EXECUTION COPY
DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES,
INC.,
as Depositor,
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
as Master Servicer and Securities
Administrator,
CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES
INC.,
as Credit Risk Manager,
and
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
_____________________
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 1, 2007
_____________________
Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates
Series 2007-OA2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
10
Section
1.1
Definitions.
10
Section
1.2
Allocation of Certain
Interest Shortfalls.
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ARTICLE
II CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
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Section
2.1
Conveyance of Trust
Fund.
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Section
2.2
Acceptance by
Trustee.
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Section
2.3
Repurchase or
Substitution of Loans.
54
Section
2.4
Authentication and
Delivery of Certificates; Designation of Certificates as
REMIC
Regular and Residual
Interests.
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Section
2.5
Representations and
Warranties of the Master Servicer.
57
Section
2.6
[Reserved.]
59
Section
2.7
Establishment of the
Trust.
59
Section
2.8
Purpose and Powers of
the Trust.
59
ARTICLE
III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE LOANS; ACCOUNTS
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Section
3.1
Master
Servicer.
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Section
3.2
REMIC-Related
Covenants.
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Section
3.3
Monitoring of
Servicers.
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Section
3.4
Fidelity
Bond.
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Section
3.5
Power to Act;
Procedures.
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Section
3.6
Due-on-Sale Clauses;
Assumption Agreements.
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Section
3.7
Release of Mortgage
Files.
64
Section
3.8
Documents, Records and
Funds in Possession of Master Servicer To Be Held for
Trustee.
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Section
3.9
Standard Hazard
Insurance and Flood Insurance Policies.
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Section
3.10
Presentment of Claims
and Collection of Proceeds.
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Section
3.11
Maintenance of the
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies.
66
Section
3.12
Trustee to Retain
Possession of Certain Insurance Policies and Documents.
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Section
3.13
Realization Upon
Defaulted Loans.
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Section
3.14
Compensation for the
Master Servicer.
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Section
3.15
REO Property.
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Section
3.16
Annual Statement as to
Compliance.
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Section
3.17
Assessments of
Compliance.
69
Section
3.18
Master Servicer and
Securities Administrator Attestation Reports.
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Section
3.19
Annual
Certification.
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Section
3.20
Intention of the Parties
and Interpretation and Additional Information;
Notice.
72
Section
3.21
Obligation of the Master
Servicer in Respect of Compensating Interest.
73
Section
3.22
Protected
Accounts.
73
Section
3.23
Distribution
Account.
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Section
3.24
Permitted Withdrawals
and Transfers from the Distribution Account.
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Section
3.25
Reserve Fund.
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Section
3.26
Carryover Reserve
Fund
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Section
3.27
[Reserved.]
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Section
3.28
[Reserved.]
79
Section
3.29
Prepayment Penalty
Verification.
79
Section
3.30
Reports Filed with
Securities and Exchange Commission.
80
Section
3.31
Special
Servicing.
86
Section
3.32
Purchase of Delinquent
Loans.
87
ARTICLE
IV PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS;
ADVANCES; STATEMENTS AND
REPORTS
88
Section
4.1
Distributions to
Certificateholders.
88
Section
4.2
Allocation of Realized
Losses.
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Section
4.3
Statements to
Certificateholders.
99
Section
4.4
Advances.
101
Section
4.5
Compliance with
Withholding Requirements.
102
Section
4.6
REMIC
Distributions.
102
Section
4.7
Floor
Account.
102
Section
4.8
Floor Agreement Reserve
Fund
103
Section
4.9
Swap Account
103
Section
4.10
Cap Account.
104
Section
4.11
Cap Agreement Reserve
Fund
104
Section
4.12
Supplemental Interest
Trust
105
Section
4.13
Collateral
Account
105
Section
4.14
Allocation of Net
Deferred Interest
106
ARTICLE
V THE CERTIFICATES
106
Section
5.1
The
Certificates.
106
Section
5.2
Certificates Issuable in
Classes; Distributions of Principal and Interest;
Authorized
Denominations.
107
Section
5.3
Registration of Transfer
and Exchange of Certificates.
107
Section
5.4
Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost or Stolen Certificates.
112
Section
5.5
Persons Deemed
Owners.
113
ARTICLE
VI THE DEPOSITOR, MASTER SERVICER
AND THE CREDIT RISK MANAGER
114
Section
6.1
Liability of the
Depositor and the Master Servicer.
114
Section
6.2
Merger or Consolidation
of the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
114
Section
6.3
Limitation on Liability
of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicers,
the
Securities Administrator
and Others.
114
Section
6.4
Limitation on
Resignation of the Master Servicer.
115
Section
6.5
Assignment of Master
Servicing.
115
Section
6.6
Rights of the Depositor
in Respect of the Master Servicer.
116
Section
6.7
Duties of the Credit
Risk Manager
116
Section
6.8
Limitation Upon
Liability of the Credit Risk Manager.
117
Section
6.9
Removal of the Credit
Risk Manager.
117
ARTICLE
VII DEFAULT
118
Section
7.1
Master Servicer Events
of Default.
118
Section
7.2
Trustee to Act;
Appointment of Successor.
120
Section
7.3
Notification to
Certificateholders.
121
Section
7.4
Waiver of Master
Servicer Events of Default.
121
ARTICLE
VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
122
Section
8.1
Duties of Trustee and
Securities Administrator.
122
Section
8.2
Certain Matters
Affecting Trustee and Securities Administrator.
123
Section
8.3
Trustee and Securities
Administrator not Liable for Certificates or Loans.
125
Section
8.4
Trustee, Master Servicer
and Securities Administrator May Own Certificates.
125
Section
8.5
Fees and Expenses of
Trustee and Securities Administrator.
126
Section
8.6
Eligibility Requirements
for Trustee and Securities Administrator.
126
Section
8.7
Resignation and Removal
of Trustee and Securities Administrator.
127
Section
8.8
Successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator.
128
Section
8.9
Merger or Consolidation
of Trustee or Securities Administrator.
129
Section
8.10
Appointment of
Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
129
Section
8.11
Appointment of Office or
Agency.
130
Section
8.12
Representations and
Warranties of the Trustee.
130
ARTICLE
IX TERMINATION
132
Section
9.1
Termination Upon
Purchase or Liquidation of All Loans.
132
Section
9.2
Additional Termination
Requirements.
134
ARTICLE
X REMIC PROVISIONS
135
Section
10.1
REMIC
Administration.
135
Section
10.2
Prohibited Transactions
and Activities.
138
Section
10.3
Indemnification.
138
ARTICLE
XI MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
139
Section
11.1
Amendment.
139
Section
11.2
Recordation of
Agreement; Counterparts.
140
Section
11.3
Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders.
140
Section
11.4
Governing
Law.
141
Section
11.5
Notices.
141
Section
11.6
Severability of
Provisions.
142
Section
11.7
Notice to Rating
Agencies.
142
Section
11.8
Article and Section
References.
143
Section
11.9
Grant of Security
Interest.
143
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1
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Forms of Class [A-2] [A-3] Certificates
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Exhibit A-2
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Form
of Class A-1 Certificates
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Exhibit A-3
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Form
of Class [M-1][M-2][M-3][M-4][M-5][M-6][M-7][M-8][M-9]
Certificates
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Exhibit A-4
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Form
of Class CE Certificates
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Exhibit A-5
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Form
of Class P Certificates
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Exhibit A-6
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit A-7
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Form
of Class R Certificates
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Exhibit B
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit C
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Form
of Transfer Affidavit
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Exhibit D
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Form
of Transferor Certificate
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Exhibit E
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Form
of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
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Exhibit F
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Form
of Rule 144A Investment Letter
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Exhibit G
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit H
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Form
of Addition Notice
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Exhibit I
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit J
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Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement between the Depositor and the
Seller
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Exhibit K-1
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Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
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Exhibit K-2
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Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
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Exhibit K-3
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Form 8-K Disclosure Information
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Exhibit L
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Form of Servicer Certification
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Exhibit M
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Servicing Criteria
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Exhibit N
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Additional Disclosure Notification
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Exhibit O
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ERISA Representation Letter
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Exhibit P
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Form of Swap Agreement
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Exhibit Q
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Form of Cap Agreement
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Exhibit R -
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Form of Floor Agreement
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Schedule One
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Loan
Schedule
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Schedule Two
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Prepayment Charge Schedule
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Schedule Three
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Swap
Agreement Schedule
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Schedule Four
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Cap
Agreement Schedule
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Schedule Five
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Floor Agreement Schedule
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Schedule Six
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Trust Prepayment Charge Schedule
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated and effective as of March 1, 2007 (this
“Agreement”), is executed by and among Deutsche Alt-A
Securities, Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”) and as securities administrator (the
“Securities Administrator”), Clayton Fixed Income
Services Inc., as credit risk manager (the “Credit Risk
Manager”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as
trustee (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used
in this Agreement and not otherwise defined have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in Article I hereof.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor at the Closing Date is the
owner of the Loans and the other property being conveyed by it to
the Trustee for inclusion in the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund
will consist of a segregated pool of assets comprised of the Loans
and certain other assets. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will
acquire the Certificates from the Trust Fund as consideration for
its transfer to the Trust Fund of the Loans and certain other
assets and will be the owner of the Certificates. The
Depositor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Agreement to provide for the conveyance to the Trustee of the Loans
and the issuance to the Depositor of the Certificates representing
in the aggregate the entire beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund.
All covenants and agreements made by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
herein with respect to the Loans and the other property
constituting the Trust Fund are for the benefit of the Holders from
time to time of the Certificates. The Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee are entering
into this Agreement, and the Trustee is accepting the trust created
hereby, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.
The Certificates issued hereunder, other
than the Class CE, Class P and Class R Certificates, have been
offered for sale pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement dated March
30, 2007 to a Prospectus dated May 19, 2006 (together, the
“Prospectus”). The Trust Fund created hereunder
is intended to be the “Trust” as described in the
Prospectus and the Certificates are intended to be the
“Certificates” described therein.
The Securities Administrator shall elect
that each of REMIC I, REMIC II, and REMIC III be treated as a REMIC
under Section 860D of the Code. Any inconsistencies or
ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of this
Agreement shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the validity
of such REMIC elections. The assets of REMIC I shall include
the Loans, the accounts (other than the Collateral Account, the
Reserve Fund, the Carryover Reserve Fund, the Floor Account, the
Floor Agreement Reserve Fund, the Cap Account, the Cap Agreement
Reserve Fund, and the Swap Account), any REO Property, and any
proceeds of the foregoing. The REMIC I Regular Interests
shall constitute the assets of REMIC II. The REMIC II Regular
Interests shall constitute the assets of REMIC III (the
“Master REMIC”). The Class R Certificate shall
represent ownership of the sole class of residual interest in each
REMIC formed hereby. For purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the “latest possible
maturity date” for each regular interest created hereby shall
be the 36th month following the latest maturity date of any Loan
held in the Trust on the Closing Date.
REMIC I:
The following table sets forth the
designations, principal balances, and interest rates for each
interest in REMIC I, each of which (other than the R-I interest) is
hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC I (the
“REMIC I Regular Interests”):
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Initial Principal Balance
of REMIC Interest
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T1-A
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(4)
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(1)
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T1-F1
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$
1,399,549.50
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(2)
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T1-V1
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$
1,399,549.50
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(3)
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T1-F2
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$
1,038,778.50
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(2)
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T1-V2
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$
1,038,778.50
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(3)
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T1-F3
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$
1,004,597.00
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(2)
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T1-V3
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$
1,004,597.00
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(3)
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T1-F4
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$
994,569.00
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(2)
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T1-V4
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$
994,569.00
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(3)
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T1-F5
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$
985,908.00
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(2)
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T1-V5
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$
985,908.00
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(3)
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T1-F6
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$
978,025.50
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(2)
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T1-V6
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$
978,025.50
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(3)
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T1-F7
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$
969,704.50
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(2)
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T1-V7
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$
969,704.50
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(3)
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T1-F8
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$
961,284.50
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(2)
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T1-V8
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$
961,284.50
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(3)
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T1-F9
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$
953,599.50
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(2)
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T1-V9
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$
953,599.50
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(3)
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T1-F10
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$
946,270.50
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(2)
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T1-V10
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$
946,270.50
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(3)
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T1-F11
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$
941,648.00
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(2)
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T1-V11
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$
941,648.00
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(3)
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T1-F12
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$
91,088,065.50
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(2)
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T1-V12 (6)
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$
91,088,065.50
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(3)
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R-I
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(5)
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(5)
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(1)
The interest rate with
respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual
Period) for the T1-A Interest is a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Loans (the
“REMIC I Net WAC Rate”).
(2)
The interest rate with
respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual
Period) for this interest is a per annum rate equal to the lesser
of (i) the REMIC Swap Rate, and (ii) the product of
(a) the REMIC I Net WAC Rate and (b) 2.
(3)
For any Distribution Date
(and the related Interest Accrual Period) the interest rate for
each of these Lower Tier Interests shall be the excess, if any, of
(i) the product of (a) the REMIC I Net WAC Rate and
(b) 2, over (ii) the REMIC Swap Rate.
(4)
This interest shall have
an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) the
aggregate initial principal balance of the Loans over (ii) the
aggregate initial principal balance of all remaining REMIC I
Regular Interests.
(5)
The R-I interest shall
not have a principal balance and shall not bear interest. The
R-I interest is hereby designated as the sole class of residual
interest in REMIC I.
(6)
This interest shall also
be entitled to all Trust Prepayment Charges received in respect of
the Loans.
On each Distribution Date, interest shall
be allocated with respect to the interests in REMIC I based on the
above-described interest rates.
On each Distribution Date, all Realized
Losses and all payments of principal with respect to the Loans
shall be allocated in the following order of priority:
(a)
First, to the T1-A interest until the
outstanding principal balance of such interest is reduced to zero,
and
(b)
Second, sequentially, to the other REMIC
I Regular Interests in ascending order of their numerical
designation, and, with respect to each pair of REMIC I Regular
Interests having the same numerical designation, in equal amounts
to each such REMIC I Regular Interest, until the principal balance
of each is reduced to zero.
REMIC II:
The following table sets forth the
designations, principal balances, and interest rates for each
interest in REMIC II, each of which (other than the R-II interest)
is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC II (the
“REMIC II Regular Interests”):
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REMIC
Interest
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Initial Principal Balance of REMIC Interest
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Interest Rate
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Corresponding Class of Certificate
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T2-A-1 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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A-1
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T2-A-2 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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A-2
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T2-A-3 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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A-3
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T2-M-1 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-1
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T2-M-2 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-2
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T2-M-3 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-3
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T2-M-4 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-4
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T2-M-5 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-5
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T2-M-6 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-6
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T2-M-7 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-7
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T2-M-8 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-8
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T2-M-9 (6)
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(4)
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(1)
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M-9
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T2-Accrual Interest (7) .
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(5)
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(1)
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N/A
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T2-IO
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(2)
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(2)
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N/A
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R-II
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(3)
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(3)
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N/A
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(1)
The interest rate for
each of these interests (the “REMIC Maximum Rate”) with
respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual
Period) is a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the
interest rates of the regular interests in REMIC I provided
, however , that for any Distribution Date on which the
Class T2-IO Interest is entitled to a portion of the interest
accruals on a REMIC I Regular Interest having an “F” in
its class designation, as described in footnote two below, such
weighted average shall be computed by first subjecting the rate on
such REMIC I interest to a cap equal to the product of the interest
rate used to compute the Net Swap Payment for the Swap Agreement
adjusted to reflect the day count convention used for such interest
rate (“Swap MTA”) for such Distribution Date and
2.
(2)
The Class T2-IO is an
interest only class that does not have a principal balance.
For only those Distribution Dates listed in the first column
in the table below, the Class T2-IO shall be entitled to interest
accrued on the REMIC I Regular Interest listed in the second
column in the table below at a per annum rate equal to the excess,
if any, of (i) the interest rate for such REMIC I Regular
Interest for such Distribution Date over (ii) Swap MTA for
such Distribution Date.
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Distribution
Dates
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REMIC II
Designation
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1
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T1-F1
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1-2
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T1-F2
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1-3
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T1-F3
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1-4
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T1-F4
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1-5
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T1-F5
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1-6
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T1-F6
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1-7
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T1-F7
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1-8
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T1-F8
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1-9
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T1-F9
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1-10
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T1-F10
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1-11
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T1-F11
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1-12
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T1-F12
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(3)
The R-II interest shall
not have a principal balance and shall not bear interest. The
R-II interest is hereby designated as the sole class of residual
interest in REMIC II.
(4)
This interest shall have
an initial principal balance equal to one-half of the initial
Certificate Principal Balance of its Corresponding Class of
Certificates.
(5)
This interest shall have
an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) the
aggregate initial principal balance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests over (ii) the aggregate initial principal balance of
the REMIC II Accretion Directed Classes.
(6)
This interest is a REMIC
II Accretion Directed Class.
(7)
This interest shall also
be entitled to all Trust Prepayment Charges received in respect of
the Loans.
On each Distribution Date, interest shall
be allocated with respect to the interests in REMIC II based on the
above-described interest rates, provided however, that interest
that accrues on the T2-Accrual Interest shall be deferred to the
extent necessary to make the distributions of principal described
below. Any interest so deferred shall itself bear interest at
the interest rate for the T2-Accrual Interest.
