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Exhibit 4.1
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FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES
INC.
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Depositor
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FIRST HORIZON HOME
LOANS
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Master Servicer
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and
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
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Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
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Dated as of June 1,
2007
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FIRST HORIZON ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE
SECURITIES TRUST 2007-AA2
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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AA2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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5
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ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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36
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SECTION 2.1
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Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
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36
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SECTION 2.2
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Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage
Loans
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40
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SECTION 2.3
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Representations and Warranties of the Master
Servicer; Covenants of the Seller
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43
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SECTION 2.4
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Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
as to the Mortgage Loans
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45
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SECTION 2.5
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Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions
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SECTION 2.6
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Execution and Delivery of Certificates
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SECTION 2.7
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REMIC Matters
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SECTION 2.8
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Covenants of the Master Servicer
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ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
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SECTION 3.1
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Master Servicer to Service Mortgage
Loans
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SECTION 3.2
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Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicers
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51
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SECTION 3.3
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Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in
Respect of the Master Servicer
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52
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SECTION 3.4
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Trustee to Act as Master Servicer
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52
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SECTION 3.5
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Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate
Account; Distribution Account
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53
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SECTION 3.6
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Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Escrow Accounts
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56
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SECTION 3.7
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Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans
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56
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SECTION 3.8
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Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate
Account and Distribution Account
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57
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SECTION 3.9
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Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of
Primary Insurance Policies
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58
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SECTION 3.10
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Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements
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60
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SECTION 3.11
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Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans
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61
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SECTION 3.12
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Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files
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64
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SECTION 3.13
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Documents Records and Funds in Possession of
Master Servicer to be Held for the Trustee
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64
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SECTION 3.14
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Master Servicing Compensation
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65
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SECTION 3.15
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Access to Certain Documentation
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65
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SECTION 3.16
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Annual Statement as to Compliance
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66
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SECTION 3.17
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Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity
Bonds
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66
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SECTION 3.18
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Notification of Adjustments
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66
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ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE
MASTER SERVICER
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67
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SECTION 4.1
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Advances
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67
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SECTION 4.2
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Priorities of Distribution
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67
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SECTION 4.3
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Method of Distribution
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71
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SECTION 4.4
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Allocation of Losses
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72
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SECTION 4.5
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[RESERVED]
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74
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SECTION 4.6
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Monthly Statements to
Certificateholders
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74
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ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES
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76
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SECTION 5.1
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The Certificates
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76
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SECTION 5.2
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Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer
and Exchange of Certificates
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77
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SECTION 5.3
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates
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83
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SECTION 5.4
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Persons Deemed Owners
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84
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SECTION 5.5
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Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names
and Addresses
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84
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SECTION 5.6
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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84
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ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER
SERVICER
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84
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SECTION 6.1
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Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Master Servicer
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84
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SECTION 6.2
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Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer
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84
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SECTION 6.3
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Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and Others
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85
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SECTION 6.4
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Limitation on Resignation of Master
Servicer
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86
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ARTICLE VII DEFAULT
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86
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SECTION 7.1
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Events of Default
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86
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SECTION 7.2
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Trustee to Act; Appointment of
Successor
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88
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SECTION 7.3
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Notification to Certificateholders
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90
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ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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90
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SECTION 8.1
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Duties of Trustee
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90
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SECTION 8.2
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Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee
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92
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SECTION 8.3
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Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans
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93
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SECTION 8.4
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Trustee May Own Certificates
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93
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SECTION 8.5
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Trustee’s Fees and Expenses
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94
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SECTION 8.6
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Eligibility Requirements for Trustee
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94
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SECTION 8.7
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Resignation and Removal of Trustee
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95
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SECTION 8.8
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Successor Trustee
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96
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SECTION 8.9
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Merger or Consolidation of Trustee
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96
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SECTION 8.10
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Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee
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96
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SECTION 8.11
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Tax Matters
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98
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION
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100
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SECTION 9.1
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Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all
Mortgage Loans
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100
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SECTION 9.2
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Final Distribution on the Certificates
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100
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SECTION 9.3
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Additional Termination Requirements
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101
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ARTICLE X EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
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102
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SECTION 10.1
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Filing Obligations
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102
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SECTION 10.2
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Form 10-D Filings
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102
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SECTION 10.3
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Form 8-K Filings
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103
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SECTION 10.4
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Form 10-K Filings
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104
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ii
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SECTION 10.5
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Sarbanes-Oxley Certification
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104
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SECTION 10.6
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Form 15 Filing
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105
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SECTION 10.7
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Report on Assessment of Compliance and
Attestation
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105
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SECTION 10.8
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Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors
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106
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SECTION 10.9
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Amendments
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107
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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108
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SECTION 11.1
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Amendment
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108
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SECTION 11.2
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Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts
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109
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SECTION 11.3
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Governing Law
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109
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SECTION 11.4
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Intention of Parties
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110
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SECTION 11.5
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Notices
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110
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SECTION 11.6
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Severability of Provisions
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111
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SECTION 11.7
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Assignment
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111
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SECTION 11.8
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Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders
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112
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SECTION 11.9
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Inspection and Audit Rights
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112
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SECTION 11.10
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Certificates Nonassessable and Fully
Paid
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113
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SECTION 11.11
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Limitations on Actions; No Proceedings
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113
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SECTION 11.12
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Acknowledgment of Seller
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113
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule I:
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Mortgage Loan Schedule
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S-I-1
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Schedule II:
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Representations and Warranties of the Master
Servicer
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S-II-1
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Schedule III:
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Form of Monthly Master Servicer Report
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S-III-1
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A:
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Form of Senior Certificate
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A-1
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Exhibit B:
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Form of Subordinated / Regulation S
Certificate
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B-1
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Exhibit C:
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Form of Residual Certificate
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C-1
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Exhibit D:
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Form of Reverse of Certificates
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D-1
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Exhibit E:
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Form of Initial Certification
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E-1
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Exhibit F:
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Form of Delay Delivery Certification
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F-1
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Exhibit G:
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Form of Subsequent Certification of
Custodian
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G-1
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Exhibit H:
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Transfer Affidavit
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H-1
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Exhibit I-1:
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Form of Transferor Certificate
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I-1
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Exhibit J:
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Form of Investment Letter [Non-Rule
144A]
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J-1
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Exhibit K:
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Form of Rule 144A Letter
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K-1
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Exhibit L:
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Request for Release (for Trustee)
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L-1
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Exhibit M:
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Request for Release (Mortgage Loan)
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M-1
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Exhibit N-1:
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Form of Annual Certification
(Subservicer)
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N-1-1
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Exhibit N-2:
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Form of Annual Certification (Trustee)
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N-2-1
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Exhibit O:
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Form of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in
Assessment of Compliance
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O-1
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Exhibit P:
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List of Item 1119 Parties
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P-1
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Exhibit Q:
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Form of Sarbanes-Oxley Certification
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Q-1
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iii
THIS
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of 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, as master
servicer (the “Master Servicer”), and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the State
of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH THAT
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The
Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to
the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for
federal income tax purposes will consist of three separate REMICs.
The Certificates will represent the entire beneficial ownership
interest in the Trust Fund. The Regular Certificates will represent
“regular interests” in the Upper REMIC. The Class I-A-R
Certificates will represent the residual interests in the Lower
REMIC, Middle REMIC and Upper REMIC, as described in Section 2.7.
The “latest possible maturity date” for federal income
tax purposes of each REMIC regular interest created hereby will be
the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
The
following table sets forth characteristics of the Certificates,
together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples in
excess thereof in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that
one Certificate of each Class of Certificates may be issued in a
different amount and, in addition, one Residual Certificate
representing the Tax Matters Person Certificate may be issued in a
different amount):
[Remainder of Page Intentionally
Left Blank]
1
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Class
Designation
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Initial Class
Certificate Balance
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Initial
Pass Through
Rate
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Minimum
Denomination
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Integral Multiples
in Excess
Minimum
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Final
Scheduled
Distribution
Date (1)
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Class I-A-1
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$
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191,389,000.00
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6.1000
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% (2)
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$
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25,000
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$
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1,000
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August 2037
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Class I-A-2
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$
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14,807,000.00
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6.1000
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% (2)
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$
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25,000
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$
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1,000
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August 2037
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Class I-A-3
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(3
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)
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0.4192
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% (4)
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$
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100,000
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$
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1,000
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May 2012
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Class I-A-R
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$
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100.00
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6.5192
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% (5)
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$
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100
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$
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N/A
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August 2037
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Class II-A-1
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$
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19,594,000.00
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6.0000
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% (6)
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$
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25,000
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$
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1,000
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July 2037
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Class II-A-2
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(7
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0.9630
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% (8)
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$
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100,000
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$
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1,000
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May 2017
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Class B-1
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$
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8,954,000.00
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6.5578
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% (9)
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$
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100,000
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$
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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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2,420,000.00
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6.5578
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% (9)
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$
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100,000
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$
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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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1,815,000.00
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6.5578
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% (9)
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$
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100,000
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$
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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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1,210,000.00
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6.5578
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% (9)
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$
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100,000
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$
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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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968,000.00
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6.5578
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% (9)
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$
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100,000
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$
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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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847,575.56
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6.5578
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% (9)
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$
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100,000
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$
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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 Rates for the Class I-A-1
and Class I-A-2 Certificates for each subsequent Distribution Date
will equal the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for Pool
I, as of the first day of the month immediately prior to the month
in which the relevant Distribution Date occurs, after taking into
account scheduled payments of principal on that date and any
Principal Prepayments received on or after such date and
distributed to Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date,
less 0.4192446543% through the Interest Accrual Period ending April
30, 2012, and thereafter, the weighted average of the Net Mortgage
Rates of the Mortgage Loans in Pool I.
(3) The Class I-A-3 Certificates are Notional
Amount Certificates that will accrue interest during each Interest
Accrual Period on a Notional Amount equal to the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class I-A-1 and Class I-A-2
Certificates.
(4) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class I-A-3
Certificates will equal 0.4192446543% through the Interest Accrual
Period ending April 30, 2012, and thereafter, 0.00000%.
(5) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class I-A-R
Certificates for each subsequent Distribution Date will equal the
Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for Pool I, as of the
first day of the month immediately prior to the month in which the
relevant Distribution Date occurs, after taking into account
scheduled payments of principal on that date and any Principal
Prepayments received on or after such date and distributed to
Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date.
(6) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class II-A-1
Certificates for each subsequent Distribution Date will equal the
Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for Pool II, as of the
first day of the month immediately prior to the month in which the
relevant Distribution Date occurs, after taking into account
scheduled payments of principal on that date and any Principal
Prepayments received on or after such date and distributed to
Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date, less
0.9630368085% through the Interest Accrual Period ending April 30,
2017, and thereafter, the weighted average of the Net Mortgage
Rates of the Mortgage Loans in Pool II.
