EXECUTION COPY
RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION,
Depositor,
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION,
Master Servicer,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 1, 2005
Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2005-EMX4
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS............................................................................................2
Section 1.01.
Definitions.......................................................................2
Section 1.02.
Determination of
LIBOR............................................................2
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES.......................................2
Section 2.01.
Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans......................................................2
Section 2.02.
Acceptance by
Trustee.............................................................2
Section 2.03.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer
and the
Depositor.........................................................................2
Section 2.04.
Representations and Warranties of
Sellers.........................................2
Section 2.05.
Execution and Authentication of Certificates; Conveyance of
REMIC-I
Regular
Interests.................................................................2
Section 2.06.
Purposes and Powers of the
Trust..................................................2
Section 2.07.
Agreement Regarding Ability to
Disclose...........................................2
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
MORTGAGE
LOANS.......................................................2
Section 3.01.
Master Servicer to Act as
Servicer................................................2
Section 3.02.
Subservicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and
Subservicers;
Enforcement of Subservicers'
Obligations..........................................2
Section 3.03.
Successor
Subservicers............................................................2
Section 3.04.
Liability of the Master
Servicer..................................................2
Section 3.05.
No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and Trustee or
Certificateholders................................................................2
Section 3.06.
Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee...................2
Section 3.07.
Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to
Custodial
Account...........................................................................2
Section 3.08.
Subservicing Accounts; Servicing
Accounts.........................................2
Section 3.09.
Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Mortgage
Loans.............................................................................2
Section 3.10.
Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial
Account..................................2
Section 3.11.
Maintenance of Primary Insurance
Coverage.........................................2
Section 3.12.
Maintenance of Fire Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.................2
Section 3.13.
Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Modification
Agreements; Certain
Assignments...................................................2
Section 3.14.
Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage
Loans.........................................2
Section 3.15.
Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files...................................2
Section 3.16.
Servicing and Other Compensation; Compensating
Interest...........................2
Section 3.17.
Reports to the Trustee and the
Depositor..........................................2
Section 3.18.
Annual Statement as to
Compliance.................................................2
Section 3.19.
Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Report...........................2
Section 3.20.
Right of the Depositor in Respect of the Master
Servicer..........................2
Section 3.21.
[Reserved]........................................................................2
Section 3.22.
Advance
Facility..................................................................2
ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS TO
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS........................................................................2
Section 4.01.
Certificate
Account...............................................................2
Section 4.02.
Distributions.....................................................................2
Section 4.03.
Statements to Certificateholders; Statements to Rating Agencies;
Exchange
Act
Reporting.....................................................................2
Section 4.04.
Distribution of Reports to the Trustee and the Depositor; Advances
by the
Master
Servicer...................................................................2
Section 4.05.
Allocation of Realized
Losses.....................................................2
Section 4.06.
Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged
Property.....................2
Section 4.07. Optional
Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage
Loans.....................................2
Section 4.08.
Limited Mortgage Loan Repurchase
Right............................................2
Section 4.09.
Derivative
Contracts..............................................................2
Section 4.10.
Yield Maintenance
Agreement.......................................................2
ARTICLE V THE
CERTIFICATES.......................................................................................2
Section 5.01.
The
Certificates..................................................................2
Section 5.02.
Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.............................2
Section 5.03.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.................................2
Section 5.04.
Persons Deemed
Owners.............................................................2
Section 5.05.
Appointment of Paying
Agent.......................................................2
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER
SERVICER.................................................................2
Section 6.01.
Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer...................2
Section 6.02.
Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer;
Assignment of Rights and Delegation of Duties by Master
Servicer..................2
Section 6.03.
Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
Others..........2
Section 6.04.
Depositor and Master Servicer Not to
Resign.......................................2
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT..............................................................................................2
Section 7.01.
Events of
Default.................................................................2
Section
7.02.
Trustee or Depositor to Act; Appointment of
Successor.............................2
Section 7.03.
Notification to
Certificateholders................................................2
Section 7.04.
Waiver of Events of
Default.......................................................2
ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE..............................................................................2
Section 8.01.
Duties of
Trustee.................................................................2
Section 8.02.
Certain Matters Affecting the
Trustee.............................................2
Section 8.03.
Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans.............................2
Section 8.04.
Trustee May Own
Certificates......................................................2
Section 8.05.
Master Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses;
Indemnification...............2
Section 8.06.
Eligibility Requirements for
Trustee..............................................2
Section 8.07.
Resignation and Removal of the
Trustee............................................2
Section 8.08.
Successor
Trustee.................................................................2
Section 8.09.
Merger or Consolidation of
Trustee................................................2
Section 8.10.
Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee.....................................2
Section 8.11.
Appointment of
Custodians.........................................................2
Section 8.12.
Appointment of Office or
Agency...................................................2
Section 8.13.
DTC Letter of
Representations.....................................................2
Section 8.14.
Yield Maintenance
Agreement.......................................................2
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION...........................................................................................2
Section 9.01.
Termination Upon Purchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage
Loans....................2
Section 9.02.
Additional Termination
Requirements...............................................2
ARTICLE X REMIC
PROVISIONS.......................................................................................2
Section 10.01.
REMIC
Administration..............................................................2
Section 10.02.
Master Servicer, REMIC Administrator and Trustee
Indemnification..................2
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS..............................................................................2
Section 11.01.
Amendment.........................................................................2
Section 11.02.
Recordation of Agreement;
Counterparts............................................2
Section 11.03.
Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders........................................2
Section 11.04.
Governing
Law.....................................................................2
Section 11.05.
Notices...........................................................................2
Section 11.06.
Notices to Rating
Agencies........................................................2
Section 11.07.
Severability of
Provisions........................................................2
Section 11.08.