On each Distribution Date the principal
distributed on the interests in REMIC I (together with an amount
equal to the interest deferred on the T2-Accrual Interest for such
Distribution Date) shall be distributed, and Realized Losses shall
be allocated, among the interests in REMIC II in the following
order of priority:
(a)
First, to each interest in REMIC II
having a Corresponding Class in REMIC III until the outstanding
principal amount of each such interest equals one-half of the
outstanding principal amount of such Corresponding Class for such
interest immediately after such Distribution Date; and
(b)
Second, to the T2-Accrual Interest, any
remaining amounts.
REMIC III:
The following table sets forth the
designations, principal balances, and interest rates for each
interest in REMIC III, each of which (other than the R-III
interest) is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC III
(the “REMIC III Regular Interests”):
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Corresponding Class of Certificates (6)
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T3-A-1
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(1)
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(3)
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A-1
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T3-A-2
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(1)
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(3)
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A-2
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T3-A-3
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(1)
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(3)
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A-3
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T3-M-1
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(1)
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(3)
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M-1
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T3-M-2
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(1)
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(3)
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M-2
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T3-M-3
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(1)
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(3)
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M-3
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T3-M-4
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(1)
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(3)
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M-4
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T3-M-5
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(1)
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(3)
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M-5
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T3-M-6
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(1)
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(3)
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M-6
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T3-M-7
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(1)
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(3)
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M-7
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T3-M-8
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(1)
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(3)
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M-8
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T3-M-9
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(1)
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(3)
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M-9
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T3-P
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(1)
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(6)
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P
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T3-X
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(1)
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(2)
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X
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R-III
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(5)
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(5)
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R
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____________________
(1)
This interest shall have
an initial principal balance equal to the Initial Certificate
Principal Balance of its Corresponding Class of
Certificates.
(2)
The T3-X interest has a
notional balance equal to the aggregate initial principal balance
of the REMIC II Regular Interests. The interest rate of the
T3-X interest shall be a rate sufficient to cause all net interest
from the Loans to accrue on the T3-X interest that is in excess of
the total amount of interest that accrues on each other regular
interest in REMIC III. For any Distribution Date, the
interest rate in respect of the T3-X interest shall be the excess
of: (i) the weighted average interest rate of all interests in
REMIC II (other than any interest-only regular interest) over
(ii) the product of: (A) two and (B) the weighted
average interest rate of the REMIC II Accretion Directed Classes
and the T2-Accrual Interest, where the T2-Accrual Interest is
subject to a cap equal to zero and each REMIC II Accretion Directed
Class is subject to a cap equal to the Pass-Through Rate on its
Corresponding Class of Certificates, provided that, for purposes of
determining the Pass-Through Rate, the REMIC Maximum Rate shall be
substituted for the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate in the definition
thereof. The T3-X interest shall also be entitled to
principal equal to the excess of the sum of the aggregate Principal
Balance of the Loans as of the Cut-off Date over the aggregate
Initial Certificate Principal Balance of the other Certificates as
of the Closing Date. Such principal balance shall not bear
interest. Finally, the T3-X Interest shall be entitled to
receive all amounts payable on the T2-IO interest.
(3)
This interest shall bear
interest at the Pass-Through Rate for its Corresponding Class of
Certificates, provided that, for purposes of determining the
Pass-Through Rate, the REMIC Maximum Rate shall be substituted for
the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate in the definition thereof.
(4)
REMIC III shall also
issue the R-III interest, which shall not have a principal amount
and shall not bear interest. The R-III interest is hereby
designated as the sole class of residual interest in REMIC
III.
(5)
For purposes of the REMIC
Provisions, the Class of Certificates corresponding to an interest
in the Master REMIC shall represent beneficial ownership of such
interest in the Master REMIC. Any amount distributed on a
Corresponding Class of Certificates on any Distribution Date in
excess of the amount distributable on each interest in the Master
REMIC corresponding to such Class of Certificates shall be treated
as having been paid from the Reserve Fund or the Supplemental
Interest Trust, as applicable, and any amount distributable on each
interest in the Master REMIC corresponding to such Class of
Certificates on such Distribution Date in excess of the amount
distributable on that Class of Certificates on such Distribution
Date shall be treated as having been paid to the Supplemental
Interest Trust, all pursuant to and as further provided in Section
10.1(l) hereof.
(6)
The T3-P interest shall
not be entitled to payments of interest, but shall be entitled to
receive all Trust Prepayment Charges in respect of the Loans.
On each Distribution Date, interest shall
be allocated with respect to the interests in REMIC III based on
the above-described interest rates.
On each Distribution Date, the principal
distributed on the REMIC II interests shall be distributed,
and Realized Losses shall be allocated, among the interests in
REMIC III in an amount equal to the principal distributions and
Realized Loss allocations for such Distribution Date with respect
to the Corresponding Class of Certificates related to such
interests, determined without regard to the Swap
Agreement.
The Certificates:
The following table irrevocably sets
forth the designations, initial Certificate Principal Balance or
Notional Amount and Pass-Through Rate for each Class of
Certificates:
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Initial Certificate Principal
Balance
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Assumed Final Maturity Date
(1)
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A-1
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$239,897,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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A-2
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$99,958,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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A-3
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$59,974,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-1
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$11,641,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-2
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$8,954,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-3
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$4,478,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-4
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$6,716,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-5
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$2,239,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-6
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$2,238,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-7
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$2,239,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-8
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$2,239,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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M-9
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$2,238,000
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(2)
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April 2047
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CE
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$4,925,847
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(3)
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N/A
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P
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$100
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(4)
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N/A
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R
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N/A
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(4)
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April 2047
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___________________
(1)
Solely for purposes of
Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, the
Distribution Date in the 36 th month following the
maturity date for the Loan held in the Trust on the Closing Date
with the latest maturity date has been designated as the
“latest possible maturity date” for each Class of
Certificates.
(2)
The Pass-Through Rate for
each Class A Certificate and each Class M Certificate are as set
forth in the definition of “Pass-Through Rate”
herein.
(3)
The Class CE Certificates
will not accrue interest on its Certificate Principal Balance, but
will be entitled to 100% of amounts distributed on the T3-X
interest in REMIC III.
(4)
The Class P and Class R
Certificates will not accrue interest.
W I T N E S S E T H
In consideration of the mutual agreements
herein contained, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions.
Whenever used herein, the following words
and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
meanings specified in this Article:
Accepted Master Servicing
Practices : With respect
to any Loan, as applicable, those customary mortgage servicing
practices of prudent mortgage servicing institutions that master
service mortgage loans of the same type and quality as such Loan in
the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located,
to the extent applicable to the Master Servicer (except in its
capacity as successor to a Servicer).
Account : The Distribution Account, the Floor Account,
the Floor Agreement Reserve Fund, the Cap Account, the Cap
Agreement Reserve Fund, the Swap Account, the Reserve Fund, the
Carryover Reserve Fund and any Protected Account as the context may
require.
Additional Disclosure Notification:
Has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.30(a)(ii) of this Agreement.
Additional Form 10-D
Disclosure : Has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.30(a)(i) of this
Agreement.
Additional Form 10-K
Disclosure : Has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.30(d)(i) of this Agreement.
Adjusted Cap Rate
: For any Distribution Date and any
class of Offered Certificates will equal the excess of (A) the Net
WAC Pass-Through Rate for the Mortgage Loans for that distribution
date over (B) a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator
of which is the product of (i) the Net Deferred Interest, if any,
on the Mortgage Loans for that Distribution Date and (ii) 12, and
the denominator of which is the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date occurring in the
month of that Distribution Date. With respect to the Offered
Certificates (other than the Class A-1 Certificates), the Adjusted
Cap Rate will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is 30, and the denominator of which is the actual number of days
that elapsed in the Interest Accrual Period.
Adjustment Date
: With respect to each Loan, the first
day of the month in which the Mortgage Rate of such Loan changes
pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. The first Adjustment Date
following the Cut-off Date as to each Loan is set forth in the Loan
Schedule.
Adjustable Rate
Certificates : The Class
A Certificates and the Class M Certificates.
Adjusted Net Securities Administrator
Swap Payment : For each
Distribution Date (other than the Distribution Date in March 2008),
an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (x) the
Net Securities Administrator Swap Payment plus (y) the Unpaid
Deferred Adjusted Net Swap Amount for such Distribution Date over
(B) any Deferred Adjusted Net Swap Amount for the current
Distribution Date. For the Distribution Date in March 2008,
an amount equal to the sum of (x) the Net Securities Administrator
Swap Payment plus (y) the Unpaid Deferred Adjusted Net Swap Amount
for such Distribution Date.
Adjusted Net Swap Provider
Payment: For each
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A)
the Net Swap Provider Payment over (B) the Unpaid Deferred Adjusted
Net Swap Amount for such Distribution Date.
Administration Fee: W
ith respect to each Loan and any
Distribution Date, will be equal to the product of one-twelfth of
(x) the Administration Fee Rate for such Loan multiplied by (y) the
principal balance of that Loan as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Due Period (or as of the Cut-Off Date with
respect to the first Distribution Date), after giving effect to
principal prepayments received during the related Prepayment
Period.
Administration Fee Rate
: With respect to each Loan will be
equal to the sum of (i) the Servicing Fee Rate, (ii) the Master
Servicing Fee Rate, (iii) the Credit Risk Management Fee Rate and
(iv) the rate at which the premium payable in connection with any
lender paid primary mortgage insurance policy is calculated, if
applicable.
Advance : Either (i) a Monthly Advance made by a
Servicer as such term is defined in and pursuant to the related
Servicing Agreement or (ii) a Monthly Advance made by the Master
Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.4.
Adverse REMIC Event
: As defined in Section
10.1(f).
Affiliate : With respect to any specified Person, any
other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control
with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person 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. The Trustee may obtain and
rely on an Officer’s Certificate of a Servicer or the
Depositor to determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of such
party.
Agreement : This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments and supplements hereto.
Allocated Realized Loss
Amount : With respect to
any Class of Certificates (other than the Class A-1 and Class P
Certificates) and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum
of any Realized Loss allocated to that Class of Certificates on all
prior Distribution Dates minus the sum of all payments in respect
of Allocated Realized Loss Amounts distributed to that Class in
connection with any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow on all previous
Distribution Dates.
Anniversary : Each anniversary of the Cut-Off
Date.
Appraised Value
: The amount set forth in an
appraisal made by or for the mortgage originator in connection with
its origination of each Loan.
Assignment : An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient
under the laws of the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged
Property is located to reflect of record the sale and assignment of
the Loan to the Trustee, which assignment, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument may, if permitted by law, be in the form of
one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in the same county.
Assignment Agreements
: Shall mean (i) the Assignment,
Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2007
among the Seller, the Depositor and IndyMac pursuant to which the
IndyMac Servicing Agreement was assigned to the Depositor, (ii)
the Assignment,
Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2007,
among the Seller, the Depositor and Countrywide Servicing, pursuant
to which the Countrywide Servicing Agreement was assigned to the
Depositor and (iii) the Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2007 among the Seller, the
Depositor and GMACM pursuant to which the GMACM Servicing Agreement
was assigned to the Depositor.
Authorized Denomination
: With respect to the Class A
Certificates and the Class M Certificates, minimum initial
Certificate Principal Balances of $25,000 and integral multiples of
$1.00 in excess thereof. With respect to the Class P
Certificates, minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of $20
and integral multiples thereof. With respect to the Class CE
Certificates, minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of
$10,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.
With respect to the Class R Certificate, a single
denomination of 100% Percentage Interest in such Certificate.
Available Distribution
Amount : With respect to
a Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts:
(1)
the total amount of all cash received by
or on behalf of each Servicer with respect to the Loans by the
Determination Date for such Distribution Date and not previously
distributed (including Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and
Subsequent Recoveries), except:
(a)
all Prepaid Monthly Payments;
(b)
all Curtailments received after the
applicable Prepayment Period, together with all interest paid by
the related Mortgagor in connection with such
Curtailments;
(c)
all Payoffs received after the applicable
Prepayment Period, together with all interest paid by the related
Mortgagor in connection with such Payoffs;
(d)
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and Subsequent Recoveries on the Loans received after the
applicable Prepayment Period;
(e)
all amounts which are due and
reimbursable to the related Servicer pursuant to the terms of the
related Servicing Agreement or to the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Custodians pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement or the Custodial Agreements;
(f)
the Servicing Fee, the Master Servicing
Fee and the Credit Risk Management Fee for each such Loan for such
Distribution Date;
(g)
all investment earnings, if any, on
amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account and each Protected
Account;
(h)
any premiums payable in connection with
any lender paid primary mortgage insurance policies; and
(i)
the amount of any Prepayment Charges
(other than any Prepayment Charges that any servicer is entitled to
retain) collected by the related Servicer in connection with the
Principal Prepayment of any of the Loans;
(2)
to the extent advanced by the related
Servicer and/or the Master Servicer and not previously distributed,
the amount of any Advance made by the related Servicer and/or the
Master Servicer or Trustee with respect to such Distribution Date
relating to the Loans;
(3)
to the extent advanced by the related
Servicer and/or the Master Servicer and not previously distributed,
any amount payable as Compensating Interest by the related Servicer
and/or the Master Servicer on such Distribution Date relating to
the Loans; and
(4)
the total amount, to the extent not
previously distributed, of all cash received by the Distribution
Date by the Trustee or the Master Servicer, in respect of a
Purchase Obligation under Section 2.3 or any permitted repurchase
of a Loan or a purchase by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section
6.10.
Bankruptcy Loss
: A loss on a Loan as reported by
the related Servicer, arising out of (i) a reduction in the
scheduled Monthly Payment for such Loan by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code,
other than any such reduction that arises out of clause (ii) of
this definition of “Bankruptcy Loss,” including,
without limitation, any such reduction that results in a permanent
forgiveness of principal, or (ii) with respect to any Loan, a
valuation, by a court of competent jurisdiction in a case under
such Bankruptcy Code, of the related Mortgaged Property in an
amount less than the then outstanding Principal Balance of such
Loan.
Beneficial Holder
: A Person holding a beneficial
interest in any Book-Entry Certificate as or through a Depository
Participant or an Indirect Depository Participant or a Person
holding a beneficial interest in any Definitive
Certificate.
Book-Entry Certificates
: The Class A Certificates and the
Class M Certificates, beneficial ownership and transfers of which
shall be made through book entries as described in Section 5.1 and
Section 5.3.
Business Day : Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a
day on which banking institutions in the States of Maryland,
Minnesota or New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
Cap Account : A segregated trust account established and
maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 4.10
of this Agreement.
Cap Agreement: The cap agreement between the Trustee, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as Trustee for the Supplement
Interest Trust and the Cap Provider, relating to the Certificates,
together with any schedules, confirmations, credit support annex or
other agreements relating thereto, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit Q.
Cap Agreement Reserve Fund:
A segregated trust account established
and maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section
4.11 of this Agreement.
Cap Payment : For any Distribution Date, the product of (i)
the excess, if any, of (x) the lesser of (a) one-month LIBOR
(as determined pursuant to the Cap Agreement) and (b) the Cap
Ceiling (as set forth on Schedule Four hereto, over (y) the Cap
Strike Rate (as set forth on Schedule Four hereto, (ii) the Cap
Notional Balance (as set forth on Schedule Four hereto) and (iii) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days
elapsed from the previous Distribution Date to but excluding the
current Distribution Date (or, for the first Distribution Date, the
actual number of days elapsed from the Closing Date to but
excluding the first Distribution Date), and the denominator of
which is 360.
Cap Provider: The cap provider under the Cap Agreement and
any successor in interest or assign. Initially, the Cap Provider
shall be The Bank of New York.
Carryover Reserve Fund
: The account established and
maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section
3.26.
Certificate : Any one of the Certificates issued pursuant
to this Agreement, executed and authenticated by or on behalf of
the Securities Administrator hereunder in substantially one of the
forms set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6 and A-7
hereto.
Certificate Principal
Balance : The
Certificate Principal Balance with respect to a Class A
Certificate, Class M Certificate or Class P Certificate outstanding
at any time, represents the then maximum amount that the holder of
such Certificate is entitled to receive as distributions allocable
to principal from the cash flow on the Loans and the other assets
in the Trust Fund. The Certificate Principal Balance of a Class A
Certificate, Class M Certificate or Class P Certificate as of any
date of determination is equal to the initial Certificate Principal
Balance of such Certificate (a) reduced by the aggregate of (i) all
amounts allocable to principal previously distributed with respect
to that Certificate, and (ii) any reductions in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificate deemed to have occurred in
connection with allocations of Realized Losses, if any, and (b)
increased by the amount of Net Deferred Interest allocated to such
class, if any, and any Subsequent Recoveries added to the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate pursuant to
Section 4.2. The Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE
Certificates as of any date of determination is equal to the
excess, if any, of (i) the then aggregate Principal Balance of the
Loans over (ii) the then aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates and the Class P
Certificates. The initial Certificate Principal Balance of each
Class of Certificates is set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto. When used in reference to a Class, the term
Certificate Principal Balance means the aggregate of the
Certificate Principal Balances of all Certificates of such Class,
and when used in reference to a group of Classes (such as the Class
A Certificates and Class M Certificates) shall mean the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balances of all Classes of Certificates
included in such group.
Certificate Register
: The register maintained pursuant
to Section 5.3.
Certificateholder or Holder
: The person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that
solely for the purposes of giving any consent pursuant to this
Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or
any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into
account in determining whether the requisite percentage of
Percentage Interests necessary to effect any such consent has been
obtained. The Trustee or the Securities Administrator may
conclusively rely upon a certificate of the Depositor, the Seller
or the Master Servicer in determining whether a Certificate is held
by an Affiliate thereof. 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 or the Securities Administrator shall be
required to recognize as a “Holder” or
“Certificateholder” only the Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.