(7) The Class II-A-2 Certificates are Notional
Amount Certificates that will accrue interest during each Interest
Accrual Period on a Notional Amount equal to the Class Certificate
Balance of the Class II-A-1 Certificates.
(8) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class II-A-2
Certificates will equal 0.9630368085% through the Interest Accrual
Period ending April 30, 2017, and thereafter, 0.00000%.
(9) The Pass-Through Rates for the Subordinated
Certificates for each subsequent Distribution Date will equal the
weighted average of the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rates for each Mortgage Pool, weighted on the basis of the Group
Subordinate Amount for each Mortgage Pool, as of the first day of
the month immediately prior to the month in which the relevant
Distribution Date occurs, after taking into account scheduled
payments of principal on that date and any Principal Prepayments
received on or after such date and distributed to
Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date.
2
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Accretion Directed Certificates
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None.
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Accrual Certificates
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None.
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Accrual Components
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None.
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Book-Entry Certificates
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All Classes of Certificates other than the
Physical Certificates.
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Certificate Group
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With respect to Pool I, the Group I Senior
Certificates, and with respect to Pool II, the Group II Senior
Certificates.
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COFI Certificates
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None.
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Component Certificates
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None.
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Components
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None.
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Delay Certificates
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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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Floating Rate Certificates
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None.
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Group I Senior Certificates
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The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3 and
Class I-A-R Certificates.
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Group II Senior Certificates
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The Class II-A-1 and Class II-A-2
Certificates.
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Insured Retail Certificates
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None.
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Inverse Floating Rate Certificates
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None.
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LIBOR Certificates
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None.
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Non-Delay Certificates
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None.
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Notional Amount Components
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None.
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Notional Amount Certificates
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The Class I-A-3 and Class II-A-2
Certificates.
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Offered Certificates
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All Classes of the Certificates other than the
Private Certificates.
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Physical Certificates
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The Residual Certificates and the Private
Certificates.
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Planned Principal Classes
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Principal Only Certificates
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Private Certificates
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The Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates.
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Rating Agencies
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Fitch and Moody’s; except that, for the
purposes of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 and
Class B-5 Certificates, Fitch shall be the sole Rating Agency. The
Class B-6 Certificates will not be rated.
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Regular Certificates
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All Classes of Certificates, other than the
Residual Certificates.
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Residual Certificates
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Scheduled Principal Classes
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None.
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Senior Certificates
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Senior Certificates, collectively.
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Senior Mezzanine Certificates
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Subordinated Certificates
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Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
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Super Senior Certificates
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Support Classes
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Targeted Principal Classes
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Underwriter
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With
respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which the
corresponding reference is “None,” all defined terms
and provisions herein relating solely to such designations shall be
of no force or effect, and any calculations herein incorporating
references to such designations shall be interpreted without
reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms and
provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies not
designated above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or
effect.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever
used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the following
meanings:
Accrued
Certificate Interest: For any Class of Certificates for any
Distribution Date, the interest accrued during the related Interest
Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Class
Certificate Balance (or Notional Amount in the case of the Notional
Amount Certificates) of such Class of Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date, less such Class’ share of
any Net Interest Shortfall.
Additional
Designated Information: As defined in Section 10.2.
Adjusted
Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per
annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Master Servicing Fee
Rate.
Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the
per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the related Expense
Fee Rate.
Adjustment
Date: A date specified in each Mortgage Note as a date on which the
Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan will be
adjusted.
Advance:
The payment required to be made by the Master Servicer with respect
to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.1, the amount of any
such payment being equal to the aggregate of payments of principal
and interest (net of the Master Servicing Fee and net of any net
income in the case of any REO Property) on the Mortgage Loans that
were due on the related Due Date and not received as of the close
of business on the related Determination Date, less the aggregate
amount of any such delinquent payments that the Master Servicer has
determined would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance if
advanced.
Aggregate
Senior Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the percentage
(carried to eight decimal places) equal to (x) the sum of the Class
Certificate Balances of the Senior Certificates (other than the
Notional Amount Certificates) of all Certificate Groups immediately
prior to such Distribution Date, divided by (y) the aggregate Pool
Principal Balance for all of the Mortgage Pools on such
Distribution Date.
Aggregate
Subordinated Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the percentage
(carried to eight decimal places) equal to (x) the sum of the Class
Certificate Balances of the Subordinated Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date, divided by (y) the aggregate Pool
Principal Balance for all of the Mortgage Pools on such
Distribution Date.
Agreement:
This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments or
supplements hereto.
Allocable
Share: With respect to any Class of Subordinated Certificates on
any Distribution Date, such Class’ pro rata share
(based on the Class Certificate Balance of each Class entitled
thereto) of the Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount for each
Mortgage Pool;
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provided, that, except as provided in this
Agreement, no Subordinated Certificates (other than the Class of
Subordinated Certificates with the highest priority of
distribution) shall be entitled on any Distribution Date to receive
distributions pursuant to clauses (2), (3) and (5) of the
definition of Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount unless the
Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger for such Class is satisfied
for such Distribution Date.
Alternative
Title Product: Any one of the following: (i) Lien Protection
Insurance issued by Integrated Loan Services or ATM Corporation of
America, (ii) a Mortgage Lien Report issued by EPN
Solutions/ACRAnet, (iii) a Property Plus Report issued by Rapid
Refinance Service through SharperLending.com, or (iv) such other
alternative title insurance product that the Seller utilizes in
connection with its then current underwriting criteria.
Amount
Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount held in the applicable subaccount of the
Certificate Account at the close of business on the related
Determination Date on account of (i) Principal Prepayments on the
related Mortgage Pool received after the related Prepayment Period
and Liquidation Proceeds in the related Mortgage Pool received in
the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) all Scheduled Payments
in the related Mortgage Pool due after the related Due
Date.
Apportioned
Principal Balance: For any Class of Subordinated Certificates and
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class Certificate
Balance of such Class immediately prior to that Distribution Date
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the applicable
Group Subordinate Amount for such Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is the sum of the Group Subordinate Amounts
for such Distribution Date.
Appraised
Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised Value of
the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect to a
Mortgage Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of
(a) the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal
made at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan and (b)
the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the time of the
origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii) with respect to a
Refinancing Mortgage Loan other than a Streamlined Documentation
Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the
appraisal made at the time of the origination of such Refinancing
Mortgage Loan; and (iii) with respect to a Streamlined
Documentation Mortgage Loan, (a) if the loan-to-value ratio with
respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at the time of the
origination thereof was 90% or less, the value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the
origination of the Original Mortgage Loan and (b) if the
loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at
the time of the origination thereof was greater than 90%, the value
of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal (which may be a
drive-by appraisal) made at the time of the origination of such
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan.
Available
Funds: For each Mortgage Pool, with respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the sum of:
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all scheduled installments of interest, net of
the Master Servicing Fee, the Trustee Fee, any expenses and
indemnities due to the Master Servicer and all scheduled
installments of principal due in respect of the Mortgage Loans in
such Mortgage
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Pool on the Due Date in the month in which the
Distribution Date occurs and received before the related
Determination Date, together with any Advances in respect
thereof;
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all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and
Unanticipated Recoveries received in respect of the Mortgage Loans
in such Mortgage Pool during the calendar month before the
Distribution Date, which in each case is net of unreimbursed
expenses incurred in connection with a liquidation or foreclosure
and unreimbursed Advances, if any;
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all Principal Prepayments received in respect of
the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool during the related
Prepayment Period, plus interest received thereon, net of any
Prepayment Interest Excess;
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any Compensating Interest in respect of Principal
Prepayments in Full received in respect of the Mortgage Loans in
such Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment Period (or, in the
case of the first Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date);
and
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any Substitution Adjustment Amount or the
Purchase Price for any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool or a Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool
repurchased by the Seller or the Master Servicer as of such
Distribution Date, reduced by amounts in reimbursement for Advances
previously made and other amounts that the Master Servicer is
entitled to be reimbursed for out of the Certificate Account
pursuant to this Agreement.
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Bankruptcy
Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended.
Bankruptcy
Coverage Termination Date: The date on which the Bankruptcy Loss
Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Bankruptcy
Loss: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Deficient Valuation or
Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that a Bankruptcy Loss
shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long as the
Master Servicer has notified the Trustee in writing that the Master
Servicer is diligently pursuing any remedies that may exist in
connection with the related Mortgage Loan and either (A) the
related Mortgage Loan is not in default with regard to payments due
thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of principal and interest
under the related Mortgage Loan and any related escrow payments in
respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current basis
by the Master Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any
Debt Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation.
Bankruptcy
Loss Coverage Amount: As of any Determination Date, the Bankruptcy
Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the Initial Bankruptcy Coverage
Amount as reduced by (i) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses
allocated to the Certificates since the Cut-off Date and (ii) any
permissible reductions in the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as
evidenced by a letter of each Rating Agency to the Trustee to the
effect that any such reduction will not result in a downgrading of
the then current ratings assigned to the Classes of Certificates
rated by it. As
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of any Distribution Date on or after the
Cross-over Date, the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount will be
zero.
Blanket
Mortgage: The mortgage or mortgages encumbering the Cooperative
Property.
Book-Entry
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business
Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day
on which banking institutions in the City of Dallas, or the State
of Texas or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to be closed.
Certificate:
Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in
substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate
Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts created and
maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.5 with a
depository institution in the name of the Master Servicer for the
benefit of the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and
designated “First Horizon Home Loans in trust for the
registered holders of First Horizon Asset Securities Inc. Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AA2.”
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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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
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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,
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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
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class of Certificates and
as of any Distribution Date the aggregate of the Certificate
Principal Balances of all Certificates of such Class as of such
date, plus the amount of any Unanticipated Recoveries added to the
Class Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificate pursuant to
Section 4.2(g).
Class
Prepayment Distribution Trigger: For a Class of Subordinated
Certificates (other than the Class of Subordinated Certificates
with the highest priority of distribution), a trigger that is
satisfied on any Distribution Date on which a fraction (expressed
as a percentage), the numerator of which is the aggregate Class
Certificate Balance of such Class and each Class subordinate
thereto, if any, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Pool
Principal Balance for all the Mortgage Pools with respect to such
Distribution Date, equals or exceeds such percentage calculated as
of the Closing Date.
Closing
Date: 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.
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Component:
Not applicable.
Component
Certificates: Not applicable.
Component
Principal Balance: Not applicable.
Cooperative
Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable
leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the
Cooperative Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as
a Cooperative Housing Corporation under Section 216 of the
Code.
Coop
Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Coop Shares and a Proprietary
Lease.
Cooperative
Property: The real property and improvements owned by the
Cooperative Corporation, including the allocation of individual
dwelling units to the holders of the Coop Shares of the Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative
Unit: A single family dwelling located in a Cooperative
Property.
