RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC.,
DEPOSITOR,
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION,
MASTER SERVICER,
AND
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
TRUSTEE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2005
MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2005-RS9
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01.
Definitions.......................................................3
Section 1.02. Determination of
LIBOR...........................................47
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of
Mortgage Loans.....................................48
Section 2.02. Acceptance by
Trustee............................................53
Section 2.03. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Master
Servicer and the
Depositor.......................................54
Section 2.04. Representations
and Warranties of Residential Funding............57
Section 2.05. Execution and
Authentication of Certificates; Conveyance of
REMIC Regular
Interests..........................................59
Section 2.06. Purposes and
Powers of the Trust.................................59
Section 2.07. Agreement
Regarding Ability to Disclose..........................60
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer
to Act as Servicer...............................60
Section 3.02. Subservicing
Agreements Between Master Servicer and
Subservicers; Enforcement of Subservicers'
Obligations...........62
Section 3.03. Successor
Subservicers...........................................63
Section 3.04. Liability of the
Master Servicer.................................64
Section 3.05.
No
Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and Trustee
or
Certificateholders............................................64
Section 3.06. Assumption or
Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee..........................................................64
Section 3.07. Collection of
Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to
Custodial
Account................................................65
Section 3.08. Subservicing
Accounts; Servicing Accounts........................67
Section 3.09. Access to
Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage
Loans...............................................69
Section 3.10. Permitted
Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.................69
Section 3.11. Maintenance of
Primary Insurance Coverage........................71
Section 3.12. Maintenance of
Fire Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.........................................................72
Section 3.13. Enforcement of
Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain
Assignments.....................73
Section 3.14. Realization Upon
Defaulted Mortgage Loans........................75
Section 3.15. Trustee to
Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files..................78
Section 3.16. Servicing and
Other Compensation; Eligible Master Servicing
Compensation.....................................................79
Section 3.17. Reports to the
Trustee and the Depositor.........................80
Section 3.18. Annual Statement
as to Compliance................................80
Section 3.19. Annual
Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report..........81
Section 3.20. Right of the
Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer.........81
Section 3.21. Advance
Facility.................................................82
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01. Certificate
Account..............................................86
Section 4.02.
Distributions....................................................87
Section 4.03. Statements to
Certificateholders; Statements to Rating
Agencies; Exchange Act
Reporting.................................93
Section 4.04. Distribution of
Reports to the Trustee and the Depositor;
Advances by the Master
Servicer..................................97
Section 4.05. Allocation of
Realized Losses....................................99
Section 4.06. Reports of
Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged Property...101
Section 4.07. Optional
Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans...................101
Section 4.08. Limited Mortgage
Loan Repurchase Right..........................101
Section 4.09. The Yield
Maintenance Agreement.................................102
Section 4.10. The
Policy......................................................103
Section 4.11. Derivative
Contracts............................................104
Section 4.12. Tax Treatment of
Yield Maintenance Payments.....................105
ARTICLE V
THE
CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The
Certificates................................................105
Section 5.02. Registration of
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates...........107
Section 5.03. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...............112
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed
Owners...........................................112
Section 5.05. Appointment of
Paying Agent.....................................112
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective
Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer........................................................113
Section 6.02. Merger or
Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer; Assignment of Rights and Delegation of Duties by
Master
Servicer.................................................113
Section 6.03.
Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and
Others.............................................114
Section 6.04. Depositor and
Master Servicer Not to Resign.....................115
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of
Default...............................................115
Section 7.02. Trustee or
Depositor to Act; Appointment of Successor...........117
Section 7.03. Notification to
Certificateholders..............................119
Section 7.04. Waiver of Events
of Default.....................................119
Section 7.05. Servicing
Trigger; Removal of Master Servicer...................119
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of
Trustee...............................................120
Section 8.02. Certain Matters
Affecting the Trustee...........................122
Section 8.03. Trustee Not
Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans...........123
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own
Certificates....................................124
Section 8.05. Master Servicer
to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses;
Indemnification.................................................124
Section 8.06. Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee............................125
Section 8.07. Resignation and
Removal of the Trustee..........................125
Section 8.08. Successor
Trustee...............................................126
Section 8.09. Merger or
Consolidation of Trustee..............................127
Section 8.10. Appointment of
Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...................127
Section 8.11. Appointment of
Custodians.......................................128
Section 8.12. Appointment of
Office or Agency.................................128
Section 8.13. DTC Letter of
Representations...................................128
Section 8.14. Yield
Maintenance Agreement.....................................128
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination Upon
Purchase by Residential Funding or
Liquidation of All Mortgage
Loans...............................129
Section 9.02. Additional
Termination Requirements.............................132
ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. REMIC
Administration............................................133
Section 10.02. Master Servicer, REMIC
Administrator and Trustee
Indemnification.................................................136
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01.
Amendment.......................................................137
Section 11.02. Recordation of
Agreement; Counterparts..........................140
Section 11.03. Limitation on Rights
of Certificateholders......................140
Section 11.04. Governing
Law...................................................141
Section 11.05.
Notices.........................................................141
Section 11.06. Notices to Rating
Agencies......................................142
Section 11.07. Severability of
Provisions......................................143
Section 11.08. Supplemental
Provisions for Resecuritization....................143
Section 11.09. Rights of the
Insurer...........................................143
Section 11.10. Third Party
Beneficiaries.......................................144
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Exhibits
Exhibit A Form of Class A
Certificate
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C [Reserved]
Exhibit D Form of Class SB
Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Class R
Certificate
Exhibit F Form of
Custodial Agreement
Exhibit G-1
Group I Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit G-2
Group II Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit H
Forms of Request for Release
Exhibit I-1 Form
of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement
Exhibit I-2 Form
of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit J Form of Investor
Representation Letter
Exhibit K Form of
Transferor Representation Letter
Exhibit L Text of
Amendment to Pooling
and Servicing
Agreement Pursuant
to Section 11.01(e) for a Limited Guaranty
Exhibit M Form of Limited
Guaranty
Exhibit N Form of Lender
Certification for Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Exhibit O Form of Rule
144A Investment Representation
Exhibit P Financial
Guaranty Insurance Policy
Exhibit Q
Form
of ERISA Representation Letter (Restricted Class A
Certificate)
Exhibit R-1 Form
10-K Certification
Exhibit R-2 Form
10-K Back-up Certification
Exhibit S Information
to be Provided by the
Master Servicer to the
Rating
Agencies Relating to Reportable Modified Mortgage Loans
Exhibit T [Reserved]
Exhibit U Yield
Maintenance Agreement
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, effective as of November 1,
2005,
among RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS,
INC., as depositor (together with its
permitted successors and assigns, the "Depositor"), RESIDENTIAL FUNDING
CORPORATION, as master servicer (together with its permitted successors and
assigns, the "Master Servicer"), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a banking
association organized under the laws of the
United States, as trustee (together
with its permitted successors and assigns,
the "Trustee").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor
intends to sell mortgage asset-backed pass-through
certificates (collectively, the
"Certificates"), to be
issued hereunder in nine
Classes, which in the aggregate will
evidence the entire
beneficial
ownership
interest in the Mortgage Loans (as defined herein) and certain other related
assets.
REMIC I
As provided herein,
the REMIC Administrator will make an election to
treat the segregated pool of assets
consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain
other related assets (exclusive of the Yield Maintenance Agreement and any
payments thereunder) subject to this Agreement as a real estate mortgage
investment conduit (a "REMIC") for federal income tax purposes, and such
segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC I." The Class R-I
Certificates will represent the sole Class of
"residual interests"
in REMIC I
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein) under federal income
tax law. The following table irrevocably
sets forth the designation, remittance
rate (the "Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate") and initial Uncertificated
Principal Balance for each of the "regular
interests" in REMIC I
(the "REMIC I
Regular Interests"). The "latest possible maturity date" (determined for
purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation
Section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii)) for the
REMIC I Regular Interests shall be the 360th Distribution Date. The REMIC I
Regular Interests will not be
certificated.
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UNCERTIFICATED
REMIC I
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INITIAL UNCERTIFICATED REMIC I LATEST
POSSIBLE
DESIGNATION
PASS-THROUGH RATE
PRINCIPAL BALANCE
MATURITY DATE
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I-AA
Variable(1)
$682,337,312.92
November 2035
I-A-I-1
Variable(1)
$2,454,070
November 2035
I-A-I-2
Variable(1)
$1,003,680
November 2035
I-A-I-3
Variable(1)
$1,814,850
November 2035
I-A-I-4
Variable(1)
$1,568,180
November 2035
I-ZZ
Variable(1)
$7,084,480.08
November 2035
II-AA
Variable(2)
$493,664,054.38
November 2035
II-A-II
Variable(2)
$4,949,220
November 2035
II-ZZ
Variable(2)
$5,125,556.62
November 2035
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(1) Calculated in accordance
with the definition of "Uncertificated Group I
REMIC I Pass-Through Rate" herein. (2) Calculated in accordance with the
definition of "Uncertificated Group II
REMIC I Pass-Through Rate" herein.
REMIC II
As provided
herein, the REMIC Administrator will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the
REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC II". The Class R-II
Certificates
will represent the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC II for
purposes of the REMIC
Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following
table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, Pass-Through Rate, aggregate
Initial Certificate Principal Balance,
certain features, Final Scheduled
Distribution Date and initial ratings for each
Class of Certificates comprising the interests
representing "regular interests"
in REMIC II. The "latest possible maturity date" (determined for purposes of
satisfying Treasury Regulation Section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii))
for each Class of
REMIC II Regular Interests shall be the
360th Distribution Date.
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Aggregate
Initial
Final
Certificate
Scheduled
Pass-Through Principal
Distribution
Designation Type
Rate
Balance Features
Date
Initial Ratings
Moody's
S&P
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Class A-I-1(1) Senior Adjustable(2)
$245,407,000
Senior
November
25, 2025 Aaa
AAA
(3)
Class A-I-2(1) Senior Adjustable(2)
$100,368,000
Senior
November
25, 2028 Aaa
AAA
(3)
Class A-I-3(1) Senior Adjustable(2) $181,485000 Senior January
25, 2033 Aaa
AAA
(3)
Class A-I-4(1) Senior Adjustable(2)
$156,818000
Senior
November
25, 2035 Aaa
AAA
(3)
Class A-II(1) Senior
Adjustable(2)
$494,922,000
Senior November
25, 2035 Aaa
AAA
(3)
Class SB
Subordinate
Variable(4) 21,001,404
Subordinate
N/A
N/R
N/R
Interest
Class R-I
Residual
N/A
N/A
Residual N/A
N/R
N/R
Class R-II
Residual
N/A
N/A
Residual N/A
N/R
N/R
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(1) The Class A Certificates will represent ownership of REMIC II Regular
Interests together with certain rights to payments to be made from amounts
received under the Yield Maintenance Agreement which will be treated as an
interest rate cap contract, the payments on which will be deemed made for
federal income tax purposes outside of
REMIC II.
(2) The REMIC II Regular Interests ownership of which is represented by the
Class A Certificates, will accrue interest at a per annum rate equal
to LIBOR
plus the applicable Margin, each subject to payment caps as
described in the
definition of "Pass-Through Rate" and the provisions for the payment of the
applicable Group I Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry-Forward Amounts
or Group II Basis
Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts herein,
which payments will not be part of
the entitlement of the REMIC II Regular
Interests related to such Certificates.
(3) The Class A Certificates will also
entitle their holders to certain payments
from the Holder of the Class SB
Certificates
from amounts to which
the related
REMIC II Regular Interest is entitled and from
amounts received under the Yield
Maintenance Agreement, which will not be a part of their
ownership of the REMIC
II Regular Interests.