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 the Depository or on the
books of a Depository Participant or on the books of an Indirect
Depository Participant.
Class : All Certificates having the same priority and
rights to payments from the Available Distribution Amount,
designated as a separate Class under the heading Certificates in
the preliminary statement, as set forth in the forms of
Certificates attached hereto as Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5,
A-6 and A-7, as applicable.
Class A Certificates
: The Class A-1, Class A-2 and
Class A-3 Certificates, collectively, and designated as such on the
face thereof in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A-1 (with respect to the Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates) and
Exhibit A-2 (with respect to the Class A-1 Certificate).
Class CE Certificates
: The Class CE Certificates
designated as such on the face thereof in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A-4.
Class M Certificates
: The Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8 and
Class M-9 Certificates, collectively, and designated as such on the
face thereof in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A-3.
Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount : The Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date is an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date and (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
immediately prior to the Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 79.750%, with respect to any Distribution
Date prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013, and 83.800% with
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date
in April 2013 and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) over the product of (i) 0.50%
and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Loans as of the
Cut-Off Date,
Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount : The Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date is an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date and (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to the
Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
84.750%, with respect to any Distribution Date prior to the
Distribution Date in April 2013, and 87.800% with respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date in April 2013
and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period,
to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B)
the excess, if any, of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) over the product of (i) 0.50% and (ii) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the
Cut-Off Date.
Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount : The Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date is an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date and (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates immediately prior to the Distribution Date over (y)
the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 87.250%, with respect to any
Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013, and
89.800% with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the
Distribution Date in April 2013 and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or
advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during
the related Prepayment Period) and (B) excess, if any, of the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) over the
product of (i) 0.50% and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount :
The Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount for any Distribution Date is an amount equal to the excess
of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (iii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (iv) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date and (v) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-4 Certificates immediately prior to the Distribution
Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 91.000%, with
respect to any Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date in
April 2013, and 92.800% with respect to any Distribution Date on or
after the Distribution Date in April 2013 and (ii) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the excess, if any,
of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period,
to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) over the
product of (i) 0.50% and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount : The Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date is an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (v) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date and (vi) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates
immediately prior to the Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 92.250%, with respect to any Distribution
Date prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013, and 93.800% with
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date
in April 2013 and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) and (B) the excess, if any, of, the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) over the product of (i) 0.50%
and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as
of the Cut-Off Date.
Class M-6 Principal Distribution
Amount : The Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date is an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (v) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (vi) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date and (vii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to the
Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
93.500%, with respect to any Distribution Date prior to the
Distribution Date in April 2013, and 94.800% with respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date in April 2013
and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period,
to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B)
the excess, if any, of, the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
of the Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) over the product of (i) 0.50% and (ii) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the
Cut-Off Date.
Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount : The Class M-7
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date is an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (v) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (vi) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-6 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date and (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7
Certificates immediately prior to the Distribution Date over (y)
the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 94.750%, with respect to any
Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013, and
95.800% with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the
Distribution Date in April 2013 and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or
advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during
the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the excess, if any, of, the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) over the
product of (i) 0.50% and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
Class M-8 Principal Distribution
Amount : The Class M-8
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date is an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (v) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (vi) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-6 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date, (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7
Certificates after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7
Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, and (ix)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates
immediately prior to the Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 96.000%, with respect to any Distribution
Date prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013, and 96.800% with
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date
in April 2013 and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) and (B) the excess, if any, of, the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) over the product of (i) 0.50%
and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as
of the Cut-Off Date.
Class M-9 Principal Distribution
Amount : The Class M-9
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date is an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (v) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (vi) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
on the Distribution Date, (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-6 Certificates after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution
Date, (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7
Certificates after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7
Principal Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date, (ix) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-8 Principal
Distribution Amount on the Distribution Date and (x) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates
immediately prior to the Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 97.250%, with respect to any Distribution
Date prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013, and 97.800% with
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date
in April 2013 and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) and (B) the excess, if any, of, the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) over the product of (i) 0.50%
and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as
of the Cut-Off Date.
Class P Certificates
: The Class P Certificates, and
designated as such on the face thereof in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A-5.
Class R Certificate
: The Certificate designated as
“Class R” on the face thereof in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A-7, which has been designated as the
sole Class of “residual interests” in each REMIC formed
hereby pursuant to Section 2.4.
Class R Certificateholder
: The registered Holder of the
Class R Certificate.
Clearing Agency
: An organization registered as a
“clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which initially
shall be the Depository.
Closing Date : March 30, 2007.
Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Collateral Account:
The account maintained by the Securities
Administrator in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.13.
Commission : Means the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Compensating Interest
: For any Distribution Date and (i)
each Servicer, as set forth in the related Servicing Agreement and
(ii) the Master Servicer, the amount described in Section
3.21.
Controlling Person
: Means, with respect to any
Person, any other Person who “controls” such Person
within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Corporate Trust Office
: The principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as the case
may be, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business in connection with this Agreement shall be administered,
which office at the date of the execution of this instrument is
located at (i) with respect to the Trustee, HSBC Bank USA, National
Association, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, or at such
other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by
notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Securities Administrator, or (ii) with respect to
the Securities Administrator, (A) for Certificate transfer and
surrender purposes, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Sixth Street and
Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention:
DBALT 2007-OA2 and (B) for all other purposes, Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045,
Attention: DBALT 2007-OA2, or at such other address as the
Securities Administrator may designate from time to time by notice
to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee.
Corresponding Class of
Certificate : With
respect to each REMIC II Regular Interest and each REMIC III
Regular Interest, the Class of Certificate with the corresponding
designation.
Countrywide : Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., or any
successor thereto.
Countrywide Servicing:
Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, or
any successor thereto.
Countywide Servicing
Agreement: (a) The
Amended and Restated Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing
Agreement dated as of May 1, 2004, as amended and restated to and
including August 1, 2005 as further amended by the Amendment Reg AB
dated as of January 31, 2006, between the Seller and Countrywide
and Amendment Number One, dated as of December 21, 2006 and (b) the
Flow Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2006, by and between
the Seller and Countrywide Servicing, as modified by that certain
Commitment Letter, dated March 30, 2007, and as modified by the
related Assignment Agreement.
Credit Enhancement
Percentage : for any
Distribution Date is the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate
Certificates (which includes the Overcollateralization Amount) by
(y) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Loans, calculated after
taking into account distributions of principal on the Loans and
distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount to the holders of
the Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on the
Distribution Date.
Credit Risk Management Agreement or
Credit Risk Management Agreements : Each agreement between the Credit Risk Manager and
a Servicer or the Master Servicer, regarding the loss mitigation
and advisory services to be provided by the Credit Risk
Manager.
Credit Risk Management Fee
: The amount payable to the Credit Risk
Manager on each Distribution Date as compensation for all services
rendered by it in the exercise and performance of any and all
powers and duties of the Credit Risk Manager under any Credit Risk
Management Agreement, which amount shall equal one twelfth of the
product of (i) the Credit Risk Management Fee Rate multiplied by
(ii) the aggregate of the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Loan
and any related REO Properties as of the first day of the related
Due Period.
Credit Risk Management Fee
Rate : 0.009% per
annum.
Credit Risk Manager
: Clayton Fixed Income Services
Inc., a Colorado corporation, and its successors and
assigns.
Credit Support Annex:
The credit support annex to the Cap
Agreement dated as of March 30, 2007, between the Trustee, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee for the Supplemental
Interest Trust, and the Cap Provider.
Curtailment : Any voluntary payment of principal on a Loan,
made by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, other than a Monthly
Payment, a Prepaid Monthly Payment or a Payoff, which is applied to
reduce the outstanding Principal Balance of the Loan.
Curtailment Shortfall
: With respect to any Distribution
Date and any Curtailment received during the related Prepayment
Period, an amount equal to one month’s interest on such
Curtailment at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate on such Loan,
net of the related Servicing Fee Rate.
Custodial Agreement
: Either (i) the DBNTC Custodial
Agreement or (ii) the Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement.
Custodian : DBNTC or Wells Fargo or any other custodian
appointed under any custodial agreement entered into after the date
of this Agreement.
Cut-Off Date : March 1, 2007; except that with respect to
each Substitute Loan, the Cut-Off Date shall be the date of
substitution.
DBNTC : Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a
national banking association, or its successor in
interest.
DBNTC Custodial Agreement
: The Custodial Agreement, dated as
of March 1, 2007, among DBNTC, IndyMac, GMACM, and Wells Fargo, as
may be amended from time to time.
Deferred Adjusted Net Swap
Amount: For any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the excess
of (x) the sum of (i) the Net Securities Administrator Swap Payment
plus (ii) the Unpaid Deferred Adjusted Net Swap Amount for such
Distribution Date over (y) Available Funds for that Distribution
Date and (b) the Net Deferred Interest for that Distribution Date.
Deferred Interest:
For any Distribution Date, will be
the excess, if any, of the amount of interest accrued on the
Mortgage Loans from the preceding Due Date to such Due Date, over
the interest portion of the monthly payment due for such Due
Date.
Definitive Certificates
: As defined in Section
5.3.
Deleted Loan : A Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Substitute Loan.
Delinquency Percentage:
As of the last day of
the related Due Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
the numerator of which is the Principal Balance of all Loans that,
as of the last day of the previous calendar month, are 60 or more
days delinquent, are in foreclosure, have been converted to REO
Properties or have been discharged by reason of bankruptcy, and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Loans and REO Properties as of the last day of the previous
calendar month.
Depositor : Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or its successor-in-interest.
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(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State of New York and a Clearing Agency.
Depository Agreement
: The Letter of Representations,
dated March 30, 2007 by and among the Depository, the Depositor and
the Trustee.
Depository Participant
: A broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom the Depository
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited
with the Depository.
Derivative Account
: The Cap Account, the Floor
Account and Swap Account, as applicable.
Derivative Agreement
: The Cap Agreement, the Floor
Agreement and the Swap Agreement, as applicable.
Derivative Amount
: The amounts distributable
pursuant to Sections 4.1(a)(vi) through Sections 4.1(a)(vii), as
applicable.
Derivative Payment
: A Cap Payment, the Floor Payment
and a Swap Payment, as applicable.
Derivative Provider
: The Cap Provider, the Floor
Provider and the Swap Provider, as applicable.
Determination Date
: With respect to each Servicer,
the day of the month set forth as the Determination Date in the
related Servicing Agreement. With respect to Article IX hereto, the
fifteenth (15th) day of the month or if such day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately following such fifteenth (15th)
day.
Disqualified Organization:
A “disqualified
organization” as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code,
and, for purposes of Article V herein, any Person which is not a
Permitted Transferee; provided, that a Disqualified Organization
does not include any Pass-Through Entity which owns or holds a
Class R Certificate and if which a Disqualified Organization,
directly or indirectly, may be a stockholder, partner or
beneficiary.
Distribution Account
: The trust account or accounts
created and maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to
Section 3.23 for the benefit of the Certificateholders and
designated “Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Securities
Administrator, in trust for registered holders of Deutsche Alt-A
Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-OA2”. Funds
in the Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement. The Distribution Account must be an Eligible
Account.
Distribution Account Deposit
Date : With respect to
any Distribution Date, the Business Day prior to such Distribution
Date.
Distribution Date
: The 25th day (or, if such 25th
day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding
such 25th day) of each month, beginning in April 2007.
Due Date : The first day of each calendar month, which
is the day on which the Monthly Payment for each Loan is due,
exclusive of any days of grace. The “related Due
Date” for any Distribution Date is the Due Date immediately
preceding such Distribution Date.
Due Period:
With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Loans, the period commencing on the second day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs and ending on the first day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account
: Any account or accounts (1)
maintained by the Securities Administrator with a federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company that complies
with the definition of “Eligible Institution,” or (2)
maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal
depository institution or state-chartered depository institution
subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar
to Title 12 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulation Section 9.10(b),
which, in either case, has corporate trust powers and is acting in
its fiduciary capacity.
Eligible Institution
: An institution having both (a)
(i) the highest short-term debt rating, and one of the two highest
long-term debt ratings of S&P and Moody’s, (ii) with
respect to the Distribution Account, an unsecured long-term debt
rating of at least one of the two highest unsecured long-term debt
ratings of Fitch and Moody’s, or (iii) the approval of Fitch
and S&P and (b) (i) commercial paper, short-term debt
obligations, or other short-term deposits rated at least
‘A-1+’ or long-term unsecured debt obligations rated at
least ‘AA-’ by S&P, if the amounts on deposit are
to be held in the account for no more than 365 days; or (ii)
commercial paper, short-term debt obligations, or other short-term
deposits rated at least ‘A-1’ by S&P, if the
amounts on deposit represent less than 20% of the initial par value
of the securities, are not intended to be used as credit
enhancement, and are to be held in the account for less than 30
days.
Eligible Investments
: Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities payable on demand or having a scheduled
maturity on or before the Business Day preceding the following
Distribution Date (or, with respect to the Distribution Account
maintained with the Securities Administrator, having a scheduled
maturity on or before the following Distribution Date; provided
that, such Eligible Investments shall be managed by, or an
obligation of, the institution that maintains the Distribution
Account if such Eligible Investments mature on the Distribution
Date), regardless of whether any such obligation is issued by the
Depositor, the applicable Servicer, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or any of their respective
Affiliates and having at the time of purchase, or at such other
time as may be specified, the required ratings, if any, provided
for in this definition:
(j)
direct obligations of, or guaranteed as
to full and timely payment of principal and interest by, the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided, that
such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States of America;
(k)
direct obligations of, or guaranteed as
to timely payment of principal and interest by, Freddie Mac, Fannie
Mae or the Federal Farm Credit System, provided, that any such
obligation, at the time of purchase or contractual commitment
providing for the purchase thereof, is qualified by each Rating
Agency as an investment of funds backing securities rated
“AAA” in the case of S&P and “Aaa” in
the case of Moody’s (the initial rating of the Class A
Certificates);
(l)
demand and time deposits in or
certificates of deposit of, or bankers’ acceptances issued
by, any bank or trust company, savings and loan association or
savings bank, provided, that the short-term deposit ratings and/or
long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution
or trust company (or in the case of the principal depository
institutions in a holding company system, the commercial paper or
long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) have,
in the case of commercial paper, the highest rating available for
such securities by each Rating Agency and, in the case of long-term
unsecured debt obligations, one of the two highest ratings
available for such securities by each Rating Agency, or in each
case such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating or ratings then assigned to any Class of
Certificates by any Rating Agency but in no event less than the
initial rating of the Class A Certificates;
(m)
commercial or finance company paper
(including both non-interest-bearing discount obligations and
interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified
date not more than one year after the date of issuance thereof)
that is rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term
unsecured rating category at the time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such investment, and is issued
by a corporation the outstanding senior long-term debt obligations
of which are then rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two
highest long-term unsecured rating categories, or such lower rating
as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating
or ratings then assigned to any Class of Certificates by any Rating
Agency but in no event less than the initial rating of the Class A
Certificates;
(n)
guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued
by any bank, insurance company or other corporation rated in one of
the two highest rating levels available to such issuers by each
Rating Agency at the time of such investment, provided, that any
such agreement must by its terms provide that it is terminable by
the purchaser without penalty in the event any such rating is at
any time lower than such level;
(o)
repurchase obligations with respect to
any security described in clause (a) or (b) above entered into with
a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
meeting the rating standards described in (c) above;
(p)
securities bearing interest or sold at a
discount that are issued by any corporation incorporated under the
laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and rated
by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest long-term unsecured
rating categories at the time of such investment or contractual
commitment providing for such investment; provided, however, that
securities issued by any such corporation will not be Eligible
Investments to the extent that investment therein would cause the
outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such
corporation that are then held as part of the Distribution Account
to exceed 20% of the aggregate principal amount of all Eligible
Investments then held in the Distribution Account;
(q)
units of taxable money market funds
(including those managed or advised by, or for which the Trustee,
the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or any affiliate
thereof receives compensation with respect to such investment)
which funds have been rated by each Rating Agency rating such fund
in its highest rating category or which have been designated in
writing by each Rating Agency as Eligible Investments with respect
to this definition;
(r)
if previously confirmed in writing to the
Trustee and the Securities Administrator, any other demand, money
market or time deposit, or any other obligation, security or
investment, as may be acceptable to each Rating Agency as a
permitted investment of funds backing securities having ratings
equivalent to the initial rating of the Class A Certificates;
and
(s)
such other obligations as are acceptable
as Eligible Investments to each Rating Agency;
provided, however, that such instrument
continues to qualify as a “cash flow investment”
pursuant to Code Section 860G(a)(6) and that no instrument or
security shall be an Eligible Investment if (i) such instrument or
security evidences a right to receive only interest payments or
(ii) the right to receive principal and interest payments derived
from the underlying investment provides a yield to maturity in
excess of 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying
investment.
ERISA : The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting:
With respect to any
ERISA-Restricted Certificate, a best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of
the Underwriters’ Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificate: The Class
A-2, Class A-3, Class M, Class CE, the Class P and the Class R
Certificates and Certificates of any Class that no longer satisfy
the applicable rating requirements of the Underwriters’
Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate:
Any Class A-1
Certificate other than an ERISA-Restricted Certificate.
Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Fannie Mae : Fannie Mae, formerly known as the Federal
National Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.
FDIC : Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
Fitch: Fitch Ratings or any successor thereto.
Floor Account : A segregated trust account established and
maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 4.7
of this Agreement.
Floor Agreement:
The interest rate floor agreement between
the Trustee on behalf of the Supplemental Interest Trust and the
Floor Provider relating to the Certificates in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit R.