Supplemental Provisions for
Resecuritization......................................2
Section 11.09.
Third-Party
Beneficiary...........................................................2
Exhibit A
Form of Class A
Certificate..................................................................A-1
Exhibit B
Form of Class M
Certificate..................................................................B-1
Exhibit C
Form of Class SB
Certificate.................................................................C-1
Exhibit D
Form of Class R
Certificate..................................................................D-1
Exhibit E
Form of Custodial
Agreement..................................................................E-1
Exhibit F
Loan
Schedule................................................................................F-1
Exhibit G
Form of Request for
Release..................................................................G-1
Exhibit H-1 Form
of Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement...................................................H-1-1
Exhibit H-2 Form
of Transferor
Certificate.............................................................H-2-1
Exhibit I
Form of Investor Representation
Letter.......................................................I-1
Exhibit J
Form of Transferor Representation
Letter.....................................................J-1
Exhibit K
Text of Amendment to Pooling and Servicing Agreement Pursuant
to
Section 11.01(e) for a Limited
Guaranty......................................................K-1
Exhibit L
Form of Limited
Guaranty.....................................................................L-1
Exhibit M
Form of Lender Certification for Assignment of Mortgage
Loan.................................M-1
Exhibit N
Form of Rule 144A Investment
Representation..................................................N-1
Exhibit O
[Reserved]...................................................................................O-1
Exhibit P
Form of ERISA
Letter.........................................................................P-1
Exhibit Q
[Reserved]...................................................................................Q-1
Exhibit R
Assignment
Agreement........................................................................R-1
Exhibit S
[Reserved]...................................................................................S-1
Exhibit T-1 Form
of 10-K
Certification.................................................................T-1-1
Exhibit T-2 Form
of Back-Up
Certification..............................................................T-2-1
Exhibit U
Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer to the Rating
Agencies Relating to
Reportable Modified Mortgage
Loans...........................................................U-1
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, effective as of November 1,
2005,
among RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES
CORPORATION, as the
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 U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, 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
fifteen 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) 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 solely for purposes of
satisfying Treasury regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii)) for each REMIC I
Regular Interest shall be the Maturity Date. None of the REMIC I Regular
Interests will 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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LT-1
Variable(1)
$514,918,943.19
November 25, 2035
LT-2
Variable(1)
$
21,153.44
November 25, 2035
LT-3
0.00%
$
30,346.64
November 25, 2035
LT-4
Variable(1)
$
30,346.64
November 25, 2035
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(1) Calculated as provided in the definition of Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate.
REMIC II
As provided herein,
the REMIC
Administrator will
make an election 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, month of 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 solely for purposes of
satisfying Treasury
Regulation Section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii)) for each Class of REMIC II Regular
Interests shall be
the
Maturity Date.
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MONTH OF
FINAL
AGGREGATE INITIAL
SCHEDULED
PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATE
DISTRIBUTION
DESIGNATION TYPE
RATE
PRINCIPAL BALANCE
FEATURES
DATE
S&P Moody's
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Class A-1 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
180,242,000.00
Senior/Adjustable May
2023 AAA
Aaa
Rate
Class A-2 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
196,158,000.00
Senior/Adjustable January 2035
AAA
Aaa
Rate
Class A-3 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
15,000,000.00 Senior/Adjustable
November 2035 AAA
Aaa
Rate
Class M-1 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
20,600,000.00
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
AA+
Aa1
Rate
Class M-2 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
18,540,000.00
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
AA+
Aa2
Rate
Class M-3 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
12,875,000.00
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
AA+
Aa3
Rate
Class M-4 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
AA
A1
9,012,000.00
Rate
Class M-5 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
AA
A2
9,528,000.00
Rate
Class M-6 Regular(1) Adjustable(2)(3)$
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
AA-
A3
8,240,000.00
Rate
Class M-7 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
A
Baa1
8,755,000.00
Rate
Class M-8 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
A-
Baa2
6,437,000.00
Rate
Class M-9 Regular(1)
Adjustable(2)(3)$
Mezzanine/Adjustable November 2035
BBB+
Baa3
7,210,000.00
Rate
Class SB Regular
(4)
$
22,403,789.90
Subordinate
November 2035 N/R
N/R
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(1) The Class A and Class M
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 deemed
made for federal
income tax purposes
outside of REMIC II by
the holder of
the Class SB
Certificates as the owner of the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
(2) The REMIC II Regular Interests ownership of which is represented by the
Class A and
Class M Certificates,
will accrue interest at a per annum rate
equal to the
lesser of (i) LIBOR
plus the applicable
Margin and (ii)
the
Net WAC Cap Rate and the provisions for the payment of Basis Risk
Shortfalls
herein, which payments will not be part of
the entitlement of
the REMIC II
Regular Interests related to such Certificates.
(3) The Class A and Class M
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 Class SB
Certificates
will represent ownership of two REMIC II Regular Interests,
a
principal only
regular interest
designated REMIC II Regular Interest SB-PO
and an interest
only regular interest
designated REMIC II Regular Interest
SB-IO,
which will be entitled
to distributions
as set forth herein.
The
rights of the
Holder of the Class SB
Certificates
to payments from the
Yield
Maintenance
Agreement shall be outside and apart from its rights
under the REMIC
II Regular Interests SB-IO and SB-PO.
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.
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 each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates, interest
accrued during the related Interest Accrual
Period on the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof immediately prior to such
Distribution Date at the 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 Compensating Interest pursuant to Section 3.16,
and by Relief Act
Shortfalls on the related Mortgage Loans
during the related Due Period. All such
reductions with respect to the related
Mortgage Loans will be
allocated among
the Certificates in proportion to the amount of
Accrued Certificate
Interest
payable on such Certificates on such
Distribution Date absent such reductions.