(4) The Class SB Certificates will accrue interest as described in the
definition of Accrued Certificate
Interest. The Class SB Certificates will
not
accrue interest on their Certificate
Principal Balance.
The Mortgage Loans
have an aggregate
Cut-off Date
Principal Balance
equal to $1,200,001,404. The Mortgage Loans are fixed-rate
and adjustable-rate,
fully amortizing, first lien mortgage loans having terms to maturity at
origination or modification of generally
not more than 30 years.
In consideration
of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions.
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Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless
the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this
Article.
Accrued Certificate Interest: With respect to each Distribution
Date and
the Class A Certificates, interest accrued during the related
Interest Accrual
Period on the Certificate Principal Balance thereof immediately prior to such
Distribution Date at the related
Pass-Through Rate for that Distribution Date.
The amount of Accrued Certificate Interest on each Class of
Certificates
shall be reduced by the amount of
Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls on the related
Mortgage Loans during the prior calendar month (to the extent not covered
by
Eligible Master Servicing Compensation pursuant to Section 3.16) and by the
amount of Relief Act Shortfalls on the
related Mortgage Loans during the related
Due Period, in each case to the extent
allocated to that
Class of Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.02(g). The portion of any Prepayment
Interest
Shortfalls
or Relief Act Shortfalls on the Group I
Loans shall be allocated among the Class
A-I Certificates, pro rata, on the basis of
Accrued Certificate Interest payable
on such Distribution Date absent such reductions, and the portion of any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or Relief Act
Shortfalls on the
Group II Loans
shall be allocated to the Class A-II
Certificates.
Accrued Certificate
Interest for each
Class on any
Distribution Date
shall be further reduced by the interest
portion of Realized Losses allocated to
any Class of Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.05.
With respect to
each Distribution
Date and the Class SB
Certificates,
interest accrued during the preceding Interest Accrual Period at the related
Pass-Through Rate for that Distribution Date on the Uncertificated Notional
Amount as specified in the definition of
Pass-Through Rate, immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, reduced by any interest
shortfalls with
respect to the
related Mortgage Loans, including Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to
the extent
not covered by Eligible Master Servicing
Compensation
pursuant to Section
3.16
or by the Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clauses (vii) and (viii) of Section
4.02(c). In addition, Accrued Certificate Interest with respect to each
Distribution Date, as to the Class SB Certificates, shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the interest portion of Realized Losses allocated to the
Overcollateralization Amount pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof. Accrued
Certificate Interest on the Class A
Certificates shall accrue on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual
Period. Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class SB
Certificates shall accrue
on the basis of a 360 day year consisting
of twelve 30 day months.
Adjusted
Mortgage Rate:
With respect to any
Mortgage Loan and any date
of determination, the Mortgage Rate borne
by the related Mortgage Note, less the
related Subservicing Fee Rate.
Adjustment Date:
With respect to each
adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loan,
each date set forth in the related
Mortgage Note on which an adjustment to
the
interest rate on such Mortgage Loan becomes
effective.
Advance: With
respect to any
Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the
Master Servicer, pursuant to Section
4.04.
Affiliate: With
respect to any Person,
any other Person
controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such first Person.
For the purposes
of this definition, "control" means the power to direct
the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the
ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to
the foregoing.
Agreement: This
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.
Amount Held for Future
Distribution: With
respect to any
Distribution
Date, the total of the amounts
held in the
Custodial Account at the close of
business on the preceding Determination Date on account of (i) Liquidation
Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries,
REO Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds,
Principal
Prepayments, Mortgage Loan purchases made
pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04,
4.07 or 4.08 and Mortgage Loan substitutions made pursuant to Section 2.03
or
2.04 received or made in the month of
such Distribution
Date (other than
such
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries
and purchases of Mortgage Loans that the
Master Servicer has deemed to have been
received in the preceding month in accordance with Section 3.07(b)) and (ii)
payments which represent early receipt of scheduled
payments of principal
and
interest due on a date or dates
subsequent
to the Due Date in the
related Due
Period.
Appraised Value:
With respect to any
Mortgaged Property, one of the
following: (i) the lesser of (a) the
appraised value of such Mortgaged Property
based upon the appraisal made at the time of the
origination
of the related
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the sales price of
the Mortgaged Property at such time of
origination, (ii) in the case of a Mortgaged
Property securing a
refinanced or
modified Mortgage Loan, one of (1) the
appraised value based upon the appraisal
made at the time of origination of the loan which was refinanced or modified,
(2) the appraised value determined in an appraisal made at the time of
refinancing or modification or (3) the
sales price of the Mortgaged Property, or
(iii) with respect to the Mortgage
Loans for which a
broker's price opinion was
obtained, the value contained in such
opinion.
Assignment: An
assignment
of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect
of
record the sale of the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent
instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering
Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county, if
permitted by law and accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel to that effect.
Assignment Agreement: The Assignment and Assumption Agreement,
dated the
Closing Date, between Residential Funding and the Depositor relating to the
transfer and assignment of the Mortgage
Loans.
Assignment of Proprietary Lease: With respect to a Cooperative
Loan, the
assignment of the related Cooperative Lease
from the Mortgagor to the originator
of the Cooperative Loan.
Available Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an
amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) the
amount relating to the
Mortgage Loans on
deposit in the Custodial Account as of the close of
business on the immediately
preceding Determination Date, including any
Subsequent Recoveries,
and amounts
deposited in the Custodial Account in connection with the substitution of
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, (ii)
the amount of any Advance made on the
immediately preceding Certificate Account Deposit Date with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, (iii) any amount deposited in the Certificate Account on the
related Certificate Account Deposit Date
pursuant to Section 3.12(a) in respect
of the Mortgage Loans, (iv) any amount that
the Master Servicer is not permitted
to withdraw from the Custodial Account
pursuant to Section 3.16(e) in respect of
the Mortgage Loans, (v) any amounts payable
under the Policy pursuant to Section
4.10 and (vi) any amount deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to
Section 4.07 or 4.08 and any amounts
deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant
to Section 9.01, reduced by (b) the sum as of the close of
business on the
immediately preceding Determination Date of: (w) any payments or
collections
consisting of prepayment charges on the
Mortgage Loans that were received during
the related Prepayment Period, (x) the Amount Held for
Future Distribution
and
(y) amounts permitted to be withdrawn by the
Master Servicer from the Custodial
Account pursuant to clauses (ii)-(x),
inclusive, of Section 3.10(a).
Balloon Loan:
Each of the Mortgage
Loans having an original term to
maturity that is shorter than the related
amortization term.
Balloon Payment:
With respect to any
Balloon Loan, the related Monthly
Payment payable on the stated maturity date
of such Balloon Loan.
Bankruptcy Code: The
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
Basis Risk Shortfall: The Group I Basis Risk Shortfall or Group II
Basis
Risk Shortfall, as applicable.
Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount: The Group I Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount or Group II Basis Risk
Shortfall
Carry-Forward
Amount, as applicable.
Book-Entry
Certificate: Any
Certificate registered
in the name of the
Depository or its nominee.
Business Day:
Any day other than (i)
a Saturday or a Sunday
or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the States of New York, Minnesota,
Illinois, Texas or Michigan (and such other state or states in which the
Custodial Account or the Certificate Account are at the time located) are
required or authorized by law or executive
order to be closed.
Call Rights: As
defined in Section 9.01(e).
Capitalization
Reimbursement Amount:
With respect to any
Distribution
Date, the amount of unreimbursed
Advances or Servicing
Advances that were added
to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans during the
preceding calendar month and reimbursed to the Master
Servicer or
Subservicer
pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(vii) on or
prior to such Distribution Date.
Cash Liquidation: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other
than
a Mortgage Loan as to which an REO
Acquisition occurred,
a determination by the
Master Servicer that it has received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer
reasonably and in good faith expects to be
finally recoverable
with respect to
such Mortgage Loan.
Certificate: Any Class
A Certificate,
Class SB Certificate
or Class R
Certificate.
Certificate Account:
The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.01, which shall be
entitled "JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. as
trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-RS9" and which account shall be held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and which must be an Eligible
Account. Any such account or
accounts created and maintained
subsequent to the
Closing Date shall be subject
to the approval of the Insurer, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
Certificate Account Deposit Date: With respect to any Distribution
Date,
the Business Day prior thereto.
Certificateholder or
Holder: The Person in
whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that neither a Disqualified
Organization nor a Non-United States Person shall be a holder of a Class R
Certificate for any purpose hereof. Solely
for the purpose of giving any consent
or direction pursuant to this Agreement,
any Certificate,
other than a Class
R
Certificate, registered in the name of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer or any
Subservicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be
outstanding and
the Percentage Interest or Voting Rights
evidenced thereby shall not be taken
into account in determining whether the
requisite amount of Percentage Interests
or Voting Rights necessary to effect any such
consent or
direction has been
obtained. All references herein to "Holders" or "Certificateholders" shall
reflect the rights of Certificate
Owners as they may
indirectly
exercise such
rights through the Depository and participating members thereof, except as
otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be
required to recognize as a "Holder" or
"Certificateholder"
only the Person in
whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register. Unless
otherwise indicated in this Agreement, the
Custodial Agreement or the Assignment
Agreement, whenever reference is made to the actions
taken by the Trustee
on
behalf of the Certificateholders, such reference shall include the Insurer as
long as there is no Insurer Default
continuing.
Certificate Insurer
Premium: With respect
to the Class A Certificates,
the premium payable to the Insurer on each
Distribution Date in
an amount equal
to one-twelfth of the product of the
Certificate
Insurer Premium Rate and the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates
immediately prior to
such Distribution Date.
Certificate Insurer
Premium Modified Rate: With respect to any Mortgage
Loan and any date of determination, the
Certificate Insurer Premium Rate for the
Class A Certificates times a fraction equal to (x) the aggregate
Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates as of such date over (y) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of such date.
Certificate Insurer Premium Rate: With respect to the Mortgage
Loans and
each class of Class A Certificates and any
date of determination,
the per annum
rate specified in the Insurance Agreement with respect to the Class A
Certificates for the purpose of calculating the related Certificate Insurer
Premium.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person
who is the beneficial owner of such
Certificate, as reflected on the books of an
indirect participating brokerage firm for
which a Depository Participant acts as
agent, if any, and otherwise on the books
of a Depository
Participant, if
any,
and otherwise on the books of the
Depository.
Certificate Principal
Balance: With respect to any Class A Certificate,
on any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the Initial
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificate as specified on the face thereof
minus
(ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate of all amounts
previously
distributed
with
respect to such Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) (including such
amounts paid pursuant to the Policy) and applied to reduce the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof pursuant to
Section 4.02(c),
4.02(d) or 4.02(e)
and
(y) the aggregate of all reductions in
Certificate Principal
Balance deemed to
have occurred in connection with Realized
Losses which were previously allocated
to such Certificate (or any predecessor
Certificate)
pursuant to Section
4.05
(other than any such amounts included in an
Insured Payment and paid pursuant to
the Policy), provided, that with respect to any Distribution Date, the
Certificate Principal Balance of each class of Class A
Certificates to which a
Realized Loss was previously allocated and remains unreimbursed will be
increased, as follows: first, to the Class
A-I Certificates on a pro rata basis,
with respect to the Group I Loans and to the Class A-II Certificates with
respect to the Group II Loans,
to the extent of Realized Losses previously
allocated thereto and remaining unreimbursed, but only to the extent of
Subsequent Recoveries on the related
Mortgage Loans received during the previous
calendar month and available for
distribution pursuant
to Section 4.02(c)(iii),
other than amounts that have been paid
pursuant to the
Policy. With respect
to
each Class SB Certificate, on any date of
determination, an
amount equal to the
Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate
times an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans over (B) the then aggregate
Certificate Principal
Balance of the
Class A then outstanding. The Class R Certificates will not
have a Certificate
Principal Balance.
Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar: The register maintained
and the registrar appointed pursuant to
Section 5.02.
Class: Collectively, all of the Certificates or uncertificated
interests
bearing the same designation.
Class A Certificate:
Any one of the Class
A-I-1, Class
A-I-2, Class
A-I-3, Class A-I-4 or Class A-II
Certificates.
Class A-I Certificate:
Any one of the Class A-I-1, Class A-I-2, Class
A-I-3 Certificates or Class A-I-4
Certificates.
Class A-I Interest
Remittance Amount:
With respect to any Distribution
Date, the portion of the Available
Distribution
Amount for that
Distribution
Date attributable to interest
received or advanced
with respect to the Group I
Loans.
Class A-I-1
Certificate:
Any one of the Class A-I-1 Certificates
executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the
Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses in respect of Group I Loans as set
forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as
a "regular interest"
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions
and (ii) the right to
receive
the related Group I Basis Risk
Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the
extent described herein.
Class A-I-1 Margin: Initially, 0.090% per annum and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second possible Optional Termination Date, 0.180% per
annum.
Class A-I-2
Certificate:
Any one of the Class A-I-2 Certificates
executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the
Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses in respect of Group I Loans as set
forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as
a "regular interest"
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions
and (ii) the right to
receive
the related Group I Basis Risk
Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the
extent described herein.
Class A-I-2 Margin: Initially, 0.150% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the first Distribution
Date after the second possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.300% per annum.
Class A-I-3
Certificate:
Any one of the Class A-I-3 Certificates
executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the
Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses in respect of Group I Loans as set
forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as
a "regular interest"
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions
and (ii) the right to
receive
the related Group I Basis Risk
Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the
extent described herein.
Class A-I-3 Margin: Initially, 0.220% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on or after the first Distribution Date after the second
possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.440% per annum.
Class A-I-4
Certificate:
Any one of the Class A-I-4 Certificates
executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the
Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses in respect of Group I Loans as set
forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an
interest designated as
a "regular interest"
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions
and (ii) the right to
receive
the related Group I Basis Risk
Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the
extent described herein.
Class A-I-4 Margin: Initially, 0.320% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on or after the first Distribution Date after the second
possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.640% per annum.
Class A-II Certificate: Any one of the Class A-II
Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the
Class SB Certificates
and
Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the allocation of
Realized Losses in respect of Group II
Loans as set forth in Section 4.05, and
evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular
interest" in REMIC II
for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions, and (ii) the right to receive
the related
Group II Basis Risk Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the extent
described herein.
Class A-II Margin: Initially, 0.230% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on or after the first Distribution Date after the second
possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.460% per annum.
Class A-II Interest
Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the portion of the Available
Distribution
Amount for that
Distribution
Date attributable to interest received
or advanced with respect to the Group II
Loans.
Class A Interest
Distribution Priority:
With respect to each
Class of
Class A Certificates and any Distribution
Date, the amount available for payment
of Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for that
Distribution Date plus Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon remaining unpaid
from any prior Distribution Date,
in the amounts and priority as follows:
o
first, concurrently,
to the Class A-I
Certificates,
pro rata,
from the Class A-I Interest Remittance Amount, and to the Class
A-II Certificates,
from the Class A-II Interest Remittance
Amount;
o
second, to the
Class A-I Certificates, pro rata, from the
remaining Class A-II Interest Remittance Amount and to the
Class
A-II
Certificates,
from the remaining Class A-I Interest
Remittance Amount,
as needed after taking into account any
distributions in
respect of interest on the Class A Certificates
made in first above;
o
third, concurrently, from the Principal Remittance Amount
related
to the Group I Loans,
to the Class A-I
Certificates, pro
rata,
and from the Principal
Remittance Amount related to the Group II
Loans, to the Class A-II Certificates, after taking into account
any
distributions in
respect of interest on the Class A
Certificates made in first and second above; and
o
fourth, from the remaining Principal Remittance Amount related
to
the Group II Loans, to the Class A-I Certificates, pro rata, and
from the remaining
Principal Remittance
Amount related to the
Group I Loans, to the
Class A-II
Certificates, as
needed after
taking into account any distributions in respect of interest on
the Class A Certificates made in first, second and third above.
Class R Certificate:
Collectively, the
Class R-I Certificates
and the
Class R-II Certificates.
Class R-I Certificate: Any one of the Class R-I Certificates
executed by
the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit E and
evidencing
an interest
designated
as a
"residual interest" in REMIC I for purposes
of the REMIC Provisions.
Class R-II Certificate: Any one of the Class R-II
Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E and
evidencing an interest
designated as a
"residual interest" in REMIC II for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Class SB Certificate:
Any one of the Class SB Certificates executed by
the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit D,
subordinate to the
Class A Certificates
with
respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized
Losses as set forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing an interest
comprised of "regular
interests" in
REMIC II together with certain rights to payments under the Yield Maintenance
Agreement for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions.
Closing Date: November
29, 2005.
Code: The Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commission: The
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cooperative: A
private, cooperative
housing corporation
which owns or
leases land and all or part of a building
or buildings,
including apartments,
spaces used for commercial purposes and common areas therein
and whose board of
directors authorizes, among other things,
the sale of Cooperative Stock.
Cooperative Apartment:
A dwelling
unit in a multi-dwelling building
owned or leased by a Cooperative, which unit the Mortgagor has an exclusive
right to occupy pursuant to the terms of a proprietary lease or occupancy
agreement.
Cooperative Lease:
With respect to a
Cooperative Loan, the proprietary
lease or occupancy agreement with respect
to the Cooperative
Apartment occupied
by the Mortgagor and relating to the
related Cooperative
Stock, which lease
or
agreement confers an exclusive right to the
holder of such Cooperative Stock to
occupy such apartment.
Cooperative Loans:
Any of the
Mortgage Loans made in respect of a
Cooperative Apartment, evidenced by a Mortgage Note and secured by (i) a
Security Agreement, (ii) the related Cooperative Stock Certificate,
(iii) an
assignment of the Cooperative Lease, (iv) financing statements and (v) a stock
power (or other similar instrument), and ancillary thereto, a recognition
agreement between the Cooperative
and the originator of
the Cooperative
Loan,
each of which was transferred and assigned to the Trustee
pursuant to
Section
2.01 and are from time to time held as part
of the Trust Fund.
Cooperative Stock:
With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the single
outstanding class of stock, partnership interest or other ownership
instrument
in the related Cooperative.
Cooperative Stock
Certificate: With
respect to a Cooperative Loan, the
stock certificate or other instrument
evidencing the related Cooperative Stock.
Corporate Trust Office: The principal office of the
Trustee 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
instrument is located at New York Plaza,
6th Floor,
New York, New York 10004,
Attention: Worldwide Securities Services/Structured Finance Services, RAMP,
Series 2005-RS9.
Credit Repository: Equifax, Transunion and Experian, or their
successors
in interest.
Cumulative Insurance
Payments: As of any time of determination, the
aggregate amount of all Insured Payments previously paid by the Insurer
under
the Policy in respect of the Class A
Certificates minus (a) the aggregate of all
payments previously made to the Insurer
pursuant to Section
4.02(c) or 4.02(d)
hereof as reimbursement for such Insured Payments, plus (b) interest thereon
from the date such amounts became due until paid in full, at
a rate of interest
equal to the applicable Late Payment
Rate.
Curtailment: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor which is
not a
Principal Prepayment in Full.
Custodial Account:
The custodial account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.07 in the
name of a depository institution, as
custodian for the holders of the
Certificates and the
Insurer, for the
holders
of certain other interests in mortgage loans serviced or sold by the Master
Servicer and for the Master Servicer, into which the amounts set forth in
Section 3.07 shall be deposited directly.
Any such account or
accounts shall be
an Eligible Account.
Custodial Agreement:
An agreement that may be entered into among
the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee
and a Custodian in substantially the
form of Exhibit F hereto.
Custodian: A custodian
appointed pursuant to
a Custodial Agreement and
reasonably acceptable to the Insurer.
Cut-off Date: November
1, 2005.
Cut-off Date Balance:
$1,200,001,404.
Cut-off Date Principal
Balance: With respect
to any Mortgage Loan, the
unpaid principal balance thereof at the Cut-off
Date after giving effect to all
installments of principal due on or prior thereto (or due during the month
of
the Cut-off Date), whether or not
received.
Debt Service
Reduction: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction
in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage
Loan by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code,
except such a reduction
constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that
results in a permanent
forgiveness of principal.
Deficiency Amount:
With respect to any Distribution Date and each Class
of the Class A-I Certificates, an amount, if any, equal to the sum of (1)
the
excess, if any, of the Accrued Certificate
Interest (without taking into account
any reduction in the Accrued Certificate
Interest in respect of Realized Losses)
on the Class of Class A-I Certificates for that Distribution Date over the
portion of the amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account on that
Distribution Date available for distribution to the Class A-I Certificates
pursuant to the Class A Interest
Distribution Priority on that Distribution Date
and (2) (i) with respect to any
Distribution
Date that is not the
Distribution
Date in November 2035, the principal
portion of any Realized Losses allocated to
the Class A-I Certificates, if any, for that Distribution Date
and (ii) on the
Distribution Date in November 2035, the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance
of the Class A-I Certificates (after giving effect to all
distributions to
be
made thereon on that Distribution Date
other than any portion thereof consisting
of an Insured Payment payable as principal
on the Class A-I Certificates). With
respect to any Distribution Date and the
Class A-II Certificates, an amount, if
any, equal to the sum of (1) the
excess, if any,
of the Accrued Certificate
Interest (without taking into account any
reduction in the Accrued Certificate
Interest in respect of Realized Losses) on
the Class A-II
Certificates for that
Distribution Date over the portion of the
amounts on deposit in the Certificate
Account on that Distribution Date available for distribution to
the Class A-II
Certificates pursuant to the Class A Interest
Distribution
Priority on that
Distribution Date and (2) (i) with respect to
any Distribution Date that is not
the Distribution Date in November 2035, the
principal portion of
any Realized
Losses allocated to the Class A-II
Certificates,
if any, for that
Distribution
Date and (ii) on the Distribution Date in November 2035, the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-II Certificates (after giving
effect to all distributions to be made thereon
on that Distribution
Date other
than any portion thereof consisting of an Insured Payment
payable as principal
on the Class A-II Certificates). The Deficiency Amount does not include any
Group I Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts or Group II Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts.
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 Monthly
Payment that constitutes a permanent
forgiveness of
principal, which
valuation
or reduction results from a proceeding
under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificate: Any definitive, fully registered
Certificate.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced
with a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Delinquency Ratio:
With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Mortgage Loans, the arithmetic average, of the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, equal to (x) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans that are 60 or more days delinquent in payment of principal and
interest
for that Distribution Date, including Mortgage Loans in
bankruptcy that are 60
or more days delinquent, foreclosure and REO Properties,
over (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of all of the
Mortgage Loans immediately preceding that
Distribution Date.