Floor Agreement Reserve
Fund: A segregated trust
account established and maintained by the Securities Administrator
pursuant to Section 4.8 of this Agreement.
Floor Ceiling Rate:
With respect to the Interest Rate Floor
Agreement and each Distribution Date, the floor ceiling rate set
forth for such Distribution Date on Schedule Four
hereto.
Floor Payment : With respect to the Floor Agreement, the
product of (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the Floor Strike Rate,
over (y) the greater of (a) one-month LIBOR (as calculated pursuant
to the Interest Rate Floor Agreement) and (b) the Floor Ceiling
Rate, (ii) the Floor Notional Balance (as set forth on Schedule
Four hereto) and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
actual number of days elapsed from the previous Distribution Date
to but excluding the current Distribution Date (or, for the first
Distribution Date, the actual number of days elapsed from the
Closing Date to but excluding the first Distribution Date), and the
denominator of which is 360.
Floor Provider:
The floor provider under the
Interest Rate Floor Agreement and any successor in interest or
assign. Initially, the Floor Provider shall be The Bank of
New York.
Floor Strike Rate:
With respect to the Interest Rate Floor
Agreement and each Distribution Date, the floor strike rate set
forth for such Distribution Date on Schedule Four
hereto.
Form 8-K Disclosure
Information : Has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.30(b) of this Agreement.
Freddie Mac : The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
or any successor thereto.
GMACM : GMAC Mortgage, LLC, or any successor
thereto.
GMACM Servicing Agreement
: The Servicing Agreement, dated as
of August 5, 2005, as amended by Amendment Number One, dated
January 31, 2006, between the Seller and GMACM and as modified
pursuant to the related Assignment Agreement.
Gross Margin : With respect to each Loan, the fixed percentage set
forth in the related Mortgage Note that is added to the Index on
each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such
Loan.
Independent : When used with respect to any specified
Person, any such Person who (i) is in fact independent of the
Depositor, each Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or
any material indirect financial interest in the Depositor, any
Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or any
Affiliate of any such party and (iii) is not connected with the
Depositor, any Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter,
trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
When used with respect to any accountants, a Person who is
“independent” within the meaning of Rule 2-01(B) of the
Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation S-X.
Independent means, when used with respect to any other
Person, a Person who (A) is in fact independent of another
specified Person and any affiliate of such other Person, (B) does
not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in such
other Person or any affiliate of such other Person, (C) is not
connected with such other Person or any affiliate of such other
Person as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, Securities
Administrator, partner, director or Person performing similar
functions and (D) is not a member of the immediate family of a
Person defined in clause (B) or (C) above.
Index : As of any Adjustment Date, the index applicable to
the determination of the Mortgage Rate on each Loan will generally
be the average of the interbank offered rates for six-month United
States dollar deposits in the London market as published in The
Wall Street Journal and as most recently available either (a) as of
the first Business Day forty-five (45) days prior to such
Adjustment Date or (b) as of the first Business Day of the month
preceding the month of such Adjustment Date, as specified in the
related Mortgage Note.
Indirect Depository
Participants : Entities
such as banks, brokers, dealers or trust companies that clear
through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Depository
Participant, either directly or indirectly.
IndyMac : IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., or any successor
thereto.
IndyMac Servicing Agreement
: The First Amended and Restated
Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2005, as amended and restated to and including December 1,
2005, between the Seller and IndyMac and as modified pursuant to
the related Assignment Agreement.
Insurance Proceeds
: Proceeds of any title policy,
hazard policy, mortgage guaranty policy or other insurance policy
covering a Loan, to the extent such proceeds are not to be applied
to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to
the Mortgagor in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement.
Interest Accrual Period
: With respect to the Class A
Certificates (other than the Class A-1 Certificates) and the Class
M Certificates, (i) with respect to the first Distribution Date,
the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the day
preceding that Distribution Date and (ii) with respect to any
Distribution Date thereafter, the period commencing on the
Distribution Date in the month immediately preceding the month in
which that Distribution Date occurs and ending on the day preceding
that Distribution Date. Interest on each such Class of Certificates
will be calculated based on a 360-day year and the actual number of
days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period. With
respect to the Class A-1 Certificates, the calendar month
immediately preceding that Distribution Date. Interest on the
Class A-1 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year
composed of 12 thirty-day months. With respect to any
Distribution Date and any REMIC Regular Interest, the one-month
period ending on the last day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Interest Carry Forward
Amount : With respect to
any Distribution Date and any Class of Class A Certificates or
Class M Certificates, the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which
(a) the Interest Distribution Amount for such Class of Certificates
as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date exceeded (b) the
actual amount distributed on such Class of Certificates in respect
of interest on such immediately preceding Distribution Date and
(ii) the amount of any Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class
of Certificates remaining unpaid from the previous Distribution
Date, plus accrued interest on such sum calculated at the related
Pass-Through Rate for the most recently ended Interest Accrual
Period.
Interest Distribution
Amount : On any
Distribution Date, for any Class of Certificates (other than the
Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the Class R
Certificates), the amount of interest accrued during the related
Interest Accrual Period on the Certificate Principal Balance of
that Class which shall be an amount, not less than zero, equal to
(a) the product of (1) 1/12th of the Pass-Through Rate for such
Class and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance for such Class
before giving effect to allocations of Realized Losses in
connection with such Distribution Date or distributions to be made
on such Distribution Date, reduced by (b) the sum of (i)
Uncompensated Interest Shortfalls allocated to such Class pursuant
to Section 1.2, (ii) the interest portion of Realized Losses
allocated to such Class pursuant to Section 1.2 and (iii) such
class’ allocable share of Net Deferred Interest on the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date. On any
Distribution Date, for the Class CE Certificates, the amount of
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period with
respect to the T3-X interest in REMIC III, reduced by Uncompensated
Interest Shortfalls allocated to the Class CE Certificates pursuant
to Section 1.2 and the interest portion of Realized Losses
allocated to the Class CE Certificates pursuant to Section
1.2.
Interest Funds : For any Distribution Date is equal to the sum
of (i) the Interest Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date
and (ii) the aggregate Deferred Interest for the Mortgage Loans for
the related Due Date up to the Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date.
Interest Remittance Amount
: For any Distribution Date, the
sum of the following amounts:
(1)
all interest received by or on behalf of
each Servicer with respect to the Loans by the Determination Date
for such Distribution Date and not previously
distributed;
(2)
all Advances in respect of interest made
by a Servicer and/or the Master Servicer with respect to Loans for
that Distribution Date;
(3)
any amounts paid as Compensating Interest
on the Loans by a Servicer and/or the Master Servicer for that
Distribution Date;
(4)
the interest portions of the total amount
deposited in the Distribution Account in connection with a Purchase
Obligation under Section 2.3, any permitted purchase of a Loan
pursuant to Section 3.31 or any permitted repurchase of a
Loan; and
(5)
the interest portions of the Termination
Price;
minus the sum of the following
amounts:
(1)
the interest portion of all Prepaid
Monthly Payments;
(2)
the interest portion of all Curtailments
received after the related Prepayment Period, together with all
interest paid by the related Mortgagor in connection with such
Curtailments;
(3)
the interest portion of all Payoffs
received after the related Prepayment Period, together with all
interest paid by the related Mortgagor in connection with such
Payoffs;
(4)
all amounts (other than Advances in
respect of principal) reimbursable to a Servicer pursuant to the
terms of the related Servicing Agreement or to the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Custodians
pursuant to this Agreement or the related Custodial Agreement;
and
(5)
the Servicing Fee, the Master Servicing
Fee and the Credit Risk Management Fee for each Loan and any
premiums payable in connection with any lender paid primary
mortgage insurance policies for the related Due Period.
Investment Withdrawal Distribution
Date : As defined in
Section 3.23(c).
Issuing Entity : Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan
Trust, Series 2007-OA2.
Last Scheduled Distribution
Date : The Distribution
Date in April 2047.
LIBOR Business Day
: Any day on which dealings in
United States dollars are transacted in the London interbank
market.
LIBOR Determination Date
: With respect to each Interest
Accrual Period (other than the initial Interest Accrual Period) and
the Adjustable Rate Certificates, the second LIBOR Business Day
preceding such Interest Accrual Period on which the Securities
Administrator will determine One-Month LIBOR for such Interest
Accrual Period.
Liquidated Loan
: A Loan as to which the related
Servicer has determined in accordance with its customary servicing
practices that all amounts which it expects to recover from or on
account of such Loan, whether from Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise, have been recovered. For purposes of this
definition, acquisition of a Mortgaged Property by the Trust Fund
shall not constitute final liquidation of the related
Loan.
Liquidation Proceeds
: The amount (other than Insurance
Proceeds or amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO
Property prior to REO Disposition) received by the applicable
Servicer pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement or the Master
Servicer in connection with (i) the taking of all or a part of a
Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or
condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted Loan through a
trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or (iii) the
repurchase, substitution or sale of a Loan or an REO Property
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.3 or Section
9.1.
Loan Documents : The documents evidencing or relating to each
Loan delivered to the Custodians under the related Custodial
Agreement on behalf of the Trustee.
Loan Schedule : The schedule, as amended from time to time,
of Loans, attached hereto as Schedule One, which shall set forth as
to each Loan the following, among other things:
(i)
the loan number of the Loan and name of
the related Mortgagor;
(ii)
the street address of the Mortgaged
Property including city, state and zip code;
(iii)
the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the
Cut-Off Date;
(iv)
the original term and maturity date of
the related Mortgage Note;
(v)
the original Principal
Balance;
(vi)
the first payment date;
(vii)
the Monthly Payment in effect as of the
Cut-Off Date;
(viii)
the date of the last paid installment of
interest;
(ix)
the unpaid Principal Balance as of the
close of business on the Cut-Off Date;
(x)
the Loan-to-Value ratio at
origination;
(xi)
the type of property and the Original
Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xii)
whether a primary mortgage insurance
policy is in effect as of the Cut-Off Date;
(xiii)
the nature of occupancy at
origination;
(xiv)
the first Adjustment Date, if
applicable;
(xv)
the Gross Margin, if
applicable;
(xvi)
the Maximum Mortgage Rate under the terms
of the Mortgage Note, if applicable;
(xvii)
the Minimum Mortgage Rate under the terms
of the Mortgage Note, if applicable;
(xviii)
the Periodic Rate Cap, if
applicable;
(xix)
the first Adjustment Date immediately
following the Cut-off Date, if applicable;
(xx)
the Index, if applicable;
(xxi)
a code indicating whether the Loan is
subject to Prepayment Charge, the term of such Prepayment Charge
and the amount of such Prepayment Charge;
(xxii)
the Servicer;
(xxiii)
the Servicing Fee Rate; and
(xxiv)
the Custodian.
Loans : The Mortgages and the related Mortgage Notes,
each transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to the
provisions hereof as from time to time are held as part of the
Trust Fund, as so identified in the Loan Schedule. Each of the
Loans is referred to individually in this Agreement as a
“Loan”.
Loan-to-Value Ratio
: The original principal amount of
a Loan divided by the Original Value; however, references to
“current Loan-to-Value Ratio” shall mean the then
current Principal Balance of a Loan divided by the Original
Value.
Majority Class CE
Certificateholder : The
Holder of a 50.01% or greater Percentage Interest in the Class CE
Certificates.
Master Servicer
: As of the Closing Date, Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., and thereafter, its respective successors in
interest who meet the qualifications of this Agreement. The Master
Servicer and the Securities Administrator shall at all times be the
same Person.
Master Servicer Event of
Default : One or more of
the events described in Section 7.1 hereof.
Master Servicing Compensation:
As defined in Section
3.14(a).
Master Servicing Fee:
As to each Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to one twelfth of the product of
the Master Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Scheduled Principal
Balance of such Loan as of the Due Date in the month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date.
Master Servicing Fee Rate:
0.00% per annum.
Maximum Mortgage Rate
: With respect to each Loan, the
percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the maximum
Mortgage Rate thereunder.
Minimum Mortgage Rate
: With respect to each Loan, the
percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the minimum
Mortgage Rate thereunder.
Monthly Advance
: As to any Loan or REO Property,
any advance made by a Servicer in respect of any Determination Date
or in respect of any Distribution Date by a successor Servicer
(including the Master Servicer) or by the Master Servicer or
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement (which advances
shall not include principal or interest shortfalls due to
bankruptcy proceedings or application of the Relief Act or similar
state or local laws).
Monthly Payment
: The scheduled payment of
principal and interest on a Loan which is due on any Due Date for
such Loan after giving effect to any reduction in the amount of
interest collectible from any Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief
Act.
Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or its
successor in interest.
Mortgage : The mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument creating a first lien on, or first priority security
interest in, a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage
Note.
Mortgage File : The Loan Documents pertaining to a particular
Loan.
Mortgage Interest Rate
: For any Loan, the per annum rate
at which interest accrues on such Loan pursuant to the terms of the
related Mortgage Note without regard to any reduction thereof as a
result of the Relief Act.
Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement : The Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of March 30, 2007, between the
Depositor and the Seller, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit J hereto.
Mortgage Note : The note or other evidence of indebtedness
evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Loan.
Mortgage Pool : All of the Loans.
Mortgaged Property
: With respect to any Loan, the
real property, together with improvements thereto, securing the
indebtedness of the Mortgagor under the related Loan.
Mortgagor : The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
MTA Determination Date
: As to any Distribution Date and
the Class A-1 Certificates, the fifteenth calendar day prior to the
beginning of the applicable Interest Accrual Period for such Class
and such Distribution Date.
Net Deferred Interest:
For any Distribution Date is equal
to the excess, if any, of the Deferred Interest for each Mortgage
Loan for the related Due Date, over the aggregate Principal
Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.
Net Monthly Excess Cashflow:
With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) any Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount and (ii) the excess of (x) the Available
Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date over (y) the sum
for that Distribution Date of the Senior Interest Distribution
Amount payable to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, the
aggregate of the Interest Distribution Amounts payable to the
Holders of the Class M Certificates, the Principal Funds, the
Prepayment Charges and any Adjusted Net Securities Administrator
Swap Payment or Swap Termination Payment (not caused by the
occurrence of a Swap Provider Trigger Event) owed to the Swap
Provider.
Net Mortgage Rate:
For each Loan and for any date of
determination, a per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Interest Rate
for such Loan less the Administration Fee Rate.
Net Securities Administrator Swap
Payment: For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Securities
Administrator Swap Payment over the Swap Provider
Payment.
Net Swap Provider Payment:
For any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of the Swap Provider Payment over the Securities
Administrator Swap Payment.
Net WAC Pass-Through Rate
: For any Distribution Date and the
Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates is a rate
per annum equal to a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the product of (A) 12 and (B) the
amount of interest which accrued on the Loans during the related
Interest Accrual Period for such Distribution Date minus
(x) the aggregate Administration Fee for each Loan and
(y) the sum of any Adjusted Net Securities Administrator Swap
Payments payable to the Swap Provider and any Swap Termination
Payments payable to the Swap Provider for such Distribution Date,
and the denominator of which is the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the immediately
preceding Due Period (or as of the Cut-Off Date with respect to the
first Distribution Date), after giving effect to Payoffs and
Curtailments received during the related Prepayment Period.
With respect to the Offered Certificates (other than the
Class A-1 Certificates), the Net Wac Pass-Through Rate will be
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days that elapsed in
the Interest Accrual Period.
Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount:
With respect to any
Class of the Class A Certificates or Class M Certificates and any
Distribution Date on which the related Pass-Through Rate is limited
to the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate, an amount equal to the sum of (i)
the excess of (x) the amount of interest such Class of Certificates
would have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date if
the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate had not been applicable to such Class
of Certificates on such Distribution Date over (y) the amount of
interest accrued on such Class of Certificates for Distribution
Date at the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate plus (ii) the related Net WAC
Rate Carryover Amount for previous Distribution Dates not
previously distributed, together with interest thereon at a rate
equal to the related Pass-Through Rate for such Class of
Certificates for the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period
determined without taking into account the Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate.
Nonrecoverable Advance
: With respect to any Loan, any
Advance or Servicing Advance which the related Servicer shall have
determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance as defined in and
pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, or which the Master
Servicer (including the Trustee as successor Master Servicer) shall
have determined to be nonrecoverable pursuant to Section 4.4,
respectively, and which was or is proposed to be made by such
Servicer or the Master Servicer (including the Trustee as successor
Master Servicer) .
Non-U.S. Person
: A Person that is not a U.S.
Person.
Officer’s Certificate
: With respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a
Vice-President, however denominated, of such Person (or, in the
case of a Person which is not a corporation, signed by the person
or persons having like responsibilities), and delivered to the
Trustee.
One-Month LIBOR
: For the initial Interest Accrual
Period, the Securities Administrator will determine One-Month LIBOR
for such Interest Accrual Period based on information available on
the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the Closing Date with
respect to the Adjustable Rate Certificates, and for any Interest
Accrual Period thereafter, on the second LIBOR Business Day
preceding the related Interest Accrual Period, the one month rate
which appears on the Dow Jones Telerate System, page 3750, as of
11:00 a.m., London time on the LIBOR Determination Date. If such
rate is not provided, One-Month LIBOR shall mean the rate
determined by the Securities Administrator (or a calculation agent
on its behalf) in accordance with the following
procedure:
(i)
The Securities Administrator on the LIBOR
Determination Date will request the principal London offices of
each of four major Reference Banks in the London interbank market,
as selected by the Securities Administrator, to provide the
Securities Administrator with its offered quotation for deposits in
United States dollars for the upcoming one-month period, commencing
on the second LIBOR Business Day immediately following such LIBOR
Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market
at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such LIBOR Determination
Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single
transaction in United States dollars in such market at such time.