Accrued Certificate Interest for any Distribution Date shall
further be
reduced by the interest portion of Realized Losses allocated to any Class of
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05.
Accrued Certificate
Interest shall accrue on the basis of a
360-day
year and the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period.
With respect to each
Distribution Date and
the Class SB Certificates,
interest accrued during the preceding Interest Accrual Period at the
Pass-Through Rate on the 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 Mortgage
Loans, including
Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls to the extent not
covered by Compensating Interest pursuant
to Section 3.16 or by Excess Cash Flow
pursuant to Section
4.02(c)(v) and (vi).
Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class SB
Certificates shall
accrue on the
basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the related
Interest
Accrual Period.
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
rate at which the related Subservicing Fee
accrues.
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 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,
Insurance Proceeds,
REO Proceeds,
Principal
Prepayments, Mortgage Loan purchases made
pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04
or 4.07 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, Subsequent Recoveries, Insurance Proceeds, REO
Proceeds
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,
the lesser of
(i) the appraised value of such Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made
at the time of the origination of the
related Mortgage Loan,
and (ii) the sales
price of the Mortgaged Property at such
time of origination,
except in the case
of a Mortgaged Property securing a refinanced or modified
Mortgage Loan as
to
which it is either the appraised value
based upon the appraisal made at the time
of origination of the loan which was refinanced or modified or the appraised
value determined in an appraisal at the
time of refinancing or modification, as
the case may be.
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, attached hereto as Exhibit R.
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
the second
paragraph of 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, and (v) any amount
deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 4.07 or 9.01 in respect
of the Mortgage Loans, reduced by (b) the
sum as of the close of business on the
immediately preceding Determination Date of (x) the Amount Held for Future
Distribution with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, and (y) amounts permitted to be
withdrawn by the Master Servicer from the Custodial Account in respect of the
Mortgage Loans 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
Shortfalls:
With respect to each Class of the Class A
Certificates and Class M Certificates, and
any Distribution Date, the sum of (a)
with respect to any Distribution Date on which the Net WAC Cap Rate
is used to
determine the Pass-Through Rate of such Class, an amount
equal to the excess of
(x) Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class calculated
at a per annum rate
equal to LIBOR plus the related Margin for
such Distribution
Date (which shall
not exceed 14.000% per annum), over (y) Accrued Certificate Interest for such
Class calculated using the Net WAC Cap Rate, (b)
any shortfalls for such Class
calculated pursuant to clause (a) above
remaining unpaid from prior Distribution
Dates, and (c) one month's interest on the amount in clause
(b) (based on the
number of days in the preceding Interest Accrual Period) at a per annum rate
equal to LIBOR plus the related Margin for
such Distribution
Date (which shall
not exceed 14.000% per annum).
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 State of California, the State of
Minnesota, the State of Texas, the State of New York or the State
of Illinois
(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.
Capitalization
Reimbursement Amount:
With respect to any Distribution
Date, the amount of Advances or Servicing
Advances that were added to the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans during the prior
calendar month and
reimbursed to the Master Servicer or Subservicer on or prior to such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section
3.10(a)(vii).
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 M
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 "U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Residential
Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-EMX4" and which
account shall be held for the benefit
of the Certificateholders and which must be
an Eligible Account.
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.
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
or Class M 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)
and applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to
Section 4.02(c) 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; provided,
that with respect to
any Distribution Date,
the Certificate Principal Balance of any outstanding Class of Class A
Certificates and Class M Certificates (with
respect to the Class A Certificates,
on a pro rata basis based on the amount of
Realized Loss
previously
allocated
thereto and remaining unreimbursed) to which a Realized Loss was previously
allocated and remains unreimbursed will be
increased, to the
extent of Realized
Losses previously allocated thereto and
remaining unreimbursed, but only to the
extent of Subsequent Recoveries received during the preceding
calendar month.
With respect to any Class SB Certificate, on any date of determination, an
amount equal to the Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate,
multiplied by an amount equal to (i) 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 Certificates and Class M
Certificates then outstanding, which represents the sum of (i) the Initial
Principal Balance of the REMIC II Regular
Interest SB-PO, as reduced by Realized
Losses allocated thereto and payments
deemed made thereon,
and (ii) accrued and
unpaid interest on the REMIC II Regular
Interest SB-IO, as
reduced by Realized
Losses allocated thereto. 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 Certificates:
Collectively, the Class A-1 Certificates, Class
A-2 Certificates and Class A-3
Certificates.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution
Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is in effect for that Distribution Date, the Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date or (b) on or
after the Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect
for that Distribution
Date, the lesser
of:
(i)
the Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date;
and
(ii)
the excess, if any, of
(A) the aggregate
Certificate
Principal
Balance of the
Class A Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over
(B) the lesser of (x)
the product of (1)
the applicable
Subordination
Percentage
and (2) the
aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans after giving
effect
to distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the
excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made on
that Distribution Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class A-1 Certificate:
Any one of the Class A-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 M Certificates, Class
SB Certificates and Class R Certificates
with respect to
distributions and
the
allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section
4.05, and evidencing an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
Class A-1
Margin: 0.110% per
annum.
Class A-2 Certificate:
Any one of the Class A-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 M Certificates, Class
SB Certificates and Class R Certificates
with respect to
distributions and
the
allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section
4.05, and evidencing an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
Class A-2 Margin: Initially, 0.260% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.520% per annum.
Class A-3 Certificate:
Any one of the Class A-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 M Certificates, Class
SB Certificates and Class R Certificates
with respect to
distributions and
the
allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in Section
4.05, and evidencing an
interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC III for purposes of
the
REMIC Provisions.
Class A-3 Margin: Initially, 0.340% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.680% per annum.