Delinquent: As used
herein, a Mortgage Loan is considered to be: "30 to
59 days" or "30 or more days" delinquent
when a payment due on any scheduled due
date remains unpaid as of the close of business
on the next following
monthly
scheduled due date; "60 to 89 days" or "60 or more
days" delinquent when a
payment due on any scheduled due date
remains unpaid as of the close of business
on the second following monthly scheduled
due date; and so on. The determination
as to whether a Mortgage Loan falls into these categories is made as of the
close of business on the last business day of each month. For example, a
Mortgage Loan with a payment due on July 1
that remained unpaid
as of the close
of business on August 31 would then be considered to be 30 to 59 days
delinquent. Delinquency information as of the Cut-off Date is
determined and
prepared as of the close of business on the
last business day immediately prior
to the Cut-off Date.
Depositor: As defined
in the preamble hereto.
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Depository: The
Depository Trust Company, or any successor Depository
hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes of
registering those Certificates that are to
be Book-Entry
Certificates is Cede &
Co. 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 and
a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of
Section 17A of the
Exchange Act.
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.
Derivative Contract:
Any ISDA Master Agreement, together with the
related Schedule and Confirmation,
entered into by the
Trustee and a Derivative
Counterparty in accordance with Section
4.11.
Derivative
Counterparty: Any
counterparty to a Derivative Contract as
provided in Section 4.11.
Destroyed
Mortgage Note: A Mortgage Note the original of which was
permanently lost or destroyed and has not
been replaced.
Determination Date:
With respect to any Distribution Date, the 20th day
(or if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
following such 20th day) of the month of
the related Distribution Date.
Disqualified
Organization: Any
organization defined as a "disqualified
organization" under Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code,
which includes any of
the
following: (i) the United States, any State
or political
subdivision
thereof,
any possession of the United States, or any
agency or
instrumentality of any of
the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all
of
its activities are subject to tax and,
except for Freddie Mac, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such
governmental
unit), (ii) a foreign
government, any international organization,
or any agency or
instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers'
cooperatives described in Section 521 of the
Code) which is exempt from the tax
imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code
(including
the tax imposed by Section 511 of
the Code on unrelated business taxable income) and (iv) rural
electric and
telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. A
Disqualified Organization also includes any "electing large
partnership,"
as
defined in Section 775(a) of the Code and any other
Person so designated by the
Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause any REMIC or any
Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of
Certificates
(other than
such Person) to incur a liability
for any federal tax imposed under the Code
that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate
to such Person.
The terms "United States",
"State" and "international organization" shall have the meanings set forth
in
Section 7701 of the Code or successor
provisions.
Distribution Date:
The 25th day of any
month beginning in the month
immediately following the month of the initial
issuance of the Certificates or,
if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day
immediately
following
such 25th day.
DTC Letter: The Letter
of Representations,
dated November 29, 2005,
between the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust
Fund, and the Depository.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan,
the day during the related Due Period on
which the Monthly Payment is due.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar
month of
such Distribution Date.
Eligible Account:
An account that is any of the following: (i)
maintained with a depository institution
the debt obligations of which have been
rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
rating available, or
(ii) an account
or accounts in a depository institution in
which such accounts are fully insured
to the limits established by the FDIC,
provided that any deposits not so insured
shall, to the extent acceptable to each Rating Agency,
as evidenced in writing,
be maintained such that (as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel
delivered to the
Trustee and each Rating Agency) the
registered Holders of
Certificates
have a
claim with respect to the funds in such
account or a perfected
first security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository
institution with which such account is
maintained, or (iii) in the case of the
Custodial Account,
either (A) a trust
account or accounts maintained in the corporate trust department of JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., or (B) an account or accounts
maintained
in the corporate
asset services department of U.S. Bank
National Association as long as its short
term debt obligations are rated P-1 (or the
equivalent) or better by each Rating
Agency, and its long term debt
obligations are rated
A2 (or the equivalent) or
better, by each Rating Agency,
or (iv) in the case of
the Certificate
Account
and the Insurance Account, a trust account or accounts maintained in the
corporate trust division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., or (v) an account or
accounts of a depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency (as
evidenced in writing by each Rating
Agency that use of any
such account as the
Custodial Account or the Certificate
Account will not reduce the rating assigned
to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the
then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the
Closing Date by such Rating Agency).
Eligible Master Servicing Compensation: With respect to any
Distribution
Date and each Loan Group, an amount equal to Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
resulting from Principal Prepayments in Full or
Curtailments during the related
Prepayment Period, but not more than the
lesser of (a) one-twelfth of 0.125% of
the Stated Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Loans immediately preceding
such Distribution Date and (b) the sum of
the Servicing Fee, all income and gain
on amounts held in the Custodial Account
and the Certificate Account and amounts
payable to the Certificateholders with respect to such Distribution Date and
servicing compensation to which the Master
Servicer may be entitled pursuant to
Section 3.10(a)(v) and (vi) provided that for
purposes of this
definition the
amount of the Servicing Fee will not be reduced
pursuant to Section 7.02(a)
except as may be required pursuant to the
last sentence of such Section 7.02(a),
in each case with respect to the related
Loan Group.
ERISA: The Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Event of Default: As
defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Cash
Flow: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the
excess of (1) the
Available Distribution Amount for that
Distribution Date over (2) the sum of (x)
the Interest Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
and (y) the lesser
of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal
Remittance
Amount for that Distribution Date to the extent not needed to
pay interest on
the Class A Certificates on such Distribution
Date,
(B) the
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount, if any, for that
Distribution Date and
(C) any Yield Maintenance Payment for that
Distribution Date.
Excess
Overcollateralization
Amount: With respect
to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralization Amount on such
Distribution Date over (b) the Required
Overcollateralization
Amount for such
Distribution Date.
Exchange Act: The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Fannie Mae: Fannie
Mae, a federally chartered and privately owned
corporation organized and existing under the Federal National Mortgage
Association Charter Act, or any successor
thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
FHA: The Federal
Housing Administration, or its successor.
Final Certification:
As defined in Section 2.02.
Final Distribution
Date: The Distribution Date on which the final
distribution in respect of the Certificates will be made pursuant to Section
9.01, which Final Distribution Date shall in no event be later
than the end of
the 90-day liquidation period described in
Section 9.02.
Final Scheduled
Distribution Date:
Solely for purposes of
the face of
the Certificates, as follows: with respect
to the Class A-I-1 Certificates, the
Distribution Date in March 2026; with respect
to the Class A-I-2
Certificates,
the Distribution Date in April 2029; with respect to the Class A-I-3
Certificates, the Distribution Date in July 2033; with respect to the Class
A-I-4 Certificates, the Distribution Date in November
2035; and with respect to
the Class SB Certificates, the Distribution Date in November 2035. No event
of
default under this Agreement will arise or
become applicable solely by reason of
the failure to retire the entire
Certificate
Principal Balance of
any Class of
Class A Certificates on or before its Final
Scheduled Distribution Date.
Foreclosure Profits:
With respect to any
Distribution Date or
related
Determination Date and any Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and REO
Proceeds (net of all amounts reimbursable
therefrom pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(ii)) in respect of each
Mortgage Loan or
REO Property for which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred in the
related Prepayment Period over the sum of the unpaid
principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property (determined,
in the case of an REO Disposition, in
accordance with Section 3.14) plus accrued
and unpaid interest at
the Mortgage
Rate on such unpaid principal balance from the Due Date to which
interest was
last paid by the Mortgagor to the first day
of the month following
the month in
which such Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition occurred.
Freddie Mac: 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.
Gross Margin: With
respect to each
adjustable rate
Mortgage Loan, the
fixed percentage set forth in the related
Mortgage Note and indicated in Exhibit
G-1 and Exhibit G-2 hereto as the "NOTE
MARGIN," which percentage is added to
the related Index on each Adjustment
Date to determine
(subject to rounding
in
accordance with the related Mortgage Note, the Periodic Cap, the Maximum
Mortgage Rate and the Minimum Mortgage Rate) the interest rate to be
borne by
such Mortgage Loan until the next
Adjustment Date.
Group I Basis Risk
Shortfall: With
respect to each Class
of the Class
A-I Certificates and any Distribution Date
on which the Group I Net WAC Cap Rate
is used to determine the Pass-Through Rate of such Class of the Class A-I
Certificates, an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of (x) Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class of the Class A-I
Certificates,
calculated
at a rate
equal to LIBOR plus the related Margin,
over (y) Accrued
Certificate
Interest
for such Class of the Class A-I Certificates for such Distribution Date
calculated using the Group I Net WAC Cap
Rate.
Group I Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount: With respect
to each
Class of Class A-I Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the
aggregate amount of Group I Basis Risk Shortfall for such Class on such
Distribution Date plus (b) any Group I Basis
Risk Shortfall for such Class
remaining unpaid from prior Distribution
Dates, plus (c) one month's interest on
the amount in clause (b) (based on the
number of days in the preceding Interest
Accrual Period), to the extent previously
unreimbursed by Excess Cash Flow, at a
rate equal to the related Pass-Through
Rate.
Group I Loans: The
Mortgage Loans
designated
as Group I Loans on
the
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit G-1.
Group I Net WAC Cap Rate: With respect to any Distribution
Date and the
Class A-I Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average of
the
Net Mortgage Rates of the Group I Loans using
the Net Mortgage
Rates (or, if
applicable, Modified Net Mortgage Rates) on such Mortgage
Loans in effect
for
the Monthly Payments due on such Mortgage
Loans during the
related Due Period,
multiplied by a fraction equal to 30
divided by the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period.
With respect to any
Distribution Date and
the
REMIC II Regular Interests the ownership of which is represented by the A-I
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average
(adjusted for the
actual number of days elapsed in the
related Interest
Accrual Period) of the
Uncertificated REMIC I Group I Pass-Through
Rate for the REMIC I Group I Regular
Interests, weighted on the basis of the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of such
REMIC I Group I Regular Interests
immediately prior to
such Distribution
Date,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and
the denominator of
which is the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period.
Group I Principal
Distribution Amount:
On any Distribution
Date, the
Principal Distribution Amount multiplied by
a fraction, the
numerator of which
is the portion of the Principal
Allocation
Amount related to the
Group I Loans
for that Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the Principal
Allocation Amount for all of the Mortgage
Loans for that Distribution Date.
Group II Basis Risk Shortfall: With respect to the Class A-II
Certificates and any Distribution Date on
which the Group II Net WAC Cap Rate is
used to determine the Pass-Through Rate of the Class A-II
Certificates,
an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x)
Accrued Certificate
Interest for the
Class A-II Certificates, calculated at a rate equal to (a)
LIBOR plus the Class
A-II Margin over (y) Accrued Certificate Interest for the Class A-II
Certificates for such Distribution Date calculated using the Group II
Net WAC
Cap Rate.
Group II Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount: With respect
to the
Class A-II Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the
sum of (a) the aggregate
amount of Group II Basis Risk Shortfall on
such Distribution
Date plus (b) any
Group II Basis Risk Shortfall remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution
Dates,
plus (c) one month's interest on the amount in clause
(b) (based on the number
of days in the preceding Interest Accrual Period), to the extent previously
unreimbursed by Excess Cash Flow, at a rate equal to the related
Pass-Through
Rate.
Group II Loans: The
Mortgage Loans
designated as Group II Loans on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit G-2.
Group II Net WAC Cap Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date
and the
Class A-II Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average of the
Net Mortgage Rates of the Group II Loans using
the Net Mortgage
Rates (or, if
applicable, Modified Net Mortgage Rates) on such Mortgage
Loans in effect
for
the Monthly Payments due on such Mortgage
Loans during the
related Due Period,
multiplied by a fraction equal to 30
divided by the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period.
