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION |
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SECTION 9.1 Termination upon Liquidation or
Purchase of all Mortgage Loans |
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SECTION 9.2 Final Distribution on the
Certificates |
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SECTION 9.3 Additional Termination
Requirements |
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| ARTICLE X
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING |
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SECTION 10.1 Filing Obligations |
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SECTION 10.2 Form 10-D Filings |
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SECTION 10.3 Form 8-K Filings |
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SECTION 10.4 Form 10-K Filings |
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SECTION 10.5 Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification |
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SECTION 10.6 Form 15 Filing |
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SECTION 10.7 Report on Assessment of Compliance
and Attestation |
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SECTION 10.8 Use of Subservicers and
Subcontractors |
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SECTION 10.9 Amendments |
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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SECTION 11.1 Amendment |
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SECTION 11.2 Recordation of Agreement;
Counterparts |
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SECTION 11.3 Governing Law |
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SECTION 11.4 Intention of Parties |
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SECTION 11.5 Notices |
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SECTION 11.6 Severability of
Provisions |
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SECTION 11.7 Assignment |
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SECTION 11.8 Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders |
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SECTION 11.9 Inspection and Audit
Rights |
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SECTION 11.10 Certificates Nonassessable and
Fully Paid |
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SECTION 11.11 Limitations on Actions; No
Proceedings |
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SECTION 11.12 Acknowledgment of
Seller |
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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 |
| Schedule
II: |
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Representations and Warranties of the Master
Servicer |
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S-II-1 |
| 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-1: |
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Form of
Senior Certificate |
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A-1-1 |
| Exhibit
A-2: |
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Form of
Senior Certificate/Class I-A-PO/Class II-A-PO
Certificate |
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A-2-1 |
| Exhibit
A-3 |
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Form of
ERISA Restricted Yield Supplemented Restricted
Certificate |
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A-3-1 |
| Exhibit
B: |
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Form of
Subordinated Certificate |
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B-1 |
| Exhibit
C: |
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Form of
Residual Certificate |
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C-1 |
| Exhibit
D: |
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Form of
Reverse of Certificates |
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D-1 |
| Exhibit
E: |
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Form of
Initial Certification |
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E-1 |
| Exhibit
F: |
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Form of
Delay Delivery Certification |
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F-1 |
| Exhibit
G: |
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Form of
Subsequent Certification of Custodian |
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G-1 |
| Exhibit
H: |
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Transfer
Affidavit |
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H-1 |
| Exhibit
I: |
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Form of
Transferor Certificate |
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I-1 |
| Exhibit
J: |
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Form of
Investment Letter [Non-Rule 144A] |
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J-1 |
| Exhibit
K: |
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Form of Rule
144A Letter |
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K-1 |
| Exhibit
L: |
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Request for
Release (for Trustee) |
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L-1 |
| Exhibit
M: |
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Request for
Release (Mortgage Loan) |
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M-1 |
| Exhibit
N-1: |
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Form of
Annual Certification (Subservicer) |
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N-1-1 |
| Exhibit
N-2: |
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Form of
Annual Certification (Trustee) |
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N-2-1 |
| Exhibit
O: |
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Form of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of
Compliance O-1 |
| Exhibit
P: |
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List of Item
1119 Parties |
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P-1 |
| Exhibit
Q: |
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Form of
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification |
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Q-1 |
iii
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as
of June 1, 2007, among FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC., a
Delaware corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, a division of First Tennessee Bank
National Association, a national banking association, 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, each having assets as provided
herein. 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]
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Integral
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Final
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Initial
Class
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Multiples
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Scheduled
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Class
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Certificate
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Pass-Through
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Minimum
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Excess
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Distribution
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Designation
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Balance
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Rate
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Denominations
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Minimum
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Date
(1)
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Class
I-A-1
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$
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67,500,000.00 |
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5.920%
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(2) |
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-2
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$
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67,500,000.00 |
(3)
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0.330%
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(4) |
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$
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500,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-3
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$
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50,000,000.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-4
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$
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34,561,000.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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25,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-5
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$
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24,148,000.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-6
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$
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60,000,000.00 |
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8.000%
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(5) |
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-7
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$
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25,000,000.00 |
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6.000%
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-8
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$
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20,000,000.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-9
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$
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60,000,000.00 |
(6)
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0.000%
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(7) |
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$
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500,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-10
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$
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77,205,000.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-11
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$
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6,534,000.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-12
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$
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25,000,000
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(8)
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0.250%
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$
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500,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-13
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$
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3,337,000.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-14
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$
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5,050,000.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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25,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-PO
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$
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2,668,438.00 |
(9)
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N/A
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$
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25,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
I-A-R
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$
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100.00 |
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6.250%
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$
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100 |
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N/A
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August
2037
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Class
II-A-1
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$
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12,066,000.00 |
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6.00%
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$
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1,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2022
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Class
II-A-PO
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$
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155,672.00 |
(9)
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N/A
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$
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25,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2022
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Class
B-1
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$
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13,009,000.00 |
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6.242%
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(10) |
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$
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100,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
B-2
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$
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4,130,000.00 |
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6.242%
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(10) |
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$
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100,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
B-3
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$
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2,685,000.00 |
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6.242%
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(10) |
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$
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100,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
B-4
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$
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2,065,000.00 |
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6.242%
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(10) |
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$
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100,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
B-5
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$
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1,445,000.00 |
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6.242%
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(10) |
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$
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100,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
2037
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Class
B-6
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$
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1,446,446.46 |
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6.242%
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(10) |
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$
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100,000 |
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$
1,000
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August
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 Rate with respect to any Distribution
Date for the Class I-A-1 Certificates is the per annum rate equal
to (a) 5.92% with respect to the first Distribution Date,
and (b) thereafter, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.60% and (ii)
6.25%, subject to a minimum rate of 0.60% .