Class M Certificates:
Collectively, the Class M-1 Certificates, Class
M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates,
Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5
Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8
Certificates and Class M-9
Certificates.
Class M-1 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-1 Margin: Initially, 0.430% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.645% per annum.
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the
Stepdown Date
if a Trigger Event is not in effect for
that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the
remaining Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount;
and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for
that Distribution
Date) and (2) the
Certificate Principal
Balance of
the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date
over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made
on that Distribution
Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to
be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-2 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-2 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-2 Margin: Initially, 0.440% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.660% per annum.
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the
Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is
not in effect for that Distribution Date,
the lesser of:
(i) the
remaining Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and
the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal
Balance of
the Class A Certificates and Class M-1
Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class A
Principal Distribution
Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount for that
Distribution Date) and
(2) the Certificate
Principal
Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over
(B) the lesser of (x)
the product
of (1) the
applicable
Subordination
Percentage and
(2) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the
excess,
if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans
after giving effect to
distributions to be
made on that
Distribution
Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-3 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-3 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-3 Margin: Initially, 0.460% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.690% per annum.
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution
Amount and the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the
Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in
effect for that
Distribution Date,
the lesser of:
(i) the
remaining Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount,
the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount and the Class
M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of
the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates
and Class M-2
Certificates (after
taking into account
the payment of
the Class A Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount
for
that Distribution
Date) and (2) the
Certificate Principal
Balance of
the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date
over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made
on that Distribution
Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to
be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-4 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-4 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-4 Margin: Initially, 0.600% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.900% per annum.
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount
and the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the
Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is
not in effect for that Distribution Date,
the lesser of:
(i) the
remaining Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount,
the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount
and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount;
and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates,
Class M-2 Certificates
and Class M-3
Certificates (after
taking into
account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
for
that Distribution
Date) and (2) the
Certificate Principal
Balance of
the Class M-4 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date
over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made
on that Distribution
Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to
be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-5 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-5 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-5 Margin: Initially, 0.640% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.960% per annum.
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or
after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the
remaining Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount,
the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount and
the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates,
Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates and Class M-4
Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class A
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3
Principal Distribution
Amount and the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount for that
Distribution Date) and
(2) the Certificate
Principal
Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over
(B) the lesser of (x)
the product
of (1) the
applicable
Subordination
Percentage and
(2) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the
excess,
if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans
after giving effect to
distributions to be
made on that
Distribution
Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-6 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-6 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-6 Margin: Initially, 0.690% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 1.035% per annum.
Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount
and the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount or (b) on or after the
Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is not in effect for that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(iii) the remaining
Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount,
the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-4 Principal
Distribution
Amount and the Class
M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount; and
(iv) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates,
Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4
Certificates
and Class M-5
Certificates (after
taking into account
the payment of
the Class A Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-3 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
for
that Distribution
Date) and (2) the
Certificate Principal
Balance of
the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date
over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made
on that Distribution
Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to
be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-7 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-7 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-7 Margin: Initially, 1.250% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 1.875% per annum.
Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class
M-6 Principal Distribution Amount or
(b) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect for
that
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the
remaining Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount,
the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-4 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount
and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount;
and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates,
Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4
Certificates,
Class M-5 Certificates
and Class M-6
Certificates (after
taking into
account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-4 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount
for
that Distribution
Date) and (2) the
Certificate Principal
Balance of
the Class M-7 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date
over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made
on that Distribution
Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to
be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-8 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-8 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-8 Margin: Initially, 1.450% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 2.175% per annum.
Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-6
Principal Distribution
Amount and
the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount
or (b) on or after the Stepdown Date
if a Trigger Event is not in effect for
that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) the
remaining Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount,
the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-4 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount and
the Class M-7
Principal Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates,
Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4
Certificates,
Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates and Class M-7
Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class A
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-6
Principal Distribution
Amount and the Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount for that
Distribution Date) and
(2) the Certificate
Principal
Balance of the
Class M-8 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over
(B) the lesser of (x)
the product
of (1) the
applicable
Subordination
Percentage and
(2) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to be made on that Distribution Date and (y) the
excess,
if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans
after giving effect to
distributions to be
made on that
Distribution
Date, over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-9 Certificate:
Any one of the Class M-9 Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar
substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, 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 payments under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Class M-9 Margin: Initially, 2.000% per annum, and on any
Distribution
Date on and after the second Distribution
Date after the first possible Optional
Termination Date, 3.000% per annum.
Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the
Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect for
that Distribution
Date, the
remaining
Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-4
Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount and
the Class M-8 Principal Distribution
Amount or (b) on or after the Stepdown
Date if a Trigger
Event is not in effect
for that Distribution Date, the lesser
of:
(i) the
remaining Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date
after distribution of
the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount,
the
Class M-1 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-4 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount, Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class
M-7 Principal
Distribution
Amount
and the Class M-8 Principal
Distribution Amount; and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates,
Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4
Certificates,
Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7
Certificates
and Class M-8
Certificates (after
taking into account
the payment of
the Class A Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-3 Principal
Distribution
Amount, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount,
the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-7 Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount
for
that Distribution
Date) and (2) the
Certificate Principal
Balance of
the Class M-9 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date
over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the applicable
Subordination Percentage and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance
of the Mortgage Loans after giving effect to distributions to be made
on that Distribution
Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to
distributions to
be made on that Distribution Date, over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class R Certificate: Collectively, the Class R-I Certificates and
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 D 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 D 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 C,
subordinate
to the Class A
Certificates and
Class M 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
17, 2005.
Code: The Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
Commission: The
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating Interest:
With respect to any Distribution Date, any
amount paid by the Master Servicer in
accordance with Section 3.16(f).
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 U.S. Bank National Association, EP-MN-WS3D, 60
Livingston Avenue, St. Paul MN 55107, Attn:
RASC 2005-EMX4.