With respect to any
Distribution Date and
the
REMIC II Regular Interests the ownership of which is
represented
by the A-II
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average
(adjusted for the
actual number of days elapsed in the
related Interest
Accrual Period) of the
Uncertificated REMIC II Group II Pass-Through Rate for the REMIC I Group II
Regular Interests, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance
of such REMIC I Group II Regular Interests immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which
is 30, and
the denominator of which is the actual number of
days in the related
Interest
Accrual Period.
Group II Principal
Distribution Amount:
On any Distribution
Date, the
Principal Distribution Amount multiplied by
a fraction, the
numerator of which
is the portion of the Principal
Allocation Amount
related to the Group II Loans
for that Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the Principal
Allocation Amount for all of the Mortgage
Loans for that Distribution Date.
Independent: When used
with respect to any specified Person, means such
a Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Depositor,
the Master
Servicer
and the Trustee, or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect
financial interest in the Depositor,
the Master Servicer or the Trustee or in an
Affiliate thereof, and
(iii) is not
connected with the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee
as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing
similar functions.
Index: With respect to
any adjustable rate
Mortgage Loan and as to any
Adjustment Date therefor, the related index as stated in the
related Mortgage
Note.
Initial Certificate
Principal Balance: With respect to each Class of
Certificates (other than the Class R
Certificates), the
Certificate
Principal
Balance of such Class of Certificates as of
the Closing Date as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
Insurance Account:
The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.10, which shall be
entitled "JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-RS9" and which must be an Eligible
Account.
Insurance Agreement: The Insurance and Indemnity Agreement,
dated as of
November 29, 2005, among the Insurer,
the Trustee,
the Master Servicer
and the
Depositor.
Insurance Proceeds:
Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to any Primary Insurance Policy or any other
related insurance
policy
covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are payable to the
mortgagee under the Mortgage, any Subservicer, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee and are not applied to the
restoration of the related Mortgaged Property
(or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan,
the related
Cooperative Apartment)
or
released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Master
Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage
loans held for its own account.
Insured Payment:
With respect to (a)
any Distribution
Date, (i) the
Deficiency Amount and (ii) any Preference Amount and (b) with respect to any
other date, any Preference Amount.
Insurer: Financial
Guaranty Insurance Company, a New York insurance
corporation or its successors in
interest.
Insurer Account: An
account of the Insurer maintained at JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. (ABA No. 021000021), Account No.
904951812, Attention: Joanne Murray,
or such other account as may be designated by the Insurer to the Trustee in
writing not less than five Business Days
prior to the related Distribution Date.
Insurer Default: The
existence and continuance of any of the following:
(a) a failure by the Insurer to make a payment required under the Policy in
accordance with its terms; or (b)(i) the Insurer (A) files any petition or
commences any case or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the
Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal or state law relating to
insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation,
liquidation or reorganization, (B) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors or (C) has
an order for
relief entered against it under the
Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal
or state law relating to insolvency,
bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or
reorganization which is final and nonappealable; or (ii) a court of competent
jurisdiction, the New York insurance
department or other
competent
regulatory
authority enters a final and nonappealable order, judgment or decree (A)
appointing a custodian, trustee, agent or
receiver for the Insurer or for all or
any material portion of its property or (B)
authorizing the taking of possession
by a custodian, trustee, agent or receiver of the Insurer (or the taking
of
possession of all or any material portion
of the property of the Insurer).
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to the Class A
Certificates, (i)
with respect to the Distribution Date in
December 2005, the period commencing on
the Closing Date and ending on the day preceding the Distribution Date in
December 2005, and (ii) with respect to any Distribution Date after the
Distribution Date in December 2005, the period
commencing on the
Distribution
Date in the month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution
Date occurs and ending on the day preceding
such Distribution Date. With respect
to the Class SB Certificates and any Distribution Date, the prior calendar
month.
Interest Distribution
Amount: With respect to each Class of Class A
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of Accrued
Certificate Interest to be distributed to the holders of such
Class of Class A
Certificates for such Distribution Date, plus any related Accrued
Certificate
Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any
prior Distribution Date.
Interim Certification:
As defined in Section 2.02.
Interested Person: As of any date of determination, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Insurer, the Trustee, any Mortgagor, any Manager of a
Mortgaged Property, or any Person known to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee
to be an Affiliate of any of them.
Late Collections:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all amounts
received during any Due Period,
whether as late
payments of Monthly Payments or
as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise,
which represent
late
payments or collections of Monthly Payments due but delinquent for a
previous
Due Period and not previously
recovered.
Late Payment Rate: As defined in the Insurance Agreement.
LIBOR: With respect to any Distribution Date, the arithmetic mean
of the
London interbank offered rate quotations for
one-month U.S. Dollar
deposits,
expressed on a per annum basis, determined
in accordance with Section 1.02.
LIBOR Business Day:
Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii)
a day on which banking institutions in London, England are required or
authorized to by law to be closed.
LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date: With respect to each Distribution
Date, the
second LIBOR Business Day immediately
preceding the
commencement of the related
Interest Accrual Period.
Limited Repurchase
Right Holder:
RFC Asset Holdings II, Inc., or its
successor.
Liquidation Proceeds:
Amounts (other than
Insurance Proceeds) received
by the Master Servicer in connection with the taking of an entire
Mortgaged
Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation or in
connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Loan through
trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than REO Proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries.
Loan Group: Group I
Loans or Group II Loans, as applicable.
Loan-to-Value Ratio:
As of any date, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the current principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan at the date of
determination and the
denominator of which
is the Appraised Value of the related
Mortgaged Property.
Margin: The Class A-I-1 Margin, Class A-I-2 Margin, Class A-I-3
Margin,
Class A-I-4 Margin, or Class A-II Margin,
as applicable.
Marker Rate:
With respect to the Class SB Certificates and any
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to
two (2) multiplied by the weighted
average of the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rates for each REMIC I Regular
Interest (other than the REMIC I Regular Interest I-AA and REMIC I Regular
Interest II-A) with the rates on each such
REMIC I Regular
Interest (other than
REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ and REMIC I Regular
Interest II-ZZ)
subject to a
cap equal to the Pass-Through Rate for the REMIC II Regular Interest, the
ownership of which is represented by the corresponding Class for such REMIC I
Regular Interest, and the rate on REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ and REMIC
Regular Interest II-ZZ subject to a cap of zero, in each
case for purposes of
this calculation.
Maturity Date: With respect to each Class of Certificates representing
ownership of regular interest or
Uncertificated Regular Interests issued by each
of REMIC I and REMIC II the latest possible
maturity date,
solely for
purposes
of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations, by which the
Certificate Principal Balance of each such
Class of Certificates
representing a
regular interest in the Trust Fund would
be reduced to zero, which is, for each
such regular interest, the Distribution Date in November 2035,
which is the
Distribution Date occurring in the month
following the last
scheduled monthly
payment of the Mortgage Loans.
Maximum Mortgage
Rate: With respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage
Loan, the rate indicated in Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2 hereto as the
"NOTE
CEILING," which rate is the maximum
interest rate that may be applicable to such
adjustable rate Mortgage Loan at any time
during the life of such Mortgage Loan.
Maximum Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to any adjustable
rate Mortgage
Loan and any date of determination, the Maximum Mortgage Rate minus
the sum of
(i) the Subservicing Fee Rate, (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate and (iii) the
Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate
as of such date.
MERS: Mortgage
Electronic
Registration
Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
MERS(R) System:
The system of recording transfers of Mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The Mortgage
Identification Number
for Mortgage Loans
registered
with MERS on the MERS(R)System.
Minimum Mortgage
Rate: With respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage
Loan, the greater of (i) the Note Margin
and (ii) the rate indicated in Exhibit
G-1 and G-2 hereto as the "NOTE
FLOOR", which rate may be applicable to such
adjustable rate Mortgage Loan at any time during the life
of such adjustable
rate Mortgage Loan.
Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that has been the subject
of a
Servicing Modification.
Modified Mortgage
Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
that is the
subject of a Servicing Modification, the
Mortgage Rate, minus the rate per annum
by which the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage
Loan was reduced.
Modified Net Mortgage
Rate: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan that
is
the subject of a Servicing Modification, the Net Mortgage Rate, minus the
rate
per annum by which the Mortgage Rate on
such Mortgage Loan was reduced.
MOM Loan: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the
mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the
originator of such
Mortgage Loan and its successors and
assigns, at the origination thereof.
Monthly Payment:
With respect to any
Mortgage Loan
(including any REO
Property) and the Due Date in any Due
Period, the payment of principal and
interest due thereon in accordance
with the amortization schedule at the time
applicable thereto (after adjustment, if
any, for Curtailments and for Deficient
Valuations occurring prior to such Due Date but before
any adjustment to
such
amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy, other than a Deficient
Valuation, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or
grace
period and before any Servicing
Modification that constitutes a reduction of the
interest rate on such Mortgage Loan).
Moody's: Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., or its successor in interest.
Mortgage: With respect to each Mortgage Note related to a Mortgage
Loan,
the mortgage, deed of trust or other
comparable 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 2.01
pertaining
to a particular Mortgage Loan and any
additional documents
required to be added
to the Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The lists of the Mortgage Loans
attached hereto
as Exhibit G1 and Exhibit G-2 (as amended from time to time to reflect
the
addition of Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans), which lists shall set forth at
a minimum the following information as to
each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number ("RFC LOAN #");
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) the maturity of the Mortgage Note ("MATURITY DATE"
or "MATURITY DT") for Mortgage Loans;
(iv) the Mortgage Rate as of origination ("ORIG RATE");
(v) the Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date for an
adjustable rate Mortgage Loan ("CURR RATE");
(vi) the Net Mortgage
Rate as of the Cut-off
Date ("CURR
NET");
(vii) the scheduled monthly payment of principal, if any,
and interest as of the Cut-off Date ("ORIGINAL P & I" or
"CURRENT P & I" for the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans);
(viii) the Cut-off
Date Principal Balance ("PRINCIPAL
BAL");
(ix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination ("LTV");
(x) a code
"T", "BT" or "CT" under the column "LN
FEATURE," indicating
that the Mortgage Loan is secured by
a second or vacation
residence (the
absence of any
such
code means
the Mortgage Loan is secured by a primary
residence);
(xi) a code "N" under the column "OCCP CODE", indicating
that the Mortgage Loan is secured by a non-owner occupied
residence (the absence of any such code means the Mortgage
Loan is secured by an owner occupied residence);
(xii) the Maximum
Mortgage Rate for the
adjustable rate
Mortgage Loans ("NOTE CEILING");
(xiii) the Maximum Net
Mortgage Rate for the
adjustable
rate Mortgage Loans ("NET CEILING");
(xiv) the Note Margin
for the adjustable
rate Mortgage
Loans ("NOTE MARGIN");
(xv) the first
Adjustment Date after the Cut-off Date for
the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans ("NXT INT CHG DT");
(xvi) the Periodic Cap for the adjustable rate Mortgage
Loans ("PERIODIC DECR" or "PERIODIC INCR"); and
(xvii) (the
rounding of the semi-annual or annual
adjustment to
the Mortgage Rate with respect to the
adjustable rate Mortgage Loans ("NOTE METHOD").
Such schedules may
consist of multiple
reports that
collectively set
forth all of the information required.