(3) The Class I-A-2 Certificates are Notional Amount
Certificates and will accrue interest during each interest accrual
period on a Notional Amount equal to the Class Certificate Balance
of the Class I-A-1 Certificates.
(4) The Pass-Through Rate with respect to any
Distribution Date for the Class I-A-2 Certificates is the per annum
rate equal to (a) 0.33% with respect to the first Distribution
Date, and (b) thereafter, the lesser of (i) 5.65% minus LIBOR and
(ii) 5.65%, subject to a minimum rate of 0.00% .
(5) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class I-A-6
Certificates with respect to any Distribution Date occurring on or
prior to the Distribution Date in June 2008 is the per annum rate
equal to (a) 8.00% with respect to the first Distribution Date, and
(b) thereafter, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 4.00% and (ii) 8.00%,
subject to a minimum rate of 4.00% . The Pass-Through Rate for the
Class I-A-6 Certificates with respect to any Distribution Date
occurring after the Distribution Date in June 2008 is a fixed per
annum rate equal to 6.25% .
(6) The Class I-A-9 Certificates are Notional Amount
Certificates and will accrue interest during each interest accrual
period on a Notional Amount equal to the Class Certificate Balance
of the Class I-A-6 Certificates.
(7) The Pass-Through Rate with respect to any
Distribution Date for the Class I-A-9 Certificates is the per annum
rate equal to (a) 0.00% with respect to the first Distribution
Date, and (b) thereafter, the lesser of (i) 2.25% minus LIBOR and
(ii) 2.25%, subject to a minimum rate of 0.00% . The Pass-Through
Rate for the Class I-A-9 Certificates with respect to any
Distribution Date occurring after the Distribution Date in June
2008 is a fixed per annum rate equal to 0.00% .
(8) The Class I-A-12
Certificates are Notional Amount Certificates and will accrue
interest during each interest accrual period on a Notional Amount
equal to the Class Certificate Balance of the Class I-A-7
Certificates.
(9) The Class I-A-PO
and Class II-A-PO Certificates are Principal Only Certificates and
will not accrue interest.
(10) The Pass-Through
Rate on each Class of Subordinated Certificates is variable and
will be equal to the weighted average of the Designated Mortgage
Pool Rates, weighted on the basis of the Group Subordinate Amount
for each Mortgage Pool. The initial Pass-Through Rate on each Class
of Subordinated Certificates for the first Interest Accrual Period
will be 6.242% per annum.
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Accretion Directed Certificates.
Accrual Certificates
Accrual Components
Book-Entry Certificates
Certificate Group
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None.
None.
None.
All Classes of Certificates other than the
Physical Certificates.
With respect to Pool I, the Group I Senior
Certificates and with respect to Pool II, the Group II Senior
Certificates. The Subordinated Certificates correspond to both of
the Mortgage Pools.
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COFI Certificates
Component Certificates
Components
Delay Certificates
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None.
None.
None.
All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates
other than the Non- Delay Certificates, if any.
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ERISA-Restricted Certificates
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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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| ERISA-Restricted Yield |
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| Supplement
Certificates |
The Class
I-A-1 Certificates. |
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Floating Rate Certificates
Group I Senior Certificates
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The Class I-A-1 and Class I-A-6
Certificates.
The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3,
Class I-A-4, Class I-A-5, Class I-A-6, Class I-A-7, Class I-A-8,
Class I-A-9, Class I-A-10, Class I-A-11, Class I-A-12, Class
I-A-13, Class I-A-14, Class I-A-PO and Class I-A-R
Certificates.
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Group II Senior Certificates
Inverse Floating Rate Certificates
LIBOR Certificates
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The Class II-A-1 and Class II-A-PO
Certificates.
The Class I-A-2 and Class I-A-9
Certificates.
The Floating Rate Certificates and the
Inverse Floating Rate Certificates.
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NAS Certificates
Non-Delay Certificates
Notional Amount Certificates
Offered Certificates
PAC Certificates
Physical Certificates
Principal Only Certificates
Private Certificates
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The Class I-A-4 and Class I-A-14
Certificates.
The Class I-A-1 and Class I-A-2
Certificates.
The Class I-A-2, Class I-A-9 and Class
I-A-12 Certificates.
All Classes of Certificates other than the
Private Certificates.
None.
The Private Certificates and the Residual
Certificates.
The Class I-A-PO and Class II-A-PO
Certificates.
The Class I-A-PO and Class II-A-PO
Certificates and the Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates.
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Rating Agencies
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With respect to the Senior Certificates,
Fitch and S&P; except that the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-4, Class
I-A-7, Class I-A-8 and Class I-A-10 Certificates will also be rated
by Moody’s. With respect to the Subordinated Certificates,
other than the Class B-6 Certificates, Fitch and, solely with
respect to the Class B- 5 Certificates, S&P. The Class B-6
Certificates will not be rated.
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Regular Certificates
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All Classes of Certificates, other than the
Residual Certificates.
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Residual Certificates
Retail/Lottery Certificates
Scheduled Certificates
Senior Certificates
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The Class I-A-R Certificates.
None.
None.
The Group I Senior Certificates and Group II
Senior Certificates, collectively.