Credit Repository:
Equifax,
Transunion
and Experian, or their
successors in interest.
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, 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 E hereto.
Custodian: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor custodian
appointed
pursuant to a Custodial Agreement.
Cut-off Date: November
1, 2005.
Cut-off Date Balance:
$515,000,789.90.
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 in 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.
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.
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.
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
4.09.
Derivative
Counterparty: Any
counterparty to a Derivative Contract as
provided in Section 4.09
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, including,
if not otherwise
included, 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 December
2005
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 16, 2005,
among the Trustee on behalf of the Trust
Fund, U.S. Bank
National
Association,
in its individual capacity as agent
thereunder 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,
a trust account or
accounts maintained in the corporate trust department of U.S. Bank
National
Association, or (iv) in the case of the
Certificate Account, a trust account or
accounts maintained in the corporate trust division of U.S. Bank National
Association, 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 then-current rating assigned to such Certificates by such
Rating Agency).
Eligible Master
Servicing
Compensation:
With
respect
to any
Distribution Date, 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 and all
income and gain
on amounts held in the Custodial Account
and the Certificate Account and payable
to the Certificateholders with respect to such Distribution
Date; 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.
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 any
Distribution
Date, an amount
equal to the sum of (A) the excess of (i)
the Available
Distribution Amount for
that Distribution Date over (ii) the sum of
(a) the Interest Distribution Amount
for that Distribution Date and (b) the lesser of (1) the
aggregate
Certificate
Principal Balance of Class A Certificates
and Class M Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and (2) the
Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date to the extent not applied to pay interest on the Class A
Certificates and Class M Certificates on such Distribution Date, (B) the
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount, if any, for that
Distribution Date and
(C) any Yield Maintenance Agreement Payment received by the Trustee 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.
Expense Fee Rate: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date of
determination, the sum of the applicable Servicing Fee Rate and the per
annum
rate at which the applicable Subservicing
Fee accrues.
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: Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
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-1
Certificates, the
Distribution Date occurring in May 2023; with respect to the Class A-2 the
Distribution Date occurring in January 2035; and
with respect to the Class A-3
Certificates and each Class of Class M Certificates, the Distribution Date
occurring 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 or Class
M
Certificates on or before its Final
Scheduled Distribution Date.
Fitch: Fitch Ratings,
or its successors in interest.
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.
Form 10-K Certification: As defined in Section 4.03(e).
Freddie Mac:
Freddie Mac, 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 on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule 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.
HUD: The United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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 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 released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with the procedures
that the Master
Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage
loans held for its own account.
Interest Accrual
Period: With respect to the Distribution Date in
December 2005, the period commencing the Closing Date and ending on the day
preceding the Distribution Date in December 2005, and 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.
Interest Distribution
Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
amounts
payable pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(i) and
(ii).
Interim Certification:
As defined in Section 2.02.
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.
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 by law to be closed.
LIBOR Certificates:
Collectively, the Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates.
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 Mortgage
Loan through
trustee's
sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than REO Proceeds and
Subsequent
Recoveries.
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-1 Margin, Class A-2 Margin, Class A-3 Margin,
Class
M-1 Margin, Class M-2 Margin, Class M-3 Margin, Class M-4 Margin, Class M-5
Margin, Class M-6 Margin, Class M-7 Margin, Class M-8 Margin or Class M-9
Margin, as applicable.
Marker Rate: With
respect to the Class SB Certificates or the REMIC II
Regular Interest SB-IO and any Distribution
Date, a per annum rate
equal to two
(2) times the weighted average of the
Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass-Through Rates
for REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 and REMIC
I Regular Interest LT3.
Master Servicer: As
defined in the preamble hereto.
Maturity Date: With respect to each Class of Certificates
representing
ownership of REMIC II Regular Interests or REMIC I 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, November 25, 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 per annum rate indicated on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as the
"NOTE
CEILING," which rate is the maximum
interest rate that may be applicable to such
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 Expense
Fee Rate. With respect to any fixed-rate Mortgage Loan and any date of
determination, the Net Mortgage Rate.
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, a per annum rate equal to the
greater of (i) the Note Margin and (ii) the
rate indicated on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as the "NOTE FLOOR," which rate may
be applicable to such Mortgage Loan at any
time during the life of such Mortgage
Loan.
Modified Mortgage
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that has been the subject of
a Servicing Modification.
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 successors in
interest.
Mortgage: With respect
to each Mortgage Note,
the mortgage,
deed of
trust or other comparable instrument creating a first or junior 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 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, each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and Mortgage File and all
rights appertaining thereto.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The lists of the Mortgage Loans attached
hereto
as Exhibit F (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");
(iv)
for the
adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Rate as of
origination ("ORIG RATE");
(v)
the
Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date ("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");
(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)
for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the Maximum Mortgage
Rate
("NOTE CEILING");
(xiii)
for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the maximum Net
Mortgage
Rate ("NET CEILING");
(xiv)
for the
adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loans, the
Note Margin ("NOTE
MARGIN");
(xv)
for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the first Adjustment
Date
after the Cut-off Date ("NXT INT CHG DT");
(xvi)
for the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Cap
("PERIODIC DECR" or "PERIODIC INCR");
(xvii)
[reserved]; and
(xviii)
for the
adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loans,
the rounding of the
semi-annual or annual
adjustment
to the Mortgage Rate ("NOTE
METHOD").
Such schedules may consist of multiple reports that collectively set
forth all of the information required.
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 the
Mortgage Loan Schedule,
except in the case of the adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loans
indicated by an "X" on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule 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.
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 related
Expense Fee Rate.