If at least two such quotations are provided, One-Month LIBOR
determined on such LIBOR Determination Date will be the arithmetic
mean of such quotations.
(ii)
If fewer than two quotations are
provided, One-Month LIBOR determined on such LIBOR Determination
Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at
approximately 11:00 a.m. in New York City on such LIBOR
Determination Date by three major banks in New York City selected
by the Securities Administrator for one-month United States dollar
loans to lending European banks, in a principal amount that is
representative for a single transaction in United States dollars in
such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so
selected by the Securities Administrator are not quoting as
mentioned in this sentence, One-Month LIBOR determined on such
LIBOR Determination Date will continue to be One-Month LIBOR as
then currently in effect on such LIBOR Determination
Date.
(iii)
The establishment of One-Month LIBOR and
each Pass-Through Rate for the Certificates by the Securities
Administrator shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of an Adjustable Rate
Certificate and the Securities Administrator.
One-Year MTA: On each MTA Determination Date, One-Year MTA
will be equal to a per annum rate equal to the twelve-month moving
average monthly yield on United States Treasury Securities adjusted
to a constant maturity of one year as published by the Federal
Reserve Board in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release
“Selected Interest Rates (H.15)”, determined by
averaging the monthly yields for the most recent twelve months.
The One-Year MTA used for each Interest Accrual Period will
be the most recent One-Year MTA figure available as of fifteen days
prior to the commencement of that Interest Accrual
Period.
(i)
If One-Year MTA is no longer available,
the Securities Administrator will choose a new index for the Class
A-1 Certificates that is based on comparable information.
When the Securities Administrator chooses a new index for the
Class A-1 Certificates, it will increase or decrease the related
margin by the difference between One-Year MTA for the final three
years it was in effect and the average of the most recent three
years for the replacement index. The related margin will be
increased by that difference if the average One-Year MTA is greater
than the average replacement index and the related margin will be
decreased by that difference if the replacement index is greater
than the average One-Year MTA. The Securities Administrator
will have no liability for the selection of such alternative index
(and will be entitled to rely on such advice, if any, as it may
deem appropriate in such selection), except that the Securities
Administrator will select a particular index as the alternative
index only if it receives an Opinion of Counsel (furnished at the
Trust Fund’s expense) that the selection of such index will
not cause any REMIC to lose its classification as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes.
(ii)
The establishment of One-Year MTA on each
MTA Determination Date by the Securities Administrator and the
Securities Administrator’s calculation of the rate of
interest applicable to the Class A-1 Certificates for the related
Interest Accrual Period will, absent manifest error, be final and
binding.
Opinion of Counsel
: A written opinion of counsel, who
may, without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor, a
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer
acceptable to the Trustee, except that any opinion of counsel
relating to (a) the qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC or (b)
compliance with the REMIC Provisions must be an opinion of
Independent counsel.
Optional Termination Date
: The Distribution Date on which
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans (and REO
Properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the
Trust Fund as of the last day of the related Due Period is reduced
to less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
Original Value : With respect to any Loan other than a Loan
originated for the purpose of refinancing an existing mortgage
debt, the lesser of (a) the Appraised Value (if any) of the
Mortgaged Property at the time the Loan was originated or (b) the
purchase price paid for the Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor.
With respect to a Loan originated for the purpose of refinancing
existing mortgage debt, the Original Value shall be equal to the
lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at the
time the Loan was originated or (b) the appraised value at the time
the refinanced mortgage debt was incurred.
OTS : The Office of Thrift Supervision, or any
successor thereto.
Overcollateralization Amount:
With respect to any
Distribution Date following the Closing Date will be an amount by
which the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans
immediately following the Distribution Date exceeds the sum of the
Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates, the
Class M Certificates and the Class P Certificates after taking into
account distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Increase
Amount : With respect to
any Distribution Date will be the lesser of (i) the Net Monthly
Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date and (ii) the amount, if
any, by which the Required Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date exceeds the Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date (assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance
Amount is applied as a principal payment on such Distribution Date
and without giving effect to any other distributions on the
Certificates in reduction of their respective Certificate Principal
Balances on such Distribution Date).
Overcollateralization Reduction
Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the Principal Funds and
(ii) excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralization Amount for
such Distribution Date (assuming that 100% of the Principal
Remittance Amount is applied as a principal payment on such
Distribution Date and without giving effect to any other
distributions on the Certificates in reduction of their respective
Certificate Principal Balances on such Distribution Date) over (b)
the Required Overcollateralization Amount; provided however that on
any Distribution Date on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall equal zero.
Ownership Interest
: With respect to any Residual
Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such Residual
Certificate, including any interest in a Residual Certificate as
the Holder thereof and any other interest therein whether direct or
indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledge.
Pass-Through Entity
: Any regulated investment company,
real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust
or estate, and any organization to which Section 1381 of the Code
applies.
Pass-Through Rate
: The Pass-Through Rate with
respect to (a) each Class of Adjustable Rate Certificates (other
than the Class A-1 Certificates) for each Distribution Date through
and including the Optional Termination Date will be the least of
(i) One-Month LIBOR plus the applicable margin set forth below for
such Class and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate;
provided, however, that the margins applicable to each of the Class
A Certificates (other than the Class A-1 Certificates) will
increase by 100% and the margins applicable to each of the Class M
Certificates will increase by 50% on the Distribution Date
following the first possible Optional Termination Date with respect
to the Loans and (b) the Class A-1 Certificates, will be the lesser
of (i) One-Year MTA plus the applicable margin set forth below for
such Class and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate.
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Class
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Margin
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A-1
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0.77%
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A-2
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0.22%
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A-3
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0.30%
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M-1
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0.45%
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M-2
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0.50%
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M-3
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0.55%
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M-4
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0.75%
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M-5
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0.85%
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M-6
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0.95%
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M-7
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1.75%
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M-8
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3.00%
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M-9
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4.00%
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Payoff : Any voluntary payment of principal on a Loan
by a Mortgagor equal to the entire outstanding Principal Balance of
such Loan, if received in advance of the last scheduled Due Date
for such Loan and is not accompanied by scheduled interest due on
any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
such payment-in-full.
PCAOB : Means the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board.
Percentage Interest:
With respect to any Class of Certificates
(other than the Residual Certificates) and any date of
determination, the undivided percentage ownership in such Class
evidenced by such Certificate, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the initial Certificate Principal Balance
represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which is the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of all of the
Certificates of such Class. Each Certificate is issuable only in
minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to the Authorized
Denomination of the related Class of Certificates; provided,
however, that a single Certificate of each such Class of
Certificates may be issued having a Percentage Interest
corresponding to the remainder of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class or to an otherwise Authorized
Denomination for such Class plus such remainder. With respect to
any Residual Certificate, the undivided percentage ownership in
such Class evidenced by such Certificate, is as set forth on the
face of such Certificate.
Periodic Rate Cap
: With respect to each Loan and any
Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth in the
related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the
Mortgage Rate for such Loan may increase or decrease (without
regard to the Maximum Mortgage Rate or the Minimum Mortgage Rate)
on such Adjustment Date from the Mortgage Rate in effect
immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
Permitted Transferee
: With respect to the holding or
ownership of any Residual Certificate, any Person other than (i)
the United States, a State or any political subdivision thereof, or
any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a
foreign government or International Organization, or any agency or
instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Code
Section 521) which is exempt from the taxes imposed by Chapter 1 of
the Code (unless such organization is subject to the tax imposed by
Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv)
rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Code Section
1381(a)(2)(C), (v) any electing large partnership under Section 775
of the Code, (vi) any Person from whom the Securities Administrator
has not received an affidavit to the effect that it is not a
“disqualified organization” within the meaning of
Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that
the transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
such Person may cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are
outstanding. The terms “United States,”
“State” and “International Organization”
shall have the meanings set forth in Code Section 7701 or successor
provisions. A corporation shall not be treated as an
instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political
subdivision thereof if all of its activities are subject to tax,
and, with the exception of Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of
directors is not selected by such governmental unit.
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.
Plan : An employee benefit plan or arrangement which
is subject to Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code
or an entity whose underlying assets include such plan’s or
arrangement’s assets by reason of their investment in the
entity.
Prepaid Monthly Payment
: Any Monthly Payment received
prior to its scheduled Due Date, which is intended to be applied to
a Loan on its scheduled Due Date and held in the related Protected
Account until the related Servicer Remittance Date following its
scheduled Due Date.
Prepayment Charge:
With respect to any Principal Prepayment,
any prepayment premium, penalty or charge payable by a Mortgagor in
connection with any Principal Prepayment on a Loan pursuant to the
terms of the related Mortgage Note, as set forth on the Prepayment
Charge Schedule.
Prepayment Charge Schedule:
As of any date, the
list of Loans providing for a Prepayment Charge included in the
Trust Fund on such date, attached hereto as Schedule Two (including
the prepayment charge summary attached thereto). The
Depositor shall deliver or cause the delivery of the Prepayment
Charge Schedule to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Credit
Risk Manager on the Closing Date. The Prepayment Charge Schedule
shall set forth the following information with respect to each
Prepayment Charge:
(i)
the Loan identifying number;
(ii)
a code indicating the type of Prepayment
Charge;
(iii)
the date on which the first Monthly
Payment was due on the related Mortgaged Loan;
(iv)
the term of the related Prepayment
Charge;
(v)
the original Principal Balance of the
related Loan; and
(vi)
the Principal Balance of the related Loan
as of the Cut-Off Date.
Prepayment Interest
Shortfall : For any
Distribution Date and any Loan on which a Payoff was made by a
Mortgagor during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to
one month’s interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on
such Loan less the amount of interest actually paid by the
Mortgagor with respect to such Payoff.
Prepayment Period
: With respect to each Servicer, as
set forth in the related Servicing Agreement.
Principal Balance
: For any Loan and at the time of
any determination, the principal balance of such Loan remaining to
be paid at the close of business on the Cut-Off Date after
deduction of all principal payments due on or before the Cut-Off
Date whether or not received, reduced by the principal portion of
all amounts received with respect to such Loan after the Cut-Off
Date or Subsequent Cut-Off Date, as applicable, and distributed or
to be distributed to Certificateholders through the Distribution
Date in the month of such determination. In the case of a
Substitute Loan, “Principal Balance” shall mean, at the
time of any determination, the principal balance of such Substitute
Loan on the related Cut-Off Date reduced by the principal portion
of all amounts received with respect to such Loan after the Cut-Off
Date and distributed or to be distributed to Certificateholders
through the Distribution Date in the month of determination.
The Principal Balance of a Liquidated Loan shall be
zero.
Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date will equal (i) the excess of the Principal Funds
for such Distribution Date plus (ii) any Overcollateralization
Increase Amount minus (iii) the amount of any
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date
and any amounts payable or reimbursable therefrom to the Servicers,
the Trustee, the Custodians, the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator prior to distributions being made on the
Certificates. In no event will the Principal Distribution
Amount with respect to any Distribution Date be less than zero or
greater than the then outstanding aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Certificates.
Principal Funds:
For any Distribution Date is equal to the
excess, if any, of (i) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date over (ii) the aggregate Deferred Interest for the
Mortgage Loans for the related Due Date.
Principal Prepayment
: Any payment of principal on a
Loan which constitutes a Payoff or a Curtailment.
Principal Remittance Amount:
With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts:
(1)
the total amount of all principal
received by or on behalf of each Servicer with respect to the Loans
by the Determination Date for such Distribution Date and not
previously distributed (including Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries);
(2)
all Advances in respect of principal made
by a Servicer and/or the Master Servicer with respect to Loans for
that Distribution Date;
(3)
the principal portions of the total
amount deposited in the Distribution Account in connection with a
Purchase Obligation under Section 2.3, any permitted repurchase of
a Loan or purchase of a Loan pursuant to Section 3.31;
and
(4)
the principal portions of the Termination
Price;
minus, the sum of the following
amounts:
(1)
the principal portion of all Prepaid
Monthly Payments;
(2)
the principal portion of all Curtailments
received after the related Prepayment Period;
(3)
the principal portion of all Payoffs
received after the related Prepayment Period;
(4)
the principal portion of Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, and Subsequent Recoveries received on
the Loans after the related Prepayment Period;
(5)
all Advances in respect of principal
reimbursable to a Servicer pursuant to the terms of the related
servicing agreement or to the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement; and
(6) all other amounts reimbursable to a
Servicer pursuant to the terms of the related Servicing Agreement
or to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee or the Custodians pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or the Custodial Agreements for the related Due Period to the
extent not reimbursed from the Interest Remittance Amount for the
related Due Period.
Protected Account
: An account or accounts
established and maintained for the benefit of the
Certificateholders by each Servicer with respect to the related
Loans and with respect to REO Property pursuant to the applicable
Servicing Agreement and which are Eligible Accounts.
Purchase Obligation
: An obligation of the Depositor or
the Seller to repurchase Loans under the circumstances and in the
manner provided in Section 2.3.
Purchase Price : With respect to any Loan to be purchased
pursuant to a Purchase Obligation, any Loan to be purchased
pursuant to Section 3.32, or any Loan to be purchased or
repurchased relating to an REO Property, and as confirmed by an
Officers’ Certificate from the Master Servicer to the Trustee
and the Securities Administrator, an amount equal to the sum of
(i) 100% of the Principal Balance thereof as of the date of
purchase (or in the case of an REO Property being purchased as
provided in Section 9.1, 100% of the fair market value of such
REO Property, such valuation to be conducted by an appraiser
mutually agreed upon between the Terminator and the Securities
Administrator, in their reasonable discretion), (ii) in the
case of (x) a Loan, accrued interest on such Principal Balance
at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate from the date interest was last
paid by the related Mortgagor or the date an Advance was last made
by the applicable Servicer or the Master Servicer, which payment or
Advance had as of the date of purchase been distributed pursuant to
Section 4.1, through the end of the calendar month in which the
purchase is to be effected and (y) an REO Property, the sum of
(1) accrued interest on such Principal Balance at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate from the date interest was last paid
by the related Mortgagor or the date an Advance was last made by
the Servicer or the Master Servicer through the end of the calendar
month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO
Property was acquired, plus (2) REO Imputed Interest for such
REO Property for each calendar month commencing with the calendar
month in which such REO Property was acquired and ending with the
calendar month in which such purchase is to be effected, net of the
total of all net rental income, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and Advances that as of the date of purchase had been
distributed as or to cover REO Imputed Interest in accordance with
the Servicing Agreement, (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and Advances (including Nonrecoverable Advances) and any
unpaid Servicing Fees or Master Servicing Fees allocable to such
Loan or REO Property, any amounts due and owing to the Trustee, the
Custodians, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator as of the Optional Termination Date and any Swap
Termination Payments payable to the Swap Provider which remain
unpaid or which are due to the exercise of the optional termination
right and (iv) in the case of a Loan required to be purchased
pursuant to Section 2.3, expenses reasonably incurred or to be
incurred by the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator in respect of the breach or defect giving
rise to a Purchase Obligation and any costs and damages incurred by
the Trust Fund in connection with any violation by any such Loan of
any predatory or abusive lending law.
Rating Agency : Initially, each of S&P, Moody’s and
Fitch; thereafter, each nationally recognized statistical rating
organization that has rated the Certificates at the request of the
Depositor, or their respective successors in interest.
Ratings : As of any date of determination, the ratings,
if any, of the Certificates as assigned by each Rating
Agency.
Realized Loss : For any Distribution Date and any Loan which
became a Liquidated Loan during the related Prepayment Period, the
sum of (i) the Principal Balance of such Loan remaining outstanding
(after all recoveries of principal, including net Liquidation
Proceeds, have been applied thereto) and the principal portion of
Advances which have been reimbursed with respect to such Loan, and
(ii) the accrued interest on such Loan remaining unpaid and the
interest portion of Advances which have been reimbursed from
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Loan. The amounts
described in clause (i) shall be the principal portion of Realized
Losses and the amounts described in clause (ii) shall be the
interest portion of Realized Losses. For any Distribution
Date and any Loan which is not a Liquidated Loan, the amount of any
Bankruptcy Loss incurred with respect to such Loan as of the
related Due Date shall be treated as a Realized Loss.
Record Date : With respect to each Distribution Date and
any Class of Book-Entry Certificates (other than the Class A-1
Certificates), the Business Day preceding the related Distribution
Date. With respect to each Distribution Date and the Class
A-1 Certificates and any Class that is not in Book-Entry form, the
last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which the related Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Banks
: Barclays Bank PLC, The Tokyo
Mitsubishi Bank and National Westminster Bank PLC and their
successors in interest; provided, however, that if any of the
foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then
any leading banks selected by the Securities Administrator which
are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the
International Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of
business in London, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or
under common control with the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof
and (iii) which have been designated as such by the Securities
Administrator
Regular Interest Certificates:
The Certificates (other
than the Class R Certificates).
Regulation AB : Means Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed
Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have
been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70
Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff
from time to time.
Relevant Servicing Criteria
: Means the Servicing Criteria
applicable to the various parties, as set forth on Exhibit M
attached hereto. For clarification purposes, multiple parties
can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria.
With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Custodians
or the Servicer, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria”
may refer to a portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria
applicable to such parties.
Relief Act : The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or
similar state or local laws.
Relief Act Interest
Shortfall : With respect
to any Distribution Date and a Loan, the reduction in the amount of
interest collectible on such Loan for the most recently ended
calendar month immediately preceding such Distribution Date as a
result of the application of the Relief Act.