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Senior Mezzanine Certificates
Subordinated Certificates
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The Class I-A-11 and Class I-A-14
Certificates.
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-1, Class I-A-4, Class I-A-7 and
Class I-A-8 and Class I-A-10 Certificates.
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Support Classes
TAC Certificates
Underwriters
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None.
None.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Banc
of America Securities LLC.
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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:
Accretion Directed Certificates: As specified in
the Preliminary Statement.
Accrual Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Accrued Certificate Interest: For any Class of
Certificates entitled to distributions of interest 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 allocable between the
outstanding Classes of Certificates based on the Accrued
Certificate Interest otherwise distributable thereto.
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.
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 equal to (x) the sum of the Class
Certificate Balances of the Senior Certificates of all Certificate
Groups (other than the Class PO Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date), divided by (y) the aggregate Pool
Principal Balance for all of the Mortgage Pools (excluding the
aggregate of the applicable PO Percentage of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Discount Mortgage Loans) on such Distribution
Date.
Aggregate Subordinated Percentage: For any
Distribution Date, the percentage 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 (excluding the
aggregate of the applicable PO Percentage of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Discount Mortgage Loans) on such Distribution
Date.
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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 each of the components of the
Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount for each Mortgage Pool;
provided that, solely for purposes of this definition, the
applicable Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount for each Mortgage
Pool will be reduced by the amounts required to be distributed to
the related Class PO Certificates in respect of the applicable
Class PO Deferred Amount on such Distribution Date, and any such
reduction in the applicable Subordinate Optimal Principal Amount
for a Mortgage Pool shall reduce the amounts calculated pursuant to
clauses (1), (4), (2), (3) and (5) of the definition thereof, in
that order, and the Class Certificate Balances of each Class of
Subordinated Certificates will be reduced by such amounts in
reverse order of priority until the respective Class Certificate
Balances of each Class of Subordinated Certificates has been
reduced to zero; provided further, that, except as provided in this
Agreement, no Subordinated Certificates (other than the Class of
Subordinated Certificates with the highest priority of
distribution, the Class B-1 Certificates) 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.
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 respect of 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
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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, any expenses,
reimbursements and indemnities payable to the Master Servicer, and
any Retained Yield on such Distribution Date, 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
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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
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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
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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 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
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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
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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.
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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.
Basis Risk Shortfall: With respect to any
Distribution Date and the Class I-A-1 Certificates or the Class
I-A-6 Certificates, as applicable, the excess, if any, of (a) the
amount of interest that such Class of Certificates would have been
entitled to receive if the Pass-Through Rate for such Class was
calculated without regard to the maximum per annum Pass-Through
Rate for such Class as described in the Preliminary Statement, over
(b) the actual amount of interest such Class of Certificates is
entitled to receive for such Distribution Date.
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.
Carryover Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfall: With
respect to any Distribution Date and the Class I-A-2 Certificates,
the aggregate amount of Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls in respect of
such Class of Certificates that remain unpaid, if any, from
previous Distribution Dates.
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 Loans
in trust for the registered holders of First Horizon Asset
Securities Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2007-FA4.”
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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.
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 I-A-1 Yield Supplement Amount: For any
Distribution Date on or prior to the Corridor Contract Termination
date on which the LIBOR exceeds 5.65%, the lesser of (a) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class I-A-1 Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and (b) the Corridor Contract
Notional Amount for such Distribution Date, multiplied by a rate
equal to one twelfth of the excess of (i) the lesser of (A) LIBOR
and (B) 8.90%, over (ii) 5.65% .
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Class I-A-6 Yield Supplement Amount: For any
Distribution Date on or prior to the Distribution Date occurring in
June 2008 on which the LIBOR exceeds 2.25%, the excess of (i) the
lesser of (A) the sum of one-month LIBOR and 4.00% and (B) 8.00%,
over (ii) 6.25% .
Class I-A-PO Deferred Amount: With respect to
the Class I-A-PO Certificates and any Distribution Date through the
Cross-over Date, the sum of (1) the Class I-A-PO Percentage of the
principal portion of Non-Excess Losses on a Discount Mortgage Loan
in Pool I allocated to the Class I-A-PO Certificates on such date,
and (2) all amounts previously allocated to the Class I-A-PO
Certificates in respect of such losses and not distributed to the
Class I-A-PO Certificates on prior Distribution Dates.
Class I-A-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to any
Discount Mortgage Loan in Pool I, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, equal to (6.25% - Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate) divided
by 6.25%, and (b) with respect to any Non-Discount Mortgage Loan in
Pool I, 0%.
Class II-A-PO Deferred Amount: With respect to
the Class II-A-PO Certificates and any Distribution Date through
the Cross-over Date, the sum of (1) the Class II-A-PO Percentage of
the principal portion of Non-Excess Losses on a Discount Mortgage
Loan in Pool II allocated to the Class II-A-PO Certificates on such
date, and (2) all amounts previously allocated to the Class II-A-PO
Certificates in respect of such losses and not distributed to the
Class II-A-PO Certificates on prior Distribution Dates.
Class II-A-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to
any Discount Mortgage Loan in Pool II, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, equal to (6.00% - Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate) divided
by 6.00, and (b) with respect to any Non-Discount Mortgage Loan in
Pool II, 0%.
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
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.2(g) .
Class PO Certificates: The Class I-A-PO and
Class II-A-PO Certificates.
Class PO Deferred Amount: (a) With respect to
the Class I-A-PO Certificates, the Class I-A-PO Deferred Amount;
and (b) with respect to the Class II-A-PO Certificates, the Class
II-A-PO Deferred Amount.