Corporate
Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the State of
New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business with respect to this Agreement shall be administered,
which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is
located at The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, 4W, New York,
New York 10286 (Attn: Corporate Trust Administration—First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc. Series 2007-AA2), facsimile no. (212)
815-3986, and which is the address to which notices to and
correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.
Corresponding
Classes: As to any Middle REMIC Interest identified in Section 2.7,
the Class or Classes that are identified in Section 2.7 as
corresponding to such Middle REMIC interest.
Corresponding
Classes of Middle REMIC Interests: As to any Lower REMIC Interest
identified in Section 2.7, the Middle REMIC Interest or Middle
REMIC Interests that are identified in Section 2.7 corresponding to
such Lower REMIC Interest.
Cross-over
Date: The Distribution Date on which the respective Class
Certificate Balances of each Class of Subordinated Certificates
have been reduced to zero.
Custodial
Agreement: The Custodial Agreement dated as of 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.
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Cut-off
Date Pool Principal Balance: With respect to Pool I, $221,003,366;
and with respect to Pool II, $21,001,309.
Cut-off
Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the Stated
Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the
Cut-off Date.
Debt
Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction
by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan
which became final and non-appealable, except such a reduction
resulting from a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results
in a permanent forgiveness of principal.
Defective
Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which is required to be
repurchased pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3.
Deficient
Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a
court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an
amount less than the then-outstanding indebtedness under the
Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in the amount of principal to be
paid in connection with any Scheduled Payment that results in a
permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction
results from an order of such court which is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code.
Definitive
Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical Certificate
and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.2(e).
Delay
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which all or a
portion of a related Mortgage File is not delivered to the Trustee
on the Closing Date. The number of Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans
shall not exceed 25% of the aggregate number of Mortgage Loans as
of the Closing Date.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.3(b) hereof.
Denomination:
With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the face
thereof as the “Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate” or the Percentage Interest appearing on the face
thereof.
Depositor:
First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its
successor in interest.
Depository:
The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, the
nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the
Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a
“clearing corporation” as defined in Section
8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York.
Depository
Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution
or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
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Determination
Date: As to any Distribution Date, the earlier of (i) the third
Business Day after the 15th day of each month, and (ii) the second
Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date.
Distribution
Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.5 in the name of the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated “The
Bank of New York, in trust for registered Holders of First Horizon
Asset Securities Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2007-AA2.” 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” by S&P
(in the case of the Certificate Account or the Distribution
Account), “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.
ERISA:
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting: With respect to any ERISA-Restricted Certificate, a
best efforts or firm commitment underwriting or private placement
that meets the requirements of the Underwriters’
Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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Escrow
Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.6(a) hereof.
Event
of Default: As defined in Section 7.1 hereof.
Excess
Loss: The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss realized after the Fraud
Loss Coverage Termination Date, (ii) Special Hazard Loss realized
after the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date or (iii)
Deficient Valuation realized after the Bankruptcy Coverage
Termination Date.
Excess
Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount,
if any, by which the sum of any Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and/or Unanticipated Recoveries in respect of such
Mortgage Loan received in the calendar month in which such Mortgage
Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, net of any amounts
previously reimbursed to the Master Servicer as Nonrecoverable
Advance(s) with respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
3.8(a)(iii), exceeds (i) the unpaid principal balance of such
Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month in which
such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii)
accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which
interest was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to
Certificateholders up to the Due Date applicable to the
Distribution Date immediately following the calendar month during
which such liquidation occurred.
Exchange
Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Exchange
Act Reports: Any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K
required to be filed by the Depositor with respect to the Trust
Fund under the Exchange Act.
Expense
Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the related Master
Servicing Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee Rate.
FDIC:
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC:
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under
Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or
any successor thereto.
Final
Scheduled Distribution Date: For each Certificate, as specified in
the Preliminary Statement.
FIRREA:
The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of
1989.
First
Horizon: First Horizon Home Loans, a division of First Tennessee
Bank National Association, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
First Horizon National Corporation, a Tennessee
corporation.
Fitch:
Fitch Ratings and its successors and/or assigns. If Fitch is
designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 11.5(b) the address for notices to
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Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., One State Street
Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Residential Mortgage
Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
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, $4,840,094. As of any
Distribution Date from the first anniversary of the Cut-off Date
and prior to the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud
Loss Coverage Amount will equal $2,420,047 minus the aggregate
amount of Fraud Losses that would have been allocated to the
Subordinated Certificates in the absence of the Loss Allocation
Limitation since the Cut-off Date. As of any Distribution Date on
or after the earlier of the Cross-over Date or the fifth
anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount
shall be zero.
Fraud
Loss Coverage Termination Date: The date on which the Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Fraud
Losses: Realized Losses on Mortgage Loans as to which a loss is
sustained by reason of a default arising from fraud, dishonesty or
misrepresentation in connection with the related Mortgage Loan,
including a loss by reason of the denial of coverage under any
related Primary Insurance Policy because of such fraud, dishonesty
or misrepresentation.
Group
Subordinate Amount: For a Mortgage Pool and any Distribution Date;
the excess of (a) the Pool Principal Balance of such Mortgage Pool
for such Distribution Date, over (b) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates (other than the
Notional Amount Certificates) of the related Certificate Group
immediately prior to that Distribution Date.
Index:
Not applicable.
Indirect
Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution
or other Person that clears through or maintains a custodial
relationship with a Depository Participant.
Initial
Bankruptcy Coverage Amount: $150,000.
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Insurance
Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust
Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements
thereto in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for
any Insurance Policies.
Insurance
Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to any Insurance
Policy, in each case other than any amount included in such
Insurance Proceeds (a) in respect of Insured Expenses, (b) that is
applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property, or
(c) that is released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer’s normal servicing procedures.
Insured
Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Insured
Retail Certificates: Not applicable.
Interest
Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month of
such Distribution Date. With respect to any Non-Delay Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the one month period commencing on the
25th day of the month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the 24th day of the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Interest
Determination Date: Not applicable.
Item
1119 Party: The Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, any Subservicer, any originator identified in the
Prospectus Supplement and any other material transaction party, as
identified in Exhibit P hereto, as updated pursuant to Section
10.4.
Latest
Possible Maturity Date: As to each Class of Subordinated
Certificates, each Class of Senior Certificates in Pool I 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 each Class of
Senior Certificates in Pool II, 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.
LIBOR:
Not applicable.
LIBOR
Certificates: Not applicable.
Limited
Exchange Act Reporting Obligations: The obligations of the Master
Servicer under Section 3.16(b), Section 8.7 and Section 8.9 with
respect to notice and information to be provided to the Depositor
and Article X (except Section 10.7(a)(i) and (ii)).
Liquidated
Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated in
the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
and as to which the Master Servicer has determined (in accordance
with this Agreement) that it has received all amounts it expects to
receive in
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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 to any date of
determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the
numerator of which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan at such date of determination and the denominator of which is
the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
Loss
Allocation Limitation: As defined in Section 4.4(g).
Lost
Mortgage Note: Any Mortgage Note the original of which was
permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Lower
REMIC: The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Trust Fund
but excluding, the Middle REMIC Interests, the Lower REMIC
Interests, the RL Interest, the RM Interest and the RU
Interest.
Lower
REMIC Interests: The REMIC regular interests, within the meaning of
the REMIC Provisions, issued by the Lower REMIC as set forth in
Section 2.7.
Maintenance:
With respect to any Cooperative Unit, the rent paid by the
Mortgagor to the Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the
Proprietary Lease.
Majority
in Interest: As to any Class of Regular Certificates, the Holders
of Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the aggregate, at
least 51% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by all Certificates
of such Class.
Master
Servicer: First Horizon Home Loans, a division of First Tennessee
Bank National 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: A per annum rate equal to 0.369%.
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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, as seller, and First Horizon
Asset Securities Inc., as purchaser, as related to the transfer,
sale and conveyance of the Mortgage Loans.
MOM
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee,
solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its
successors and assigns.
Monthly
Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.6.
Moody’s:
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors and/or
assigns. If Moody’s is designated as a Rating Agency in the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 11.5(b) the address
for notices to Moody’s shall be Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007,
Attention: Residential Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other
address as Moody’s may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or
the Master Servicer.
Mortgage:
The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first
lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real
property securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage
File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.1(b) hereof
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional
documents delivered to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File
pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage
Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time
amended by the Master Servicer to reflect the addition of
Substitute Mortgage Loans and the deletion of Deleted Mortgage
Loans pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) transferred to
the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and from time to time subject
to this Agreement, attached hereto as Schedule I, setting forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage
Loan:
(1)
the loan number;
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the Mortgagor’s name and the street address of the Mortgaged
Property, including the zip code;
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the maturity date;
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(4)
the original principal balance;
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(5)
the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
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(6)
the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
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(7)
the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
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(8)
the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
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(9)
a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time of
origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
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(10)
a code indicating whether the residential dwelling is either (a) a
detached single family dwelling (b) a dwelling in a de minimis PUD,
(c) a condominium unit or PUD (other than a de minimis PUD), (d) a
two-to-four unit residential property or (e) a Cooperative
Unit;
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(11)
the Mortgage Rate;
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(12)
the purpose for the Mortgage Loan;
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(13)
the type of documentation program pursuant to which the Mortgage
Loan was originated;
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(14)
the Master Servicing Fee for the Mortgage Loan; and
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(15)
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: Either Pool I or Pool II.
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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.
National
Cost of Funds Index: The National Monthly Median Cost of Funds
Ratio to SAIF-Insured Institutions published by the Office of
Thrift Supervision.
Net
Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date and each Mortgage
Pool, the sum of (a) the amount of interest which would otherwise
have been received for any Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool that
was the subject of (x) a Relief Act Reduction or (y) a Special
Hazard Loss, Fraud Loss, or Deficient Valuation, after the
exhaustion of the respective amounts of coverage for those types of
losses provided by the Subordinated Certificates; and (b) any Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls in respect of such Mortgage
Pool.
Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution Date and
each Mortgage Pool, the amount by which the aggregate of Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls in respect of the Mortgage Loans in such
Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment Period exceeds an
amount equal to the Compensating Interest paid in respect of such
Mortgage Loans, if any, for such Distribution Date.
Non-Delay
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Non-Excess
Loss: Any Realized Loss other than an Excess Loss.
Nonrecoverable
Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or proposed to
be made by the Master Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of
the Master Servicer, will not be ultimately recoverable by the
Master Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise.
Notice
of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided pursuant to
Section 9.2 to the effect that final distribution on any of the
Certificates shall be made only upon presentation and surrender
thereof.
Notional
Amount: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Notional
Amount Component: Not applicable.
Notional
Amount Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Offered
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officer’s
Certificate: A Certificate (i) signed by the Chairman of the Board,
the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Managing Director,
a Vice President (however
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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 Class Certificate
Balance of the Subordinated Certificates as of the Closing
Date.
OTS:
The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outside
Reference Date: Not applicable.