Net WAC Cap Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
product of
(i) a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates
(or, if applicable, the Modified Net Mortgage Rates) using the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect for the Monthly
Payments due on such
Mortgage Loans during
the
related Due Period, weighted on the basis of the
respective
Stated Principal
Balances thereof for such Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction
equal to 30
divided by the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period.
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 a certificate of a Servicing
Officer, Responsible Officer or Vice President or its equivalent or senior
officer of the Master Servicer, delivered
to the Depositor, the Trustee, 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 on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule 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 Mortgage Loan
until the next Adjustment Date.
Notional Amount: With respect to the Class SB Certificates or the
REMIC
II Regular Interest SB-IO, immediately prior to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal Balances of the REMIC I 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, as required
by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel:
A written opinion of counsel acceptable to the
Trustee and the Master Servicer and which counsel 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 any REMIC hereunder as
a REMIC 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 or 4.07.
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 and Class M Certificates immediately prior to such
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, the lesser of (a) Excess Cash Flow for that Distribution Date (to the
extent not used to cover the amounts
described in clauses (iv) and (v) of the
definition of Principal Distribution Amount as of such Distribution
Date) and
(b) the excess of (1) the Required Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date over (2) the Overcollateralization
Amount
for such
Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on which the Excess
Overcollateralization
Amount is,
after
taking into account all other distributions to be made on such Distribution
Date, greater than zero, the
Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount shall be
equal to the lesser of (i) the Excess Overcollateralization Amount for that
Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal
Remittance Amount on
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 Class A Certificates
and Class M Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the least of (i) a per annum
rate equal to LIBOR plus the related
Margin for such
Distribution
Date, (ii)
14.000% per annum and (iii) the Net WAC Cap
Rate for such Distribution Date.
With respect to the Class SB Certificates and any Distribution
Date or
the REMIC II Regular Interest SB-IO, a per annum rate equal to the
percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
amounts
calculated pursuant to clauses (i) through
(iii) below, and the
denominator of
which is the aggregate principal balance of the REMIC I
Regular Interests.
For
purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate for the Class SB Certificates
or
the REMIC II Regular Interest SB-IO, the numerator is equal to the sum
of the
following components:
(i) the Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate for
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT1 minus the
related Marker Rate, applied to a notional
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest LT1;
(ii) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular
Interest LT2 minus the
related Marker Rate, applied to a notional
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest LT2; and
(iii) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
Interest LT4 minus twice the related Marker Rate, applied to a
notional
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest LT4.
Paying Agent: U.S.
Bank National
Association or any successor Paying
Agent appointed by the Trustee.
Percentage Interest: With respect to any Class A Certificate or
Class M
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
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 then-current rating assigned to
such Certificates
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.
Prepayment Assumption:
With respect to the
Class A Certificates
and
Class M 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 (a) with respect to the
fixed-rate Mortgage Loans, assumes a constant prepayment rate of one-tenth
of
23% per annum of the then outstanding
Stated Principal Balance of the fixed-rate
Mortgage Loans in the first month of the life of such
Mortgage Loans and an
additional one-tenth of 23% per annum in each
month thereafter until
the tenth
month, and beginning in the tenth month and
in each month thereafter during the
life of the fixed-rate Mortgage Loans, a constant prepayment rate of 23% per
annum each month ("23% HEP") and (b) with respect to the adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loans assumes a prepayment
assumption of 2% of
the constant prepayment
rate in month one, increasing by approximately
2.545% from month 2
until month
12, a constant prepayment rate of 30% from month 12 to month 22, a
constant
prepayment rate of 50% from month 23 to
month 27, and a constant prepayment rate
of 35% thereafter, used for determining the accrual
of original issue discount
and premium and market discount on the Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates for federal income tax purposes. The constant prepayment rate
assumes that the stated percentage of the outstanding
Stated Principal
Balance
of the adjustable-rate Mortgage Loans is
prepaid over the course of a year.
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
the Mortgage Loan
Schedule with the
exception of code "A23," "A34" or "A96"
under the column "MI CO CODE."
Principal Distribution
Amount: With respect
to any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (a) the excess of (x)
the sum of (A) the
Available
Distribution
Amount and (B) with respect to clauses (b)(v) and (vi) below, the Yield
Maintenance Agreement Payment for that
Distribution Date, over (y) 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 or 4.07 and 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;
(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 (or deemed to have
been so received) 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 (1) Subsequent Recoveries for such Distribution
Date
and (2) 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
(1) the Excess Cash Flow for such Distribution Date
(to the extent not used pursuant to clause (iv) of this
definition
on such Distribution
Date) and (2) 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; and
(vi)
the lesser of (1) the Excess Cash Flow for that Distribution Date
(to the extent not
used pursuant to
clauses (iv) and (v)
of this
definition
on such
Distribution Date) and (2) the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such Distribution
Date;
minus
(vii)
(A) the amount of any
Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount for
such Distribution
Date and (B) the
amount of any
Capitalization
Reimbursement Amount for such Distribution Date.
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,
all
amounts described in clauses (b)(i) through
(iii) of the definition of Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution
Date.
Program Guide:
The AlterNet Seller Guide as incorporated into the
Residential Funding Seller Guide for mortgage collateral sellers that
participate in Residential Funding's AlterNet Mortgage
Program, and Residential
Funding's Servicing Guide and any other subservicing arrangements which
Residential Funding has arranged to
accommodate
the servicing of the
Mortgage
Loans and in each case all supplements and amendments thereto published by
Residential Funding.