Mortgage Loans: Such
of the mortgage loans
transferred and assigned to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 as from
time to time are held or deemed to
be held as a part of the Trust Fund, the
Mortgage Loans originally so held being
identified in the initial Mortgage Loan Schedule, and Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans held or deemed held as part
of the Trust Fund including, without
limitation, (i) with respect to each
Cooperative
Loan, the related Mortgage
Note, Security Agreement, Assignment of Proprietary Lease,
Cooperative Stock
Certificate, Cooperative Lease and Mortgage File and all rights appertaining
thereto, and (ii) with respect to each
Mortgage Loan other than a Cooperative
Loan, each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and Mortgage File and all rights
appertaining thereto.
Mortgage Note:
The originally executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under
a Mortgage Loan,
together with any modification thereto.
Mortgage Rate:
With respect to any
Mortgage Loan,
the interest
rate
borne by the related Mortgage Note, or any modification thereto other than a
Servicing Modification. The Mortgage Rate on the
adjustable rate Mortgage Loans
will adjust on each Adjustment Date to equal the sum (rounded to the nearest
multiple of one-eighth of one percent
(0.125%) or up to the
nearest one-eighth
of one percent, which are indicated by a "U" on Exhibit G-1 and
Exhibit G-2,
except in the case of the adjustable
rate Mortgage Loans
indicated by an "X" on
Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2 or hereto under
the heading "NOTE
METHOD"), of the
related Index plus the Note Margin, in each case subject to the applicable
Periodic Cap, Maximum Mortgage Rate and
Minimum Mortgage Rate.
Mortgaged Property:
The underlying
real property
securing a
Mortgage
Loan or, with respect to a Cooperative
Loan, the related
Cooperative Lease
and
Cooperative Stock
Mortgagor: The obligor
on a Mortgage Note.
Net Mortgage Rate:
With respect to any
Mortgage Loan as of any date of
determination, a per annum rate equal to the
Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage
Loan as of such date minus the sum of (i)
the related Servicing
Fee Rate, (ii)
the related Subservicing Fee Rate, and (iii) the
Certificate
Insurer Premium
Modified Rate.
Net WAC Cap Rate:
The Group I Net WAC
Cap Rate or Group II Net WAC Cap
Rate, as applicable.
Non-Primary Residence Loans: The Mortgage Loans designated as
secured by
second or vacation residences, or by non-owner occupied residences, on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Non-United States Person: Any Person other than a United
States Person.
Nonrecoverable
Advance: Any Advance
previously made or
proposed to be
made by the Master Servicer or Subservicer in respect
of a Mortgage Loan (other
than a Deleted Mortgage Loan) which, in the good faith judgment of the
Master
Servicer, will not, or, in the case of a proposed Advance, would not, be
ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer from related Late
Collections,
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or
REO Proceeds. To the extent that any
Mortgagor is not obligated under the related Mortgage documents to pay or
reimburse any portion of any Servicing Advances that are outstanding with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan as a result of a modification of such
Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer, which forgives amounts which the Master
Servicer or Subservicer had previously advanced, and the Master Servicer
determines that no other source of payment
or reimbursement for such advances is
available to it, such Servicing
Advances shall be deemed to be Nonrecoverable
Advances. The determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Advance shall be evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate delivered
to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Insurer
and the Master Servicer setting forth
such determination, which shall include any other information or reports
obtained by the Master Servicer such as property operating statements, rent
rolls, property inspection reports and
engineering reports,
which may support
such determinations. Notwithstanding the
above, the Trustee shall be entitled to
rely upon any determination by the Master
Servicer that any Advance previously
made is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed
Advance, if made, would
constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.
Nonsubserviced
Mortgage Loan:
Any Mortgage
Loan that, at the time
of
reference thereto, is not subject to a
Subservicing Agreement.
Note Margin: With
respect to each
adjustable rate
Mortgage Loan, the
fixed percentage set forth in the related
Mortgage Note and indicated in Exhibit
G-1 and Exhibit G-2 hereto as the "NOTE
MARGIN," which percentage is added to
the Index on each Adjustment Date to determine (subject to rounding in
accordance with the related Mortgage Note, the Periodic Cap, the Maximum
Mortgage Rate and the Minimum Mortgage Rate) the interest rate to be
borne by
such adjustable rate Mortgage Loan until
the next Adjustment Date.
Notional Amount: With respect to the Class SB Certificates,
immediately
prior to any Distribution Date, the aggregate of the
Uncertificated
Principal
Balances of the REMIC II Regular
Interests.
Officers' Certificate:
A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, a Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Director,
Managing Director, the Treasurer, the Secretary, an Assistant Treasurer or an
Assistant Secretary of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer, as the case may be,
and delivered to the Trustee and the
Insurer, as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel:
A written opinion of counsel acceptable to the
Trustee and the Master Servicer, who may be counsel for the
Depositor or the
Master Servicer, provided that any opinion of counsel (i)
referred to in the
definition of "Disqualified Organization" or (ii) relating to
the qualification
of REMIC I or REMIC II as REMICs or
compliance with the REMIC Provisions must,
unless otherwise specified, be an opinion
of Independent counsel.
Optional Termination
Date: Any Distribution
Date on or after which the
Stated Principal Balance (after giving effect to
distributions
to be made on
such Distribution Date) of the Mortgage
Loans is less than 10.00% of the Cut-off
Date Balance.
Outstanding Mortgage
Loan: With respect to the Due Date in any Due
Period, a Mortgage Loan (including an REO
Property) that was not the subject of
a Principal Prepayment in Full, Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition and that was
not purchased, deleted or substituted for prior to such Due Date
pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 4.07 or 4.08.
Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate
Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage
Loans before giving effect to distributions of principal to be made on
such
Distribution Date over (b) the aggregate
Certificate
Principal Balance of
the
Class A Certificates as of such date,
before taking into
account
distributions
of principal to be made on that
Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Floor: An amount equal to the product of
0.50% and
the Cut-off Date Balance.
Overcollateralization
Increase Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Excess Cash Flow for that
Distribution Date available to make payments
pursuant to Section
4.02(c)(xiv)
and (ii) the excess, if any, of (x) the Required
Overcollateralization
Amount
for that Distribution Date over (y) the
Overcollateralization
Amount for that
Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date for which the Excess Overcollateralization Amount is, or would be,
after
taking into account all other distributions to be made on such Distribution
Date, greater than zero, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Excess
Overcollateralization Amount for that Distribution Date and (ii) the
Principal
Remittance Amount for such Distribution
Date.
Ownership Interest:
With respect to any
Certificate, any
ownership or
security 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, as owner
or as pledgee.
Pass-Through Rate:
With respect to each Class of the Class A-I
Certificates and each Interest Accrual Period, a per annum rate equal to the
lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the related Margin and (ii) the Group I Net WAC
Cap
Rate. With respect to the Class A-II
Certificates
and each Interest Accrual
Period, a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) LIBOR
plus the Class A-II
Margin and (ii) the Group II Net WAC Cap
Rate.
With respect to the Class SB Certificates, a per annum rate equal
to the
percentage equivalent of a fraction,
the numerator of which
is (x) the sum, for
each REMIC II Regular Interest, of the excess of the Uncertificated Group I
REMIC I Pass-Through Rate or Uncertificated
Group II REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate,
as applicable, for such REMIC I Regular
Interest over the Marker Rate applied to
a notional amount equal to the
Uncertificated
Principal Balance of such REMIC I
Regular Interest and (y) the denominator of which is the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balance of the
REMIC I Regular Interests.
Paying Agent: JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., or
any successor Paying Agent
appointed by the Trustee.
Percentage Interest:
With respect to any Class A Certificate, the
undivided percentage ownership interest in the related
Class evidenced by such
Certificate, which percentage ownership interest shall be equal
to the Initial
Certificate Principal Balance thereof divided by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of all of the
Certificates of the same Class. The
Percentage Interest with respect to a Class SB Certificate or Class R
Certificate shall be stated on the face
thereof.
Periodic Cap: With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the
periodic rate cap that limits the increase or the decrease of the related
Mortgage Rate on any Adjustment Date pursuant to the terms of the related
Mortgage Note.
Permitted Investments:
One or more of the following:
(i) obligations
of or guaranteed as to principal and
interest by
the United States or any agency or
instrumentality
thereof when such
obligations are backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) repurchase
agreements on
obligations
specified in
clause (i) maturing
not more than one month from the date
of acquisition
thereof, provided that the unsecured
obligations of the
party agreeing to repurchase such
obligations are at the time rated by each Rating Agency in
its highest short-term rating available;
(iii) federal
funds, certificates of deposit, demand
deposits, time
deposits and bankers'
acceptances (which
shall each have an
original maturity of
not more than 90
days and, in the case of bankers' acceptances, shall in no
event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or a
remaining maturity of
more than 30 days)
denominated in
United States dollars of any U.S. depository institution
or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof or of any domestic branch of a
foreign depository institution or trust company; provided
that the debt
obligations of such depository institution
or trust company at the date of acquisition thereof have
been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term
rating available;
and, provided further that, if the
original maturity
of such short-term obligations of a
domestic branch of a
foreign depository
institution
or
trust company shall exceed 30 days, the short-term rating
of such institution
shall be A-1+ in the case of Standard
& Poor's if Standard & Poor's is a Rating Agency;
(iv) commercial
paper and demand notes
(having original
maturities of not more
than 365 days) of any
corporation
incorporated under the
laws of the United
States or any
state thereof which on
the date of
acquisition has
been
rated by each Rating
Agency in its highest short-term
rating available;
provided that such commercial paper and
demand notes shall
have a remaining
maturity of not more
than 30 days;
(v) a money market
fund or a qualified
investment
fund
rated by each
Rating Agency in its highest long-term
rating available
(which may be managed
by the Trustee or
one of its Affiliates); and
(vi) other obligations
or securities that are
acceptable
to the Insurer
and each Rating Agency as a Permitted
Investment hereunder
and will not reduce the rating
assigned to any
Class of Certificates by such Rating
Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the
rating assigned
to such Certificates as of the Closing
Date by such Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;
provided, however, that no instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if it
represents, either (1) the right to receive
only interest payments with respect
to the underlying debt instrument or (2)
the right to receive both principal and
interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and
the
principal and interest payments with
respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity greater than 120% of the yield
to maturity at par of such underlying
obligations. References herein to the highest rating available on unsecured
long-term debt shall mean AAA in the case of
Standard & Poor's
and Aaa in the
case of Moody's, and for purposes of this
Agreement, any
references herein
to
the highest rating available on unsecured
commercial paper and
short-term debt
obligations shall mean the following:
A-1 in the case of
Standard & Poor's and
P-1 in the case of Moody's; provided, however, that any Permitted Investment
that is a short-term debt obligation rated
A-1 by Standard & Poor's must satisfy
the following additional conditions: (i) the total amount of debt from A-1
issuers must be limited to the
investment
of monthly
principal and interest
payments (assuming fully amortizing
collateral);
(ii) the total amount
of A-1
investments must not represent more than 20% of the aggregate outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates and
each investment must not
mature beyond 30 days; (iii) the terms of the debt must have a
predetermined
fixed dollar amount of principal
due at maturity that
cannot vary; and (iv)
if
the investments may be liquidated prior to
their maturity or are being relied on
to meet a certain yield, interest must be tied to a single
interest rate
index
plus a single fixed spread (if any) and must move
proportionately
with that
index. Any Permitted Investment may be purchased by or through the
Trustee or
its Affiliates.
Permitted Transferee:
Any Transferee of a
Class R Certificate,
other
than a Disqualified Organization or
Non-United States Person.
Person: Any
individual,
corporation,
limited
liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Policy: The Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy No. 05030145
issued by
the Insurer in respect of the Class A
Certificates, a copy
of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit P.