Outstanding:
With respect to the Certificates as of any date of determination,
all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under this
Agreement except:
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(i)
Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; and
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(ii)
Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
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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.
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.
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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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(i)
obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, provided
such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States;
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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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(iv)
certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers’
acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company
incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state
thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial
paper and/or long term unsecured debt obligations of such
depository institution or trust company (or in the case of the
principal depository institution in a holding company system, the
commercial paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such
holding company, but only if Moody’s is not a Rating Agency)
are then rated one of the two highest long-term and/or the highest
short-term ratings of each Rating Agency for such
securities;
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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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(vi)
guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance
company or other corporation and receiving the highest short-term
debt rating of each Rating Agency and containing, at the time of
the issuance of such agreements, such terms and conditions as will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to the Certificates by either Rating Agency;
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(vii)
repurchase obligations with respect to any security described in
clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into with a
depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (iv) above;
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(viii)
securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or
instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the face
amount thereof)
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bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by
any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or
any state thereof which, at the time of such investment, have one
of the two highest ratings of each Rating Agency (except if the
Rating Agency is Moody’s or S&P, such rating shall be the
highest commercial paper rating of Moody’s or S&P, as
applicable, for any such securities);
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(ix)
units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the highest rating
assigned by each Rating Agency (except if Fitch is a Rating Agency
and has not rated the portfolio, the highest rating assigned by
Moody’s) and restricted to obligations issued or guaranteed
by the United States of America or entities whose obligations are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America
and repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations;
and
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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;
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provided that no such instrument
shall be a Permitted Investment if such instrument evidences the
right to receive interest only payments with respect to the
obligations underlying such instrument.
Permitted
Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United States, any State
or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International
Organization or any agency or instrumentality of either of the
foregoing, (iii) an organization (except certain farmers’
cooperatives described in section 521 of the Code) which is exempt
from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax
imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable
income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(l)
of the Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural
electric and telephone cooperatives described in section
1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an “electing large
partnership” as defined in section 775 of the Code, (vi) a
Person that is not (a) a citizen or resident of the United States,
(b) a corporation, partnership, or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, (c) an estate whose income
from sources without the United States is includible in gross
income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of
its connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States or (d) a trust if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust, unless such Person
has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or any applicable successor
form, and (vii) any other Person so designated by the Depositor
based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause any
REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that the Certificates are outstanding; provided, however, that if a
person is classified as a partnership under the Code, such person
shall only be a Permitted Transferee if all of its beneficial
owners are described in subclauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) of clause
(vi) and the governing documents of such person prohibits a
transfer of
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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.
Planned
Balance: Not applicable.
Planned
Principal Classes: Not applicable.
Pool
I: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool I.
Pool
II: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool II.
Pool
Principal Balance: For a Mortgage Pool, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances
of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool which were Outstanding
Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date, and for the first Distribution Date, as of
the Closing Date, less any Principal Prepayments received on or
after such Due Date and distributed to Certificateholders on the
prior Distribution Date.
Prepayment
Interest Excess: As to any Principal Prepayment received by the
Master Servicer from the first day through the fifteenth day of any
calendar month (other than the calendar month in which the Cut-off
Date occurs), all amounts paid by the related Mortgagor in respect
of interest on such Principal Prepayment. All Prepayment Interest
Excess shall be paid to the Master Servicer as additional master
servicing compensation.
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date, Mortgage Loan and
Principal Prepayment received (a) during the period from the
sixteenth day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from the
Cut-off Date) through the last day of such month, in the case of a
Principal Prepayment in Full, or (b) during the month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date, in the case of a partial Principal
Prepayment, the amount, if any, by which one month’s interest
at the related Adjusted Mortgage Rate on such Principal Prepayment
exceeds the amount of interest actually paid by the Mortgagor in
connection with such Principal Prepayment.
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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
Balance Schedules: Not applicable.
Principal
Prepayment: Any payment of principal by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage
Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is
not accompanied by an amount representing scheduled interest due on
any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment. Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the
Master Servicer in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note.
Principal
Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor of
the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Private
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 14, 2007 generally relating to mortgage
pass-through certificates to be sold by the Depositor.
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
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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 immediately
prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.
Recognition
Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan, an agreement
between the Cooperative Corporation and the originator of such
Mortgage Loan which establishes the rights of such originator in
the Cooperative Property.
Record
Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business
on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs.
Reference
Bank: Not applicable.
Refinancing
Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection with the
refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
Regular
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Regulation
AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from
time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation
as have been provided by the SEC in the adopting release
(Asset-
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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.
Regulation
S: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act or any
successor provision thereto, in each case as the same may be
amended from time to time; and all references to any rule, section
or subsection of, or definition or term contained in, Regulation S
means such rule, section, subsection, definition or term, as the
case may be, or any successor thereto, in each case as the same may
be amended from time to time.
Relief
Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, or any
similar state or local legislation or regulations.
Relief
Act Reductions: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount
of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended
calendar month as a result of the application of the Relief Act,
the amount, if any, by which interest collectible on such Mortgage
Loan for the most recently ended calendar month is less than
interest accrued thereon for such month pursuant to the Mortgage
Note.
REMIC:
A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the
meaning of section 860D of the Code.
REMIC
Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final regulation, revenue
ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement or
interpretation relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued
after the Closing Date.
REMIC
Pool: Either of the Lower REMIC, Middle REMIC or Upper
REMIC.
REMIC
Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections
860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and
related provisions, and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the
foregoing may be in effect from time to time as well as provisions
of applicable state laws.
REO
Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Reportable
Event: Any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any
event, the following:
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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);
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(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
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party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing
agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of
Regulation AB);
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(c)
with respect to the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer
becomes aware of any bankruptcy or receivership with respect to
First Horizon, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer,
the Trustee, any 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;
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(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;
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(e)
the resignation, removal, replacement, substitution of the Trustee,
the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, the Trustee or any
co-trustee;
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(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
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(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
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance
policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under
this Agreement.
Required
Recordation States: The states of Florida, Maryland and
Mississippi.
Residual
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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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.
RL
Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within the meaning of the
REMIC Provisions, issued by the Lower REMIC, which shall be
represented by the Class I-A-R Certificate.
RM
Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within the meaning of the
REMIC Provisions, issued by the Middle REMIC, which shall be
represented by the Class I-A-R Certificate.
RU
Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within the meaning of the
REMIC Provisions, issued by the Upper REMIC, which shall be
represented by the Class I-A-R Certificate.
Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification: As defined in Section 10.5.
Scheduled
Balances: Not applicable.
Scheduled
Certificates: Not applicable.
Scheduled
Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due on
any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such
Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise specified herein, shall give
effect to any related Debt Service Reduction and any Deficient
Valuation that affects the amount of the monthly payment due on
such Mortgage Loan.
Scheduled
Principal Classes: Not applicable.
SEC:
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security
Agreement: The security agreement with respect to a Cooperative
Loan.
Seller:
First Horizon Home Loans, a division of First Tennessee Bank
National 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.
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Senior
Optimal Principal Amount: As to a Mortgage Pool and with respect to
each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of:
(1)
the related Senior Percentage of all Scheduled Payments of
principal due on each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool on the
first day of the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, as
specified in the amortization schedule at the time applicable
thereto after adjustment for previous principal prepayments and the
principal portion of Debt Service Reductions after the Bankruptcy
Loss Coverage Amount has been reduced to zero, but before any
adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any other
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar
waiver or grace period;
(2)
the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool which was the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full received by the Master
Servicer during the applicable Prepayment Period;
(3)
the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) all
partial Principal Prepayments in respect of each Mortgage Loan in
such Mortgage Pool received during the applicable Prepayment Period
and (b) all Unanticipated Recoveries received in respect of each
Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool received during the
calendar month preceding such Distribution Date;
(4)
the lesser of:
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(a)
the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (x) the
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal on each Mortgage Loan
in such Mortgage Pool which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan
during the related Prepayment Period, other than Mortgage Loans
described in clause (y), and (y) the principal balance of each
Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool that was purchased by a private
mortgage insurer during the related Prepayment Period as an
alternative to paying a claim under the related Insurance Policy;
and
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(b)(i)
the related Senior Percentage of the sum of (x) the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool which
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment
Period, other than Mortgage Loans described in clause (y), and (y)
the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage
Pool that was purchased by a private mortgage insurer during the
related Prepayment Period as an alternative to paying a claim under
the related Insurance Policy minus (ii) the related Senior
Percentage of the principal portion of Excess Losses (other than
Debt Service Reductions) for such Mortgage Pool during the related
Prepayment Period; and
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the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) the
Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage
Pool which was repurchased by the seller in connection with such
Distribution Date and (b) the difference, if any, between the
Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool
that has been replaced by the seller with a Substitute Mortgage
Loan pursuant to this Agreement in connection with such
Distribution Date and the Stated Principal Balance of such
Substitute Mortgage Loan.
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Senior
Percentage: On any Distribution Date for a Certificate Group, the
lesser of 100% and the percentage (carried to six places rounded
up) obtained by dividing the aggregate Class Certificate Balances
of all Classes of Senior Certificates (other than Notional Amount
Certificates) of such Certificate Group immediately preceding such
Distribution Date by the Pool Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Pool for the immediately preceding Distribution
Date.
Senior
Prepayment Percentage: On any Distribution Date occurring during
the periods set forth below, and as to each Certificate Group, the
Senior Prepayment Percentages, described below:
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Period (Dates
Inclusive)
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Senior Prepayment
Percentage
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July 2007 – June 2014
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July 2014 – June 2015
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The related Senior Percentage plus 70% of the
related Subordinated Percentage.
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July 2015 – June 2016
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The related Senior Percentage plus 60% of the
related Subordinated Percentage.
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July 2016 – June 2017
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The related Senior Percentage plus 40% of the
related Subordinated Percentage.
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July 2017 – June 2018
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The related Senior Percentage plus 20% of the
related Subordinated Percentage.
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July 2018 and thereafter
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provided however, (i) if on any
Distribution Date, the Aggregate Senior Percentage exceeds such
percentage calculated as of the Closing Date, then the Senior
Prepayment Percentage for all Certificate Groups for such
Distribution Date will equal 100%, (ii) if on any Distribution Date
prior to the July 2010 Distribution Date, the Aggregate
Subordinated Percentage is greater than or equal to twice such
percentage calculated as of the Closing Date, then the Senior
Prepayment Percentage for each Certificate Group for such
Distribution Date will equal the Senior Percentage for such
Certificate Group plus 50% of the Subordinated Percentage for such
Certificate Group and (iii) if on or after the July 2010
Distribution Date, the Aggregate Subordinated Percentage is greater
than or equal to twice such percentage calculated as of the Closing
Date, then the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Certificate
Group for such Distribution Date will equal the Senior Percentage
for such Certificate Group.