REMIC : A “real estate mortgage investment
conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the
Code.
REMIC Provisions
: Provisions of the United States
federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment
conduits, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of the Code,
and related provisions, and proposed, temporary and final
regulations and published rulings, notices and announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time
to time.
REMIC Regular Interest
: A REMIC I Regular Interest, REMIC
II Regular Interest or a REMIC III Regular Interest.
REMIC Swap Rate
: For each Distribution Date (and the
related Interest Accrual Period), a per annum rate equal to the
product of: (i) 10.00% and (ii) 2.
Remittance Report
: A report by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 4.3.
REO Disposition
: The sale or other disposition of
an REO Property on behalf of REMIC I.
REO Imputed Interest
: As to any REO Property, for any
calendar month during which such REO Property was at any time part
of REMIC I, one month’s interest at the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate on the Scheduled Principal Balance of such REO
Property (or, in the case of the first such calendar month, of the
related Loan, if appropriate) as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date in such calendar month.
REO Property : A Mortgaged Property, title to which has been
acquired by a Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund through
foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise.
Required Overcollateralization
Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, (a) if such Distribution Date is prior to the
Stepdown Date, 1.100% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date, or (b) if such
Distribution Date is on or after the Stepdown Date, the greater of
(i) 2.750% (for any Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date
but prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013) or 2.200% (for
any Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date and on or after
the Distribution Date in April 2013), in each case, of the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after
reduction for Realized Losses on the Loans incurred during the
related Prepayment Period), and (ii) 0.50% of the sum of the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the
Cut-Off Date. If a Trigger Event is in effect on any Distribution
Date, the Required Overcollateralization Amount will be the same as
the Required Overcollateralization Amount for the previous
Distribution Date.
Reportable Event
: Has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.30(b) of this Agreement.
Residual Certificate
: The Class R Certificate, which is
being issued in a single Class. The R-I, R-II and R-III interests
are hereby each designated the sole Class of “residual
interests” in REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III, respectively,
for purposes of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
Reserve Fund : Shall mean the separate trust account created
and maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section
3.25 hereof.
Responsible Officer
: When used with respect to the
Trustee, any officer in the corporate trust department or similar
group of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject. When used with respect to
the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, the Chairman
or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors or Trustees, the
Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Executive or Standing Committee of
the Board of Directors or Trustees, the President, the Chairman of
the Committee on Trust Matters, any Vice-President, any Assistant
Vice-President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Cashier, any Assistant
Cashier, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, the
Controller, any Assistant Controller or any other officer
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the above-designated officers and in each case having direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement, and also,
with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject. When used with
respect to the Depositor or any other Person, the Chairman or
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman or
Vice-Chairman of any executive committee of the Board of Directors,
the President, any Vice-President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, or any other
officer of the Depositor customarily performing functions similar
to those performed by any of the above-designated officers and
also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
S&P : Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,
a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. provided, that at any
time it is a Rating Agency.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
: Means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the
Commission’s staff).
Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification : A
written certification signed by an officer of the Master Servicer
that complies with (i) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended
from time to time, and (ii) Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(d) and
15d-14(d), as in effect from time to time; provided that if, after
the Closing Date (a) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is amended, (b)
the Rules referred to in clause (ii) are modified or superseded by
any subsequent statement, rule or regulation of the Commission or
any statement of a division thereof, or (c) any future releases,
rules and regulations are published by the Commission from time to
time pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which in any such
case affects the form or substance of the required certification
and results in the required certification being, in the reasonable
judgment of the Master Servicer, materially more onerous than the
form of the required certification as of the Closing Date, the
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification shall be as agreed to by the Master
Servicer, the Depositor and the Seller following a negotiation in
good faith to determine how to comply with any such new
requirements.
Scheduled Principal Balance
: With respect to any Loan and a
Due Date, the unpaid principal balance of such Loan as specified in
the amortization schedule (before any adjustment to such schedule
by reason of bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or
similar waiver or grace period) for such Due Date, after giving
effect to (i) any previously applied Curtailments, (ii) the payment
of principal on such Due Date and any reduction of the principal
balance of such Loan by a bankruptcy court, irrespective of any
delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor and (iii) any
Deferred Interest added to the principal balance of that Mortgage
Loan pursuant to the terms of the related mortgage note on or prior
to that Due Date.
Securities Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder.
Securities Administrator
: As of the Closing Date, Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., and thereafter, its respective successors in
interest who meet the qualifications of this Agreement. The
Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer shall at all times
be the same Person.
Securities Administrator Swap
Payment : For any Distribution
Date on and after April 2007 and on or prior to the Distribution
Date in March 2008, an amount equal to the product of (x) One-Year
MTA (as calculated pursuant to Swap Agreement) plus a margin equal
to 0.32% per annum, (y) the notional amount set forth in Swap
Agreement (and shown on Annex III hereto) and (z) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is 360.
Seller : DB Structured Products, Inc., or its
successor in interest, in its capacity as seller under the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement and in its capacity as assignor under the
Assignment Agreements.
Senior Interest Distribution
Amount :
With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the Interest Distribution Amount for
such Distribution Date for the Class A Certificates and (ii) the
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date
for the Class A Certificates.
Senior Principal Distribution
Amount :
With respect to any Distribution Date is
an amount equal to the excess of (x) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to
the Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
73.250% (for any Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date
but prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013) or 78.600% (for
any Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date and on or after
the Distribution Date in April 2013) and (ii) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the excess, if any of
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period,
to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus the
product of (i) 0.50% and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
Servicer : GMACM, IndyMac and Countrywide Servicing, as
applicable, or any successor appointed under the applicable
Servicing Agreement.
Servicer Remittance Date
: With respect to each Servicer, as
set forth in the related Servicing Agreement.
Servicing Advances
: The customary reasonable and
necessary “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses incurred
by the applicable Servicer in connection with a default,
delinquency or other unanticipated event by the applicable Servicer
in the performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not
limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and
protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or
judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, in respect of a
particular Loan and (iii) the management (including reasonable fees
in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO Property. No
Servicer shall be required to make any Servicing Advance in respect
of a Loan or REO Property that, in the good faith business judgment
of such Servicer, would not be ultimately recoverable from related
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Loan or REO
Property as provided herein.
Servicing Agreement
: The GMACM Servicing Agreement,
the IndyMac Servicing Agreement and the Countrywide Servicing
Agreement, as applicable.
Servicing Criteria
: The “servicing
criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such
may be amended from time to time.
Servicing Fee : With respect to each Loan and for any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to one twelfth of the product of
the related Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Scheduled
Principal Balance of such Loan as of the Due Date in the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date. The Servicing Fee is
payable solely from collections of interest on the Loans or as
otherwise provided in the related Servicing Agreement.
Servicing Fee Rate
: With respect to each Loan, the
related per annum rate for such Loan, as set forth on the Loan
Schedule.
Servicing Function
Participant : Means any
Sub-Servicer, Subcontractor, each Servicer, the Master Servicer,
each Custodian, the Securities Administrator and any other Person
that is deemed to be “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation
AB.
Servicing Officer
: Any individual involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Loans
whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing
officers furnished to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Securities
Administrator on the Closing Date by each Servicer and the Master
Servicer, as such lists may from time to time be
amended.
Special Servicer
: A designee of the Majority Class
CE Certificateholder appointed hereunder that (i) (A) is an
affiliate of the Master Servicer and services mortgage loans
similar to the Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related
Mortgaged Properties are located or (B) has a rating of at least
“Above Average” by S&P or a rating of at least
“SQ2” as a special servicer by Moody’s, (ii) the
Rating Agencies have confirmed to the Trustee that such appointment
will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the then
current ratings of any of the Certificates, (iii) has a net worth
of at least $25,000,000, (iv) agrees to the conditions set forth in
Section 6.10 of this Agreement and (v) is reasonably acceptable to
the Master Servicer.
Special Servicer Agreement
: An agreement among the Special
Servicer, the Majority Class CE Certificateholder, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee which will (i) contain (a) special
servicing terms, provisions and conditions for the servicing and
administration of defaulted Loans for which the servicing
obligations have been transferred to the Special Servicer pursuant
to this Agreement and (b) certain representations and warranties of
the Special Servicer regarding the Special Servicer and the
performance of its servicing obligations and (ii) be reasonably
acceptable to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Rating
Agencies.
Startup Day: With respect to each REMIC, the day designated
as such pursuant to Section 10.1(b) hereof.
Stepdown Date:
The earlier to occur of (1) the
Distribution Date following the Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates
has been reduced to zero and (2) the later to occur of (x) the
Distribution Date in April 2010 and (y) the first Distribution Date
on which the Credit Enhancement Percentage of the Senior
Certificates (calculated for this purpose only after taking into
account distributions of principal on the Loans, but prior to any
distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount to the
Certificateholders then entitled to distributions of principal on
such Distribution Date) is greater than or equal to (a) 26.75% on
any Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013
and (b) 21.40% on any Distribution Date on or after the
Distribution Date in April 2013.
Subcontractor : Means any vendor, subcontractor or other
Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing of
Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of any Servicer (or
a Sub-Servicer of any Servicer), the Master Servicer, the Custodian
or the Securities Administrator.
Subordinate Certificates
: The Class M Certificates and the
Class CE Certificates.
Sub-Servicer : Means any Person that (i) services Mortgage
Loans on behalf of any Servicer or any party hereto, and (ii) is
responsible for the performance (whether directly or through
Sub-Servicers or Subcontractors) of servicing functions required to
be performed under this Agreement, any related Servicing Agreement
or any sub-servicing agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d)
of Regulation AB.
Substitute Loan:
A mortgage loan substituted for a Deleted
Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which must, on the
date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal
balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal
and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, not
in excess of the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Deleted Loan as
of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution
occurs, (ii) have a Mortgage Interest Rate not less than (and not
more than one percentage point in excess of) the Mortgage Interest
Rate of the Deleted Loan, (iii) have a remaining term to maturity
not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the
Deleted Loan, (iv) have the same Due Date as the Due Date on the
Deleted Loan, (v) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date of
substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the
Deleted Loan as of such date, (vi) have a risk grading at least
equal to the risk grading assigned on the Deleted Loan, (vii) is a
“qualified mortgage” as defined in the REMIC Provisions
and (viii) conform to each representation and warranty set forth in
Section 6 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement applicable to the
Deleted Loan. In the event that one or more mortgage loans
are substituted for one or more Deleted Loans, the amounts
described in clause (i) hereof shall be determined on the basis of
aggregate principal balances, the Mortgage Interest Rates described
in clause (ii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted
average Mortgage Interest Rates, the terms described in
clause (iii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted
average remaining term to maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratios
described in clause (v) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such
Substitute Loan, the risk gradings described in clause (vi) hereof
shall be satisfied as to each such Substitute Loan and, except to
the extent otherwise provided in this sentence, the representations
and warranties described in clauses (vii) and (viii) hereof must be
satisfied as to each Substitute Loan or in the aggregate, as the
case may be.
Substitution Shortfall
Amount : Has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.
Supplemental Interest Trust
: Has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.12 of this Agreement.
Swap Account : Has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9 of
this Agreement.
Swap Agreement : The interest rate swap agreement, dated as of
March 30, 2007, between HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as
trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Supplemental Interest Trust,
and the Swap Provider, together with any schedules, confirmations
or other agreements relating thereto. A copy of the Swap
Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit P.
Swap Provider Payment
: For any Distribution Date, the
product of (a) one-month LIBOR (as calculated pursuant to Swap
Agreement), (b) the notional amount set forth in Swap Agreement
(and shown on Schedule III) and (c) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the actual number of days elapsed from the previous
Distribution Date to but excluding the current Distribution Date
(or, for the first Distribution Date, the actual number of days
elapsed from the Closing Date to but excluding the first
Distribution Date) and the denominator of which is 360.
Swap Provider : The swap provider under each Swap Agreement
and any successor in interest or assign. Initially, the Swap
Provider shall be Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch.
Swap Provider Trigger
Event: With respect to
the Swap Provider and a Swap Agreement, a Swap Provider Trigger
Event shall have occurred if any of the following has occurred:
(i) an Event of Default under the Swap Agreement with
respect to which the Swap Provider is a Defaulting Party (as
defined in the Swap Agreement), (ii) a Termination Event under
the Swap Agreement with respect to which the Swap Provider is the
sole Affected Party (as defined in the Swap Agreement) or
(iii) an Additional Termination Event under the Swap Agreement
with respect to which the Swap Provider is the sole Affected
Party.
Swap Termination Payment:
With respect to the Swap Agreement,
upon the designation of an “Early Termination Date” as
defined in the Swap Agreement, the payment to be made by the
Supplemental Interest Trust to the Swap Provider, or by the Swap
Provider to the Supplemental Interest Trust, as applicable,
pursuant to the terms of the Swap Agreement.
Tax Matters Person
: The Holder of the Class R
Certificates issued hereunder or any Permitted Transferee of such
Class R Certificateholder shall be the initial “tax matters
person” for each REMIC created hereby within the meaning of
Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. For tax years commencing after any
transfer of the Class R Certificate, the holder of the greatest
Percentage Interest in the Class R Certificate at year end shall be
designated as the Tax Matters Person with respect to that year. If
the Tax Matters Person becomes a Disqualified Organization, the
last preceding Holder of such Authorized Denomination of the Class
R Certificate that is not a Disqualified Organization shall be Tax
Matters Person pursuant to Section 5.3(e). If any Person is
appointed as tax matters person by the Internal Revenue Service
pursuant to the Code, such Person shall be Tax Matters
Person.
Termination Price
: As defined in Section
9.1(a).
Terminator : As defined in Section 9.1(a).
Transfer : Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge
or other disposition of, or directly or indirectly transferring,
selling or pledging, any Ownership Interest in a Class CE
Certificate, a Class P Certificate or a Residual
Certificate.
Transferee : Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any
Ownership Interest in a Class CE Certificate, a Class P Certificate
or a Residual Certificate.
Trigger Event:
With respect to any Distribution Date, a
Trigger Event is in effect if (x) the percentage obtained by
dividing (i) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of Loans
delinquent 60 days or more (including Loans in foreclosure,
bankruptcy and REO) by (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Loans, in each case, as of the last day of the
previous calendar month, exceeds 26.17% (with respect to any
Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date in April 2013) or
32.71% (with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the
Distribution Date in April 2013) of the Credit Enhancement
Percentage with respect to the prior Distribution Date or (y) the
aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Cut-Off Date
through the last day of the related Due Period divided by the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans as of the
Cut-Off Date exceeds the applicable percentages set forth below
with respect to such Distribution Date:
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Distribution Date
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Percentage
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April 2009 to March 2010
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0.15 %, plus 1/12th of 0.30
% for each month
thereafter
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April 2010 to March 2011
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0.45 %, plus 1/12th of 0.30
% for each month
thereafter
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April 2011 to March 2012
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0.75 %, plus 1/12th of 0.35
% for each month
thereafter
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April 2012 to March 2013
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1.10 %, plus 1/12th of 0.40
% for each month
thereafter
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April 2013 to March 2014
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1.50 %, plus 1/12th of 0.15
% for each month
thereafter
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April 2014 and thereafter
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1.65 %
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Trust Fund : Collectively, all of the assets of each REMIC
created hereby, the Reserve Fund and the Carryover Reserve Fund and
any amounts on deposit therein and any proceeds thereof and the
Prepayment Charges. For avoidance of doubt, the Trust Fund
does not include the Supplemental Interest Trust.
Trust Prepayment Charge
: Any Prepayment Charge with
respect to a Loan listed on the Trust Prepayment Charge
Schedule.
Trust Prepayment Charge
Schedule : As of any
date, the list of Loans providing for a Prepayment Charge which are
payable to the Trust Fund, as owner of such Prepayment Charge,
included in the Trust Fund on such date, attached hereto as
Schedule Five.
Trustee : HSBC Bank USA, National Association, a
national banking association, or its successor in interest, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
Uncollected Interest
: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
with respect to the Loans for such Distribution Date and (ii) the
aggregate Curtailment Shortfalls with respect to the Loans for such
Distribution Date.
Uncompensated Interest
Shortfall : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of (a) the
related Uncollected Interest for such Distribution Date, and (b)
any shortfall in interest collections for the Loans in the calendar
month immediately preceding such Distribution Date resulting from a
Relief Act Interest Shortfall over (ii) the aggregate Compensating
Interest paid by the Servicers and the Master Servicer with respect
to the Loans for such Distribution Date, which excess shall be
allocated to each Class of Certificates, pro rata, according to the
amount of interest accrued thereon in reduction thereof.
Underwriter : Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Underwriters’
Exemption: Prohibited
Transaction Exemption 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002), as
amended (or any successor thereto), or any substantially similar
administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of
Labor.
Uninsured Cause
: Any cause of damage to a
Mortgaged Property such that the complete restoration of such
property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies
required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.9.
Unpaid Deferred Adjusted Net Swap
Amount: For any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate Deferred
Adjusted Net Swap Amount from prior Distribution Dates plus
interest accrued during the related Accrual Period on such Deferred
Adjusted Net Swap Amount at a rate of MTA (as determined under the
Swap Agreement) plus a margin equal to 0.32% per annum; provided,
that on any Distribution Date on which a Net Swap Provider Payment
is payable, immediately following such Distribution Date, the
Unpaid Deferred Adjusted Net Swap Amount for such Distribution Date
will be reduced (not below zero) by the lesser of (A) the Net Swap
Provider Payment for such Distribution Date and (B) the Unpaid
Deferred Adjusted Net Swap Amount for such Distribution
Date.