Pool Stated
Principal
Balance:
With
respect
to any date of
determination, the aggregate of the Stated
Principal Balances of
each Mortgage
Loan that was an Outstanding Mortgage Loan
on the Due Date immediately preceding
the Due Period preceding such date of
determination.
Prepayment Assumption:
With respect to the
Class A Certificates,
the
prepayment assumption to be used for
determining the
accrual of original issue
discount and premium and market discount on
such Certificates for federal income
tax purposes, which assumes a prepayment rate of 20% HEP with respect to
the
fixed-rate Mortgage Loans, and 100% PPC with respect to the adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loans.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution
Date and
any Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage
Loan relating to an REO Property) that
was the subject of (a) a Principal Prepayment in Full during the related
Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the
excess of one month's interest at the
related Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a
Modified Mortgage Loan) on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
over the amount of interest (adjusted to the related Net Mortgage Rate (or
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a
Modified Mortgage Loan)) paid by the
Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to the
date of such Principal Prepayment in
Full or (b) a Curtailment during the prior calendar
month, an amount equal to
one month's interest at the related Net
Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage
Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage
Loan) on the amount of such Curtailment.
Prepayment Period:
With respect to any
Distribution Date, the calendar
month preceding the month of
distribution.
Primary Insurance
Policy: Each primary policy of mortgage guaranty
insurance as indicated by a numeric code on
Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2 with the
exception of either code "23" or "96" under
the column "MI CO CODE".
Principal Allocation
Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (a) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date, (b)
the
amount described in clause (b)(iv) of the
definition of Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date, (c) the aggregate amount of the principal
portion of Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans in the calendar month preceding
such Distribution Date, to the extent covered by Excess Cash Flow for such
Distribution Date, minus (d) the Capitalization
Reimbursement
Amount for such
Distribution Date; provided, that on any Distribution
Date on which there
is
insufficient Excess Cash Flow to cover all Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans, in determining the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and Group II
Principal Distribution Amount, the available
Excess Cash Flow will be allocated
to the Class A-I Certificates and Class A-II
Certificates,
pro rata, based on
the principal portion of Realized Losses on the Group I Loans and
the Group II
Loans, respectively.
Principal Distribution
Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date,
the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the
Available Distribution
Amount for such
Distribution Date, plus, for inclusion in Excess Cash Flow for
purposes of
clauses (b)(v) and (b)(vi), the Yield Maintenance Agreement Principal
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Interest
Distribution Amount and (b) the sum of:
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment received
or Advanced with respect to the related Due Period on each
Outstanding Mortgage Loan;
(ii) the Stated
Principal Balance of
any Mortgage
Loan
repurchased during
the related Prepayment Period (or
deemed to have been so
repurchased
in accordance with
Section 3.07(b))
pursuant to Section
2.02, 2.03,
2.04,
4.07 or 4.08, the amount of any shortfall deposited in the
Custodial Account in connection with the substitution of a
Deleted Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04
during the
related Prepayment Period and the Stated
Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans purchased pursuant to
Section 9.01 in connection with such Distribution Date, if
applicable;
(iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled
collections, other
than Subsequent Recoveries, on the
Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, Principal
Prepayments in Full,
Curtailments,
Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) received during the
related Prepayment
Period to the
extent applied by the
Master Servicer as recoveries of principal of the Mortgage
Loans pursuant to Section 3.14;
(iv) the lesser
of (a) Subsequent Recoveries for such
Distribution Date and
(b) the principal
portion of any
Realized Losses
allocated to any Class of Certificates on
a prior Distribution Date and remaining unpaid;
(v) the lesser of (a) Excess Cash Flow for that
Distribution Date (to
the extent
not used pursuant to
clause (iv) of this definition on such Distribution Date)
and (b) the
principal portion of any Realized Losses
incurred (or deemed to have been incurred) on any Mortgage
Loans in the calendar month preceding such Distribution
Date to the extent
covered by Excess
Cash Flow for that
Distribution Date; and
(vi) the lesser of (a) the Excess Cash Flow for such
Distribution Date
(to the extent not used to cover
Realized Losses
pursuant to clause (iv) and (v) of this
definition on
such Distribution Date) and (b) the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such
Distribution Date to
the extent covered
by Excess Cash
Flow for that Distribution Date;
minus
(vii) the amount of
any
Overcollateralization
Reduction
Amount for such Distribution Date; and
(viii) any
Capitalization
Reimbursement Amount
for such
Distribution Date;
provided, however, that the Principal Distribution Amount on any
Distribution
Date shall not be less than zero or greater than the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates.
Principal Prepayment:
Any payment of
principal or other
recovery on a
Mortgage Loan, including a recovery that takes
the form of Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, which is received in advance of
its scheduled Due
Date
and is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled
interest on such payment due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal Prepayment
in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance
of a Mortgage Loan.
Principal Remittance
Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of the amounts described in clauses (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) of the
definition of Principal Distribution Amount
for that Distribution Date.
Program Guide:
The Residential Funding Seller Guide for mortgage
collateral sellers that participate in
Residential Funding's
standard mortgage
programs, and Residential Funding's Servicing Guide and any
other subservicing
arrangements which Residential Funding has
arranged to accommodate the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans.
Purchase Price:
With respect to any Mortgage
Loan (or REO
Property)
required to be or otherwise purchased on any date pursuant to Section 2.02,
2.03, 2.04, 4.07 or 4.08, an amount equal
to the sum of (i) (a) if such Mortgage
Loan (or REO Property) is being purchased
pursuant to Sections
2.02, 2.03, 2.04
or 4.07 of this Agreement, 100% of the
Stated Principal Balance thereof plus the
principal portion of any related
unreimbursed
Advances or (b) if
such Mortgage
Loan (or REO Property) is being purchased pursuant to Section 4.08 of this
Agreement, the greater of (1) 100% of the
Stated Principal Balance thereof plus
the principal portion of any related
unreimbursed Advances on such Mortgage Loan
(or REO Property) and (2) the fair market
value thereof plus the principal
portion of any related unreimbursed
Advances and (ii) unpaid accrued interest at
the Adjusted Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a
Modified Mortgage Loan) plus the rate per annum at
which the Servicing Fee and
the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified
Rate is calculated, or
(b) in the case
of a purchase made by the Master Servicer,
at the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified
Net Mortgage Rate plus the Certificate
Insurer Premium Modified Rate in the case
of a Modified Mortgage Loan), in each case on the Stated
Principal Balance
thereof to, but not including, the first
day of the month following the month of
purchase from the Due Date to which
interest was last paid by the Mortgagor.
Qualified Insurer: A
mortgage guaranty insurance company duly qualified
as such under the laws of the state of its
principal place of
business and each
state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection with the insurance
policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such states to
transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states
and to write the
insurance provided by the insurance policy
issued by it, approved as a FNMA- or
FHLMC-approved mortgage insurer or 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.
Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by
Residential Funding or the Depositor for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on
the date of such substitution, as confirmed in an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the Trustee, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after
deduction of the principal portion of the monthly
payment due in the
month of
substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate
outstanding principal
balance, after
such deduction), not in excess of the Stated
Principal Balance of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall to be deposited by Residential
Funding, in the Custodial Account in the month of
substitution);
(ii) have a
Mortgage Rate and a Net Mortgage Rate no lower than and not more than 1% per
annum higher than the Mortgage Rate and Net
Mortgage Rate, respectively, of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the date of
substitution; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value
Ratio at the time of substitution no higher than that of the Deleted
Mortgage
Loan at the time of substitution;
(iv) have a remaining
term to stated maturity
not greater than (and not more than one year
less than)
that of the
Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (v) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in
Sections 2.03 and 2.04 hereof and Section 4
of the Assignment
Agreement;
and
(vi) in the case of the adjustable rate
Mortgage Loans, (w) have a Mortgage Rate
that adjusts with the same frequency and based upon the same Index as
that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (x) have a Note Margin not less than that of
the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (y) have a Periodic
Rate Cap that is equal to that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (z) have a next
Adjustment Date no later than that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan.
Rating Agency:
Moody's and Standard & Poor's. If any agency or a
successor is no longer in existence,
"Rating Agency" shall
be such
statistical
credit rating agency, or other comparable
Person, designated by the Depositor,
and with respect to the Class A Certificates, the Insurer, notice of which
designation shall be given to the Trustee
and the Master Servicer.
Realized Loss:
With respect to each
Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as
to which a Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition has occurred, an amount (not less
than zero) equal to (i) the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loan (or
REO Property) as of the date of Cash
Liquidation or REO
Disposition, plus
(ii)
interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the Net Mortgage Rate (or
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified
Mortgage Loan) and the
Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate
from the Due Date as to which interest
was last paid or advanced to Certificateholders up to the last
day of the month
in which the Cash Liquidation (or REO Disposition) occurred on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or
REO Property)
outstanding
during
each Due Period that such interest was not paid or advanced, minus (iii) the
proceeds, if any, received during the month in which
such Cash Liquidation (or
REO Disposition) occurred, to the extent applied as
recoveries of interest at
the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage
Rate in the case of a
Modified
Mortgage Loan) and the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate and to
principal of the Mortgage Loan, net of the
portion thereof
reimbursable to
the
Master Servicer or any Subservicer with
respect to related
Advances,
Servicing
Advances or other expenses as to which the Master
Servicer or
Subservicer
is
entitled to reimbursement thereunder but which have not been previously
reimbursed. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a
Servicing Modification, (a) (1) the amount by which the
interest portion of
a
Monthly Payment or the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan was
reduced or
(2) the sum of any other amounts owing under the Mortgage Loan that were
forgiven and that constitute Servicing Advances that are reimbursable to the
Master Servicer or a Subservicer, and (b) any such amount with respect to a
Monthly Payment that was or would have been due in the month immediately
following the month in which a Principal
Prepayment
or the Purchase
Price of
such Mortgage Loan is received or is deemed
to have been received.
With respect
to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Deficient Valuation, the
difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding
immediately prior to such Deficient
Valuation and the
principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan which has become the object of a Debt Service Reduction, the
amount of such Debt Service Reduction. Notwithstanding the above, neither a
Deficient Valuation nor a Debt Service
Reduction shall be deemed a Realized Loss
hereunder so long as the Master Servicer has notified the Trustee and the
Insurer in writing that the Master Servicer
is diligently pursuing
any remedies
that may exist in connection with the representations and warranties made
regarding 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 premiums
on
any applicable primary hazard insurance policy and any related
escrow payments
in respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current basis by
the
Master Servicer or a Subservicer, in either case without giving
effect to any
Debt Service Reduction.
Realized Losses
allocated to the Class SB Certificates shall be
allocated first in reduction of the accrued
but unpaid interest
thereon until
such accrued and unpaid interest shall have been reduced to zero and then in
reduction of the Principal Balance
thereof.
Record Date:
With respect to each Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates which are Book-Entry Certificates, the close of business on the
Business Day prior to such Distribution
Date.
With
respect to each Distribution Date and the Certificates (other than
the Class A Certificates), the close of
business on the last Business Day of the
month next preceding the month in which the
related Distribution
Date occurs,
except in the case of the first Record
Date, which shall be the Closing Date.
Reference Bank Rate:
As defined in Section 1.02.
Regular Interest: Any
one of the regular interests in the Trust Fund.
Relief Act: The
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended.
Relief Act
Shortfalls:
Interest shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans
resulting from the Relief Act or similar
legislation or regulations.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of
Section 860D of the Code. As used herein, the term "REMIC" shall mean REMIC I
and REMIC II.