The
reductions in the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Certificate
Group described above will not occur, and the Senior Prepayment
Percentage or each Certificate Group for such prior period will be
calculated without regard to clause (ii) or (iii) of the paragraph
above, unless both of the following step-down conditions are
satisfied with respect to each Mortgage Pool as of the last day of
the month preceding the Distribution Date:
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the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
Mortgage Loans in all the Mortgage Pools delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any Mortgage Loans in foreclosure or
subject to bankruptcy proceedings and Mortgage Loans with respect
to which the related Mortgaged Property, including REO Property,
has been acquired by the Trust Fund) does not exceed 50% of the
aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated
Certificates as of that date; and
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cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans
in all the Mortgage Pools do not exceed:
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(a) 20% of the Original Subordinated Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including July
2007 and June 2010; and
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(b) 30% of the Original Subordinated Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs on or after July
2010.
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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 (as successor in interest
to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation), as transferor and
subservicer, and First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc., as
transferee and servicer, as the same may be amended from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
Special
Hazard Coverage Termination Date: The date on which the Special
Hazard Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Special
Hazard Loss: Any Realized Loss suffered by a Mortgaged Property on
account of direct physical loss but not including (i) any loss of a
type covered by a hazard insurance policy or a flood insurance
policy required to be maintained with respect to such Mortgaged
Property pursuant to Section 3.9 to the extent of the amount of
such loss covered thereby, (ii) any shortfall in Insurance Proceeds
for partial damage due to the application of the co-insurance
clauses contained in a hazard insurance policy, or (iii) any loss
caused by or resulting from:
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(1) normal wear and tear;
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(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);
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(3) errors in design, faulty workmanship or
faulty materials, unless the collapse of the property or a part
thereof ensues and then only for the ensuing loss;
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(4)
nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or radioactive or
chemical contamination, all whether controlled or uncontrolled, and
whether such loss be direct or indirect, proximate or remote or be
in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or aggravated by a
peril covered by the definition of the term “Special Hazard
Loss”;
(5)
hostile or warlike action in time of peace and war, including
action in hindering, combating or defending against an actual,
impending or expected attack:
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(i)
by any government or sovereign power, de jure or de facto, or by
any authority maintaining or using military, naval or air
forces;
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(ii)
by military, naval or air forces; or
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(iii)
by an agent of any such government, power, authority or
forces;
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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, $4,160,000. As of any Distribution Date, the Special
Hazard Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the greater of
(a)
1.00% (or if greater than 1.00%, the highest percentage of Mortgage
Loans by principal balance secured by Mortgaged Properties in any
single California zip code) of the outstanding principal balance of
all the Mortgage Loans as of the related Determination Date;
and
(b)
twice the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan which
has the largest outstanding principal balance as of the related
Determination Date, less, in each case, the aggregate amount of
Special Hazard Losses that would have been previously allocated to
the Subordinated Certificates in the absence of the Loss Allocation
Limitation. As of any Distribution Date on or after the Cross-over
Date, the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount will be
zero.
Special
Hazard Mortgage Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a
Special Hazard Loss has occurred.
S&P:
Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and its successors and/or assigns. If S&P is
designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 11.5(b) the address for notices to S&P
shall be Standard & Poor’s, 55 Water Street, 41st Floor,
New York, New York 10041, Attention: Mortgage Surveillance
Monitoring, or such other address as S&P may hereafter furnish
to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
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Startup
Day: The Closing Date.
Stated
Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the unpaid
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date as
specified in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto
(before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of
any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period) after giving
effect to any previous partial Principal Prepayments and
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other than with
respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the payment of
principal due on such Due Date and irrespective of any delinquency
in payment by the related Mortgagor.
Streamlined
Documentation Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated pursuant
to the Seller’s Streamlined Loan Documentation Program then
in effect.
Subcontractor:
Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible
for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly
understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities
market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete
functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect
to the Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the
Master Servicer, a Subservicer or the Trustee, as the case may
be.
Subordinated
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Subordinated
Certificate Writedown Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount by which (a) the sum of the Class Certificate Balances of
all of the Certificates (other than the Notional Amount
Certificates), after giving effect to the distribution of principal
and the allocation of Realized Losses in reduction of the Class
Certificate Balances of all of the Certificates on such
Distribution Date, exceeds (b) the aggregate of the Pool Principal
Balances of all of the Mortgage Pools on the first day of the month
of such Distribution Date, less any Deficient Valuations occurring
before the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount has been reduced to
zero.
Subordinated
Optimal Principal Amount: With respect to each Mortgage Pool and
each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following
(but in no event greater than the aggregate Class Certificate
Balances of the Subordinated Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date):
(1)
the related Subordinated Percentage of all Scheduled Payments of
principal due on each outstanding Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool on the first day of the month in which the
Distribution Date occurs, as specified in the amortization schedule
at the time applicable thereto, after adjustment for previous
principal prepayments and the principal portion of Debt Service
Reductions after the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount has been
reduced to zero, but before any adjustment to such amortization
schedule by reason of any other bankruptcy or similar proceeding or
any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period;
(2)
the related Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Pool which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full
received by the Master Servicer during the related Prepayment
Period;
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(3)
the related Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a)
all partial Principal Prepayments received in respect of each
Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool during the related
Prepayment Period, (b) all Unanticipated Recoveries received in
respect of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool during
the calendar month prior to such Distribution Date, and (c) on the
Senior Final Distribution Date, 100% of any related Senior Optimal
Principal Amount remaining undistributed on such date;
(4)
the amount, if any, by which the sum of (a) the net Liquidation
Proceeds allocable to principal received during the related
Prepayment Period in respect of each Liquidated Mortgage Loan in
the related Mortgage Pool, other than Mortgage Loans described in
clause (b), and (b) the principal balance of each Mortgage Loan in
the related Mortgage Pool that was purchased by a private mortgage
insurer during the related Prepayment Period as an alternative to
paying a claim under the related Insurance Policy exceeds (c) the
sum of the amounts distributable to the Senior Certificateholders
under clause (4) of the definition of applicable Senior Optimal
Principal Amount on such Distribution Date; and
(5)
the related Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a)
the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool which was repurchased by the seller in connection
with such Distribution Date and (b) the difference, if any, between
the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool that has been replaced by the seller with a
Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement in connection
with such Distribution Date and the Stated Principal Balance of
each such Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Subordinated
Percentage: For any Distribution Date and each Certificate Group,
100% minus the related Senior Percentage.
Subordinated
Prepayment Percentage: For any Distribution Date and each
Certificate Group, 100% minus the related Senior Prepayment
Percentage.
Subservicer:
Any person to whom the Master Servicer has contracted for the
servicing of all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 3.2 hereof.
Substitute
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution,
as confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of
Exhibit L, (i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of
the principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of
substitution, not in excess of, and not more than 10% less than the
Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have an
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate not lower than the Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, provided that the Master
Servicing Fee for the Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be equal to or
greater than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a
maximum mortgage rate not more than 1% per annum higher or lower
than the maximum mortgage rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv)
have a minimum mortgage rate specified in its related Mortgage Note
not more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the minimum
mortgage rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have the same
mortgage index, reset period and periodic rate as the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and a gross margin not more than 1% per annum higher
or lower than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (vi) be accruing
interest at a rate
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no lower than and not more than 1% per annum
higher than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (vii) have a remaining term to maturity no greater than (and
not more than one year less than that of) the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (viii) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted Mortgage
Loan was a Cooperative Loan and (ix) comply with each
representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.3
hereof.
Substitution
Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term pursuant to
Section 2.3.
Super
Senior Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Super
Senior Support Certificates: Not applicable.
Support
Classes: Not applicable.
Targeted
Balances: Not applicable.
Targeted
Principal Classes: Not applicable.
Tax
Matters Person: The person designated as “tax matters
person” in the manner provided under Treasury regulation
§ 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulation § 301.6231(a)(7)-1.
Initially, the Tax Matters Person shall be the Trustee.
Tax
Matters Person Certificate: The Class I-A-R Certificates with a
Denomination of $0.01.
Transfer:
Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate.
Trust
Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of (i)
the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on or
with respect thereto after the Cut-off Date to the extent not
applied in computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof;
(ii) all of the Depositor’s rights as purchaser under the
MLPA; (iii) the Certificate Account and the Distribution Account
and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement; (iv) property that secured a Mortgage
Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise; and (v) all proceeds of the conversion,
voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing.
Trustee:
The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a successor trustee
is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee
Fee: As to any Distribution Date and a Mortgage Pool, an amount
equal to one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the
applicable Pool Principal Balance with respect to such Distribution
Date.
Trustee
Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum rate
equal to 0.006%.
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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 as to which the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance thereof, after giving effect to
distributions pursuant to Section 4.2(a) on such date, is greater
than the Pool Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Pool for
such Distribution Date.
Underwriter:
As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Underwriters’
Exemption: An individual administrative exemption granted by the
U.S. Department of Labor to the Underwriter providing exceptions
from some of the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA with respect
to the initial purchase, the holding and the subsequent resale by
employee benefit plans in certificates in pass-through trusts
having assets and meeting conditions described therein, as amended
by Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000-58 (65 Fed. Reg. 67765,
November 13, 2000), as amended, and Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 2002-41 (67 Fed. Reg. 54487, August 22, 2002), as amended
(or any successor thereto), or any substantially similar
administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of
Labor.
Upper
REMIC: The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Middle REMIC
Interests.
Voting
Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates
which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 97.0% of all Voting Rights will be allocated
among all Holders of the Certificates (other than the Notional
Amount Certificates and Class I-A-R Certificates) in proportion to
their then outstanding Class Certificate Balance; (b) 2.0% of all
Voting Rights will be allocated to the Holders of the Notional
Amount Certificates; and (c) 1.0% of all Voting Rights will be
allocated to the Holders of the Class I-A-R Certificates (such
Voting Rights to be allocated among the Holders of Certificates of
each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests).
Weighted
Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: For a Mortgage Pool, the
average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans in
the related Loan Group, weighted on the basis of the Stated
Principal Balances thereof.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans.
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(a)
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys
to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without
recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and
to the Trust Fund together with (i) the Depositor’s
right to (A) require the Seller to cure any breach of a
representation or warranty made by the Seller pursuant to the MLPA,
or (B) repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in
accordance herewith, and (ii) all right, title and interest of
the Depositor in, to and under
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the Servicing Agreement, which right has been
assigned to the Depositor pursuant to the MLPA.