U.S. Person : A citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation or partnership (including an entity treated as a
corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax
purposes) created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United
States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (except, in
the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations)
or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal
income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within
the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the trust and one or more such U.S. Persons have
the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. To
the extent prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of the
Treasury, which have not yet been issued, a trust which was in
existence on August 20, 1996 (other than a trust treated as owned
by the grantor under subpart E of part 1 of subchapter J of chapter
1 of the Code), and which was treated as a U.S. Person on August
20, 1996 may elect to continue to be treated as a U.S. Person
notwithstanding the previous sentence.
Verification Agent
: As defined in Section
3.28.
Verification Report
: As defined in Section
3.28.
Voting Rights : The portion of the voting rights of all of
the Certificates which is allocated to any such Certificate. With
respect to any date of determination, 98% of all Voting Rights will
be allocated among the Holders of the Class A Certificates, the
Class M Certificates and the Class CE Certificates in proportion to
the then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of their
respective Certificates, 1% of all Voting Rights will be allocated
among the Holders of the Class P Certificates and 1% of all Voting
Rights will be allocated among the Holders of the Class R
Certificates. The Voting Rights allocated to each Class of
Certificates shall be allocated among Holders of each such Class in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the
most recent Record Date.
Wells Fargo : Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., or any successor thereto.
Wells Fargo Custodial
Agreement : The
Custodial Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007, among Wells Fargo
as custodian, and Countrywide and GMACM, each as a
servicer.
Section 1.2
Allocation of Certain Interest
Shortfalls.
For purposes of calculating the Interest
Distribution Amount for the Class A Certificates, the Class M
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates for any Distribution
Date, (1) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls and Curtailment Interest Shortfalls to the extent not
covered by payment by the related Servicer pursuant to the related
Servicing Agreement or the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.21
shall first, reduce the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow for such
Distribution Date, second, reduce the Overcollateralization Amount
on the related Distribution Date, third, reduce the Interest
Distribution Amount payable to each Class of Class M Certificates
in reverse order of payment priority, fourth, the Interest
Distribution Amount payable to the Class A Certificates (on a
pro rata basis based on their respective Senior Interest
Distribution Amounts before such reduction), (2) any Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls on the Loans shall be allocated to the
Certificates on a pro rata basis based on their respective Interest
Distribution Amounts before such reduction, and (3) the aggregate
amount of the interest portion of Realized Losses allocated to the
Class M Certificates and Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts paid to the
Class A Certificates and the Class M Certificates on any
Distribution Date shall be allocated to the Class CE Certificates
to the extent of the related Interest Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date.
ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE OF TRUST
FUND;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.1
Conveyance of Trust Fund.
The Depositor, concurrently with the
execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set
over and otherwise convey to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
without recourse, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all
the right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any
security interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and
to the Loans identified on the Loan Schedule, the rights of the
Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Servicing
Agreements, the Assignment Agreements and such assets as shall from
time to time be credited or required by the terms of this Agreement
to be credited to the Floor Account, Floor Agreement Reserve Fund,
Swap Account, Cap Account, Cap Agreement Reserve Fund Carryover
Reserve Fund, Reserve Fund and Distribution Amount (including,
without limitation the right to enforce the obligations of the
other parties thereto thereunder), and all other assets included or
to be included in REMIC I. Such assignment includes all
interest and principal received by the Depositor or the applicable
Servicer on or with respect to the Loans (other than payments of
principal and interest due on such Loans on or before the Cut-Off
Date). The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee executed
copies of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Assignment
Agreements (with copies of the related Servicing Agreements
attached thereto).
In connection with such transfer and
assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver to, and deposit with
the applicable Custodian pursuant to the related Custodial
Agreement the documents with respect to each Loan as described
under Section 2 of the related Custodial Agreement (the “Loan
Documents”). In connection with such delivery and as further
described in the related Custodial Agreement, the applicable
Custodian will be required to review such Loan Documents and
deliver to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Seller certifications (in the forms attached to the related
Custodial Agreement) with respect to such review with exceptions
noted thereon. In addition, the Depositor under the Custodial
Agreement will have to cure certain defects with respect to the
Loan Documents for the related Loans after the delivery thereof by
the Depositor to the Custodians as more particularly set forth
therein.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the parties hereto acknowledge that the functions
of the Trustee with respect to the custody, acceptance, inspection
and release of the Mortgage Files, including, but not limited to
certain insurance policies and documents contemplated by Section
3.12, and preparation and delivery of the certifications shall be
performed by the related Custodian pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the related Custodial Agreement.
The Depositor shall deliver or cause the
related originator to deliver to the related Servicer copies of all
trailing documents required to be included in the related Mortgage
File at the same time the originals or certified copies thereof are
delivered to the Trustee or related Custodian, such documents
including the mortgagee policy of title insurance and any Loan
Documents upon return from the recording office. The Servicers
shall not be responsible for any custodian fees or other costs
incurred in obtaining such documents and the Depositor shall cause
the Servicers to be reimbursed for any such costs the Servicers may
incur in connection with performing its obligations under this
Agreement.
The Loans permitted by the terms of this
Agreement to be included in the Trust are limited to (i) Loans
(which the Depositor acquired pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, which contains, among other representations and
warranties, a representation and warranty of the Seller that no
Loan sold by the Seller to the Depositor is a “High-Cost Home
Loan” as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act
effective November 27, 2003, as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan
Protection Act effective March 1, 2004, as defined in the
Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act, effective November
7, 2004 (Mass. Ann. Laws Ch. 183C) or as defined in the Indiana
Home Loan Practices Act, effective March 1, 2005 (Ind. Code Ann.
Sections 24-9-1 through 24-9-9)) and (ii) Substitute Loans (which,
by definition as set forth herein and referred to in the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, are required to conform to, among other
representations and warranties, the representation and warranty of
the Seller that no Substitute Loan sold by the Seller to the
Depositor is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the
New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003, as
defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective March
1, 2004, as defined in the Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan
Practices Act, effective November 7, 2004 (Mass. Ann. Laws Ch.
183C) or as defined in the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act,
effective March 1, 2005 (Ind. Code Ann. Sections 24-9-1 through
24-9-9)). The Depositor and the Trustee on behalf of the Trust
agree and understand that it is not intended that any Loan be
included in the Trust Fund that is (i) a “High-Cost Home
Loan” as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act
effective November 27, 2003, (ii) a “High-Cost Home
Loan” as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act
effective January 1, 2004, (iii) a “High-Cost Home
Loan” as defined in the Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan
Practices Act, effective November 7, 2004, (iv) a “high risk
home loan” under the Illinois High Risk Home Loan Act,
effective as of January 1, 2004, or (v) a “high cost home
loan” under the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law, effective
January 1, 2005. The Trustee shall be entitled to
indemnification from the Depositor and the Trust Fund for any loss,
liability or expense arising out of, or in connection with, the
provisions of the preceding sentence, including, without
limitation, all costs, liabilities and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) of investigating and defending
itself against any claim, action or proceeding, pending or
threatened, relating to such provisions.
Section 2.2
Acceptance by Trustee.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt, subject
to the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof and Section 2 of the
Custodial Agreements, of the Loan Documents and all other assets
included in the definition of “REMIC I” under clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) (to the extent of amounts deposited into the
Distribution Account), (iv) and (v) and declares that it holds (or
the applicable Custodian on its behalf holds) and will hold such
documents and the other documents delivered to it constituting a
Loan Document, and that it holds (or the applicable Custodian on
its behalf holds) or will hold all such assets and such other
assets included in the definition of “REMIC I” in
trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders.
Section 2.3
Repurchase or Substitution of Loans.
(a)
Upon discovery or receipt of notice of
any materially defective document in, or that a document is missing
from, a Mortgage File or of a breach by the Seller of any
representation, warranty or covenant under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement in respect of any Loan that materially and
adversely affects the value of such Loan or the interest therein of
the Certificateholders, the Trustee shall promptly notify the
Seller of such defect, missing document or breach and request that
the Seller deliver such missing document, cure such defect or
breach within 60 days from the date the Seller was notified of such
missing document, defect or breach, and if the Seller does not
deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in all
material respects during such period, the Trustee shall enforce the
obligations of the Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement to repurchase such Loan from REMIC I at the Purchase
Price within 90 days after the date on which the Seller was
notified of such missing document, defect or breach, if and to the
extent that the Seller is obligated to do so under the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Price for the repurchased
Loan shall be deposited in the Distribution Account and the
Trustee, upon receipt of written certification from the Securities
Administrator of such deposit and receipt by the Custodian of a
properly completed request for release for such Loan in the form of
Exhibit 3 to the related Custodial Agreement, shall release or
cause the applicable Custodian to release to the Seller the related
Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, representation or warranty, as the Seller shall furnish
to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller any Loan
released pursuant hereto, and the Trustee shall not have any
further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File. In lieu
of repurchasing any such Loan as provided above, if so provided in
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller may cause such
Loan to be removed from REMIC I (in which case it shall become a
Deleted Loan) and substitute one or more Substitute Loans in the
manner and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.3(b).
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to
cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Loan as to which a
document is missing, a material defect in a constituent document
exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such omission, defect
or breach available to the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the representation made by
the Seller in Section 6(xxiv) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement is breached, the Trustee shall enforce the obligation of
the Seller to repurchase such Loan at the Purchase Price, or to
provide a Substitute Loan (plus any costs and damages incurred by
the Trust Fund in connection with any violation by any such Loan of
any predatory or abusive lending law) within 90 days after the date
on which the Seller was notified of such breach.
In addition, should the Master Servicer
become aware of or in the event of its receipt of notice by a
Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer of the breach of the
representation or covenant of the Seller set forth in Section 5(x)
of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement which materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Holders of the Class P
Certificates in any Prepayment Charge, the Master Servicer shall
promptly notify the Seller and the Trustee of such breach. The
Trustee shall enforce the obligations of the Seller under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to remedy such breach to the
extent and in the manner set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
(b)
Any substitution of Substitute Loans for
Deleted Loans made pursuant to Section 2.3(a) must be effected
prior to the date which is two years after the Startup Day for the
REMIC I.
As to any Deleted Loan for which the
Seller substitutes a Substitute Loan or Loans, such substitution
shall be effected by the Seller delivering to the Trustee or the
applicable Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, for such Substitute
Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to
the Trustee, and such other documents and agreements, with all
necessary endorsements thereon, as are required by Section 2 of the
Custodial Agreements, as applicable, together with an
Officers’ Certificate providing that each such Substitute
Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the
Substitution Shortfall Amount (as described below), if any, in
connection with such substitution. The applicable Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee shall acknowledge receipt of such Substitute
Loan or Loans and, within ten Business Days thereafter, review such
documents and deliver to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master
Servicer, with respect to such Substitute Loan or Loans, an initial
certification pursuant to the related Custodial Agreement, with any
applicable exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of
substitution, the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee shall deliver
to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer a final
certification pursuant to the Custodial Agreement with respect to
such Substitute Loan or Loans, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon. Monthly Payments due with respect to Substitute Loans in
the month of substitution are not part of REMIC I and shall be
retained by the Seller. For the month of substitution,
distributions to Certificateholders shall reflect the Monthly
Payment due on such Deleted Loan on or before the Due Date in the
month of substitution, and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled
to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such
Deleted Loan. The Depositor shall give or cause to be given written
notice to the Certificateholders that such substitution has taken
place, shall amend the Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such
Deleted Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the substitution
of the Substitute Loan or Loans and shall deliver a copy of such
amended Loan Schedule to the Trustee and the Master Servicer. Upon
such substitution, such Substitute Loan or Loans shall constitute
part of the Trust Fund and shall be subject in all respects to the
terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
including all applicable representations and warranties thereof
included herein or in the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
For any month in which the Seller
substitutes one or more Substitute Loans for one or more Deleted
Loans, the Master Servicer shall determine the amount (the
“Substitution Shortfall Amount”), if any, by which the
aggregate Purchase Price of all such Deleted Loans exceeds the
aggregate of, as to each such Substitute Loan, the Scheduled
Principal Balance thereof as of the Due Date in the month of
substitution, together with one month’s interest on such
Scheduled Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate,
plus all outstanding Advances and Servicing Advances (including
Nonrecoverable Advances) related thereto. On the date of such
substitution, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Securities Administrator for deposit in the Distribution
Account an amount equal to the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if
any, and the Trustee or the applicable Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee, upon receipt of the related Substitute Loan or Loans and
certification by the Securities Administrator of such deposit and
receipt by the applicable Custodian of a properly completed request
for release for such Loan in the form of Exhibit 3 to the related
Custodial Agreement, shall release to the Seller the related
Mortgage File or Files and the Trustee shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, representation or warranty, as the Seller shall deliver
to it and as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted Loan
released pursuant hereto.
In addition, the Seller shall obtain at
its own expense and deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such substitution will not cause (a) any federal
tax to be imposed on any REMIC, including without limitation, any
federal tax imposed on “prohibited transactions” under
Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on “contributions after the
startup date” under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or (b)
any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding.
(c)
Upon discovery by the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee that any Loan does not
constitute a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact
shall within two Business Days give written notice thereof to the
other parties. In connection therewith, the Seller shall repurchase
or substitute one or more Substitute Loans for the affected Loan
within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such
notice with respect to such affected Loan. Such repurchase or
substitution shall be made by (i) the Seller, if the affected
Loan’s status as a non-qualified mortgage is or results from
a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by the
Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (ii) the
Depositor, if the affected Loan’s status as a non-qualified
mortgage does not result from a breach of representation or
warranty. Any such repurchase or substitution shall be made in the
same manner as set forth in Section 2.3(a). The Trustee shall
reconvey to the Seller or the Depositor the Loan to be released
pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and
conditions, as it would a Loan repurchased for breach of a
representation or warranty.
(d)
Within 90 days of the earlier of
discovery by the Master Servicer or receipt of notice by the Master
Servicer of the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant
of the Master Servicer set forth in Section 2.5 which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in
any Loan or Prepayment Charge, the Master Servicer shall cure such
breach in all material respects.
Section 2.4
Authentication and Delivery of
Certificates; Designation of Certificates as REMIC Regular and
Residual Interests.
(a)
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer to
the extent provided herein and assignment to it of the Trust Fund
and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has caused the
Securities Administrator to execute and authenticate and has
delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for
the Trust Fund, Certificates evidencing the entire ownership of the
Trust Fund.
(b)
This Agreement shall be construed so as
to carry out the intention of the parties that each REMIC created
hereby be treated as a REMIC at all times prior to the date on
which the Trust Fund is terminated. The “regular
interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the
Code) and the “residual interest” (within the meaning
of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code) in each REMIC created hereby are
set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
Section 2.5
Representations and Warranties of the
Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer hereby represents,
warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for the benefit of each of
the Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Depositor that as of
the Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided
herein:
(i)
The Master Servicer is a national banking
association duly formed, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the United States of America and is duly
authorized and qualified to transact any and all business
contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by the Master
Servicer;
(ii)
The Master Servicer has the full power
and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it
and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate, all transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The
Master Servicer has duly authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Depositor and the Trustee,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Master
Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity;
(iii)
The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Master Servicer, the consummation by the Master
Servicer of any other of the transactions herein contemplated, and
the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are in the
ordinary course of business of the Master Servicer and will not (A)
result in a breach of any term or provision of charter and by-laws
of the Master Servicer or (B) conflict with, result in a breach,
violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the
terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Master Servicer is a party or by which it may be bound, or any
statute, order or regulation applicable to the Master Servicer of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer; and the Master
Servicer is not a party to, bound by, or in breach or violation of
any indenture or other agreement or instrument, or subject to or in
violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it, which materially and adversely affects or, to
the Master Servicer’s knowledge, would in the future
materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability of the Master
Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or (y) the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of
the Master Servicer taken as a whole;
(iv)
The Master Servicer does not believe, nor
does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform
each and every covenant made by it and contained in this
Agreement;
(v)
No litigation is pending against the
Master Servicer that would materially and adversely affect the
execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or the
ability of the Master Servicer to perform any of its other
obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms
hereof,
(vi)
There are no actions or proceedings
against, or investigations known to it of, the Master Servicer
before any court, administrative or other tribunal (A) that might
prohibit its entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or (C) that might prohibit or materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Master Servicer of its obligations under, or
validity or enforceability of, this Agreement; and
(vii)
No consent, approval, authorization or
order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for
the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of,
or compliance by the Master Servicer with, this Agreement or the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations or
orders, if any, that have been obtained prior to the Closing
Date.
It is understood and agreed that the
representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section
2.5 shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor and
the Certificateholders.
Section 2.6
[Reserved.]
Section 2.7
Establishment of the Trust.
The Depositor does hereby establish,
pursuant to the further provisions of this Agreement and the laws
of the State of New York, an express trust to be known, for
convenience, as “Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan
Trust, Series 2007-OA2” and does hereby appoint HSBC Bank
USA, National Association as Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
Section 2.8
Purpose and Powers of the
Trust.
(a)
The purpose of the common law trust, as
created hereunder, is to engage in the following
activities:
(b)
acquire and hold the Loans and the other
assets of the Trust Fund and the proceeds therefrom;
(c)
to issue the Certificates sold to the
Depositor in exchange for the Loans;
(d)
to make payments on the
Certificates;
(e)
to engage in those activities that are
necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or
are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(f)
subject to compliance with this
Agreement, to engage in such other activities as may be required in
connection with conservation of the Trust Fund and the making of
distributions to the Certificateholders.