REMIC Administrator:
Residential Funding
Corporation.
If Residential
Funding Corporation is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction
to no longer
be able to fulfill its obligations as REMIC
Administrator
under this
Agreement
the Master Servicer or Trustee acting as
successor master servicer shall appoint
a successor REMIC Administrator, acceptable
to the Insurer subject to assumption
of the REMIC Administrator obligations
under this Agreement.
REMIC I: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto (exclusive of the
Yield Maintenance Agreement and any
payments thereunder, which are not assets of
any REMIC), constituting a portion of the
primary trust created hereby and to be
administered hereunder, with respect to
which a separate REMIC election is to be
made (other than with respect to the items in clause (v) and the proceeds
thereof), consisting of: (i) the Mortgage
Loans and the related Mortgage Files;
(ii) all payments on and collections in respect of the
Mortgage Loans due after
the Cut-off Date (other than Monthly Payments due in the month of the
Cut-off
Date) as shall be on deposit in the Custodial Account or in the Certificate
Account and identified as belonging to the Trust Fund;
(iii) property which
secured a Mortgage Loan and which has been
acquired for the benefit of the
Certificateholders by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iv) the
hazard insurance policies and Primary Insurance Policies pertaining to the
Mortgage Loans, if any; and (v) all
proceeds of clauses (i) through (iv) above.
REMIC I Regular Interest: Any of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued
hereunder and designated as a
"regular interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to
distributions
of principal,
subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto. The designations for the respective REMIC I Regular
Interests are set
forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
REMIC I Group I Interest Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I Group I
Regular Interests then
outstanding and (ii) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
Interest I-AA minus the Marker Rate,
divided by (b) 12.
REMIC I Group I
Overcollateralized
Amount: With respect to any date of
determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balances of the
REMIC I Group I Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate Uncertificated
Principal Balances of the REMIC I Group I
Regular Interests (other than REMIC I
Regular Interests I-A and I-ZZ), in each
case as of such date of determination.
REMIC I Group I Principal Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage
Loans then outstanding and (ii) 1
minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two times the sum of the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interests A-I-1,
A-I-2,
A-I-3, and A-I-4 and the denominator of
which is the sum of the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interests A-I-1,
A-I-2, A-I-3, A-I-4
and
I-ZZ.
REMIC I Group I
Regular Interest: REMIC I Regular Interest I-AA,
I-A-I-1, I-A-I-2, I-A-1-3, I-A-I-4 and
I-ZZ.
REMIC I Group II Interest Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I
Group II Regular Interests then
outstanding and (ii) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
Interest II-AA minus the Marker Rate,
divided by (b) 12.
REMIC I Group II Overcollateralized Amount: With respect to any date
of
determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balances of the
REMIC I Group II Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate Uncertificated
Principal Balances of the REMIC I Group II
Regular Interests (other than REMIC I
Regular Interests II-A and II-ZZ), in each case as of such date of
determination.
REMIC I Group II Principal Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage
Loans then
outstanding
and (ii) 1
minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two times the sum of the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interests A-II, and the
denominator of which is the sum of the
Uncertificated
Principal Balances of
REMIC I Regular Interests A-II and
II-ZZ.
REMIC I Group II
Regular Interest:
REMIC I Regular Interest II-AA,
II-A-II and II-ZZ.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-1: A regular interest in REMIC I that
is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate,
and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-2: A regular interest in REMIC I that
is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate,
and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-3: A regular interest in REMIC I that
is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate,
and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-4: A regular interest in REMIC I that
is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate,
and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest I-AA:
A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate,
and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest I-ZZ:
A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate,
and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest II-AA: A
regular interest in
REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group II REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-II: A regular interest in REMIC I that
is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group II REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest II-ZZ: A
regular interest in
REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an
initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the
related
Uncertificated Group II REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest I-ZZ Maximum Interest Deferral Amount: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) Uncertificated Accrued
Interest calculated with the REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate and an Uncertificated
Principal Balance equal to the excess of
(x) the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-ZZ over
(y) the REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Amount, in each case for such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the sum of
Uncertificated Accrued Interest on REMIC
I Regular Interest I-A-I-1 through REMIC I
Regular Interest
I-A-I-4, with the
rate on each such REMIC I Regular Interest subject to a cap equal to the
Pass-Through Rate for the corresponding Class for the purpose of this
calculation.
REMIC I Regular
Interest II-ZZ Maximum Interest Deferral Amount: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) Uncertificated Accrued
Interest calculated with the REMIC I Regular Interest II-ZZ Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate and an Uncertificated
Principal Balance equal to the excess of
(x) the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest II-ZZ over
(y) the REMIC I Group II Overcollateralized Amount, in each case for such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the sum of
Uncertificated Accrued Interest on REMIC
I Regular Interest A-II, with the rate on each such REMIC I
Regular Interest
subject to a cap equal to the Pass-Through
Rate for the corresponding Class for
the purpose of this calculation.
REMIC II: The
segregated pool of
assets described in
the Preliminary
Statement.
REMIC II Regular Interest: Any "regular interest" issued by REMIC
II the
ownership of which is evidenced by a Class A Certificate, or the Class SB
Certificate.
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
temporary and final regulations (or, to the extent not
inconsistent
with such
temporary or final regulations, proposed regulations) and published
rulings,
notices and announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time.
REMIC Regular Interests: the REMIC I Regular Interests and
the REMIC II
Regular Interests.
REO Acquisition: The acquisition by the Master Servicer on behalf
of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of any REO Property pursuant
to Section 3.14.
REO Disposition:
With respect to any
REO Property, a
determination by
the Master Servicer that it has received
substantially all
Insurance
Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and other payments
and recoveries (including
proceeds of a final sale) which the Master Servicer expects to be finally
recoverable from the sale or other
disposition of the REO Property.
REO Imputed Interest:
With respect to any REO Property, for any period,
an amount equivalent to interest (at a rate
equal to the sum of the Net Mortgage
Rate and the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate that would have been
applicable to the related Mortgage Loan had it been
outstanding) on the
unpaid
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as
of the date of acquisition thereof for
such period.
REO Proceeds:
Proceeds, net of expenses, received in respect of any REO
Property (including, without limitation,
proceeds from the rental of the related
Mortgaged Property or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related
Cooperative Apartment) which proceeds are required to be deposited
into the
Custodial Account only upon the related REO
Disposition.
REO Property: A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master Servicer, on
behalf of the Trust Fund for the benefit of
the Certificateholders
pursuant to
Section 3.14, through foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure in connection
with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Reportable Modified
Mortgage Loan: Any
Mortgage Loan that (i) has been
subject to an interest rate reduction, (ii)
has been subject to a term extension
or (iii) has had amounts owing on such
Mortgage Loan
capitalized by adding such
amount to the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan; provided, however,
that a Mortgage Loan modified in accordance with clause (i) above for a
temporary period shall not be a Reportable Modified Mortgage Loan if such
Mortgage Loan has not been delinquent in payments of
principal and interest for
six months since the date of such
modification
if that interest rate
reduction
is not made permanent thereafter.
Repurchase Event: As
defined in the Assignment Agreement.
Request for
Release: A request for release, the form of which is
attached as Exhibit H hereto, or an electronic request in a form acceptable
to
the Custodian.
Required Insurance
Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance policy which is required to be
maintained from time to time under this
Agreement, the Program Guide or the related
Subservicing Agreement in respect of
such Mortgage Loan.
Required
Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, (a) if such Distribution Date is prior to the
Stepdown Date, 1.75% of the
Cut-off Date Balance, or (b) if such Distribution Date is on or after the
Stepdown Date, the greater of (i) 3.50% of the
then current aggregate
Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the end of the related Due Period
and (ii) the Overcollateralization
Floor; provided,
however, that if a
Trigger
Event is in effect, the Required
Overcollateralization Amount shall be an amount
equal to the Required Overcollateralization
Amount for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date. The Required
Overcollateralization Amount may be reduced from
time to time with notification to the Rating Agencies and with the consent
of
the Insurer and without the consent of the
Certificateholders.
Residential Funding:
Residential
Funding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, in its capacity as seller of the
Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor
and not in its capacity as Master Servicer,
and any successor thereto.
Responsible Officer:
When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer
of the Worldwide Securities Services/Structured Finance Services Department of
the Trustee, including any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any
Assistant Vice President, any Assistant Secretary, any Trust Officer or
Assistant Trust Officer, or any other
officer of the Trustee, in each case, with
direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement.
RFC Exemption:
As defined in Section
5.02(e)(ii).
Rolling Six-Month
Delinquency Ratio: As
of any Distribution
Date, the
weighted average of the Delinquency Ratio for each of the six (or one,
two,
three, four and five in the case of the
first, second,
third, fourth and
fifth
Distribution Dates) immediately preceding
Due Periods.
Rule 144A: Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as in effect
from
time to time.
Security Agreement:
With respect to a
Cooperative Loan, the
agreement
creating a security interest in favor of the originator in the related
Cooperative Stock.
Servicing Accounts:
The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 3.08.
Servicing Advances:
All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred in
connection with a default, delinquency or
other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer or a Subservicer in the
performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the
cost of (i) the preservation, restoration
and protection of a Mortgaged Property
or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the
related Cooperative Apartment, (ii)
any enforcement or judicial proceedings,
including
foreclosures,
including any
expenses incurred in relation to any such proceedings that result from the
Mortgage Loan being registered on the MERS System, (iii) the management and
liquidation of any REO Property,
(iv) any mitigation
procedures implemented
in
accordance with Section 3.07 and (v) compliance with the obligations under
Sections 3.01, 3.08, 3.11, 3.12(a) and
3.14, including,
if the Master
Servicer
or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer
provides services such as appraisals and
brokerage services that are customarily
provided by Persons other than servicers
of mortgage loans, reasonable compensation
for such services.
Servicing Fee: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution
Date,
the fee payable monthly to the Master Servicer in respect of master
servicing
compensation that accrues at an annual rate equal to the Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
related Due Date in the related
Due Period, as may be adjusted pursuant to
Section 3.16(e).
Servicing Fee Rate:
With respect to any
Mortgage Loan,
the per annum
rate designated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as
the "MSTR SERV FEE" as may be
adjusted with respect to successor Master
Servicers as provided in Section 7.02,
which rate shall never be greater than the
Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan.
Servicing
Modification: Any
reduction of the
interest rate on or
the
Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage
Loan, any extension of the final maturity
date of a Mortgage Loan, and any increase
to the Stated
Principal Balance of
a
Mortgage Loan by adding to the Stated
Principal Balance unpaid principal and
interest and other amounts owing under the
Mortgage Loan, in each
case pursuant
to a modification of a Mortgage Loan that is in
default, or for which,
in the
judgment of the Master Servicer, default is
reasonably foreseeable in accordance
with Section 3.07(a).
Servicing Officer:
Any officer of the
Master Servicer
involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage
Loans whose
name and specimen signature appear on a list of
servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee and the Insurer on the Closing
Date by the Master Servicer, as such
list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Trigger: As
of any Distribution Date, for purposes of Section
7.05, "Servicing Trigger; Removal of Master Servicer," the
occurrence of any of
the following scenarios:
(i) the aggregate Rolling Six-Month Delinquency Ratio for the
Mortgage
Loans is greater than 25%; or
(ii) the aggregate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as a
percentage
of the Cut-off Date
Balance exceeds the applicable amount set forth
below:
May 2008 to
November 2009...... 4.25% with respect to May 2008, plus an