Class PO Deferred Payment Writedown Amount: For
any Distribution Date and any Class of Class PO Certificates, the
amount, if any, distributed on such date in respect of the related
Class PO Deferred Amount pursuant to Section 4.2(a)(iv) herein. The
Subordinated Certificate Writedown Amount and the Class PO Deferred
Payment Writedown Amount will be allocated to the Classes of
Subordinated Certificates in inverse order of priority, until the
Class Certificate Balance of each such Class has been reduced to
zero.
Class PO Principal Distribution Amount: With
respect to each Distribution Date and any Class of Class PO
Certificates, an amount equal to the sum of:
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(1) the applicable
PO Percentage of all Scheduled Payments of principal due on each
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 applicable
PO 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;
(3) the applicable
PO Percentage of the sum of (a) all partial Principal Prepayments
for each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool received by the
Master Servicer during the related Prepayment Period and (b) all
Unanticipated Recoveries in respect of each Mortgage Loan in the
related Mortgage Pool received by the Master Servicer during the
calendar month preceding such Distribution Date;
(4) the applicable
PO Percentage of the sum of (a) the net Liquidation Proceeds
allocable to principal on each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the
related Prepayment Period, 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 mortgage insurance policy;
and
(5) the applicable
PO 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 a 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 such Substitute Mortgage
Loan.
For purposes of clauses (2) and (5) above, the
Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan will be reduced by the
amount of any Deficient Valuation that occurred prior to the
reduction of the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount to
zero.
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 of the 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
both Mortgage Pools with respect to such Distribution Date, equals
or exceeds such percentage calculated as of the Closing
Date.
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Closing Date: June 29, 2007.
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.
Component: Not applicable.
Component Balance: Not applicable.
Component Certificates: 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
2007-FA4), facsimile no. (212) 815-
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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.
Corridor Contract: The transaction evidenced by
that certain Confirmation between the Separate Interest Trust and
the Corridor Contract Counterparty with a Trade Date of June 15,
2007 and a reference number of: External ID: 53247657NOV / Risk ID:
447846991 and 447846995.
Corridor Contract Counterparty: Credit Suisse
International.
Corridor Contract Termination Date: The
Distribution Date in August 2011.
Corridor Contract Notional Balance: With respect
to the Corridor Contract, the “Notional Amount”
specified therein.
Corridor Residual Owner: Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and its successors and assigns.
Cross-over Date: The Distribution Date on which
the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Subordinated
Certificates has been reduced to zero.
Custodial Agreement: The Custodial Agreement
dated as of June 29, 2007 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: June 1, 2007.
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: With
respect to Pool I, $400,004,041.08 and with respect to Pool II,
$13,001,616.23.
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.
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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)
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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.
Designated Mortgage Pool Rates: With respect to
Pool I, 6.25% and with respect to Pool II, 6.00% .
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.
Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan in
Pool I with an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of less than 6.25% and
any Mortgage Loan in Pool II with an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of
less than 6.00%.
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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 2007-FA4.” 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 July 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) are rated at
least “A-2” (in the case of the Certificate Account or
the Distribution Account) and “A-1” (in the case of the
Yield Supplement Account) by S&P, “P-1” by
Moody’s and “F1+” by Fitch (or a comparable
rating if another Rating Agency is specified by the Depositor by
written notice to each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee) with
respect to such account or accounts at the time any amounts are
held on deposit therein, or (ii) 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 or (iii) any other account acceptable to
each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may
include, if otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts
maintained with the Trustee. In the event the depository
institution no longer meets the applicable S&P rating
requirement specified above, the funds on deposit therein in
connection with this transaction shall be transferred to an
Eligible Account within 30 days (in the case of the Certificate
Account or the Distribution Account) or 60 days (in the case of the
Yield Supplement Account).
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.
ERISA-Restricted Yield Supplemented
Certificates: 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 Loans, a
division of First Tennessee Bank National Association, a national
banking association.
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:
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Residential Mortgage
Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
Floating Rate Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
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, as applicable, 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, $12,390,170. As of any Distribution Date from the first
anniversary of the Cut-off Date and prior to the third anniversary
of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount will equal
$8,260,113 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 from the third anniversary of the Cut-off Date
and prior to the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud
Loss Coverage Amount will equal $4,130,057 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, 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.
FTBNA: First Tennessee Bank National
Association, a national banking association.
Group I Senior Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Group II Senior Certificates: As specified in
the Preliminary Statement.
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
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aggregate Class Certificate
Balance of the Senior Certificates of the related Certificate Group
immediately prior to that Distribution Date.
Index: LIBOR.
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.
Initial Component Balance: Not
applicable.
Initial LIBOR Rate: With respect to the
calculation of the initial Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates, 5.32% per annum.
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.
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.
Inverse Floating Rate Certificates: As specified
in the Preliminary Statement.
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 the Group I
Senior Certificates, each Class of Subordinated Certificates, and
each Lower REMIC Interest and each Middle REMIC Interest, the
Distribution Date following the third anniversary of the scheduled
maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in Pool I having the latest
scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date. As to the Group II
Senior Certificates, the Distribution Date following the third
anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in
Pool II having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off
Date.
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan: Not
applicable.
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LIBOR: The London interbank offered rate for one
month United States dollar deposits calculated in the manner
described in Section 4.9.
LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in
London, England and The City of New York are open and conducting
transactions in foreign currency and exchange.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
LIBOR Determination Date: For the LIBOR
Certificates, the second LIBOR Business Day immediately preceding
the commencement of each Interest Accrual Period for each LIBOR
Certificate.
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.
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 of 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(i) .
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 Retained Yield, the
Middle REMIC Interests, the Lower REMIC Interests, the RL Interest,
the RM Interest, the RU Interest, the Corridor Contract, the
Separate Interest Trust and the Yield Supplement
Account.
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.
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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 Loans, a
division of First Tennessee Bank National Association, a national
banking association, 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: For each Mortgage
Loan 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.
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 June 29, 2007, by and between First Horizon Home Loans, a
division of First Tennessee Bank National Association, 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.
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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:
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the loan number; |
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(B) |
the Mortgagor’s name and
the street address of the Mortgaged Property, including the zip
code; |
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(C) |
the maturity date; |
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the original principal
balance; |
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(E) |
the Cut-off Date Principal
Balance; |
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the first payment date of the
Mortgage Loan; |
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(G) |
the Scheduled Payment in effect
as of the Cut-off Date; |
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(H) |
the Loan-to-Value Ratio at
origination; |
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(I) |
a code indicating whether the
residential dwelling at the time of origination was represented to
be owner-occupied; |
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(J) |
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; |
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(K) |
the Mortgage Rate; |
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(L) |
the purpose for the Mortgage
Loan; |
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(M) |
the type of documentation
program pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan was
originated; |
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(N) |
the Master Servicing Fee for the
Mortgage Loan; and |
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(O) |
a code indicating whether the
Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage Loan. |
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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 or Pool
II.
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.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage
Note.
NAS Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
NAS Distribution Percentage: 0% through the
Distribution Date in June 2012; 30% of the NAS Percentage
thereafter through the Distribution Date in June 2013; 40% of the
NAS Percentage thereafter through the Distribution Date in June
2014; 60% of the NAS Percentage thereafter through the Distribution
Date in June 2015; 80% of the NAS Percentage thereafter through the
Distribution Date in June 2016; and 100% of the NAS Percentage
thereafter.
NAS Percentage: 0% through the Distribution Date
in June 2012, and for any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser
of (x) 100% and (y) the percentage obtained by dividing (1) the
aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class I-A-4 and Class
I-A-14 Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by
(2) the Pool Principal Balance of Pool I
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(excluding the applicable PO
Percentage of the Principal Balance of each Discount Mortgage Loan
included therein) for such Distribution Date.
NAS Principal Distribution Amount: For any
Distribution Date, the product of (x) the NAS Distribution
Percentage and (ii) the total amounts described in clauses (1) and
(5) of the definition of Senior Optimal Principal Amount for Pool I
(without the application of the related Senior Percentage and
Senior Prepayment Percentage, as applicable).
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-Class I-A-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to
a Discount Mortgage Loan in Pool I, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, equal to the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate divided by
6.25%, and (b) with respect to each Non-Discount Mortgage Loan in
Pool I, 100%.
Non-Class II-A-PO Percentage: (a) With respect
to a Discount Mortgage Loan in Pool II, the fraction, expressed as
a percentage, equal to the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate divided by
6.00%, and (b) with respect to each Non-Discount Mortgage Loan in
Pool II, 100%.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan in
Pool I with an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate that is equal to or
greater than 6.25% per annum; and any Mortgage Loan in Pool II with
an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate that is equal to or greater than
6.00% per annum.
Non-Excess Loss: Any Realized Loss other than an
Excess Loss.
Non-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to Pool I,
the Non-Class I-A-PO Percentage; and (b) with respect to Pool II,
the Non-Class II-A-PO Percentage.
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.
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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 Certificates: As specified in
the Preliminary Statement.
Notional Amount Component: Not
applicable.
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.
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 of the Class Certificate
Balances 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:
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Certificates theretofore
canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; and |
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Certificates in exchange for which or in
lieu of which other Certificates have been executed and delivered
by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement. |
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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.
PAC Certificates: Not applicable.
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.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or
more of the following obligations and securities:
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obligations of the United States or any
agency thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States; |
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(ii) |
general obligations of or obligations
guaranteed by any state of the United States or the District of
Columbia receiving the highest long-term debt rating of each Rating
Agency; |
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(iii) |
commercial or finance company paper which is
then receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper
rating of each Rating Agency; |
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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; |
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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; |
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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; |
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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; |
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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
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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 |
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(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
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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.
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.
PO Percentage: (a) With respect to Pool I, the
Class I-A-PO Percentage, and (b) with respect to Pool II, the Class
II-A-PO Percentage.
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 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
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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.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary
mortgage guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with
respect to any Mortgage Loan.
Principal Only Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
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 Certificates: 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 June 18, 2007
generally relating to mortgage pass-through certificates to be sold
by the Depositor.
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Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus
Supplement, dated June 27, 2007, 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.
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
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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: A leading bank with an
established place of business in London engaged in transactions in
Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market, not
controlled by, or under the common control with, the
Trustee.
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.
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.
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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:
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(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);
(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.
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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 Coupon: With respect to Pool I, 6.50%
per annum; with respect to Pool II, 6.25% per annum.
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.
Reserve Fund: A fund created as part of the
Separate Interest Trust pursuant to Section 4.7(a) of this
Agreement.
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.
Retail/Lottery Certificates: Not
applicable.
Retained Yield: As to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount payable to (i) First Horizon Home
Loans, in its individual capacity as Seller, or (ii) the subsequent
owner of such amount though Seller’s sale, assignment, or
certification of its rights to such amount, out of each full
payment of interest received on such Mortgage Loan and equal to
one-twelfth of the Retained Yield 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).