The trust is hereby authorized to engage
in the foregoing activities. The Trustee shall not cause the
trust to engage in any activity other than in connection with the
foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of
this Agreement while any Certificate is outstanding, and this
Section 2.8 may not be amended without the consent of the
Certificateholders evidencing 51% or more of the aggregate Voting
Rights of the Certificates.
ARTICLE
III
ADMINISTRATION AND
SERVICING OF THE LOANS; ACCOUNTS
Section 3.1
Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall supervise,
monitor and oversee the obligation of the Servicers to service and
administer their respective Loans in accordance with the terms of
the applicable Servicing Agreement and shall have full power and
authority to do any and all things which it may deem necessary or
desirable in connection with such master servicing and
administration. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Master
Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master
Servicing Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee
and consult with each Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to
carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall
receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other
data provided to the Master Servicer by each Servicer and shall
cause each Servicer to perform and observe the covenants,
obligations and conditions to be performed or observed by such
Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement. The Master
Servicer shall independently and separately monitor each
Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each related
Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such
information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis
and coordinate corrective adjustments to the Servicers’ and
Master Servicer’s records, and based on such reconciled and
corrected information, prepare the statements specified in Section
4.3 and any other information and statements required to be
provided by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer
shall reconcile the results of its Loan monitoring with the actual
remittances of the Servicers to the Distribution Account pursuant
to the applicable Servicing Agreements.
Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or any Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the Master
Servicer shall not have any duty or obligation to enforce any
Credit Risk Management Agreement that a Servicer is a party to (a
“Servicer Credit Risk Management Agreement”) or to
supervise, monitor or oversee the activities of the Credit Risk
Manager under any such Servicer Credit Risk Management Agreement
with respect to any action taken or not taken by the applicable
Servicer pursuant to a recommendation of the Credit Risk
Manager.
The Trustee shall furnish the Servicers
and the Master Servicer with any limited powers of attorney and
other documents in form reasonably acceptable to it necessary or
appropriate to enable the Servicers and the Master Servicer to
service or master service and administer the related Loans and REO
Property. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any action
of the Master Servicer or any Servicer pursuant to any such limited
power of attorney and shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer
or such Servicer for any cost, liability or expense arising from
the misuse thereof by the Master Servicer or such
Servicer.
The Trustee, the Custodians and the
Securities Administrator shall provide access to the records and
documentation in possession of the Trustee, the Custodians or the
Securities Administrator regarding the related Loans and REO
Property and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the
FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such
access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request
and during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee, the
Custodians or the Securities Administrator; provided, however,
that, unless otherwise required by law, none of the Trustee, the
Custodians or the Securities Administrator shall be required to
provide access to such records and documentation if the provision
thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Mortgagor.
The Trustee, the Custodians and the Securities Administrator shall
allow representatives of the above entities to photocopy any of the
records and documentation and shall provide equipment for that
purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee’s, a
Custodian’s or the Securities Administrator’s actual
costs.
The Trustee shall execute and deliver to
the related Servicer or the Master Servicer upon request any court
pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents
necessary or desirable and, in each case, provided to the Trustee
by such Servicer or Master Servicer to (i) the foreclosure or
trustee’s sale with respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) any
legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on
the Mortgage Note or any other Loan Document; (iii) obtain a
deficiency judgment against the Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any
other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or any other
Loan Document or otherwise available at law or equity. The Trustee
shall have no responsibility for the willful malfeasance or any
wrongful or negligent actions taken by the Master Servicer or any
Servicer in respect of any document delivered by the Trustee under
this paragraph, and the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Master
Servicer or such Servicer, as applicable, for any cost, liability
or expense arising from the misuse thereof by the Master Servicer
or such Servicer.
Section 3.2
REMIC-Related Covenants.
For as long as each REMIC shall exist,
the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall treat such REMIC
as a REMIC, and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall
comply with any directions of the Seller, the related Servicer or
the Master Servicer to assure such continuing treatment. In
particular, the Trustee shall not (a) sell or permit the sale of
all or any portion of the Loans or of any investment of deposits in
an Account unless such sale is as a result of a repurchase of the
Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the Trustee has received an
Opinion of Counsel stating that such sale will not result in an
Adverse REMIC Event as defined in Section 10.1(f) hereof prepared
at the expense of the Trust Fund, and (b) other than with respect
to a substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
the Assignment Agreements or Section 2.3 of this Agreement, as
applicable, accept any contribution to any REMIC after the Startup
Day without receipt of an Opinion of Counsel stating that such
contribution will not result in an Adverse REMIC Event as defined
in Section 10.1(f) hereof.
Section 3.3
Monitoring of Servicers.
(a)
The Master Servicer shall be responsible
for monitoring the compliance by each Servicer with its duties
under the related Servicing Agreement. In the review of each
Servicer’s activities, the Master Servicer may rely upon an
officer’s certificate of any Servicer with regard to such
Servicer’s compliance with the terms of its Servicing
Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer, in its
judgment, determines that a Servicer should be terminated in
accordance with its Servicing Agreement, or that a notice should be
sent pursuant to such Servicing Agreement with respect to the
occurrence of an event that, unless cured, would constitute grounds
for such termination, the Master Servicer shall notify the Seller
and the Trustee thereof and the Master Servicer shall issue such
notice or take such other action as it deems appropriate; provided,
however that if the defaulting Servicer is Wells Fargo, the Trustee
shall issue such notice or take such other action as it deems
appropriate.
(b)
The Master Servicer, for the benefit of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall enforce the
obligations of each Servicer under the related Servicing Agreement,
and shall, in the event that a Servicer (other than Wells Fargo)
fails to perform its obligations in accordance with the related
Servicing Agreement, subject to the preceding paragraph, terminate
the rights and obligations of such Servicer thereunder and act as
servicer of the related Loans or to cause the Trustee to enter in
to a new Servicing Agreement with a successor servicer selected by
the Master Servicer; provided however that if the defaulting
servicer is Wells Fargo, the Trustee shall terminate the rights and
obligations of such Servicer and enter into a new Servicing
Agreement with a successor servicer selected by it provided,
further that, it is understood and acknowledged by the parties
hereto that there will be a period of transition (not to exceed
ninety (90) days) before the actual servicing functions can be
fully transferred to such successor servicer. Such enforcement,
including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims,
termination of Servicing Agreements and the pursuit of other
appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such
an extent and at such time as the Master Servicer or the Trustee,
as applicable, in its good faith business judgment, would require
were it the owner of the related Loans. The Master Servicer
or the Trustee, as applicable shall pay the costs of such
enforcement at its own expense, provided that the Master Servicer
or the Trustee, as applicable shall not be required to prosecute or
defend any legal action except to the extent that the Master
Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall have received
indemnity reasonably acceptable to it for its costs and expenses in
pursuing such action.
(c)
To the extent that the costs and expenses
of the Master Servicer or the Trustee, if applicable, related to
any termination of a Servicer, enforcement of a Servicer’s
obligations, appointment of a successor servicer or the transfer
and assumption of servicing by the Master Servicer or the Trustee,
if applicable with respect to any Servicing Agreement (including,
without limitation, (i) all legal costs and expenses and all due
diligence costs and expenses associated with an evaluation of the
potential termination of the related Servicer as a result of an
event of default by such Servicer and (ii) all costs and expenses
associated with the complete transfer of servicing, including all
servicing files and all servicing data and the completion,
correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be
required by the successor servicer to correct any errors or
insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the
successor servicer to service the Loans in accordance with the
related Servicing Agreement) are not fully and timely reimbursed by
the terminated Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, if
applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement of such costs and
expenses from the Distribution Account.
(d)
The Master Servicer shall require each
Servicer to comply with the remittance requirements and other
obligations set forth in the related Servicing
Agreement.
(e)
If the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as
applicable, acts as successor Servicer, it shall not assume
liability for the representations and warranties of the Servicer,
if any, that it replaces.
Section 3.4
Fidelity Bond.
The Master Servicer, at its expense,
shall maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and
omissions insurance policy that would meet the requirements of
Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, affording coverage with respect to all
directors, officers, employees and other Persons acting on such
Master Servicer’s behalf, and covering errors and omissions
in the performance of the Master Servicer’s obligations
hereunder. The errors and omissions insurance policy and the
fidelity bond shall be in such form and amount generally acceptable
for entities serving as master servicers or trustees. Any
such errors and omissions policy and fidelity bond may not be
cancelable without thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to
the Trustee.
Section 3.5
Power to Act; Procedures.
The Master Servicer shall master service
the Loans and shall have full power and authority, subject to the
REMIC Provisions and the provisions of Article X hereof, to do any
and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in
connection with the master servicing and administration of the
Loans, including but not limited to the power and authority (i) to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the
Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and
documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property
and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages, (iii)
to collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and
(iv) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership
of the Mortgaged Property securing any Loan, in each case, in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related
Servicing Agreement, as applicable; provided, however, that the
Master Servicer shall not (and, consistent with its
responsibilities under Section 3.3, shall not permit any Servicer
to) knowingly or intentionally take any action, or fail to take (or
fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within its control
and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that,
under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may
be, would cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result
in the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including but not
limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set
forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the Master Servicer
has received an Opinion of Counsel (but not at the expense of the
Master Servicer) to the effect that the contemplated action will
not cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the
imposition of a tax upon any REMIC. The Trustee shall furnish
the Master Servicer, upon written request from a Servicing Officer,
with any powers of attorney, in form acceptable to the Trustee,
empowering the Master Servicer or the related Servicer to execute
and deliver instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of
partial or full release or discharge, and to foreclose upon or
otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to appeal, prosecute or
defend in any court action relating to the Loans or the Mortgaged
Property, in accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement and
this Agreement, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such
other documents, as the Master Servicer or the related Servicer may
request, to enable the Master Servicer to master service and
administer the Loans and carry out its duties hereunder, in each
case in accordance with Accepted Master Servicing Practices (and
the Trustee shall have no liability for the misuse of any such
powers of attorney or any other executed documents delivered by the
Trustee pursuant to this paragraph by the Master Servicer or any
Servicer and shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer or such
Servicer for any costs, liabilities or expenses incurred by the
Trustee in connection with such misuse). If the Master
Servicer or the Trustee has been advised that it is likely that the
laws of the state in which action is to be taken prohibit such
action if taken in the name of the Trustee or that the Trustee
would be adversely affected under the “doing business”
or tax laws of such state if such action is taken in its name, the
Master Servicer shall join with the Trustee in the appointment of a
co-trustee pursuant to Section 8.10 hereof. In the
performance of its duties hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be
an independent contractor and shall not, except in those instances
where it is taking action authorized pursuant to this Agreement to
be taken by it in the name of the Trustee, be deemed to be the
agent of the Trustee.
Section 3.6
Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
To the extent provided in the applicable
Servicing Agreement and to the extent Loans contain enforceable
due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall cause the Servicers
to enforce such clauses in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement. If applicable law prohibits the enforcement of a
due-on-sale clause or such clause is otherwise not enforced in
accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement, and, as a
consequence, a Loan is assumed, the original Mortgagor may be
released from liability in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement.
Section 3.7
Release of Mortgage Files.
(a)
Upon becoming aware of a Payoff
with respect to any Loan, or the receipt by any Servicer of a
notification that a Payoff has been escrowed in a manner customary
for such purposes for payment to Certificateholders on the next
Distribution Date, the applicable Servicer will (or if the
applicable Servicer does not, the Master Servicer may), if required
under the applicable Servicing Agreement, promptly furnish to the
applicable Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, two copies of a
request for release substantially in the form attached to the
related Custodial Agreement, and signed by a Servicing Officer or
in a mutually agreeable electronic format which will, in lieu of a
signature on its face, originate from a Servicing Officer (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all
amounts received in connection with such payment that are required
to be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the
applicable Servicer pursuant to its Servicing Agreement have been
or will be so deposited) and shall request that the applicable
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, deliver to the applicable
Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such
certification and request, the applicable Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to
the applicable Servicer and the Trustee and applicable Custodian
shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage
File. Upon any such Payoff, each Servicer is authorized to
give, as agent for the Trustee, as the mortgagee under the Mortgage
that secured the Loan, an instrument of satisfaction (or assignment
of mortgage without recourse) regarding the Mortgaged Property
subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction or
assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Person or
Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor of such payment,
it being understood and agreed that no expenses incurred in
connection with such instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as
the case may be, shall be chargeable to the Distribution
Account.
(b)
From time to time and as appropriate for
the servicing or foreclosure of any Loan and in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall execute such
documents as shall be prepared and furnished to the Trustee by a
Servicer or the Master Servicer (in form reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee) and as are necessary to the prosecution of any such
proceedings. The applicable Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, shall, upon the request of a Servicer or the Master
Servicer, and delivery to the applicable Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, of two copies of a request for release signed by a
Servicing Officer substantially in the form attached to the related
Custodial Agreement (or in a mutually agreeable electronic format
which will, in lieu of a signature on its face, originate from a
Servicing Officer), release the related Mortgage File held in its
possession or control to the related Servicer or the Master
Servicer, as applicable. Such request for release shall
obligate such Servicer or the Master Servicer to return the
Mortgage File to the applicable Custodian on behalf of the Trustee,
when the need therefor by the related Servicer or the Master
Servicer no longer exists unless the Loan shall be liquidated, in
which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
similar to that hereinabove specified, the Mortgage File shall be
released by the applicable Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, to
such Servicer or the Master Servicer.
Section 3.8
Documents, Records and Funds in
Possession of Master Servicer To Be Held for Trustee.
(a)
The Master Servicer and each Servicer (to
the extent required by the related Servicing Agreement) shall
transmit to the Trustee or the applicable Custodian such documents
and instruments coming into the possession of the Master Servicer
or such Servicer from time to time as are required by the terms
hereof, or in the case of the Servicers, the applicable Servicing
Agreement, to be delivered to the Trustee or the applicable
Custodian. Any funds received by the Master Servicer or a
Servicer in respect of any Loan or which otherwise are collected by
the Master Servicer or a Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries in respect of any Loan
shall be held for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders subject to the Master Servicer’s right to
retain or withdraw from the Distribution Account the Master
Servicing Compensation and other amounts provided in this
Agreement, and to the right of each Servicer to retain its
Servicing Fee and other amounts as provided in the applicable
Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, and (to the
extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement) shall cause
each Servicer to, provide access to information and documentation
regarding the Loans to the Trustee, its agents and accountants at
any time upon reasonable request and during normal business hours,
and to Certificateholders that are savings and loan associations,
banks or insurance companies, the OTS, the FDIC and the supervisory
agents and examiners of such Office and Corporation or examiners of
any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory
authority if so required by applicable regulations of the OTS or
other regulatory authority, such access to be afforded without
charge but only upon reasonable request in writing and during
normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer
designated by it. In fulfilling such a request the Master
Servicer shall not be responsible for determining the sufficiency
of such information.
(b)
All Mortgage Files and funds collected or
held by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer or any
Servicer, in respect of any Loans, whether from the collection of
principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries shall be held by the
Master Servicer or such Servicer, as applicable, for and on behalf
of the Trustee and the Certificateholders and shall be and remain
the sole and exclusive property of the Trustee; provided, however,
that the Master Servicer and each Servicer shall be entitled to
setoff against, and deduct from, any such funds any amounts that
are properly due and payable to the Master Servicer or such
Servicer under this Agreement or the applicable Servicing
Agreement.
Section 3.9
Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood
Insurance Policies.
(a)
For each Loan, the Master Servicer shall
enforce any obligation of the Servicers under the related Servicing
Agreements to maintain or cause to be maintained standard fire and
casualty insurance and, where applicable, flood insurance, all in
accordance with the provisions of the related Servicing Agreements.
It is understood and agreed that such insurance shall be with
insurers meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in the
applicable Servicing Agreement and that no earthquake or other
additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or to be
maintained on property acquired in respect of a defaulted loan,
other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as
shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional
insurance.
(b)
Pursuant to Section 3.23, any amounts
collected by the Master Servicer, or by any Servicer, under any
insurance policies (other than amounts to be applied to the
restoration or repair of the property subject to the related
Mortgage or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement) shall be deposited into the
Distribution Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
3.24. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or any Servicer in
maintaining any such insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its
obligation to do so shall be added to the amount owing under the
Loan where the terms of the Loan so permit; provided, however, that
the addition of any such cost shall not be taken into account for
purposes of calculating the distributions to be made to
Certificateholders and shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer
or such Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24.
Section 3.10
Presentment of Claims and Collection of
Proceeds.
The Master Servicer shall (to the extent
provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement) cause the related
Servicer to, prepare and present on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders all claims under any insurance policies and take
such actions (including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or
enforcement of the insured’s claim) as shall be necessary to
realize recovery under such policies. Any proceeds disbursed to the
Master Servicer (or disbursed to a Servicer and remitted to the
Master Servicer) in respect of such policies, bonds or contracts
shall be promptly deposited in the Distribution Account upon
receipt, except that any amounts realized that are to be applied to
the repair or restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a
condition precedent to the presentation of claims on the related
Loan to the insurer under any applicable insurance policy need not
be so deposited (or remitted).
Section 3.11
Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies.
(a)
The Master Servicer shall not take, or
permit any Servicer (to the extent such action is prohibited under
the applicable Servicing Agreement) to take, any action that would
result in noncoverage under any primary mortgage insurance policy
or any loss which, but for the actions of such Master Servicer or
Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. The Master Servicer
shall use its best reasonable efforts to cause each Servicer (to
the extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) to keep
in force and effect (to the ext