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 or 4.07, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated
Principal Balance thereof plus the
principal portion of any related unreimbursed
Advances and (ii) unpaid accrued interest at either (a) 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 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 in the case of a Modified
Mortgage Loan), in each
case on the Stated Principal Balance thereof to the first day of the month
following the month of purchase from the Due Date to which
interest was last
paid by the Mortgagor. With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or REO Property)
required to be or otherwise purchased on any date pursuant to Section 4.08, an
amount equal to the greater of (i) the
sum of (a) 100% of the Stated Principal
Balance thereof plus the principal portion
of any related unreimbursed Advances
of such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) and (b) unpaid accrued interest at
either (1) 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
is calculated, or (2) in the case of a purchase
made by the Master Servicer, at
the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage
Rate in the case of a
Modified
Mortgage Loan), in each case on the Stated
Principal Balance thereof to the
first day of the month following the month of purchase from the Due Date to
which interest was last paid by the
Mortgagor, and (ii) the fair market value of
such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property).
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, (other
than the representations and warranties set forth therein with
respect to the
number of loans (including the related
percentage) in excess
of zero which meet
or do not meet a specified criteria); (vi) not be 30 days or more
Delinquent;
(vii) not be subject to the requirements of HOEPA (as defined
in the Assignment
Agreement); (viii) have a policy of title
insurance, in the form and amount that
is in material compliance with the Program Guide,
that was effective as
of the
closing of such Mortgage Loan, is valid and binding,
and remains in full
force
and effect, unless the Mortgage Property is located in the State
of Iowa where
an attorney's certificate has been provided as described in
the Program Guide;
(ix) if the Deleted Loan is not a Balloon
Loan, not be a Balloon
Loan; (x) with
respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, have a Mortgage Rate that
adjusts
with the same frequency and based upon the same
Index as that of the
Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (xi) with respect to
adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, have a Note
Margin not less than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (xii) with respect to
adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, have a Periodic Rate Cap that is
equal to that
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (xiii) with respect to adjustable
rate Mortgage
Loans, have a next Adjustment
Date no later than
that of the Deleted
Mortgage
Loan, and (xiv) be secured by a lien
with the same lien priority as the Deleted
Loan.
Rating Agency: Each of
Standard & Poor's and Moody'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,
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
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 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 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 to the REMIC II Regular Interest SB-IO in reduction of the
accrued but unpaid interest thereon until
such accrued and unpaid interest shall
have been reduced to zero and then to the REMIC II
Regular Interest
SB-PO in
reduction of the Principal Balance
thereof.
To the extent the Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of the Realized
Loss with respect
to
that Mortgage Loan will be reduced to the
extent such recoveries
are applied to
reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of
Certificates on
any
Distribution Date.
Record Date:
With respect to each Distribution Date and the LIBOR
Certificates, the Business Day immediately
preceding such
Distribution
Date.
With respect to each Distribution Date and the Certificates (other than the
LIBOR 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 Certificates:
The Class A
Certificates, Class M
Certificates
and Class SB Certificates.
Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, formerly known
as the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940.
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
or 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, subject to assumption of the REMIC
Administrator obligations under this
Agreement.
REMIC I: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto, constituting a
portion of the primary trust created
hereby and to be
administered
hereunder,
exclusive of the Yield Maintenance
Agreement, which are not assets of any REMIC,
with respect to which a separate REMIC
election is to be made, 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 Distribution
Amount: For any
Distribution Date, the Available
Distribution Amount shall be distributed
to the REMIC I Regular
Interests and
the Class R-I Certificates in the following
amounts and priority:
(i) to the extent of the Available Distribution Amount, to
REMIC II as the holder of REMIC I Regular
Interests LT1, LT2, LT3 and LT4, pro
rata, in an amount equal to (A) their
Uncertificated
Accrued Interest for
such
Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in
respect thereof remaining unpaid from
previous Distribution Dates; and
(ii) to the
extent of the Available Distribution Amount
remaining after the distributions made
pursuant to clause (i) above, to REMIC II
as the holder of the REMIC I Regular
Interests, in an amount equal to:
(A) in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests LT2,
LT3 and LT4, their respective
Principal Distribution Amounts;
(B) in respect of the
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT1
any remainder until the
Uncertificated Principal Balance thereof is
reduced to zero;
(C) any remainder
in respect of the
REMIC I Regular
Interests LT2, LT3 and LT4,
pro rata according to their respective Uncertificated Principal Balances as
reduced by the distributions deemed made pursuant to (A) above, until their
respective Uncertificated Principal
Balances are reduced to zero; and
(iii) any remaining
amounts to the
Holders of the Class
R-I
Certificates.
REMIC I Principal
Reduction Amounts:
For any Distribution
Date, the
amounts by which the principal balances of the REMIC I Regular
Interests LT1,
LT2, LT3 and LT4, respectively, will be
reduced on such Distribution Date by the
allocation of Realized Losses and the
distribution of
principal, determined
as
follows:
For purposes of the
succeeding formulas
the following
symbols shall
have the meanings set forth below:
Y1 = the aggregate
principal balance of
the REMIC I Regular
Interest
LT1 after distributions on the prior
Distribution Date.
Y2 = the principal
balance of the REMIC I
Regular Interest LT2
after
distributions on the prior Distribution
Date.
Y3 = the principal
balance of the REMIC I
Regular Interest LT3
after
distributions on the prior Distribution
Date.
Y4 = the principal
balance of the REMIC I
Regular Interest LT4
after
distributions on the prior Distribution
Date (note: Y3 = Y4).
AY1 = the REMIC I Regular Interest LT1 Principal Reduction
Amount.
AY2 = the REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 Principal Reduction
Amount.
AY3 = the REMIC I Regular Interest LT3 Principal Reduction
Amount.
AY4 = the REMIC I Regular Interest LT4 Principal Reduction
Amount.
P0 = the aggregate
principal balance of
the REMIC I Regular Interests
LT1, LT2, LT3 and LT4 after distributions and the allocation
of Realized Losses
on the prior Distribution Date.