Retained Yield Rate: For any Non-Discount
Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal to the excess of (a) the
applicable Mortgage Rate over (b) the Required Coupon. For any
Discount Mortgage Loan, 0%.
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.
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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.
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 Loans, a division of
First Tennessee Bank National Association, a national banking
association, 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 the applicable Non-PO 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 applicable Non-PO 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 applicable Non-PO 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 in respect
of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool received during the
calendar month preceding such Distribution Date;
(4) the lesser
of:
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the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of
the sum of (x) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of 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 applicable Non-PO Percentage of 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; and |
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(b) |
(i) the related Senior Percentage of the sum
of (x) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of 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
applicable Non-PO Percentage of 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 applicable Non-PO Percentage of the related Senior
Percentage of the principal portion of 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 applicable
Non-PO Percentage of 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 applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated
Principal Balance of each 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 obtained
by dividing the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of all Classes
of Senior Certificates of such Certificate Group (other than the
Notional Amount Certificates and
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the Class PO Certificates)
immediately preceding such Distribution Date by the Pool Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Pool (excluding the aggregate of
the applicable PO Percentage of the principal balance of each
Discount Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool) for the
immediately preceding Distribution Date.
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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(Dates Inclusive) |
Senior
Prepayment Percentage |
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July 2007
– June 2012 |
100% |
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July 2012
– June 2013 |
The related
Senior Percentage plus 70% of the |
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related
Subordinated Percentage. |
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July 2013
– June 2014 |
The related
Senior Percentage plus 60% of the |
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related
Subordinated Percentage. |
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July 2014
– June 2015 |
The related
Senior Percentage plus 40% of the |
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related
Subordinated Percentage. |
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July 2015
– June 2016 |
The related
Senior Percentage plus 20% of the |
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related
Subordinated Percentage. |
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July 2016
and thereafter |
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The related
Senior Percentage. |
provided, however , 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 of the
Certificate Groups for such Distribution Date will equal
100%.
The reductions in the Senior Prepayment
Percentage for each Certificate Group described above will not
occur and will remain at the level in effect for the most recent
prior period specified in the table 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:
(1) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans in both 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)
does not exceed 50% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of
the Subordinated Certificates as of that date; and
(2)
cumulative Realized Losses in all of the
Mortgage Pools do not exceed:
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30% of the Original Subordinated Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including July
2012 and June 2013; |
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(b) |
35% of the Original Subordinated Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including July
2013 and June 2014; |
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(c) |
40% of the Original Subordinated Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including July
2014 and June 2015; |
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(d) |
45% of the Original Subordinated Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including July
2015 and June 2016; and |
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(e) |
50% of the related Original Subordinated
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after
July 2016. |
Separate Interest Trust: A trust created
pursuant to Section 4.8(a) of this Agreement which is not an asset
of any REMIC created hereunder.
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 Loans, a division of First Tennessee Bank National
Association, as successor by merger to First Horizon Home Loans
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.
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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;
(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:
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power, de jure or de facto, or by any authority maintaining or
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(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, $4,130,057. As of any
Distribution Date, the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount will
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
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(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.
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 the 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 both 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.
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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 the applicable Non-PO 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 applicable Non-PO
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;
(3) the related
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the applicable Non-PO
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 applicable Non-PO Percentage of
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 applicable Non-PO
Percentage of the Stated 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
(other than the holders of the Class PO Certificates) 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 applicable
Non-PO Percentage of 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 applicable Non-PO Percentage of 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.
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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 lower of (a) the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan or (b) 6.25% in the case of a Deleted
Mortgage Loan from Pool I; or 6.00% in the case of a Deleted
Mortgage Loan from Pool II; 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) 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; (v) have a remaining
term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less
than that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) not be a Cooperative
Loan unless the Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan and
(vii) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in
Section 2.3 hereof.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning
ascribed to such term pursuant to Section 2.3.
Super Senior Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Support Classes: Not applicable.
TAC Certificates: 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
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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;
provided that the Trust Fund shall exclude the Retained
Yield.
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: For each Mortgage Loan a per
annum rate equal to 0.006%.
Unanticipated Recovery: As defined in Section
4.2(g) . Undercollateralization Distribution: As defined in Section
4.2(h).
Undercollateralized Group: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Senior Certificates of any Certificate Group
(other than the Class PO Certificates) 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 applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Pool Principal Balance
of the related Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date.
Underwriters: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Underwriter’s Exemption: An individual
administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of Labor to
each of the Underwriters 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.
Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfall: With respect to any
Distribution Date and the Class I-A-1 Certificates, the excess, if
any, of (x) the Basis Risk Shortfall for such Class of Certificates
for such Distribution Date, over (y) the Class I-A-1 Yield
Supplement Amount, if any, distributed in respect of such Class of
Certificates on such Distribution Date.
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) 98% of all Voting Rights will
be allocated among all Holders of the Certificates, other than the
Notional Amount Certificates
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and the Class I-A-R
Certificates, in proportion to their then outstanding Class
Certificate Balance; and (b) 1.0% of all Voting Rights will be
allocated among the Holders of the Notional Amount Certificates
(such Voting Rights to be allocated among the Holders of Notional
Amount Certificates in accordance with their respective Notional
Amounts); 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 such Class in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests).