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(b)
In connection with the transfer and assignment set forth in clause
(a) above, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to
the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf (or, in the case of the
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans, will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf within
thirty (30) days following the Closing Date) for the benefit of the
Certificateholders the following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
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(i)
(A) the original Mortgage Note endorsed by manual or facsimile
signature in blank in the following form: “Pay to the order
of __________, without recourse,” with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator to the Person endorsing the Mortgage Note (each such
endorsement being sufficient to transfer all right, title and
interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee
thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note); or
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(B) with respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a
lost note affidavit from the Seller stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of such
Mortgage Note;
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(ii)
except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of
such Mortgage certified by the Seller as being a true and complete
copy of the Mortgage, and in the case of each MERS Mortgage Loan,
the original recorded Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of
the Mortgage Loans and either language indicating that the Mortgage
Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan or if the
Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at origination, the original
Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence of
recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by
the Seller as being a true and complete copy of the
Mortgage;
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(iii)
in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a
duly executed assignment of the Mortgage, or a copy of such
assignment certified by the Seller as being a true and complete
copy of the assignment, in blank (which may be included in a
blanket assignment or assignments), together with, except as
provided below, all interim recorded assignments, or copies of such
interim assignments certified by the Seller as being true and
complete copies of the interim assignments, of such Mortgage (each
such assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in
recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of and
transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the
assignment relates); provided that, if the related Mortgage has not
been returned from the applicable public recording office, such
assignment of the Mortgage may exclude the information to be
provided by the recording office;
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(iv)
the original or copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any;
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(v)
either the original or duplicate original title policy, or a copy
of such title policy certified by the Seller as being a true and
complete copy of the title policy (including all riders thereto),
with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, if available,
provided that the title policy (including all riders thereto) will
be delivered as soon as it becomes available, and if the title
policy is not available, and to the extent required pursuant to the
second paragraph below or otherwise in connection with the rating
of the Certificates, a written commitment or interim binder or
preliminary report of the title issued by the title insurance or
escrow company with respect to the Mortgaged Property, or in lieu
thereof, an Alternative Title Product or a copy of such Alternative
Title Product certified by the Seller as being a true and complete
copy of the Alternative Title Product; and
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(vi)
in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of the following
documents or instruments:
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(A)
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The Coop Shares, together with a stock power in
blank;
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The executed Security Agreement;
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The executed Proprietary Lease;
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The executed Recognition Agreement;
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The executed UCC-1 financing statement with
evidence of recording thereon which have been filed in all places
required to perfect the Seller’s interest in the Coop Shares
and the Proprietary Lease; and
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Executed UCC-3 financing statements or other
appropriate UCC financing statements required by state law,
evidencing a complete and unbroken line from the mortgagee to the
Trustee with evidence of recording thereon (or in a form suitable
for recordation).
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In
the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan the Depositor cannot deliver (a) the original
recorded Mortgage or (b) all interim recorded assignments
satisfying the requirements of clause (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof
because such document or documents have not been returned from the
applicable public recording office, the Depositor shall promptly
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf such original Mortgage or such interim assignment, as
the case may be, with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon
receipt thereof from the public recording office, or a copy
thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording
office, but in no event shall any such delivery of the original
Mortgage and each such interim assignment or a copy thereof,
certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording office, be
made later than one year following the Closing Date; provided,
however, in the event the Depositor is unable to deliver or cause
to be delivered by such date each Mortgage and each such interim
assignment by reason of the fact that any such documents have not
been returned by the appropriate recording office, or, in the case
of each such interim assignment, because the related Mortgage has
not been returned by the appropriate recording office,
the
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Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered
such documents to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf as
promptly as possible upon receipt thereof and, in any event, within
720 days following the Closing Date. The Depositor shall forward or
cause to be forwarded to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf
(a) from time to time additional original documents evidencing an
assumption or modification of a Mortgage Loan and (b) any other
documents required to be delivered by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer to the Trustee. In the event that the original Mortgage is
not delivered and in connection with the payment in full of the
related Mortgage Loan and the public recording office requires the
presentation of a “lost instruments affidavit and
indemnity” or any equivalent document, because only a copy of
the Mortgage can be delivered with the instrument of satisfaction
or reconveyance, the Master Servicer shall execute and deliver or
cause to be executed and delivered such a document to the public
recording office. In the case where a public recording office
retains the original recorded Mortgage or in the case where a
Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public recording office,
the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
or the Custodian on its behalf a copy of such Mortgage certified by
such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original recorded Mortgage.
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-AA2, 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
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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.
In
the case of Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid in full as of the
Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above
documents to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf, will
deposit in the Certificate Account the portion of such payment that
is required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to
Section 3.8 hereof.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, within thirty days
after the Closing Date, the Depositor shall either (i) deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf
the Mortgage File as required pursuant to this Section 2.1 for each
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii) (A) substitute or cause to be
substituted a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loan or (B) repurchase or cause to be repurchased the
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, which substitution or repurchase
shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 2.3 (treating each Delay Delivery Mortgage
Loan as a Deleted Mortgage Loan for purposes of such Section 2.3),
provided, however, that if the Depositor fails to deliver a
Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan within the
thirty-day period provided in the prior sentence, the Depositor
shall use its best reasonable efforts to effect or cause to be
effected a substitution, rather than a repurchase of, such Deleted
Mortgage Loan and provided further that the cure period provided
for in Section 2.2 or in Section 2.3 shall not apply to the initial
delivery of the Mortgage File for such Delay Delivery Mortgage
Loan, but rather the Depositor shall have five (5) Business Days to
cure or cause to be cured such failure to deliver. At the end of
such thirty-day period, the Trustee or the Custodian, on its behalf
shall send a Delay Delivery Certification for the Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loans delivered during such thirty-day period in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the
Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund is or will be Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loans.
SECTION
2.2 Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
The
Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, acknowledges
receipt of the documents identified in the Initial Certification in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E and declares that it or the
Custodian holds and will hold such documents and the other
documents delivered to it or the Custodian, as applicable,
constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it or the Custodian, as
applicable, holds or will hold such other assets as are included in
the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee acknowledges
that the Custodian will maintain possession of the Mortgage Notes
in the State of Texas, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating
Agencies.
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The
Trustee agrees to execute and deliver or to cause the Custodian to
execute and deliver on the Closing Date to the Depositor and the
Master Servicer an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit E. Based on its or the Custodian’s review and
examination, and only as to the documents identified in such
Initial Certification, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee,
acknowledges that such documents appear regular on their face and
relate to such Mortgage Loan. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodian
shall be under any duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine
said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to
determine that the same are genuine, enforceable or appropriate for
the represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded in
the real estate records or that they are other than what they
purport to be on their face.
On
or about the thirtieth (30th) day after the Closing Date, the
Trustee shall deliver or shall cause the Custodian to deliver to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer a Delay Delivery
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F, with any
applicable exceptions noted thereon. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the Mortgage
Loans in the Trust Fund is or will be Delay Delivery Mortgage
Loans.
Not
later than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
deliver or shall cause the Custodian to deliver to the Depositor
and the Master Servicer a Subsequent Certification in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit G, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
If,
in the course of such review, the Trustee or the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, finds any document constituting a part of a
Mortgage File which does not meet the requirements of Section 2.1,
the Trustee shall list or shall cause the Custodian to list such as
an exception in the Subsequent Certification; provided, however
that neither the Trustee nor the Custodian shall make any
determination as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to
transfer all right, title and interest of the party so endorsing,
as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or
(ii) any assignment is in recordable form or is sufficient to
effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof under
the mortgage to which the assignment relates. The Seller shall
promptly correct or cure such defect within 90 days from the date
it was so notified of such defect and, if the Seller does not
correct or cure such defect within such period, the Seller shall
either (a) substitute for the related Mortgage Loan a Substitute
Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be accomplished in the
manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.3, or
(b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90 days
from the date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing at
the Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that
in no event shall such substitution or purchase occur more than 540
days from the Closing Date, except that if the substitution or
purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this provision is required
by reason of a delay in delivery of any documents by the
appropriate recording office, and there is a dispute between either
the Master Servicer or the Seller and the Trustee over the location
or status of the recorded document, then such substitution or
purchase shall occur within 720 days from the Closing Date. The
Trustee shall deliver or shall cause the Custodian to deliver
written notice to each Rating Agency within 270 days from the
Closing Date indicating each Mortgage Loan (a) which has not been
returned by the appropriate recording office or (b) as to which
there is a dispute as to location or status of such Mortgage Loan.
Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until the
related Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee or the Custodian
on its behalf. Any such substitution pursuant to (a) above or
purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not be effected prior to the
delivery to the Trustee
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of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.5
hereof, if any, and any substitution pursuant to (a) above shall
not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of
a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit L. No
substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after
the Determination Date for such month. The Purchase Price for any
such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by the Seller in the
Certificate Account on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit
Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the month of
repurchase and, upon receipt of such deposit and certification with
respect thereto in the form of Exhibit M hereto (delivery of which
to the Custodian will be by electronic data transmission or email),
the Trustee shall cause the Custodian to release the related
Mortgage File to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the
Seller’s request such instruments of transfer or assignment
prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to vest in the Seller, or a designee, the Trustee’s
interest in any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto. If pursuant
to the foregoing provisions the Seller repurchases a Mortgage Loan
that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall either (i)
cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in
recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Seller
and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration on
the MERS® System in accordance with MERS’ rules and
regulations or (ii) cause MERS to designate on the MERS®
System the Seller as the beneficial holder of such Mortgage
Loan.
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.
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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 pursuant to Schedule
B to the MLPA which materially and adversely affects the interests
of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such
breach in all material respects, and if such breach is not so
cured, shall, (i) if such 90-day period expires prior to the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a
“Deleted Mortgage Loan”) from the Trust Fund and
substitute in its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii)
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the
Trustee at the Purchase Price in the manner set forth below;
provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above
shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the
Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.5 hereof, if any, and
any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected
prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf of a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit M (delivery of which to the Custodian will be by electronic
data transmission or email) and the Mortgage File for any such
Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall promptly reimburse the
Master Servicer and the Trustee for any expenses reasonably
incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of
enforcing the remedies for such breach. With respect to the
representations and warranties described in this Section which are
made to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, if it is
discovered by either the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee that
the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and
such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the
related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders
therein, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack of knowledge with
respect to the substance of such representation or warranty, such
inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable
representation or warranty.
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With
respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller shall
deliver to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf for the
benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage,
the related assignment of the Mortgage, and such other documents
and agreements as are required by Section 2.1, with the Mortgage
Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.1.
No substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after
the Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments due with
respect to Substitute
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Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall
not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller on
the next succeeding Distribution Date. For the month of
substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will include the
monthly payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for such month and
thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to retain all amounts
received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master
Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of
the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted
Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage
Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of
this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed to
have made with respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans,
as of the date of substitution, the representations and warranties
made pursuant to Schedule B to the MLPA with respect to such
Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the deposit to the
Certificate Account of the amount required to be deposited therein
in connection with such substitution as described in the following
paragraph, the Trustee shall, upon the delivery to the Trustee of a
Request for Release in the form of Exhibit L, release or shall
cause the Custodian to release the Mortgage File held for the
benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage
Loan to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the
Seller’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment
prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to vest title in the Seller, or its designee, the
Trustee’s interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted
for pursuant to this Section 2.3.