P1 = the aggregate
principal balance of
the REMIC I Regular Interests
LT1, LT2, LT3 and LT4 after distributions and the allocation
of Realized Losses
to be made on such Distribution Date.
AP = P0 - P1 = the aggregate of the REMIC I Regular Interests LT1,
LT2,
LT3 and LT4 Principal Reduction
Amounts.
= the aggregate of the principal portions of Realized Losses to
be allocated to, and the principal
distributions to be made on, the Certificates
on such Distribution Date (including distributions of accrued and unpaid
interest on the Class SB Certificates for
prior Distribution Dates).
R0 = the Net WAC Cap Rate (stated as a monthly rate) after giving
effect to amounts distributed and Realized Losses allocated on the prior
Distribution Date.
R1 = the Net WAC Cap Rate (stated as a monthly rate) after giving
effect to amounts to be distributed
and Realized Losses to
be allocated on such
Distribution Date.
a = (Y2 + Y3)/P0. The initial value of a on the Closing Date for
use on
the first Distribution Date shall be
0.0001.
a0 = the lesser of (A) the sum for all Classes of Certificates, other
than the Class SB Certificates, of the
product for each Class of (i) the monthly
interest rate (as limited by the REMIC Net
WAC Rate, if
applicable)
for such
Class applicable for distributions to be
made on such Distribution Date and (ii)
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance for such Class
after distributions
and the allocation of Realized
Losses on the prior
Distribution
Date and (B)
R0*P0.
a1 = the lesser of (A) the sum for all Classes of Certificates, other
than the Class SB Certificates, of the
product for each Class of (i) the monthly
interest rate (as limited by the Net WAC
Cap Rate, if applicable) for such Class
applicable for distributions to be made on
the next succeeding Distribution Date
and (ii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance for such Class after
distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses to be made on such
Distribution Date and (B) R1*P1.
Then, based on the foregoing definitions:
AY1 = AP -
AY2 - AY3 - AY4;
AY2 = a{
a0R1P1 - a1R0P0}/{2R1R0P1 - a1R0};
AY3 = aAP
- AY2; and
AY4 =
AY3.
if both AY2 and AY3, as so determined, are
non-negative numbers. Otherwise:
(1) If AY2, as so determined, is negative, then
AY2 = 0;
AY3 = a{a1R0P0 - a0R1P1}/{a1R0};
AY4 = AY3; and
AY1 = AP - AY2 - AY3 - AY4.
(2) If AY3, as so determined, is negative, then
AY3 = 0;
AY2 = a{a1R0P0 - a0R1P1}/{2R1R0P1 - a1R0};
AY4 = AY3; and
AY1 = AP - AY2 - AY3 - AY4.
REMIC I Realized Losses: Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans
shall be
allocated to the REMIC I Regular
Interests as follows:
The interest portion
of
Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans, if any, shall be allocated among the
REMIC I Regular Interests LT1, LT2 and LT4 pro rata
according to the amount of
interest accrued but unpaid thereon, in
reduction thereof. Any
interest portion
of such Realized Losses in excess of the amount allocated pursuant to the
preceding sentence shall be treated as a
principal portion of
Realized Losses
not attributable to any specific Mortgage Loan and allocated
pursuant to the
succeeding sentences. The principal portion of Realized
Losses on the Mortgage
Loans, if any, shall be allocated
first, to the REMIC I
Regular Interests
LT2,
LT3 and LT4 pro rata according to their
respective Principal
Reduction Amounts
to the extent thereof in reduction of the
Uncertificated
Principal Balance of
such REMIC I Regular Interests and, second, the remainder, if any, of such
principal portion of such Realized Losses shall be allocated to the REMIC I
Regular Interest LT1 in reduction of the Uncertificated Principal Balance
thereof.
REMIC I Regular
Interests: REMIC I
Regular Interest LT1, REMIC II
Regular Interest LT2, REMIC II Regular Interest LT3 and REMIC II Regular
Interest LT4.
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT1: 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 REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other
terms as are
described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT1 Principal
Distribution Amount:
For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the REMIC I Regular
Interest LT1
Principal Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date over
the Realized Losses
allocated to the REMIC I Regular Interest
LT1 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT2: 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 REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other
terms as are
described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT2 Principal
Distribution Amount:
For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the REMIC I Regular
Interest LT2
Principal Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date over
the Realized Losses
allocated to the REMIC I Regular Interest
LT2 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT3: A
regular interest in
REMIC II 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 REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other
terms as are
described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT3 Principal
Distribution Amount:
For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the REMIC I Regular
Interest LT3
Principal Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date over
the Realized Losses
allocated to the REMIC I Regular Interest
LT3 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT4: A
regular interest in
REMIC II 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 REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other
terms as are
described herein.
REMIC I Regular
Interest LT4 Principal
Distribution Amount:
For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the REMIC I Regular
Interest LT4
Principal Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date over
the Realized Losses
allocated to the REMIC I Regular Interest
LT4 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC II: The
segregated pool of assets subject hereto, 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, consisting of the
REMIC I Regular Interests.
REMIC II Regular Interest SB-PO: A separate non-certificated
beneficial
ownership interest in REMIC II issued
hereunder and designated as a REMIC II
Regular Interest. REMIC II Regular Interest SB-PO
shall have no entitlement to
interest, and shall be entitled to
distributions
of principal
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in aggregate amount equal to the initial
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class SB
Certificates as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
REMIC II Regular Interest SB-IO: A separate non-certificated
beneficial
ownership interest in REMIC II issued
hereunder and designated as a REMIC II
Regular Interest. REMIC II Regular Interest SB-IO
shall have no entitlement to
principal, and shall be entitled to
distributions
of interest
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in aggregate