Yield Supplement Account: An account established
by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.10(a) of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of
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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
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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
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(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
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a lost note affidavit from the Seller stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of such
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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
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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
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the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if
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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
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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
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The executed Proprietary Lease; |
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The executed Recognition
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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 2007-FA4, 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.
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.
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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,
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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.
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 by the specific applicable local, state
or federal predatory and abusive lending laws.
SECTION 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer;
Covenants of the Seller.
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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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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
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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
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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
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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.
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.
After giving effect to the sale of the
Certificates by the Depositor to the Underwriters, 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.
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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.
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SECTION 2.5 Delivery of Opinion
of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions. |
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(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. |
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(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
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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
interests” in the Upper REMIC are represented by the Regular
Certificates. The Class I-A-1 Certificates shall also represent the
right to receive the Class I-A-1 Yield Supplement Amount, which
shall not be a part of any REMIC hereunder but shall constitute
contractual rights coupled with a regular interest within the
meaning of Treasury regulations section 1.860G -2(i). The Class
I-A-6 Certificates shall also represent the right to receive the
Class I-A-6 Yield Supplement Amount, which shall not be a part of
any REMIC hereunder but shall constitute contractual rights coupled
with a regular interest within the meaning of Treasury regulations
section 1.860G -2(i). 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
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Corresponding Class of
Middle
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REMIC
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REMIC Interests
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Interest or
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Lower REMIC
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Lower REMIC
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Residual
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Interest
Balance
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Interest Rate
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Interest
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Principal
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L-I-A-1 |
$
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216,004.53 |
6.25% |
(1) |
(1) |
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L-I-A-2 |
$
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24,000.50 |
6.25% |
(1) |
(1) |
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L-I-ZZZ |
$
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397,095,597.99 |
6.25% |
(1) |
(1) |
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L-I-PO |
$
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2,668,438.06 |
N/A |
(1) |
(1) |
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RL |
$
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0.00 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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L-II-A-1 |
$
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7,019.49
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6.00% |
(1) |
(1) |
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L-II-A-2 |
$
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779.94
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6.00% |
(1) |
(1) |
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L-II-ZZZ |
$
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12,838,144.01
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6.00% |
(1) |
(1) |
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L-II-PO |
$
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155,672.79 |
N/A |
(1) |
(1) |
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Total |
$
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413,005,657.31 |
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(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-3, M-I-A-4, M-I-A-5,
M-I-A-6, M-I-A-7, M-I-A-8, M-I-A-10, M-I-A-11, M-I-A-13, M-I-A-14,
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-I-PO corresponds
to the Middle REMIC Interest M-I-PO. 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-II-PO
corresponds to the Middle REMIC Interest M-II-PO.
“L1 Interests” refers to the L-I-A-1
Lower REMIC Interest and the L-II-A-1 Lower REMIC Interest.
“L2 Interests” refers to the L-I-A-2 Lower REMIC
Interest and the L-II-A-2 Lower REMIC Interest. “LZZZ
Interests” refers to L-I-ZZZ Lower REMIC Interest and
L-II-ZZZ Lower REMIC Interest. “LPO Interests” refer to
the L-I-PO Lower REMIC Interest and the L-II-PO 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 (i) the initial
principal balances of the L1 Interests and L2 Interests
corresponding to such Mortgage Pool, and (ii) the portion of the
LPO Interest attributable to the Discount Mortgage Loans in the
Mortgage Pool corresponding to such LZZZ Interest.
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
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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.
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
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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 related Group Subordinate Amount.
Any such shortfall as a result of the Mortgage Pool or Mortgage
Pools receiving the extra payment having a Designated Mortgage Pool
Rate (as defined below) lower than the Designated Mortgage Pool
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 a result of the Mortgage Pool receiving the extra payment
having a Designated Mortgage Pool Rate higher than the Mortgage
Pool from which the payment was reallocated it shall reimburse the
Middle REMIC for prior Realized Losses.
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Middle
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Corresponding Class or
Interest
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REMIC
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Interest or
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Middle REMIC
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Middle REMIC
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Residual
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Interest
Balance
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Interest Rate
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Interest
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Principal
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M-I-A-1 |
$ |
67,500,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-1,
I-A-2 |
I-A-1 |
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M-I-A-3 |
$ |
50,000,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-3 |
I-A-3 |
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M-I-A-4 |
$ |
34,561,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-4 |
I-A-4 |
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M-I-A-5 |
$ |
24,148,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-5 |
I-A-5 |
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M-I-A-6 |
$ |
60,000,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-6,
I-A-9 |
I-A-6 |
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M-I-A-7 |
$ |
25,000,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-7 |
I-A-7 |
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M-I-A-8 |
$ |
20,000,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-8 |
I-A-8 |
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M-I-A-10 |
$
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77,205,000.00
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6.25% |
I-A-10,
I-A-11 |
I-A-10 |
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M-I-A-11 |
$ |
6,534,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-11 |
I-A-11 |
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M-I-A-13 |
$ |
3,337,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-13 |
I-A-13 |
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M-I-A-14 |
$ |
5,050,000.00 |
6.25% |
I-A-14 |
I-A-14 |
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M-I-A-RU |
$ |
100.00 |
6.25% |
RU
Interest |
RU
Interest |
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M-I-PO |
$ |
2,668,438.06 |
N/A |
N/A |
I-A-PO |
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M-II-A-1 |
$ |
12,066,000.00 |
6.00% |
II-A-1 |
II-A-1 |
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M-II-PO |
$ |
155,672.79 |
N/A |
N/A |
II-A-PO |
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M-B-1 |
$ |
13,009,000.00 |
(1) |
B-1 |
B-1 |
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M-B-2 |
$ |
4,130,000.00 |
(1) |
B-2 |
B-2 |
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M-B-3 |
$ |
2,685,000.00 |
(1) |
B-3 |
B-3 |
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M-B-4 |
$ |
2,065,000.00 |
(1) |
B-4 |
B-4 |
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M-B-5 |
$ |
1,445,000.00 |
(1) |
B-5 |
B-5 |
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M-B-6 |
$ |
1,446,446.46 |
(1) |
B-6 |
B-6 |
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Middle
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Corresponding Class or
Interest
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REMIC
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Interest or
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Middle REMIC
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Middle REMIC
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Residual
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Interest
Balance
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Interest Rate
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Interest
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Principal
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RM |
$
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0.00
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Total |
$ |
413,005,657.31 |
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(1) 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:
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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
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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
Class or Classes of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.2 and
Section 4.4. |
The Class L-I-PO Interest shall be entitled to
receive the Class PO Principal Distribution Amount for Pool
I.