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
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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 Underwriter, and thereafter, so long as any Certificates remain
outstanding, the Seller, its affiliates and agents, collectively,
shall not beneficially own Certificates the aggregate fair value of
which would represent 90% or more of the beneficial interests in
the Trust Fund.
The
representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.3
shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the
Trustee or the Custodian for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
SECTION
2.4 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the
Mortgage Loans.
The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with
respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof or such other
date set forth herein that as of the Closing Date, and following
the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to it pursuant to the MLPA and
immediately prior to the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by it to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof, the Depositor had
good title to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Notes were
subject to no offsets, defenses or counterclaims.
It
is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.4 shall survive delivery of the
Mortgage Files to the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or
the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.4 (referred to herein as a
“breach”), which breach materially and adversely
affects the interest of the Certificateholders, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
others and to each Rating Agency.
SECTION
2.5 Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions.
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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
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Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan, or
(ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of such
discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a
breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.3.
The Trustee shall reconvey or shall cause the Custodian to reconvey
to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in
the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would
a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or
warranty contained in Section 2.3.
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SECTION
2.6 Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The
Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust
Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has
executed and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing directly or
indirectly the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee
agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to
above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the
Certificates and to perform the duties set forth in this Agreement
to the best of its ability, to the end that the interests of the
Holders of the Certificates may be adequately and effectively
protected.
SECTION
2.7 REMIC Matters.
The
Preliminary Statement sets forth the “latest possible
maturity date” for federal income tax purposes of all REMIC
regular interests created hereby.
The
assets of the Lower REMIC shall be as set forth in the definition
thereof. Each interest identified in the first table below by a
designation beginning with “L” shall be a
“regular interest” in the Lower REMIC and a Lower REMIC
Interest, and the RL Interest shall be the sole class of residual
interest in the Lower REMIC. The Lower REMIC Interests shall be
uncertificated and shall be held by the Trustee as assets of the
Middle REMIC.
The
assets of the Middle REMIC shall be as set forth in the definition
thereof. Each interest identified in the second table below by a
designation beginning with “M” shall be a
“regular interest” in the Middle REMIC and a Middle
REMIC Interest, and the RM Interest shall be the sole class of
residual interest in the Middle REMIC. The Middle REMIC Interests
shall be uncertificated and shall be held by the Trustee as assets
of the Upper REMIC.
The
assets of the Upper REMIC shall be as set forth in the definition
thereof. The Regular Certificates shall represent “regular
interests” in the Upper REMIC. The RU Interest shall be the
sole class of residual interest in the Upper REMIC. The
Class I-A-R Certificate shall represent ownership of the RL
Interest, RM Interest and RU Interest.
The
“Startup Day” for purposes of the REMIC Provisions for
each REMIC hereunder shall be the Closing Date. The Tax Matters
Person with respect to each REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee
and the Trustee shall hold the Tax Matters Person Certificate. Each
REMIC’s taxable year shall be the calendar year and its
accounts shall be maintained using the accrual method.
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Lower
REMIC
Interest or
Residual
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Corresponding Class of
Middle
REMIC Interests
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Lower REMIC
Interest Balance
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Lower REMIC
Interest Rate
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Interest
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Principal
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L-I-A-1
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$
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133,265.40
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(2)
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(1)
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(1)
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L-I-A-2
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$
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14,807.27
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(2)
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(1)
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(1)
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L-I-ZZZ
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$
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220,855,293.56
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(2)
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(1)
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(1)
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RL
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$
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0.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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L-II-A-1
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$
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12,665.78
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(3)
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(1)
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(1)
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L-II-A-2
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$
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1,407.31
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(3)
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(1)
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(1)
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L-II-ZZZ
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$
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20,987,236.24
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(3)
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(1)
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(1)
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Total
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$
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242,004,675.56
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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-2, M-I-A-RU, M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4, M-B-5 and
M-B-6 (provided that with respect to M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4,
M-B-5 and M-B-6, such Lower REMIC Interests shall only correspond
to the portion supported by Pool I). The Lower REMIC Interest
L-II-A-1, Lower REMIC L-II-A-2 and Lower REMIC Interest L-II-ZZZ
shall be Corresponding Classes to these classes of Middle REMIC
Interests: M-II-A-1, M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4, M-B-5 and M-B-6
(provided that with respect to M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4, M-B-5
and M-B-6, such Lower REMIC Interests shall only correspond to the
portion supported by Pool II).
(2) The Lower REMIC Interest Rate for the Lower
REMIC Interest L-I-A-1, L-I-A-2 and L-I-ZZZ will equal the Weighted
Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for Pool I.
(3) The Lower REMIC Interest Rate for the Lower
REMIC Interest L-II-A-1, L-II-A-2 and L-II-ZZZ will equal the
Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for Pool II.
“L1
Interests” refers to the L-I-A-1 Lower REMIC Interest and the
L-II-A-1 Lower REMIC Interests. “L2 Interests” refers
to the L-I-A-2 Lower REMIC Interest and L-II-A-2 Lower REMIC
Interest. “LZZZ Interests” refers to L-I-ZZZ Lower
REMIC Interest and L-II-ZZZ Lower REMIC Interest. Each L1 Interest
shall have a principal balance initially equal to 0.9% of the Group
Subordinate Amount of its corresponding Mortgage Pool. Each L2
Interest shall have a principal balance initially equal to 0.1% of
the Group Subordinate Amount of its corresponding Mortgage Pool.
The initial principal balance of each LZZZ Interest shall
equal the excess of the Pool Principal Balance of its corresponding
Mortgage Pool over the sum of the initial principal balances of the
L1 Interests and L2 Interests corresponding to such Mortgage
Pool.
Unless
a Cross-over Situation (as defined below) exists, principal and
Realized Losses arising with respect to each Mortgage Pool shall be
allocated first to cause the L1 and L2 Interests corresponding to
such Mortgage Pool to equal 0.9% and 0.1% of the Group Subordinate
Amount of such Mortgage Pool as of such Distribution Date (after
distributions of principal and allocation of Realized Losses are
made) and all excess principal and Realized Losses shall be
allocated to the LZZZ Interest corresponding to such Mortgage Pool.
A L1, L2 or LZZZ Interest that is allocated principal on any
Distribution Date shall receive such principal, and have its
principal balance reduced by the amount of such principal, on such
Distribution Date. Similarly, a L1, L2 or LZZZ Interest that is
allocated a Realized Loss on any Distribution Date shall have its
principal balance reduced by the amount of such Realized Loss on
such Distribution Date.
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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 principal from such Mortgage Pool shall be paid
proportionately to the LZZZ Interests of the Mortgage Pool or
Mortgage Pools whose aggregate L1 and L2 Interests are less than
one percent of the Group Subordinate Amount. Any such shortfall as
a result of the Mortgage Pool receiving the extra payment having a
Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate lower than the Weighted
Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Pool or Mortgage
Pools from which the payment was reallocated shall be treated as a
Realized Loss and if excess arises as result of the Mortgage Pool
receiving the extra payment having a Weighted Average Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate higher than the Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools from
which the payment was reallocated it shall reimburse the Middle
REMIC for prior Realized Losses. If on any
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Distribution Date, the L1 Interest or L2 Interest
remains outstanding after the related Pool Principal Balance is at
zero as of the beginning of the Accrual Period corresponding to
such Distribution Date, their Lower REMIC Interest Rate shall be
the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage
Pool with the lowest Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate
that remains outstanding and the excess of interest at the
Pass-Through Rate for the Subordinated Certificates over interest
at such Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate shall be
treated as paid from Lower REMIC to the Middle REMIC as
reimbursement for prior Realized Losses.
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Middle
REMIC
Interest or
Residual
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Middle REMIC
Interest Balance
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Middle REMIC Interest
Rate
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Interest
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M-I-A-1
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$
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191,389,000.00
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(1)
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M-I-A-2
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$
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14,807,000.00
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(1)
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I-A-2
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M-I-A-RU
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$
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100.00
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(1)
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RU Interest
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RU Interest
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M-II-A-1
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$
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19,594,000.00
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(2)
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II-A-1, II-A-2
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II-A-1
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M-B-1
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$
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8,954,000.00
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(3)
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B-1
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B-1
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M-B-2
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$
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2,420,000.00
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(3)
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B-2
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B-2
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M-B-3
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$
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1,815,000.00
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(3)
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B-3
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B-3
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M-B-4
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$
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1,210,000.00
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(3)
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B-4
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B-4
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M-B-5
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$
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968,000.00
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(3)
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B-5
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B-5
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M-B-6
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$
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847,575.56
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(3)
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B-6
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B-6
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RM
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$
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0.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Total
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$
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242,004,675.56
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(1) The Middle REMIC Interest Rate for the Middle
REMIC Interest M-I-A-1, M-I-A-2 and M-I-A-RU will be equal to the
interest rate on Lower REMIC Interest L-I-ZZZ.
(2) The Middle REMIC Interest Rate for the Middle
REMIC Interest M-II-A-1 will be equal to the interest rate on Lower
REMIC Interest L-II-ZZZ.
(4) The Middle REMIC Interest Rate for the Middle
REMIC Interest M-B-1, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-2, Middle REMIC
Interest M-B-3, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-4, Middle REMIC Interest
M-B-5, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-6 shall equal the Calculation Rate
as defined in this Section 2.7. The Pass-Through Rate on each Class
of Subordinated Certificates is variable and will be equal to the
weighted average of the Middle REMIC Interest Rates on Middle REMIC
Interest M-B-1, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-2, Middle REMIC Interest
M-B-3, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-4, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-5,
Middle REMIC Interest M-B-6, weighted on the basis of the principal
balance of each such Middle REMIC Interest.
On
each Distribution Date Available Funds shall be distributed with
respect to the Middle REMIC Interests in a manner such
that:
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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 of Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.2; and
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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 Classes or Classes of Certificate
pursuant to Section 4.2 and Section 4.4.
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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.
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The Master Servicer hereby covenants to the
Depositor and the Trustee as follows:
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(a)
the Master Servicer shall comply in the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy;
and
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(b)
no written information, certificate of an officer, statement
furnished in writing or written report delivered to the Depositor,
any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared by the
Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement will contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make such information, certificate, statement or
report not misleading.
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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
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to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of
the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan;
provided that the Master Servicer shall not take any action that is
inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or
the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and
interests of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders
under this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall represent and
protect the interests of the Trust Fund in the same manner as it
protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio
in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan,
and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment
of any Mortgage Loan which would cause any REMIC created hereunder
to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any
tax under Section 860F(a) or Section 860G(d) of the Code. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer, in
its own name or in the name of the Depositor and the Trustee, is
hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee,
when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable
judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full
release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged
Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The
Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or
the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by
either or both of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable
the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans to
the extent that the Master Servicer is not permitted to execute and
deliver such documents pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon
receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall
execute such documents and deliver them to the Master Servicer. The
Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee,
on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own
name or in the name of the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or
the Subservicer as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its
best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS®
System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage
Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all
instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with
respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the
name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors
and assigns.