The Class L-II-PO Interest shall be entitled to
receive the Class PO Principal Distribution Amount for Pool
II.
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:
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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
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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. |
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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
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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.
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.
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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
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(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.
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.
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The Master Servicer shall make
reasonable efforts in accordance with the customary and usual
standards of practice of prudent mortgage servicers to
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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. |
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The Master Servicer shall
establish and maintain the Certificate Account. The Certificate
Account shall consist of two 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 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: |
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all payments on account of principal on the
Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool, including Principal
Prepayments; |
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all payments on account of interest on the
Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool, net of the related
Master Servicing Fee, any Prepayment Interest Excess and any
Retained Yield; |
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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; |
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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; |
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any amounts required to be deposited by the
Master Servicer in respect of the related Mortgage Pool pursuant to
Sections 3.9(b) and 3.9(d); |
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any Substitution Amounts or the Purchase
Price for any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Pool; |
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all Advances in respect of the related
Mortgage Pool made by the Master Servicer pursuAdjustmentant to
Section 4.1; and |
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any other amounts required to be deposited
hereunder in respect of the related Mortgage Pool. |
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.
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The Trustee shall establish and
maintain, on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Distribution
Account. The Distribution Account shall consist of two 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: |
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the aggregate amount remitted by the Master
Servicer to the Trustee in respect of a Mortgage Pool pursuant to
Section 3.8(a)(ix); |
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any amount deposited by the Master Servicer
pursuant to this Section 3.5(c) in connection with any losses on
Permitted Investments; and |
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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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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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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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.
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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: |
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to the extent not previously retained by the
Master Servicer, to pay the Retained Yield to (a) First Horizon, in
its individual capacity as Seller, or (b) a subsequent owner of
such Retained Yield through Seller’s sale, assignment, or
certification of its rights to such Retained Yield, and 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
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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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to reimburse the Master Servicer for any
Nonrecoverable Advance previously made in respect of the related
Mortgage Pool; |
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to reimburse the Master Servicer for Insured
Expenses from the related Insurance Proceeds in respect of the
related Mortgage Pool; |
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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; |
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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; |
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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; |
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to withdraw any amount deposited in the
Certificate Account and not required to be deposited
therein; |
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on or prior to the Distribution Account
Deposit Date, to withdraw an amount equal to the related Available
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the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account;
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to clear and terminate the Certificate
Account upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1
hereof. |
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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.
The Master Servicer shall distribute the
Retained Yield, if any, to (i) First Horizon, in its individual
capacity as Seller, or (ii) a subsequent owner of the Retained
Yield through Seller’s sale, assignment, or certification of
its rights to such Retained Yield, on each Distribution Account
Deposit Date during the term of this Agreement.
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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 clauses (i) and (ii)
below, shall), prior to making the distribution pursuant to Section
4.2 from time to time make withdrawals from the Distribution
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to withdraw and return to the Master
Servicer any amount deposited in the Distribution Account and not
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to clear and terminate the Distribution
Account upon termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1
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SECTION 3.9 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary
Insurance Policies.
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The Master Servicer shall cause
to be maintained, for each Mortgage Loan, hazard insurance with
extended coverage in an amount not to exceed the highest value
placed by the insurer on the improvements securing such Mortgage
Loan. The required coverage under any such hazard insurance policy
will be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate principal amount
of all liens against the related Mortgaged Property, including the
proposed loan/line amount as long as it equals at least 80% of the
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and (ii) the replacement cost of the
insurable improvements securing such Mortgage Loan. 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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SECTION 3.10 Enforcement of
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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
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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
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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
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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 of
properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and
continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements
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collection of delinquent
payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion,
the Master Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as
it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and
usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and meet the
requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be required
to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or
towards the restoration of any property unless it shall determine
(i) that such restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the
proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to
itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be
recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it
shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the
Certificate Account). The Master Servicer shall be responsible for
all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such
proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to
reimbursement thereof from the liquidation proceeds with respect to
the related Mortgaged Property, as provided in the definition of
Liquidation Proceeds. If the Master Servicer has knowledge that a
Mortgaged Property which the Master Servicer is contemplating
acquiring in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is
located within a 1 mile radius of any site listed in the
Expenditure Plan for the Hazardous Substance Clean Up Bond Act of
1984 or other site with environmental or hazardous waste risks
known to the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer will, prior to
acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take
action in accordance with its established environmental review
procedures.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or
certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trust Fund
for the benefit of th
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