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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(a)
The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any
Mortgage Loan by a Subservicer pursuant to a subservicing
agreement; provided, however, that such subservicing arrangement
and the terms of the related subservicing agreement must provide
for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner consistent
with the
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servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder.
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement
to actions taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer in servicing
the Mortgage Loans include actions taken or to be taken by a
Subservicer on behalf of the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the
provisions of any subservicing agreement, any of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Master Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken
through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall
remain obligated and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administration of the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of
such subservicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of
indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and
under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer alone
were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. All actions of
each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related subservicing
agreement shall be performed as an agent of the Master Servicer
with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the
Master Servicer.
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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.
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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
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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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(a)
The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance
with the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent
mortgage servicers to collect all payments called for under the
terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such
procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms
and provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy. Consistent
with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i)
waive any late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty
interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and
(ii) extend the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a
period not greater than 180 days; provided, however, that the
Master Servicer cannot extend the maturity of any such Mortgage
Loan past the date on which the final payment is due on the latest
maturing Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date. In the event of any
such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make Advances on the
related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.1 during the scheduled period in accordance with the amortization
schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by
reason of such arrangements. The Master Servicer shall not be
required to institute or join in litigation with respect to
collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note
or otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with
respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that
enforcing the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument
pursuant to which such payment is required is prohibited by
applicable law.
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(b)
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 (2) Business Days after receipt, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the following payments and
collections remitted by Subservicers or received by it in respect
of the Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in
respect of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or
before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts required to be
deposited hereunder:
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(i)
all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans in the
related Mortgage Pool, including Principal Prepayments;
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(ii)
all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans in the
related Mortgage Pool, net of the related Master Servicing Fee and
any Prepayment Interest Excess;
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(iii)
all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds in respect of the
related Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool, other than
proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the Master Servicer’s normal servicing procedures;
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(iv)
any amount required to be deposited by the Master Servicer in
respect of the related Mortgage Pool pursuant to Section 3.5(c) in
connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;
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(v)
any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer in
respect of the related Mortgage Pool pursuant to Section 3.9(b) and
3.9(d);
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(vi)
any Substitution Adjustment Amounts or the Purchase Price for any
Deleted Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool;
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(vii)
all Advances in respect of the related Mortgage Pool made by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.1; and
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(viii)
any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder in respect of
the related Mortgage Pool.
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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.
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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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(c)
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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(i)
the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the Trustee
in respect of a Mortgage Pool pursuant to Section
3.8(a)(ix);
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(ii)
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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(iii)
any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be
deposited in the Distribution Account.
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In
the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount not
required to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee to
withdraw such amount from the applicable subaccount of the
Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering
an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee which describes the
amounts deposited in error in the Distribution Account. All funds
deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by the Trustee
in trust for the related Certificateholders until disbursed in
accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with
Section 3.8. In no event shall the Trustee incur liability for
withdrawals from the Distribution Account at the direction of the
Master Servicer.
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(iv)
The institution at which the Certificate Account is maintained
shall invest funds as directed by the Master Servicer in Permitted
Investments which shall mature not later than the second Business
Day next preceding the related Distribution Account Deposit Date
(except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the
institution that maintains such account, then such Permitted
Investment shall mature not later than the Business Day next
preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date) and, shall not be
sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. If the Master Servicer
does not provide such prior written investment direction, the funds
in the Certificate Account will be held uninvested. All such
Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for
the benefit of the Certificateholders. All income and gain net of
any losses realized from any such investment of funds on deposit in
the Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the Master
Servicer as servicing compensation. The amount of any losses in the
Certificate Account in respect of any such investments shall
promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Certificate
Account. The funds in the Distribution Account shall be held
uninvested. The Trustee in its fiduciary capacity shall not be
liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any
investment or lack of investment of funds held in the Certificate
Account or the Distribution Account and made in accordance with
this Section 3.5.
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(v)
The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Seller,
each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the
location of the Certificate Account prior to any change thereof.
The Trustee shall give notice to the Master Servicer, the Seller,
each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the
location of the Distribution Account prior to any change
thereof.
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SECTION
3.6 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
Accounts.
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(a)
To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note and not
violative of current law, the Master Servicer shall establish and
maintain one or more accounts (each, an “Escrow
Account”) and deposit and retain therein all collections from
the Mortgagors (or advances by the Master Servicer) for the payment
of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums or comparable
items for the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall
require the Master Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish an
Escrow Account in violation of applicable law.
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(b)
Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be
made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard
insurance premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or
comparable items, to reimburse the Master Servicer out of related
collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections 3.1 hereof
(with respect to taxes and assessments and insurance premiums) and
3.9 hereof (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any
Mortgagors any sums determined to be overages, to pay interest, if
required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage
Note, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear
and terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 9.1 hereof. The Escrow
Accounts shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.
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(c)
The Master Servicer shall advance any payments referred to in
Section 3.6(a) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors on the
date when the tax, premium or other cost for which such payment is
intended is due, but the Master Servicer shall be required so to
advance only to the extent that such advances, in the good faith
judgment of the Master Servicer, will be recoverable by the Master
Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise.
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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
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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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(a)
The Master Servicer may from time to time, or shall (in the case of
Section 3.8(a)(ix)), make withdrawals from the applicable
subaccount of the Certificate Account for the following
purposes:
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(i)
to the extent not previously retained by the Master Servicer, to
pay to the Master Servicer the master servicing compensation to
which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.14, and earnings on or
investment income with respect to funds in or credited to the
Certificate Account as additional master servicing
compensation;
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(ii)
to the extent not previously retained by the Master Servicer, to
reimburse the Master Servicer for unreimbursed Advances made by it
in respect of the related Mortgage Pool, such right of
reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (ii) being limited to
amounts received on the Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which any
such Advance was made;
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(iii)
to reimburse the Master Servicer for any Nonrecoverable Advance
previously made in respect of the related Mortgage Pool;
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(iv)
to reimburse the Master Servicer for Insured Expenses from the
related Insurance Proceeds in respect of the related Mortgage
Pool;
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(v)
to reimburse the Master Servicer for (a) unreimbursed Servicing
Advances in respect of the related Mortgage Pool, the Master
Servicer’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (a)
with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to amounts received
on such Mortgage Loan(s) which represent late recoveries of the
payments for which such advances were made pursuant to Section 3.1
or Section 3.6 and (b) for unpaid Master Servicing Fees as provided
in Section 3.11 hereof;
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(vi)
to pay to the Seller or Master Servicer, as applicable, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan in respect of the related Mortgage
Pool or property acquired in respect thereof that has been
purchased pursuant to Section 2.2, 2.3 or 3.11, all amounts
received thereon after the date of such purchase;
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(vii)
to reimburse the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Depositor for
expenses incurred by any of them and reimbursable pursuant to
Section 6.3 hereof;
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(viii)
to withdraw any amount deposited in the Certificate Account and not
required to be deposited therein;
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(ix)
on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit Date, to withdraw
an amount equal to the related Available Funds and the Trustee Fee
for such Distribution Date and remit such amount to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account; and
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(x)
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.
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(b)
The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the applicable subaccount of
the Distribution Account for distributions to the related
Certificateholders in the manner specified in this Agreement (and
to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of any taxes
that it is authorized to withhold pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may (and with respect to
clause (i) below, shall), prior to making the distribution pursuant
to Section 4.2, from time to time make withdrawals from the
Distribution Account for the following purposes:
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to pay to itself the Trustee Fee for the related Distribution
Date;
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(ii)
to withdraw and return to the Master Servicer any amount deposited
in the Distribution Account and not required to be deposited
therein; and
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(iii)
to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon termination of
the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof.
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SECTION
3.9 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary
Insurance Policies.
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(a)
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 value of
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the improvements/replacement cost of the
structure, 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 program.
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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 blanket
policy.
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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 the Master Servicer, would have
been covered thereunder. The Master Servicer shall not cancel or
refuse to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy that is in effect
at the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates and is
required to be kept in
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force hereunder unless the replacement Primary
Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed policy is
maintained with a Qualified Insurer.
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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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(d)
In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present on behalf of
itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer
under any Primary Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take
such reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery
under any Primary Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage
Loans. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any
Primary Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the applicable
subaccount of the Certificate Account.
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SECTION
3.10 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
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(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, when any property
subject to a Mortgage has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the
Master Servicer shall to the extent that it has knowledge of such
conveyance, enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent permitted under applicable
law and governmental regulations, but only to the extent that such
enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under
any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Master Servicer is not required to exercise such rights with
respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed
satisfies the terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage Note
and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of the mortgagee under
such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required under
such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In
the event that the Master Servicer is prohibited by law from
enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if coverage under any
Required Insurance Policy would be adversely affected, or if
nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master
Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.10(b), to take or
enter into an assumption and modification agreement from or with
the person to whom such property has been or is about to be
conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan
shall continue to be covered (if so covered before the Master
Servicer enters such agreement) by the applicable Required
Insurance Policies. The Master Servicer, subject to Section
3.10(b), is also authorized with the prior approval of the insurers
under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a substitution
of liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person
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substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under
the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master
Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section by
reason of any transfer or assumption which the Master Servicer
reasonably believes it is restricted by law from preventing, for
any reason whatsoever.
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(b)
Subject to the Master Servicer’s duty to enforce any
due-on-sale clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.10(a)
hereof, in any case in which a Mortgaged Property has been conveyed
to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into an
assumption agreement or modification agreement or supplement to the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of the
Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is
required releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage
Loan, the Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause to be
prepared and delivered to the Trustee for signature and shall
direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute the assumption agreement
with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed
and such modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note
or Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to
carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise
to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the
transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person. In connection
with any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note may
be changed. In addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged
Property must be acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance
with its underwriting standards as then in effect. Together with
each such substitution, assumption or other agreement or instrument
delivered to the Trustee for execution by it, the Master Servicer
shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate signed by a Servicing
Officer stating that the requirements of this subsection have been
met in connection therewith. The Master Servicer shall notify the
Trustee that any such substitution or assumption agreement has been
completed by forwarding to the Trustee the original of such
substitution or assumption agreement, which in the case of the
original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for
all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the
same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a
part thereof. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for entering
into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be
retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing
compensation.
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SECTION
3.11 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of
Certain Mortgage Loans.
The
Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to foreclose upon or
otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing
such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and
as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection
of delinquent payments. 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
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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 H
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